You unlock Refraction in Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy by burning the Creature 10 times with your sphere’s Focused Light beam during its boss encounter.
Refraction is one of the combat-flavoured Bronze trophies in Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy, and it hangs entirely on your light sphere. Once the sphere gains its sustained beam upgrade, you point it at the boss known as the Creature and cook it — ten separate burns and the trophy is yours. Nothing about it is tied to a collectible, a difficulty, or a single flawless run.
What Refraction asks for
| Detail | Info |
|---|---|
| Trophy tier | Bronze |
| Requirement | Burn the Creature 10 times with Focused Light |
| Difficulty | Any |
| Missable | No |
The whole objective is burn the Creature 10 times with the Focused Light beam. It sits in the combat/miscellaneous group rather than the story chain, so it will not pop on its own — you have to actively rack up the burns during the Creature fight. The count is cumulative: the ten burns stack across the encounter rather than needing to be ten in a row, which takes the pressure off chaining them perfectly. You can earn it on any difficulty, and it is not missable.
How to Unlock Refraction Trophy in Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy
Unlock the light beam
Progress the story until your sphere gains its Focused Light (also called Light Concentrate) upgrade, the sustained beam this trophy needs.
Reach the Creature fight
Reach the Creature fight | 100% Guides/YouTubeContinue to the boss encounter with the Creature, the only enemy that counts toward the burns.
Aim and hold the beam
Point the beam at the Creature — most players go for the head — and hold it steady until the burn reaction triggers.
Land 10 burns total
Land 10 burns total | 100% Guides/YouTubeRepeat until you have ten burns; they add up over the fight and across separate attempts, so you don’t need them consecutively.
Keep the beam on the Creature itself — burns landed on ordinary enemies do nothing for Refraction, and only the Creature ticks the counter up.
Mistakes that cost the burns
The biggest trap is spending the beam on the regular enemies swarming the arena. Only the Creature registers a burn for this trophy, so any beam time spent on standard foes is wasted effort toward Refraction. The other snag is the naming: you may see the upgrade called Light Concentrate in one place and Focused Light in another. They are the same beam upgrade for your sphere, so don’t hunt for a second ability — whichever label your game uses, that is the one you want. And since difficulty has no bearing here, there’s no need to bump the game up or down to make it register.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Refraction missable if I leave the Creature fight without it?
No. Refraction is not a missable trophy, so failing to reach ten burns during the encounter doesn’t lock you out. Because the requirement is cumulative and tied to a specific boss rather than a one-time story beat, you can keep chipping away at the Creature until the count is met.
Do the 10 burns have to happen in one attempt?
They don’t. The guides are clear that only the total matters — the burns carry over rather than resetting, so you can bank a few, die or fall back, and pick up where you left off across multiple tries. That means you can play the fight defensively and land the ten burns whenever the openings appear instead of forcing them all in a single window.
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