the sinking city 2 trophy guide
The Sinking City 2 Trophy Guide & Achievement List
The full list has 23 achievements. Most non-story unlocks are missable, while From Oblivion requires Ex Oblivione mode and What Dreams Are Made Of needs Talent progress across more than two runs.
- Estimated completion time
- About 20 hours
- Difficulty
- 3/10
- Missable achievements
- 16
- Playthroughs
- 2 full + partial third
Trophy roadmap
Run one should be a thorough 100% sweep. Finish every optional investigation before leaving its chapter, hear all 10 Mushroom Jack broadcasts, open all 13 E.R.C. crates and collect every weapon and Dream Essence you can.
Keep at least 800 EP for the Extras shop. Four large Talents are purchased there and are required for What Dreams Are Made Of; buying unrelated extras first only delays completion.
Choose silver at the Red Press if completion is the priority. That reward gives two Dream Essence and reduces the amount of the partial third run needed for all Talents.
Full trophy and achievement list
The table below covers all 23 unlocks. Story entries arrive naturally, while the chapter, investigation, weapon and one-playthrough entries should be treated as missable.
| Achievement | Requirement | Route note |
|---|---|---|
| For Her | Unlock every other achievement | Completion capstone |
| Welcome To Arkham! | Reach Miskatonic University | Story |
| Soulmates | Perform the ritual | Story |
| Bodysnatchers | Discharge yourself from Akeley Memorial | Story |
| Bigger Fish To Fry | Survive the Arkham Fish Market | Story |
| Timeless Dawn | Awaken and finish the main story | Story |
| Out Of Your Shell | Obtain the shotgun in the Chapter 2 Saloon | Missable weapon |
| Fast Friends | Obtain the submachine gun in Devil's Reef Hotel | Missable weapon |
| We Aim To Please | Obtain the rifle in Akeley Hospital | Missable weapon |
| A Blast From The Past | Obtain the grenade launcher at the Fish Market | Missable weapon |
| Sterilizer | Defeat all three Nightmares in Akeley Hospital | Missable, Chapter 3 |
| The Inheritance | Open the Apartment 5 wall safe with 1908 | Optional investigation |
| The Other Gods | Complete the church Trident and Obelisk mystery | Optional investigation |
| The Red Press | Solve the cursed printing press | Optional investigation |
| The Siren's Call | Open the Devil's Reef Room 301 safe with 2137 | Optional investigation |
| The Whisperers | Solve the Wireless Room brain machine with 13-05-36 | Optional investigation |
| The Vault | Open the hospital storage lock with 1308 | Optional investigation |
| The Drowned | Open the Fishing Shop buoy locker | Optional investigation |
| The Damned | Open the sixteen-punishments door and destroy the body | Optional investigation |
| Mycophile | Hear all 10 Mushroom Jack broadcasts in one playthrough | One-playthrough collectible |
| From Oblivion | Read all eight Ex Oblivione-only Codex entries | New Game Plus |
| Behind Every Crate Man... | Open all 13 base-game E.R.C. crates in one playthrough | DLC crates excluded |
| What Dreams Are Made Of | Unlock every Talent with 60 Dream Essence and four shop Talents | Two full runs plus cleanup |
The 16 missable achievements
The eight optional investigations are the main chapter checkpoints. Complete The Inheritance, The Other Gods, The Red Press, The Siren's Call, The Whisperers, The Vault, The Drowned and The Damned before advancing past their areas.
Weapons and optional combat also need attention. Collect the shotgun, submachine gun, rifle and grenade launcher, then defeat all three hospital Nightmares for Sterilizer.
Mycophile and Behind Every Crate Man use one-playthrough wording. Listen to all 10 radios and open all 13 base-game E.R.C. crates during the same run; a partial cleanup cannot repair a missed chain.
New Game Plus and all Talents
Ex Oblivione unlocks after the story. Find all eight new purple Lore Codex entries in this mode for From Oblivion while collecting another full set of Dream Essence.
What Dreams Are Made Of requires 60 Dream Essence. A complete run provides about 25, so even two thorough runs leave a shortfall and normally require part of a third Ex Oblivione run.
Only Talent progress carries into the next run. Use the same clear-save chain, buy the four large Extras-shop Talents for 800 EP and keep spending Dream Essence until every Talent is learned.