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The Prologue teaches the controls across two verses: a graveyard fight, then a battle on a falling plane. You start with only your pistols and pick up the double jump, Witch Time and Torture Attacks as you go. There is nothing to collect here, so play it straight through. Pickups, Alfheims and crows all start in Chapter I.
The walk below is written for Normal. Alfheims and crows don't appear on Easy or Very Easy, and some pickups go missing there too, so neither setting can serve as the collecting run. Hard opens once you finish the game on Normal. The later runs in this guide cover the other settings.
Only the Chapter Menu, at the start of each chapter, can write a save file, and nothing goes to that file by itself. CONTINUE is a separate single checkpoint that clearing a verse updates. Choosing NEW GAME or LOAD GAME overwrites it, and anything after your last manual save goes with it. Save on every Chapter Menu, and keep to one file. Finish a chapter before you leave it. If you must stop halfway, go to the title screen and come back with CONTINUE, rather than pausing out to the Chapter Menu.
Bayonetta reaches Vigrid by train. This chapter runs from the station platform up a one-way lift, through the garden with the fountain, into a flashback, and out to a bridge that won't survive the crossing. You have Scarborough Fair, the double jump, Witch Time and Torture Attacks; Wicked Weaves arrive in Verse 2. The first shop is here, but the techniques beyond these first three wait for later chapters.
Metal doors close once you pass the gates, leaving the platform and the Broken Moon Pearl under the train behind. Chapter Select can bring you back on a replay, but take the Pearl now.
A resting place reportedly stays unclaimed if you die or power off before the next checkpoint. After opening one, clear the next verse before you stop playing. This goes for every resting place in the game.
Once you ride it there is no way back down. Everything below stays behind: Alfheim 1 and its Broken Moon Pearl, and the note by the statues. A replay through Chapter Select recovers anything you leave, but what you already took won't appear twice.
A flashback duel opens the chapter and gives you Witch Walk. After it you run the Vigrid street, cross two courtyards and reach the church. You arrive with double jump, Torture Attacks, Wicked Weaves and the Onyx Roses if Chapter I's LP went to Rodin. Three portals sit off the street, and this chapter's own Gold LP gives you a sword. The plaza payphones and the crows of the harder difficulties wait for later runs.
The first courtyard past the metal wall holds three payphones: two by the stairs, either side of a blue car, and one across the plaza behind a pillar. They sell a handful of big unlocks for millions of halos, far more than you have now, so walk past them. The guide brings you back with the money in the Final Grind.
Vigrid again, this time burning. You have Witch Walk, Wicked Weaves and the weapons from the first two chapters. This chapter runs through the town, down into the Catacombs, out to Paradiso for an hourglass and up to the Coliseum, with four Alfheims, the two halves of the record that becomes Kulshedra, and plenty of pickups. Lava stays dangerous on this run: only Durga Fire on a replay lets you walk on it, so the route never asks you to.
The second bridge ahead collapses behind you, with no way back to the Catacombs or the Garden of Light. Before you step onto the rebuilt bridge, check you have the Catacombs note, Alfheims 7 and 8, the second LP piece and the Heart behind the lever. A Chapter Select replay recovers anything left behind, at the cost of walking the chapter again.
This chapter is a single boss fight in the Coliseum, with nothing to collect. You arrive with everything from Chapter III, Kulshedra included. Winning closes the game's first trophy block.
First two stages, one per head: the same loop twice. On the second floor, dodge the bites for Witch Time and hit the snout. When Fortitudo crashes down, drop beside a head for the Climax, and stay on him while he is down. Once he flies up, find the hourglass in the rubble and use it to rebuild a stretch of floor. That floor then breaks and you get 99 seconds of timed jumps up the debris to reach him; the head comes off soon after. Last stage: a five-minute limit. Aim for the glowing sphere on the brow of the upside-down face, step off any floor that glows gold, because the tail stabs there, and dive aside when he rams across the top of the building.
A long chapter, and the first real step up in difficulty. It crosses two valleys, climbs Jörmungandr's Staff and a wind-swept road to the summit of the great Umbran statue, and ends with Jeanne. You have Witch Walk where the Moon allows it, and Onyx Roses, Shuraba and Kulshedra from earlier chapters. All three parts of a new weapon, Durga, are here, and Panther Within arrives at the very end. Crow Within is not on sale yet, and the hardest portal here can wait for a replay.
The stone device launches you to the far side of the valley. Make sure the first LP piece, the Crescent and Sunrise Valleys note, the Use Witch Time! portal, the Heavenly Manipulators note and the crow are done first. If anything stays behind, a replay of this chapter recovers it.
