Returnal

Returnal

38 Achievements

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Risk Assessment

Risk Assessment

Finish Calculated Risk

22.1%

How to unlock the Risk Assessment achievement in Returnal - Definitive Guide

This is for picking up random items and opening chests that require you to cleabse them with ether to pick them up.

I found that you needed to cleanse them first, I got lucky on a few runs and the game spawned a lot of ether in order for me to do this pretty fast. It may still count if you do it without cleansing them, but you'll rack up two negative traits that you'll need to get rid of before trying to pick more items up as they'll have a very high chance of being destroyed if you don't.

If you managed to finish this without cleansing, please let me know in the comments so I can edit the solution.

EDIT:
It has been mentioned that you don't need to neccessarilly cleanse these items in order to pick them up to count towards the trophy. However, as stated above you will need to get rid of your negative traits during that run otherwise you cannot pick up new ones, you can return to them and pick them up after doing so.
This tropht can be done in one run if the game allows you to be that lucky.
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05 May 2021 11:54

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I never cleansed anything. I think the ether is too valuable to use in this way. The trophy is cumulative, so you can just pick up a couple per run, wait to get an item that clears the negative effects, just deal with the effects, or even dedicate a run to just getting the trophy. Also, you can wait until you're having really bad luck and just go back through the current biome and pick up everything.
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By TheBig-BB on 11 May 2021 08:58
Thank you for your experience, I'll edit information in now.
I'll investigate why I may have taken longer and re edit again.
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By SolaceCreed on 11 May 2021 11:15
Here are the specific tasks you need to complete (not all in 1 run):
-Open 3 Malignant Containers
-Pick up 3 Malignant Silphiums
-Pick up 3 Malignant Resins
-Pick up 1 Malignant Key
-Pick up 3 Spoiled Resins
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By DRedWingsDJY on 15 Jul 2021 13:50
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Probably the least useful trophy description out there, Calculated Risk is actually a challenge exclusive to the PlayStation 5 Activities Cards. To finish it, you’ll need to do the following.
  • Open 3 Malignant Containers
  • Pick up 3 Malignant Silphiums
  • Pick up 3 Malignant Resins
  • Pick up 1 Malignant Key
  • Pick up 3 Spoiled Resins
You’ll find plenty of malignant items to interact with on each run, and they don’t need to be done in one life, so you can either blitz through these as soon as you find them, or otherwise just naturally unlock them as you play. You can keep an eye on how you’re doing via the Activities Cards as well, in case you lose track and need to check what’s left to do.
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To obtain this trophy, you simply need to complete the requirements on the Calculated Risk activity card in the PS5 menu.

To do this you need:
  • Open three corrupted chests (Malignant Containers);
  • Pick up three corrupted silphiums (Malignant Silphiums);
  • Pick up three damaged resins (Malignant Resins);
  • Pick up the damaged key (Malignant Key);
  • Pick up three infected resins (Spoiled Resins).

You can take items both purified and non-purified. Track your progress using the activity card in the console menu. If suddenly the card disappears, then progress will still go on, and the trophy will drop out when you restart the game when the card appears in the console menu.
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13 May 2021 12:54

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The so-called “Activity” is that you need to pick up x-number of spoiled items and get a glitch until the prize falls. I don’t know what the exact figure is, because the trophy dropped only after the 24th hour of play. So keep busy with other trophies and don't be afraid to take risks with loot from time to time, sooner or later it will drop.
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By MegaKoyl on 02 May 2021 21:02
The trophy dropped after using ether to cleanse the chest, so most likely it also counts when you don’t spend ether and risk getting a debuff
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By UndyingHardcore on 04 May 2021 09:43