Abilities & Elements
Unlocking Star-Lord's four gun elements and investing in the team's Special Abilities. The elements come through story progression; the ability trophies want you to spend upgrade points across all five Guardians.
Self-Improvement
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Purchase your first Star-Lord ability.
Self-Improvement
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Open the Abilities menu and spend ability points in Star-Lord's tab. It pops on your very first purchase — you'll have points to spend within the opening chapters.
Dynamic Team
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Invest in one special ability for each companion.
Dynamic Team
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Buy at least one special ability for each of the four companions — Gamora, Drax, Rocket and Groot. Spread your early ability points across the whole team instead of pouring them into one character.
Fully Loaded
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Invest in all special abilities for all companions.
Fully Loaded
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Unlock every companion special ability (the four companions — Star-Lord's own abilities aren't required). You earn more than enough points by the late game, so before the finale open each character's tab and buy anything still locked.
Tip
Nothing here is missable — if you're short on points, replaying combat encounters earns more.
Flash Freeze
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Acquire the Ice Element for Star-Lord's guns.
Flash Freeze
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Acquire the Ice Element for Star-Lord's guns. Each elemental upgrade unlocks as you progress the story (and complete the associated beat), letting your Element Blasters deal ice damage. Unmissable — you get all four over the campaign; this pops when the Ice element is granted.
Shock and Awe
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Acquire the Lightning Element for Star-Lord's guns.
Shock and Awe
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Acquire the Lightning Element for Star-Lord's guns. Each elemental upgrade unlocks as you progress the story (and complete the associated beat), letting your Element Blasters deal lightning damage. Unmissable — you get all four over the campaign; this pops when the Lightning element is granted.
Fan Friction
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Acquire the Wind Element for Star-Lord's guns.
Fan Friction
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Acquire the Wind Element for Star-Lord's guns. Each elemental upgrade unlocks as you progress the story (and complete the associated beat), letting your Element Blasters deal wind damage. Unmissable — you get all four over the campaign; this pops when the Wind element is granted.
Lava Launcher
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Acquire the Plasma Element for Star-Lord's guns.
Lava Launcher
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Acquire the Plasma Element for Star-Lord's guns. Each elemental upgrade unlocks as you progress the story (and complete the associated beat), letting your Element Blasters deal plasma damage. Unmissable — you get all four over the campaign; this pops when the Plasma element is granted.