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COMPLETION

Achievements

Shadows' trophy list is mostly generous — the story acts, meeting each ally, and a long tail of one-off stunts. What decides the platinum is a small group tied directly to the collectibles, so the routing advice on the completion page is also the trophy advice.

The count depends on the source, and one source disagrees with itself

Three sources give three answers, and this guide does not pick a winner — it says what there is. The named list in the tracker has 55 trophies, and counting them one by one gives 1 Platinum, 1 Gold, 11 Silver and 42 Bronze. That matters because PowerPyx's own header says 10 silver and 43 bronze while its list counts 11 and 42: its headline does not match its table, and here the table wins, because it is what can be checked. Fextralife gives 55 with the same 1/1/11/42. TrueTrophies reports 76, which almost certainly includes downloadable content the other two leave out. If your in-game count matches none of them, the DLC is the most likely explanation.

The collectible trophies

🧘 Zen Master
Complete all kuji-kiri — all 22 of them, and Naoe only. This is the single trophy most likely to be the last one you get.
🖌️ A Rare Occurrence
Complete all legendary sumi-e, another full-map collectible sweep.
🗺️ Pathfinder
Visit every province — all nine. Cheap if you route the map properly, annoying if you do not.
📜 Would You Kindly?
A contract in each province, which is another reason to finish a region rather than skim it.

The one gold

  1. Epilogue

    The only gold in the list is finishing the epilogue. There is no difficulty trophy and no restriction run, which makes this a far gentler platinum than most.

  2. The silvers carry the weight

    Death Blossom (all Shinbakufu), Limitless and In Case of Trouble (full upgrades), Unseen, Unstoppable, and the two collectible sweeps.

  3. Nothing is missable at a difficulty

    Unlike Requiem, there is no 'complete on hardest' trophy here, so you can play at whatever setting you enjoy.

  4. Route once, per province

    Zen Master, A Rare Occurrence, Pathfinder and Would You Kindly? all reward clearing a region completely rather than returning to it.

The odd ones

  • Made You Look! — treasure behind the waterfall in your own hideout, which almost nobody finds by accident.
  • Leap of Fail — a leap of faith as Yasuke, who is emphatically not built for it. That is the joke.
  • Overdesign III — a finisher on an enemy that is both Poisoned and Dazed at once, so it needs setting up.
  • Final Hearing — sheathing your weapon in the exact window after an enemy dies from Bleed.
  • Adventurer — shooting an enemy in the knee, which is a reference and a trophy at the same time.
  • Reeding is Fundamental — escaping with a breathing reed, easy to finish the game without ever doing.

Cross-checked

Cross-checked on 7 September 2026 and re-checked on 26 September 2026 against the trophy guides of PowerPyx, Fextralife, TrueTrophies, EliteGuias, Vandal and Eurogamer.es. EliteGuias adds 21 DLC and update trophies to the same 55 base ones, which makes TrueTrophies' 76 and settles the DLC explanation above; no trophy asks for the hardest difficulty. What is still unverified is the only thing reading cannot settle — nobody here has played it.
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