Trophy Guide

*Dark Devotion* has 46 trophies/achievements of varying degrees of rarity and difficulty. The requirements for some trophies are very vague, so a guide to achieving every trophy is included below. List from the Steam Achievements and GameFAQs Trophies' page.

## Trophy Guide

#### **Canonized** (Platinum)

* PS4 Only
* *Obtain all trophies.*

#### **Defeat Jezebel** (Bronze)

* *She went mad seeing her dear and beloved made into a Martyr.*
	+ Beat Jezebel - The Erratic in the Afflicted Village.

#### **Defeat the Executioner** (Bronze)

* *Gabe will probably be happy to know that the false leader has fallen off his throne.*
	+ Beat the Executioner - Shatterer of Flesh at the end of the Ancient Dungeon.

#### **Mistress of the Donjon** (Silver)

* *Index the Ancient Dungeon.*
	+ Visit every room of the first world, the Ancient Dungeon. This means that each room of the Ancient Dungeon, Afflicted Village, Putrid Sewers, Gloomy Cellblock and Bloodied Paths, including lost rooms, must be explored.

#### **Little mouse** (Bronze)

* *The library is the best place to take time to understand the Temple.*
	+ Visit the Filthblood Library.

#### **Let him sit alone in silence, for the Lord has laid it on him** (Bronze)

* *Free the heir from his prison and find him inside the Filthblood Library.*
	+ Free the Younger Prince from his cell in the Gloomy Cellblock and speak to him in the Filthblood Library. He can be found in the fourth room of the Cellblock, along the bottom corridor. His cell requires a rusted key to open.

#### **Plague-stricken!** (Bronze)

* *Amass eight diseases and curses. Be careful, however!*
	+ Luck may play a part in achieving this one, but equipping certain weapons and items with lasting curse effects and letting enemies damage you as much as possible are methods of improving your chances of receiving a curse or disease.

#### **Those who oppose the Lord will be broken** (Bronze)

* *Hit for more than 200 damage to let your thrill to kill be felt.*
	+ You should acquire this one passively near the end of the game by using high level equipment and getting a damage crit. Equipping a Dark or Warrior Rune can help with this.

#### **Help thy neighbour** (Bronze)

* *Give a Poultice to knight Kraumdeith, met in a lost room.*
	+ Upon returning to a secret room after initially discovering it, there will be a crestfallen knight. After talking with him, you will given the option to trade a poultice for a random item.

#### **Mistress of the Corrupted Den** (Silver)

* *Index the Den of Corrupted Nature.*
	+ Visit every room in the second world, the Den of Corrupted Nature. This means that each room of the Purged Hamlet, Graceless Forest and Cave of Cries, including secret rooms, must be explored.

#### **Mistress of the Citadel** (Silver)

* *Index the Alabaster Citadel.*
	+ Visit every room in the third world, the Alabaster Citadel. This means that each room of the Obsidian Cathedral and Carnelian Palace, including secret rooms, must be explored.

#### **Deus lo vult** (Bronze)

* *The time has come to bring the light.*
	+ Visit the Filthblood Shelter for the first time.

#### **The eye never has enough of seeing, nor the ear its fill of hearing** (Bronze)

* *Discover a lost room. Pay attention, there are many more secrets inside the Temple.*
	+ Explore any Lost Room.

#### **An outcast amidst the chosen ones** (Bronze)

* *Reach the Cloister of the Chosen. Be careful, you are not welcomed here.*
	+ Defeat the Mysterious Entity, traverse the Hallway of the Chosen with the Dicecaster and reach the Cloister of the Chosen.

#### **Defeat the First one** (Silver)

* *You have sinned by bringing down one of your people, you have to redeem yourself.*
	+ Defeat the First One - Fallen Bulwark in the Purged Hamlet.

#### **Defeat the Ancient** (Bronze)

* *The need to bring back her people led her to blasphemy.*
	+ Defeat the Mysterious Entity at the end of the Den of Corrupted Nature.

#### **Defeat Elemiah** (Silver)

* *The crow lady commands an army of royal assassins. Know they will want to avenge her.*
	+ Defeat Elemiah - the Crow Lady in the Cloister of the Chosen.

#### **Defeat the Ritualist** (Bronze)

* *the night's kingdom is a charming name demonologists use to mean Hell.*
	+ Defeat the Ritualist from the Night's Kingdom at the end of the Alabaster Citadel.

#### **Gott ist tot** (Gold)

* *Ignoring a God is the best way to defeat them. However, fighting sometimes cannot be avoided.*
	+ Defeat the Guardian - Abyss's Jailer at the end of the Heraldic Lily.

