Post: Step By Step : How to get Platinum in LBP2
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02-18-2011, 02:26 PM
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Aces in Spades
Ace 10 different Story levels in a row
-In order to ace a level you have to get through it from start to finish without dying once. You're best off starting from the hardest level you're going to try and ace then playing the next 10 levels backwards so you end with the easiest. Remember that dying resets the count so if this happens you'll have to start from the first level again. You are not forced to do 1 level after the other so you can pick and choose which you are most comfortable with. Please note that cut-scenes and side levels do NOT count towards your 10 aced levels - thanks mcnichoj-.
If you don't think you can earn this legitimately then you can use the backup progress technique. To do this you'll need to ace a level, then after doing this backing up you LBP2 progress. Now play another story level and if you ace it back up this new save. If you manage to die you can bring back the save you backed up and you'll be able to carry on where you left off rather than having to start from scratch. To back up the save press , select settings and scroll down to profile. From here select back up profile. When you want to load the save go back into the profile and this time select import profile. Credits to OldSnoova for detailing this trick.
The following are the list of levels (I used the backup way so order doesn't really matter) that I found easiest and went for. You might have found different levels, but these were the ones I managed to ace on my first story run through:
1. Rookie Test (First level in Da Vinci's Hideout). Difficulty: 0/10. Comments: There are no enemies, there is no fire, electricity etc making dying basically impossible.
2. Grab and Swing (Second level in Da Vinci's Hideout). Difficulty: 1/10. Comments: Basically impossible to die in part 1. Beware the electricity when swinging during the race in part 2.
3. Foul Play (last level in The Factory of A Better Tomorrow). Difficulty: 1/10. Comments: Run. Run and don't stop running. You'll have to jump a few fiery gaps but it's ridiculously easy.
4. Up And At 'Em (first level in Eve's Asylum). Difficulty: 1/10. Comments: This is a stupidly easy level. You just have to make sure you don't get yourself stuck or you'll be squashed at the bottom of the screen.
5. Avalon's Advanced Armaments Academy (first level on Avalonia). Difficulty: 2/10. Comments: This is a rather long level, but you're not faced with much of a challenge. You've just got to beware the electricity. Take it slowly and you'll manage this no problems.
6. The Sackbot Redemption (third level in Avalonia). Difficulty: 2/10. Comments: Another easier level to ace. All you have to do is make sure that you avoid the electrical currents while on the bee. There is nothing on this level that can one hit kill you, so just take it slow as you move the sackbots about. If a sackbot dies it does not count as acing the level so only carry 1 or 2 at a time for safety - thanks deadmau5 for pointing this out -.
7. Gripple Grapple (third level in Da Vinci's Hideout). Difficulty: 3/10. Comments: You won't be facing any enemies on this level, but you'll need to be able to handle the grapple hook to avoid all the electricity. It's a fairly long level of 2 parts.
8. Kling Klong (last level in Victoria's Laboratory). Difficulty: 3/10. Comments: Part 1 requires you to jump over 2 electricity fields he fires along the floor. Part 2 you'll be dodging cylinders that he fires out of his house. This is straightforward. The last part is the hardest. He'll fire a line of electricity, firstly on the top of the screen, then the middle and lastly the bottom. Make sure to stand on the ledge when he's firing as you can't be hurt there at all.
9. Pipe Dreams (second level in The Factory of A Better Tomorrow). Difficulty: 3/10. Comments: Your only real threats here come from getting squished, and the enemies that shoot fire. You can run right through them without dying, just don't get caught by the fire they shoot.
10. Huge Peril For Huge Spaceship (last level in Avalonia). Difficulty: 4/10. Comments: This is a side scrolling shooter on the bee. As long as you have quick reflexes to avoid the mini projectiles, and don't get hit at all with the huge beam you'll be ok.
By the time I'd done all 10 levels I had died 4 times, 3 on Huge Peril For Huge Spaceship and once on Avalon's Advanced Armaments Academy stupidly. Basically I'm saying that using the backup method is a brilliant idea. To avoid errors, it is recommended that you check the Aces in Spades pin after every level to make sure that the level has counted correctly towards the 10 - thanks fatboyslick for suggesting this -.
