Orcs Must Die! Unchained – FAQ/Walkthrough

Trophy Guideline

This section will go into the usual information of how long it'll take to earn the platinum; the difficulty; etc.

I will also go into the suggested pathway I would recommend to earn the trophies in the most efficient way possible.

Estimated Time to Earn the Platinum:

250-500+ hours

Difficulty Rating:

Medium to Hard.

• Why? - Well, it is a strategy RPG type of game, and because of this, it's not only possible to mimic someone else's strategy to finish a level (and get 5 Stars on it), but you also get the possibility to simply overpower a lot of the difficulty by leveling up your traps and account level. Besides that, mastering each map is a matter of practice - since each map doesn't change every time you load it, even if you are going in blind, once you learn how the map plays out, you just need to adjust to any problems it throws at you.
  • Earning 5 stars on each map can be kind of irritating - It depends on the map, but I would say there are a few that can be really annoying to get, even when you're damage output is at maximum. Sometimes, it's just the Par Time - there are a few that you might complete with only seconds to spare. Mostly though, it's the Kobolds, because for whatever reason, sometimes just 1 or 2 manage to run through just about everything and manage to get to your Rift (even when you feel really confident in how you've trapped it).
  • The Combo Quest trophy can be difficult to earn - This is mostly due to its semi-randomness, and the fact that the game doesn't really explain how the Combo system works. Although I have read it's possible to do solo, I would HIGHLY recommend doing it with the assistance of 1 other person (doing it solo would be incredibly difficult). For these reasons, Combo Quest is probably the most "complex" trophy to earn, and you may find yourself making multiple attempts to earn it. Check the trophy description for information to see how set things up to earn this trophy.
• Is the time to platinum a factor? - In my difficulty rating, no. Trophy guides for other games I've read do factor in the sheer length of time you need to devote to it into their proposed difficulty rating (Star Ocean 4 would be one example), but mine does not. My rating is entirely based on the gameplay itself.

Multiplayer Trophies?

There are three - Amateur Saboteur, Fearless Leader, and Combo Quest.

• Amateur Saboteur - This trophy is for winning 5 Sabotage matches. Sabotage is OMD!U's version of competitive multiplayer. If you're like me, you might hate PvP, but don't be too discouraged by Sabotage. In Sabotage, it's basically the same as Survival, but you're "competing" against another team to finish the map with more rift points. In the match, you get to use Sabotage-specific consumables to interfere with the opposite team's map. It's only 5 matches though, and Sabotage can get pretty random, but in terms of a PvP trophy, this isn't bad.
• Fearless Leader - This trophy might only be earned with someone you personally invite; originally, when the game was first released on the PS4, Matchmaking did not give progress towards this trophy. Matchmaking has changed a few times in patches though, but I haven't been able to find out if it now gives proper progress. However, even if it doesn't, this isn't a big deal, because the game is free-to-play. Just keep in mind you may need to borrow a friend and have him/her download the game to help you with this, or find someone online to help.
• Combo Quest - This trophy is earned by getting a 15x Combo. Combos are earned every time you kill an enemy, but you have to hit the enemy with multiple sources of damage and crowd-control effects (such as slows) in order to add to the combo. I have read that is in fact possible to do solo (with Zoey apparently) but it is EXTREMELY hard to do by yourself. This is because you have a limited amount of traps to work with; since you can only bring in 7 traps on your loadout, you would have to rely on your character, Gear, and Guardians for the 8 other combo sources. Getting them to work simultaneously within a small window of time, is incredibly difficult to do on your own. This is why it's considered a multiplayer trophy - by adding in at least 1 other person, you can bring in more traps (thus more combo sources) while at the same time adding in any bonuses from the character they are controlling. Getting a third person is ideal, but realize it's entirely possible to earn a 15 combo with only 2 people.

Missable Trophies

There are none.

Minimum Amount of Playthroughs

One.

Trophy Guideline

You can check the FAQ section of this guide to view more information about what earning the platinum is like.

Step 1: Play the game normally.

