Overview
• Estimate difficulty: 3/10
• Offline: 12
• Online: 0
• Approximate time: 10-15 hours
• Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 2+ (Certain levels may require more)
• Missable trophies: None (Level Select)
• Glitched trophies: None
• Cheats disable trophies: No cheats as far as I know
• Difficulty affects trophies: No
Trophy Breakdown: 7 4 1
Introduction
Lara Croft is back and this time she teams up with a 2,000 year old Mayan warrior named Totec. In present time, Lara has just found an ancient Mirror that legends speak of and was promptyly ambushed a local warlord and his mercenaries. The leader of the mercenaries unknowningly releases an ancient evil spirit known as Xolotl, the Keeper of Darkness. Totec, a brave warrior who fought against Xolotl and his army of darkness 2,000 years ago awakens as well and teams up with Lara to seal Xolotl back into the Mirror of Smoke before the first light of dawn, or all of humanity will be lost.
Roadmap
Step 1: Playthrough 1 - Obtain all Collectibles/Score Ranks and Co-Op Trophies
Lara's newest adventure has her traversing 14 different levels, each level containing its own list of challenges, weapons and hidden artifacts. There are no difficulty-related trophies, so feel free to play on Easy.
Use this first playthrough to explore as much as possible. Play cautiously, avoid getting hit or dying and aim for the highest Score Rank. Attempt as many of the Rewards Challenges as possible, such as collecting 10 Red Skulls in every level, completing Challenge Tombs and so forth.
Follow the collectible guide linked under the Tomb Raider trophy to see a list of collectibles in each level and text walkthroughs as well as videos for each challenge/item, courtesy of Tyger7 from X360a.
This step ultimately serves to familiarize yourself with each level so you get an idea of how to tackle each one in the fastest possible time later in Step 2. Collecting as much items as possible will also unlock better weapons, artifacts and relics which makes taking down enemies easier and provides various stat boosts or abilities.
If a challenge is too hard or takes abit of luck, come back and do it later with Level Select instead of repetitively dying and reducing your score.
The Co-Op trophies are very easy and you can do them Locally (with a friend or by yourself using 2 controllers) or Online (when the patch comes). It won't take more than 5 minutes to obtain Leap of Faith, Jump Jump, Return to Sender and A Friend in Need.
Step 2: Playthrough 2 - Complete Time Trial Reward Challenges
In every level there will be 1 or 2 Time Trial which either requires you to complete a task within a time limit or finish the level under record time. Keep in mind that you should be rolling with
all the time which is much faster as opposed to walking. Most of the combat can be skipped and you can ignore the enemies. You should also have accumulated powerufl weapons, artifacts and relics from your previous playthrough which should help you dispatch enemies with ease, as well as increasing your speed. Check the Collectibles Guide which contains a few speedrun videos.
Step 3: Clean-Up
If there are any remaining trophies, challenges or collectibles that you miss out, use Level Select to go back and obtain them.
[PS3T would like to thank Yewjhin for this Road Map]