Prize Collector
Collect 50% of Story prize bubbles
Earned while going for Uber Prize Collector. You will most likely unlock this trophy the first time you play through the story, without going out of your way to collect all the bubbles.
10 Story Versus Wins
Win 10 Story mode Versus games against at least one other player offline
The first versus mode that you unlock will be Block Drop in Da Vinci's Hideout. You must complete the story level Bravery Test and collect the key to unlock it. As this is done offline you will need to have another controller to do this. Simply play this level 10 times and let yourself win each time. The easiest way to do this is to press the correct button 1 time then wait for the minute to run out.
Multiplier 5x
Score a 5x multiplier in a Story level
See Multiplier 10x.
Multiplier 10x
Score a 10x multiplier in a Story level
The description is a little misleading here. You don't actually need to be playing a story level to unlock this. It is possible to do it in one of the side levels. The first opportunity you will have to unlock this will be in the side level Hedge Hopping in Da Vinci's Hideout, which you unlock when you collect the key in Grab and Swing. In order to build up the multiplier you must collect a number of the point bubbles without too much time between collecting each one. If you attempt this on Hedge Hopping, you will want to be as far to the left of the screen as possible when you start going for the bubbles or you'll run out of space before reaching the 10x multiplier. Another possible place to achieve this is during the level Flying In The Face Of Danger, in the Avalonia section of the game. When the screen becomes vertical, you'll fly through several narrow pathways with a ton of bubbles.
Scoreboard 50%
Place in the top 50% of players in the online scoreboard for a Story level
See Scoreboard 25%.
Monster Masher
Kill 20 monsters in Story levels
Impossible to miss if you play through the story. You will first encounter an enemy in the level Runaway Train in Victoria's Laboratory. If you kill every monster in that level and then all of the enemies in the next level, Brainy Cakes, you'll reach 20 in just those 2 levels.
Mortal Coil Shuffler Extraordinaire
Accumulate 20 deaths in one Story level
On the level Gripple Grapple in Da Vinci's Hideout, shortly after the start there is an electrified circuit board right next to a respawning point. Just run in and die 20 times and this trophy will unlock. This will take less than a minute.
Dive In 25
Dive in and play 25 random levels with other players, and don't immediately leave!
In order to dive into a level you'll need to go to the community and select cool levels or mm picks. At the top of the list is "DIVE IN!" which you'll need to select. This will make you join a random person playing one of the levels. You can't back out immediately or it will not count. Play until the end of the level. You don't have to dive in 25 times you can stay with a person and complete more than one level. To keep track of how many times you've done this you can go to your pins. It is in the General Pins section on the 7th row down.
Play 25 Community Levels
Play 25 unique cooperative community levels
Earned while going for Play 75 Community Levels.
Actually Quite Good
Place in the top 25% of players in 5 community level scoreboards (with at least 50 other players in them)
Most likely you will earn this trophy will going for the other community trophies. If not just play community levels and aim for the top 25%. As with Scoreboard 25% make sure to collect all point bubbles, and try to string together multipliers. Make sure that the level you play has had at least 50 players on the scoreboard. Don't bother with versus levels as they will be trickier and need more than one person. You're most likely going to get into the top 25% on levels that have had a lot of plays, so to find those specific levels go to community, select more, then go across to most played and select this week. Be sure to read the descriptions so you know that you're playing an actual level with points rather than the various non point levels that people publish.
A much easier, if less exciting way to get this trophy is to go into community, then selecting text search. Put in "top 25%" without the ". Now you'll find lots of custom levels that are designed to make everyone come first, and therefore allow you to earn the trophy with no effort whatsoever. Just make sure that the level you play actually has had more than 50 plays or it won't count - thanks The-Captain-388 -.
