Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy: All Trophies and How to Get the Platinum

In this Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Trophy roadmap, we're going to reveal how to get the Platinum Trophy in Eidos Montreal's original take on the famous, charismatic group of heroes. In this Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy guide, we are going to reveal all the Trophies, their descriptions, and strategies for unlocking them all. We will also share a Trophy roadmap, which will reveal the general order in which you should approach the Trophies.

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy: How to Get the Platinum Trophy

It's fairly easy to unlock the Platinum Trophy for Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy inside a single playthrough, but you need to be on the lookout and using our guides for collectibles at all times. That's because, while there is a Chapter Select option, the game doesn't save your progress once you quit. Therefore, if you pick up a collectible through Chapter Select, it won't be counted. If you miss an Outfit or don't collect enough Guardian Collectibles, you will have to start a New Game+ run to pick them up afterwards. You don't need to play on any specific difficulty level at least, so feel free to choose what you feel most comfortable with.

You'll need to find all of the Outfits and half of the Guardian Collectibles to get the Platinum Trophy, and you can find guides to each collectible type through the following links: Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy: All Outfit Locations and Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy: All Guardian Collectibles Locations.

Other Trophies you should be focusing on during your playthrough are the combat-related ones. They require you to use abilities to defeat a certain number of enemies, so if you want to avoid a short grind at the end of the game via Chapter Select, we recommend reading up on what's required so you know what to activate as and when you can.

Read through the Trophy breakdown below to get a grasp of what you need to do in order to unlock the Platinum Trophy, and then use our Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy guide to ensure you 100 per cent the game and unlock every Trophy.

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy: All Trophies

There are 59 Trophies to unlock in Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy. Below you'll find a list of all the game's Trophies, complete with their descriptions and strategies for unlocking them.

This Is What We Do

Platinum: Win every Trophy

Unlock the 58 other Trophies detailed below and you'll be automatically awarded the Platinum Trophy.

A Risky Gamble

Bronze: Complete Chapter 1

You'll automatically unlock this Trophy through story progression.

Busted

Bronze: Complete Chapter 2

You'll automatically unlock this Trophy through story progression.

The Cost of Freedom

Bronze: Complete Chapter 3

You'll automatically unlock this Trophy through story progression.

The Monster Queen

Bronze: Complete Chapter 4

You'll automatically unlock this Trophy through story progression.

Due or Die

Bronze: Complete Chapter 5

You'll automatically unlock this Trophy through story progression.

Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Bronze: Complete Chapter 6

You'll automatically unlock this Trophy through story progression.

Canine Confusion

Bronze: Complete Chapter 7

You'll automatically unlock this Trophy through story progression.

The Matriarch

Bronze: Complete Chapter 8

You'll automatically unlock this Trophy through story progression.

Desperate Times

Bronze: Complete Chapter 9

You'll automatically unlock this Trophy through story progression.

Test of Faith

Bronze: Complete Chapter 10

You'll automatically unlock this Trophy through story progression.

Mind Over Matter

Bronze: Complete Chapter 11

You'll automatically unlock this Trophy through story progression.

Knowhere to Run

Bronze: Complete Chapter 12

You'll automatically unlock this Trophy through story progression.

Against All Odds

Bronze: Complete Chapter 13

You'll automatically unlock this Trophy through story progression.

Into The Fire

Bronze: Complete Chapter 14

You'll automatically unlock this Trophy through story progression.

Broken Promises

Bronze: Complete Chapter 15

You'll automatically unlock this Trophy through story progression.

The Magus

Bronze: Complete Chapter 16

You'll automatically unlock this Trophy through story progression.

Guardians of the Galaxy

Gold: Complete Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

This Trophy is automatically unlocked once you've completed the game. You'll get it shortly after the conclusion of Chapter 16.

Llama Wrangler

Bronze: Capture the Quarantine Zone Monster

This Trophy is tied to story progress. You'll automatically unlock it just before the end of Chapter 1.

