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In Journey, the player can find glowing symbols throughout the game that allow for their scarves to grow and allow the player to fly for a longer period of time.

• 1.1 The Beginning
• 1.2 The Bridge
• 1.3 The Desert
• 1.4 The Descent
• 1.5 The Tunnels
• 1.6 The Temple

There are 21 glowing symbols in total to collect in order to receive the Transcendence trophy , and allow for the player to play with the White Robe .

Glowing Symbol Locations [ ]

The beginning [ ], the bridge [ ], the desert [ ], the descent [ ], the tunnels [ ], the temple [ ].

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Unlock Powerful White Robes in Journey With Every Symbol Location

Now that Journey is out on Playstation 4, take a return trip and collect every glowing symbol with our locations guide, helping your mysterious pilgrim unlock the powerful white robes outfit.

Finding these rare glowing symbols upgrades the wanderer’s scarf power, allowing them to glide and leap further across the desolate landscape of Journey . Collect them all, and there’s a bonus costume in your future — the white robes instantly refill your scarf after a landing, making exploration easier than ever before.

Check out the entries below for tips, showing you how to find every glowing symbol and where to collect your reward, the white robes, when you’re done.

Symbol Locations – How to Unlock White Robes

To unlock the powerful White Robe outfit, you’ll need to collect every symbol. Glowing symbols upgrade your scarf.

Once every symbol is collected, return to the Hub and go up the steps to the area that shows how many symbols you’ve collected. Travel to the glowing white thread and press [Circle] to change into the white robes. Change back into your normal robes by returning to this location and pressing [Circle].

The white robes, when worn, instantly regenerate scarf jumping energy after landing.

Locations Guide

• Symbol #1 : The first glowing symbol is right in front of your starting point.
• Symbol #2 : After crossing the sands in the lower area, you’ll reach a three-story platform that you circle to reach the top. On the second level, continue past the partially-crumbled top to find a symbol to the left.
• Symbol #3 : There’s a small platform sticking out of the sand to the right of the three-story platform, between it and the building with stairs. Jump and glide to it or run across the valley.

Broken Bridge Area

• Symbol #1 : The first symbol is near the starting point of this area. It’s found on a ledge to the right where there’s a sandfall, before reaching the broken bridge in the distance.
• Symbol #2 : Return to the starting point and travel northwest. Watch the rock wall for a cave hidden behind another sandfall, partially obscuring the glowing symbol inside.
• Symbol #3 : At the start of the area, travel left and look next to a rocky outcropping between the staggered broken bridges.

Desert Area

• Symbol #1 : Travel right from the starting point through the dunes to find a small ruin of pillars with the glowing symbol sitting on top of a column.
• Symbol #2 : From the start, move toward the mountain in the far, far distance. Eventually, beams of light will shoot out from the mountain’s direction and land in the desert. The first leads straight to a small ruin with a symbol glowing above a wrecked wall.
• Symbol #3 : Leave the start of the desert, moving left until you come across flying clothe creatures near ruins buried deep in the sand. Move toward the mountain to spot another ruin with an Ancient Glyph. Moving toward the mountain again, across one more dune, there’s a tall tower with stairs containing the next symbol at the top.
• Symbol #4 : Inside the massive sandstorm, travel up to the top of the tower. Before going up the steps to the shrine, check out the ledge to the left.

Sunken City Area

• Symbol #1 : Just as you start sliding through the city, follow the arches on the left path. Once you pass through five, move right to a ruined hallway in the center of the path. There’s a glowing symbol inside.
• Symbol #2 : After jumping through a sandfall and appearing over a massive canyon, look to the right. There’s a platform jutting out from the rock wall with an easily visible glowing symbol.
• Symbol #3 : During the second sliding sequence, stick to the center of the desert and move through the three arches. After ramping off a rock, you should see a large rock mountain sticking out of the sand ahead with a building on top. Move slightly left and use the rock ramp to leap to a narrow canyon in the central rock formation ahead.

