Preface.
This is nothing less than “ActRaiser Renaissance,” a remastering of “ActRaiser,” a classic game from 1990. This game gives the player the primarily action-based platforming simulation amalgamation. Released by Square Enix in 2021, this remaster is not just for nostalgia of the original game, but the additional modernizations, stages, and story lines have really made this more exciting. The trophy list can actually put the player on a difficult way to have 100% completion. This guide will specifically discuss how to get all trophies in “ActRaiser Renaissance” and will provide tips and strategies when it comes to mastering the action and simulation parts of the game.
Trophy Overview
The trophy list of “ActRaiser Renaissance” promises to be rich, as it requires considerable proficiency in both action and simulation modes of play. The trophies are subdivided into story-driven, combat, city-building, and other miscellaneous challenges. To earn that precious platinum trophy, the trophy-hunters will have to complete the game on all difficulty settings, unlock all miracles, beat some really tough bosses, and completely develop each town.
Story-Line Deluxe Trophies
Not to be forgotten in the game as all the trophies will be acquired when progressing through the main storyline.
The Savior of Filmore
Description: Clear the Fillmore act and defeat the Fillmore boss.
Tips: Go ahead and concentrate learning your basic attacks and dodging skills in this first act. The boss, which is a Minotaur, is fairly easy but do make note of its charge attack. Use the platform segments to your advantage making jumps over its attacks.
The Bloodpool’s Defender
Description: Clear the act Bloodpool and defeat the boss Bloodpool.
Tips: With Bloodpool, come the most complex foes and bosses who require precise timing. There’s a gigantic centipede as a boss and has multiple segments, each of which should be destroyed. Ranged attacks would be the best, maintaining the distance, avoiding the body slam.
The Protector of Kasandora
Description: Clear the Kasandora act and kill the Kasandora boss.
Tips: Kasandora’s deserts come with quicker challenges: quicksand pits. And the boss is a gigantic sandworm that pops out of the ground to attack. Keep moving and do aerials to avoid getting caught inside the path.
The Liberator of Aitos
Description: Clear the Aitos act and beat the Aitos boss.
Tips: Aitos is in mountainous areas, and the terrain is generally hazardous. The boss, a fiery phoenix, attacks with fireballs and swooping dives. To escape those aerial assaults, get close to the ground and strike when it comes down.
The Marahna Conqueror
Description: Clear the Marahna act and defeat the Marahna boss.
Tips: Marahna is a jungle full of tricky platform segments. The boss is a giant plant with many tentacles to be cut off. Use quick, precise strikes to cut through the tentacles while dodging poisonous attacks from the plant.
The Guardian of Northwall
Description: Clear Northwall Act and kill the Northwall boss.
Tips: Slippery surfaces make platforming of Northwall even more difficult in icy terrains. The boss, an ice dragon, breathes freezing rays and hurls ice shards. Keep moving so that you won’t get frozen in place and strike when it’s vulnerable.
Conqueror of Tanzra
Description: Win a battle against Tanzra in the last chapter.
Tips: There will be different phases you will undergo before defeating Tanzra. Prepare the best strategy for each phase, and expect a really long fight. Pull off all your skills and miracles to withstand the powerful attacks of Tanzra.
Combat Trophies
These trophies test how well you can survive in combat, usually by taking out enemies a certain way or under a specific condition.
Impervious Hero
Description: Complete any act without taking damage.
Tips: The best act for this trophy is Fillmore because it is the first act and simply put. It will take time to perfect the patterns of the enemies, use ranged attacks to keep out of their reach, and memorize the boss’s attack patterns for dodging perfectly.
Miraculous Victory
Description: Defeat a boss using only miracles.
Tips: A tad tricky because miracles consume SP, and SP is pretty limited. Save SP by strangling common enemies without miracles and unleash miracles during the boss boss battle, Kasa-boss, for this will be a great candidate for this trophy since it is much slower and more predictable.
Combo Master
Description: Complete a combo of 20 hits or more.
