Earning the platinum in Nioh 3 demands serious patience and a willingness to be brutally murdered by yokai for dozens of hours straight.
Fair warning: I took a beating mapping this out. The silver lining is that Nioh 3 has zero missable trophies. Forgot to soak in a hidden hot spring? Missed shooting a bird mid-boss fight? No panic — the Battle Scroll at any shrine lets you replay any mission on demand. With enough focus, all 51 trophies are achievable within a single playthrough.
Here’s the whole achievement list broken into manageable sections so you don’t spiral into madness.
The Campaign and Combat Grind (Nioh 3)
A decent chunk of trophies drop naturally as you limp through the main story. The combat-focused ones, however, demand you actually learn the game’s systems rather than button-mashing your way through every encounter.
Story & Combat Trophies
The essential milestones for beating demons and upgrading your gear.
| Achievement Name | How to Unlock It |
|---|---|
| You Are Nioh | Collect every other trophy in the game. The ultimate flex. |
| Budding Talent / Grizzled Veteran | Hit Level 10, then Level 100. Normal play gets you there without grinding. |
| Story Milestones | Eight unmissable trophies unlock automatically by defeating each campaign boss, starting at Guiding Mirror and ending at As Shogun. |
| Arts Proficiency | Kill 10 enemies with a heavy attack while your Arts Proficiency gauge is charged. Watch for the blue weapon glow — that’s your window. |
| Ninjutsu | Eliminate 10 enemies using Ninja form tools or magic. Soften targets with your sword first, then finish them off with gadgets. |
| Burst Break | Counter a red aura attack by switching forms at the last second to stun the enemy. Pull this off 10 times. |
| Guardian Spirit’s Aid | Execute a Burst Break using a Guardian Spirit ability. This skill unlocks after completing the A Fiery Invasion mission. |
| Crucible Arts Adopted | Pick up a Crucible weapon (red skull icon), rack up kills with it, and absorb its unique Martial Art through combat experience. |
| Yokai Manipulator / Soul Core Owner | Cleanse a Soul Core at a shrine, then deploy a Summoning Seal during a fight to summon that yokai against an enemy. |
| The Blacksmith Hustle | Four straightforward trophies: Forge, Remodel, and Soul Match gear at the blacksmith, plus equip a complete armor set to trigger its set bonus. |
The Collectible Nightmare
Buckle up. You’re about to spend a ridiculous number of hours hunting glowing ferrets and tracking down hot springs stuffed into the most obscure map corners the developers could find. Check every single alleyway — they mean it.
Exploration & Collectibles
Finding all the hidden junk scattered across the open zones.
| Achievement Name | How to Unlock It |
|---|---|
| Answering to the People | Finish every side quest (Myths). The problematic ones are the hidden Yokai Horde Picture Scroll and Seeking Rare Yokai missions in Heian and Bakumatsu — they don’t announce themselves. |
| Explorer | Reach Exploration Level 4 in any one region by clearing myths, spikes, and collectibles. |
| Devotee | Discover and activate every named shrine and Bodhisattva Statue in the game. Green dots on your map are your guide. |
| Eagle-Eyed | Shoot the floating white orbs scattered through the open world to summon Chijiko ferrets. Pet every single one. |
| Scampuss Enthusiast | Hunt down and pet every chubby Scampuss cat. Trade at least one furball in the Eternal Rift for the bonus trophy. |
| Spa Lover | Locate and use every hidden healing hot spring across all maps. |
| Kodama Leader | Find all small green Kodama spirits and shepherd them back to your shrines. |
| Visiting the Six Jizo | Find and pray at all six Jizo statues hidden in the game world. |
| Unimpeded | Use every Guardian Spirit traversal move at least once on Spirit Veins. |
| Total Control | Destroy all 26 enemy bases. Red oni icons mark them on the map — eliminate the target enemies and loot the chests. |
| Lesser Crucible Eradicator | Kill every guard and cleanse every red fire spike across the entire game. |
Bosses, Masters, and Odd Jobs
Killing giant demons is only part of the job. At one point, you will be hand-delivering feces to a man in a swamp. This is the path to platinum.
Hidden Bosses & Obscure Tasks
The weird and easily overlooked achievements.
| Achievement Name | How to Unlock It |
|---|---|
| A God Among Men | Hunt down all 13 human Masters and defeat each one to absorb their unique weapon techniques. Several are locked behind late-game traversal abilities. |
| Kunimatsu’s Demons | Take down three optional bosses: Pride lurks north of Sengan Waterfall, Envy is in the Hachijo region, and Obsession is near the Mibu Temple shrine. |
| Senji Toyo | Visit the blacksmith after killing the Great Tengu Boss to unlock the Memories in the Blade myth and see it through. |
| Ruckus in the Sanctuary | During the Black Feather Sanctuary mission, shoot the three enormous projectile-launching crows repeatedly until they retreat. |
| Pain, Pain, Go Away | Throughout the final mission, A Sinister End, shoot the lightning bird every time it shows up to drive it away. Stock up on ammo before this mission — you’ll need it. |
| Distant Memories | Soak in the hot spring alongside Himiko during the Dark Roots mission. Afterward, load the Apparition of Ryotan Temple mission and use that spring to trigger new dialogue. |
| Like-Minded Friends | Complete the secret Seeking Rare Yokai myth and finish the Guardian Spirit painting at the conclusion of that mission. |
| Dung Ball Roller | Locate the stranded samurai in the swamp during the Putrid Paradise myth. Later, find him behind the blacksmith and deliver 30 Dung Balls collected from enemies. Unpleasant. Non-negotiable. |
| Nothing Left to Learn | Finish the Novice and Adept training missions for both Hanzo and Yagyu, then conquer their Veteran missions at the shrine. |
| Teamwork | Complete three missions in co-op, or summon the blue NPC graves if coordinating with real players sounds worse than the trophy grind itself. |
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