Thread: Nier Trophy Guide

Nier Trophy Guide
Written by GhostBabel23

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Platinum Path/ The Final Verse:

Playthrough One: Speed Run And/ Or Casual Playthrough
- It is possible to to this playthrough and not skip a cut-scene while still meeting the under 15 hours limit to earn Lightspeed Fighter, however you may choose to get all the side-quests out of the way early.
- Part 1: It is ESSENTIAL that you complete everything you can in Part 1 because this will be the only time you get to play it unless you start a New Game. Complete all the "Fisherman Gambit" quests and quests to expand your garden. Make sure you collected all the weapons in Part 1 BEFORE YOU GRAB THE VAPOR MOSS FOR POPOLA! Also don't forget Sheep Whisperer if you don't plan to get the DLC.
- Part 2: Just playthrough as you normally would and pick up trophies along the way only if you feel like you have time to spare. You can also do what I did and start grinding some here for upgrades and gold.
Playthrough Two: New Game +
- This is the "play as you want" playthrough. You're not at the point yet to where it matters if you have everything yet as you're really just gonna want to grab Educated Warrior and Lingering Memories this time around.
Playthrough Three: Clean-Up
- It is time you make sure you have everything, and I mean EVERYTHING done before you go for Something Very Special. You will want to take time out to make sure you have Man Of Means, A Round By The Pond, and Legendary Gardner.
- Also make sure you at least have every weapon collected so you can earn The Strongest Bond and Thank You at the end if you plan to go through a fourth time (which might actually help in grinding for materials due to enemies who spawn in large clusters in the Shadowlord's Castle).
- Again, make sure you've done EVERYTHING before you see Ending D as you will loose all your save data after you've earned it.
Optional Playthrough
- If you failed to earn it the first time, you will want to go for Lightspeed Fighter with a brand new save file after you have done everything else.

Overview:

Trophy Difficulty: Moderate
Offline Trophies: All obtainable offline
Online Trophies: All obtainable online
Time To Platinum: Around 80-100 hours depending on grinding luck.
Minimum Number of Playthroughs: 2 full playthroughs and at least 2 half playthroughs
Miss-able Trophies: A lot, refer to the Platinum Path for the recommended order of obtaining these trophies.
Glitched Trophies: Wordsmith is rumored to glitch and not unlock immediately. This did not happen to me on my playthrough. Instead the final weapons collector trophy glitched. If any trophy glitches, simply remove the install data and reinstall (KEEP YOUR SAVE) and redo the required task. This should fix the problem if you do have one.

The Final Verse

Earn all Nier Trophies.

Obtain all the other trophies in the game. With the proper planning this is exceptionally easy albeit a few hinges. Overall not difficult but rather time consuming platinum.

The Book of Legend

Grimoire Weiss joined your party.

This is a story related trophy you will not miss.

Spoiler

You will get this in part 1 right before the duo boss battle with the two suits of armor at the top of the Lost Shrine. Knock Weiss out of the force field to get to Yonah and you will earn this trophy after the following cutscene.

The Wild Companion

Kainé joined your party.

This is a story related trophy you will not miss.

Spoiler

You will get this on your second trip to the Aerie. Defeat the boss there for a second time and head down to meet Kainé on the lower platforms. After a cutscene she will join your party and you will earn this trophy.

The Mellow Companion

Emil joined your party.

This is a story related trophy you will not miss.

Spoiler

When you are called back to the mansion to help Emil discover the secrets of his past, you will find yourself back in the underground laboratory. At the end of the underground's path you will face a boss. Defeat the boss and witness Emil's transformation into the skeletal creature you see on the game's cover. You will earn this trophy after the cutscene ends.

Release

You freed Kainé from her petrification.

This is a story related trophy you will not miss.

Spoiler

Not too long after Emil meets with his grotesque transformation and you earn the Mellow Companion trophy will you release Kainé from the stone wall and fight the familiar boss from years past and earn this trophy. This trophy also marks the point in the game where Part 2 begins. You will restart from this point every time you beat the game.

Key Collector

You unlocked the key to the Shadowlord's castle.

This is a story related trophy you will not miss.

Spoiler

You will earn the keys as you go through Part 2 defeating the bosses. Regardless of the order you go in, you will unlock this trophy once all the keys are collected. With all the keys and this trophy you should consider grinding for some upgraded swords and anything else you might want to do like side quests before heading to the Lost Shrine.

A World In Flux

You defeated the Shadowlord.

This is a story related trophy you will not miss.

Spoiler

Defeat your darker half and rescue Yonah. Congrats, you finished the game for the first time. You will also earn Ending A after the credits for another trophy. Now get ready for more grinding and repeating Part 2.

Combo Fanatic

Pull off a 50-hit combo.

You build up combos with every hit you land successfully on an enemy. The window of time for each consecutive hit is only about 2 to 3 seconds, so building up heavy combos in most places will be nearly impossible due to enemy spawn patterns. You will most likely earn the 50 hit combo during the prologue, depending on how well you get a hold of handling the controls. If not do not fret, in fact, do not even try to get this trophy or the Combo Master trophy until you reached the Shadowlord's castle (though it is possible in some areas with a lot of enemies like the Northern Plains and the Underground Lab). There is a place where you can get an infinite amount of combos off a particular giant armored boar. After you beat the boar the first time and it chases you up the spiral stairs you will have to fight it a second time. Beat it again to trigger its poison cloud move. When it does this it will stand still and not attack as it charges. By this point you do enough damage to where you can wail away on the immortal enemy and knock it out before it finishes the attack. Keep hitting it even after it dies and revives with a white flash. You can do this until you get 100 combo hits without even breaking a sweat.

