Like a Warrior Trophy Guide in Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy
How to unlock Like a warrior in Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy: why 165 Resonance Points must come from one playthrough, with branch costs and checkpoint rules.
Like a warrior is the only missable trophy in Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy, and it is the one completionist goal you cannot fix after the credits. Unlocking it requires buying every skill in all six mastery branches, which costs 165 Resonance Points — and those points must come from a single playthrough. This guide covers the exact mechanics, the cost math, and how to keep your run safe.
What the Trophy Requires
Like a warrior asks you to unlock the 6 mastery branches. In practice that means buying every skill in the tree, not just the first node of each branch:
| Branch | Skills | Cost | Cumulative Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Base + 2 sub-skills | 5 + 10 | 15 |
| 2nd | Base + 2 sub-skills | 10 + 10 | 35 |
| 3rd | Base + 2 sub-skills | 15 + 10 | 60 |
| 4th | Base + 2 sub-skills | 20 + 10 | 90 |
| 5th | Base + 2 sub-skills | 25 + 10 | 125 |
| 6th | Base + 2 sub-skills | 30 + 10 | 165 |
Buying a skill raises the price of subsequent ones, so the total is fixed: 165 points for the full tree. The game offers 200, leaving you a 35-point margin of error.
Why It Is Missable
Three mechanics combine to make this trophy a single-playthrough commitment:
- No Chapter Select carry-over. Replaying an earlier chapter resets your point total to what it was when you first played that chapter.
- Checkpoint-only saves. Points picked up since the last checkpoint are lost on death and must be grabbed again.
- No farming. Chapter replays do not re-award points, and there is no other source beyond the 200 placed lights plus a handful of automatic combat rewards.
How to Keep Your Run Safe
- Count as you go. Open the menu, Artefacts tab, bottom-left corner — that is your saved total. Glance at it after every checkpoint.
- Treat 10 misses as the restart threshold. If a chapter clearly cost you more than 10 points, restart the chapter immediately. Progress lost grows with every chapter you continue.
- Sweep before objectives. The level design loves placing lights down side corridors right before a point of no return. Clear the room before advancing the story.
- Prefer checkpoint death over chapter reload. Dying only costs unsaved points; loading an older chapter through the menu can cost the whole run.
- Buy skills early and often. Spending points does not affect collection; it just shows the game you are on track. All six branches complete = trophy.
Buying Order Suggestion
Any order works because the full tree is required, but combat-focused branches early make the playthrough smoother on higher difficulties, while the cheaper first two branches (15 and 20 points) are quick wins that confirm your count is tracking.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does Like a warrior require in Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy?
Buy every skill in all 6 mastery branches — the base skill and both sub-skills in each branch — for a total of 165 Resonance Points. Buying only the first node per branch is not enough.
Why is Like a warrior missable?
Resonance Points do not carry over in Chapter Select and reset to earlier totals when you replay old chapters, so the 165 points must be collected in one continuous playthrough.
How many Resonance Points can I afford to miss?
Up to 35. The game places 200 points and the full skill tree costs 165, giving you an 82.5% collection margin.
Where do I track my Resonance Point total?
Menu, Artefacts tab, bottom-left corner. The number shown is your checkpoint-saved total and is the authoritative count.