Overview
-Estimated Trophy Difficulty: 7 / 10
-Offline: 20 [18, 1, 1]
-Online: 19 [10, 5, 3, 1]
-Approximate Time to : 75-120 Hours
-Minimum Number of Playthroughs Needed: 1 [2 is Highly Recommended]
-Difficulty Affect Trophies?: Yes [All Chapters/Co-Op Missions Must Be Beat On Hard]
-Number of Missable Trophies: None [via Chapter Select]
-Glitched trophies: Not On My Watch, Butterfly, Car Lover
-Do cheat codes disable trophies?: No Cheat Codes
-Online Pass Required to ?: Yes, All Co-Op & Multiplayer Trophies
Introduction
Immerse yourself in the world of Battlefield 3! This FPS will test true skill in both the campaign, co-op and multiplayer aspects of the game. Do not think you will platinum this without dedication, a good time investment and skill. Since you won't be boosting the multiplayer it will require a good 60-100 hours to platinum (see step 6). Battlefield 3 is engineered with Dice's Frostbite 2 Engine utilizing upgraded physics, gameplay and graphics from previous iterations of the franchise. The game's campaign is short but interesting and the Co-Op missions are fun and multiplayer is one of the greatest on console to date with huge maps, unique gamplay and of course vehicles and destructible environments. It is recommended you have a mic to play the game online as communication is key. All videos are made by me as well with commentaries unless otherwise noted. My video thread is here: QuantumMercury's Battlefield 3 Trophy Video Guides
I have written this guide to be very in depth and cover all bases relating to trophies. I am very meticulous in describing what to do in text and videos I have made. Because of this if you are looking for something specific and do not want to scroll through all the information use the Control F to search for what you are searching for.
WALKTHROUGH
STEP ZERO - SIGN UP FOR BATTLELOG
It is highly recommended you sign up for EA Dice's Battlelog to track all online stats. It is helpful for improving your gameplay online and seeing progression towards trophy accomplishments. While you don't need to sign up to understand my trophy guide or platinum the game it makes the leveling process easier as you can see patterns for earning XP. Check my video under the Colonel trophy from 9-minutes until the end for more information on why Battlelog is useful. Link here: Battlelog / Sign in.
STEP 1 - COMPLETE THE CAMPAIGN ON EASY & GO FOR CHAPTER SPECIFIC TROPHIES
I recommend starting and playing through the entire campaign on Easy difficulty first. The reason is getting the chapter specific trophies on hard are extremely difficult and playing through on easy will make a second playthrough on hard more manageable. Your core focus in this step will be to enjoy the campaign and complete it. You may have to replay certain chapters for the more difficult chapter specific trophies but overall it won't pose much of a challenge. I've noted all chapter specific missable trophies in blue text and all story-related trophies in order they will appear through playing the campaign. By the end of this step you should only have to beat the game on hard for your last offline trophy. Story trophies are here (permalinked): https://www.playstationtrophies.org/forum/bat...ml#post2260597
STEP 2 - COMPLETE THE CAMPAIGN AGAIN ON HARD
If your first playthrough was on Hard difficulty setting then ignore this step. If your first playthrough was on any difficultly other than Hard, replay the entire campaign on the Hard setting from selecting new game. See the trophy description for Semper Fidelis for more tips.
STEP 3 - COMPLETE CO-OP MISSIONS ON EASY + GET CO-OP MISSION SPECIFIC TROPHIES
Find a dedicated partner who will playthrough all 6 missions with you (this step and all steps after it are online only). Ensure you and your partner have mics and will communicate. Make sure one of you knows how to fly a helicopter (for the Fire From The Sky mission). Completing these Co-Op missions shouldn't take more than 1-2 hours on easy. Video guides will be listed in the trophy guide to help you through them as well as show how to get each Co-Op mission specific trophy. You should get all co-op trophies expect beating all missions on hard and unlocking all co-op weapons on this step. Co-Op trophies are here (permalinked): https://www.playstationtrophies.org/forum/bat...ml#post2260604
STEP 4 - COMPLETE CO-OP MISSIONS ON HARD
This might pose a hefty challenge for some but ensure you have a good partner and communicate. See the trophy description for more details. Be prepared to try some missions over and over again. You will only earn the "Army of Two" trophy in this step.