#### **Reaping the Reaper** (Silver)

* *It is a true disgrace for a King's envoy such as Elemiah to die by his own sword.*
	+ Dark killers (aka Crow Assassins) can be randomly encountered throughout the game. On defeat, they will always drop the Shadow scythe. In order to get this achievement, you must encounter a crow assassin, equip the scythe and defeat Elemiah with it.

#### **The crows are watching you** (Bronze)

* *Defeat the dark assassin. Stay alert, another could come...*
	+ Simply defeat a Enemies/Dark Killer (aka Crow Assassin). They spawn randomly throughout the game as a crow with a red aura. Walking past it will spawn an assassin.

#### **Child murder** (Bronze)

* *Purge at least twenty of these children born of incest and morbid experiments.*
	+ Kill twenty dark offspring. They can be found throughout the Den of Corrupted Nature, but are mostly found in the Graceless Forest.

#### **Giant killer** (Bronze)

* *A divine wrath animates them. Purge at least twelve of these elite monsters.*
	+ It is unclear whether this is talking about lava spitters or "elite" enemies.

#### **He slipped through your fingers!** (Bronze)

* *This nosy creature collects shiny objects. Make sure to pounce on it next time!*
	+ Small crouching enemies will randomly be encountered throughout the game. They will attempt to teleport to safety. If killed, they will drop a number of items, potentially resulting in some rare drops. However, in order to get this trophy, you must let him escape.

#### **Helping one's family** (Bronze)

* *Rescuing Balamb was courageous. Keep saving your people if you can.*
	+ Save Balamb and return him to the Filthblood Shelter. He can be found in the first room of the Ancient Dungeon. Use a Goddess Idol to destroy a wall on the top corridor of the room. This will reveal a lever. Pull it, return down the ladder and cross the spike pit. Talk to Balamb and he will return to the Filthblood Sanctuary. He can then be found practising his archery at the farthest point of the Sanctuary.

#### **The Moth Gatherer** (Bronze)

* *He burns bodies and makes potions, which will come in handy.*
	+ Talk to the Moth Gatherer in the Graceless Forest. Find him after he moves to the bottom floor of the Filthblood Shelter.

#### **Reuniting Ariuk and Gabrielle** (Bronze)

* *It is crucial to remain united as a group during this pilgrimage.*
	+ Speak to both Ariuk and Gabrielle separately, and then talk to the two together in the Cloister of the Chosen. Ariuk can be found in the third room of the Cave of Cries, directly beside the lower exit. Gabrielle can be found in the second to last room of the Purged Hamlet, beyond a crumbling floor to the far right of the room. After speaking to both of them, they will move location to the Cloister of the Chosen. They can be found down the first ladder and to the left, past Melissandre, near the tablet.
	+ Map of suggested route.

#### **Freeing a charming stranger** (Bronze)

* *The Escapees are a very generous nomadic people. Jael will remember your help.*
	+ Free Jael from her cell in the Gloomy Cellblock. She can be found in the fourth room of the Cellblock, along the top corridor. Her cell is easy to spot, due to the door shaking, and a dialogue option appears when standing outside it. After using a rusted key to open it, go in and speak with her.

#### **Ezechiel: a bloody baptism** (Bronze)

* *Gilad dragged you into his blasphemy by wanting to free this innocent beast from its chains.*
	+ Speak to Saint Gilad after killing Hezek - The Baptized. He can be found in the final room of the afflicted village. The previous room connects to the Bloodied Paths, granting an easy passage from Hezek straight to Gilad.

#### **Skreed, a dubious Templar** (Bronze)

* *Your shield showed him you belonged to his people. However, sharing his opinions does not mean he should be trusted.*
	+ Talk to Skreed with the Templar Shield equipped. He can be found in the third room of the Afflicted Village, behind a door that can be opened by pulling a lever and doubling back. He will then move to the Cloister of the Chosen.

#### **Blood sisters** (Silver)

* *Fate had you cross paths with Princess Amaris on several occasions.*
	+ Talk with Princess Amaris at multiple locations throughout the game. The first location is in the Afflicted Village, in the room directly after Jezebel. She can then be found in the final room of the Cave of Cries, under a crumbling floor, and to the left, beyond a door locked by faith. After this, she will move to the Cloister of the Chosen. She will then be encountered in the Heraldic Lily and assist the player in the fight against Asriel. (Note - she can additionally be spoken to in the Obsidian Cathedral, but this is unnecessary to get the trophy.)

#### **Shared pugilism techniques** (Bronze)

* *Balthasar seems to be a great boxer. His knowledge will be useful if you are foolish enough to fight barehanded.*
	+ Talk to Balthasar in the Cloister of the Chosen with no weapons equipped.

#### **Graveless** (Bronze)

* *Most of the dead were forgotten in this secret charnel ground during the third revolution, the last one.*
	+ Explore the Hall of the Dead in the Putrid Sewers. It can be found behind a breakable wall along the back of the final room that connects to the Gloomy Cellblock. Inspect the pile of corpses to gain the Messiah's Staff.