Also if you downloaded the DLC, obtaining 50 hit combos are much easier in the later challenge rooms. It is possible to pull off 100 hit combos, but it still remains very difficult when compared to the boar trick.

Combo Master

Pull off a 100-hit combo.

See Combo Fanatic for full details.

The Magic Man

Learn every type of magic.

This trophy is unmissable as collecting all the magic is relevant to the story of Part 1. You will obtain the final Sealed Verse once you leave the mansion in the southern plains after helping Emil You do not have to use all the different types of magic to earn this, just simply obtain it. I'm really wasting space describing this anymore as you can't miss this. Smile for easy trophy!

Wordsmith

Collect 50 percent of all words.

You can collect words after you have Grimoire Weiss in your party. In order to collect them you must kill enemies. You have a small random chance of obtaining a word. You will want the words to upgrade your magic and weapons to greater efficiency. Do not worry about picking them up as they come to you automatically. It will take a good while but you should be able to obtain 50% of the words (exactly 50 words) during your second or third playthrough without grinding for items. Basically, if you're looking for the platinum, you will inevitably obtain this trophy working towards several of the others. You can check your progress by going to the Documents tab and checking your Word List.

Note: If this trophy glitches, simply keep collecting words. It will pop up anywhere between 50 to 54 words collected.

Weapons Collector

Find Every Weapon.

There are 30 weapons in Nier all together. Most of the weapons are easy to obtain (i.e. purchase at a blacksmith) or quest related, while some require you to do elaborate side quests or simply be on the look out for. Below is a list of every weapon and how to obtain them for your convenience:

Spoiler

One-Handed Weapons
- Nameless Blade: Your default starting weapon.
- Lily-Leaf Sword: Purchased from the Village Blacksmith for 2,400 Gold.
- Nirvana Dagger: Inside a wooden crate on your path to save Yonah for the first time in the Lost Shrine. You will go up a ladder to a set of wooden planks. There will be a single crate and another ladder continuing up. The dagger is in that crate.
- Moonrise: Once the main story tells you to go to Seafront (for the shaman fish), an event will occur on the southern plains where a soldier is being attacked by shades. Kill the shades and save him and he will reward you with this sword.
- Rebirth: After clearing the Barren Temple in the main quest, the King of Facade will give you this sword as a reward.
- Earth Wyrm's Sword: Purchased from Facade Blacksmith for 8,400 Gold.
- Beastbain: Purchased from Village Blacksmith or Facade Blacksmith for 16,800 Gold.
- Blade Of Treachery: This weapon can be found in the Manor, near the end of part one. After going through the door that requires the Darkness Key, you will be ambushed by shades. Kill them and look for a crate that will contain this sword. If you go down the hall and see the save point without this weapon, go back so you don't miss it.
- Faith: Faith can be from the Mayor in the Forest of Myth in Part 1 for helping the villagers escape their dreams. You must go through a series of text adventures and answer a few riddles in order to do this. If you choose not to do this, the sword can also be purchased from the Aerie Blacksmith for 18,500 in part 2.

Answers to the riddles for those unwilling to figure them out:

Spoiler

- Mayor: "A Secret", "Sunlight", and "A Man"
- Woman: Always head North and East whenever asked, never South or West.
-Man: "The real one is Beta"

- Phoenix Dagger: Purchased from Seafront Blacksmith for 31,200 Gold.
- Labyrinth's Whisper: Obtained in Part 2 as a reward for completing the side-quest "A Bridge In Peril". If the massive shade does not appear then exit and re-enter until the time of day changes and check again.
- Iron Pipe: Obtained in Part 2 as a reward for completing the side-quest "A Magical Stone" (it is in a crate where Yonah sat during the prologue). If you do not obtain this item by the time you've earned Ending B on your second playthrough, you will receive it as a reward for the second ending.
- Ancient Overlord: Given as a gift by the King of Facade in Part 2 at the end of the Desert questline.

Two-Handed Weapons
- Kusanagi: Talk to the woman next to the fallen soldier at the beginning of Part 2 for this sword. You can't miss this.
- Axe Of Beheading: Purchased from the Village Blacksmith for 19,200 Gold in Part 2 only.
- Fang Of The Twins: Found in Level 1 of the Underground Lab. Pass through the hidden hallway and pick the item up near the center of the room beyond it. If you descend to Level 2 without this item, go back and nab it.
- Vile Axe: Purchased from Seafront Blacksmith for 21,600 Gold in Part 2 only.
- Beastlord: Inside the wooden crate next to the save point right before you enter the top room of the Lost Shrine where you fight the boss.
- Iron Will: Gift from Gideon at the Two Brothers Weaponry in Part 2. You can not miss this weapon.
- Phoenix Sword: Inside one of the two crates near the bird bath of the Shadowlord's Castle.
- Labyrinth's Song: Reward for completing the side-quest "Disturbing The Sleep Of Kings". This side-quest is offered by the King of Facade after you deal with the robbers at the Barren Temples and the massive Shade in the sandstorm.