Jumping the large outcrop near the top starts a scene, and a gate closes beneath you. The tower floor is cut off from then on, so finish the Stay In The Air! portal and Higher And Higher first; the hidden Harmony fight stays behind too. A replay of this chapter recovers all of it.
Further up, a red snake breaks the road and it crumbles as you run, so there is no walking back down. Take the fountain chest and note first, and the Limited Kicks And Punches! portal if you mean to try it on this pass. A replay of this chapter recovers anything left here.
Breaking the old gate starts the final stretch, and the bridge behind it breaks during the scene. Hidden Verse 13 is left behind if you have not fought it, along with the summit building's note and chest if you missed them. A replay of this chapter recovers them.
Chapter VI opens in the Proving Ground Ruins, and Panther Within is the tool you need here: the pressure plates and a broken bridge both depend on it. The walk takes the three pieces of the Les Patineurs LP, two Witch Hearts, Alfheim 12 and its Moon Pearl, six of Antonio's notes and the two Normal crows, and the angels finally catch up with the girl. Rodin can't hand over Odette until the next Chapter Menu, so that waits for Chapter VII. The Hard and Infinite Climax crows here wait for those runs.
Running the plates again opens the way on, and the hall and the cavern stay behind. Have Alfheim 12 done first, along with the chests, the crow and the note from the start of the chapter. A Chapter Select replay recovers anything you leave.
Chapter VII is a single long fight in the storm against Temperantia, the second Cardinal Virtue, with no chests, notes or crows. You arrive with all three Les Patineurs pieces, so the first job is at the menu: take them to Rodin. Winning gives two trophies. The guide comes back to this fight after the Normal run, because it is a good place to farm halos.
Part one: he grabs your platform, so strip the armour off his fingers and hit the node on the hand. Jump to the small platform on the left when your rock is shot away. Dodge his blue punch for the prompts that end in a big vehicle thrown at him, then dodge onto the arm, run up it and break the large node inside. An Umbran Climax rips the arm off. Part two: the same again on the other arm, now with glowing spikes from his eyes. Part three: run round the body for the nodes on the back and hip, then fight the head from his chest. Listen for his shouts before each attack, jump the sweeping laser, and spin the stick if the mouth tentacles grab you.
Chapter VIII is a highway chapter: two fights on the road, a long motorcycle ride, then a timed fight with no Witch Time. You have Odette and Panther Within by now, though on the bike only your guns work. There are no chests, notes, crows or portals here. The only pickups are two Witch Hearts on side routes, and the ride passes each of them once.
The guide buys Crow Within at the start of Chapter IX, on the Chapter Menu, for 20,000 halos. A Chapter IX portal and a Chapter X Heart need it, so don't let your halos drop below that on this menu. The shop may offer it sooner, but nothing needs it before then. If you come up short, replay a cleared chapter: halos carry over.
Both Witch Hearts in this chapter sit on side routes of the ride and go by at speed. Don't count on a second pass: if you miss one, finish the chapter and replay it from Chapter Select.
Only Scarborough Fair works here, so shoot Irenic while they are in front of you. Stay on the right of the road: oncoming traffic on the left hurts. Powerslide under lowered blockades and tanker trucks, and steer round or dodge under Beloveds. Dodging lasers and fireballs gives Witch Time, and slowing down makes that easier. Answer every jump prompt, because a miss can put you back.
A long run through Paradiso with a giant stone ball on your heels. You arrive with Panther Within and the weapons from the chapters so far, and the first job is buying Crow Within, because the second portal here can only be reached in flight. The chapter holds the three pieces of Lt. Col. Kilgore's LP, three portals and the chests that put a broken key back together. Its Hard and Infinite Climax crows wait for those runs, and the hidden Verse 9 is optional.
Running into the crescent building by the last arena ends Chapter IX. Take the chest and the crow up the stairs and clear the portal in the Joy arena first. Anything left behind waits for a Chapter Select replay on Normal, which brings it back.
Paradiso again, and a long way down. You arrive with Panther Within, Crow Within and Lt. Col. Kilgore, and you need the first two here: the Verse 8 Heart is a flight, and the hidden platform is a Panther leap. This chapter holds two portals, four Hearts and two Pearls, and all of them are in reach now. Finish the side trips from the end of the spike corridor before you drop down to the statues.
Jumping down from the end of the spike corridor starts the chapter's last fight. Have Alfheim 17 and the Heart on the hidden platform first. A Chapter Select replay recovers anything you leave.
A short chapter: one fight in a forest, then the third Cardinal Virtue. There is nothing to collect here, and the Chapter Menu is your shop stop. Beating the boss closes out the Chapters 8-11 trophy on Normal.
