Kayak VR: Mirage Trophy Guide
Author: Trozenator.
Genres: Racing, Sports.
Welcome to the Kayak VR: Mirage trophy guide which will help you travel the World in your Kayak as you pursue greatness. This is a beautifully rendered game you have to experience rather than play.
- Platforms: PlayStation 5, PS VR2.
- Trophies: 31: Platinum: 1, Gold: 6, Silver: 10, Bronze: 14.
- Release Date: 8th July 2021.
- Missable: None.
- Glitched: None.
- Online: None.
- Difficulty Rating: 6/10.
- Approx. time to 100%: Around 12 Hours if you focus, longer if you take in the scenery.
Stage 1: Tutorial and Beginner Races
At the start of the game, you should get used to the mechanics and physics that are used to row around. There are ten lessons that will teach you the basics of paddling and movement. Once you get that down, you can then try to complete the two easy race trophies in this stage.
Stage 2: Miscellaneous Trophies
All these trophies can be earned in any order, and you will be jumping from map to map getting all of them. Don’t worry about sticking to one map and earning them all, as the maps are easily replayable. All of these trophies are miscellaneous tasks, so start ticking off these and you’ll have them done in no time.
- Speed Demon.
- Astronaut.
- Sleep with the fishes.
- A lost little orca.
- A lost little turtle.
- A lost little whale.
- A lost toucan.
- Galeophobia.
- Thalassophobia.
- WWII Plane.
- Das Boot.
- Moby Dick.
- Kabourophobia.
- Find Willy.
- Antarctic Expedition.
- Ophidiophobia.
- Aurora Australis.
- You’re a wizard.
- Landlubber.
- Can’t touch this.
- Amnemonemomne.
- Totally dude!.
- Welcome to the jungle.
Stage 3: Complete Hard Tracks
These two tracks (especially King of King’s Canyon) can be very difficult and require a lot of practice, stamina, and strength. Read up on the How to Kayak Efficiently section, and you can learn complete both these tracks within a few hours.
Stage 4: Grind to 100 Kilometers
This last section will be a little mind-numbing. In total, you will need to kayak 100 kilometers across all maps. There is no quick or simple way to do this. Refer to Sea Veteran for more information.
How To Kayak Efficiently
Kayaking in this game can be rough to get ahold of, especially for the races. The boat sometimes drifts in random directions, your paddle gets caught on things. It can get frustrating quickly because the realistic physics can damper the gameplay. This section hopefully will help you correct your mistakes and get you kayaking efficiently!
- How to Row Quickly
The best way to row quickly is to have your hands close together, and quickly rotate your wrists, as if you’re peddling a bike with your hands. Your paddle will make quick rotations for every time you rotate, and should hopefully get you going quick. Have your hands about chest level, so they don’t hit the kayak, and get somewhat deep into the water. Try to keep your hands the same distance from the center to make sure the paddles are equal. - How to Turn
To make quick and sharp turns, you will need to jut your paddle deep in the water the same side you want to turn. Depending on how fast you are going, this can turn you completely around. Bring both your hands over to the side so the paddle doesn’t get caught on the kayak. For smaller turns, you can hold your paddle in the water a little bit while coasting forward. The deeper you put it in, the sharper you’ll turn. - Where to Position Yourself
The best place to position yourself is probably a foot or so forward. Calibrate your camera and take a step/scoot forward so your head is above the front part of the seat of the kayak. Make sure your hands won’t leave the play area if you stick them out.
This game can be played either sitting or standing. Neither seem to have much of a difference. - Taking Breaks/Stretching
This game can be quite the workout for your shoulders, more specifically your deltoids. If you are having problems keeping up the pace, or your arms feel really heavy, it might be time to take a break and stretch. The correct stretch for your deltoids is to take your arm, put your elbow straight up into the air, and touch your opposite shoulder (with your forearm behind your head). You can then pull your arm with your other hand to stretch it further. Doing this before the play session is smart so you can play for longer.
Platinum
Complete all trophies
Earn the other 30 trophies throughout Kayak VR: Mirage to unlock Platinum.