Spears
- Transcience: This spear is given to you at the start of Part 2, same as the Kusanagi. You can't miss this.
- Spear Of The Usurper: Purchased from the Seafront Blacksmith for 21,600 Gold.
- The Devil Queen: When you return to the Lost Shrine you will enter it from behind. As you climb the ladders you will see two crates near one of them. Break them to find this spear.
- Sunrise: Purchased from Facade Blacksmith for 21,600 Gold.
- Beastcurse: Inside the crate next to the hole that drops to the boss in the Junk Heap in Part 2.
- Captain's Holy Spear: Purchased from the Facade Blacksmith for 30,000 Gold.
- Dragoon Lance: After you escape the Armored Boar in the Shadowlord's Castle for the first time there will be a hall full of wooden crates. Near the end one of the crates on the right will hold this spear.
- Phoenix Spear: Purchased from the Facade Blacksmith for 32,400 Gold.
- Labyrinth's Shout: Reward for completing the side-quest "A Damaged Map". Mind you will need 3 Machine Oils (rare drops from flying robots in the Junk Heap), 3 Goat Hides, and 3 Eggplants (bought at the Village Grocer).

Village Handyman

Complete 10 quests.

There are a total of 70 side-quests in this game total, so completing 30 before the end of the game is a cake walk. In fact you can complete as much as 32 before Part 1 is over. Simply do any and every side-quest you find that pleases you and you should get all of these without too much hassle.

For those who desire, the following link is provided to give additional in depth information on each side-quest you'll come across in the game: http://wikicheats.gametrailers.com/N...60/Side_Quests

Jack Of All Trades

Complete 20 quests.

See Village Handyman for more details.

Go-To-Guy

Complete 30 quests.

See Village Handyman for more details.

Man Of Means

Accumulate 1,000,000 pieces of gold.

This is an easy but very time consuming trophy. Here are a few tips to help you accumulate the needed money effectively:

- Play on easy mode, you'll get more then enough health drops to never need to buy any.
- Do as many side-quests as you can, you will be rewarded a lot more for items during these then if you sold them.
- Do NOT sell any materials you've collected until you have maxed out or near maxed out your weapons.
- Catch fish and sell them. Most effective at the highest levels.
- Cultivate White Moonflowers (not recommended more then once for Legendary Gardner).
- Farm materials in the Junk Heap to sell.
- Play through the DLC if you have it as many times as you see fit (also a good way to farm rare items).

For those of you who are impatient, if you're on your 3rd playthrough shooting for Endings C and D, you should have accumulated a fair amount of gold (at least 500,000). If so, SAVE YOUR GAME, then you can sell ALL of your collected items and spike your gold count up to 1,000,000 (which should be no sweat if you never sold anything). Then reload your save and you get your items back and a trophy with no more worries about saving money.

Educated Warrior

Read the final novel segment.

After you complete the game and earn Ending A, you will/ should save your game and reload it so you can begin playthrough 2. Playthrough 2 will begin right where Emil releases Kainé from her petrification. Everything will seem just like before until you are prompted to read into Kainé's dreams. Do so and you will enter a dream sequence and learn of her back story. When you finish the dream sequence you will earn this trophy. Do not skip the cutscenes on playthrough 2 as there will be a lot of new ones with deeper insight into the game's complex story.

Call Her Back

You viewed the first ending (Ending A).

On your first playthrough you will unlock Ending A after you defeat the final boss. Without too many spoilers, you will be prompted to enter an answer with your keyboard. The answer is the name you gave your character. After the credits you'll be prompted to save. Do so and this trophy is yours. Now only three more to go...

Lingering Memories

You viewed the second ending (Ending B).

Remember on playthrough 2 you will be presented with a lot of new story so don't rush to get through it. Take advantage of anything you want to while you're at it such as grinding, side-quests etc. Beat the game a second time to earn Ending B. You'll get the trophy after the credits. Now save again so you can earn the last two...

Thank You

You viewed the third ending (Ending C).

Once you collected all the weapons and viewed both Ending A and Ending B, you will be able to beat the game and earn Ending C and/ or D. After the Shadowlord you will face one more, much more difficult foe. After you defeat the opponent you will be prompted with two choices. For this (and recommend first choice you make) you must choose the first option. Now for the second choice...

Something Very Special

You viewed the fourth ending (Ending D).

Do NOT CHOOSE THE SECOND OPTION until you have done everything you possibly can, earned every other trophy in the game except perhaps your speed run trophy. When you choose the second option you will be warned half a dozen times of the consequences. You will loose ALL SAVE FILES WITH YOUR CHARACTER'S NAME when you choose this option, hence why you want to finish everything like all your hard work grinding for materials and gold. You have been warned.

Legendary Gardner

You successfully cultivated the legendary flower.

Prepare yourself for an extremely tedious, luck based journey of time warping, exiting and reentering, and frustrated anticipation. Before you attempt this make sure you have completed the side-quest "Shopping List" and preferably "A Return To Shopping" as well. Once you have done this and have all three rows of soil in your garden ready for planting, go to the Grocer in Seafront and purchase at least 9 Red Moonflower Seeds, 6 Gold Moonflower Seeds & 6 Blue Moonflower Seeds.

There are six different stages of cultivation, these are: Fertilization (Optional stage; Use fertilizers in the spots you plan to plant for various effects), Planting (Just planted; Water to increase seed yield), Growing (Lasts between 1 to 8 hours), Flowering (You can harvest the plant to sell or use; lasts up to 50 hours), Harvesting (You can harvest the seeds to grow more of the plant; Lasts up to 50 hours real time), and Withering (You're too late. It's useless now)

Now to perform the following steps you will need to know how to manipulate your PS3 clock. Do NOT play online while you're doing this or else it won't work. Save the game, exit to the XMB and go to your Date & Time settings. Change the time on your PS3 clock as instructed.

