Platinum
Duskfade Achievements and Trophies: All 25 (Platinum Guide)
Every Steam achievement and PlayStation trophy, with missable warnings up front so a cleanup run does not turn into a second playthrough.
Achievement Overview and Difficulty
Story trophies pop on the main path. The real time sink is Collector, Rainbow Ingots, Music Boxes, cards, Wally, and emptying the Traveler’s shop.
Missable Achievements — Read This First
- Break the Temporal Anchor in Tick Town (Tick Town) — Destroy the Temporal Anchor object in Tick Town.
- Break the poor Cloudie guard’s jars — Smash every jar the Cloudie guard is watching over.
- Confront the Cloudie with the strange crown — Find and talk to the crowned Cloudie.
- No peeking! — A hidden interaction achievement — avoid looking where you shouldn’t.
- Can I get your autograph? — Meet the right NPC and ask.
- You seem familiar — Trigger the hidden recognition dialogue.
- Fall from the top of the Tower (The Tower) — At the top of The Tower, jump off deliberately.
Story Achievements
These unlock automatically as you follow the main path. Nothing here is missable.
Reach the Clock Tower
Progress the Tick Town opening to its conclusion.
Region: Tick Town
Enter the Clockwork Academy
Reach the Master Clockmakers’ academy in the mid game.
Region: Clockwork Academy
Reach Clockmaker’s Rest
Push through the late-game regions to Clockmaker’s Rest.
Region: Clockmaker’s Rest
Finish the story
Complete the final ascent of The Tower and watch the ending.
Region: The Tower
Collectible Achievements
The bulk of your completion time. Every one of these depends on sweeping regions for pickups.
Collector
Find every collectible in the game — all 203 pickups across all regions.
Find all of the Rainbow Ingots
Track down every Rainbow Ingot. They are spread thin, so sweep region by region.
Return all of the music boxes to Arpeggio
Collect every Music Box and hand them back to Arpeggio.
Master of melody
Finish the full Music Box questline with Arpeggio.
Complete your card collection
Find every Card in the game.
Find all of Wally’s hiding spots
Locate Wally in each of his hiding spots across the regions.
Find Arpeggio in the caves
Reach Arpeggio’s cave location.
Combat and Boss Achievements
Earned through fights, weapon upgrades and combat challenges.
The most beautiful sword in the land
Fully upgrade Minutero using Rainbow Ingots.
The Mask of Pain
Clear the associated combat challenge.
Heartless
Tied to Clock Heart progress — see the achievements guide for the exact trigger.
Upgrade and Shopping Achievements
Gated behind Upgrade Gears, Crystals and Coin income rather than skill.
Max out your health bar
Spend Upgrade Gears and Crystals until the health tree is fully invested.
Max out your Temporal Energy bar
Fully invest the Temporal Energy branch of the upgrade trees.
Buy all of the Traveler’s objects and upgrades
Clear the Traveler’s entire stock. Requires heavy Coin farming.
Shopaholic
Spend enough at the Traveler’s shop to empty the shelves.
Secret and Miscellaneous Achievements
Hidden interactions and one-off stunts that are easy to walk straight past.
Break the Temporal Anchor in Tick Town
Destroy the Temporal Anchor object in Tick Town.
Region: Tick Town
Break the poor Cloudie guard’s jars
Smash every jar the Cloudie guard is watching over.
Confront the Cloudie with the strange crown
Find and talk to the crowned Cloudie.
No peeking!
A hidden interaction achievement — avoid looking where you shouldn’t.
Can I get your autograph?
Meet the right NPC and ask.
You seem familiar
Trigger the hidden recognition dialogue.
Fall from the top of the Tower
At the top of The Tower, jump off deliberately.
Region: The Tower
Platinum and 100% Roadmap
- Play the story. Grab secret interactions as you go.
- Sweep collectibles region by region after The Tower.
- Return Music Boxes, finish Wally, and complete the card set.
- Max health and Temporal Energy, then buy out the Traveler.
- Clean up remaining combat and miscellaneous trophies.
Achievements FAQ
How many achievements are in Duskfade?
There are 25 Steam achievements, with matching trophies on PlayStation.
Is there a missable trophy?
Yes. Secret interactions such as the Temporal Anchor, Cloudie jars, and falling from The Tower can be walked past.
How long is the platinum?
A story run is much shorter than 100%. Most remaining time is collectible cleanup, upgrades and the Traveler’s shop.