The whole chapter happens on one enormous transport plane. You have Crow Within and Lt. Col. Kilgore, and you use both: the Crow for the trip back to the first platform, Kilgore in the turbine. There are four Hearts, three of Antonio's notes, a crow and two portals here. Everything is reachable in one pass if you take the side trips before you walk on around the ring.
Heading on across the ring toward the camera starts the Jeanne fight and ends this part of the plane. Hidden Verse 6 and the Alfheim at the end of the turbine stay behind, and only a Chapter XII replay brings them back. Go into the turbine first.
One boss, fought at sea and then inside a whirlpool. There is nothing to collect here, so spend what you want at the Chapter Menu first. Winning finishes the Chapters 12-13 trophy on Normal.
This chapter is a shooting ride on a missile, then a long duel at the end of it. You arrive with Panther Within, Crow Within and the weapons you have so far. The only pickups are two Broken Witch Hearts, and both are earned mid-ride, so bring magic. The Fire The Afterburners medals wait for the Very Easy run.
The deck fight doesn't return later in the chapter, and the Heart only comes from the kill described below. If the Applaud dies any other way, a Chapter Select replay is the way back. Stay on Normal: on easier settings it pays an Arcade Bullet instead.
This deck fight won't come round again either. Save some magic for it; a missed Heart comes back only through a Chapter Select replay.
The duel moves from the missile tower to the backs of two missiles, then to a last building where a wall of water can be Witch Walked. Keep to middle range and use short combos. When she snaps her fingers a missile comes: the counter window is tiny, so back off if you miss it, and a good counter means three more to finish the volley. The jump prompts between stages mark checkpoints, and the last stage holds a healing item and a magic item.
This chapter is one long climb through a tower, floor by floor, with pickups on the way up. You need Panther Within at the very first gap and Witch Walk further up, and Crow Within makes the portal crossing easy. Two pairs of statues hide optional fights you can leave for a replay, and the medal chase waits for later too.
Past the left fence the way on climbs the lift shaft and leaves the lower tower behind. Have Alfheim 20 on the first balcony and the Island In The Sun note first. A Chapter Select replay recovers anything you leave.
Landing on the stone platform with two doors starts the next fight. Have this cylinder's Moon Pearl, Witch Heart and note first. Anything you leave behind comes back through a Chapter Select replay.
This chapter is a single long boss fight with nothing to collect. You have every ability the story will give you, so the only preparation is healing items and your favourite weapons. Medals can wait for later.
He flies round your platform with homing fireballs, a blue ball that traps you until you break free, a charge through a glowing ring and magma from portals in the floor. If he backs away, a laser or a ring of fireballs is coming. If a round runs long, a satellite laser wrecks the platform: jump to another one. When a Climax summon fails and his health returns, that is the next round starting. Round two adds a thrown building, and round three a falling satellite: evade each one to counter, and keep countering the satellite until it finally hits him.
The last chapter is a fast vehicle run, a sprint uphill, the final portal and the final fight. You have all the abilities you need, and the panther and the crow both matter here. There are no chests or notes, and everything still open waits for the sections after the credits.
Running on past the neck starts the next scene and the final fight, and the last Alfheim is left behind. A Chapter Select replay brings it back, but that means restarting the chapter.
First, hit the ribbons while they are down, and destroy the face missiles or punt them back. After three punches the ribbons return, and a dodged punch gives Witch Time on the fist. Then come three stages, each worked the same way: hop to every ribbon, go up to the face, hit it, and pour everything in while it lies dazed. Odette guards against both the flames and the ice. Durga on hands and feet, which needs the Durga Alt, covers the flames as Fire and the bolts as Lightning. The last stage adds the blue disks and the purple portal. When a Climax raises the pillar of hair, run up it as the panther; if a hit knocks you off, run it again.
The credits are behind you and Hard is open, but the guide stays on Normal a little longer to spend money. You hold every weapon the walk gave you, the first techniques and Crow Within. This section buys the two accessories the farm needs, runs the farm, then works down the shop in order of use, with each feat placed after the gear it needs. The payphones, Sai Fung and the Immortal Marionette wait for later sections.
This list runs to millions of halos, and the shop Hearts and Pearls climb in price with every purchase, so expect to farm more than once. The Gates of Hell is on every Chapter Menu, so the shop is never out of reach. If you bought anything below during Run 1, or a feat has already fired, tick it and move on.
The combo counter under the verse number tops out at 9,999, and a hit clears it unless Selene's Light is on. Early on, just protect your health, chaining dodges away from the blasts and the wind snakes. The money is in the last phase: learn where the three shields are, move between them quickly, and fire your guns from afar so the combo lives on the way. Aim for about 6,000 on the shields and 8,000 on the head, listen for its sound cues before you dodge, and take the free hits after its grab.
