Is It Worth Going Through Ashina Resoivoir Again

Welcome to IGN's Walkthrough and Guide for Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. This area-based Walkthrough will cover all enemy encounters, items to pick up, secrets to notice and more every bit you complete your journeying every bit the shinobi known as The Wolf.

This guide contains information on the Ashina Castle (Dusk), the region of Ashina Castle once the fourth dimension of day has changed to the setting sun, and only after you lot have collected the Mortal Bract from Senpou Temple, the Lotus of the Palace Flower from the Sunken Valley, and the Shelter Stone from the Ashina Depths.

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Abandoned Dungeon Entrance	Ashina Castle Grounds	Upper Tower - Vestibule
Mini-Boss - Chained Ogre	Mini-Boss - Underwater Headless
Old Grave	Neat Ophidian Shrine
Mini-Boss - Lone Shadow	Mini-Boss - Headless	Mini-Dominate - Lone Shadow Vilehand
Boss Boxing
Lord Kuro's Room	Alternate Ending Questline

You lot'll find that the shifting time of solar day has also brought out new enemies, traps, paths, and items - and fifty-fifty new bosses to fight.

Abandoned Dungeon Entrance

Video Guide: Ashina Castle Grounds (Sunset)

Since you can't seem to get back to Ashina Castle via normal means, and the Shinobi Shortcut from the Dilapidated Temple has been ominously sealed, you'll need to find a new way in. Even the Ashina Castle Gate has been locked - which means the merely access to the castle is via the Abandoned Dungeon Entrance.

Earlier leaving the dungeon, be sure to head back inside for a moment. If y'all decided to send Jinzaemon or Kotaro to the surgeon Dosaku, you tin bring him the Red Carp Optics to help complete his experiment.

Predictably, you'll shortly be able to find either Jinzaemon or Kotaro on the kickoff island in the Secret Waterway - having killed all the Soldiers here. They will at present have blood-red eyes, and gone insane to boot. The simply matter you tin do now is fight them, but either opponent will be bolstered in strength (Jinzaemon fights similar a Samurai General, while Kotaro wields a bell). Withal, due to the red eyes, you lot can still apply fire based attacks to scare them and unleash major damage, though you'll notice they require more hits than your average enemy to defeat.

Defeating either of them will yield a Red Lump that you can utilize to grant yourself red eyes and unflinching posture at the cost of not existence able to resurrect.

At this point, you can also dive into the waterway here to find 3 Light Coin Pocketbook by an underwater muzzle, and a flooded tunnel to the left leads to a Ceramic Shard and a dorsum entrance to Dosaku's "lab" where yous can detect a Mibu Balloon of Soul, Pacifying Agent, and Dosaku'due south Notation.

If yous come back, Dosaku volition have one final experiment to perform on his loyal assistant Dojun - aka himself - and you lot'll soon find him on the same isle you found the others, also with cherry-red eyes, and tin can exist defeated for another Red Lump.

As you become to leave the dungeon, yous tin eavesdrop on a Soldier who is finding it odd he hasn't been relieved from his shift. Sounds like something is really wrong in the castle. Despite this, the Ashina Reservoir is pretty much untouched - just as y'all cross the span towards the Ashina Castle Sculptor's Idol, a Soldier volition come running and attempt to hibernate - followed by a new enemy.

The Interior Ministry Soldier, clad in imposing scarlet armor, will come out to kill the Ashina Soldier with his mortiferous dual blades, and tin can deal quick and lethal damage with several combo hits - and can also perform an overhead pincer-like thrust attack that y'all'll demand to Mikiri Counter.

He also likes to clash his blades before performing multiple 3-iv hit combos, sometimes strafing and twirling for a wind-upward attack, or a jumping downwardly strike. While he may await imposing, his posture isn't that spectacular, and in one case you have an idea of his attacks you can deflect a few combos and go for a counter to quickly interruption and impale him.

After defeating this new invader, cross the bridge to detect the main Ashina Castle span has been destroyed. At that place'due south a Pellet next to a dying Soldier who mumbles that the intruders take been using the moat to get inside - and use can meet a makeshift bamboo bridge in the moat below that you can grapple down to.

Since y'all at present have the Mibu Breathing Technique, swoop into the moat and look underwater around the far corner to find a Treasure Carp Scale. Now swim into the moat tunnel where you can discover Yashariku's Sugar at the entrance, and you'll finally be able to dive under and detect a passage with a Treasure Carp for some other Treasure Carp Scale.

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On the other side of the moat, you can notice more makeshift bamboo bridges and ladders used to infiltrate the castle - and they lead all the fashion upwardly to the master stairway. Still, you may non desire to follow that route - every bit a Ninja is waiting along the bamboo bridge at the summit to ambush you. Instead, be sure to go into the nearby edifice and driblet downward to re-commune with the Ashina Reservoir Sculptor'southward Idol (even if nothing has changed down here).

Ashina Castle Grounds

Caput back up and speedily make a detour to the bottom of the castle stairs to find a soldier getting ambushed past some other Interior Ministry Soldier - and kill whoever wins. Re-commune with the Ashina Castle Sculptor'south Idol, and get-go going up the stairs.

