Batman: Arkham Knight
Action Adventure
Batman: Arkham Knight lets you finish Gotham's side work after the main story, so the important distinction is between that completed world and New Story Plus. The replay is fixed to Knightmare and carries equipment and Riddler progress, while optional quest progress has its own reset rules. Learn the Batmobile's two movement modes, practise combat variety and use the checkpoint system without expecting a normal manual-save menu.
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Can you clean up Arkham Knight before starting New Story Plus?
Yes. Stay in the original completed campaign for side missions and collectible cleanup. New Story+ is separate, keeps gadgets and Riddler collection progress and runs on fixed Knightmare difficulty. It is needed for its completion trophy, not as a prerequisite to ordinary post-story exploration.
Compare post-story cleanup options →SPOILER-LIGHT PLANNING
Finish Gotham before the harder separate replay
Use these checkpoints to protect the playthrough without revealing the story's outcomes.
Continue the completed campaign for cleanup
The base game's remaining missions and collectibles are not permanently lost at the credits. Use Gotham's current world for unfinished work rather than restarting because the main story is over.
Treat Knightmare as a replay commitment
New Story+ uses fixed Knightmare rules, including tougher encounters and less counter assistance. Prepare through the first campaign and do not expect to lower that replay's setting midway through a difficult fight.
Use Riddler progress across the two campaigns
Collected Riddler objects carry into New Story+. That differs from side-mission progression, so inspect each remaining objective instead of assuming the second campaign either resets everything or completes every side chain automatically.
Understand checkpoint recovery
There are no unrestricted manual-save slots. WB documents recent-backup recovery for supported versions, but it is a limited fallback rather than a complete archive of every earlier campaign state.
Content reviewed 2026-11-07. Arkham Knight base campaign and New Story+; additional Season Pass trophy groups are separate.
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Before you start
PLAYTHROUGH PLAN
Before You Start checklist
Set up your save plan
Batman: Arkham Knight relies on checkpoints or autosaves; finish risky activities before leaving and never assume an older state can be restored.
Protect the completion route
Batman: Arkham Knight allows a forgiving standard cleanup route, but tracking optional progress as you go still reduces endgame backtracking.
Know the last safe checkpoint
Batman: Arkham Knight has no major point-of-no-return trap in the normal route, so progress can be paced without hoarding every task for one checkpoint.
Choose difficulty deliberately
Batman: Arkham Knight has difficulty-linked achievements or trophies, so choose your target before starting and avoid changes that invalidate it.
Budget 50–80h base platinum estimate
Use Batman: Arkham Knight's 50–80h base platinum estimate estimate as a planning range, not a promise. Exploration, difficulty and optional goals can move the total substantially.
Spoiler-free warning
Normal post-story free roam supports base-platinum cleanup. New Story+ is a separate campaign fixed to Knightmare difficulty; it does not erase the original completed world. The game uses checkpoints rather than ordinary manual slots, with official recent-backup recovery options on supported versions.
BEGINNER GUIDE
10 things I wish I knew before starting
The useful systems, early mistakes and easily missed details worth understanding before you commit dozens of hours.
Learn both Batmobile movement modes
Road driving and battle-mode handling serve different tasks. Practise switching between them before a timed race or crowded vehicle fight makes the controls harder to learn.
Use the correct vehicle for a challenge
Some added Batmobile skins support racing rather than tank combat. Read the selected challenge and vehicle capability instead of assuming every cosmetic model works in every event.
Keep fear takedown opportunities controlled
A silent approach can remove several threats before a large fight. Scout the group and escape routes rather than triggering a chain while another armed patrol watches.
Read enemy equipment before attacking
Shields, electrified weapons and other equipment need different responses. Identify the threat and select the appropriate move instead of repeating the same attack through every enemy type.
Develop combat variety during the story
AR challenges reward knowledge of the full toolkit. Practise useful gadgets and special actions in normal encounters before pursuing the highest challenge scores.
Interrogate informants before clearing the street
Riddler information helps narrow collectible searches. Preserve the useful target until surrounding opponents are under control rather than finishing the entire group at once.
Return for gadget-dependent puzzles
Later equipment opens more Riddler solutions. If a puzzle clearly expects a tool not yet unlocked, continue the campaign and return with the complete toolkit.
Use the Most Wanted wheel to track side work
Different chains have their own progress and unlock conditions. Consult their descriptions instead of assuming a temporarily absent marker means the mission has disappeared.
Inspect the replay's fixed rules
Knightmare changes combat expectations and cannot be freely lowered. Begin New Story+ because you want that challenge or trophy, not merely to revisit the city.
Keep DLC trophy groups separate
The Season Pass adds character episodes, races and challenges. Their inclusion in a bundle does not make every extra medal part of the base platinum checklist.
- Status
- Verified
- Last verified
- 2026-11-07
- Official: WB Games — Arkham Knight and supported editions
- Official: WB Games — checkpoint and recent-backup recovery
- Official: WB Games — Nintendo trilogy FAQ
- Guide: PlayStationTrophies — base trophy roadmap
- Guide: PlayStationTrophies — New Story+ rules
- Guide: PowerPyx — collectible cleanup
COMMON QUESTIONS
Batman: Arkham Knight FAQs
Are base-platinum trophies permanently missable?
The base roadmap lists no permanent missables. Post-story Gotham supports cleanup, with the harder replay still required for its own completion trophy.
Can New Story Plus difficulty be lowered?
No. The replay is fixed to Knightmare, unlike the ordinary campaign's more flexible difficulty choices.
Does New Story Plus erase the original campaign?
No. It is a separate progression route associated with the same save, so normal campaign cleanup remains a distinct option.
Do Riddler trophies carry into the replay?
Yes. Collected Riddler progress and gadgets carry over, while side-mission progress is not simply inherited as completed.
Can you save anywhere manually?
Not through a normal rotating-slot menu. The game uses checkpoints; official backup recovery should not be confused with unrestricted manual saving.