Rise of the Tomb Raider
143 Achievements
2,250
61-77h
These Belong in A Museum
Possess 300 cards
15
0.85%
How to unlock the These Belong in A Museum achievement in Rise of the Tomb Raider - Definitive Guide
EDIT - apparently selling cards will also take away from your progress, I haven't tried this as I already had the achievement and never sold any cards. Thanks to Radish Demon for the heads up
Basically finishing the story and going for
(Online)
Cards are only available in Expeditions Mode but you must be signed into PSN before you can buy any, though fortunately you don't need PS+. You don't need 300 cards at the same time. You may consume the cards as you wish since they will still count towards this trophy. Cards act as modifiers when you replay chapters in expeditions mode. You can buy them with credits from the marketplace. Credits are awarded by replaying chapters or getting the gold medals in score attack. You also receive lots of free card packs and credits from completing the main game to 100% (can be redeemed in the gifts section of marketplace). Each pack has 5 cards so you need to buy 60 packs in total. The marketplace has different rarity packs available. For the trophy, you should only buy the cheapest option for 5,000 credits. 60 card packs x 5,000 credits = 300,000 credits total.
After completing the game to 100% you should have enough credits to get close to 300 cards. Each gold medal in score attack is worth an extra 10,000 credits. When you spend your credits wisely and stick to the cheapest packs, you shouldn't have any trouble at all and it will come naturally as you go for the other expedition trophies. See here for an exploit you can use (credit to Elyther for discovering this): LINK
Expeditions Mode only, requires online connection.
"Expeditions Mode" allows you to replay individual sections ("chapters") of the game, with the ability to apply a variety of modifiers to the encounter by means of "cards", purchasable from the in-game marketplace using either in-game credit or real money. In the course of completing your main playthrough and working towards 100% completion, you'll be granted a number of free packs of cards (which can be redeemed under the "gifts" tab of the marketplace) and a significant amount of credit.
The marketplace has 6 different types of card pack available for purchase, each of which contains 5 cards - so to unlock this achievement, you'll need to 'open' a total of 60 packs. For this achievement, I'd recommend just purchasing the cheapest type of pack, which is "bronze", costing 5,000 credits each. If you do so, you should find that, together with the free packs, you have enough credit to get very close to the 300 card total required for this achievement, but will likely be around 3-4 packs short. The 15,000-20,000 credits that you'll need to purchase these packs will come very quickly as you complete chapters in Expeditions Mode (for example, each Gold Medal completion will award 10,000 credits).
In general, each card can only be used once, but you'll also find that you get some "foil" cards, which can be used repeatedly. These cards are differentiated with a gold border and a 'shine' effect that moves across them. Note that using a card doesn't remove it from the cumulative 300 total required for this achievement.
Expeditions Mode only
"Expeditions Mode" allows you to replay individual sections ("chapters") of the game, with the ability to apply a variety of modifiers to the encounter by means of "cards", purchasable from the in-game marketplace using either in-game credit or real money. In the course of completing your main playthrough and working towards 100% completion, you'll be granted a number of free packs of cards (which can be redeemed under the "gifts" tab of the marketplace) and a significant amount of credit.
The marketplace has 6 different types of card pack available for purchase, each of which contains 5 cards - so to unlock this achievement, you'll need to 'open' a total of 60 packs. For this achievement, I'd recommend just purchasing the cheapest type of pack, which is "bronze", costing 5,000 credits each. If you do so, you should find that, together with the free packs, you have enough credit to get very close to the 300 card total required for this achievement, but will likely be around 3-4 packs short. The 15,000-20,000 credits that you'll need to purchase these packs will come very quickly as you complete chapters in Expeditions Mode (for example, each Gold Medal completion will award 10,000 credits).
In general, each card can only be used once, but you'll also find that you get some "foil" cards, which can be used repeatedly. These cards are differentiated with a gold border and a 'shine' effect that moves across them. Note that using a card doesn't remove it from the cumulative 300 total required for this achievement.
(I finished the game with around 250 cards.)
Expeditions Mode only.
"Expeditions Mode" allows you to replay individual sections ("chapters") of the game, with the ability to apply a variety of modifiers to the encounter by means of "cards", purchasable from the in-game marketplace using either in-game credit or real money. In the course of completing your main playthrough and working towards 100% completion, you'll be granted a number of free packs of cards (which can be redeemed under the "gifts" tab of the marketplace) and a significant amount of credit.
The marketplace has 6 different types of card pack available for purchase, each of which contains 5 cards - so to unlock this achievement, you'll need to 'open' a total of 60 packs. For this achievement, I'd recommend just purchasing the cheapest type of pack, which is "bronze", costing 5,000 credits each. If you do so, you should find that, together with the free packs, you have enough credit to get very close to the 300 card total required for this achievement, but will likely be around 3-4 packs short. The 15,000-20,000 credits that you'll need to purchase these packs will come very quickly as you complete chapters in Expeditions Mode (for example, each Gold Medal completion will award 10,000 credits).
In general, each card can only be used once, but you'll also find that you get some "foil" cards, which can be used repeatedly. These cards are differentiated with a gold border and a 'shine' effect that moves across them. Note that using a card doesn't remove it from the cumulative 300 total required for this achievement.
However, there is a trick: when a card is collected in 3-4 copies, it disappears from the drop list. Accumulate bronze and silver cards, selling only the rarer ones, at some point the set will simply begin to pay for itself (more details here ).