Play 5 Versus Levels
Play 5 unique community Versus levels
Simply play 5 different versus levels. You know that a level is a versus one when there are two red sackthings on the top of the level picture. You have to complete the level for it to count. Note that simply playing a story level online won't work, it has to be a community level. If you look under MM picks you'll find a lot of really good versus levels.
25 Online Versus Wins
Win 25 Versus mode community levels against at least 1 other player
The description is slightly misleading. What it actually means is 1 other online player. You can't do this using a second controller. Head over to the co-op partners thread to find a boosting partner. Find a versus level that is very short to make this go faster. I found a level called LBP2 first Zombie survival which can be won in 15 seconds. Start the level off, move to the left as you are in the air. Let the zombies kill your partner (who just stands still) then kill them both for 20 points then let yourself die. The level ends and you'll win with 10 points to your partners 0. To find the level, go to community and then select text search. Put "LBP2 first Zombie survival" without the " and you'll find it.
Who Needs Breakfast?
Play LittleBigPlanet 2 before 9am
To save yourself the hassle of being on LBP2 before 9am you can do the easy way. Quit the game and on the XMB change your time to 08:50 (settings->date and time settings->date and time->set manually). Start the game up again, and once you are in the pod it will unlock.
Just... One... More... Go...
Play LittleBigPlanet 2 after 9pm
To save yourself the hassle of being on LBP2 after 9pm you can do the easy way. Quit the game and on the XMB change your time to 21:05 (settings->date and time settings->date and time->set manually). Start the game up again, and once you are in the pod it will unlock.
Grapple Hooked
Create a chain of 4 players grappling each other
To do this you'll need 4 sackpeople. You can do this offline if you have 4 controllers, but as you have to press and hold on each controller, I'd recommend heading over to the co-op partners thread and finding people there. You have three options for this trophy. Either finding a level online that has a grappling hook, playing one of the story levels with a grappling hook, or creating a level to do this with. In order to grapple you'll need to press and hold . Make sure that you grab the sackperson rather than the material. Keep the tether short so you can all grab each other. If you decide to create a level it's very straightforward. Press to disable hover mode. Press to bring up the popit and select tools bag. Using go across to the third page and select the grappling hook. Place that on the floor next to you. Now press and open the goodies bag from the popit menu. Under basic material select the sponge and create a platform from which your sackpeople can hang. Once the first person has grappled the material, the next person grapples the first and so on.
Turbo Slapper
Slap more than one player at once
To do this you'll need 3 sackpeople. You can do this offline if you have 3 controllers. If not head over to the co-op partners thread and find people there. To slap someone you need to hold down , then flick the right analogue stick from right to left quickly. Make sure that the 2 sackpeople getting slapped are right next to each other so you hit them both. This can be done in the Pod.
Snappy Dresser
Change your costume
At any point in the game where you can bring up your popit with , go to the customise character option and change your outfit. Soon as you change you'll unlock this. If the trophy does not unlock try changing every item of clothing (or loading a custom costume you created if you owned LBP1) - thanks The-Captain-388 -.
10 Minutes of Create
Spend 10 active minutes in Create mode
Earned while going for 1440 Minutes of Create.
Community Spirit
Publish a level to the community
Earned at the same time as Step into my Arena.
50 Unique Players
A level you published was played by 50 unique players
If you are a creative person you will most likely achieve this trophy without having to boost. If however, you are hopeless like me you'll need to boost the views. To do this head over to the Level 4 Level thread and follow the instructions there to get your level added. Then it is simply a matter of waiting for 50 unique plays of the level, and of course returning the favour by playing other peoples levels.
Long Term Publisher
A level you published has been published for 7 days
If you have played the original LittleBigPlanet, and you choose to have your profile carried over into LBP2, you'll most likely unlock this trophy as soon as you get started. If you've not published a level before, or didn't own LBP, publish a level and wait a week for this trophy to unlock. It is not possible to trick your PS3 into thinking it's been a week by changing the date as the submission info is stored server side with MM.
