Darkwood
Darkwood is an unforgiving top-down survival horror game set in an eerie, procedurally generated forest somewhere in the Soviet Bloc. By day, players scavenge for resources, craft improvised gear, and navigate encounters with disturbing inhabitants. By night, they must barricade their hideout and rely on traps, light, and combat prowess to survive terrifying nocturnal assaults.
Overview of the platinum guide
13 missable trophies · Fully obtainable offline
Playtime
Platinum Requirement Profile (Difficulty & Effort)
Grim survival horror experience with numerous missable trophies and branching narrative choices.
- Mechanics & Peak: 6/10 – Challenging top-down combat and stamina management under high pressure.
- Guide Reliance: 8/10 – Almost all trophies missable; requires strict route planning or cloud saves.
- Grind & Collectibles: 3/10 – Scavenging needed to survive, but no extreme grind required.
- RNG & Luck: 5/10 – Procedural map layouts and unpredictable night events.
- Punishment Severity: 6/10 – High pressure from scarce resources and easy-to-miss story triggers.
- Co-op / MP Dependency: 0/10 – Pure single-player experience with no online components.
Trophies
Platinum
Platinum
Unlock all other trophies to earn the Platinum trophy.
Finished prologue [Hidden]
Make it through the Prologue.
Unlocked automatically through story progression.
Kill the pig... [Missable] [Hidden]
Kill the Mutated Pig inside the pigsheds.
Missable! In the Village pigsheds, either defeat the giant sow directly with firearms or repair the severed electrical cable and throw the power switch to electrocute it.
Wolf's path [Missable] [Hidden]
Give the key to Wolf.
Missable! Hand over the key to the Chicken Lady's house to the Wolfman instead of the Musician. Mutually exclusive with 'Musician's path' in a single playthrough.
Musician's path [Missable] [Hidden]
Give the key to the Musician.
Missable! Deliver the key found in the Chicken Lady's house to the Musician at his home. Mutually exclusive with 'Wolf's path' in a single playthrough.
Sleep in the grave [Missable] [Hidden]
Go to sleep in the grave while dreaming.
Missable! During the churchyard dream sequence, locate the open graves and choose the prompt to lie down inside one rather than progressing forward.
Chapter 2 [Hidden]
Make it to Chapter 2.
Unlocked automatically through story progression.
No sleep for the wicked [Missable] [Hidden]
Kill the Black Chomper while dreaming.
Missable! During the church dream sequence, a Black Chomper bursts through the doorway. Keep your distance, bait its lunges, and counter-attack with heavy melee strikes until it falls.
Insatiable hunger [Missable] [Hidden]
Eat the Mushroom Granny.
Missable! Find the Mushroom Granny in the Swamp area and select the dialogue action to consume her flesh instead of helping her.
Bliss [Missable] [Hidden]
Go to bed in the Epilogue.
Missable! Upon reaching the apartment in the Epilogue, ignore all clues of hidden passages and interact directly with the bedroom bed to accept the illusion and conclude the game.
Burn them all [Missable] [Hidden]
Burn the Being in the Epilogue.
Missable! In the Epilogue, do not go to bed. Instead, move the rug in the bedroom to reveal a hidden hatch, venture deep into the underground tunnels, and set the slumbering mass ablaze with a flamethrower or Molotov.
Trapped villagers [Missable] [Hidden]
In the swamp, trap the villagers in the quarry with the giant boulder.
Missable! In the quarry within the Swamp (Chapter 2), locate the villagers gathered in the pit below. Interact with the wooden support holding the massive boulder above them to seal the entrance.
Entertainer [Missable] [Hidden]
Survive Wolf's ambush.
Missable! Requires giving the key to the Musician in Chapter 1. Upon reaching the Wolfman's hideout in Chapter 2, he will spring an ambush with armed dogs; survive and eliminate him.
Only ashes remain [Missable] [Hidden]
Burn the Talking Tree.
Missable! Acquire gasoline in the Swamp, pour it across the root system of the Talking Tree, and ignite it. This locks out 'Merciful' unless you back up your save prior to setting the fire.
Merciful [Missable] [Hidden]
Complete Chapter 2 without burning the Talking Tree.
Missable! Spare the Talking Tree and instead find the alternative exit path via the Radio Tower bunker to complete Chapter 2.
Willpower [Missable] [Hidden]
Do not succumb to the Doctor's trap.
Missable! When confronting the Doctor inside the train wreck, resist the narcotic hallucinations by pushing forward toward the exit rather than succumbing to the sequence.
Walkthrough
Intro
Walkthrough
Game Description
Walkthrough
Trophy Guide
Walkthrough
Outro
Walkthrough