FF Origin: Stranger of Paradise [+DLC] - 100% Achievement Guide

NO missable achievements - Season Pass required - NO multiplayer required

Main Story

Image	Achievement	Description
	Hopes and Dreams The Pirate's Way The King of the Dark Elves	Completed "Illusion at Journey's End." Completed "The Journey Begins." Completed "Audience with the Dark Elf."
	Distortion's Progeny A Landscape of Memory The Wind's Light	Completed "Natural Distortion." Completed "A Familiar Place." Completed "Memories of Wind."
	Vague Remembrances The Fire's Light Phantom Memories	Completed "Memories of Poison." Completed "Memories of Fire." Completed "Phantoms of the Past."
	The Earth's Light Shared Recollections The Water's Light	Completed "Memories of Earth." Completed "To Remember." Completed "Memories of Water."
	Malice Takes Root Duty's Course Led by the Nose	Completed "Schemes of the Past." Completed "Remembering Home." Completed "The Suffering of Fools."
	Terminus of Fate	Completed "A Fraught Journey."

Just finish the story on a difficulty of your choice.
Feel free to use Story (Casual) and breeze through it. There will be enough challenge and grind later down the line.

Jobs

Image	Achievement	Description
	Savant	Unlocked every panel in the job tree for a single job.

Level a job to 30 and go to the job trees while on the world map or at a savepoint cube and invest all your job points.

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	Dark Crystal, Warrior's Heart	Unlocked an advanced job.

The basic jobs will be unlocked upon picking up new weapon types for the first time.
Advanced jobs will be unlocked by leveling the correct combination of basic jobs.
Level up the advanced jobs and they'll lead into all of these expert jobs:

	Assassin		Breaker		Dark Knight
	Liberator		Ninja		Paladin
	Sage		Tyrant		Void Knight

Leveling all the basic & advanced jobs is pretty easy, as they require very little exp (in terms of the length of the game). But later during CHAOS difficulty and in the DLCs, you'll get resources that can be traded for massive exp boost. So you might as well ignore all of this until later.

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	His Name Is Garland	Unlocked the cyclic warrior.

Unlocks as a reward for finishing the last main mission.

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	Jack-of-All-Trades	Unlocked all jobs.

Pretty much self-explanatory.
This does exclude the DLC jobs, which got their own achievements listed further below.

Side Missions

Image	Achievement	Description
	Memories of the Distant Past Strangers' Memories	Completed a side mission. Completed every side mission.

There are 2 ways to unlock side missions. The majority of them becomes available as a direct result of completing main story missions.
There are 7 "hidden" side missions though, which unlock by collecting these:

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All of these 7 mementos are hidden within main story missions.

• Refrin Wetlands - Natural Distortion
  Approach the waterfall and you'll find a rope leading downwards into a cave.
  
  
  
• Crystal Mirage - A Familiar Place
  At the end of the drop down chain.
  
  
  
• Mount Gulg - Memories of Fire
  Probably the easiest one, as this one is on the main path of the mission.
  
  
  
• Wicked Arbor - Memories of Poison
  At the very end of the mission, you'll find this room. There's a hole currently to the left of Jack. Jump down and look for the memento.
  
  
  
• Cavern of Earth - Memories of Earth
  Make your way through the mission until you're in the purple section. Go through the door Jack is looking at. There will be a chain of 3 hallway drop downs. At the end of it is a room with an almost broken wall. Destroy it and go in.
  
  
  
• Ruins of Machina - To Remember
  Just play through the mission. You'll recognize this spot.
  
  
  
• Terra Tortura - The Suffering of Fools
  Within the green shaded area, hug the left wall and destroy the bones blocking your way. You'll end up in a sort of cave. Grab the rope and you'll see the memento while climbing. Drop down through the hole next to the rope to claim it.
  

Miscellaneous

Image	Achievement	Description
	Manifestation of the Soul	Used soul burst for the first time.

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	Imbued Memories	Used a weapon ability for the first time.

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	True Potential	Fully upgraded the special effect of a piece of equipment.

While on the world map, visit the Smith and do what the achievement asks of you.

Image	Achievement	Description
	No Escape	Defeated a cactuar.
	Lantern Smasher	Defeated a tonberry.

