Trophy & Achievement Guide for NieR: Automata features information that indicates a complete list of all the trophies and/or achievements that can be obtained in order to achieve a platinum or 100% completion rate for PC, PlayStation, and Xbox. Players can find information on how to obtain the following trophies/achievements that are listed below. The article for the Trophies & Achievements guide for NieR: Automata can be found on our blog.
Most Efficient Way to Platinum NieR Automata
- First Playthrough: Do only necessary sidequests for item unlocks and things that are easy to find, until you unlock City Ruins: Cave and complete Alien Report. This opens up teleporting around the world, making side quests much easier. Most of your sidequests will vanish once you arrive at the Flooded City during Missile Supply Mission, so if you want to finish stuff do it before that.
- Second Playthrough: Focus on obtaining weapons and quests available only to 9S, such as ones in Locked Chests and such
- Third Playthrough: You’ll swap between 9S and A2 – giving you option to grind the Hacking and Berserker trophies. Pay attention to the Endings to get A2 and then 9S and see the “final” credits.
- Cleanup: You will now have chapter select and can go everywhere and complete every sidequest you may have missed, or get additional endings, do fishing, etc.
- Optional / Cheat / Shortcut: You can unlock a “trophy shop” that allows you to buy trophies with in-game currency. This is only available after completing your third playthrough. Here’s how to unlock the trophy shop.
How long does it take to achieve all Endings in NieR Automata?
If you decide to play and rush NieR Automata, you can finish all endings in more or less 62 hours. For a detailed guide on how to complete routes, visit the Walkthrough page.
How many times do I need to play NieR Automata?
Although NieR: Automata requires multiple plays to complete the main story, it is not the longest game available. NieR: Automata is not recognized for being a particularly short game; in order to complete the game, players must complete the main story at least three times.
Is there an achievement for beating NieR Automata on Hard?
There is no Seperate achievement received from beating the game on Hard Difficulty.
PlayStation Trophies Information for NieR Automata
- Time to Platinum: 30+ hours (on Easy)
- Platinum Difficulty: 5/10 (mostly skippable effort but needs 3 playthroughs)
- Playthroughs required: 3
- Missable Trophies: 1 (Transcendent Being, see Endings Guide - Ending Y for details)
- Total Number of Trophies: 48
- Number of Platinum Trophies: 1
- Number of Gold Trophies: 2
- Number of Silver Trophies: 13
- Number of Bronze Trophies: 32
How to Complete NieR Automata?
You must finish Nier: Automata in full in order to acquire all trophies and accomplishments, get all the side missions completed, get all the Pod programs, get every weapon and fully upgrade it, and catch every fish. This entire process will take about 62 hours.
How Many Times Do You Have To Complete NieR Automata?
To get all of the Main Endings in NieR Automata, you should complete the game at least 3 times to get the main endings.
NieR Automata Trophy & Achievement List Guide
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Thank you for playing. Unlock all trophies/achievements. |
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Stare into space from the Bunker. Unmissable Story: Reboot |
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Arrive at the city ruins. Unmissable Story: Gathering Intel |
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Complete the desert area. Unmissable Story: The Machine Surge |
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Complete the amusement park ruins. Unmissable Story: MIA |
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Complete the alien ship. Unmissable Story: Alien Recon |
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Complete the forest castle. Unmissable Story: The Forest Kingdom |
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Complete the flooded city. Unmissable Story: Missile Supply Mission |
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Complete the copied city. Unmissable Story: 9S Captured |
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Complete the abandoned factory. Unmissable Story: Twisted Religion |
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Achieve ending A. Unmissable Story: Threat Disposal |
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Achieve ending B. Second Playthrough Ending: Threat Disposal (9S) |
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Watch 2B die. Third Playthrough Unmissable Story: Loss |
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Control A2 for the first time. Third Playthrough Unmissable Story: Destroy Machines |
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Grant Pascal’s final request. Third Playthrough Unmissable Story: Pascal’s Despair |
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Stop all resource recovery units. Third Playthrough Unmissable Story: Obtain Keys |
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Watch the final moments of Devola and Popola. Third Playthrough Unmissable Story: Tower Infiltration |
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Achieve 9S’s ending. Third Playthrough: Choose 9S for final battle in To the Top Floor |
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Achieve A2’s ending. Third Playthrough: Choose A2 for final battle in To the Top Floor |
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View the final credits. Third Playthrough: Choose 9S for final battle after obtaining Ending C and D, then deny Pod 153’s request to delete data. Survive the mini-game. See Endings Guide. |
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Have your body collected. Collect your own body after you die. |
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Have 100 bodies collected. Play online. When you see dead player YoRHa units, pray for them and then “Retrieve” |
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Complete your first quest. Complete any one Side Quest |
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80% of all quests completed. Complete most Side Quests: here is a full list, with rewards |
