TL;DR
- Saros has 45 trophies — 1 Platinum, 2 Gold, 16 Silver, 26 Bronze
- Platinum is called “Mastered Carcosa”
- Estimated Platinum time: 20 to 45 hours depending on skill
- No missable trophies, no online trophies, no difficulty-locked trophies
- Carcosan Modifiers do not block any trophies
- Complete all 7 Nightmare Gates and defeat all 8 Overlords for full completion
- Most trophies unlock naturally through story progression and combat
Saros is the PS5 exclusive roguelike shooter from Housemarque, set on the alien planet Carcosa. If you want to know how long the game takes to finish, check out our Saros: How Long to Beat guide before you dive into trophy hunting.
This guide covers every single trophy in Saros, what you need to do to unlock each one, and the best order to tackle them for the Platinum. Let’s get into it.
Saros Trophy Overview
Saros has a total of 45 trophies. Here’s the breakdown:
- 1 Platinum — Mastered Carcosa
- 2 Gold
- 16 Silver
- 26 Bronze
That’s seven more trophies than Returnal, which only had 38. The good news is the Saros Platinum is far more forgiving. There are no luck-based collectible trophies like Returnal’s infamous Past the Ruins. Most of what you need will come naturally as you play through the game.
Key facts to know before you start:
- No missable trophies — You can clean up everything after finishing the story
- No online trophies — Everything is solo
- No difficulty-related trophies — Saros has no traditional difficulty modes
- Carcosan Modifiers don’t lock trophies — You can use Protection buffs freely
- No manual saves — The game autosaves regularly as a roguelite
Saros Platinum Trophy: Mastered Carcosa
The Platinum trophy is called Mastered Carcosa. To earn it, you simply need every other trophy in the game. There are no additional secret steps. Get all 44 trophies and the Platinum is yours.
Estimated time to Platinum: 20 to 45 hours, depending on how familiar you are with roguelikes and how quickly you master the combat systems.
Best Order to Get the Saros Platinum
Follow this four-step route to earn the Platinum as efficiently as possible.
Step 1: Defeat the First Two Overlords
Work through Biome 1 and Biome 2. Defeat Prophet and Bastion. This unlocks Carcosan Modifiers. Once unlocked, enable Protection Modifiers straight away. They make the game easier and do not disable any trophies.
Step 2: Push Through the Full Story
Play through all eight biomes and defeat every Overlord. All eight boss trophies, the three act-completion trophies, and the epilogue trophy unlock through natural story progression. Don’t stress about specific trophies during this phase. Just focus on learning the combat, building your Armor Matrix, and surviving.
Step 3: Complete Nightmare Gates and Remaining Challenges
After the credits, you’ll return to the Passage with a new objective: Face Tomorrow. Follow it to complete the epilogue. From this point, all biomes are open for free exploration. Now tackle the Nightmare Gates and any combat trophies you’re still missing.
Step 4: Clean Up Miscellaneous Trophies
Use multiple biome runs to clean up weapon kills, shield absorptions, and any remaining combat challenges. Check the Databank regularly to track weapon kill counts.
Saros Trophy List: All 45 Trophies
Platinum Trophy
- Mastered Carcosa — Unlock every other trophy in Saros
Gold Trophies
- Nightmare Strands — Enter and complete all 7 Nightmare Gates at least once
- Full Arsenal — Unlock all Main and Power Weapons and defeat 25 enemies with each
Silver Trophies — Boss Kills
- Prophet — Defeat the Overlord of the Shattered Rise
- Architect — Defeat the Overlord of the Desecrated Fortress
- Shepherd — Defeat the Overlord of the Acolyte’s Haven
- Priestess — Defeat the Overlord of the Cathedral
- King — Defeat the Overlord of the Yellow Shore
Silver Trophies — Progression and Challenges
- Bullet Paradise — Dispatch 1,995 regular enemies
- Carcosan Cartographer — Use Carcosan Modifiers and survive 33 expeditions
- Soltari R&D — Unlock and use all Traits and Variants of a single weapon
- Break the Cycle — Absorb 2,021 projectiles using your Shield
- Eclipse’s Gift — Collect 70 Halcyon in total
- Catch and Release — Absorb 3 Power bars with your Shield, then defeat an enemy with a Power Weapon
- Untouchable — Complete a biome without taking direct, non-Corruption damage or losing Adrenaline
- Let Go — Complete all epilogue objectives and defeat the final boss, the King
