This guide walks you through every achievement and trophy in Nioh 3. The Platinum Trophy, You Are Nioh, requires full completion of the main story, side missions, combat systems, exploration content, and collectibles. Nothing is permanently missable, and all trophies can be earned after finishing the story.
Nioh 3 is built around clearing regions, defeating bosses, mastering combat mechanics, and interacting with optional systems like Crucibles, Kodama, and Scampusses. Following this roadmap keeps the grind efficient and avoids unnecessary backtracking.
Nioh 3 Trophy Roadmap
Estimated Trophy Difficulty: 7/10
Approximate Time to Platinum: 60–80 hours
Offline Trophies: 51 (1 Platinum, multiple Gold, Silver, and Bronze)
Online Trophies: 0
Missable Trophies: 0
Glitched Trophies: 0 reported
Does difficulty affect trophies?: No
Hardest Trophy: You Are Nioh (Platinum)
Minimum Playthroughs: 1
Free-Roam after Story?: Yes, all regions and content remain accessible
Supports Manual Saves?: Yes
Spoiler Warning
This guide references story progress and boss outcomes. Proceed if you are comfortable with light story spoilers tied to trophy requirements.
Step 1: Complete the Main Story (20–25 Hours)
The first step is simply finishing the main story. There are no difficulty-based trophies, and no dialogue or story decisions lock you out of achievements. All story trophies unlock automatically as you progress.
Key story-related trophies include destroying Crucinite tied to major characters, traveling through time for the first time, and reaching the final story outcome.
Notable story trophies earned here:
While progressing, it helps to activate shrines, free Kodama, bathe in hot springs, and clear enemy bases when convenient. None of this is required immediately, but early progress reduces cleanup time later.
Once the story is complete, all regions and side content remain fully accessible.
Step 2: Leveling and Core Combat Trophies (5–8 Hours)
After finishing the story, focus on level-based and combat mechanic trophies. These unlock naturally but are faster once stronger gear and skills are available.
Trophies in this step include:
These can be farmed safely in earlier missions if needed. There is no penalty for replaying content.
Step 3: Exploration, Collectibles, and World Completion (20–25 Hours)
This is the largest portion of the Platinum journey. Full exploration across all regions is required.
During this phase, focus on:
Systematic exploration by region is recommended. Fully clearing one area before moving on helps track progress and avoids missing collectibles.
Step 4: Equipment, Crafting, and Soul Systems (5–7 Hours)
These trophies focus on Nioh 3’s gear and upgrade systems and are straightforward if you have been interacting with blacksmith mechanics.
Key trophies include:
Avoid selling gear too aggressively early on. Having multiple sets helps trigger set bonus trophies faster.
Step 5: Masters, Side Missions, and Unique Events (5–6 Hours)
The final step involves side missions, optional bosses, and master challenges.
Trophies earned here include:
All of these can be completed after the main story and do not require replaying the game from the start.
Final Trophy: Platinum
Once every other trophy is unlocked, You Are Nioh will unlock automatically. The Platinum Trophy requires full completion but does not demand perfect play, speedruns, or extreme difficulty settings.
Nioh 3’s Platinum Trophy is a true completionist challenge, but nothing is unfair or permanently missable. With patience, steady progression, and full exploration, every trophy can be earned in a single playthrough.
Take your time, learn enemy patterns, and clean up content after the story for the smoothest path to Platinum.
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