The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter Guide#
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter is a story-driven RPG from Japan’s Falcom, released worldwide on September 17, 2026 across four platforms: Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and Steam (Windows PC). It is the complete remake of 2006’s The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC — the second entry in the Trails series’ 20th-anniversary full remake project — and its story continues directly from Trails in the Sky the 1st, which launched on September 19, 2025.
This section spans 23 pages, all written from official public information and verifiable sources. Wherever our fact-checking could not confirm a detail — for example difficulty multipliers, official Simplified Chinese trophy names, or the concrete numerical rewards of save-data inheritance — the relevant pages state plainly that no verifiable information was found or defer to the in-game text, rather than filling the gap with speculation.
Game Facts at a Glance#
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Official English name | The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter (Steam App ID 4225980) |
| Official Simplified Chinese name | Clouded Leopard Entertainment’s official title, identical on the Steam Simplified Chinese store page (a direct rendering of Trails in the Sky the 2nd) |
| Japanese name | Sora no Kiseki the 2nd (romaji) |
| Positioning | Complete remake of 2006’s The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC; second release in the Trails series’ 20th-anniversary full remake project |
| Genre | Story RPG (JRPG), single-player (rated Teen by the ESRB) |
| Developer | Nihon Falcom (NIHON FALCOM CORPORATION) |
| Publisher | Japan: Falcom; North America: GungHo Online Entertainment America; Asian Simplified Chinese / Traditional Chinese / Korean edition: Clouded Leopard Entertainment |
| Release date | September 17, 2026, simultaneous worldwide |
| Platforms | Nintendo Switch 2 / Nintendo Switch / PlayStation 5 / Steam (Windows PC) |
| Steam pricing | Standard Edition $59.99 (launch 10% discount: $53.99); Digital Deluxe $79.99 (9 items included); Season Pass $24.99 |
| Hong Kong / Taiwan pricing | Standard HK$468 / NT$1,880; Switch 2 Edition HK$478 / NT$1,911 |
| Voice acting | Full Japanese voice track; the Steam version also includes English voices |
| Subtitles | Simplified Chinese / Traditional Chinese / Korean; the Steam version adds Japanese, English, French, German, and Spanish subtitles |
| Main story length | About 59 hours (IGN, citing HowLongToBeat) |
| Metacritic | PS5: 90 (22 outlets); PC: 92 (17); Switch 2: 88 (7); user score 8.8 (238 ratings) |
Core Gameplay Throughline#
The combat system evolves from the Trails in the Sky the 1st remake. It keeps the dual-mode framework of seamlessly switching between Quick Battle and Command Battle, adds the linked attack Brave Rush and the Enforcer Boost system, and introduces new crafts, new S-crafts, and more orbment arts. The playable cast follows the 8 Party Members published on Falcom’s English website: Estelle, Joshua, Scherazard, Olivier, Kloe, Agate, Tita, and Zin.
The game is structured as a prologue, Chapters 1 through 8, and a finale — ten segments in all — still set in the Kingdom of Liberl. The story picks up right after the ending of the previous remake, Trails in the Sky the 1st: on the night of the queen’s birthday celebration, Joshua leaves, and Estelle sets out on a journey to win back her companions and stand against the society Ouroboros.
Chapter List (Official English Titles)#
| Segment | Official English chapter title |
|---|---|
| Prologue | Prologue: A Young Girl’s Resolve |
| Chapter 1 | A Looming Shadow |
| Chapter 2 | The Raging Land |
| Chapter 3 | A Mad Tea Party |
| Chapter 4 | Malevolent Mist |
| Chapter 5 | That Which Must Be Protected |
| Chapter 6 | The Whereabouts of Bonds |
| Chapter 7 | Tetracyclic Towers |
| Chapter 8 | Land of Turmoil |
| Finale | Trails in the Sky |
Chinese chapter names follow the in-game Simplified Chinese text; for Chapter 7, this site uses the community-standard rendering of “Tetracyclic Towers.”
What the Chinese Section Covers#
The Chinese hub’s 22 sub-pages divide the game as follows. The overview page gathers the complete fact sheet, the announcement-to-launch timeline, the chapter structure, and a combat-system summary; the versions-and-platforms page covers the differences between the four platforms, US and Hong Kong/Taiwan pricing, the contents of each edition and the limited edition, DLC and the demo, and PC system requirements.