Underground Passage Area

• Symbol #1 : At the start of the underground passage, you’ll find square-ish tubes stuck in the sand. Eventually, you’ll find one tube on the left sticking up. Look inside it to get the symbol.
• Symbol #2 : Past the previous symbol, you’ll enter a larger area with arches holding up more tubes. Follow the flowing clothe to a tube suspended over the sand on the right with an opening pointing toward the entrance. Glide into the tube to see it.
• Symbol #3 : In the following room, you’ll find strange jellyfish-shaped floating clothe creatures. Midway across the chamber, you’ll find a series of these jellyfish positioned straight upward, allowing you to continue leaping up to a very high glowing symbol.
• Symbol #4 : Entering the dark area near the end, stick to the left wall and explore toward the last slope. There’s a wall of archways, with the glowing symbol right behind it.

Temple Area

• Symbol #1 : After activating the glowing mural, raising the lights on the central tower, look on a ledge attached to the middle tower, on the left.
• Symbol #2 : Using more murals to raise the glowing energy, you’ll eventually reveal a clothe dragon. Ride it up and watch the central tower. There’s a hidden opening in one of the walls on the way up containing your next symbol.
• Symbol #3 : Enter the clothe dragon’s mysterious chamber filled with hanging clothe flags along the exterior edge. There’s a narrow area behind these flags, glide behind them to find a hidden symbol.
• Symbol #4 : Once the glowing energy has reached the top level of the temple, search the exterior temple walls parallel with the clothe jellyfish. There’s a small room directly above the temple entrance hall, high up from the starting point.

Trophies Unlocked

Transcendence (Gold): Collect all unique glowing symbols across one or more journeys.

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Journey - Walkthrough | Trophy Guide | Achievement Guide

Updated: Nov 9, 2021

Difficulty: 2/10

Duration: 6 hours Offline trophies: 10 Online trophies: 4

DLC: None Minimum number of playthroughs: 1 + some cleanup Number of missable trophies: None, you have level select

Trophy Guide | Achievement Guide

Journey is an easy game in terms of trophies that combine offline with online trophies:

Complete all the chapters and find the 10 ancient glyphs and the 21 glowing symbols

Chapter 2: Cross the broken bridge without completely rebuilding it.

Chapter 3: Find the hidden desert flower, Discover all 7 cloth creatures

Chapter 4: Pass through 15 gates while surfing

Chapter 5: Sneak through the underground passage without tearing your scarf

Chapter 6: Find a mysterious creature

Any Chapter: Sit and meditate with another player for more than 20 seconds

Chapter 8: Reach the summit with a companion and return to the beginning (by doing this with chapter select will also net you the Companion Trophy)

Meet 10 or more unique travelers: keep playing the levels till you get this

Last trophy that you need is to start the game again after 1 week: you can either wait 1 week or change the time from console settings

Threshold Cross the broken bridge without completely rebuilding it. Can be done in Chapter 2 - The Bridge. Check the video for a complete guide on how to cross it without fully rebuild it.

Mirage Find the hidden desert flower. Can be found in Chapter 3 - The Desert. Check the video for a complete guide on where to find it.

Explore Discover all cloth creatures in the desert. There are 7 cloths that can be found in Chapter 3 - The Desert. Check the video for a complete guide on where to find them.

Adventure Pass through 15 gates while surfing through the sunken city. Can be done in Chapter 4 - The Descent. Check the video for a complete walkthrough on how to pass through 15 gates in the sunken city.

Trials Sneak through the underground passage without tearing your scarf. This can be obtained in Chapter 5 - The Tunnels. Avoid getting hit by the patrolling Guardians during this level. Check the video for a complete guide on how to avoid them and obtain this trophy.

Ancestors Find a mysterious creature hidden in the temple. Can be found in Chapter 6 - The Temple Check the video for a complete guide on where to find it.

History Uncover all 10 ancient glyphs. There are 10 Ancient Glyphs - Chapter 1 - 1 - Chapter 2 - 1 - Chapter 3 - 2 - Chapter 4 - 2 - Chapter 5 - 1 - Chapter 6 - 1 - Chapter 7 - 2 Check the video guide for a full walkthrough collecting all the ancient glyphs.