Speed Demon
Reach 40 km/h
You will likely unlock this while going for King of King’s Canyon. If you didn’t unlock it during that, start the Antarctica race Let It Go. You will spawn on a ramp, and if you paddle as hard as you can once you reach the water, Speed Demon should easily unlock. Read up on How to Kayak Efficiently to paddle the fastest possible way.
Astronaut
Get serious airtime with your Kayak
The easiest way to unlock this trophy is to hurl yourself into the middle of the expedition camp in Antarctica, and you will be glitched upwards into the sky. Check out Antarctic Expedition for more information on how to find this camp.
You can also find several ramps in Antarctica, but you need to get some serious speed. A small amount of airtime will unlock Astronaut.
Credit to Troz Trophy Guides for the video.
Sleep with the fishes
Stay underwater for one minute
You may earn this one on accident by taking off your headset and putting it down. For this trophy, you need to have your headset underwater for a minute straight. The easiest way to do this is to remove the headset and put it on the ground or a chair next to you until you unlock Sleep with the fishes.
Rider on the Storm
Get a medal on one of Norway’s tracks in the storm
The easiest track on Norway is Lighthouse. Make sure you select the storm icon below the track name before you press start. You can be exceptionally slow to unlock Rider on the Storm, the bronze medal is unlocked in 1 minute, 57 seconds. You will most likely unlock this trophy your first attempt.
Credit to Troz Trophy Guides for the video.
World Class Kayak Academy
Complete all lessons
When you start the game for the first time you will be inside a swimming pool, and the game will prompt you to complete a tutorial. If you choose the longer tutorial, you will complete 10 lessons that teach you how to kayak. The lessons are very short, and should take about five minutes.
If you skipped out on the tutorial, you can go back to the pool through the pause menu, and once you’re in the pause menu, you can select lessons and complete them all there which then unlocks World Class Kayak Academy.
A lost little orca
Get the inflatable orca to the open water
This trophy can be unlocked in Antarctica. An inflatable orca can be found when heading down a long path (detailed below) when you spawn. Once you find the orca, you need to constantly hit the orca with your paddle and move it to open water, which is straight in front of where you spawned in where you will unlock A lost little orca.
It is highly suggested to watch the video guide before trying this one yourself.
As soon as you spawn in, turn around and go through the cave behind you.
After a short bit through the cave, take the small entrance to the open lake.
Once you reach the open lake, head towards the fallen iceberg. It will reveal a new path.
After a short bit through the path, take the path to the right.
Keep your eyes glued to the left. You will eventually see another path. Take that left path.
You will then see the orca in front of you. Now time to take it all the way out…
Credit to TheBaldrickk for the video.
A lost little turtle
Get the inflatable turtle to its family
You can find the inflatable turtle in Costa Rica, when you go through the jungle path. Keep your eyes on the right side of the path, and you’ll see a small inflatable turtle. To unlock the trophy, hit the turtle out of the pathway and farther into the deeper water. Once you’re far enough out, A lost little turtle will unlock.
Credit to Troz Trophy Guides for the video.
A lost little whale
Get the inflatable whale to the open water
This trophy can be earned in Norway. An inflatable whale can be found in a small cave when hugging the right side (detailed below), and you will need to bring it out to the open water, which is just straight out past the lighthouse. This one is quite quick and not much of a trip which also unlock A lost little whale.
Credit to Troz Trophy Guides for the video.
A lost toucan
Get the inflatable toucan to the other side of the canyon
This trophy can be earned in Australia. As soon as you spawn in, turn around and go up the stream to find an inflatable toucan. You will need to take this toucan all the way down the river and into the basin at the bottom to unlock A lost toucan. As always, the way to move the inflatable is to keep hitting it with your paddle.
Credit to Troz Trophy Guides for the video.
Galeophobia
Overcome your galeophobia
Galeophobia is the fear of sharks. You can find sharks in Norway, circling around the submarine (refer to Das Boot for more information on the submarine). This trophy can be a bit weird to unlock, you may need to try to look at the shark at a bunch of different angles where Galeophobia will eventually unlock.
