You’re staring at that 98% completion mark. It’s agonizing. You’ve parkoured across every shattered rooftop in Villedor, kicked a thousand Renegades off ledges, and survived more nights than a Volatile. Yet, the Dying Light 2 Platinum remains elusive. It’s not just a trophy; it’s a marathon that tests your sanity, your patience, and the structural integrity of your controller’s analog sticks.
Honestly, the "Pilgrim’s Path" trophy is kind of a jerk.
Techland didn’t make this easy. Most players assume they can just "play the game" and the Platinum will pop. Nope. If you miss a single scrap of paper in a prologue area you can never return to, you’re basically cooked. You'll have to start a fresh save file just to grab a newspaper clipping. It’s brutal.
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The Ultramarathon Nightmare
Let’s talk about the elephant in the room. Or rather, the guy running in circles in the room. The "Ultramarathon" trophy requires you to travel at least 960km. On paper, that sounds fine for an open-world game. In reality? You’ll likely finish every single quest, find every collectible, and max out your character while only having covered about 300km.
Basically, you’re looking at an extra 600km of pure, unadulterated grinding.
Most of the community has resorted to the "rubber band method." You tie your sticks together so Aiden runs in a circle inside a safe zone while you go to sleep or, you know, live your actual life. It takes roughly 70 to 100 hours of pure running to hit that distance. It’s arguably one of the most hated trophies in modern gaming because it doesn't reward skill—it rewards your willingness to leave your console on for three days straight.
Why Dying Light 2 Platinum is Missable
If you’re serious about the Dying Light 2 Platinum, you need to be paranoid from minute one. There are specific collectibles—Mementos and Recordings—locked behind missions that disappear if you progress the story too far.
Specifically, the prologue. Once you leave that initial forest area and enter the city, there is no way back. If you didn't grab the "Newspaper Article – October 11th, 2020," you’ve already lost.
Then there’s the whole faction alignment mess. To get the "Boot Licker" trophy, you have to assign seven facilities to the same faction. If you try to be a diplomat and split the city between the Peacekeepers and the Survivors, you won't reach City Alignment 7. You have to pick a side and stick with it like a zealot. It feels counter-intuitive to how most people play RPGs, but that's the price of the shiny blue icon.
The Inhibitor Math Problem
You need to max out both Health and Stamina for two separate trophies: "Fit as a Fiddle" and "Ironheart." Here’s the catch—there aren't enough Inhibitors in a single playthrough to max out both.
You’ve got two choices:
- Play the game twice (don't do this).
- Use the save-scumming trick.
Basically, you hoard 81 Inhibitors without spending them. Once you have enough, you back up your save to the cloud or a USB. Spend them all on Health, let the trophy pop, then download your old save and spend them all on Stamina. It’s a bit "cheaty," sure, but considering the 960km run, you've earned a shortcut.
Common Glitches in 2026
Even now, years after launch, players report that story-related trophies sometimes just... don't trigger. It’s rare, but it happens. If you’re on the path to the Dying Light 2 Platinum, it is highly recommended to manually back up your save before major story beats like "Broadcast" or "X13."
If a trophy glitches, you don't want to be the person who has to replay 40 hours of content because a script failed to fire.
Technical Nuances and "The Beast"
With the announcement of Dying Light: The Beast, a lot of people are confusing the "Platinum Edition" of the first game with the Platinum trophy requirements for the second. To be clear: there is no "Dying Light 2 Platinum Edition" as a retail product yet. We have the Reloaded Edition and the Ultimate Edition.
If you own the Ultimate Edition, you actually get The Beast for free, which is a nice perk, but it won't help you get the Platinum in the base game. In fact, adding DLC trophies usually makes the "100% completion" look even further away, though the Platinum itself only requires the base game's 58 trophies.
Actionable Steps for the Hunt
If you’re starting today, follow this exact sequence to save yourself 100 hours of regret:
- Check the Prologue: Before you leave the first area with Spike, ensure you have the mandatory Mementos. Look at a guide for the "Archivist" trophy specifically for the first hour of gameplay.
- Hoard Inhibitors: Resist the urge to max out one stat early. Keep your Health and Stamina somewhat balanced until you have the 78-81 required to "burst" one to the max via save reloading.
- Focus on Factions: Decide in the first hour: Blue (PKs) or Yellow (Survivors). Give one group everything. Do not play the middle man.
- Kill Volatiles Early: Use the UV flashlight and high-ground tactics to get "Night Hunter" out of the way before the game scales the difficulty too high.
- Don't ignore Encounters: You need to help 50 survivors in random world encounters for "A Friend in Need." These are way more frequent early in the game. If you ignore them until the end-game, they become much harder to find.
Once you’ve cleared the collectibles and the story, start that 960km run. Find a safe rooftop, secure your thumbsticks with a rubber band, and go watch a movie. By the time you come back, you might just be the newest member of the Platinum club.
The grind is real, but in Villedor, staying human usually means staying patient. Good luck, Nightrunner. You’re going to need it.
Next Steps for Completionists
To finish your run, verify your "Archivist" progress in the collectables menu immediately. If you've already finished the prologue and missed a note, your only option is to join a co-op session with someone who is currently playing that specific mission or start a New Game+ run. Once the collectibles are secured, focus entirely on assigning the remaining Water Towers and Substations to your chosen faction to hit Alignment Level 7. Don't forget to perform a manual cloud save backup before the final "X13" mission to guard against any end-game trophy glitches.