Show Over the past few days, I decided to do something dumb: collect all 243 Riddler trophies in Batman: Arkham Knight. I never bothered tracking them down in the previous Arkham games, but I figured it would be a fun way to extend the life of a game I was enjoying. One wasted holiday weekend later, I’m living proof that dreams can come true. Along the way, I learned a few things that are bound to make life easier for my fellow completionists. I’m not going to dive into the specific solutions for puzzles in this story. Instead, I’m focusing on broad things that would have saved me time if I’d thought about them when I first started. For blow-by-blow information on every collectible location, there are a host of resources available online, including IGN’s excellent guide. 1. Make the most of those informants That’s enough of my instruction-manual impersonation. Here’s the deal: You’re going to come across a ton of these jerks as you progress through the story – especially if you keep detective vision on whenever you’re in flight, which I recommend. When you see a green guy or a green car, drop what you’re doing and make a beeline toward that person/vehicle. Missions can wait. I spent way too long at the end of my attempt circling Gotham City and hoping to spot another would-be traitor. If I’d been keeping a closer watch on the ground earlier on, it would have saved me a bunch of time overall. Also, there may be one informant slinking around inside the Gotham City Police Department, so keep an eye there too. 2. Know your collectibles You almost always have what you need to collect these from the get-go. If you see one of these objects in the wild – or get a clue for what looks like an obvious riddle solution – go nuts. These are basically the low-hanging fruit of the game. Some of the riddles do require you to look at objects from a particular angle, and it can be finicky; in those cases, I felt zero shame about consulting a walkthrough video. 3. Save the trophies As you play, you’ll fill up Batman’s gadget wheel. Once I earned (or located) all his gear, I went after the trophies in earnest. That way, I could methodically clear an area without having to worry about getting stuck and having to make a return trip. Those airships were annoying the first time around; I could have saved myself a lot of trouble by waiting and doing one extended trophy run there instead of several smaller (and fruitless) trips. It’s possible to blow past two of Batman’s gadgets entirely, since you don’t get them through the campaign. I ended up grabbing them when I was about 70-percent finished with the story. Like I said, there are a lot of places to look online if you don’t want to find them yourself. In the case of one gadget in particular, good luck finding it yourself. 4. A few loose ends
How many riddles do I have to solve to fight the Riddler?Having a Batman: Arkham Knight Riddler guide to hand is essential if you want to 100% complete the game, because there's a whopping 243 Riddler puzzles to solve and that's a massive challenge to take on solo.
Do you have to do the riddles in Arkham Knight?If you collected all 243 trophies in the main game, you don't have to recollect them in NG+. The only Riddler repeats are the trials to free Catwoman. Any uncollected trophies from the main story will carry into NG+, same as in City and Origins. Don't worry, you don't need to collect them again.
Do I have to find every Riddler Trophy?Like previous Arkham games, you'll need to find every last collectible if you want to face Riddler head on, and he's placed his trophies in every location possible.
Do you have to beat Riddler to activate knightfall?You can do it with 13/14 completed, however if you want the full ending, finish it or youtube it. You'll miss the last and most significant part of the Knightfall cutscene if you don't finish taking down Riddler, but you CAN watch the first half of it.
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