Thalassophobia
Overcome your thalassophobia
Thalassophobia is the fear of deep bodies of water. This trophy can be unlocked in Antarctica, and requires you to kayak a certain distance out into the sea. From the spawn, go through the ice arch in front of you. The look slightly to the right. You will see a fishing boat, kayak towards that boat and you will unlock Thalassophobia.
WWII Plane
Spot the WWII plane
This trophy can be earned in Norway. From where you spawn in, you will exit a cave and see a lighthouse in front of you. In between the spawn point and the lighthouse, you can find a WWII plane deep underwater. You may unlock this by accident while kayaking around normally. WWII Plane will unlock once you’ve looked at it.
Credit to Troz Trophy Guides for the video.
Das Boot
Spot the submarine
The submarine can be found in Norway. At the spawn, take the first right and go past the lighthouse island. A little bit past that island, you will be able to see sharks and a submarine in the water. Once you look at the submarine, you will unlock Das Boot. You can also unlock Galeophobia by looking at the sharks around this submarine.
Credit to Troz Trophy Guides for the video.
Moby Dick
Spot a whale
You can find a whale in Norway. When you spawn, go to the other side of the lighthouse island and keep your head on a swivel. It might take a minute but a whale will randomly pop its tail out of the water, in a random direction. As soon as you see that, quickly paddle over there as fast as you can to hopefully get a glimpse of it where you will unlock Moby Dick.
Credit to Troz Trophy Guides for the video.
Kabourophobia
Overcome your kabourophobia
Kabourophobia is the fear of crabs. For this trophy, you will need to kill a crab on the Norway map. From where you spawn, hug the left wall and you will soon see crabs on land. You need to hit one with your paddle, so paddle up into shore as fast as you can and hit one to unlock Kabourophobia.
Credit to Troz Trophy Guides for the video.
Find Willy
Spot an orca
You may unlock this trophy while trying to complete the Endurance track in Antarctica, as you will cross paths with the orca. In Antarctica, the orca can be found after the first left turn right when you spawn in. Keep going straight into the open water and the orca will jump in the air unlock Finding Willy.
Credit to Troz Trophy Guides for the video.
Antarctic Expedition
Spot the expedition camp
The expedition camp can be found in Antarctica. When you spawn, paddle forward and stick to the right. Take the first two turns to the right and you’ll see a few orange tents in the distance. Get close enough and you will unlock Antarctic Expedition.
Also, whilst you’re here, you can quickly earn Astronaut.
Credit to Troz Trophy Guides for the video.
Ophidiophobia
Overcome your ophidiophobia
Ophidiophobia is the fear of snakes. You can earn this trophy in Australia, and you will need to find a snake to touch. From the spawn point, go down the pathway just until you reach the log you need to duck under. To the right will be a snake on a rock. Hit the snake with your paddle to unlock Ophidiophobia.
Credit to Troz Trophy Guides for the video.
Aurora Australis
Spend some time under the Aurora Australis
This trophy will unlock for playing the Antarctica map during night for about ten minutes. When selecting maps, you have the option to choose between daytime and nighttime. Choose nighttime, and you can idle anywhere on the map for ten minutes which will then unlock Aurora Australis.
King of King’s Canyon
Become the King of King’s Canyon by getting a gold medal on the Olympic track
This is the hardest trophy in the game. The King’s Canyon Olympic track can be found on the pause menu, when scrolling through King’s Canyon races, it’s the last one. This race is a combination of endurance, strength, memory, and agility. To get a gold medal you need to complete this track in 2 minutes, 27 seconds.
Here are some tips to help complete this track to a gold medal:
- Use the stream to your advantage. The water will always be flowing one direction. When going down the stream, you will be boosted forward. The unfortunate side of this is you’ll have to paddle upstream too.
The best way to do this is to face a direction upstream, and paddle as fast as you can, and when you have a bit of speed you can then turn. Read up on the How to Kayak Efficiently section for all the best tips to get more speed. - Memorize the route, and be careful of penalties. The track has several parts where you need to turn around to go upstream, so you need to memorize the pattern (one U-turn and then a figure-8).