- Shattered Glass — Complete every encounter inside the Banyan Tree
- War Within — Reach maximum Corruption level and survive
Bronze Trophies — Boss Kills
- Bastion — Defeat the Overlord of the Ancient Depths
- Rhabdom — Defeat the Overlord of the Shattered Descent
- Legion — Defeat the Overlord of the Blighted Marsh
Bronze Trophies — Story and Progression
- Never Let Go — Complete Act 1
- Into Yellow — Complete Act 2
- The Blazing Throne — Complete Act 3
- Strange is the Night — Enter the Banyan Tree for the first time
- Come Back Stronger — Die for the first time
- Second Chance — Use the Second Chance ability for the first time
- Reinforced Carapace — Collect 20 Integrity Augments
- Carcosan Conqueror — Encounter and defeat 10 Alpha enemies
- Fatal Triptych — Die 3 times during a single cycle
- Never Enough — Collect 20 Halcyon in the Yellow Shore and damage 5 enemies at once using Dispiritor projectiles
Bronze Trophies — Combat Challenges
- Approach Vector — Dispatch a shielded enemy with a mid-air Melee attack
- OverDriven — Dispatch 30 enemies using Overdrive during a single cycle
- Countermand — Stagger 2 enemies simultaneously with one Parry
- Enforcer — Damage 7 enemies within 5 seconds with Handcannons
- Relentless — Land 50 consecutive hits with Rifles
- Spread the Cost — Land 7 perfect Shotgun blasts with full pellet accuracy
- Vicious Circle — Damage 4 enemies within 2 seconds using Chakrams
- All Shall Bow — Hit 3 enemies at once using Crossbows
- Broadside — Defeat 5 enemies with a single Prominence blast
- Vincible — Complete a biome without using the Shield
All Saros Bosses: Every Overlord in Order
There are 9 boss encounters in Saros. The first — the Consort — is a tutorial boss and doesn’t count as a biome Overlord. The remaining 8 each award a separate trophy when defeated.
Boss 1 — Prophet (Shattered Rise)
Prophet has 3 health bars. You cannot deal damage until you expose its weakspot by destroying the yellow glowing plants on the sides of the arena. Once exposed, absorb the blue projectile barrages with your Shield to charge your Power Weapon, then unload on the central weakspot. Dodge the corrupted yellow waves. In Phase 3, vine walls close in and reduce your movement space. Keep the same strategy.
Boss 2 — Bastion (Ancient Depths)
Bastion also has 3 health bars but has no weakspot mechanic. You can deal damage from the start. Between each health bar, it retreats and sends in waves of bots. Kill all the bots before the boss returns. Use your Power Weapon constantly throughout the fight.
Boss 3 — Rhabdom (Shattered Descent)
Rhabdom is the easiest boss in the game. It has only one health bar and takes a few seconds before attacking after spawning. Trigger your Overdrive immediately when the fight starts and chain Power Moves to bring it down to around 50% before it can even respond. Stay at range for the rest of the fight. Use the jump pads on both sides to avoid its wide AoE barrages.
Boss 4 — Legion (Blighted Marsh)
Legion is a swarm of flying enemies surrounding a single bright red core. Only the core takes damage, so always aim at the centre. It uses red Nova projectiles heavily. Once you unlock the Parry ability, deflect these red projectiles back at it. This is one of the most effective strategies for this fight.
Boss 5 — Architect (Desecrated Fortress)
Architect is a large flying monster with 3 health bars. It alternates between hovering and doing strafing runs across the arena. It uses blue, yellow, and red projectiles in combination. Auto-hit weapons like Handcannons and Rifles work best here because the boss is often moving. Avoid Shotguns for this fight as most of the encounter is at distance.
Boss 6 — Shepherd (Acolyte’s Haven)
Shepherd is a mid-game Overlord with multiple health bars. Learn its attack patterns before committing a run. Use Protection Modifiers if you’re struggling.
Boss 7 — Priestess (Cathedral)
Priestess is a late-game boss with high damage output. By this stage you should have strong permanent upgrades. Focus on learning when safe damage windows open and prioritise dodging over offense when unsure.
Boss 8 — King (Yellow Shore)
King is the final Overlord and the most challenging fight in the game. It is linked to three separate trophies. After the credits roll, complete the epilogue objective Face Tomorrow and return to the King for the final encounter. This time, after defeating it, go through the gate instead of interacting with the boss to trigger the epilogue ending.
