Gamer Academy – Battlefield Hardline Trophy Guide

Welcome to PlayStation LifeStyle’s Trophy Guide for Battlefield Hardline! There are 41 Trophies to earn and they are pretty easy to collect. This Platinum Trophy will require at least two playthroughs of the single-player. which isn’t too bad, as the missions and overall story is pretty short. Battlefield is known for its multiplayer but out of the 41 Trophies, only three of them are tied to multiplayer. They are fairly easy, but will require a bit of a time investment to unlock them. As for single-player, story is divided up into 10 Episodes. There are some Episode specific Trophies, if you don’t unlock them across your two playthroughs, you can use chapter select to track them down. 

Spoiler Alert: There are spoilers within the guide. If you’re trying to avoid spoilers, it’s recommended that you complete the game before reading any further.

Platinum Trophy – Platinum

– Collect all other Battlefield Hardline Trophies.

On the Job – Bronze

– Complete the Prologue in single-player.

This Trophy is story related.

Pressure Applied – Bronze

– Complete Ep. 1: Back to School.

This Trophy is story related.

Bumpy Ride – Bronze

– Complete Ep. 2: Checking Out.

This Trophy is story related.

Deal? What Deal? – Bronze

– Complete Ep. 3: Gator Bait.

This Trophy is story related.

Good Guys – Bronze

– Complete Ep. 4: Case Closed.

This Trophy is story related.

You Probably Have Questions – Bronze

– Complete Ep. 5: Gauntlet.

This Trophy is story related.

Snow Blind – Bronze

– Complete Ep. 6: Out of Business.

This Trophy is story related.

Hollyweird – Bronze

– Complete Ep. 7: Glass House.

This Trophy is story related.

From Their Cold, Dead Hands – Bronze

– Complete Ep. 8: Sovereign Land.

This Trophy is story related.

Some Damn Fine Fireworks – Bronze

– Complete Ep. 9: Independence Day.

This Trophy is story related.

Served Cold – Bronze

– Complete Ep. 10: Legacy.

This Trophy is story related.

Keep Digging, Detective – Bronze

– Complete any case file in single-player.

See the Trophy World’s Greatest Detective for more details. 

By the Book – Bronze

– Do a Non-Lethal takedown on 10 criminals in single-player.

Non-lethal takedowns are performed by sneaking up on an enemy, pressing L1 to freeze them and then push R3 to arrest them. Make sure you’re crouched (press O) when approaching enemies. 

You Tazed Him, Bro! – Bronze

– Stun 5 criminals with the T62 CEW in single-player.

Press Left on the D-Pad to equip the T62 CEW, which is the tazer. To taze an enemy you’ll need to get kind of close to the enemy. When two dots light up in the sight of the tazer, you can shoot it. There will be more than enough enemies in the first Episode to unlock this there. 

Watched, Dawg – Bronze

– Identify 10 warrants with the scanner in single-player.

To use the scanner, press R1. Just activate it and point at enemies to tag them. When you tag some enemies, there will be a bigger icon over their heads. Hold X on these enemies to scan and identify them. 

You’re Getting Good at This – Bronze

– Reach Expert Level 5 in single-player.

See the Trophy One Good Cop for more details. 

Damn Thing Doesn’t Work – Bronze

– Disarm 2 alarm boxes in single-player.

You’ll come across alarm boxes as you come across groups of enemies. Using the scanner will identify the alarm boxes and where they are located. All you have to do is press Square on the boxes to disarm them. If you’re spotted the alarm will go off, but it can still be disabled. 

Cape and Ears Not Included – Bronze

– Climb a total of 10 meters with the grapple gun in single-player.

The grapple gun is introduced in Episode three. You don’t really need it much through out the game, so, you can climb up the same ledge multiple times to farm this. It will only take a couple of times to climb the 10 meters needed.  

Fast Rope Expert – Bronze

– Travel a total of 90 meters with the zipline crossbow in single-player.

The zipline is also introduced in Episode of three and just like the grapple hook, you don’t really need it much. The best place to unlock this is in Episode three, when you need to use the boat to get around the lake. There are towers located here that you can zipline across to. Just zipline back and forth until the Trophy pops. 

Almost an Expert – Silver

– Reach Expert Level 10 in single-player.

See the Trophy One Good Cop for more details. 

True Detective – Silver

– Complete 3 case files in single-player.

See the Trophy World’s Greatest Detective for more details. 