Squid Kicker

Bronze: Defeat the Dweller-in-Darkness

The Dweller-in-Darkness is a boss encounter that's part of the story. You'll face it and automatically unlock this Trophy during Chapter 4.

Family Intervention

Bronze: Defeat the Blood Brothers

The Blood Brothers are two bosses you'll face during the story. The boss fight takes place in Chapter 6, automatically unlocking the Trophy afterwards.

Mama's Boy

Bronze: Defeat the Meredith Quill delusion

The Meredith Quill delusion encounter takes place in Chapter 8. Overcome the scenario and you'll automatically unlock the Trophy.

Titanslayer

Bronze: Survive the manifestations of Thanos

This encounter takes place during the latter stages of Chapter 11. Beat it and you'll automatically unlock the Trophy.

Foom's Doom

Bronze: Defeat Fin Fang Foom

The Fin Fang Foom boss fight concludes Chapter 13. Beat it and you'll get the Trophy automatically.

Faithless

Bronze: Defeat Grand Unifier Raker

Grand Unifier Baker is a boss you'll face in Chapter 15. Beat him and the Trophy is yours.

Poetry Critic

Bronze: Defeat The Magus

The Magus is the final boss fight in the game, encountered at the end of Chapter 16. Beat it and you'll unlock the Trophy.

Self-Improvement

Bronze: Purchase your first Star-Lord Ability

As you complete combat encounters, you'll earn XP. When you fill the entire bar, you'll be awarded an ability point. Once you've earned enough of them, head into the pause menu and purchase a Star-Lord ability to unlock the Trophy.

Dynamic Team

Bronze: Invest in at least one Special Ability for Gamora, Drax, Rocket, and Groot

Just like the Self-Improvement Trophy, you'll now need to turn your attention to your teammates. Once you have enough ability points, buy an ability for each of the other Guardians and the Trophy will unlock.

Fully Loaded

Bronze: Invest in all Special Abilities for all Companions

Throughout the story, you should earn more than enough ability points to unlock every ability for Gamora, Drax, Rocket, and Groot. However, this Trophy is also tied to story progress. Each Guardian's most powerful ability is unlocked at specific points in the story, so if you've purchased all the other skills, just keep playing and you'll eventually unlock the final ones.

Flash Freeze

Bronze: Acquire the Ice Element for Star-Lord's guns

This weapon ability is tied to story progress. You'll automatically gain the skill and Trophy during Chapter 3.

Shock and Awe

Bronze: Acquire the Lightning Element for Star-Lord's guns

This weapon ability is tied to story progress. You'll automatically gain the skill and Trophy during Chapter 7.

Fan Friction

Bronze: Acquire the Wind Element for Star-Lord's guns

This weapon ability is tied to story progress. You'll automatically gain the skill and Trophy during Chapter 10.

Lava Launcher

Bronze: Acquire the Plasma Element for Star-Lord's guns

This weapon ability is tied to story progress. You'll automatically gain the skill and Trophy during Chapter 13.

Pick Me Up

Bronze: Revive a fallen team member

Every so often, a teammate will take too much damage and be placed in a down state with a red icon above their head. When you see this, run up to them and hold the Triangle button. You'll revive the Guardian and unlock the Trophy.

Stagger Swagger

Bronze: Stagger 25 enemies

The stagger meter is placed just below an enemy's health bar, and you'll need to fill up 25 of them over the course of the story to unlock this Trophy. An easy way of doing this would be to use Drax's abilities, which specialise in staggering an enemy.

No Way, Nova Corps

Bronze: Interrupt a Nova Centurion with Gamora's Call to Action

You'll encounter Nova Centurions during Chapter 7. They're the strong, blue enemies with jetpacks. A Call to Action is the move performed when the Triangle prompt appears above an enemy's head, generally when they're either weak or staggered.

The game seemingly chooses the Guardian who will perform the Call to Action, so there's no guarantee it'll actually be Gamora doing it when you press Triangle. Therefore, if she doesn't perform the Call to Action, reload a previous checkpoint and try again.