A Series of Tubes
Use a Level Link to link two of your published levels together
After you have published a level for Step into my Arena and Community Spirit, create another level. This time put nothing in it but a level link. Link it with your published level, save, then publish this level. After the trophy unlocks I recommend you remove this level. To link a level you need the level linker teleport. Open your popit with , go to tools and press 3 times until you're on gameplay kits. Select the level link object. Place it on the ground. After doing this move your popit cursor over the level link and press You will now be able to select your level you've already published to be linked with this one.
Custom Badger
Create a custom badge for your level from a PlayStation Eye photo or an in-game photo
The easiest way to do this is using an in-game photo. At any point during the game, simply press start and select the photo taking option. Now go into create mode. Press and go to Edit Details at the top. Move your cursor until you're on the level picture and select this. Now press once to go across to My Pictures. From here select one of the pictures you took to be the image for the level. The description is misleading however, as this is not enough to earn the trophy. You must then publish the level with your custom badge before the trophy unlocks.
Step into my Arena
Publish a Versus mode level
Create any sort of level, doesn't matter how good it is. Now once you have done this bring up popit with . Select tools bag and press 7 times until you are on the Global Controls menu. The first header "gameplay" will let you change the level from cooperative to versus. Set it to versus and when you publish the level you'll unlock this trophy and Community Spirit.
Teacher's Pet
You watched all the tutorials! Take a gold star, go to the top of the class.
There are a total of 52 tutorials to complete. In order to access them, when in your pod, open up the computer and select Me. After this select tutorials for the full list. You can keep track of which you've done because they'll be ticked. You don't have to complete the tutorials, as soon as they load you can back out and it still counts.
40 Yays or Boos
Give 40 positive or negative votes on community levels
Earned while going for 160 Yays or Boos.
Journalistical
Write a review
Get into any random community level. Press then go across to reviews using . Select this and you'll see all the reviews the level has been given. At the top you'll see an option that says: Leave your own REVIEW! Simply putting one word in the review box then selecting done is enough. You'll be taken back to the list of reviews and the trophy will pop.
Paparazzo
Upload a photo
Once you have taken a photo (which you can do at any time in a level by selecting the photo option after pressing ), you need to bring up your popit. Go to stickers and decorations and press 3 times until you are on the My Pictures menu. Select the photo you took (move the cursor on it) and press . You'll now have a list of options, simply go down to upload and select it and you'll unlock this trophy.
The Votarator 5
Rate 5 brand new community levels (less than 10 plays)
Earned while going for The Votarator 50.
A Dip In The Stream
Play a level from your Recent Activity
When you are in your pod, access your computer with then scroll down to the third option, Recent Activity. Select this then press to play whatever comes up there. Soon as the level loads you'll get this trophy.
If you can't see anything listed in your recent activity (MM seems to have modified your starting privacy settings), then you'll have to try the following workaround that Cauchy has found works.
In the mean time, I’ve uncovered a workaround: First, just to be safe, log in to lbp.me and adjust your web privacy settings. Then, from your pod, go to your controller and select “Me” > “My Profile”. Scroll to the bottom and select “Latest Activity”. Select a level to play and the trophy will unlock right after the level starts.
Note that lbp.me is a website not something hidden away on the game. You will need to put in your PSN name and password to the site in order to log in. It is an official site, though, so don't worry. For some reason just changing your privacy settings as they explain when you try to view recent activity doesn't fix the problem. I'm sure this is only temporary and will be patched soon.
Complete Story Mode
Complete the main path of the story mode
STORY RELATED CAN’T BE MISSED. Awarded after defeating the boss in Into The Heart Of The Negativitron, which is the last level in the Cosmos levels. If any levels are causing you difficulty check out Ace Story Mode for the link to a thread containing videos showing each level being aced. There are a total of 30 levels to complete in the main story path. You are not required to do the side levels to unlock this trophy.
Scoreboard 25%
Place in the top 25% of players in the online scoreboard for a Story level
This trophy is actually a lot easier than people made out, and I got it without even trying to on the level Rookie Test in Da Vinci's Hideout. As this is the first real level it is always going to have the most unique plays. Just try to get all the point bubbles you can, and try to get them fast enough to earn yourself multipliers. My score of 5,290 put me 4,943 out of 63,000 people. That was on my first attempt without aiming for this trophy. As that was in the top 10% I'd say that a score around 5,300-5,500 should always be good enough for the top 25%. As time goes on the number of plays will reach into the 100,000's making that top 25% goal even easier.