Your first goal is to complete all maps with all characters. Starting with whichever ones you have available. Why? Because it's the most efficient. By doing this, it allows you to generate the most consistent amount of Skulls (to afford all of the characters and upgrade traps) and at the same time, giving you the maximum amount of chances of finding the better traps in chests, as well as the Guardians and Traits you will need to have an easier time getting 5 Stars on all the maps later. If you're anything like me, you'll find the game really repetitive, and I find it even more repetitive if I play the same maps with the exact same characters, so by getting more characters, you can at least get some variety with what you're doing.

You will only have 3 characters at first, which means that you might get through them all quickly, depending on how much you play. For this reason, I would recommend trying to take your time with the game - give yourself more opportunities to do the daily quest for Skulls and get your Daily Login Bonus.

Ultimately, you do have 2 options on your approach:

1. Continue to advance through the game as much as possible to buy your next character with Skulls - Try to work on other things; play some Sabotage; work on the other in-game Achievements; try to 5 Star what maps you have on your own; try to get as far as you can in Endless. It can get a little monotonous because there is a lack of content in the lower levels. This is mostly ideal for those that wish to play other games while working on this platinum, and those who wish to not spend any money on the game.
2. Purchase Coin to buy a few new characters - I wouldn't really recommend buying more than 3 or 4 Heroes, perhaps 5 at most. The reason for this is that it should give you enough to do, but still giving you an opportunity to purchase further characters with Skulls. If you buy more characters than that, the reality is, although you'll have an increased amount of Skulls (from clearing maps with those new characters), you'll get to that point where you have nothing to spend on Skulls faster, thus you may feel like you wasted your money.
   1. In my opinion - There is currently an "Ultimate Bundle" you can buy from the PS Store. If you're a PS+ member, it's discounted as well, which actually makes it a pretty good deal, if you're interested in spending money. It not only grants you plenty of extra characters that should keep you going for a while, but it gives you about half of the characters you're going to need to purchase for their respective trophies.

If you're wondering what character you should buy, you can check out my personal review of each character (as of patch 2.6) found in this guide.

Depending on which character you decide to unlock first, you can focus on their potential trophies as you continue to play through normally. There are a few of the trophies that are good to progress towards while you're clearing maps, and they are:

• Power Pick-Me-Ups
• Chandelier Shatterer
• Touched by Can't Touch This
• Home Sweet Home
• Shoot Them Down
• Un-Unchained
• Air-Blackpaw
• Hazard Play
• Forever Unchained
• Improvised Weapons
• Amateur Saboteur
• Fearless Leader

While playing through the game, there are a few things to keep in mind:

• Don't worry about getting 5 stars! - Really, it's not necessary. Realize the 5th Star only gives you a chest that contains traps/traits/guardians (they don't give Skulls) so you're not really missing much. You have to remember that Empty Pockets will take a significant amount of time to complete, and you will be at Account Level 100 with (almost) all tier 7 traps; at that point, getting 5 Stars on all maps, including Rift Lord, is made much easier.
• You don't need to upgrade all of your traps - Don't feel as if you need to upgrade everything the second you get your first chance to. If you do wait to upgrade, and you manage to find another "card" of that same trap, it doesn't go to waste (it will just progress past the upgrade total, which will convert accordingly when you do decide to upgrade).
• Remember to always do your Daily Quests, and try to complete the Weekly Challenge with all available heroes each week - For the Weekly Challenges, you get a predetermined loadout, and the difficulty of the map is unaffected by your account level. This kind of sucks if you're a higher account level, but this does mean that they are designed in a certain way that allows anyone to complete them. I wouldn't worry about getting 5 Stars on the Weekly Challenges (as some of them can be quite difficult) but the New Hero Victory Chests are always helpful. What's more, since they do not have a predetermined difficulty to them, the New Hero Victory Chests will adjust according to what you have unlocked - if you have Rift Lord unlocked, the Skull reward from these chests will be 200. There are usually individuals on Youtube posting guides showing how to complete the Weekly Challenges, so if I don't have them, go try to search for them if you want help.
• You only need to survive the waves successfully to complete a map - By simply surviving all of the waves, you will earn 1 Star, which is all that is necessary to get a New Hero Victory Chest. If you don't like the character you're trying to clear the map with, don't worry about it! Just finish it as best you can, and don't worry about anything else. On a related note, for the "5 Star every map" trophy, you only need to do it on a single character so don't stress out if you're not doing well with a certain character; as long as you have 1 rift point, that's all that matters.
• Try to stay away from Matchmaking - You're free to find groups if you wish, but you do NOT need a group to get 5 Stars on any map; they are all possible to solo. The reason why I would stay away from it (unless you want to break up the monotony), is because of the coin gain; you will find you earn/spend significantly less in groups, which means less progress towards Empty Pockets in the long run.