STEP 5 - GRIND OUT THE CO-OP WEAPONS
Use the last mission checkpoint to grind out remaining XP (points) towards unlocking all Co-Op weapons. You will need 160,000 points (as of patch 1.02, if you do not have this patch installed you will need 441,000 points) to unlock all co-op weapons. More information on this trophy will come in the trophy description as well as a video.
STEP 6 - ONLINE COMPETITIVE MULTIPLAYER TROPHIES (EXCEPT RIBBONS)
The reason I left this step as one of the last is because by doing all the above first you will be ready and used to Battlefield 3's gameplay. Here is where you will spend a good 60-100 hours on BF3 which isn't a bad thing considering the multiplayer is pretty fun (for most). This is where you will work towards all online related trophies in ranked matches. The longest of which will be getting to level 45. All others will likely come naturally as you grind to level 45. Again, tips will be posted under trophy description. IMPORTANT! BOOSTING INCURS THE HEAVY RISK OF BEING BANNED FROM ONLINE, I HIGHLY ADVISED AGAINST BOOSTING, PROOF HERE: Dice Banned Boosters. Multiplayer trophies are here (permalinked): https://www.playstationtrophies.org/forum/bat...ml#post2260607
STEP 7 - COMPLETE THE REMAINING RIBBONS YOU NEED ONLINE AFTER REACHING RANK 45
Do not concern yourself with trying to get every Ribbon while leveling to 45 because the fact is you'll likely get 90% or more of the Ribbons by just playing the game normally and trying new classes and guns. After you've reached level 45 you'd be surprised that some of the Ribbons you thought were going to be very hard you obtained automatically without even trying. The only few Ribbons that may be hard to achieve are the Stationary Emplacement kills and the Air Warfare Ribbons. Again, more information will be in my Ribbon Guide which can be found here (permalinked): https://www.playstationtrophies.org/forum/bat...ml#post2260610
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Back To Karkand DLC
Overview
- Estimated trophy difficulty: 6/10
- Offline: 0
- Online: 5 ( 3 2 )
- Approximate amount of time to get all trophies: 8-12 Hours
- Minimum number of playthroughs needed: N/A
- Number of missable trophies: 0
- Glitched trophies: The Gunslinger trophy. This trophy is glitched. Read the Gunslinger trophy for more info.
- Do cheats disable trophies?: No Cheats
- Does difficulty affect trophies?: Online Only
Introduction
Back to Karkand is the first DLC offering for DICE’s phenomenal shooter, Battlefield 3. This DLC returns to us 4 iconic maps from Battlefield 2, completely remastered in Frostbite 2. Along for the ride are a selection of new vehicles, brand new persistence in the form of Assignments, and 10 brand new weapons for completing those assignments. With the arrival of this map pack, the game mode Conquest Assault returns, changing the fight on the Battlefield once again. Even if you aren’t playing for trophies, these maps shouldn’t be missed by any shooter fan.
The four new maps included are: Gulf of Oman, Strike at Karkand, Sharqi Peninsula, Wake Island
Walkthrough
Step 1: Vehicle Warfare
This will be easy for some people, and hard for others. I believe it warrants its own step as it can be difficult to get the vehicles you need with every other player also going for those vehicles. Be fast on the respawn, and spawn directly into vehicles when and if you can, to make the process a little easier. You may want to get used to the vehicles before you go for kills in them. Just drive around near your base and figure them out.
After this step, you will have the trophy Third Tour.
Step 2: Assignments
During this step you will need to complete the 10 assignments Karkand brings with it. Each completed assignment will unlock one of the new weapons in the expansion which are required for the Gunslinger trophy. None of the assignments should prove too difficult, and should come from natural play, in fact, you may complete some of them when waiting around for vehicles in Step 1. Just note that the assignments are in a flow chart style, meaning you will have to complete Assignment A to complete Assignment B (i.e. you must complete “Let it rain” to unlock the ability to complete “Keep your head down.”) View our detailed Assignment Guide here: Back to Karkand Trophy Guide and Roadmap + Assignment Guide
After unlocking all the guns, and killing 10 people with each of them, you will unlock the Gunslinger trophy.
