This editorial draft outlines a route toward full completion, including chapter secrets, transformations and optional fights. It is not a complete trophy checklist yet: the achievement list, missables and ending requirements remain to be verified in-game.
Completion checklist
- Clear all six chapters and defeat every Yaoguai King.
- Complete the hidden objectives that unlock the true ending and Erlang Shen.
- Collect all transformations, key Spirits, staves and armour sets.
- Mop up meditation spots and lore items — many need a second, thorough pass.
Efficient cleanup
- Track the true-ending steps before finishing Chapter 6 so you don't lock yourself out.
- Use fast travel between shrines to sweep each chapter's Meditation Spots in one pass.
- Save missed transformations and Spirits for New Game+, which carries your build.
- Craft every staff and armour set at the shrine once you have the boss materials.
A clean two-run plan
Aim to see the standard ending on run one while tracking (or following a guide for) the true-ending steps, then use New Game+ to mop up. NG+ carries your build and gear, so it's the ideal pass for missed transformations, Spirits, staves and the tougher optional bosses. Craft every set at the shrine as materials come in so completion is mostly done before you even reach NG+.
The order that saves a replay
Clear each chapter's side content before its King
Beating the chapter boss advances the story, and some content is awkward to return to afterwards.
Track the secret-ending chain from Chapter 1
It is the one thing you can lock yourself out of without noticing.
Leave the difficulty-based ones for New Game Plus
You will be stronger and you already know the fights.
Use the trackers
- The chapter tracker on this guide marks off the six chapters as you clear them.
- Note which optional bosses you skipped as you go — they are the hardest thing to reconstruct later.
Cross-checked
Cross-checked on 5 September 2026 against the trophy lists of PowerPyx, Game8 and PlayStationTrophies.org. There are 36 PS5 trophies (1 Platinum, 4 Gold, 9 Silver, 22 Bronze; 81 achievements on Steam), seven of them missable within a single playthrough but recoverable in New Game+ — Urge Unfulfilled, Always Accompanied, Full of Forms, A Curious Collection, Mantled with Might, Brewer's Bounty and Portraits Perfected — and the Platinum needs at least two playthroughs, for items sold only in New Game+ or materials one run does not give. What is still unverified is the only thing reading cannot settle — nobody here has played it.