Housemarque's PS5-exclusive Saros launches with 45 trophies to chase, and the Platinum is far more approachable than Returnal's notoriously punishing list. With the right strategy and the game's built-in accessibility options, most players can push through everything in 20 to 25 hours. This guide covers every trophy in Saros — what each one requires and exactly how to get it.
Saros Trophy Guide: Difficulty, Time, and Platinum Requirements
| Category | Detail |
|---|---|
| Total Trophies | 45 (1 Platinum, 2 Gold, 16 Silver, 26 Bronze) |
| Estimated Difficulty | 3/10 (with Carcosan Modifiers enabled) |
| Time to Platinum | 20–25+ hours |
| Missable Trophies | None |
| Minimum Playthroughs | 1 (with repeated biome runs post-game) |
| Online Trophies | None |
| Difficulty Affects Trophies? | No |
| Hardest Trophy | Untouchable |
Spoiler Warning: Some trophy names and descriptions below reveal biome names and boss titles. Proceed at your own risk.
How to Get the Platinum in Saros: Step-by-Step Roadmap
Follow this four-step order to platinum Saros as efficiently as possible.
Step 1 — Defeat the first two Overlords. This unlocks Carcosan Modifiers (the accessibility settings). Enable Protection Modifiers immediately — they do not disable any trophies.
Step 2 — Push through the full story. All eight boss trophies, the act-completion trophies, and the epilogue trophy unlock through natural progression. Collect Halcyon from every red container and side path as you go — you need 70 total for Eclipse's Gift.
Step 3 — Hit the weapon and combat trophies. After finishing the story, you get full access to all biomes. Grind out weapon-specific trophies, Full Arsenal, Bullet Paradise, and combat challenges during this phase.
Step 4 — Clean up miscellaneous trophies. Finish any remaining Banyan Tree segments, Nightmare Strands gates, Carcosan Cartographer runs, and any combat trophies you missed.
See also: How to Break Yellow Barriers in Saros
Platinum Trophy
| Trophy | Description | How to Unlock |
|---|---|---|
| The Sun Is Forever | Mastered Carcosa and obtained every SAROS trophy | Unlock all 44 other trophies. This one takes care of itself. |
Gold Trophies
| Trophy | Description | How to Unlock |
|---|---|---|
| Let Go | Complete all epilogue requirements and defeat the King | After finishing Act 3, complete all Banyan Tree segments and new objectives: start at the third biome's beginning, check the red tree in Blighted Marsh, pass through the Passage, visit Nitya's Lab in Cathedral, complete the final Banyan Tree segment, then defeat the final boss a second time. |
| Nightmare Strands | Complete all seven Nightmare Gates at least once | Every biome except Yellow Shore contains a Nightmare Strand gate — they only open during an active Eclipse. Complete the optional challenge inside each gate. Gates always appear in the same location per biome, making them easy to track across runs. |
Silver Trophies
Story-Related (Unlock Automatically)
| Trophy | Description | How to Unlock |
|---|---|---|
| Never Let Go | Complete Act 1 | Finish the first five biomes and their Overlords. |
| Into Yellow | Complete Act 2 | After Act 1, clear the two newly unlocked biomes. |
| The Blazing Throne | Complete Act 3 | Finish the final biome and defeat the last boss. |
| Prophet | Defeat the Overlord of the Shattered Rise | Story-related — clears with the first biome boss. |
| Bastion | Defeat the Overlord of the Ancient Depths | Story-related — clears with the second biome boss. |
| Rhabdom | Defeat the Overlord of the Shattered Descent | Story-related — clears with the third biome boss. |
| Legion | Defeat the Overlord of the Blighted Marsh | Story-related — clears with the fourth biome boss. |
| Architect | Defeat the Overlord of the Desecrated Fortress | Story-related — clears with the fifth biome boss. |
| Shepherd | Defeat the Overlord of Acolyte's Haven | Story-related — clears with the sixth biome boss. |
| Priestess | Defeat the Overlord of the Cathedral | Story-related — clears with the seventh biome boss. |
| King | Defeat the Overlord of the Yellow Shore | Story-related — clears with the eighth and final biome boss. |
Requires Active Effort
| Trophy | Description | How to Unlock |
|---|---|---|
| Shattered Glass | Complete every encounter inside the Banyan Tree | The Banyan Tree opens in three separate segments across the story and epilogue. Check the upper floor of the Passage near Sebastian regularly and enter whenever it opens. Complete all three segments. |