Halfway up yous'll find some Oil and some other dying Soldier who talks of the intruders in the castle. Grapple up to the buildings on the side equally you achieve the top of the stairs - a Soldier will come screaming out of the main castle door, and followed by an Interior Ministry Soldier, and 2 more than will come out when you near the door.

You can take a few out from higher up - and also get the drop on the Ninja waiting below on the bamboo bridge overlooking the Reservoir for an easy kill. Endeavour to take on the invading soldiers i at a time if y'all can - and apply the buildings to grapple upward to and confuse them if y'all need to.

When y'all try and enter the castle, y'all'll detect the next door locked - and apparently they have a Chained Ogre waiting beneath the antechamber. Still, you tin can at least grab the Adamantite Chip and Oil before heading back out into the streets. Likewise note that i of the buildings above has a bamboo span leading correct up to the castle tower that the Ninjas have used to infiltrate the place - and you can follow them if you wish - or first see the rest of the castle grounds.

Every bit you move into the side by side alley, you'll find the aforementioned Soldiers there surprisingly unaware of what'due south going on in the primary castle - though the ones past the battlements will soon be ambushed past another invader. Kill the grouping, and look past the solitary tree for Oil and Black Gunpowder. As you move to the rooftops, you'll detect that all the Nightjar Ninja have already been killed. This should be cause for concern as well every bit relief.

Motility along the rooftops back towards the castle, and y'all'll spot a dead Nightjar NInja holding a Pellet. As you inspect the body, 3 invading Senpou Assassins - embellished with the red hats of the Interior Ministry - will climb onto the roof to reveal who's been killing the ninjas. Accept care in taking on all three at in one case - and give yourself space by jumping between buildings as needed and using tools to distract or stagger them.

Equally you near the tallest building to attain the castle - 3 more Senpou Assassins will appear on the building on the correct, forth with one on the roof of the tallest building. Be sure to allurement them into jumping across rooftops so you can use Shurikens to knock them out of the heaven - or utilize the Loaded Axe to trap them in place with a big hit and follow up with your Fang and Bract skill.

At the top of the tallest building you'll find another expressionless Nightjar Ninja with a Fleck Magnetite. Grappling beyond to the lower roof of the castle tower, yous'll see the bridges they used to climb upwardly, and a lone Ninja waits for you here. Equally he comes to boxing, he'll whistle for an Attack Dog to join him in battle - backpedal and take out the dog with a shuriken earlier focusing on deflecting the ninja'due south attacks.

Y'all're much stronger than when facing that optional ninja in Hirata Manor - so focus on blocking their combo hits, and trade of with one or two swings while waiting for their response to build upwards their posture. Retrieve that they ever follow up a string of kicks with a thrust kick, and they'll follow up a flying slam boot with a sweep - and you lot tin counter them instantly to end the fight.

Accept intendance when turning the corner - more than Ninjas patrol the next row of rooftops: Ii on the right, one on the left, and a Vilehand Ninja on the top of a roof guarding some bamboo bridges. To brand matters worse, at that place's several Assault Dogs waiting on the back roofs simply out of sight to come running in a moment'due south notice.

Brand no mistake - this is a tough meet. At that place's no easy way to sneak up on any of these foes, and they have a tendency to all come fight as a group. Instead, you may want to carefully step out from the corner to try and alert one at a time - or least get someone curious to come up to you lot, and proceed the battle where you fought the starting time ninja. This volition also prevent them from bringing the attack dogs into the equation, and you can save them for terminal.

If you fall downward the bamboo ladders to the grounds below, note there are a couple Crawling Geckos in the empty courtyard - as well as Antidote Powder. When yous've cleared the Ninjas - or just want to run past them, you tin either use the ladders they were putting upwards to run straight up to the tower and the next Boss Fight - or clear the rest of the castle and its grounds first.

Upper Tower - Lobby

Video Guide: Ashina Castle Tower, Old Grave, and Ophidian Shrine (Dusk)

If you chose to re-enter the tower via the antechamber, re-commune with the Upper Tower - Antechamber Sculptor'due south Idol, and kill the Ashina Elite in the next room every bit you did before. This time, there's a Ninja past himself in the primary room, with another Ninja watching the two Ashina Elite in the war room nearby. If you desire to take some fun, brand sure everyone notices each other and then grapple upward into the crawlspace in the state of war room, and lookout man the ensuing fight that'south fairly evenly matched. Once 1 side wins, you lot can drib back down and clear out the winners. You can also look in the crawlspace for a Pellet.

The rest of the surface area remains the same, with the Elite and Soldier with the old lady in the next room, and 2 more Ashina Elite past the stairs upward to the Dojo. Nevertheless this fourth dimension you tin peek into the entrance to Isshin Ashina'south watchtower and spotter an Interior Ministry Ninja take on a Nightjar Ninja - and again kill the winner.