Motley Crew – Bronze

– Tag all criminals visible from the rooftop in Ep. 1: Back to School.

This will happen later in the Episode. You’ll be on a roof with your scanner watching Tyson walk through a building. As he makes his way through, two vehicles will arrive. You need to tag every enemy in both vehicles, there are only 8. 

Motley Crew Video Guide

Real Action Hero – Silver

– Kill a criminal in Independence Day from mid-air after escaping the penthouse.

At the end of Episode nine, you’ll fight a couple waves of enemies after breaking into a vault. After that, you’ll escape the penthouse by jumping off the balcony. The wire will get in a helicopter and you’ll be free falling. You’ll only have a few seconds to kill an enemy, but it’s not difficult. If you fail, you have to exit to the main menu and continue from there. The restart checkpoint option is not available during this section. 

Real Action Hero Video Guide

Their Own Medicine – Bronze

– Steal a T62 CEW from the back of a police cruiser in Ep. 5: Gauntlet.

Right after you cross the road in which two officers and a patrol car will pas by. After that section, there will be a patrol car parked to the right down the next road. Sneak to the trunk and press Square to open it and take the tazer. 

Their Own Medicine Video Guide

Graceful Exit – Bronze

– Don’t get spotted in the Ep. 5: Gauntlet.

You have to get through the entire episode without getting spotted by enemies. You can knock them out with R3 or you can taze them if you took the tazer out of the patrol car. Also distracting them by throwing rocks (press the Touchpad) will help as well. If you get spotted, just restart the checkpoint. 

Knock Knock – Bronze

– Blow up the meth lab in Ep. 5: Gauntlet.

The math lab is located just after you go through the shipping container. There will be a house with two officers standing outside. Go into the house and then down into the basement. There will two areas that you can interact with to set up the explosion. After you’ve done that, get out of the house and wait for the explosion. 

Knock Knock Video Guide

A Craftsman’s Tools – Silver

– Find your weapons in Sovereign Land before instigating combat in the trailer park.

This section will come after you escape from being handcuffed in the silo. Your gear is located one of the trailers to the left of the trailer park. Don’t fire your weapon, if you have to take an enemy down, freeze and handcuff them. You can stay outside of the park and follow the wall left until you come across a hole that you can crawl through. That will get you close to your gear with minimal enemy contact.

Hollywood Hideaway – Silver

– Find Roark’s hidden room in Ep. 7: Glass Houses.

You won’t be able to access the hidden room until after you’ve planted the bug in the house. After you come out of the room that the bug is planted in, make your way through the living room and to the back of the house. On your left will be a gym, the hidden room is in the gym. There is a panel on the wall that you can press which will reveal the room. 

Hollywood Hideaway Video Guide

BYOB – Silver

– Use the BBQ to take out the chef in Ep. 7: Glass Houses.

After you make your way to the back yard, go past the pool and down to the tennis court. In the next section, will be a small room with loud music playing. Behind the room, there is guard cooking at a grill. Simply shoot the grill to cause an explosion. 

BYOB Video Guide

Social Climber – Silver

– Find the hidden access to the mansion grounds in Ep. 10: Legacy.

You’ll need to have the grapple gun in your inventory before you can unlock this Trophy. On your way to the mansion take the left path that doesn’t go all the way up the mountain. Once you’re around the back of the mansion, there will be two platforms that you can grapple up to. Grapple up both and when you reach the mansion grounds, the Trophy will pop. 

Social Climber Video Guide

Case Closed – Silver

– Complete all single-player episodes on Officer difficulty. 

Story related, see the Trophy Blue Eagle for more details.

 Super Cop – Silver

– Complete all single-player episodes on Veteran difficulty.

Story related, see the Trophy Blue Eagle for more details.

Blue Eagle – Gold

– Complete all single-player episodes on Hardline difficulty.

Hardline difficulty is unlocked by completing the game first. This difficulty adds more enemies, gives them more health and of course, you take less damage. It’s not that hard, but there are ways to make it easier for yourself. If you play with a maxed out character, you’ll have most of the better weapons unlocked and you’ll have a better idea of the layouts of each mission. 

Most of the enemy groups, you can sneak around go for straight for the objective. If you have to take out enemies, try to do it quietly and stealthily. For the fire fights, just stick to cover and aim for the head. Tagging enemies with the scanner will help as well. 

