PlayStation 5
After Us Trophy Guide
General Info
FAQ
How long does it take to beat After Us and unlock all trophies?
Around 10-15 Hours.
How difficult is it to beat After Us and unlock all trophies?
Easy (3/10).
Does After Us have online trophies?
Yes, Hope.
Does After Us have difficulty-specific trophies?
No.
Does After Us have missable trophies?
No.
Does After Us have glitched trophies?
No.
What is the minimum number of playthroughs required to unlock all trophies in After Us?
One.
Does After Us have a Platinum Trophy?
Yes.
Trophy Guide
After Us Trophy Guide and Road Map for PlayStation 5
Welcome to our After Us Trophy Guide. After Us is a beautiful yet eerie open-world platforming game in which you follow the story of a young being tasked with saving the spirits of earth’s animals. Humanity, the earth, and all life on it has long-since been wiped out thanks to the various capitalistic obsessions we collected throughout our tenure on the planet.
All is not lost, however, as the spirits of the earth’s many species (108 of them, at least) can be saved by you. Saved from fading into obscurity for all of existence. Saved from the successes of man.
The trophy journey is somewhat slow, the game’s pacing can be pretty sluggish at times, especially when you’re rooting around for collectibles, but I found it to be a very enjoyable experience overall. Though there are almost 200 collectibles to find and secure, they’re actually pretty easy to find for the most part, and you’re fully equipped with in-game tools to help you find them; mitigating the requirement for any sort of collectible guide.
Phase One | Complete the Story while looking for Spirits and Memories
During the first phase of our After Us Trophy Guide, your key objective will simply be to find and save the 8 main Animal Spirits tied to the story. Upon saving them all, you will complete the main story, leaving you to clean up whatever trophies are left in subsequent phases.
You, of course, can make your trophy journey much easier by focusing on Spirit Collectibles and Memories as you play. You can hold to “sing” as you play. When you do so, small butterflies will appear around the protagonist. If these butterflies are white, there is no collectible nearby. If they are blue, they will lead you to a nearby Spirit Collectible. If they are gold, they will lead you to a nearby Memory.
Memories are always hidden inside Devourers that you’ll need to purify by throwing your heart at them ().
Fortunately, nothing is missable, and even if you finish the game with a few collectibles un-secured, you can continue the game in free-roam afterward anyway!
Unmissable Story Trophies
Best friends
Find the Dog Vessel
The “Dog” Spirit is one of the 8 main spirits you need to free in order to progress in the game, thus making the Best Friends trophy unmissable.
Free as a bird
Find the Eagle Vessel
The “Eagle” Spirit is one of the 8 main spirits you need to free in order to progress in the game, thus making the Free as a bird trophy unmissable.
Not just teeth
Find the Shark Vessel
The “Shark” Spirit is one of the 8 main spirits you need to free in order to progress in the game, thus making the Not Just Teeth trophy unmissable.
Caring Mother
Find the Pig Vessel
The “Pig” Spirit is one of the 8 main spirits you need to free in order to progress in the game, thus making the Caring Mother trophy unmissable.
Arctic guardians
Find the Polar Bear Vessel
The “Polar Bear” Spirit is one of the 8 main spirits you need to free in order to progress in the game, thus making the Arctic Guardians trophy unmissable.
Hive Mind
Find the Bee Vessel
The “Bee” Spirit is one of the 8 main spirits you need to free in order to progress in the game, thus making the Hive Mind trophy unmissable.
Singing together
Find the Whale Vessel
The “Whale” Spirit is one of the 8 main spirits you need to free in order to progress in the game, thus making the Singing Together trophy unmissable.
This is not a trophy
Find the Deer Vessel
The “Deer” Spirit is one of the 8 main spirits you need to free in order to progress in the game, thus making the This is Not a Trophy trophy unmissable.
Extinction is forever
Rekindle life to the World
Upon collecting all 8 Animal Spirit Vessels, you will restore power to the ark so that it can restore life to the world; thus concluding the campaign and unavoidably receiving this Extinction is Forever trophy during the final cutscene.
Phase Two | The Garden
This very very short Second Phase of our After Us Trophy Guide is just to secure a single trophy that is only available once you’ve finished the story.
