Returnal

The Survey trophies are when things begin to get tough, as your ability to find the last few collectibles is heavily reliant on what rooms the procedural generation spits out. To complete the Overgrown Ruins Survey, you’ll need to do the following

• Explore one secret area
• Collect every Xenoglyph Cipher
• Retrieve severy Scout Log
• Scan every Xeno-Archive
• Survive the Containment Area
• Eliminate the boss

The secret areas can be found by walking up to glowing orbs by Xeno statues - you’ll know you’ve entered one when you fall through the floor into an area where your minimap doesn’t work. The boss is story based, so you can’t miss it, and the Xeno-Archives are found in side route doors, although you’ll need the one of the permanent upgrades in order to scan all the Xeno-Archives in each biome, so it's best to wait until the post-game after Act 2 to go for these.

Containment Areas are found in doors marked with a big star on your map - you’ll know which one because you’ll need to shoot a big squidgy alien plant off of it to unlock it. These are tough, challenging areas which throw three waves of strong enemies at you, so if you’re on a good run or just want to progress through the game, it’s best to leave these until after you’ve finished Act 3. Not only does it reduce the penalty of dying, but you’ll have more knowledge of the enemies and their patterns, meaning it’ll be much easier.

The rest seems simple enough, but you’ll likely find you’re left with at least one or two Xenoglyph Ciphers or Scout Logs, even by the time you complete Act 3. From here on out, it’s a case of luck, and you’ll need to explore as much of the Overgrown Ruins as possible in one run. If you don’t find a Cipher or Scout Log, you’ll need to start again and hope the algorithm spawns the room they’re in this time round. When you’re in the biome, you can access this trophy via the PS5’s Activities Cards to see exactly what you have left to do or collect.