Step 3: Complete Warrior Clean Up
By this point, you’ll only have the misc trophies left to obtain. So let’s start off with the hardest. Complete Warrior. If you didn’t complete this when getting your vehicle kills for Third Tour, now would be the time. You’ll want to attempt this trophy on Wake Island. At this point, you will only have to manage a kill with the Skid Loader, a bulldozer type novelty vehicle, to obtain Like a Boss and take a dip in the swimming pool at the Oman Hotel on Gulf of Oman to unlock Jaws. Neither trophy should prove too difficult, and upon finishing will give 100% DLC Completion.
At the end of this step you will obtain the trophies Complete Warrior, Jaws, and Like a Boss.
Info about Assignments:
Battlelog now has all of the Back to Karkand guns and vehicles stats on the stats page now. This means you will be able to see how many kills you need for each weapon on the way to the Gunslinger trophy.
Also added is a Assignments page which shows a detailed analysis of every assignment available, and telling you how many kills, resupplies or heals etc you need to finish the assignments. It has more detail than the assignments page in-game, and it is definitely worth a look on the way to the Gunslinger trophy.
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Close Quarters DLC
Overview
-Estimated Trophy Difficulty: 3 / 10 (Personal estimate)
-Offline: 0
-Online: 5 [3, 2]
-Approximate Time to 100%: 5-15 Hours
-Minimum Number of Playthroughs Needed: 15-25+ Multiplayer Rounds
-Difficulty Affect Trophies?: No Difficulty Setting
-Number of Missable Trophies: None
-Glitched trophies: None known at this time
-Do cheat codes disable trophies?: No Cheat Codes
-Online Pass Required to ?: Yes, All Trophies
Introduction
Close Quarters is the second DLC pack for Battlefield 3 and it includes 10 new weapons (see Show of Force for weapon list) and 4 new maps (Ziba Tower, Operation 925, Scrapmetal and Donya Fortress) along with 5 new trophies that are all multiplayer related. As implied by the name, this DLC pack will focus on close proximity firefights between your team and the enemy. So make sure you've sharpened those gun skills.
Walkthrough
Step 1 - Get All Trophies Except Show of Force
All trophies can be completed in less than 1-2 hours except Show of Force, once you get the other 4 trophies out of the way it'll be time to focus on the grind for Show of Force.
Step 2 - Focus on the Show of Force trophy
See the post below this one for the Show of Force assignment walkthrough, this will take anywhere from 15-25+ matches to complete. The challenges will require you to use all 4 kits and complete some esoteric/annoying challenges in order to unlock all 10 weapons. Alternatively you can use the new game mode Gun Master to advance in rounds and automatically attain kills with the weapons. See the trophy for more details.
If you are having trouble getting into the new DLC game modes/maps redownload the DLC from the PS Store and it should fix the issue.
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Armored Kill DLC
Overview
-Estimated Trophy Difficulty: 2/10 (Personal estimate)
-Offline: 0
-Online: 5 [3, 2]
-Approximate Time to 100%: 1+ Hours
-Minimum Number of Playthroughs Needed: 1+ Multiplayer Rounds
-Difficulty Affect Trophies?: No Difficulty Setting
-Number of Missable Trophies: None
-Glitched trophies: None known at this time
-Do cheat codes disable trophies?: No Cheat Codes
-Online Pass Required to ?: Yes, All Trophies
Introduction
Armored Kill is the Third DLC pack for Battlefield 3 and it includes 4 new vehicles (Quad Bike, Mobile Artillary, Tank Destroyer and AC-130 Gunship)) and 4 new maps (Bandar Desert, Alborz Mountains, Death Valley and Armored Shield) along with 5 new trophies that are all multiplayer related. As implied by the name, this DLC pack will focus on close large scale tank warfare between your team and the enemy. So make sure you've sharpened those tank skills.