Here is what you have to do:

Spoiler

Obtain Peach Moonflower Seeds
Sew your seeds as depicted among your three rows of soil:
R - G - R
G - R - G..........Plant your seeds and water them. Save your game.
R - G - R..........Exit to XMB and set the time forward 4 hours. Reload game.
G - R - G..........Water your plants again. Exit to XMB and set the time forward 36 hours.
R - G - R..........Reload your save and harvest your seeds. You want 9 Peach seeds.

Obtain Indigo Moonflower Seeds
Sew your seeds as depicted among your three rows of soil:
B - G - B
G - B - G..........Plant your seeds and water them. Save your game.
B - G - B..........Exit to XMB and set the time forward 4 hours. Reload game.
G - B - G..........Water your plants again. Exit to XMB and set the time forward 36 hours.
B - G - B..........Reload your save and harvest your seeds. You want 6 Indigo seeds.

Obtain Pink Moonflower Seeds
Sew your seeds as depicted among your three rows of soil:
R - I - R
I - R - I..........Plant your seeds and water them. Save your game.
R - I - R..........Exit to XMB and set the time forward 4 hours. Reload game.
I - R - I..........Water your plants again. Exit to XMB and set the time forward 36 hours.
R - I - R..........Reload your save and harvest your seeds. You want 6 Pink seeds.

Obtain White Moonflower Seeds
Sew your seeds as depicted among your three rows of soil:
Pe - Pi - Pe
Pi - Pe - Pi.........Plant your seeds and water them. Save your game.
Pe - Pi - Pe..........Exit to XMB and set the time forward 4 hours. Reload game.
Pi - Pe - Pi..........Water your plants again. Exit to XMB and set the time forward 36 hours.
Pe - Pi - Pe..........Reload your save and harvest your seeds. You will hopefully obtain a white flower/ seed.

IMPORTANT: When harvesting for the white moonflower you can increase your chances by planting the above line and then reversing the order in which you planted if your first attempt yields no results. When replanting, you will want to plant and water as you go, do NOT discard every single withered plant and then start as you will get no where this way.

Fish Of Legend

You caught a rhizodont.

The rhizodont is by far the most difficult fish to catch in the game. It is essential you complete every single "Fisherman's Gambit" otherwise it will be impossible to catch the fish. In order to catch this fish you must go to the fast travel boat in the desert and use Sardines as bait (you will need at least 10, recommended at least 30). You will catch mostly rusty buckets and Hyneria fish, but once out of perhaps every ten times you will catch a rhizodont. If the pole dips twice, pauses, then dips twice again before you need to snag it, it will be the rhizodont. If you fail (and you will know you failed to catch the rhizodont) you must leave the area and return in order for it to spawn again. You will need to catch this fish for the A Round By The Pond trophy.

A Round By The Pond

You caught one of every type of fish.

If you complete every single "Fisherman's Gambit" quest (which you'll have to do to earn this and Fish Of Legend) you will have already caught most of the fish required for this trophy.

Here's a list of every fish needed:

Spoiler

- Story-Related: Shaman Fish
- Fisherman's Gambit: Sardine
- Blowfish
- Bream
- Blue Marlin
- Rainbow Trout
- Black Bass
- Hyneria
- Sandfish
- Royal Fish
- Other Fish: Shark (Found at the Small Beach, Seafront with Sardine as bait)
- Dunkeosteus (Found at the Small Beach, Seafront with Sardine as bait)
- Carp (Found at the Village Lake with Earthworms as bait)
- Giant Catfish (Found at the Eastern Road Lake with Carp as bait)
- Rhizodont (Refer to Fish Of Legend trophy)

Material Hunter

You collected 50 types of raw materials.

You will obtain this trophy without much difficulty. Raw materials are anything you find glowing on the ground or picked up from fallen enemies. You can purchase materials at various Material Shops (though don't unless it's for a side-quest) and sometimes earn them as rewards for side-quests. The trophy counts for having 50 different types of materials, whether you need to have all 50 in your inventory isn't clear though I doubt it. You will earn this indefinably while grinding for weapon materials so there is no need to worry.

Upgrade Apprentice

You upgraded 5 weapons to their maximum level.

Refer to Forging Master.

Reform Specialist

You upgraded 15 weapons to their maximum level.

Refer to Forging Master.

Forging Master

You upgraded 30 weapons to their maximum level.

It is due to this trophy I highly recommend you refrain from selling anything you collect (you have a practically unlimited inventory to carry items). There are 30 weapons in all, each have three separate levels of upgrading for a maxed out level of four. You will need to grind for a long time in order to obtain all the items needed to max out all of the upgrades. This means a lot of farming for individual items off certain enemies and searching random sparkling spots and crates across the world.

