Crimson Moon Trophy Guide: Platinum Roadmap and Tips

Crimson Moon has 31 trophies on PS5: one Platinum called Nephilim, five Gold, nine Silver and sixteen Bronze, and none of them is permanently missable because every requirement can be retried on a later run. The fastest route to the Platinum is to play normally until your permanent gear is strong, then go after the four trophies that need a dedicated attempt: No Deaths, Hellish, Fully Loaded and the 1,000-kill Infernal Slayer. This roadmap covers every trophy group, the order that wastes the least time and the patch changes that matter for trophy hunters as of November 2026.

We checked the list against two published trophy guides, ProbablyMonsters' own patch notes on Steam, the Steam store page and the studio's gameplay explainers in November 2026, and we flag the places where guides disagree.

The Crimson Moon Trophy List at a Glance

ProbablyMonsters released Crimson Moon on September 1, 2026 for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. The PS5 version carries 31 trophies, while Steam and Xbox list 30 achievements, which is the same core list without the Platinum. Only Slay Together needs a second player, since it asks for a finished co-op mission, and nothing is tied to a specific difficulty except Hellish. One published guide counts eight Silver trophies in its text but lists nine in its own table, and nine is the number that adds up to 31, so treat nine as correct.

The list splits naturally into four groups. Story milestones such as Prologue, Victory, Completionist and the five district trophies arrive as you push the campaign forward. Progression milestones such as Level 5, Level 10, Level 20 and Level 30 come from earning experience. Cumulative counters such as Slayer, Infernal Slayer, Great Soul Reclaimer, Blessed and Lore Champion tick up across every run, whether that run succeeds or fails. Finally, a handful of skill checks, No Deaths, Hellish, Perfect Parry and Fully Loaded, ask you to do something specific inside a single mission.

Crimson Moon trophies that take the most planning (PS5)

Trophy	Grade	Requirement	When to go for it
Infernal Slayer	Gold	Kill 1,000 enemies across all runs	Let it build up naturally, farm only at the end
Lore Champion	Gold	Collect 50 Lore Scrolls	From your first run onward
Completionist	Gold	Complete all primary missions and bosses	Main checklist after Victory
Level 30	Gold	Reach level 30	Late, through normal play
Hellish	Silver	Complete a district mission on Hellish difficulty or higher	Once your purified gear is upgraded
No Deaths	Silver	Complete a district mission without losing a life	On a district you know well
Great Soul Reclaimer	Silver	Earn 100,000 total Souls	Late, it counts Souls earned, not held
Fully Loaded	Bronze	Equip a Rare or better item in every slot in one run	When a run drops good loot

Step One: Play the Campaign and Let the Counters Run

Your opening runs should look like a normal playthrough. Finish the Prologue, which pops even if you die in it, and accept that First Death of Many will arrive on its own the first time you suffer a true death in a mission. A full run in Crimson Moon is three missions followed by a World Boss, according to the studio's own help post, and the Loadout Station stays locked while a run is active, so do not panic if you cannot change gear between missions.

While you play, pick up every Lore Scroll you see. Lore Champion needs 50, and returning scrolls to Mereda in Sanctus Clypeus also unlocks new Boons, so each scroll helps twice. Our breakdown of how Boons, Nexus Gates and Mereda fit together explains why those early scrolls matter for every later run. Complete Nexus Gate objectives as they appear, because Let's Nexus asks for three of them, and trigger Angel Mode whenever the gauge is full so that Angelic (five activations) comes without thinking.

The five district Bronzes, The Forsaken Streets, Archspire Cathedral, Ramshorn Keep, Shoreditch and Elk Grove Academy, unlock as you complete those areas. The three Abraxas Stone Silvers (Rot, War and Arcana) are progression milestones tied to the stones you earn from the big bosses, so they also come from simply moving the campaign forward. Meet Mereda asks you to finish the Librarian Briefing quest, which is part of the early hub introductions.

Step Two: Build Permanent Power Before the Hard Trophies

The single most important system for trophy hunting is purification. Gear you find during a run is temporary until you survive and purify it at the hub, and the studio clarified in September that purifying an item permanently unlocks it at Common quality, whatever rarity you found it at. To raise that floor you have Gajov, the vampire blacksmith, upgrade the item, which permanently lifts its minimum quality everywhere it appears. Gajov Make Strong pops the first time you upgrade any weapon or shield to Rare or higher, and Blessed pops after you collect and purify 50 items across runs.