The shopping is done. What remains needs no gear and no money, so it can run alongside anything else, and four checks close out Normal before Run 2.
Beat any portal you left before you leave Normal. Very Easy has none, and nothing confirms a harder setting counts. Replay that chapter on Normal, beat the portal and play on to the chapter's end. Angel May Cry, The Path To The Heavens and Angel Slayer should then fire.
This run is one quick pass from the Prologue to the Epilogue on Very Easy, played with the whole kit from your Normal run. The same pass earns the ten Platinum medals, the missile medals and the clear that puts the Immortal Marionette on sale, so nothing needs a separate trip. Alfheims and crows don't appear on this setting, so there is nothing to collect. These clears also add nothing to the hundred chapters in the Final Grind, which only counts Normal and above.
Don't use NEW GAME. On any Chapter Menu, open the submenu, set Difficulty to Very Easy, then use Chapter Select to start the Prologue. Your weapons and techniques come with you, and health refills by itself on this setting. Leave Difficulty alone until the credits, because a pass on mixed settings may not count.
Press dodge and the menu button together to skip a cutscene or the opening of Angel Attack. End Angel Attack straight away: each unused bullet pays 200 halos. Walk past chests, notes and hidden verses, because the clear asks for no rank and a skipped verse only lowers a score. Panther Within or Crow Within also gets you over the water in Chapter I and the gap in Chapter II without the statues, and Durga Fire on your feet walks through the Chapter III lava.
Run 3 takes the whole game again on Hard, from the Prologue to the Epilogue. It opened when every chapter was cleared on Normal, and it asks for the clear alone, with no rank. Your weapons, techniques and accessories come with you, so this is one entry per chapter plus the 18 crows that exist only here. Angels move faster, and stronger types turn up far earlier than you remember. Clearing it all opens Non-Stop Infinite Climax and pays out the seventh Gold LP.
Open the submenu on the Chapter Menu, set Difficulty to Hard and use Chapter Select to go back to the Prologue. Stay away from New Game and Load Game, which can overwrite your CONTINUE data. Save at the menu after each chapter, and see a chapter through before leaving it: nothing confirms that a crow caught in a chapter you quit stays caught.
A crow is a bird with a red glow that takes off when you get close and settles again when you back away. Run in fast and press shoot once you are near it. The Tears book in the menu has a second page listing the crows you still need, by chapter and difficulty, and a Hard replay of the chapter brings back any you miss.
The accessories payphone in Chapter II sells the Climax Brace for 5,000,000 halos: use the code in the Final Grind, ending on the right trigger. Wearing it turns every attack into a Wicked Weave, which takes most of the danger out of this run. The price beyond the halos: no score or time is recorded while it is on, so it can't earn medals. Trophies should still fire, and nothing in this run needs a medal. If one doesn't appear, clear that chapter again with it off. Take it off for the Chapter VI portal, where it kills the angels you need for Torture Attacks. Make the phone trip on Hard, or set Difficulty back on the Chapter Menu afterwards, then use Chapter Select to return to the chapter you were on.
Climbing on from the fountain sets a snake on the road, which then crumbles behind you. Have this crow before you go. Only a Hard replay of Chapter V brings it back.
Running the pressure plates a second time opens the way on and leaves the portal behind. Finish the portal and catch this crow first. Only a Hard replay of Chapter VI brings it back.
Walking on around the spinning ring starts the Jeanne fight and ends this part of the plane, turbine included. Get this crow first. Only a Hard replay of Chapter XII brings it back.
Past the left fence the way on climbs the lift shaft and leaves the lower tower behind. Free this crow first. Only a Hard replay of Chapter XV brings it back.
This is the hardest stretch of the guide, and all it asks is the clear: 18 chapters and 15 crows, with no rank needed. Angels stand where they stood on Hard, but they are quicker, tougher and much harder to stagger. Witch Time is off: a dodge no longer starts it and neither does Bat Within, so the habit three runs have built will only get you killed. Wear the Evil Harvest Rosary, which swaps each well-timed dodge for a blast, and the Moon of Mahaa-Kalaa to block and counter. Pillow Talk and its LP wait at the end of the run, and the Bracelet of Time waits for the Final Grind.