Here's the list of raw materials needed and the best places for them to be farmed:

Spoiler

6x Amber - Junk Heap Lv. B2, in the room with a bunch of crates, it was of the three rare items that appear when you break them. The others are Fluorite and Damascus Steel.
15x Black Pearl - Seafront Beach, rare spawn at the three random gathering spots.
37x Broken Antenna - Junk Heap, common drop from grey robots.
49x Broken Arm - Junk Heap, common drop from grey robots.
5x Broken Battery - Junk Heap, common drop from flying robots.
4x Broken Earring - Northern Plains/ Lost Shrine, rare drop from shaman shades.
5x Broken Lens - Junk Heap, uncommon drop from grey robots. 1,100 G from Two Brother's Weaponry.
11x Broken Motor - Junk Heap, common drop from flying robots.
2x Broken Pottery - The Aerie, uncommon spawn from any gathering point.
4x Broken Saw - Southern Plains, rare drop from small shades in hats.
11x Broken Wristwatch - Southern Plains/ Prologue Revisit, rare drop from the large club wielding shades.
18x Clay - Common at gathering points throughout the game. 800 G from Facade's Materials Merchant.
8x Complex Machine - Lost Shrine (End Game)/ Southern Plains/ Barren Temple, uncommon drop from the massive shades. Best to farm Lost Shrine once you collect all the keys as the two that appear always yield results.
88x Copper Ore - Common at gathering points throughout the game. 480 G from Two Brother's Weaponry.
8x Crystal - Desert/ Barren Temple, rare spawn at gathering points. 2,400 G from Facade's Materials Merchant. Very common in the DLC crates located beyond the 3rd door.
21x Dented Metal Bat - Northern Plains/ Underground Laboratory (Highly Recommended), rare drop from the small shades.
4x Eagle Egg - The Aerie, very rare spawn at the gathering point under the mayor's house. Uncommon in the DLC crates located beyond the 3rd door.
5x Elaborate Machine - Lost Shrine (End Game)/ Southern Plains/ Barren Temple, rare drop from the massive shades. Best to farm Lost Shrine once you collect all the keys as the two that appear always yield results.
18x Fluorite - Junk Heap Lv. B2, in the room with a bunch of crates, it was of the three rare items that appear when you break them. The others are Amber and Damascus Steel. Fairly common in DLC crates beyond the 3rd door.
4x Forlorn Necklace - Northern Plains/ Lost Shrine, rare drop from shaman shades.
6x Giant Egg - The Village, rare spawn at gathering points. Search regularly.
22x Gold Ore - Rare at gathering points throughout the game. Common in DLC crates beyond the 3rd door.
163x Iron Ore - Fairly common at gathering points throughout the game. 1,000 G from Two Brother's Weaponry.
6x Large Gear - Junk Heap, rare drop from grey robots.
5x Machine Oil - Junk Heap, rare drop from flying robots.
8x Memory Alloy - Junk Heap, uncommon drop from the large robots. There are only four of them and they're all on Lv. B2.
4x Metal Piercing - Desert/ Shadowlord's Castle/ Special Events, rare drop from grey robots. They will not appear in the desert until you complete Facade's story in Part 2 (there are only 3, one near the Facade entrance, one near the boat, and one right at the entrance to the sandstorm). Several appear in the dance hall of the Shadowlord's Castle and certain side-quests can cause them to spawn once in the Desert and the Barren Temple.
5x Meteorite - The Aerie/ Desert/ Barren Temple, rare spawn at the gathering spots. Uncommon in DLC crates beyond the 3rd door.
8x Moldavite - The Aerie/ Desert/ Barren Temple, rare spawn at the gathering spots. 5,000 G from Seafront's Materials Merchant
9x Mysterious Switch - Junk Heap, common drop from flying robots.
1x Natural Rubber - Southern Plains, rare spawn at the gathering spots. 700 G from Seafront's Materials Merchant
1x Pearl - Seafront Beach, uncommon spawn at the gathering spots. 3,000 G from Seafront's Materials Merchant
14x Pyrite - Desert/ Barren Temple, rare spawn at the gathering spots. Uncommon in DLC crates beyond the 3rd door.
12x Rusted Clump - Northern Plains/ Desert, rare item fished out of the water using the Lure as bait. Very common in DLC crates beyond the 3rd door.
10x Rusty Bucket - Northern Plains/ Seafront/ Desert, common item fished out of the water using the Lure as bait.
11x Rusty Kitchen Knife - Southern Plains, rare drop from small shades in hats.
10x Scorpion Claw - Desert, common drop from scorpions.
121x Silver Ore - Rare at gathering points throughout the game. 1,500 G from Two Brother's Weaponry.
6x Simple Machine - Lost Shrine (End Game)/ Southern Plains/ Barren Temple, common drop from the massive shades. Best to farm Lost Shrine once you collect all the keys as the two that appear always yield results.
3x Stopped Clock - Underground Lab, rare drop from large sword-wielding shades.
10x Stripped Bolt - Junk Heap, common drop from yellow robots. 900 G from Two Brother's Weaponry.
3x Subdued Bracelet - Desert/ Shadowlord's Castle/ Special Events, rare drop from grey robots. They will not appear in the desert until you complete Facade's story in Part 2 (there are only 3, one near the Facade entrance, one near the boat, and one right at the entrance to the sandstorm). Several appear in the dance hall of the Shadowlord's Castle and certain side-quests can cause them to spawn once in the Desert and the Barren Temple.
24x Titanium Alloy - Junk Heap, rare drop from yellow robots and uncommon drops from the large robots found only on Lv. B2. Very common in DLC crates beyond the 3rd door.
5x Twisted Ring - Lost Shrine/ The Aerie (boss fight), rare drop from sword wielding shades.

Lets not beat around the bush anymore and get to what materials are needed and for what weapons, well here's the list. If you see a * next to the item it is a rare find and you best look out for them whenever you can. Enjoy!

