
Your first step is to finish the Main Story which consists of 24 Main Quests. It’s basically having done everything once and there’s no grind necessary for anything. You will spend around 10 hours on the story, 10-15 hours on non-story quests, 1-2 hours on miscellaneous cleanup and challenges. Only the first Tier of every Challenge is needed, only 10 Lockboxes (there are a lot more), and you technically only need 40 of 48 non-story quests for trophies. Only 50 of 234 Journals are required, and you get 112 automatically from quests, so don’t need to search for any. You will get to Level 30 (maximum) by doing all quests. After the story you can still fast travel between all areas and go back everywhere (fast travel is unlocked after Main Quest #14: The Red Mist). There are 10 small areas of Los Angeles where the game takes place. Unlike previous Dead Island games this one is much more linear. There’s nothing to look out for, nothing missable, no difficulty settings, the character you pick doesn’t matter. Do all 24 Main Quests > do all 33 Side Quests > do all 15 Lost and Found Quests > do all remaining Challenges.

Welcome to the Dead Island 2 Trophy Guide! This is an easy and straightforward platinum, almost everything unlocks automatically from doing all quests.


Online Trophies: 4 (1, 1, 2 ) – Who Do You Voodoo?, Slayer Squad, I Am the Resurrection, Survival Skills (PlayStation Plus subscription required).

Approximate amount of time to platinum: 25 hours.