Gone: Witch Time from dodging and from Bat Within. Treat a Moon parry as a block and counter, and don't count on it to slow anything. Still there: Selene's Light when you are hit, the Bracelet of Time, stretches the game scripts for you, and the Use Witch Time portals. So each chapter below says what to do where earlier runs told you to dodge and punish. At statue puzzles, in Chapters I, II, III, V, VI and X, take the Rosary off as a precaution: it swaps a dodge's Witch Time for an orb, so a statue's lightning may give you nothing. If a statue still gives no slow time, Selene's Light when you are hit is the fallback.
Evil Harvest Rosary: a last-moment dodge drops an orb where you stood, and it bursts after a moment or when an angel gets close, usually staggering it. Moon of Mahaa-Kalaa: push the stick at an attack to block it, or do it at the last instant to counter. Prefer a slowdown? Swap the Rosary for Selene's Light, which spends magic. The Bracelet of Time gives Witch Time on demand once you own it, but here it burns magic twice as fast, and it shuts off taunts and Umbran Climaxes. Before each chapter, buy lollipops up to the shop limit. The Yellow Moon makes you briefly invincible and the Bloody Rose raises your attack, so eat both together in the worst fights. Carry a Red Hot Shot, which saves you once by itself.
If a chapter won't fall, the accessories payphone in Chapter II sells the Climax Brace for 5,000,000 halos. Use the code in the Final Grind, ending on the right trigger. Every attack becomes a Wicked Weave, the simplest way through this run. It costs you scores and medals, because nothing set while you wear it is recorded, so take it off for anything that depends on a rank, and for Alfheim 10. Trophies should still fire; if one doesn't, clear that chapter again with it off. Make the phone trip on this difficulty, or set Difficulty back on the Chapter Menu afterwards, then use Chapter Select to return to the chapter you were on.
These 15 crows appear on this difficulty only. Each flies off when you walk up and returns when you move away. Finish a chapter before you leave it: nothing promises that a crow caught in an abandoned chapter stays caught. If you miss one, replay its chapter on this difficulty. Difficulty is set from the Chapter Menu, so check it each time.
Riding it leaves the station behind, and the first crow with it. A replay of this chapter on this difficulty brings it back.
Jumping the large outcrop near the top closes a gate beneath you, and the tower floor with its portal stays behind. A replay of this chapter on this difficulty brings the portal and its crow back.
All four runs are done, so what's left is time and halos rather than skill. You start with the Tears, because they are ready now and any chapter you replay for a missing one still counts towards the hundred. Then comes the long part: Chapter VII again and again, which earns the clears and the phone money together. The guide ends with one trip to the Chapter II payphones.
Use Chapter Select for Chapter II. Any difficulty works, so Very Easy is the quickest way there. Play through Verses 1 and 2, break the fast metal wall with the statue timer as you did on Run 1, then walk across the first courtyard and win the fight there. Don't leave under the archway. With no enemies around, stand right in front of a phone and enter the code on the D-pad: Up four times, Down four times, then Left, Right, Left, Right, then the last button in the table. The halos must already be in hand or nothing happens. On success a chime plays, the halos go and the game saves. 14,000,000 covers all four unlocks with nothing spare, so hold more if you can, because the last buttons are disputed. Finish the chapter afterwards.
| Unlock | Phone | Last button | Halos to hold |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeanne | Characters: alone across the plaza, behind a pillar | Right face button (B, Circle) | 1,000,000 |
| Little King Zero | Characters: alone across the plaza, behind a pillar | Left face button (X, Square) | 5,000,000 |
| Rodin | Weapons: facing the stairs, left of the blue car | Left shoulder (LB, L1) | 5,000,000 |
| Bracelet of Time | Accessories: facing the stairs, right of the blue car | Left trigger (LT, L2) | 3,000,000 |
| Climax Brace (shortcut, not needed for the walk) | Accessories: facing the stairs, right of the blue car | Right trigger (RT) | 5,000,000 |
Nothing in this section counts toward 100%. These are the routes the Chapter II phones replace: the three-hour clear for the Bracelet of Time, the Platinum Ticket and Father Rodin for the Rodin weapon, Lost Chapter: Angel Slayer for Little King Zero, and a Platinum award on every chapter for Jeanne. After the Final Grind you own all four already, so play these for the challenge alone: no trophy or Umbran Tear of Blood rests on any of them. The section ends with the costumes the required walk leaves out.
On Normal, wear the Climax Brace and Gaze of Despair with lightning Durga on hands and feet, which needs the Durga Alt. Start Chapter III, beat the first fire angels, break the trash bin above the two phone stations and enter the Stay In The Air portal it reveals. Ignore its goal: mash punches on the ground for the full two minutes and let the portal fail, which keeps the halos. It reportedly pays about 3,000,000 a try. Check your total after the first try before you lean on it, because nothing confirms the halos survive quitting out.