Weapon Upgrade Checklist
One Handed Swords

Spoiler

- Nameless Blade: 4x Titanium Alloy *
10x Stripped Bolt
3x Broken Arm
1x Dented Metal Bat *
1x Simple Machine *
- Lily-Leaf Sword: 7x Titanium Alloy *
7x Broken Antennae
1x Large Gear *
2x Forlorn Necklace *
2x Pyrite *
- Nirvana Dagger: 5x Titanium Alloy *
2x Rusty Kitchen Knife *
1x Broken Antennae
1x Large Gear *
3x Mysterious Switch
1x Pyrite *
- Moonrise: 3x Titanium Alloy *
2x Broken Saw *
1x Broken Lens
2x Rusty Kitchen Knife *
1x Pyrite *
- Rebirth: 34x Iron Ore
1x Twisted Ring *
1x Large Gear *
1x Broken Battery
3x Broken Wristwatch *
1x Amber *
- Earth Wyrm's Sword: 26x Iron Ore
10x Scorpion Claw
18x Clay
2x Broken Pottery *
1x Amber *
- Beastbain: 47x Iron Ore
2x Complex Machine *
1x Machine Oil *
2x Pyrite *
1x Crystal
- Blade Of Treachery: 45x Copper Ore
1x Simple Machine *
2x Machine Oil *
2x Rusted Clump *
1x Pyrite *
- Faith: 12x Silver Ore
1x Broken Antennae
1x Elaborate Machine *
1x Natural Rubber
1x Moldavite
1x Titanium Alloy *
- Phoenix Dagger: 18x Silver Ore
2x Giant Egg *
1x Eagle Egg *
2x Broken Earring *
5x Black Pearl*
2x Amber *
- Labyrinth's Whisper: 6x Fluorite *
- Iron Pipe: 19x Dented Metal Bat *
43x Broken Arm
10x Rusty Bucket
5x Rusted Clump *
- Ancient Overlord: 15x Silver Ore
10x Broken Motor
3x Broken Wristwatch *
2x Crystal
1x Moldavite
2x Memory Alloy *

Two-Handed Weapons

Spoiler

- Kusanagi: 48x Iron Ore
4x Broken Battery
1x Forlorn Necklace *
1x Broken Earring *
1x Moldavite
- Axe Of Beheading: 43x Copper Ore
3x Rusty Kitchen Knife *
1x Subdued Bracelet *
2x Stopped Clock *
1x Meteorite *
- Fang Of The Twins: 18x Silver Ore
1x Elaborate Machine *
2x Broken Wristwatch *
1x Stopped Clock *
3x Mysterious Switch
1x Meteorite *
- Vile Axe: 24x Silver Ore
1x Simple Machine *
2x Broken Lens
1x Twisted Ring *
2x Broken Saw *
1x Amber *
- Beastlord: 5x Gold Ore *
2x Complex Machine *
1x Machine Oil *
1x Amber *
1x Simple Machine *
- Iron Will: 5x Memory Alloy*
2x Rusted Clump *
1x Dented Metal Bat *
1x Pyrite *
2x Elaborate Machine *
- Phoenix Sword: 9x Gold Ore *
2x Giant Egg *
2x Eagle Egg *
1x Complex Machine *
5x Black Pearl *
1x Moldavite
- Labyrinth's Song: 6x Fluorite *

Spears

Spoiler

- Transcience: 8x Iron Ore
3x Twisted Ring *
1x Metal Piercing *
2x Crystal
1x Pyrite *
- Spear Of The Usurper: 8x Iron Ore
2x Large Gear *
1x Subdued Bracelet *
2x Broken Lens
1x Pyrite *
- The Devil Queen: 28x Iron Ore
3x Crystal
4x Metal Piercing *
1x Broken Motor
1x Moldavite
- Sunrise: 6x Silver Ore
2x Large Gear *
2x Rusty Kitchen Knife *
1x Forlorn Necklace *
1x Subdued Bracelet *
1x Pyrite *
- Beastcurse: 6x Silver Ore
2x Complex Machine *
1x Machine Oil *
1x Moldavite
1x Elaborate Machine *
- Captain's Holy Spear: 10x Silver Ore
2x Broken Wristwatch *
3x Mysterious Switch
1x Broken Earring *
1x Moldavite
1x Complex Machine *
- Dragoon Lance: 12x Silver Ore
4x Pyrite *
1x Pearl
3x Meteorite *
1x Simple Machine *
- Phoenix Spear: 6x Gold Ore *
2x Giant Egg *
1x Eagle Egg *
1x Broken Wristwatch *
5x Black Pearl *
1x Moldavite
- Labyrinth's Shout: 6x Fluorite *

All Aboard!

You rode a boar for at least five minutes.

You can get this one of two ways without effort. Either A, you just play the game and use the boars that become available after the "Boar Hunt" side-quest and you will get this during your long grind or B, get on a boar and literally sit there for 5 minutes until this trophy pops up (yes, sitting on a boar counts).

The Sheep Whisperer

You killed 100 sheep.

Sheep will not appear in Part 2 so farm for this trophy early on before you are asked to retrieve the vapor moss. You will kill nearly the needed amount as it is farming for wool and mutton for side-quests in the first half of the game. Just kill all you can, leave the area, and then come back and repeat until you get this trophy. If you have the DLC, there is a man in the far east section (Where two goats used to be under the broken bridge) who will have a new side-quest that involves getting revenge on the sheep. This is the only way you can farm for sheep kills in Part 2 if you failed to do so in Part 1.

