Angel of Salvation Trophy in Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII

  • Angel of Salvation

     

    Proof of clearing 25 side quests. It is a great feat to lead so many souls to salvation.

    How to unlock Angel of Salvation

    There are a total of 64 Side Quests in Lightning Returns: 20 in Luxerion, 16 in Yusnaan, 22 in The Wildlands and 8 in The Dead Dunes. The most you can complete in a single playthrough is 63 due to the fact that there is a Side Quest in Luxerion which must be failed in order to access another Side Quest (I'll elaborate on this more in a minute). It's easy to identify when an NPC has a Side Quest you can undertake; there will be 1-3 blue stars next to the NPC's name and the stars represent the difficulty of the quest that he or she has to offer.

    Some general advice about Side Quests:

    1. Some Side Quests do not appear until you've cleared a certain Story Quest (or often another prerequisite Side Quest) and some Side Quest-bearing NPCs only appear at certain times of the day.

    2. Some Side Quests are permanently missable; a couple examples of these include "Drunken Fireworks" (???????) and "Unreasonable Fireworks" (???????) in Yusnaan, which can only be undertaken from 19:00 to 3:00 while Story Quest 2-2 is active.

    3. Some Side Quests have either a time limit or time-sensitive criteria to complete and are failable, one example being "Freedom of the Heart" (????) in Yusnaan. If you do not return and speak to the quest-giver NPC before noon on the day after accepting his request, you can abruptly fail the Side Quest.

    The latter two points sound scary I'm sure, but rest assured that these are exceptions rather than the norm; the majority of them are simple and straight-forward. Just be cognizant that although you only need to complete 25 Side Quests for this trophy, 50+ are required in order to access the Ultimate Lair, so it is in your best interest to always keep an eye out for new Side Quests to undertake and to read the requirements of the quests carefully at the time of their acceptance.

    There is one more Side Quest with particularly unintuitive requirements that deserves a mention: "Reader of a Journal from the Past" (?????????) in Luxerion from a man named Ronalf. Toward the end of the Side Quest, you will obtain Ronalf's Journal from a woman named Elne in Yusnaan and you'll have the option to either "read" or "don't read" his journal. When you return to Ronalf, if you chose "don't read," you will succeed at this Side Quest. If you chose "read," you will fail at this Side Quest but become able to undertake the "To Save a Sinless Spirit" (??????????) Side Quest which would otherwise not be accessible. In other words, you can only succeed at either "Reader of a Journal from the Past" or "To Save a Sinless Spirit" in a given playthrough - one or the other, not both. The latter has a much better reward (the "Dark Knight" Garb) so I recommend you do it first.

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  • There's actually 65 side quests not 64
  • To be completely honest, only needing 50 for this Trophy makes this EXTREMELY easy, if you follow this guide: http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps3/681990-lightning-returns-final-fantasy-xiii/faqs/68805 LindseyNarrates
  • I played the game on easy and was able to finish 53 sidequests before day 7, I basically had very minimal to do. On easy you have almost infinite time because of the chronostasis

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