Nothing on the shop screen says so, but the fight begins the moment you pay. Set your weapons and accessories before you buy. A loss reportedly sends you back to Chapter Select with the Ticket gone, so hold 999,999 halos for each try you expect to need.
Witch Time is off for the whole fight, and the Bracelet of Time gives only its combo bonus here. He can't be stunned and hardly staggers, so land a short string and step back out of punch range. Stay moving with Odette or Panther Within. Leave the line of his charge when a ring forms in front of him, and watch for the blue trapping spheres, which multiply past half health. After two or three health bars he adds a grab: it has a clear wind-up, drops you to one point of health, and kills you if you are already there. Wear Evil Harvest Rosary, whose counter makes up for the lost Witch Time, with Pulley's Butterfly or Sergey's Lover; the Moon of Mahaa-Kalaa is less reliable here. Shuraba, Pillow Talk, Sai Fung and Odette suit him, and the Climax Brace with Sai Fung is the other option.
It runs to 51 fights: five verses of ten, then one last fight. Items are banned and the Climax Brace does nothing. Star of Dinéta, which heals on a taunt, is your steady way to recover, and Torture Attack kills can leave green laurels. Don't pair the Star with the Bracelet of Time, which stops you taunting. Health and magic appear to carry from fight to fight, and what a death sends you back to isn't confirmed, so treat each verse as one sitting. Good choices are Shuraba or Pillow Talk's Wicked Slice with Dodge Offset, Sai Fung, Odette and Lt. Col. Kilgore on the feet, with Evil Harvest Rosary, the Moon of Mahaa-Kalaa and Pulley's Butterfly. Turning the camera so enemies sit off screen makes most of them passive.
| Verse | Rules | Fights 1 to 10, in order |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Normal | Dear and Decorations; Applaud with Affinities; Decorations with two Kinship; Affinities with four Applaud; Decorations with three Harmony; Affinities with two Beloved; Grace with two Glory; Affinities with three Joy; two Fairness with Fearless; three Enchants with Jeanne |
| 2 | Hard | Decorations, Affinities and two tuba Applaud; Enchants; Affinities with seven Harmony; three Inspired; Affinities with three Applaud; Grace with two Glory; Affinities with a great Beloved; Affinities with three Ardor; Affinities with Gracious; two Jeannes |
| 3 | Hard | Burning Affinities with two burning Ardor; Affinities, Fearless and Fairness; three sets of Braves; five Ardor; three Fairness with two Fearless; Affinities with Braves; three Joy; Grace with Gracious and Glorious; Golem; Gracious and Glorious with Jeanne |
| 4 | Non-Stop Infinite Climax | Affinities with two Applaud; Decorations with seven Harmony; Enchants; Affinities with five Applaud; three Beloved; two Grace and Glory; burning Affinities with two burning Ardor; three Applaud with Braves; two Fearless and Fairness; two Joy with Jeanne |
| 5 | Non-Stop Infinite Climax | Four Applaud with three Ardor; Golem; Affinities, two sousaphone Applaud and three Ardor; two Glory with Fearless; two sets of Braves; two burning Ardor with Fairness; three Joy; burning Affinities with three burning Ardor; Gracious with two Glorious; three Jeannes |
A Platinum or Pure Platinum chapter award on all 18 chapters, Prologue to Epilogue, is the earned route to Jeanne. Play each one on Normal: Hard medals reportedly don't count, and Easy and Very Easy have no portals, so verses go missing. Only the chapters that fell short need another go. No score limit is published for any verse, so the items below give the rules and tactics, not target numbers.
Each verse earns a medal from three ratings: Combo, Time and Damage. The chapter award is the average of its verses, rounded to the nearest rank: Pure Platinum counts 6, Platinum 5, Gold 4, Silver 3, Bronze 2, Stone 1 and a skipped verse 0. So a Gold can sit inside a Platinum chapter, but portals and hidden verses are verses too, and walking past one hurts badly. Each death takes the award down a whole rank. Lollipops and Red Hot Shots count toward a death, so treat using one as a lost award; Angel Flutes reportedly don't count. Wearing accessories costs nothing in itself.