Both of these fellas can be found in pretty much every mission of the game, as early as literally the first main mission. These two are actually unmissable, as they are both required targets for some of the side missions.

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	Seeker of Power	Acquired an anima shard.

Unmissable. You obtain anima shards by approaching the savepoint cubes in a mission.

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	Polymath	Unlocked every job affinity bonus for a single job.

Get your affinity for a job to 400%. You can force this early on but you'll easily unlock it with auto-equip later down the line.

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CHAOS Difficulty

Upon completing the main story, you'll unlock a new difficulty called "CHAOS".
All of the achievements below can only be completed on either CHAOS or the DLC difficulties.

Image	Achievement	Description
	Seeker of Ultimate Power	Acquired an anima crystal.
	Artifact Collector	Acquired an artifact.
	Crest Bearer	Used a job crest at the smithy.

All 3 of these resources start dropping in the post main story side missions and more commonly on CHAOS difficulty missions.
You get Anima Crystals by simply approaching the savepoint cubes. "Artifacts" are normal equipment items, which just have 2 job affinities. And job crests are upgrade materials, that are now part of the loot pool for chests and defeated enemies.

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	Master's Awakening	Used a master point.

If you have any job on level 30 by the time you unlock CHAOS difficulty, you'll be able to immediately grab this one.

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	Job Master	Achieved MASTER★★★★ rank for a job.

Main missions on CHAOS difficulty reward limit breaks for jobs, which raise their maximum levels. You need to grab 3 of them for a single job and then level that job to 99 for the achievement to pop.

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	Origin of True Chaos	Completed the game on CHAOS difficulty.

Misleading. This unlocks upon completing a single mission on CHAOS. This behaviour hasn't been fixed within 1 year of the original release and made it into the Steam port. It's save to assume it's gonna stay this way.

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	Cycle of Darkness	Completed a level 200 mission or higher on CHAOS difficulty.

Just use the method from the chapter below.

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	A Tale of Origins and Endings	Acquired all achievements.

This is actually limited to obtaining all base game achievements.

How to clear CHAOS+ Difficulty Missions

The strategy is taken directly from:

• https://psnprofiles.com/guide/♥♥♥♥1-stranger-of-paradise-final-fantasy-origin-trials-of-the-dragon-king-dlc-trophy-guide#3-extra-mode
  
• https://psnprofiles.com/guide/15437-stranger-of-paradise-final-fantasy-origin-wanderer-of-the-rift-dlc-trophy-guide#3-difficulty-assistance

The guides linked above go into way more detail, so make sure to check them out, if you want to know more.

With the release of the first DLC, the base game got an upgrade called the "Extra Mode".
This does NOT require the Season Pass to be owned and becomes available for CHAOS difficulty as well as the 3 DLC difficulties.

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It gives a few different boosts, but most importantly infinite MP.
While already strong in itself, this becomes completely broken as soon as you use the Liberator job ability "Mighty Guard", or the command ability "Runic Protection" from the Void Knight job tree, as both of these abilities make you literally unkillable.
One keeps you at 1 HP while continously draining your MP, the other consumes MP instead of HP on a direct hit. So you might be able to see, how infinite MP come in handy.

So as long as you have either of these 2 buffs active, you're generally able to clear even the most difficult content.

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Another strategy has been provided by Free in the comments:

Well, you can make it easy- you just need 400% of Knight job affinity to get invincibility during lightbringer, and in extra mode you have lightbringer up all the time. 400% you can easily get from DLC armor Warrior of the Light.
On top of that you can use Overpower command which at cost of ending your lightbringer deals a lot of damage, but as your chaosbringer never ends- you can use it endlessly.

---------- Season Pass ----------

The DLC content for this game is almost exclusively post-game content.
You're gonna have to finish the main mission in order to get access to DLC 1, which you gonna have to finish to unlock DLC 2 and that one needs a lot of progression to lead into DLC 3.

But the DLCs add 2 more weapons and a few new jobs related to them, which are available right away, as long as the Season Pass is installed.
They work the same way as the base game jobs:

Image	Achievement	Description
	Path of the Staff	Equipped a staff.
	Path of the Evoker	Unlocked the evoker.

Obtaining a staff first unlocks the Pilgrim job, which then leads into Evoker.