| Carcosan Cartographer | Complete 33 expeditions using the World Dial | Enable any Carcosan Modifier and complete 33 runs. A run counts once you finish a biome and return to the Passage. Enable modifiers early and this stacks up naturally alongside other grinding. |
| Carcosan Conqueror | Defeat 10 Alpha hostiles | Alpha hostiles are elite mini-boss enemies that spawn randomly during runs. Expect one or two per run on average. Defeat 10 across any combination of runs — unlocks naturally before you finish the full list. |
| Full Arsenal | Unlock all weapons and get 25 kills with each | Saros has 15 Main Weapons and 4 Power Weapons that unlock as you progress. Use every weapon type for 25 kills each. Monitor progress in the Databank's weapon usage percentage — aim for around 20% on each weapon. |
| Bullet Paradise | Defeat 1,995 regular enemies | A tribute to Housemarque's 1995 founding year. This accumulates passively across all runs. Keep playing and it unlocks before you complete the full list. |
| Eclipse's Gift | Collect a total of 70 Halcyon | Halcyon is the purple currency found in red containers, from Alpha hostiles, and along side paths. Every biome has a fixed amount tracked on the World Dial. Always choose Halcyon from red containers — you need it for Armor Matrix upgrades too. Collect from run one. |
| Reinforced Carapace | Collect 20 Integrity Augments | Integrity Augments are yellow-green items found in Nightmare Strands and along optional side paths. Check every branching route in each biome. They accumulate across multiple runs. |
| Soltari R&D | Unlock and use all Traits and Variants of one weapon | Each Main Weapon has three Variants and a set of randomly assigned Traits. Pick one weapon type and use it consistently. Seek out higher-proficiency copies to unlock more Traits, and use the corrupted Variants too. Track progress in the equipment tab. |
| Break the Cycle | Absorb 2,021 projectiles using the Shield | Hold R1 to activate the Shield and absorb enemy projectiles. The 2,021 target nods to the year Returnal launched. Use your Shield throughout every run and it unlocks passively. |
| Catch and Release | Absorb 3 Power bars with the Shield, then defeat an enemy with a Power Weapon | Absorb blue projectiles to fill Power bars. Once you have three full bars, use a Power Move to kill any enemy. Pick any run where enemies fire blue projectiles frequently. |
| Untouchable | Complete a biome without taking direct, non-Corruption damage or losing Adrenaline | Use the third biome (Shattered Descent) — shortest biome, one-phase boss. Bring a Repeater Crossbow (Alt-Fire hits from a safe distance), skip optional rooms, save Overdrive for Rhabdom, and dodge with L1 only. Corruption damage does not count against this trophy. |
| War Within | Reach maximum Corruption level and survive | Enable the Trial Modifier that converts all incoming damage to Corruption. Take damage throughout a run without using Power Moves (which lower Corruption). Defeat the biome boss, return to the Passage — the trophy unlocks there. Prophet (first boss) fires a high volume of Corrupted projectiles and works well for this. |
Bronze Trophies
Story and Progression
| Trophy | Description | How to Unlock |
|---|---|---|
| Come Back Stronger | Die for the first time | Die to anything once. The easiest trophy in the game — comes naturally. |
| Strange Is the Night | Enter the Banyan Tree for the first time | Go to the upper floor of the Passage near Sebastian and interact with the Banyan Tree portal the first time it opens. |
| Second Chance | Use the Second Chance ability once | Unlock the Second Chance node in the Armor Matrix using Halcyon. Die during any run and let it revive you. Trophy unlocks on revival. |
| Fatal Triptych | Die 3 times during a single cycle | Unlock Second Chance first. Equip the Second Chance Overlord Carcosan Modifier (or use Nightmare Gates) to replenish Second Chance after boss fights. Die, recover, then die two more times in the same run. |
| Never Enough | Collect 20 Halcyon in the Yellow Shore | Yellow Shore does not track Halcyon on the World Dial. Collect it from Alpha hostile drops, containers, and path pickups across multiple Yellow Shore runs until the trophy pops. |
Weapon-Specific
| Trophy | Weapon | Description | How to Unlock |
|---|---|---|---|
| Relentless | Rifle | Land 50 consecutive shots on enemies | Use the auto-fire Rifle on a high-health enemy like an Alpha hostile or an Overlord. Rifles have a generous auto-hit system — sustain fire on one target without missing. |