Combo: one long combo beats several short ones by a wide margin. Land five or six hits, finish with a Wicked Weave, and tap the gun button to hold the combo between targets. Combos score more in Witch Time and against enraged enemies, and a Torture Attack or a big Weave finishes weak enemies well. Time: the clock runs from a verse's first fight to its end, so walking is free. Damage: a Platinum here means no hits at all, but one to three hits leave a Gold, which can still give a Platinum medal if the other two ratings are high. Accessories: Pulley's Butterfly takes hits for a little magic, a perfect Moon of Mahaa-Kalaa parry gives Witch Time, Selene's Light keeps the combo alive when you are hit, and Gaze of Despair enrages everything, so save it for verses you have under control. Take off: the Climax Brace, which records nothing, and the Immortal Marionette, which can halve combo points. The Bracelet of Time fits poorly: it stops Umbran Climax and taunting. A bad fight: quitting to the title screen and using CONTINUE goes back to the checkpoint before that verse. Never pause to the Chapter Menu for this, because that throws the checkpoint away.
A replay passes the same one-way points, and any verse left behind scores 0. Before you pass each one, take what sits behind it: the elevator in Chapter I (the Verse 3 portal), the old gate in Chapter V (hidden Verse 13), the crescent building in Chapter IX (the Verse 11 portal), the far side of the ring in Chapter XII (the turbine verses), the left fence in Chapter XV (the Verse 9 portal) and the statue's neck in the Epilogue (the Verse 5 portal).
Last come the costumes. One may not be a purchase at all, and four exist only on Switch, so neither counts toward 100%.
The story trophies come from clearing Normal and Hard, and the rest from collectibles, Alfheims, the shop and skill feats. Rows whose item touches a late story moment blur if you choose Hide all spoilers.
| Trophy | PlayStation grade | Section | Item |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acquire all Trophies | Platinum (PlayStation only) | 22. Run 4: Non-Stop Infinite Climax | Infinite Climax: clear Epilogue |
| Angel Slayer | Gold | 18. Run 1, Epilogue: Requiem | Alfheim 21: Use Wicked Weaves! |
| Legendary Dark Witch | Gold | 22. Run 4: Non-Stop Infinite Climax | Infinite Climax: clear Epilogue |
| Angel May Cry | Silver | 6. Run 1, Chapter V: The Lost Holy Grounds | Alfheim 11: Limited Kicks And Punches! |
| Commander Of Magic | Silver | 19. After the Normal Run: Halos, Shop and Feats | Commander Of Magic |
| Nice Try | Silver | 10. Run 1, Chapter IX: Paradiso, A Remembrance of Time | Nice Try |
| Record Fanatic | Silver | 21. Run 3: Hard | Record Fanatic |
| Touch And It Will REALLY Hurt | Silver | 19. After the Normal Run: Halos, Shop and Feats | Touch And It Will REALLY Hurt |
| Treasure Fanatic | Silver | 19. After the Normal Run: Halos, Shop and Feats | Treasure Fanatic |
| Truth In Its Purest Form | Silver | 19. After the Normal Run: Halos, Shop and Feats | Truth In Its Purest Form |
| Umbra Elder | Silver | 21. Run 3: Hard | Hard: clear Epilogue |
| Umbra Witch | Silver | 18. Run 1, Epilogue: Requiem | Credits |
| Wicked Weave Master | Silver | 19. After the Normal Run: Halos, Shop and Feats | Wicked Weave Master |
| A Mother's Love | Bronze | 7. Run 1, Chapter VI: The Gates of Paradise | A Mother's Love |
| A Primer In The Magical Arts | Bronze | 1. Run 1, Prologue: The Vestibule | Highway Wreckage: three Torture Attacks before the plane falls |
| Chapters 1-4 (Normal) | Bronze | 5. Run 1, Chapter IV: The Cardinal Virtue of Fortitude | Fortitudo, Cardinal Virtue of Fortitude |
| Chapters 5-7 (Normal) | Bronze | 8. Run 1, Chapter VII: The Cardinal Virtue of Temperance | Temperantia, Cardinal Virtue of Temperance |
| Chapters 8-11 (Normal) | Bronze | 12. Run 1, Chapter XI: The Cardinal Virtue of Justice | Iustitia, Cardinal Virtue of Justice |
| Chapters 12-13 (Normal) | Bronze | 14. Run 1, Chapter XIII: The Cardinal Virtue of Prudence | Sapientia, Cardinal Virtue of Prudence |
| Chapters 14-Epilogue (Normal) | Bronze | 18. Run 1, Epilogue: Requiem | Credits |