Tips: This trophy is best accomplished while beating on a pack of weak enemies or during a boss fight with lots of several parts. Quick, light attacks will keep the combo, and being hit will reset the counter.
Master of the Sword
Description: Kill 1000 enemies with a sword.
Tips: Most likely, this will come naturally as the game progresses. Engage yourself as often as possible in melee fights and return to earlier acts if you need to grind enemies to hit that total at the end.
Miracle Worker
Description: Execute every single miracle in the game.
Tips: Miracles will be unlocked during the advancement of the story and while developing each town. Use miracles at least once for combat or as part of the city-building segment. Some miracles may be best for a given situation, so be creative and try them with different strategies.
City-trophy rationing
These trophies are linked in simulation-related experiences where towns have been built and defended against invading enemies from enemy sites.
Town Architect
Description: Reach the full potential of development at a town. Tips: Work on one town at a time by completing every single task as well as defeating all enemies. Use miracles to clear hindrances and create the best living environments for townspeople. The maximum population is increased by a very full town. -Peaceful Land Description: Drive away all monsters in one area.
Tips: There are monster lairs within every town that have to be sealed in order to cut down the enemy invasions. Seal these lairs soon after they appear. Use miracles and your avatar’s powers to destroy the lairs and make your towns safe.
Prosperous Town Description:
Achieve a population above 5000 in any one town.
Tips: To add to the town’s population, keep it free from monster invasions and provide enough food and resources. Miracles can open up – fertile lands – obstacles can be cleared. All quests completed to discover further housing.
Divine Intervention
Description: Seek salvation from a disaster to a town using miracles.
Tips: Natural and man-made disasters like earthquakes, floods, and plagues may strike their towns. No matter the type of disaster, the right miracle must be employed as upfront intervention against it (for example: by using an earthquake miracle against the eruption of a volcano). Pay attention to town alerts, which would help in keeping the destruction from repeating defense through rapid response.
Benevolent Ruler
Description: Complete all the quests found in one single town.
Tips: Each town has a set of quests that must be accomplished to shape the town. Make sure that you know what your townsfolk need from time to time, and even send a miracle to solve some things. Some might even require you to meet certain conditions before being able to accomplish that particular quest so plan ahead.
Additional Trophies
These trophies don’t fit very well within other categories but are very important for the 100%. Completionist: Complete the game on any difficulty level. Tips: This trophy will automatically unlock as you go along in the storyline. Choose your difficulty depending on what suits your style of play and take your time to learn the game’s mechanics.
Hardcore Gamer: Complete the game on Hard difficulty. Tips: Hard difficulty makes enemies, usually, tougher and offers you a smaller window for failing. Practice each act before attempting Hard using an easier difficulty level. Be awesome in your combat tactics and city-building.
Speedrunner: Complete the game in less than 10 hours.
Tips: This trophy requires a very concentrated and efficient play through- avoiding unnecessary sidetracts and focusing on main objectives. Use your knowledge of the game to finish each act plus town development as fast as possible. Consider even Easy difficulty to lessen resistance. Explorer: Unearth every hidden item in the game.
Tips: All the acts have certain hidden items like extra lives, SP orbs, and power-ups. Explore all corners of the map, plus use miracles to discover hidden paths and treasures. Some items are accessible only when some things are accomplished so revisit acts if required.
Treasure Hunter
The aim and objective in the game: Collect all those treasures that lie scattered throughout the game.
Tip: Treasures are hidden all throughout the game both in the action and simulation segments. They are often concealed under inaccessibly located places in action segments. In simulation segments, specific miracles must be performed to uncover hidden treasures. Keep a checklist of treasures so that none is missed.
Veteran Gamer
Description: Defeat Tanzra on Hard difficulty.
Tips: This is one of the most challenging trophies, with his final form of Tanzra being highly difficult on Hard mode. Therefore, use all skills and strategies acquired during gaming to achieve this. Below are a few tips that would help in getting this trophy:
Preparation: To face Tanzra, one has to max out its health and SP, even going back to previous stages in order to grab missed powerups or hidden items. Understand Tanzra’s attack pattern using practice on lower difficulties.