Nightmare Gates: How They Work
Nightmare Gates are tough optional challenges found in biomes. On your map, they appear as a skull icon with an exclamation mark. In the world, they look like two hands rising out of the ground with a gateway between them.
You need to enter and complete all 7 Nightmare Gates for the Gold trophy Nightmare Strands. This is one of the most time-consuming trophies but it becomes much easier once your permanent upgrades are strong.
Completing Nightmare Gates also rewards Halcyon and Integrity Augments, both of which help with other trophies like Eclipse’s Gift and Reinforced Carapace. So don’t skip them.
Note: Sometimes a Nightmare Strand on your map will be powered down with no active gate. This is normal. Return in a different run and it may be active.
Hardest Trophies in Saros Explained
Untouchable
Complete an entire biome without taking direct, non-Corruption damage and without losing Adrenaline. This is the hardest non-story trophy in the game. The best advice: use Biome 3 (Shattered Descent). Rhabdom has a short one-phase fight and the biome itself is compact. Practice the layout until enemy patterns are second nature before attempting this one.
Vincible
Complete a biome without using your Shield at all. This removes your primary defensive tool and forces you to rely on dashing and positioning alone. Again, Biome 3 is the recommended spot. Run it without touching the Shield button for the entire biome including the boss fight.
Full Arsenal
Unlock every Main and Power Weapon and defeat 25 enemies with each. This is a significant grind. Don’t wait until the end to focus on it. Start tracking weapon usage early. Check the Databank regularly after each run to see which weapons are lagging behind. If you ignore a weapon category for too long, you’ll need dedicated cleanup runs.
Nightmare Strands
Enter and complete all 7 Nightmare Gates. These are hard optional encounters that reward strong loot. They become more manageable with late-game upgrades. Don’t attempt them too early without solid Armor Matrix unlocks in place.
Spread the Cost
Land 7 perfect Shotgun blasts with full pellet accuracy in a single run. This is tricky because it requires all pellets from each shot to hit the same target. Get close to enemies before firing. Many players report this one being buggy, so fight large enemies at point-blank range and be patient.
OverDriven
Kill 30 enemies using Overdrive in a single cycle. Start in Biome 1, use your Prominence weapon to charge Overdrive quickly, then look for dense enemy groups and activate it. You should reach 30 kills before finishing Biome 2.
Passive Trophies: Let Them Accumulate
Some trophies build up naturally over time without any extra effort. Don’t grind specifically for these. Just play and they’ll come.
- Bullet Paradise — 1,995 enemy kills. Comes naturally across multiple runs.
- Break the Cycle — 2,021 absorbed projectiles. Your Shield absorbs constantly, so this builds up on its own.
- Eclipse’s Gift — 70 Halcyon collected total. Collect from red containers and Nightmare Gates.
- Carcosan Cartographer — 33 expeditions completed with Carcosan Modifiers active. Enable them early and this builds through normal play.
- Come Back Stronger — Die once. Almost certainly the first trophy you’ll unlock.
Useful Tips for Getting the Saros Platinum
- Enable Protection Modifiers as soon as they unlock. They don’t block any trophies and they make the game much more manageable.
- Prioritise Second Chance in the Armor Matrix early. Auto-revive on death is a game changer in longer runs.
- Check the Databank after every few runs. Track your weapon kill percentages so Full Arsenal doesn’t catch you off guard late in the game.
- Use Biome 3 for skill-check trophies. Rhabdom’s short fight and the biome’s compact layout make it the best spot for Untouchable, Vincible, and Spread the Cost.
- Don’t save Overdrive for difficult moments. In runs where you’re grinding OverDriven, activate it the moment you see a large group of enemies.
- Collect Halcyon every run. Don’t skip red containers. Getting to 70 total takes time and you’ll also need Halcyon to unlock key Armor Matrix nodes.
- Play the epilogue before cleaning up. After the credits, follow the Face Tomorrow objective. This triggers a second fight with the King and unlocks important trophies including Let Go.
Final Thoughts
Saros is a well-designed game for trophy hunters. The list is challenging but fair. Nothing is missable. Nothing is locked behind random drops or online play. The Platinum is accessible to any player willing to invest time in learning Carcosa.
Use Protection Modifiers early, build your Armor Matrix steadily, track your weapon kills, and save the toughest biome challenges for when you’re comfortable with the controls. The Platinum will come.
If you’re still figuring out how much time you’ll need for the full game, head over to our Saros: How Long to Beat guide for a full breakdown by playstyle and goal.