Crossing - Online Reach the summit with a companion and return to the beginning. For this trophy, you only need to use level select and start directly from Chapter 8 - The Summit. Wait until you find a companion and complete that chapter with him, staying close to him always so you don't lose it.

Rebirth - Story Finish the game and return to the beginning. Obtained after completing Chapter 8 - The Summit.

Companion - Online Finish the game with the same partner for the majority of the journey and return to the beginning. For this trophy, you only need to use level select and start directly from Chapter 8 - The Summit. Wait until you find a companion and complete that chapter with him, staying close to him always so you don't lose it.

Reflection - Online Sit and meditate with another player for more than 20 seconds. You need to press the start button so you can sit and meditate. I have done this trophy at the start of a level, sometimes you might get lucky and find idle players who meditate, or maybe you can find someone who understand what you try to do and when he sees you meditating, he will also do it.

Wonder - Online Meet 10 or more unique travelers. I didn't get this through normal gameplay. You will most probably have to keep replaying the levels, meeting more and more companions, until you unlock this trophy.

Return Start the journey again after a week long break. You can either wait 1 week or change the time from console settings. Start a new game and you will get this trophy.

Transcendence Collect all unique glowing symbols across one or more journeys. There are 21 Glowing Symbols - Chapter 1 - 3 - Chapter 2 - 3 - Chapter 3 - 4 - Chapter 4 - 3 - Chapter 5 - 4 - Chapter 6 - 4 Check the video guide for a full walkthrough collecting all the glowing symbols.

Trophy Roadmap

Chapter 1 - The Beginning

3 Glowing Symbols and 1 Ancient Glyph

Chapter 2 - The Bridge

Threshold - Cross the broken bridge without completely rebuilding it.

Chapter 3 - The Desert

4 Glowing Symbols and 2 Ancient Glyphs

Mirage - Find the hidden desert flower.

Explore - Discover all cloth creatures in the desert.

Chapter 4 - The Descent

3 Glowing Symbols and 2 Ancient Glyphs

Adventure - Pass through 15 gates while surfing through the sunken city.

Chapter 5 - The Tunnels

4 Glowing Symbols and 1 Ancient Glyph

Trials - Sneak through the underground passage without tearing your scarf.

Chapter 6 - The Temple

Transcendence - Collect all unique glowing symbols across one or more journeys.

Ancestors - Find a mysterious creature hidden in the temple.

Chapter 7 - The Mountain

2 Ancient Glyphs

History - Uncover all 10 ancient glyphs.

Chapter 8 - The Summit

Rebirth - Finish the game and return to the beginning.

Reflection - Sit and meditate with another player for more than 20 seconds.

Crossing - Reach the summit with a companion and return to the beginning.

Companion - Finish the game with the same partner for the majority of the journey and return to the beginning.

Wonder - Meet 10 or more unique travelers.

Singleplayer (after 1 week)

Return - Start the journey again after a week long break.

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• Red Robes and White Robes:Gameplay
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• 1 What is it?
• 3.1 Which stone is which symbol in the level?
• 3.2 Which stone on the statue is which symbol in the level?
• 4.1 Why can't a first-run Red Robe meet a White Robe?
• 4.2 Gameplay Nuances (White vs Red Robes)
• 5 References

What is it? [ ]

The Wardrobe is a place in Chapter Select where you can:

• Check which symbols you didn't find yet on your Journeys
• Change your robe , after you've found all the glowing Symbols in the game

The name "Wardrobe" primarily refers to the actual spot with white (or red) cloth stripes unlocked as you progress, making the White Robe available. The term also refers to that general area of the Chapter Select level.

Direction to the Wardrobe from the center platform

The Wardrobe before changing to the White Robe

The Wardrobe after changing to the White Robe

Location [ ]

You will find it in Chapter Select (CS) , the first level in Journey.

• Position yourself in front of the pit that leads to the end of the level.
• The chapter select area is a ring of buildings around a platform.
• The most south-east building is just a ruin, with stairs left and right. That is it.