Phase Management: The fight with Tanzra is divided into several phases, each stage having its own attacks. The focus is on learning timing and patterns for each phase. Conserve health and SP during the earlier phases since the final phase is the toughest.
Using Miracles: Miracles can be quite important during the battle. For example, depending on the phase, certain miracles can be very helpful, such as healing when it is most critical and offensive miracles to damage him while he is vulnerable.
Dodging and Defense: On Hard, he will hit harder and faster. Minimize the damage by dodging and positioning yourself in a way that it can do. Stay on the move and avoid getting cornered, as that will lead to a very quick defeat.
In truth: In reality, patience and persistence: Hard mode Tanzra knocks off true test of skill endurance. Fail, of course, countless times but learn a little from every one of those attempts. Also, refine strategy and execution through every attempt until you win.
Some Advanced Tips and Techniques
Those players who want all trophies earned, especially related to Hard and speedrunning trophies, can follow these advanced tips to refine and optimize the game:
Efficiency: Above all else, efficiency must reign, especially in speedruns or Hard modes. Plan every stage around avoiding unnecessary detours; when simulation segues come along, gather all must-do quests necessary to unlocking much-needed resources or powers for help during action segments.
Resource Management: SP and health items need to be managed very well because they do not grow on trees. In action segments, you should try to avoid using SP except in dire cases, such as a boss fight. In simulation segments, use miracles for town development as efficiently as possible without wasting resources.
Replayability: If you have trouble with a particular trophy, replay earlier stages to practice and hone your skills. Replayability-the basic aspect of ActRaiser Renaissance-can help you make up quite a difference when played alongside improvements to performance.
Resources: Community: Do not hesitate to consult with community resources, such as forums, YouTube videos, or players’ guides. These will fill you with information about some strategies and techniques you have never thought about.
Different Miscellaneous Challenges with Hidden Items
“ActRaiser Renaissance” adds several additional challenges besides its regular trophies, which are optional content bits that could be tried out for deepening the experience and one’s mastery over the game.
Secret Bosses: Some levels have hidden bosses that possess difficulty levels higher than the usual bosses. Such bosses tend to give the player very rare items or exceptional rewards. To unlock these fights, players may sometimes have to perform a certain act or fulfill a condition somewhere in the game.
Different Endings: Based on the player’s actions in the game during the simulation-specific parts, one may get to see different endings. The endings are based on the welfare of the towns and how you respond to situations as they arise.
Hidden Items and Easter Eggs: “ActRaiser Renaissance” is rife with hidden items and Easter eggs that will remind the player of the original game. Search through each crevice and cranny in the game world to find the buried treasures. Some might be fate-locked to a miracle or ascending stages once certain quests have been finalized.
Challenge Modes: After finishing the game, you may locate and sometimes unlock a challenge mode that has an extra degree of difficulty or a unique scenario. These may serve as qualifiers for future skill tests, even unlocking those last few trophies.
Concluding Thoughts
“ActRaiser Renaissance” is a rich and complex game that realizes the paradigm of action-strategy where both must be mastered to play well. This trophy guide intends to give one the navigation tool for the complete circuit through the game’s complications and to 100% completion. Be he or she a veteran player from the original “ActRaiser” or a novice to the series, this should serve as an all-in-one reference for the journey through this game.
To melt the platinum trophy of “ActRaiser Renaissance,” a good amount of commitment and a skillful approach followed by understanding good mastery of every single mechanic found in the game is needed. At the same time, it pays for the challenge of getting “all the trophies” just to savor the sweetness of fully overcoming and understanding everything the game has to offer. You can take your time, enjoy the process, and be curious about a lot of things.
Well, with patience, persistence, and experience, this prize will be rightfully yours, and such a master of “ActRaiser Renaissance” will be formed.
Good luck on your journey, and may your sword ever sharp and your towns ever prosperous!