Bring’em to Justice – Silver

– Capture all warrants alive in single-player.

See the Trophy World’s Greatest Detective for more details. 

Dare Devil – Silver

– Jump the dirt bike into the mansion grounds in Ep. 10: Legacy.

After the first enemy encampment, there is a sign that will have four areas marked and arrows pointing to each. You need to go to the Helipad. There is a dirt bike stored behind the Helipad. Get on and ride it along the path. It will lead to a ramp that you can jump off of and land into the mansion grounds. 

Dare Devil Video Guide

One Good Cop – Silver

– Reach Expert level 15 in single-player.

This Trophy will unlock as you play through the game. It will unlock very quickly if you’re collecting evidence and arresting the enemies with warrants. You’ll gain 100 points for take downs, 250 points for arrests, 500 for completing objectives and 1,000 for arresting enemies with warrants. Your level carries over across play throughs, so, if you don’t get to 15 on your first time through, you’ll get it on your Hardline run. 

World’s Greatest Detective – Gold

– Complete all case files in single-player.

The evidence and warrants are considered the collectibles in Hardline. For the warrants, you cannot kill them. They first need to be identified with the scanner, by pressing and holding X. You’ll know when you have tagged an enemy with a warrant by the icon that will appear over his head. You can either taze or arrest these enemies. Press start to view how many warrants are available in your current mission. If they spot you, they cannot be subdued while they are attacking you. 

The case files are made up of individual pieces of evidence. Collect all of the evidence and you’ll complete all of the case files. When you’re near a piece of evidence, your scanner will make a noise and the controller will vibrate. Turn on your scanner and the evidence will be highlighted. Hold X to analyze the evidence and it will be “collected.” 

Some evidence can be found on the bodies of the enemies with warrants. After subduing them, some will have the option to “Search”. Hold Square to search them and you’ll collect the evidence. 

There are no warrants or evidence in Episode five. 

• Episode 1 – All Evidence and Warrants
• Episode 2 – All Evidence and Warrants
• Episode 3 – All Evidence and Warrants
• Episode 4 – All Evidence and Warrants 
• Episode 6 – All Evidence and Warrants
• Episode 7 – All Evidence and Warrants
• Episode 8 – All Evidence and Warrants
• Episode 9 – All Evidence and Warrants
• Episode 10 – All Evidence and Warrants

The Big Score – Silver

– Win 5 Heist and 5 Blood Money matches in multiplayer.

All you have to do here is play each game type and win five times. As you’re playing these for the wins, you can work toward the other multiplayer Trophies. 

Electric Company – Silver

– Take down 25 enemies with the T62 CEW in multiplayer.

This is the tazer and it will need to be bought before it can used, and it costs $21,000. It works the same way as in single-player. Wait for the dots to light up in the sight and shoot. You have to be pretty close to enemies to stun them as well. 

Menz in the Hood – Gold

– Kill 25 enemies with a MAC-10 and 25 with a Double-Barrel Shotgun in multiplayer.

Both weapons will take a bit of time to unlock. You can also get lucky by picking up these weapons off of killed enemies that have already unlocked them. 

The MAC-10 is a secondary weapon used for the Professional Class, which is a sniper class. To unlock the MAC-10 you’ll need to unlock the Professional Assignment 2, to do that, you need to do the following:

• Professional Bronze Service Star 2
• 10 Sniper Rifle Kills
• 5 Laser Mine Kills
• Professional Bronze Service Star 7
• 25 Sniper Rifle Kills
• 5 Camera Coins. Coins are earned for every 10 enemies tagged by your camera and are also killed by you or someone else.

The Double-Barrel shotgun is a secondary weapon for the Enforcer class, which is a support type class. The Shotgun is unlocked by completing the following:

• Enforcer Bronze Service Star 2
• 10 Shotgun or Battle Rifle Kills.
• Resupply 10 Teammates
• Enforcer Bronze Service Star 7
• 25 Shotgun or Battle Rifle Kills
• 250 Points of damage deflected with a shield.
• Enforcer Assignment 2
• 10 Enforcer Specific weapons or items unlocked’
• Enforcer Gold Service Star
• 200 Shotgun or Battle Rifle kills.
• Reach Enforcer Reputation 4 in 10 matches
• 15 Ammo resupply coins. 1 Coin is 8 resupplies in a match
• 15 Ballistic Shield Coins. 1 Coin is 100 points of damage deflected in a match

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