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Final Fantasy 15 Episode Gladiolus item locations for the Picker-Upper Trophy / Achievement

How to find every last hidden collectible in the story episode.

Final Fantasy 15 Episode Gladiolus items are easy to miss as you're exploring the lengthy trial-filled dungeon, but if you manage to find every one, the Picker-Upper Trophy / Achievement will be waiting for you.

Unfortunately, there is no way to log which ones you've collected or passed, and since there are many points of no return, many are very easy to miss if you're not careful. Below in chronological order is every item by trial to help you get everything along the way.

If you're after help for parts of the DLC, consult our Final Fantasy 15 Episode Gladiolus DLC guide and walkthrough.

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Episode Gladiolus item locations for the Picker-Upper Trophy / Achievement

First Trial item locations

  • 1 (Phoenix Down) - Upon starting the episode, turn around and a Phoenix Down will be behind you.
  • 2 (Potion) - On the left by the burning torch soon after you first enter the dungeon.
  • 3 (Potion) - After squeezing through the crevice near the start of the episode, a Potion is on the right.
  • 4 (Potion) - When you come to the waterfall, before you slide down, go left and collect the item from behind the falling water.
One of the easiest ones to miss - head left and go behind the waterfall for an item.
  • 5, 6, 7, 8 (Potions) - After the Brunnrsormr battle, there are four items to collect in this open water-filled area. Face the waterfall you just travelled down, then go left (or north on the map) and up the hill to find one tucked away in the corner; On the south side, by a torch; As you approach the way forward, there are rocks either side, with the Potion tucked away on the left before the water; and on the left side just before you climb up and continue.
  • 9 (Potion) - After you the climb the cliff after the open area where you fought Brunnrsormr, it's on the right.
  • 10 (Hi-Potion) - After you the climb the cliff after the open area where you fought Brunnrsormr, the path will start to climb, and it's on the right opposite where the cliff opens up for a wider view of the cavern.
  • 11 (Potion) - Just after the campground, next to the body and the torch.
  • 12 (Potion) - After the campground is a battle against Thunder Bombs. Take the right path to a dead end that looks like it joins next to the campground on the map, where an item is waiting.
Head right for an item at the deadend, and before you climb the spiral path ahead, go left for another one there, too.
  • 13 (Hi-Potion) - After the campground is a battle against Thunder Bombs. Follow the way point and you'll come to a spiral path on the right. Here, you can go left and along the cliff, dropping down to a hidden dead end with the item.
  • 14 (Pheonix Down) - After the spiral path and climbing up to the west of the campground, go left as soon as you reach the top instead of right to find the item on a rock.
  • 15 (Potion) - Just before the battle against the first Reapers and after the spiral path, this is behind a barrel in the corner on the cliff edge.
  • 16 (Potion) - After the Reaper fight, the Potion is to the south, behind a rock.
  • 17, 18 (Potion) - During the second bout of Reapers, the item is just next to where you drop down. There is also another to the north on the pointy cliff edge.
  • 19 (Hi-Potion) - After climbing the cliff after the second Reapers battle and before the first trial chamber, it's on the right against the wall.

Second Trial item locations

  • 20 (Phoenix Down) - This is by the second campground, against the wall to the north.
  • 21 (Potion) - After the second campground, grab it on the right before the wooden walkway heading up the cliffside.
  • 22 (Potion) - At the top of the wooden path after the second campground, it's just underneath the destroyed wooden struts leading up the cliff.
There are a few items on these cliffs.
  • 23 (Hi-Potion) - Underneath the clifftop where the Wyvern and Bulettes fight is but before you climb up twice, it's behind a crate on the left.
  • 24 (Hi-Potion) - After climbing the two walls just before the Wyvern and Bulettes battle, it's to the south on the cliff edge.
  • 25 (Potion) - After you use the columns for the first time against the Wyvern and Bulettes, it's next to the set of steps before you crawl through the passage.
  • 26 (Potion) - Just before the second Trial, it's just at the top of the staircase.
  • 27 (Potion) - After the Enkidu battle for the second trial, in the room where you redeem the soul head to the south where the Potion is out in the open.

Third Trial item locations

  • 28 (Potion) - After completing the second trial, clear the room of enemies and head down the steps. The Potion is on a stacked pile of stones next to some torches.
  • 29 (Hi-Potion) - After completing the second trial, head down the staircase for a room filled with enemies and three columns. The item is near the bottom of these steps.
Turn around when you reach the bottom of these steps to find the item on the rock.
  • 30 (Potion) - Once you've opened up the wall passage in the room with the three columns after the second trial, it's on the left as you exit.
  • 31, 32 (Phoenix Down, Hi-Potion) - After the second trial, you'll emerge outside and take a wooden path heading down below. The item is on the right next to some barrels, just before the path slopes down. A second one is closer to the bottom of this wooden path, on the wall on the right.
  • 33 (Potion) - Between the second and third trials there is a fight against a group of enemies, including a Bandersnatch. This is by the barrels to the left as soon as you encounter these creatures.
  • 34 (Potion) - After the Bandersnatch fight before the third trial, head right over the rocks instead of the staircase left.
After the Bandersnatch, go right instead of left for an easy-to-miss item.
  • 35, 36 (Potion) - After the Bandersnatch fight and before the third campground, you'll fight two Bulettes as you're scaling the cliff. There is a Potion near a column on the cliff edge, and another underneath the wooden path heading up.
  • 37 (Hi-Potion) - At the third campground, it's on the right side on top of some rocks - you may have to manually jump a few times to reach them.
  • 38 (Potion) - After the third campground, pass through the archway to the way ahead and check the left corner as you pass through.
  • 39, 40 (Hi-Potion, Potion) - After the Inannaduru fight, and in the room where you trigger the third trial, there are two items on the south and west edges.
  • 41, 42, 43 (Phoenix Down, Potion and a Hi-Potion) - When you activate the third trial, head down the stairs. There is an item opposite on the steps going up, then two more on the left and right sides of the room, in alcoves.
This item is opposite the staircase you go down as you head to the third trial boss fight.

Need more help? Our Final Fantasy 15 guide and walkthrough can provide tips on main story, as well as the open-world's many quests and activities. Learning how to get AP fast, EXP fast and money or Gil fast will aid you in many optional dungeons and tombs - including how to open and explore their locked doors. There's also plenty of interesting side-quests, too, such as the Scraps of Mystery and Professors Protege frog locations. And if you want to get around easier, you can rent a Chocobo, learn the infinite sprint trick and later in the game, get the flying car Regalia Type F. There's also more to see and do with DLC, such as Episode Gladiolus and Episode Prompto.


Fourth and final Trial item locations

  • 44, 45 (Potion) - After the third trial has concluded and you've rested at the campground, there is a wooden path leading down the cliff. The item is on the left at the bottom. There's another soon after on the left, by the torch just before the path widens out.
Make sure you grab the two items after the last campground and the waypoint - there's no going back.
  • 46 (Phoenix Down) - After Cor leaves your party shortly after the fourth campground, turn around and it's on the wall behind.
  • 47, 48 (Potion, Hi-Potion) - After Cor leaves your party shortly after the fourth campground, run south past the torches to the next area. Go straight ahead for a Potion at the far wall, and from the steps where you entered, immediately turn right and get the item from the corner.