That means a sensible order is to purify generously early, then focus your upgrades on a small set of favorite pieces. A strong, upgraded loadout makes No Deaths and Hellish far easier, and it is also what lets you pull off Fully Loaded, which asks for a Rare or better item in every slot during a single run. Every Nephilim wears nine pieces: four armor pieces, two trinkets, a one-handed weapon with a shield and a two-handed weapon. If you want a concrete plan for those slots, our guide to building a strong Nephilim walks through slot priorities and synergy.

Perfect Parry is worth doing early for a different reason. Parrying is the main defensive skill the game rewards, and the No Deaths trophy becomes much more relaxed once you can parry reliably. Practice on weaker enemies in the first district rather than on a boss.

Step Three: No Deaths, Hellish and Slay Together

No Deaths asks you to complete one district mission without losing a life. You do not need a full run, only a single mission, so pick the district you know best, set a comfortable difficulty and play conservatively. Hellish is the opposite kind of check: it only asks you to complete one district mission on Hellish difficulty or higher, and you are allowed to lose lives along the way. Difficulty is chosen at the War Table when you set up the first mission of a new run, and it cannot be changed partway through a run, so plan the attempt before you leave the hub.

Patch 1.1 arrived on November 3, 2026 with a new 6-Skull difficulty that gives you a single life, plus seven Omens that act as optional difficulty modifiers. Neither is required for any trophy, and you should not treat the one-life tier as a shortcut to No Deaths unless you enjoy the pressure. Our explainer on every difficulty option and how to change it covers the War Table rules and what each step up actually changes.

Slay Together is the only trophy that needs another person. Finish one mission in two-player online co-op and it unlocks for both of you. If you are new to the multiplayer side, the co-op guide covering player count, crossplay and joining a session explains host codes and the shared life pool before you queue up.

Step Four: Victory, Completionist and the Long Counters

Victory needs one complete run, solo or in co-op. Completionist needs every primary mission and boss across your runs, and it is the trophy most guides recommend using as your master checklist once Victory is done. If it stays locked after you believe you have done everything, go back through each district's mission list and boss roster rather than replaying at random.

The cumulative trophies should be last. Infernal Slayer needs 1,000 kills in total and is the largest time investment on the list, but kills accumulate across every run, so most players are well along before they think about it. If you are short at the end, dense districts such as The Forsaken Streets and Ramshorn Keep are commonly suggested for farming. Great Soul Reclaimer counts 100,000 Souls earned, not 100,000 held at once, and higher difficulties and bosses pay Souls faster. Level 30 also arrives late for most players, since experience keeps flowing from quests and missions even when a run fails.

One patch note matters here. Hotfix 1.0.2 on September 30, 2026 fixed Great Soul Reclaimer unlocking earlier than intended on Steam and the Epic Games Store and fixed it not unlocking at all on Steam Deck, so older forum advice about that trophy may be out of date.

Protecting Your Save While You Hunt

Crimson Moon's launch had real save and progression problems, and the studio said so publicly. Hotfix 1.0.1 added rolling backup saves, 1.0.2 added more save fixes, and Patch 1.1 introduced a rebuilt save system designed to address issues that could cause lost progress. In the 1.0.2 notes the team also recommended playing on a single device where possible and making a local backup on PC while that work continued.

For a trophy run, that advice is still sensible. Keep one save per platform, avoid hopping between devices on the same save, and if a trophy you clearly earned did not appear, check sync and version before assuming a bug. Our existing guide on what to do when a PS5 trophy does not unlock lists the console-side checks. If you are curious how much the Platinum adds to your profile, the PS5 trophy level explainer breaks down the points each grade is worth.

Want the Platinum Done for You?

If the 1,000 kills, the 100,000 Souls and the Hellish clear sound like more hours than you have, the store offers a Crimson Moon platinum trophy service for PS5. Its page describes every Bronze, Silver and Gold trophy plus the Platinum unlocked on your own account, with a choice between instant time-stamps and time-stamps spread over realistic gaps, and it is listed for PS5 only. The Crimson Moon hub also carries the PS5 and PC modded save, which is a separate product and does not include the trophy.

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