Try your best to not get any penalties for hitting the poles, as it can easily add 10+ seconds to your time. - You can pass through checkpoints while paused. This is especially helpful for the two checkpoints where you need to quickly turn around at the end. If you get close enough you can pause the game, and move your head to pass through the checkpoint, and you will hear the ding.
This is detailed and shown in the video. - Use the “Reset Kayak” button after checkpoints 5, 10 and 16. Resetting your kayak will flip your kayak to be facing downstream. When you enter those three checkpoints, the game wants you to make a wide turn around to start paddling downstream again.
If you reset your kayak, you don’t need to turn yourself around and will save a few seconds. This is detailed and shown in the video.
Depending on skill level, this track can take you anywhere from and hour to multiple hours. Watch the video below for an in-depth breakdown of this track then when you have the gold medal you will unlock King of King’s Canyon.
Credit to Troz Trophy Guides for the video.
Breathtaking
Get a silver medal or better on the Endurance track in Antarctica
The Endurance is a track located in Antarctica, and is quite long. This track will take you all the way around the ice shelfs. The silver medal time is 6 minutes, 37 seconds and can be quite tight.
If you make sure to pace yourself, and know how to paddle efficiently, you can possibly unlock Breathtaking in one or two tries. This is one of the harder trophies and you shouldn’t start with this.
Credit to Troz Trophy Guides for the video.
You’re a wizard
Perform a magic trick
This trophy can be unlocked in the starting pool. In the pool is a beach ball and an inflated flamingo. If you get the beachball to sit on top of the flamingo (as pictured below), you will unlock You’re a wizard.
Landlubber
Kayak for 5km in total
You will unlock Landlubber early on while going for other trophies. Refer to Sea Veteran for more information.
Seasalted
Kayak for 50km in total
You will likely unlock Seasalted around the time you finish all the other trophies. Refer to Sea Veteran for more information.
Sea Veteran
Kayak for 100km in total
This will no doubt be the last trophy you need. After you complete all the other trophies, you will probably have kayaked 40 to 50 kilometers. This means you have quite the grind ahead. You can check your total distance kayaked in the top-right of the pause menu.
The key to grinding kilometers is not speed, but pacing yourself. If you keep a nice, steady pace, you can easily rack up more distance than if you burn yourself out. This varies person to person, but the average person should be able to keep up 20km/hour. If you keep that speed up, you should only have to grind three hours. Check out the How to Kayak Efficiently section to make this easiest for long periods of time.
Find an open spot that you won’t crash into anything, and just mindlessly paddle forward. If you enjoy the sightseeing, go to your favourite map and look around. Time moves much quicker if you are having fun. Once you go over the 100km target you will unlock Sea Veteran.
Can’t touch this
Complete a track without penalty
If you haven’t earned this after getting medals for other tracks, the easiest and quickest track is the Coralicious track in Costa Rica. You can complete this track in about a minute with no problems, just make sure to keep your paddle out of the way of the poles, and don’t paddle the wrong direction or else you will get a penalty. Complete a track without incurring a penalty and you will unlock Can’t touch this.
Amnemonemomne
Spot a clownfish
You can find the clownfish in Costa Rica. When you spawn in, circle the island clockwise until you find a bunch of rocks above the water by the beach (pictured below). You can find the clownfish in the middle of all of these rocks. Look at it to earn Amnemonemomne.
Credit to Troz Trophy Guides for the video.
Totally dude!
Spot a turtle
Turtles can be found on the Costa Rica map, during the day. Choose to spawn on the beach and go immediately forward. There should be a turtle on the beach in front of you. Get close and look at it to unlock Totally dude!.
Credit to Troz Trophy Guides for the video.
Welcome to the jungle
Discover the Jungle
This trophy can be unlocked by entering the jungle area of Costa Rica. Welcome to the jungle will unlock while going for other trophies.
Day Trip
Get a bronze medal or better on the Day Trip track in Costa Rica
The Day Trip track in Costa Rica is a longer track, spanning the length of the entire map. It is quite easy to earn a bronze medal, and you should actually quite easily get a gold medal on your first attempt, as this track’s time is extremely lenient. Keep in mind how to paddle efficiently, but you should unlock Day Trip with minimal issue.
Credit to Troz Trophy Guides for the video.