Lightspeed Fighter

You completed the game within fifteen hours.

Nier is not a very long game when you strip it down to bare bones. I was capable of beating it in 6 hours doing the following things:

- Play on easy difficulty.
- Skip most to all cut-scenes.
- Stay on the main missions without taking more then a few side-missions (such as getting the boar tusk).
- Hold to jump up ladders faster.
- Take on as few fights as possible (though not recommended you will want to level up some).
- In places like the Aerie, jump to lower levels whenever possible.

As stated, I had 9 hours to spare doing the things mentioned when I did my speed run so you can play however you like. Feel free to tackle this your first playthrough or make this the very last trophy you earn. You will have time to grind a little for weapons and kill 100 sheep if you plan to.

King Of The Lost Shrine

Defeat Gretel within two and a half minutes.

As with all the timed boss battle trophies, you will not need to worry about this in Part 1 as all the fights in Part 2 are what count. It is best not to worry about earning these trophies in your first or second playthrough for the sake of the story. By playthrough 3 (especially on easy difficulty) you will be so overpowered your Dark Lance and Dark Hand powers will be able to put an end to any boss in a matter of a minute's time. If you pummel the boss with no mercy and skip any cut-scenes that break up the fighting and ESPECIALLY the scenes after the fight is over you will earn these trophies with little problem.

Best Strategy For Easy Victory: Powered up sword slashes mixed with a variant of Dark Lance and Dark Hand. Use Dark Lance immediately after the boss begins to spin so that you will not have to deal with being juggled around. Skip the cut-scenes and you'll find this to be one of the harder fights to do in the time limit.

A True Friend

Defeat a berserking Shade within one minute.

As with all the timed boss battle trophies, you will not need to worry about this in Part 1 as all the fights in Part 2 are what count. It is best not to worry about earning these trophies in your first or second playthrough for the sake of the story. By playthrough 3 (especially on easy difficulty) you will be so overpowered your Dark Lance and Dark Hand powers will be able to put an end to any boss in a matter of a minute's time. If you pummel the boss with no mercy and skip any cut-scenes that break up the fighting and ESPECIALLY the scenes after the fight is over you will earn these trophies with little problem.

Best Strategy For Easy Victory: Pound the boss to death with Dark Hand. You could get this the first time without trying if you are purely offensive. If the boss gets on the wall use Dark Lance to get em back to the ground. There really is nothing I can say to make this any easier.

Boss Of The Junk Heap

Defeat P-33 within four and a half minutes.

As with all the timed boss battle trophies, you will not need to worry about this in Part 1 as all the fights in Part 2 are what count. It is best not to worry about earning these trophies in your first or second playthrough for the sake of the story. By playthrough 3 (especially on easy difficulty) you will be so overpowered your Dark Lance and Dark Hand powers will be able to put an end to any boss in a matter of a minute's time. If you pummel the boss with no mercy and skip any cut-scenes that break up the fighting and ESPECIALLY the scenes after the fight is over you will earn these trophies with little problem.

Best Strategy For Easy Victory: Again, Dark Hand is the Sealed Verse of choice here. When the boss takes to the air, a powered up Dark Lance should be enough to take it down without much effort. When the shade clones itself, again resort to Dark Hand and don't bother with your sword.

Scourge Of The Aerie

Defeat Wendy within eight and a half minutes.

As with all the timed boss battle trophies, you will not need to worry about this in Part 1 as all the fights in Part 2 are what count. It is best not to worry about earning these trophies in your first or second playthrough for the sake of the story. By playthrough 3 (especially on easy difficulty) you will be so overpowered your Dark Lance and Dark Hand powers will be able to put an end to any boss in a matter of a minute's time. If you pummel the boss with no mercy and skip any cut-scenes that break up the fighting and ESPECIALLY the scenes after the fight is over you will earn these trophies with little problem.

Best Strategy For Easy Victory: Ignore the enemies at the start of the fight and use your Dark Lance and take the boss down till it fires it's massive eye beam at you and Emil distracts it. You'll want to hurry around to the top bridge which leads to the mayor's house in order to damage it. Use a spear and Dark hand to control the crowd of shades that swarm around you. Again use Dark Lance and end the second part of the boss fight quickly. Jump from the bridge to the bridge below and finish the boss off and skip the long cut-scenes that follow.

Protector Of Facade

Defeat Roc within three and a half minutes.

As with all the timed boss battle trophies, you will not need to worry about this in Part 1 as all the fights in Part 2 are what count. It is best not to worry about earning these trophies in your first or second playthrough for the sake of the story. By playthrough 3 (especially on easy difficulty) you will be so overpowered your Dark Lance and Dark Hand powers will be able to put an end to any boss in a matter of a minute's time. If you pummel the boss with no mercy and skip any cut-scenes that break up the fighting and ESPECIALLY the scenes after the fight is over you will earn these trophies with little problem.

Best Strategy For Easy Victory: This is probably the toughest battle to do under the time limit due to the speed of the many wolves you need to kill to make the boss jump down and the sheer speed of the boss itself. Use Dark Hand and dodge roll attacks to dispose of the wolves. Try and get Roc down fast once he jumps down and dodge his attacks so you don't get battered around. Do not waste your time with Dark Lance unless he jumps up onto the podium in the middle of the arena.

Permission Granted

Defeat the betrayers within two and a half minutes.