Play 75 Community Levels
Play 75 unique cooperative community levels
When the description says play, it actually means complete. It is no good to join a level then leave right away. For it to count you must complete it. Please note that versus levels do not count towards this trophy (so only pick levels that don't have the 2 red sackthings on the level picture). After your first 25 unique level plays you will unlock Play 25 Community Levels.
Don't forget to rate every level you play as well to help you towards 160 Yays or Boos. Also consider playing proper levels rather than 2 second ones to build up your time online for U Know U A Playa.
U Know U A Playa
Spend 5 hours playing community levels
Not much to say to this really. You'll likely get pretty close to 5 hours while working on the other community trophies (or you might even reach it). However if you've been backing out of levels constantly rather than playing them just keep playing community level until the trophy unlocks. Work on all the other community related trophies before coming on to this one. You can keep track of how long you've played community levels by going to your pins, using until you reach the general pins section. It is the first one called U Know U A Playa. Unfortunately it is not possible to just join a level and stand still as you are actually required to be active. I recommend going to community and selecting MM picks. From here you'll find a lot of extremely impressive levels that will make time fly, especially if you decide to play with other people.
A Game A Day Keeps The Doctor Away
Play LittleBigPlanet 2 on every day of the week
If you don't think you'll be on LBP2 at least once a day for a week then you'll be pleased to know that you can earn this trophy by changing the date of your PS3 console. Quit the game and on the XMB change your date to the next day (settings->date and time settings->date and time->set manually). Start the game up again, and once you are in the pod on the 7th day it will unlock. Make sure that you are in the pod before you quit to change the day or it won't count.
The Votarator 50
Rate 50 brand new community levels (less than 10 plays)
In order to find the brand new levels go into the community, scroll down to more, then go all the way across to Newest Levels. You'll be taken to a screen with all the new levels. You can see the number of ratings and plays the level has had before you start it. You must choose a level with less than 10 plays. You do not need to finish the level, you can rate it right after joining, then quit. After your first 5 ratings you will unlock The Votarator 5. You can keep track of how many of the 50 you have completed by going to the Pod, selecting Me followed by My Pins at the bottom. Now press 4x until you're on the Share Pins list. On the 3rd row down you'll find the pin called The Votarator 50 which tells you how many you've done so far.
Uber Prize Collector
Collect 100% of Story prize bubbles
Instead of trying to explain where each prize bubble is I've included videos that will show you the locations of them all. On top of these bubbles, you'll also get bonus ones for completing the level the first time, acing it the first time and collecting all the bubbles in the level. You will need 2, 3 or 4 players/controllers to access certain level prize bubbles. They are as follows:
2 People/controllers:
Gripple Grapple - Part 2 (Da Vinci's Hideout)
Bravery Test (Da Vinci's Hideout)
Brainy Cakes (Victoria's Laboratory)
The Cakeinator (Victoria's Laboratory)
Currant Affairs (Victoria's Laboratory)
Maximum Security (The Factory of a Better Tomorrow)
Pipe Dreams (The Factory of a Better Tomorrow)
Waste Disposal (The Factory of a Better Tomorrow)
Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Negativitron - Part 2 (The Cosmos)
3 People/controllers:
Runaway Train (Victoria's Laboratory)
Fireflies When You're Having Fun - Part 2 (Eve's Asylum)
4 People/controllers:
Bang For Buck (The Factory of a Better Tomorrow)
Casa Del Higginbotham (Eve's Asylum)
TheVarietyGamer on youtube has kindly put together videos showing where to get all prize bubbles in the story mode. On top of this he's also showing how to get the scores required in the side levels to unlock the prize bubbles there. He talks you through it all which is very helpful. You can find his channel in the link below, or alternatively check the thread I've made with the videos in.
