Wolfenstein 2 Trophy Guide

Getting the Full Trophy List in Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

Most people rush through the campaign on Easy and wonder why they're missing three or four trophies they didn't even know existed. The trophy list for Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is fairly standard for a first-person shooter, but there are a few requirements that will lock you out of platinum if you don't plan ahead. I figured this out the hard way on my first run. I beat the game on Normal without reading anything, then hit Freedom Mode and realized I'd completely missed two upgrade-related trophies because I never farmed enough resources. That's a lot of grinding to do retroactively. You need to finish the main story. This is locked to the first playthrough and cannot be retaken on higher difficulties for credit. The game tracks progress automatically. If you die during a mission, it reloads from the last checkpoint. There's no permadeath mechanic. Just get through it. I completed it on Normal and it took me about ten hours, which is average. If you're struggling, Easy is fine for the story trophy since you can replay later on Freedom Mode if needed. This is the hardest difficulty and the one most people skip until it's too late. Freedom Mode has a few significant changes. Enemies deal more damage. Healing items are much rarer. You take damage from environmental hazards faster. Most importantly, the XP and resource drops are scaled differently, which matters for the upgrade trophies. I recommend completing the story on at least Normal before attempting Freedom Mode. Starting on Freedom fresh is possible but painful. The final boss fight alone took me three attempts on my first try because I didn't have enough weapon upgrades yet.

This is where most people waste time. You need to unlock every weapon and every upgrade tier for each weapon. There are seven weapons in the base game: the pistol, submachine gun, assault rifle, shotgun, rocket launcher, railgun, and the Luger in some contexts. Each weapon has three upgrade levels. Upgrades are purchased from Black Market dealers scattered throughout missions using resources called Scrap and Parts. These resources are found in the open areas between missions and inside certain mission rooms. The problem is that resources don't persist perfectly between runs on higher difficulties. I discovered on my second Freedom Mode playthrough that Scrap collected in one mission didn't always carry forward if I skipped a mission or took a different path. My workaround was simple: I used the in-game map to identify which rooms had the highest resource density and prioritized those before advancing the main story. Specifically, the workshop segments between missions in Chapter 4 and Chapter 6 had the best return for the time invested. I spent about forty-five minutes in those workshops on my third playthrough and finally had enough Scrap to max out all weapons. It's not difficult, it's just time-consuming. Budget an extra two to three hours if you want to be thorough.

The Railgun Trophy

There's a specific trophy tied to the railgun weapon. You need to acquire it and upgrade it to at least level two. The railgun is available after a certain point in the story — it appears in Chapter 3. Some players miss it entirely because they don't explore the side areas around the mission hubs. Once you have it, just farm a couple more upgrades from any Black Market dealer. This one is easy if you remember to check the side rooms.

Collectible Trophies

There are optional trophies for finding collectible items hidden throughout the game. These are usually small objects you can pick up from shelves, desks, or specific rooms. They don't affect gameplay at all. They're just there for completionists. I found roughly eight to ten total across a full playthrough, but the exact count varies depending on whether you take every path or stick to the main route. If you're going for platinum, slow down and check every corner. It adds maybe an hour to your total time.

Multiplayer trophies (if applicable)

The game's multiplayer component has its own set of achievements. I generally don't cover these extensively because the multiplayer community for this title has declined significantly. Some multiplayer trophies can be completed with a co-op partner, but solo grinding is viable if you have patience. I completed a couple by playing on lower difficulty lobbies and focusing on objective-based modes rather than free-for-all. The time investment here is highly variable depending on your region and server population.

The Platinum Path Summary

Here's how I approached it cleanly. First playthrough on Normal to get the story done and get a feel for the mechanics. Second playthrough on Freedom Mode, this time actually exploring side rooms and farming resources in workshops. Third playthrough purely for collectibles I missed. This three-pass method took me about twenty-five to thirty hours total. If you already know what you're doing, you can probably cut that down to around eighteen hours by combining the first two passes more efficiently. The biggest bottleneck is resource farming for the weapon upgrades, so don't neglect the workshops between missions.