As with all the timed boss battle trophies, you will not need to worry about this in Part 1 as all the fights in Part 2 are what count. It is best not to worry about earning these trophies in your first or second playthrough for the sake of the story. By playthrough 3 (especially on easy difficulty) you will be so overpowered your Dark Lance and Dark Hand powers will be able to put an end to any boss in a matter of a minute's time. If you pummel the boss with no mercy and skip any cut-scenes that break up the fighting and ESPECIALLY the scenes after the fight is over you will earn these trophies with little problem.

Best Strategy For Easy Victory: By the time you get to the Shadowlord's Castle this boss fight will be easy if you worked on leveling up and upgrading your sword (or at the very least found good words for your Sealed Verses). As long as you don't dawdle the only thing that will keep you from this trophy in this fight are the many cut-scenes. Skip them and earn this trophy.

A Dirge For The Hero

Defeat Goose within two minutes.

As with all the timed boss battle trophies, you will not need to worry about this in Part 1 as all the fights in Part 2 are what count. It is best not to worry about earning these trophies in your first or second playthrough for the sake of the story. By playthrough 3 (especially on easy difficulty) you will be so overpowered your Dark Lance and Dark Hand powers will be able to put an end to any boss in a matter of a minute's time. If you pummel the boss with no mercy and skip any cut-scenes that break up the fighting and ESPECIALLY the scenes after the fight is over you will earn these trophies with little problem.

Best Strategy For Easy Victory: Goose is the massive boar shade that will give you a lot of trouble. This trophy only counts the first fight as an Armored Boar to earn this trophy as I obtained this trophy with cut-scenes without trying. Just pound away at its health and dodge the dash attacks and you will have no trouble.

Soul Crusher

Defeat the betrayers again within three and a half minutes.

As with all the timed boss battle trophies, you will not need to worry about this in Part 1 as all the fights in Part 2 are what count. It is best not to worry about earning these trophies in your first or second playthrough for the sake of the story. By playthrough 3 (especially on easy difficulty) you will be so overpowered your Dark Lance and Dark Hand powers will be able to put an end to any boss in a matter of a minute's time. If you pummel the boss with no mercy and skip any cut-scenes that break up the fighting and ESPECIALLY the scenes after the fight is over you will earn these trophies with little problem.

Best Strategy For Easy Victory: Just like the first time, if you're playing on easy then the only thing stopping you by this point are the very long cut-scenes. Use Dark Hand to make this battle even easier. Just make sure you pay attention to where the bosses spawn while teleporting so you don't get bombarded with more magic bullets then you can handle. If this is the case Dark Blast or Dark Lance will suffice until you can get in close.

Book Burner

Destroy the world-saving tome within one and a half minutes.

As with all the timed boss battle trophies, you will not need to worry about this in Part 1 as all the fights in Part 2 are what count. It is best not to worry about earning these trophies in your first or second playthrough for the sake of the story. By playthrough 3 (especially on easy difficulty) you will be so overpowered your Dark Lance and Dark Hand powers will be able to put an end to any boss in a matter of a minute's time. If you pummel the boss with no mercy and skip any cut-scenes that break up the fighting and ESPECIALLY the scenes after the fight is over you will earn these trophies with little problem.

Best Strategy For Easy Victory: If you ignore the Shadowlord and aim straight for the book with a fully charged Dark Lance by your second playthrough you should be able to obliterate its health before it can even have a chance to attack. If not then you must use your sword whenever the boss brings up its shield to destroy it and hit it with Dark Hand or Dark Lance. As you continue through your playthroughs this will come to you without effort.

The Once And Final King

Defeat the shade inside you within three and a half minutes.

As with all the timed boss battle trophies, you will not need to worry about this in Part 1 as all the fights in Part 2 are what count. It is best not to worry about earning these trophies in your first or second playthrough for the sake of the story. By playthrough 3 (especially on easy difficulty) you will be so overpowered your Dark Lance and Dark Hand powers will be able to put an end to any boss in a matter of a minute's time. If you pummel the boss with no mercy and skip any cut-scenes that break up the fighting and ESPECIALLY the scenes after the fight is over you will earn these trophies with little problem.

Best Strategy For Easy Victory: On playthrough two and/ or three you will have enough power to take the Shadowlord down with ease using a few well placed Dark Lance attacks. Skip the cut-scenes because once you loose Weiss is when you need to focus to meet the time restrictions. The barrage of magic bullets will send you flying back thus delaying your time and chance to hit the boss. Be careful as you approach him and swing your sword for the final blow. Skip all following cut-scenes and this will be yours.

The Strongest Bond

Defeat someone you care for within three and a half minutes.

As with all the timed boss battle trophies, you will not need to worry about this in Part 1 as all the fights in Part 2 are what count. It is best not to worry about earning these trophies in your first or second playthrough for the sake of the story. By playthrough 3 (especially on easy difficulty) you will be so overpowered your Dark Lance and Dark Hand powers will be able to put an end to any boss in a matter of a minute's time. If you pummel the boss with no mercy and skip any cut-scenes that break up the fighting and ESPECIALLY the scenes after the fight is over you will earn these trophies with little problem.

Best Strategy For Easy Victory: Since this boss isn't even available till your third playthrough for endings C and D you will not have to worry about leveling up and upgrading. You will most likely want to have all your weapons upgraded by this point as it is. Again you can only use your sword so go in for quick heavy attacks with your dodge roll slash and jump + attacks to wear the boss down. Skip the cut-scenes for they will be what will most likely make you miss out and you should be set.

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