Shenmue III - Digital Deluxe Edition: How to get 100% trophies in a single run?

[Tweronion]

Hello! I'm about to start my Shenmue III run after finishing the second game. I purchased the  Digital Deluxe Edition, that comes with all the DLCs.

I've been reading the trophy guide and it seems some DLC trophies are missable if I progress too much in the main campaign.

What are the DLC I must focus before continue in the main story and when they become available? It's possible to get 100% in a single run?

Since now, thank you for your attention.

Edited April 16, 2021 by Tweronion

[TrafalgarWarGrey]

The main game guide is one of the best i've ever seen on this site.If you follow the guide you will not miss anything but you will encounter massive spoiler.For the DLC it's the same.

This is a great video about DLC trophies.This channel have also missable trophies related videos with the exact time window in order to do it.You can play blind and do different save state slot in order to discover yourself the magnificent Shenmue III world and after that follow the guide and the video.The only reccomandation i suggest you to follow is to fish every single day when you have opportunities.Fishing trophy is the most grinding trophy in the game and it requires a lot of time.

 

[StacFace92]

Hi, I wrote the main guide on here. I might not have made it clear, but what I meant to say is that both the main game and the DLC have missable trophies in them. But there is no way to miss a main game trophy by going too far with the DLC or vice versa.

 

Main game trophies are missable by going too far in the main story and DLC trophies are missable by going too far in that specific DLC. Treat them like separate games.

 

There's two ways to manage the DLCs:

 

1. Play them as they appear in the story. For this method, you basically keep trying to trigger the next DLC mission. If it won't trigger, you go do some story and come back later to try again.

 

2. Focus on main game and ignore the DLCs until you get near the end of the story (stage 6 in the guide here). Now stop progressing in main game and do DLCs only. Return to the main game once DLCs are complete.

 

If doing method 2, then instead of playing more story to unlock DLC missions, you have to wait until the end of the day and then go to sleep. So there can be a lot of waiting around. But with method 1 you will be flicking back and forth a lot and might be more likely to miss something. It just depends what you are more comfortable with.

 

(This mainly applies to the Story Quest DLC with several missables, but the Big Merry Cruise also has to have some of the story completed. Battle Rally is a separate mode in the main menu so you don't have to worry about missables here.)

[Tweronion]

Thank so much for the help, SatcFace92! I'll follow the second way to do the guide.
Thanks for the video as well, TrafalgarWarGrey!