Image	Achievement	Description
	Pull the Trigger	Equipped a gun.
	Peerless Marksman	Unlocked every panel in the marksman job tree.
	On the Hunter's Path	Unlocked the hunter.
	Take a Chance	Unlocked the gambler.

Obtaining a gun first unlocks the Marksman job, which then leads into hunter and then the gambler.

DLC 1 - Trials of the Dragon King

Image	Achievement	Description
	Light of Possibility	Completed the mission "Light of Possibility."

Complete the first DLC mission. This will then unlock:

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Image	Achievement	Description
	Bahamut's Admonition	Talked to Bahamut via Conversations with Bahamut.

Exactly what it says. Can be unlocked immediately after completing the "Light of Possibility" quest for the achievement above.
In order to advance the DLC's story, you gonna have to keep coming back to Bahamut, after obtaining the required amount of Dragon Treasures by playing Dragon King Trials.

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	The Triumphant	Completed a mission with a dragon king trial enabled.

No problem whatsoever, if you apply the strategy from the "clear CHAOS+ difficulty" chapter above.

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	Decked Out	Equipped a ★4 or better accessory.

There's a good chance you'll obtain this somewhere down the line without even trying.
You don't get ★4 equipment while using "Extra Mode", but you can simply grab some dragon treasures from playing with dragon king trials and trade them for a suitable accessory in the exchange job on the world map.

Image	Achievement	Description
	Rat Tail	Acquired a rat tail.
	Courage Proven, Strength Displayed	Unlocked the class tree.
	Beyond Power	Unlocked the entirety of the evocation or ultima tree for any job.

Rat Tails are rewards for completing missions on BAHAMUT difficulty. After you've obtained your first one, talk about it with Bahamut himself and he'll give you access to the class tree.
Those class trees will then require ~60ish rat tails to be completed, each. Commit to any tree and complete it.

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	Path of the Summoner	Unlocked the summoner.

After talking to Bahamut a few more times, you'll unlock a main mission, in which you're gonna have to fight him. Do so, defeat him, talk to him once more and you'll unlock the summoner job.

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	Cornelia's Hope	Completed the mission "Cornelia's Hope."
	Hope and Despair	Completed the additional mission: "Ebon Memories: Hope Within Despair."

Continue grinding Dragon treasures to advance the Bahamut dialogs until you get access to the "Cornelia's Hope" mission. Completing that one will then unlock the "Eben Memories: Hope Within Despair" side mission at Bahamut's lair.

DLC 2 - Wanderer of the Rift

Okay, this DLC is kinda scuffed.
There's a very detailed guide on how to tackle this one at:

• https://psnprofiles.com/guide/15437-stranger-of-paradise-final-fantasy-origin-wanderer-of-the-rift-dlc-trophy-guide

Consult it, if you struggle at any point of the Rift Labyrinth.

Image	Achievement	Description
	Challenger of the Rift	Completed a floor of the rift labyrinth.

Very straight-forward. Rift Labyrinth unlocks after completing DLC1.

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	Monster Summoner	Summoned your first monster.

Once you're at floor 2, the Astos-clone will unlock monster summoning for you.

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	Path of the Blue Mage	Unlocked the blue mage.

This unlocks upon hitting floor 6.

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	The Laws of the Universe Are In Chaos!	Used dimension bringer.

Dimension bringer unlocks upon hitting floor 9. Equip it over Lightbringer in the command abilities and use it in a non-Extra mode mission to unlock the achievement.

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	Battle on the Big Bridge	Completed the additional mission: "Chaos Rift - Battle on the Big Bridge."

I'm not quite 100% sure, when this becomes available. I left the labyrinth while on floor 21, and at that point I got the typical side mission notification for this one.
Once you got the side mission, go to Cornelia Bridge and complete it.

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	Interdimensional Interference	Defeated a death machine in the rift labyrinth.

This is a boss you'll encounter by going from floor 21 to 22.

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	I'll Never Forget	Maxed out your affinity with the discarded organic reconnaissance unit.

Exhaust the Astos-clone's dialogue right after the death machine achievement above and you'll also unlock this one.

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	The Chaos In the Rift	Encountered a chaos event.

Random event. Some rifts have an increased chance of spawning them though.