You will receive a special Life Seed upon completing the game for the first time. To unlock this phase’s one and only trophy, you’ll just need to plant it in “The Garden.”
Plant a Seed
Hope
Plant a seed in Gaia's Garden
After completing the main story, you will receive a single “Life Seed.” Each time a player completes the game for the first time, they are given one of these Life Seeds so that they can grow “The Garden.”
The Garden is an ever-growing place of commemoration for every player who successfully beat the game. Each player that beats the game gets to add a tree to the Garden with their Life Seed and permanently grow it by one plot! Maybe you can find my plot if you’re also put into “Garden #2.”
“Garden” can be found at the bottom of the Title Screen after beating the game.
Since you get returned here after the credits, it’s worth getting this out of the way as soon as you can. Just open the Garden option from the Title Screen, choose a plot to plant your Life Seed, and then leave once you’ve received the “Hope” trophy.
Phase Three | Cleanup
As I’m sure you know by now, this third and final phase of our After Us Trophy Guide is going to involve cleaning up any Spirit Collectibles and Memories you’ve missed, as well as collecting a few more misc trophies in general.
The amount of work still ahead of you depends heavily on how vigilantly you searched for collectibles during your initial playthrough.
Revisit any areas on the map for which you are still missing Spirit Collectibles (visible on the map ) or Memories (visible in the Memories menu) and then use Sing to locate and secure any you have remaining.
While there, keep an eye out for opportunities to progress the Miscellaneous Trophies too!
Spirit Collectible Trophies
They all matter
Free all spirits
The “They All Matter” trophy requires you to save a total of 108 Spirits; 8 Spirit Vessels that you will unlock as part of the story, and 100 Collectible Spirits dotted across the game’s various explorable areas.
Collectible Spirits are clearly marked on your map , which makes it much easier to find them and their nearest Fast Travel Point.
Additionally, once you’re close to one, you can hold to start singing. While singing, the butterflies you spawn will indicate nearby collectibles. When the butterflies are blue, they will lead you to a Spirit Collectible, so follow them and continue to sing to pin down the Spirit’s exact location.
Thank you, animal shelters!
Free all Dog Constellation spirits
You will receive the “Thank you, animal shelters!” trophy for collecting all Spirit Collectibles in the Dog Constellation while working on collecting all 100 Spirit Collectibles for They all matter.
Thank you, ornithologists!
Free all Eagle Constellation spirits
You will receive the “Thank you, ornithologists!” trophy for collecting all Spirit Collectibles in the Eagle Constellation while working on collecting all 100 Spirit Collectibles for They all matter.
Thank you, marine biologists!
Free all Shark Constellation spirits
You will receive the “Thank you, marine biologists!” trophy for collecting all Spirit Collectibles in the Shark Constellation while working on collecting all 100 Spirit Collectibles for They all matter.
Thank you, veterinarians!
Free all Pig Constellation spirits
You will receive the “Thank you, veterinarians!” trophy for collecting all Spirit Collectibles in the Pig Constellation while working on collecting all 100 Spirit Collectibles for They all matter.
Thank you, polar scientists!
Free all Polar Bear Constellation spirits
You will receive the “Thank you, polar scientists!” trophy for collecting all Spirit Collectibles in the Polar Bear Constellation while working on collecting all 100 Spirit Collectibles for They all matter.
Thank you, apiarists!
Free all Bee Constellation spirits
You will receive the “Thank you, apiarists!” trophy for collecting all Spirit Collectibles in the Bee Constellation while working on collecting all 100 Spirit Collectibles for They all matter.
Thank you, acoustic ecologists!
Free all Whale Constellation spirits
You will receive the “Thank you, acoustic ecologists!” trophy for collecting all Spirit Collectibles in the Bee Constellation while working on collecting all 100 Spirit Collectibles for They all matter.
Thank you, park rangers!
Free all Deer Constellation spirits
You will receive the “Thank you, park rangers!” trophy for collecting all Spirit Collectibles in the Deer Constellation while working on collecting all 100 Spirit Collectibles for They all matter.
Memories Trophies
Perfect memory
Discover all memories
Memories are small graphic mementos of Human Life, from before the world became the dystopian wasteland it is. They are all hidden inside certain Devourers; so be sure to kill any that you come across—just in case!