| Enforcer | Handcannon | Damage 7 enemies within 5 seconds | Use a high-proficiency Ricochet Handcannon — its shots pierce through enemies and hit multiple targets at once. Fire into a tight enemy cluster. |
| Spread the Cost | Shotgun | Land 7 consecutive blasts with 100% pellet accuracy | The Horde Shotgun's Alt-Fire tightens the spread. Use it during the Rhabdom boss fight in the third biome — Rhabdom is a grounded enemy that spawns slowly, giving you time to close in and land clean shots. |
| All Shall Bow | Crossbow | Hit 3 enemies simultaneously | Unlock the Repeater Crossbow in the Blighted Marsh. Spam its Alt-Fire into enemy groups — the split bullets fan out and hit multiple targets at once. |
| Vicious Circle | Chakram | Damage 4 enemies within 2 seconds | Chakrams unlock in Acolyte's Haven. Use the normal throw into a group of four enemies, then press L2 to recall it. The outbound throw hits multiple targets simultaneously. |
Power Weapon
| Trophy | Power Weapon | Description | How to Unlock |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broadside | Prominence | Defeat 5 enemies with a single blast | Pull L2 fully and press R2 to fire. Find a cluster of small flying enemies — common in mid-to-late biomes — and fire into the center of the group. |
| Atrophy | Dispiritor | Damage 5 enemies simultaneously | Dispiritor fires small projectiles that deal damage over time. Wait for five enemies to group up, fire into them — the DoT effect triggers the trophy. |
| Angle of Attack | Nova Lance | Defeat an enemy using a ricochet slug | Check your Nova Lance for the ricochet Trait. Position yourself near a wall with a low-health enemy close by and fire at the wall — the rebounding shot tracks the nearest enemy. |
| Radiance | Illumine | Damage 3 enemies simultaneously | Illumine fires a sustained beam (hold the fire button to charge). Sweep the beam across three enemies at once. This unlocks naturally while grinding Full Arsenal. |
Combat Skills
| Trophy | Description | How to Unlock |
|---|---|---|
| Approach Vector | Dispatch a shielded enemy with a mid-air Melee attack | Some enemies carry a red shield making them immune to ranged attacks. Jump toward one and tap R1 mid-air to Melee them. Connect the hit and the trophy unlocks. Shielded enemies appear frequently across all biomes. |
| Countermand | Stagger 2 enemies simultaneously with one Parry | The Parry ability unlocks in the Blighted Marsh. Let multiple enemies chase you into a group, then Parry a Nova projectile (the red attack you cannot block or dash through) so the shockwave staggers two enemies at once. |
| Fall From Grace | Eliminate an enemy using the environment without shooting it | Head to Yellow Shore for its plentiful bottomless drops. Parry a flying enemy's attack to stagger it while it hovers over a gap. The stagger sends it falling to its death. Do not deal any gun damage beforehand or it will not count. |
| Vincible | Complete a biome without using the Shield | Do not hold R1 for the entire biome including the boss. Use the third biome (Shattered Descent) — it is the shortest and Rhabdom has one phase. Dodge and dash with L1 only. Use Overdrive on the boss to deal heavy damage without needing to defend. |
| Overdriven | Defeat 30 enemies using Overdrive in a single cycle | Press L3 + R3 to activate Overdrive. Stop saving it for bosses — use it aggressively throughout a full run on standard enemy rooms. Lure enemies together before activating to maximize kills per use. |
Saros Platinum Trophy Tips: How to Unlock It Fast and Efficiently
- Enable Carcosan Modifiers immediately: As soon as you defeat the second Overlord, activate Protection Modifiers. They trivialize survivability and disable nothing on the trophy list.
- Prioritize Halcyon every run: You need 70 for Eclipse's Gift and more for Armor Matrix upgrades including Second Chance. Always pick Halcyon over other red container rewards.
- Unlock Second Chance as early as possible: This Armor Matrix node turns a run-ending death into a recoverable setback and makes every other trophy attempt less punishing.
- Use the third biome for skill-check trophies: Rhabdom's one-phase fight and the biome's short length make it the ideal location for Untouchable, Vincible, and Spread the Cost.
- Check the Databank frequently: Weapon usage percentages are your only way to track Full Arsenal progress. Review it after every few runs and adjust weapon priorities accordingly.
Saros is a PS5 exclusive from Housemarque. Standard Edition launches on April 30, 2026. Deluxe Edition owners get access two days early on April 28, 2026.
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