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Ace Story Mode
Ace every level in the story mode
There are a total of 30 levels that you need to ace for this trophy. You can keep track of the levels you have successfully completed without dying, because on the level select screen they will have a gold spade shape on them. Be aware that in levels that contain sackbots, having a sackbot die counts as a death for you. What this means obviously is that even if you yourself don't die, a sackbot death will stop the level from being classified as being aced.
For videos of each level being aced please check the thread created by FENDR.
1440 Minutes of Create
Spend 24 active hours in Create mode
This trophy is the biggest grind of all the LBP2 trophies. You'll need to spend a staggering 1,440 minutes in create mode, and not just be standing still. Unless you're a crazy creator who spends hours making lots of levels you'll have little choice but to attempt one of the two tricks explained below.
Credits to BobbyLight for this suggestion.
To do this you need a controller with a turbo button, I used a Hori Fight stick. Go into create mode and set to turbo. Now tape the button down and walk away. This constantly opens and closes the popit menu which counts as activity. Leave on for 24 hours and the trophy is yours. Note that you need to back out of create mode for the trophies to pop. I tested this on the 10 minute trophy and it worked like a charm.
Credits to AndrewAnonymous for this suggestion (Currently it's a bit hit and miss with this method so please don't set it up and leave your PS3 on for hours, check after 10 minutes to see if it's working).
You can actually use a rubber band on your right stick to spin the object. I did this over night and when I saved my progress, I earned the 10 minutes of create trophy. So, I should have about 11 hours of create already.
To do this you need to get an object with your popit that you can spin. Get it ready to be placed then fix the rubber band around your right stick in a way that makes the object spin.
After your first 10 minutes of creating you will unlock 10 Minutes of Create.
160 Yays or Boos
Give 160 positive or negative votes on community levels
Every time you play a community level make sure to give it a vote. While going for all the other community related trophies such as The Votarator 50, you'll most likely reach this amount. If not just keep browsing for online levels you've not played before and vote on them. In order to give a yay or a boo, while in the level press and you'll see 2 images of your sackperson. Selecting the smiley face gives a yay and the sad face a boo. You can do this as soon as you start the level and then leave, it will still count.
100% Complete
Earn all LittleBigPlanet 2 trophies to unlock this platinum trophy
Secret Trophies
Complete Da Vinci's Hideout
Complete the main path of Da Vinci's hideout
STORY RELATED CAN’T BE MISSED. Awarded after defeating the boss in Final Test, which is the last level in the Da Vinci's Hideout levels. If any levels are causing you difficulty check out Ace Story Mode for the link to a thread containing videos showing each level being aced.
Complete Victoria's Lab
Complete the main path of Victoria's Lab
STORY RELATED CAN’T BE MISSED. Awarded after defeating the boss in Kling Kong, which is the last level in the Victoria's Laboratory levels. If any levels are causing you difficulty check out Ace Story Mode for the link to a thread containing videos showing each level being aced.
Complete The Factory Of A Better Tomorrow
Complete the main path of The Factory Of A Better Tomorrow
STORY RELATED CAN’T BE MISSED. Awarded after defeating the boss in Foul Play, which is the last level in the Factory Of A Better Tomorrow levels. If any levels are causing you difficulty check out Ace Story Mode for the link to a thread containing videos showing each level being aced.
Complete Avalonia
Complete the main path of Avalonia
STORY RELATED CAN’T BE MISSED. Awarded after defeating the boss in Huge Peril For Huge Spaceship, which is the last level in the Avalonia levels. If any levels are causing you difficulty check out Ace Story Mode for the link to a thread containing videos showing each level being aced.
Complete Eve's Asylum For The Mentally Alternative
Complete the main path of Eve's Asylum For The Mentally Alternative
STORY RELATED CAN’T BE MISSED. Awarded after defeating the boss in Invasion Of The Body Invaders, which is the last level in the Eve's Asylum levels. If any levels are causing you difficulty check out Ace Story Mode for the link to a thread containing videos showing each level being aced.
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