Slakebuster

Bronze: Interrupt a Slakebeast with Drax's Call to Action

Slakebeasts are the blue creatures with squid-like faces that you encounter during Chapter 3. Just like the No Way, Nova Corps Trophy, look out for the Triangle prompt above the animal's head and hope it's Drax that performs the Call to Action. If it's someone else, reload a checkpoint and try again.

Groot Canal

Bronze: Interrupt a Charger with Groot's Call to Action

Chargers can be found in both Chapter 10 and Chapter 13; they're called Ogrode in the former and Wendigos in the latter. Just like the previous two Trophies, you'll now need to trigger a Call to Action using Groot. Whether he is used or not is once again entirely luck dependent, so keep on reloading checkpoints if it's not Groot performing the move.

Drax the Dismemberer

Bronze: Dismember an Inquisitor with Drax's Call to Action

Inquisitors are the tall, robot enemies with laser eyes you find in Chapter 7. Like the other three Trophies, look for the Triangle prompt above its head when weakened and hope that it's Drax who answers the Call to Action. If it's not, reload the checkpoint and try again.

Unstoppable Force

Bronze: Attain the maximum possible Momentum 10 times

The Momentum gauge is the meter placed on the lefthand side of the HUD during combat. You can fill it by activating abilities and killing enemies. Fill it completely 10 times to unlock the Trophy.

The Crowd Goes Wild

Bronze: Execute a Flair Attack 10 times

A Flair Attack is the move performed when you press Triangle and Circle at the same time, with the prompt hovering above an enemy's head when they're close to death. Perform 10 Flair Attacks and you'll unlock the Trophy.

Set 'em Up, Knock 'em Down

Bronze: Defeat 15 Staggered enemies with a Charged Shot

Use Drax's abilities to stagger an opponent, and then kill them with a Charged Shot. You can trigger a Charged Shot by pressing R2 quickly twice and holding the button after the second press. You'll then fill a small meter, and the Charged Shot will be ready once filled. Kill 15 enemies using this method to unlock the Trophy.

Bullet Hell

Bronze: Defeat 15 enemies with Star-Lord's Fan the Hammer ability

Star-Lord's Fan the Hammer ability is activated by pressing Triangle after holding down the left thumbstick. The ability turns Star-Lord into a sort of stationery turret, increasing the firing rate and damage of his blasters for a limited time. Use the ability on weak enemies and you'll have killed 15 of them in no time, thus unlocking the Trophy.

Adding Injury to Insult

Bronze: Defeat 10 enemies affected by Drax's Wrath of Katath ability

Drax's Wrath of Katath ability is unlocked through story progress; it's the purple skill on the HUD that's activated by holding L1 and then pressing Square. The ability will immediately stagger most enemies, so finish them off while they're in that state.

Trained to Perfection

Bronze: Defeat 10 enemies with Gamora's Executioner ability

Gamora's Executioner ability is another purple skill unlocked by playing the story. This deals a huge amount of damage to a single enemy, so either have her use it on a normal opponent or weaken one that's a little stronger before unleashing Gamora.

Boom Show

Bronze: Defeat 20 enemies with Rocket's Five Barrel Barrage

Rocket's Five Barrel Barrage ability is also his special skill unlocked through story progression. Once activated, Rocket pulls out the big guns and deals a ton of damage to a wide area. Make sure some standard enemies are nearby and you'll have this Trophy unlocked in no time at all.

Herbal Remedy

Bronze: Revive or Heal Companions 10 times with Groot's Gift of the Florae

Groot's Gift of the Florae ability is unlocked quite late in the story, so you may not have chance to use it all that much while playing through the story naturally. All you need to do is activate whenever another Guardian is either down or needs healing, so do so when you spot that happening. If you haven't managed it 10 times before the end of the game, load up one of the final chapters through chapter select on the main menu and you can grind it out that way.