#### **Magnanimous** (Bronze)

* *Show mercy by sparing the virgin, forgotten amidst the darkness.*
	+ After defeating the Virgin in the Cave of Cries, continue to the next room without attacking the innocent girl lying on the ground. You will gain a blessing in the next room.

#### **The Ancient's technology** (Silver)

* *The Ancients thought coitus was impure and thus cultivated children in some sort of incubators.*
	+ Explore the Ancient's Incubator in the second Crusaders' Haven and hit the numbered incubating chambers in the correct sequence: 32541 (this sequence is detailed in a note found elsewhere in the Temple). This will unlock the Ceremonial Bludgeon.

#### **Woof!** (Silver)

* *This small dog will not survive long in the forest.*
	+ This one is unusual, and fairly difficult to obtain with the minimal information given. First, you must access The Glade, the lost room of the Graceless Forest. It can be found in the third room of the forest (coming from the Purged Hamlet) to the left beyond a number of crumbling floors. Once in the Glade, running to the far right will trigger a small dog to run off the side of the screen. Proceed back towards the centre of the room until you reach the first small tree in the foreground. Slowly approaching the tree from the left side will cause the dog to mirror your approach on the opposite side of the tree. Position yourself so that the dog is positioned directly underneath the visible beam of sunlight nearby. After this, turn around and crouch down. After a few seconds, the dog will dig up the Thousand-year bow and you should obtain the trophy.

#### **A minute of silence for the princes** (Silver)

* *The youngest suffered a punishment worse than his older brother.*
	+ Wait for a minute in the Prince's Tomb. It is located in the third room of the Obsidian Cathedral.

#### **Philomathy** ( Bronze)

* *Gather every single piece of text. You have everything you need to theorise about the Temple's history.*
	+ No special tricks to this one, just a lot of exploration needed. A lot of devotion, one could say. The only strategy to this one is to look in the library for texts you have already picked up. You might want to use this map as guide. Good luck in your page-hunting.

#### **Chosen by the divine** (Bronze)

* *Gather ten blessings or more. God watches over you.*
	+ While luck can play a part in this one, it can be easily obtained by assigning fixed blessings at the Filthblood Sanctuary, using weapons and armour with special blessings and effects, and praying at every blessing alter encountered. You will most likely obtain this one naturally on a longer run.

#### **Rigorously pious** (Bronze)

* *Pray twelve times in one life, your devotion is rewarded.*
	+ Pray at every alter or door encountered when you have enough faith to do so.

#### **Templar versus Templar: a fair fight** (Silver)

* *It was very honourable to face your foe as an equal.*
	+ This one can be tough to figure out. You need to defeat the First One whilst wearing the Templar Sword, Shield and Armour. Since none of these items are available in the forge, they must all be picked up in a single run through the Temple. There are a few ways to do this, but one possible route is this: The sword can be found in the fourth room of the Gloomy Cellblock, the same room as Jael's cell. The armour can be found in the final room of the Cellblock before the Executioner, on the bottom floor, to the left of a moving platform. The shield can then be found on a body directly outside the First One's boss room. Trophy will be obtained after defeating the First One with all Templar items equipped.
	+ Map of suggested route.

#### **David and Goliath** (Silver)

* Defeat a boss barehanded. *The art of pugilism will hold no secrets for you anymore.*
	+ Talking to Balthasar with no weapons equipped will grant you 10% more damage to your barehanded attacks. A trick to obtaining this trophy is to wait until you get the request from the Filthblood Shelter Emissary to defeat Elemiah barehanded. This way, you can gain both trophies in one fell swoop.

#### **Almighty Goddess** (Silver)

* *You entered the Temple as a simple warrior. You will exit sacred by the divine.*
	+ Complete the game.

#### **The Messiah** (Gold)

* *Reach the end of the Temple while wearing the Redeemer's Curse. Be an example, show the path.*
	+ First step is to activate the Altar of Redemption in the very first room of the Ancient Dungeon. This is done by killing a particular boss. When the altar is prayed at, it will apply the Curses#Redeemer's curse which reduces your max health and armour to one, but significantly boosts both crit stats and the miss percentage. From here, you must get to and defeat the final boss. Use whatever equipment, route and methods you chose. Good luck, this one can be tough.
	+ For additional assistance, refer to the achievement guide.

#### **Holy champion** (Bronze)

* *Upgrade the faith bar to its maximum. The strongest warriors are also the most devout.*
	+ Activate all faith Tablets in the game.

#### **Model Templar** (Bronze)

* *Complete the set of quests given by the Filthblood Shelter Emissary.*
	+ Simply follow the instructions of the Emissary. He should mark quests on your map, making them fairly simple to complete.