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	Elixir Please!	Gave an elixir to a magic pot.

While in the main hall of the labyrinth, check for the thing shown on the right after every rift. Once it appears, give it an elixir and the achievement pops. If you have none, you can buy one from the Astos-clone.

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	His Name Is Cid Tonberrini	Maxed out your affinity with the Tonberry Blacksmith.

After a dozen floors or something, you'll start to obtain "flawless summonstones". Use them to get access to both the Cactuar and the Tonberry (not the smith; a 2nd one).
Continue to give Arcanium Crystals to Cactuar until he hands you the Grudge Knive. Now continue to give Tonberry Gil until he asks for said Knive - give it to him. Play another Rift and the Tonberry Smith will now want to talk with you. Approach him and the achievement unlocks.
Note though:

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	The Blessings of the Summoned	Obtained a relic with blessings from 12 different summons.

Relics are new items introduced within the Rift.

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Every relic is limited to one blessing. So you need 12 different items for:

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Relics can also be obtained in the Exchange shop on the world map. Probably even easier that way.

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	Extradimensional Gift	Received an accessory from Gilgamesh.
	Deep Delver	Completed over thirty rift labyrinth floors.

Okay, these 2 are an actual obstacle. Once you're on floor 22 or above, Gilgamesh has a chance to appear in the main hall of the labyrinth. He'll open an additional rift for you and rewards you with an accessory for successfully completing that specific rift, if you talk to him afterwards.

The problem is, that floor 22 and onwards disable "Extra Mode". So at this point you're gonna have to grind for an actual competent build in order to continue.

Here's the good news: upon reaching floor 22, you'll also unlock access to DLC 3. And DLC 3 adds this handy little new resource:

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This makes grinding up a build waaay easier. The easiest method to obtain them is shown by We Love Aspect here:

Check the guide I've linked at the very top of this chapter. It contains a handy build, which I've replicated and used to successfully complete 30 floors.

DLC 3 - Different Future

Image	Achievement	Description
	Path to Legend Path to a Different Future On the Way to a Brighter Future	Defeated the Transcendent. Defeated From Hell Risen. Defeated Light of Order.
	The Cycle Ends	Defeated Jack Garland.

Complete the 4 new main missions added with DLC 3. They can just be completed back to back, this time around. No grind of anything required.

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	Life Imitated	Defeated a manikin.
	Such Splendid Armor...	Acquired Garland's armor.

Both of these unlock as part of the first mission from the DLC. Unmissable.

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	The Technology of Lufenia	Used replication at the blacksmith for the first time.

A new mechanic added after completing the first DLC mission.

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	Battle Across Time and Space	Completed the additional mission "Distant Memories: Supreme Illusions."

A new side mission unlocked after completing the 4th and last main mission of this DLC.
Located at the Rift Entrance "Hall of the Dark Crystal" on the world map.

[Ric The Viejo]

Thanks for he guide it was super helpful!

[Brachragon]

@Free - Thanks, I've added it to the guide

[Free]

On top of that you can use Overpower command which at cost of ending your lightbringer deals a lot of damage, but as your chaosbringer never ends- you can use it endlessly.

[Free]

How to clear CHAOS+ Difficulty Missions:
Well, you can make it easy- you just need 400% of Knight job affinity to get invincibility during lightbringer, and in extra mode you have lightbringer up all the time. 400% you can easily get from DLC armor Warrior of the Light.

[ISURY GAMES]

Nice job ! :D

[8BitBox]

This guide is fantastic. I'm finally at Lufenia difficulty. Is there a suggested location for farming dual affinity gear? I feel like that is the only uncontrollable factor in a build...

[Aerys II]

For the memento on Wicked Arbor - Memories of Poison, the memento is not down the hole. Behind the hole there is some vines that need to be destroyed and it is behind that.

[sequence]

Awesome guide. Platinumed the OG game (haven't started dlc yet), although I was surprised to find I had most of the achievements already. Was just missing the Smithy ones, cause I assumed it was pointless to bother upgrading equipment beyond lvl300 before starting the dlc.

[Chisspree]

Great guide, invaluable on the quest to defeat Chaos

[Will]

Thumbs up for being transparent and stating where you got the original information from.