Step 2: Work on earning 5 Stars

When you clear all the Rift Lord maps at least once, you might find yourself wanting to start on working towards the 5 Star trophies. I would recommend starting with Apprentice, and working your way up. You should be able to clear everything in Apprentice and War Mage, but you may struggle with a couple in Master, and probably about half of them (or so) in Rift Lord.

A lot of the maps can be 5 starred at the recommended level, so this can be done earlier, but I wouldn't recommend it. If you're having problems, you can either check out my 5 Star Walkthrough found in this guide, or just continue to level up and practice the maps on your own.

I am unsure if the 5 Star on the new maps (or any future maps) need to be earned for this trophy - At the moment, the only newly added maps are the Wu Xing battle maps. It's impossible for me to tell, because I earned my trophy before the Wu Xing release, and in my second playthrough, I earned all of my 5 Stars in order. If they are, it's not incredibly worrisome, as I'll cover how to earn 5 Stars on the Wu Xing map regardless.

Endless maps do not count - So don't worry about earning 5 Stars on any of the Endless maps, only worry about getting 5 Stars on the Survival maps.

After you have earned all 5 Stars on all Survival maps, the game is basically complete, but you still have a long way to that platinum.

Step 3: Clean Up

Once you've 5 Starred all the maps, you then have to focus on getting the rest of the trophies, and buying the characters you haven't bought yet for their respective trophies. Along with any of the character trophies you haven't finished yet, chances are you'll be left with:

• Hazard Play
• Improvised Weapons
• Challenge Challenger
• Coin Collector
• Slots Machine
• Toughing It Out
• Un-Unchained
• Forever Unchained
• Combo Quest
• Top Tier
• Empty Pockets

Most of these are mostly just a grind, so you basically just want to continue to focus on them as you continue to earn coin for Empty Pockets. Top Tier will most likely be the second to last trophy you earn, or possibly Combo Quest.

Step 4: Farm for Empty Pockets

Quite possibly the worst step, as spending 200,000,000 coin is going to take a very long time to complete. Chances are, you may not even be halfway done with it by the time you get everything else done.

My method of earning coin to spend can be found in the trophy description for Empty Pockets, utilizing the Endless version of Shark Island. Although you can potentially earn about 500,000 for a little over 30 minutes in this method, I would recommend trying to break up the repetition of it by doing other things; I personally went through all of the maps all over again, trying to earn 5 Stars on every map with every character.

I will also point out here that my method is not necessarily the best method. I've seen other videos of other people using different maps, so you should check those out and find a method you want to use (if you don't like mine). Hopefully, at the least, my video can provide another map to play on, so you can get a little more variety when you begin to farm.

I would stay away from Sabotage as not only does it give you very little coin to spend per match, but I'm not actually entirely sure if any coin spent gives progression towards Empty Pockets. The reason why I think this, is that at the "summary" screen after the match, where you see how many minions you killed during the match and whatnot, there is no "coin spent" information displayed. In every other game mode, the "coin spent" information is displayed, so it does make me wonder if it's accurately getting calculated towards Empty Pockets.

After Empty Pockets is finally done, you should more than likely have all the other trophies already completed, thus earning your platinum.