Memories, unlike collectibles, are not immediately marked on the map. They will be added to your map as gold orbs once you beat the main campaign.
This can make them slightly harder to pin down prior to the cleanup phase, but there are a few things that will help you:
The memories are divided up among the 8 Constellations’ explorable zones. Much like Spirit Collectibles, you can find nearby memories by singing . If the butterflies are gold, they will lead you to a memory!
The final helpful thing to note is that the order of the memories in the menu correlates to the order they appear in the level. So if you’re missing one near the bottom of the list; it’s probably near the end of the area!
Surrounded by giants
Discover all City Memories
You will receive the “Surrounded by giants” trophy for collecting all Memories in the City area while working on collecting all 86 Memories for Perfect Memory.
My teddy bear
Discover all Countryside Memories
You will receive the “My teddy bear” trophy for collecting all Memories in the countryside area while working on collecting all 86 Memories for Perfect Memory.
Handy man
Discover all Factories Memories
You will receive the “Handy Man” trophy for collecting all Memories in the Factory area while working on collecting all 86 Memories for Perfect Memory.
A bouquet of flowers
Discover all Harbour Memories
You will receive the “A bouquet of flowers” trophy for collecting all Memories in the Harbour area while working on collecting all 86 Memories for Perfect Memory.
Blind love
Discover all National Park Memories
You will receive the “Blind love” trophy for collecting all Memories in the National Park area while working on collecting all 86 Memories for Perfect Memory.
Plugged in
Discover all Power plant Memories
You will receive the “Plugged in” trophy for collecting all Memories in the Power Plant area while working on collecting all 86 Memories for Perfect Memory.
Dancing Queen
Discover all Quarry Memories
You will receive the “Dancing Queen” trophy for collecting all Memories in the Quarry area while working on collecting all 86 Memories for Perfect Memory.
Dried hope
Discover all Ocean Memories
You will receive the “Dried Hope” trophy for collecting all Memories in the Ocean area while working on collecting all 86 Memories for Perfect Memory.
Miscellaneous Trophies
Compassionate
Redeem 100 Devourers
Devourers are the tainted human enemies, coated in black oil. More often than not, they won’t attack you, but there are certainly some groups of attacking devourers throughout the game.
You can redeem a Devourer by throwing your heart at them with until they’re purified and fade away.
As all memories are stored in Devourers, you will end up having to redeem at least 86 Devourers to unlock the Perfect Memory Trophy, leaving you with only 14 more Devourers to redeem; a feat more than likely to happen naturally.
Gardener
Grow 100 Sprouts
As you play the game, you will frequently come across some small golden sprouts growing from the ground. There are far more than just 100 of these in the game, making this a very simple trophy to earn.
You simply need to grow 100 of these sprouts by using Burst of Life (hold then release ) near them. One area even requires you to use this ability in order to navigate the area!
This misc trophy is less likely to occur naturally than the others but is not a hard trophy to mop up if you don’t have it by the end of the game.
Bel canto
Sing 100 times
As you will know well by now, you can sing with to search for nearby collectibles. Considering the fact that there are 186 collectibles and you’re likely to sing for more than half of them, the Bel Canto trophy for singing 100 times should unlock naturally.
Whisperer
Greet 50 animal spirits
At any time in the game, you can hold to greet nearby spirits. They’ll respond by sending out a greeting of their own.
To unlock the “Whisperer” trophy, you simply need to do this on at least 50 different spirit animals.
This is very easy to achieve once you have unlocked They all matter, because every square inch of every explorable area will be crawling with spirits to greet.
Just make your way through a couple of your preferred areas (or just wander around The Ark), greeting animals along the way, until the Whisperer trophy unlocks!
Can you dig it?
Disable all diggers
The “Diggers” referred to here are not the large construction vehicles you see in the Countryside level. Instead, they are the huge oil refinery machines you shut down in each stage; the ones with flames coming out of the top.
When you destroy them, they get added to the map as a fast travel point, so the real objective here is to just unlock every Fast Travel point.
Honestly, this will likely happen naturally as you work through the story; it’s very unlikely that you’ll miss any.
These “Diggers” are visible from afar thanks to the flames that shoot out from their tops.
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