Altitude Adjustment

Bronze: Defeat 20 enemies with Star-Lord's Eye of the Hurricane

Star-Lord's Eye of the Hurricane ability is activated by first holding the left thumbstick and then pressing Circle. Upon activation, Star-Lord jumps into the air and throws a few grenades beneath him. The ability isn't quite strong enough to wipe out a full health bar, so weaken some enemies before gathering them up and unleashing the skill.

Killer Friendship

Bronze: Execute an Auto-Combo with Gamora

An Auto-Combo is activated when you use a melee attack on an enemy over and over again whilst next to another Guardian. When you're near both an enemy and Gamora, mash the Square button and Gamora should join in for an Auto-Combo.

Katathian Handshake

Bronze: Execute an Auto-Combo with Drax

An Auto-Combo is activated when you use a melee attack on an enemy over and over again whilst next to another Guardian. When you're near both an enemy and Drax, mash the Square button and Drax should join in for an Auto-Combo.

Aim Assist

Bronze: Execute an Auto-Combo with Rocket

An Auto-Combo is activated when you use a melee attack on an enemy over and over again whilst next to another Guardian. When you're near both an enemy and Rocket, mash the Square button and Rocket should join in for an Auto-Combo.

Timber!

Bronze: Execute an Auto-Combo with Groot

An Auto-Combo is activated when you use a melee attack on an enemy over and over again whilst next to another Guardian. When you're near both an enemy and Groot, mash the Square button and Groot should join in for an Auto-Combo.

Thoughtful Captain

Bronze: Find half of the Guardian Collectibles

Please refer to our Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy: All Guardian Collectibles Locations guide for a complete list of every Guardian Collectible.

Managerial Skills

Silver: Find all of the Guardian Collectibles for one Guardian

Guardian Collectibles are always designed for one specific Guardian, triggering a conversation with them aboard the Milano. Please refer to our Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy: All Guardian Collectibles Locations guide for a complete list of every Guardian Collectible.

Like a Glove!

Bronze: Find and equip one Outfit

Please refer to our Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy: All Outfit Locations guide for details on where you can locate your first Outfit in the game.

Fashion Passion

Silver: Find and equip all Outfits

Please refer to our Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy: All Outfit Locations guide to discover the locations of every Outfit in the game.

Lore Hoarder

Silver: Collect 65% of all Galactic Compendium entries of each category

The vast majority of the categories that make up the Galactic Compendium are filled in automatically as you visit new places, interact with other people, and generally explore the universe. However, the likes of the Guardian Collectibles make up the Items category, so you'll need to find the majority of those to unlock the Trophy. You'll also need to pick up the majority of the text logs spread throughout the game.

Galactic Frugality

Bronze: Pay your Nova Corps fine

This is a missable Trophy that plays out over the course of a few different Chapters. During Chapter 4, you'll visit Lady Hellbender and either sell Groot to her or raid her vault. Both options give you more than enough Galactic Units to pay the fine later on, but what you need to watch out for is the Knowhere marketplace in Chapter 6. Here you're allowed to freely explore the area and spend your Galactic Units. If you spend too many of them, you won't have enough to pay the fine during Chapter 9. Therefore, we recommend keeping at least 8,000 Galactic Units on your person at all times; if you spend too much in the Knowhere marketplace then you won't be able to pay the fine later on,

If you spend too much on your first playthrough, you can use Chapter Select and play through the game, starting at Chapter 6. Don't buy anything at the marketplace, and then you can continue playing through until Chapter 9, eventually unlocking the Trophy.

Eat It, Rodent

Bronze: Win the best against Rocket

During the first chapter in the Quarantine Zone, Rocket will challenge you to see who can shoot the most of a specific type of colourful plant. They protrude out of the wreckage throughout the area, and a HUD element at the top of your screen will track the score. Simply shoot more than Rocket and you'll win the bet, thus unlocking the Trophy.

Have you unlocked the Platinum Trophy in Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy yet? Let us know in the comments, and use our Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy guide for more information.