Character-facing pages introduce the eight officially revealed Party Members and the Ouroboros antagonists, then go deeper with an Estelle build-and-progression guide and a Joshua guide covering his dual-blade, high-speed playstyle and what to watch for while he is out of the party. The combat cluster explains the Quick/Command duality and the AT turn order, breaks down the framework of the new crafts and S-crafts, and works through how to actually use Brave Rush and Enforcer Boost, with party composition references for advanced play.
World-facing pages map Liberl’s five cities, the Tetracyclic Towers, and the finale’s stage Liber Ark; catalogue enemy types and the combat trophies that point at them; and cover the equipment and item systems, cooking together with your party, confirmed collectibles and minigames, and the Bracer Guild’s requests with the Bracer Points (BP) framework. The boss pages focus on the trophy-backed key checks: Loewe the Bladelord and Angel Weissmann.
Finally, the meta pages document the PS5’s 49-trophy structure and the confirmed trophy list, save-data carry-over from Trails in the Sky the 1st plus demo save transfer, the story structure from prologue to finale and the climactic battle, a FAQ covering release, pricing, inheritance, and languages, a directory of verifiable community resources such as the Steam community, wikis, and trophy sites, and Falcom Sound Team jdk’s rearranged soundtrack and theme songs.
Key Terms#
| Term | Official rendering and notes |
|---|---|
| Ouroboros | The secret society Ouroboros is the antagonist organization of this game’s story; the official Simplified Chinese localization renders its name in Chinese |
| Brave Rush | A linked team attack performed in Quick Battle, officially localized in Simplified Chinese as Brave Rush |
| Enforcer Boost | The new combat system announced via Gematsu; the official Simplified Chinese name follows the in-game text |
| BP | Bracer Points — evaluation points earned by completing Bracer Guild requests |
| Tetracyclic Towers | The Chapter 7 title, referring to the four great towers standing across Liberl |
Relationship to the Original and the First Remake#
- The original The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC launched in 2006, and this game is its complete remake.
- The previous remake, Trails in the Sky the 1st, launched worldwide on September 19, 2025 — itself the complete remake of 2004’s The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky FC and the Trails series’ 20th-anniversary title.
- This game was foreshadowed in a teaser hidden inside Trails in the Sky the 1st (September 16, 2025), formally announced on December 18, 2025, and dated for September 17 on April 17, 2026.
Fact-Checking Basis#
This section’s fact-checking cutoff is October 9, 2026, with sources including Clouded Leopard Entertainment’s official site and press releases, the Steam store page, Falcom’s English website, Metacritic, Gematsu, PlaystationTrophies, TrueTrophies, NeoSeeker, and multiple media and database sites. The following could not be verified this round, and every sub-page is written to that standard: the full composition and numerical multipliers of the difficulty tiers, official Simplified Chinese trophy names, the concrete numerical rewards of save inheritance, Clouded Leopard’s official Simplified Chinese town names, item-by-item DLC details, sales figures and player counts, non-trophy branch completion conditions, and specific craft and quartz circuit values. The site does not speculate about any of these; they will be added once officially announced or confirmed in-game.
Related Games#
- Octopath Traveler 2 — a turn-based JRPG with the same deliberate, party-driven combat rhythm
- Persona 5 Royal — a story-heavy JRPG built on character bonds and long-form progression
- Metaphor: ReFantazio — a modern fantasy JRPG with deep party customization and a chapter-driven campaign
- NieR: Automata — a narrative-driven JRPG whose structure rewards seeing the story through to every ending
- Final Fantasy VII Remake — a modern remake of a beloved classic, the same proposition as Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter
Related Rankings#
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Full Guides#
In-depth sub-guides — game overview and core systems, versions and platforms, the full character roster, combat systems, crafts and S-crafts, advanced combat and party synergy, the orbment and quartz circuits, Estelle and Joshua builds, boss strategies, enemies, equipment, city and dungeon maps, Bracer quests, cooking, secrets, difficulty and trophies, save transfer, story and endings, FAQ, community resources, and music and art — are available in Chinese on NTGame’s Trails in the Sky the 2nd section.
If you read Chinese, every sub-page there follows the fact-checking basis above: anything unverified is marked as such rather than guessed.