Checking the symbols [ ]

• Several lines of symbols. Glowing/white symbols mean that certain symbol was found.
• The lines reference the levels in order from top to bottom , see Levels for abbreviations. left side: CS, BB, PD, SC right side: UG and Tower
• If you keep on standing in the banners, you will constantly change forth and back.

Which stone is which symbol in the level? [ ]

[1] Note: The order of the symbols in each line is not the order how you would naturally pick the symbols up.

Which stone on the statue is which symbol in the level? [ ]

At the base of each History Lesson statue, there are angled stones which will light up once you've found the corresponding glowing symbols on the level (they reflect your overall progress, not the symbols picked up on a given run). The diagrams below show how these stones map to the specific symbols hidden on each level.

Chapter Select

Broken Bridge

Pink Desert

Sunken City

Underground

Changing the robe [ ]

Once you've found all Symbols, you'll be able to choose to travel as a White Robe or change back to a Red Robe. On all platforms except iOS, travelling as a White Robe makes you unable to meet first-run travelers (identified by their Red Robe with only one embroidery ring, see Wayfarers ).

Collecting all symbols will also give you the Transcendence Trophy (except on the Epic Games version where Trophies do not exist, but you'll still get access to the White Robe). This can be done in one or more Journeys, and the overall progress counts towards the Trophy.

Why can't a first-run Red Robe meet a White Robe? [ ]

This was done intentionally by the developers, and the rule works on all platforms except iOS (for unknown reasons, possibly because of low player count).

The theory is this: players on their first Journey should not be intimidated by veteran players that look different and can fly wherever they want. It could make new players frustrated and confused, while distracting them from the game itself.

On the first run, the game is slower-paced. New players constantly need to find cloth to charge their red scarf, giving them an incentive to thoroughly explore the environment. Requiring advanced players to use the red robes encourages both parties to rely on, and thus cooperate with, each other for scarf power.

In any case, when travelling as a Red Robe, players can chirp to let their companions know their scarf is empty.

Gameplay Nuances (White vs Red Robes) [ ]

The Red Robe is the starter robe that the players begin with. The opposite of that is the White Robe, obtained by collecting all the symbols in the game. Some may say that both are just used for style, but no! Both robes have unique gameplay effects. As the Red Robe requires cloth to regain scarf power from cloth creatures, cloth, and Wayfarers; unlike the White Robe which refills everytime you hit the ground. These can severely affect the gameplay style.

A gameplay effect for both of the Robes happen in the Snow chapter of the game. The snow freezes the player and causes flight and scarf regeneration to slow. This is also the only chapter were wind can harm the player(s) Robe and scarf.

References [ ]

• ↑ This analysis was done by aravshetikolava. Thank you so much for doing the work behind that and creating those wonderful images!
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Journey: How to Get a Long Scarf

In Journey, the ability to soar and glide is the most important skill you have. The longer you can stay airborne, the more you can adventure and enjoy the beautiful sights the game has to offer. Easily the best way to stay up in the air for longer periods of time is to have a longer scarf. Getting a longer scarf isn’t all that difficult, but it will take some time and a decent bit of exploring.

Your character’s scarf in Journey does more than act as a very cool cosmetic attachment to your cloak. It also acts as your energy for flight. The longer your scarf length, the more energy you have to lift off and fly. Because of this, increasing your maximum scarf capacity can be a really nice way to smoothly work your away through the game. Throughout the game you will notice Glowing Symbols hidden away and when you collect the symbol your scarf will lengthen, adding more scarf energy to your character. There are 21 Glowing Symbols hidden throughout the various chapters and gathering each one will culminate to the longest scarf you’ve probably ever seen. Keep in mind that when beating the game and started a brand new one, your scarf will be reset back to its original length and you will have to collect the Glowing Symbols all over again.

After collecting all of the Glowing Symbols you will also gain access to the White Robe. This new cloak will give you an even longer scarf as well as the ability to automatically recover scarf energy over time while on the ground. Check out our guide on how to get the White Robe here. With the White Robe and a slew of Glowing Symbol upgrades you’ll be able to soar throughout the skies to your hearts content and enjoy everything Journey has to offer.