Walkthrough
Step 1 - Get All Trophies Except Destroyer
All trophies can be completed in less than 1-2 hours, once you get the other 4 trophies out of the way it'll be time to focus on Destroyer.
Step 2 - Focus on the Destroyer trophy
Given that Battlefield 3 now has tons of servers (most of which are empty rooms) you can easily join up in an empty room with a friend/boosting partner and knock this (and all other) trophy out of the way. Doing it while playing competitively is also very simple.
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Aftermath DLC
Overview
- Estimated Difficulty: 1.5/10 (Personal estimate)
- Offline: 0
- Online: 5 (3, 2)
- Approximate Time to 100%: 2 + hours highly depending on skill
- Minimum Number of Playthroughs Needed: Several multiplayer matches
- Does Difficulty Affect Trophies?: No
- Number of Missable Trophies: None
- Glitched trophies: None
- Do cheat codes disable trophies?: No cheats
- Online Pass Required to 100%? Yes
Introduction
Battlefield 3: Aftermath is the 4th expansion in Battlefield 3's arsenal. This DLC takes you straight into the aftermath of the earthquake that happened in the campaign. Everything has been devastated, except the gameplay. Battlefield 3 is stronger than ever giving us the best DLC game mode yet with the all new Scavenger mode, 4 expertly designed maps, and the ability to destroy the maps beyond the pre existing devastation. With 3 new vehicles, and a deadly crossbow at your disposal, surviving this new wasteland will be both a challenge and fun.
Walkthrough
Step 1: Scavenger Mode
Use this step to unlock Extreme Hoarder, and more importantly the Crossbow. You will need to unlock the crossbow by winning 3 matches of Scavenger before the assignments for unlocking the different bolts will become available. So make sure this is the first thing you get done. Just search 'Scavenger' in the server browser, or set your filter to only find Scavenger games. By the end of this step you will have at least Extreme Hoarder.
Step 2: Everything else
From here, you should focus on completing the assignments for unlocking the remaining bolts and scoped crossbow, which will ultimately unlock Handyman. You will likely come across a piece of enemy equipment to destroy for Home Made Javelin, find the secret reptile for Bite Your Finger, and also complete the Pocket Full of Death trophy as you progress.
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End Game DLC
Overview
~ Estimated Trophy Difficulty: 2/10 (Personal Rating)
~ Online Trophies: 5 (2 3)
~ Offline Trophies 0
~ Approximate Time for 100%: 2+ hours (depending on skill)
~ Minimum Number of Playthroughs Needed: Multiple Muliplayer matches
~ Does Difficulty Affect Trophies: No
~ Number of Missable Trophies: None
~ Glitched Trophies: None
~ Do cheat codes disable trophies: No cheats available
~ Online Pass Required for 100%: This game requires a VIP pass to play online; a VIP pass is included with all NEW copies of the game. If you buy the game used, you must buy one from either the Playstation Store, or the In-game store.
Introduction
End Game is the 5th and final expansion for Battlefield 3. This DLC brings four new maps to play: Operation Riverside, Nebandan Flats, Kiasar Railroad and Sabalan Pipeline. Each map is based on the four seasons of the year. The DLC also brings the return of two game modes: Capture the Flag, which has two teams fighting over control of the opposing teams' flag, and Air Superiority, which has 12v12 dogfights. There is also a new weapon at your disposal, the mighty M1911 S-Tac; you can now sneakily take out opposing playing AND annoy team mates at the same time.
Step 1 - Capture the Flag
You can get all the trophies but one in this game mode. You should focus on the "Capture the Flag" trophy first, this will require you to travel to the opposing teams' base, get the flag, and return to your main base to score a point; you cannot score a point if the opposing team has possession of your flag, so dispose of them, recapture your teams flag, and score that point. The remaining trophies require you to use different vehicles, the dirt bike, the AA Jeep and any type of Helicopter.
Step 2 - That Final Trophy
You will want to head off to Conquest now for the "Heavy Lifter". This trophy is simple enough; at the spawn screen, select the option "Dropship IFV" when you land, get a single kill, and the trophy is yours.
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