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80% of all archives found. Find most Archives (click for full list) |
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80% of all unit data unlocked. Find most Enemies and NPC data. Here are lists on where to find them. Each enemy type may have several variances so follow the list closely. |
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80% of all plug-in chips collected. Here’s a list of Plug-in Chips. |
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All Pod programs obtained. Here’s a list of all Pod Programs. |
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Any weapon upgraded to the highest level. To do this, you will need to unlock Masamune, and take any weapon to Level 4 at his shop in the Forest Zone. |
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All weapons upgraded to the highest level Here is a list of all Weapons. To upgrade them, you will have to use several materials and lots of G. This also unlocks a secret boss. |
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All Pods upgraded to the highest level. Collect All Pods and then upgrade them at the Maintenance Shop. You will need several difficult-to-find Materials. |
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Play your first hacking game. During your second playthrough, press and hold triangle to hack an enemy. |
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100 machine lifeforms destroyed by hacking. Detonate 100 enemies when hacking |
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50 machine lifeforms destroyed by remote control. Use Remote Control and destroy 50 enemies with your remotely controlled machine |
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50 Machine Lifeforms destroyed with berserk mode. Activate Berserk Mode (L3 and R3) on your third playthrough as A2, and destroy machines while in it. Equip health regenerating chips to counter the damage. Easy to unlock in highly populated areas such as the Desert Housing where you initially fought Adam. |
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255 enemies destroyed using a flight unit. Simply destroy as many enemies as you can each flight section you are given. Should unlock towards end of first playthrough. |
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Materials gathered at a hidden harvest point 10 times. Equip the Pod Program A170: Scanner, and hold down L1 as you walk around in any zone. Listen for the sound to become more frequent, and follow the direction of the increased beeps until you reveal an item. Do this 10 times. |
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All Pods found. Here’s a list of All Pods. |
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At least 100,000 G in possession. Easier than it sounds, simply manage your G by not purchasing much and selling useless plug-in chips and valuables. Machine Cores are of exceptional value. |
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Any animal ridden for 5 kilometers. Use the Sachet or animal bait to get near Boars and Moose and press Circle to get on them. Then simply ride around from one zone to the next. |
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20 different kinds of fish caught. Here’s a list of all the fish you can collect, and how to fish. |
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10 friendly machine lifeforms destroyed. After you unlock Chapter Select, go to Pascal’s Village and kill the peaceful machines there. Don’t save after it unlocks if you don’t want their oil on your hands. |
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2B’s secret discovered 10 times. Use the camera to peek up 2B’s skirt and see her panties. She will swap the camera away when you do it right. Perform this creepy act 10 times. |
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1 hour played with 9S in a certain state. During your third playthrough, wait around before going to fix 9S at the Resistance Camp during the quest Recover NFCS |
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Emil’s shop used for the first time. After completing the Forest Zone, check for Emil’s mask on the map, he’s usually near the Desert: Camp area. You should shoot at him once to make him stop running around, then talk to him to access his shop. |
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Emil destroyed. You will need to finish Emil’s Memories sidequest, and be warned it’s a very high-level battle. Here’s a full description of how to access it and how to defeat Emil. |
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All endings achieved. There are 26 endings for the game, that can be saved one over another. Do this on your third playthrough by using chapter select and our Endings Guide. |
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The place of memories has been visited. Complete Emil’s Memories and use the Elevator Key at the commercial facility to unlock a Nier easter egg. |
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AnonymousI only bought the one related to online play since I refuse to pay for PS+
Honestly wish more games let you do this, at least for the trophies related to online play
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i play as 9S without a pant for 1 and half hour and still got no achievement, wtf....
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When it says, you can buy trophies at the trophy shop, does it mean every trophy or just some?
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I'm really glad there is a option to buy the trophies with G. It saves me from being cruel and merciless to get all the endings. Also saves me the embarrassment of running around as 9S without pants for an hour...
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No achievement for very hard....the ***** ?
uhr...casual trophies
I decided to reinstall this game after a long while to cleanup the rest of the trophies and it turns out that the Naughty Children trophy is bugged. It turns out I already finished the Emil's Memories sidequest a few years before I uninstalled it for other games. I already fought him both times, and gotten ending Y and the Transcendent Being trophy. Is there anyway to fix this or replay the mission or do I have to just buy it?
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