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Cronos: The New Dawn Trophy Guide – How to Unlock All Achievements

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In our trophy guide for Cronos: The New Dawn, you’ll learn what challenges await you in this time-travel horror and how to claim the coveted Platinum Trophy.

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In this Cronos: The New Dawn trophy guide, you’ll find out:

  • Which Bronze, Silver, and Gold trophies exist
  • What to watch out for on the way to 100% completion
  • Which trophies can be missed

Cronos: The New Dawn is the latest survival horror project from Bloober Team, the studio behind the Silent Hill 2 remake. As the “Traveler,” you jump through time rifts between a post-apocalyptic Poland in the present and the 1980s to extract souls – a morally ambiguous mission with far-reaching consequences. Our trophy guide walks you through all the challenges and provides helpful tips on your way to Platinum.

Cronos: The New Dawn Trophies – Key Facts

  • Estimated time for Platinum: Around 30+ hours
  • Missable trophies: Yes, especially tied to moral choices
  • Difficulty relevant? Yes, “Shell Not Compromised” requires Hard Mode
  • Minimum playthroughs required: 2 (main game + NG+)

Trophy Distribution in Cronos: The New Dawn

Cronos: The New Dawn features a total of 48 trophies worth 1,350 points. They’re divided as follows:

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  • 1x Platinum
  • 2x Gold
  • 14x Silver
  • 31x Bronze

Best Strategy for Platinum in Cronos: The New Dawn

To unlock the Platinum Trophy “The Traveler” efficiently, we recommend this approach:

  • First playthrough: collect all items (comics, travel logs, weapons) and transfer all fallen Travelers’ essences.
  • Pay close attention to moral choices that unlock different trophies, like “A Flicker Of Hope” (spare the Pathfinder) or “I Am Free” (shoot the Pathfinder).
  • Don’t forget to pet all cats in the game for the Silver trophy “The Catfinder.”
  • Fully upgrade your Temporal Shell and all weapons.
  • After finishing once, start an NG+ run on Hard Mode to unlock the Gold trophy “Shell Not Compromised”
  • Use the second playthrough to make alternate choices and rescue both Weronikas for the Gold trophy “Free From All The Scars”

All Trophies in Cronos: The New Dawn

Platinum:

  • The Traveler: You collected all the Trophies.

Gold:

  • Shell Not Compromised: Finish the game in the Hard Mode.
  • Free From All The Scars: Save both Weronikas.

Silver:

  • You Never Give Up: Finish the game in the NG+.
  • I Am Free: Shoot the Pathfinder.
  • A Flicker Of Hope: Spare the Pathfinder’s life.
  • The Sacrifice Of The Flesh: Defeat Eliza.
  • Down With The Sickness: Defeat the Unmerged Terror.
  • Forged In Fire: Fully upgrade the Traveler’s Temporal Shell.
  • The Praetorian: Fully upgrade all weapons.
  • To Pave The Path: Fabricate all item types.
  • The Boon Of The Relics: Find all the weapons.
  • The Preserver: Transfer the Essences from all fallen Travelers.
  • The Archivist: Find all of the Travelogs.
  • Unadulterated Joy: Find all of the comic books.
  • The Catfinder: Pet all the cats.

Bronze:

  • To Bring Them Back: Transfer an Essence from a fallen Traveler.
  • The Contribution: Sell 15 valuable items.
  • Resources Are Scarce: Fabricate an item.
  • Fire. Spreading.: Set 5 enemies on fire with a single burst of the Torch.
  • Efficiency Discipline: Defeat 2 enemies with a single Sword projectile.
  • The Anvil Of The Collective: Defeat 4 enemies with a single Hammer shot.
  • The Annihilator: Defeat 5 enemies with a single Arbalest round.
  • Rapid Oxidation: Burn the Biomass.
  • Spacetime Oddity: Activate a Time Oddity.
  • Counter-Gravity Traversal: Execute a Gravity Jump.
  • Do Travelers Dream Of Electric Sheep?: Power up a device with the Conductor.
  • Don’t Let Them Merge: Burn 25 dead Orphans.
  • Raging Bull: Defeat an enemy with a melee attack.
  • Better Than One: Defeat 25 enemies with a headshot.
  • May It Serve You Fault-Free: Fully upgrade a single weapon.
  • Welcome To The Vocation: Exit the REV-Capsule.
  • Such Is Our Calling: Find the Predecessor.
  • Suppressed Recomposition: Defeat the Unmerged One.
  • Temporal Destination Reached: Execute a Dive for the first time.
  • Essence Acquired: Extract Edward.
  • The Ascendance: Execute an Ascendance Sequence for the first time.
  • Public Transport: Power up the tram to reach the Steelworks.
  • The Bigger They Are: Defeat the Terror in the Steelworks.
  • My Brother’s Keeper: Extract one of the brothers.
  • For Good And For Ill: Extract Dr. Zybert.
  • Hit Like A Train: Defeat the Terror at the station B.
  • The Pathfinder: Get the Pathfinder to the tram.
  • Fixing Things: Discover the Warden’s secret.
  • The Orthodox: Finish the game only with the Essences appointed by the Collective.
  • Punks Not Dead!: Finish the game with Edward’s Essence.
  • Togetherness: Gather together the Essences of Lidia, Marcel and Krzysztof.
  • The Pyromaniac: Burn Biomass with the Pyre.
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Ilona Frank

Feels most at home in the worlds of horror, adventure, and platformers. Wishes there were trophies for everyday situations in real life, too.