| Come Here, Little Boy | Bronze | 19. After the Normal Run: Halos, Shop and Feats | Come Here, Little Boy |
| Double, Double, Toil And Trouble | Bronze | 19. After the Normal Run: Halos, Shop and Feats | Double, Double, Toil And Trouble |
| Feels Good, Doesn't It? | Bronze | 19. After the Normal Run: Halos, Shop and Feats | Feels Good, Doesn't It? |
| Fire The Afterburners | Bronze | 20. Run 2: Very Easy and the Medal Feats | Fire The Afterburners |
| Fortitudo, Bringer Of Flame | Bronze | 5. Run 1, Chapter IV: The Cardinal Virtue of Fortitude | Fortitudo, Cardinal Virtue of Fortitude |
| Higher And Higher | Bronze | 6. Run 1, Chapter V: The Lost Holy Grounds | Higher And Higher |
| I'm A Bit... I Mean Witch. | Bronze | 1. Run 1, Prologue: The Vestibule | I'm A Bit... I Mean Witch |
| Iustitia, Giver Of Life | Bronze | 12. Run 1, Chapter XI: The Cardinal Virtue of Justice | Iustitia, Cardinal Virtue of Justice |
| Just In The Nick Of Time | Bronze | 3. Run 1, Chapter II: Vigrid, City of Déjà Vu | Just In The Nick Of Time |
| Master Of The Heavens | Bronze | 17. Run 1, Chapter XVI: The Lumen Sage | The Lumen Sage, three rounds |
| Naughty Tentacles | Bronze | 10. Run 1, Chapter IX: Paradiso, A Remembrance of Time | Naughty Tentacles |
| New Testament: Ch. 1-4 (Hard) | Bronze | 21. Run 3: Hard | Hard: clear Chapter IV |
| New Testament: Ch. 5-7 (Hard) | Bronze | 21. Run 3: Hard | Hard: clear Chapter VII |
| New Testament: Ch. 8-11 (Hard) | Bronze | 21. Run 3: Hard | Hard: clear Chapter XI |
| New Testament: Ch. 12-13 (Hard) | Bronze | 21. Run 3: Hard | Hard: clear Chapter XIII |
| New Testament: Close The Book | Bronze | 21. Run 3: Hard | Hard: clear Epilogue |
| Nice And Relaxed | Bronze | 19. After the Normal Run: Halos, Shop and Feats | Nice And Relaxed |
| Platinum! | Bronze | 20. Run 2: Very Easy and the Medal Feats | Platinum! |
| Record Collector | Bronze | 4. Run 1, Chapter III: The Burning Ground | LP: Fantaisie-Impromptu (piece 2 of 2) |
| Sapientia, Controller Of Seas | Bronze | 14. Run 1, Chapter XIII: The Cardinal Virtue of Prudence | Sapientia, Cardinal Virtue of Prudence |
| Seeker Of Magic | Bronze | 2. Run 1, Chapter I: The Angel's Metropolis | Seeker Of Magic |
| Taste Of The Witching Hour | Bronze | 18. Run 1, Epilogue: Requiem | Credits |
| Temperantia, Manipulator Of Wind | Bronze | 8. Run 1, Chapter VII: The Cardinal Virtue of Temperance | Temperantia, Cardinal Virtue of Temperance |
| The Deepest Cut | Bronze | 19. After the Normal Run: Halos, Shop and Feats | The Deepest Cut |
| The Ice Witch | Bronze | 19. After the Normal Run: Halos, Shop and Feats | The Ice Witch |
| The Path To The Heavens | Bronze | 18. Run 1, Epilogue: Requiem | Alfheim 21: Use Wicked Weaves! |
| Touch And It Will Hurt | Bronze | 19. After the Normal Run: Halos, Shop and Feats | Touch And It Will Hurt |
| Tread Not So Softly | Bronze | 4. Run 1, Chapter III: The Burning Ground | Tread Not So Softly |
| Treasure Collector | Bronze | 19. After the Normal Run: Halos, Shop and Feats | Treasure Collector |
| Wicked Weaver | Bronze | 2. Run 1, Chapter I: The Angel's Metropolis | Wicked Weaver |
| You Want To Touch Me? | Bronze | 2. Run 1, Chapter I: The Angel's Metropolis | You Want To Touch Me? |
| Source | Tears | Where in this guide |
|---|---|---|
| Achievements in the game's own list | 50 | Every row of the trophy table above except the Platinum. |
| Crows on Normal | 18 | Run 1, in the chapter sections. |
| Crows on Hard | 18 | Run 3. These only appear on Hard. |
| Crows on Non-Stop Infinite Climax | 15 | Run 4. These only appear on this difficulty. |
| Total | 101 | All of them unlock the Climax Brace. |
| Platform | List | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| PlayStation 4 | 51 trophies: 1 Platinum, 2 Gold, 10 Silver, 38 Bronze | The only list with a Platinum. |
| Xbox One | 50 achievements | The PlayStation list without the Platinum. |
| Steam | 50 achievements | The PlayStation list without the Platinum. |
| Nintendo Switch | None | No system trophies. The same tasks should still count as Umbran Tears of Blood in the game. |