Marvel’s Wolverine Spiral Cut trophy unlocks when you defeat 75 enemies with Tornado Spin, and the cleanest route is in Nightmare Trials or Mission Replay.
How to get the Spiral Cut trophy
| Step | Action |
|---|---|
| 1 | Use Tornado Spin regularly from the beginning of the game; it is Logan’s first Special Technique and unlocks automatically. |
| 2 | Make sure Tornado Spin lands the final hit rather than only damaging the enemy, because the trophy tracks actual defeats with the move. |
| 3 | If the trophy is unfinished after the story, replay enemy-heavy missions or Nightmare Trials and use Tornado Spin on weakened groups until the counter reaches 75. |
Use Tornado Spin regularly from the beginning of the game; it is Logan’s first Special Technique and unlocks automatically.
Make sure Tornado Spin lands the final hit rather than only damaging the enemy, because the trophy tracks actual defeats with the move.
Mission: Nightmare Trials or Mission Replay
Requirement: defeat 75 enemies with Tornado Spin
Missable: No, use Mission Replay after the story
Trophy: Bronze
Where the Spiral Cut trophy happens
Tornado Spin is activated with L2 plus Square and has a cooldown, so the easiest progress comes from using it throughout the story instead of saving all 75 kills for the end.
Because Marvel’s Wolverine Spiral Cut trophy is tied to a specific story sequence, it is easier to remember the mission name than to search every region. Once Nightmare Trials or Mission Replay is available in Mission Replay, you can return directly to the relevant part of the campaign.
Can you miss it permanently?
No. Marvel’s Wolverine Spiral Cut trophy can be cleaned up after the story through Mission Replay in the Nightmare Cabin. You might pass the interaction or environmental setup during a normal playthrough, but that does not lock the trophy out of the save.
Nightmare Trials are excellent cleanup because they provide repeatable groups without forcing long stretches of traversal between fights. Technique recharge Adaptations can also increase how often the move is available.

What to do if the trophy does not pop
For Marvel’s Wolverine Spiral Cut trophy, make sure the game has actually registered the full requirement rather than only part of it. Contextual trophies often wait for the interaction, enemy defeat or destruction animation to finish before the notification appears.
If the count feels slow, weaken enemies with normal attacks first and let Tornado Spin finish them. A spin that hits five targets but kills none does not move the trophy as quickly as a smaller group already near defeat.
Fast cleanup route
If you are already in the post-game, open the Nightmare Cabin, use the bed and select Nightmare Trials or Mission Replay. Ignore unrelated collectibles unless the mission tracker shows something else you still need, then head straight for the trophy setup.
That makes Marvel’s Wolverine Spiral Cut trophy a short cleanup task rather than a reason to replay Marvel’s Wolverine from the beginning. Once it unlocks, return to the cabin and move on to the next contextual trophy or collectible gap.
Marvel’s Wolverine Spiral Cut trophy: Build Tornado Spin kills naturally before farming
Because Tornado Spin is available from the prologue, use it as a finisher whenever groups of weak enemies are already close to defeat. Those incidental final hits reduce the amount of repetitive cleanup needed for the 75-kill requirement after the story.
If the trophy is still unfinished, switch to a repeatable combat section or Nightmare Trial and deliberately leave enemies with enough health for Tornado Spin to finish them. The move dealing damage is not the important part; the final blow is what you want to see.
Marvel’s Wolverine Spiral Cut trophy tracks Tornado Spin final blows, making weak grouped enemies far more valuable than repeatedly using the move on healthy targets.
Make Tornado Spin deliver the final hit
Tornado Spin is available from the prologue and uses L2 plus Square, which means you can make progress on Spiral Cut throughout the whole campaign. The important detail is that Tornado Spin needs to deliver the killing blow. Damaging an enemy with it and finishing with normal claws does not add the same useful progress.
Against weaker enemies, soften a group with basic attacks and use Tornado Spin when several are close to defeat. Nightmare Trials and Mission Replay are good cleanup options because they provide repeatable combat without requiring a new save. Keep using the move until the 75-kill requirement registers.
For Marvel’s Wolverine Spiral Cut trophy progress, save Tornado Spin for the actual finishing hit whenever a weakened group is clustered together.
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Official Marvel’s Wolverine information
For official game information, visit the Marvel’s Wolverine page on PlayStation.