Upstairs, you'll find Isshin with Emma, who doesn't want him running off and is making him stay put - but other than that they don't seem at all concerned by the battles raging down below. Interestingly - if you go out onto the balcony and stay by the door, you can overhear on the pair to learn some interesting info on what'due south to come. You can as well notice a Pellet and a chest outside that holds the Black Scroll - detailing a mysterious Black Mortal Blade that Isshin seems to know about - simply who holds it now?

Back in the main castle, exist certain to commune with the Ashina Castle Upper Tower Dojo Sculptor's Idol, and catch the Adamantite Fleck nearby. Before heading up through the dojo or to the tower itself, there's a few more than things to take intendance of below.

Mini-Dominate - Chained Ogre

Returning to the Entrance hall, you can drib down here to find that someone decided to tie up another Chained Ogre in the main hall, and predictably he'll intermission gratuitous to assail y'all. Withal, if y'all bound downwards onto the axle in a higher place him, and lock onto him from in a higher place, you tin jump at a slight angle to come downward on top of him for a gratis Plunging Deathblow to start the boxing with.

If you thought the Chained Ogre would be easier this much farther into the game - you're both right and incorrect. This Mini-Dominate nonetheless deals a ton of impairment - especially with those grabs of his - and in that location's a lot less room to motion around in to contrivance. Remember the golden dominion: assault only a few swings at a fourth dimension and be ready for his retaliation. If he goes for a standing take hold of - dodge backwards. If he spreads his arms wide and starts jogging - jump up to a higher place the grab.

Interestingly plenty, this Chained Ogre does not have carmine eyes. This means that fire will non exist able to stun him (though a fully charged smash from the Spring-load Flame Vent can nevertheless burn him and make him pause for a moment). Because of this you won't have an easy manner out (bated from the gratis deathblow), so exist careful in your approach.

The good news is that he still has a moment of vulnerability later on trying a grab set on - or subsequently grabbing and throwing you. When you see the grapple icon announced on his neck, you lot can swing forward and use the Grappling Hook Assail to score a few free hits - but don't get greedy that you get locked into an animation when he decides to fight back.

Defeating this Chained Ogre will net you a Prayer Bead, and the Shinobi Medicine Rank iii Skill to further increment the amount you lot heal from your items. Be sure to likewise grab the Adamantite Scrap in the center of the room, and open the main door dorsum to the castle stairs.

Mini-Boss - Underwater Headless

Exiting the castle towards the back where the large reservoir lake is, you'll find the Samurai Leader has moved from the span to wait out over the h2o - so take him and his friend out quickly.

Dive into the lake and clear the ii Man-eating Fish from the surface earlier diving under. You'll immediately notice at that place's a Headless simply standing their underwater - and he is not happy you've found him down here.

An underwater boss fight is certainly an interesting premise - especially against a Headless. Since he doesn't really move all that much, he'll alternating betwixt issuing projectile sword beam slices from his swings, and as well send those creepy tracking pilus-like stuff that will crusade terror as well. He besides has a unique underwater grab that pulls in the h2o around his palm similar a blackness pigsty you'll desire to swim away from.

The adept news is that y'all don't really demand Divine Confetti to damage this apparition in his underwater home. The bad news is that yous are unable to use well-nigh items except for gourds while underwater. Knowing this, have the Royal Mottled Gourd in your quick item listing and apply it when y'all get hit.

Now for boxing strategy: This fight comes down to two simple things. Striking, and run. Using the swim dash, y'all can shoot forward with your sword in front of you for a lance-like jab, and then speedily swim away before he can react. Y'all'll desire to keep him locked on and strafe effectually him while swimming - wait for him to launch an set on, and so dart in for a strike before darting back out.

As long every bit you time it correct, you'll be able to escape unharmed every fourth dimension, and easily contrivance away from whatsoever retaliations by darting this way and that. He merely has 1 health bar underwater, and you lot do enough impairment with your piercing thrust that you tin merely have your fourth dimension without worrying near being as well aggressive.

Defeat the Headless, and you'll receive Ungo's Spiritfall - an item that lets you reap the benefits of Ungo's Saccharide as many times as yous want, in exchange for Spirit Emblems. Be sure to also look forth the moat's bottom for three Heavy Coin Purse, and Yashariku's Sugar over past the moat wall, and a Mibu Possession Balloon in the far corner past the bridge.

Former Grave

You can take the path back to the Quondam Grave at present to eavesdrop on the Shinobi Hunter who's starting to have second thoughts about working for Ashina. As y'all re-district with the One-time Grave Sculptor's Idol, you'll find a few small differences in this area.

The Sunken Valley Cannoneers still man the two towers, but it seems the Nightjar Ninja have taken upwardly defensive positions here, oddly away from where the fighting is going down. Ane stands on a wall near the stairs down, another on the edge of the building Black Badger was within (who is nowhere to be found), a third across from the building on a wall with two Soldiers, a 4th below the stairs past the second watchtower, and fifth (kamikaze exploder) around the wall by the gate.

Have out the outset Nightjar Ninja on the superlative wall offset, then the start Cannoneer in his belfry, and then return to the Sculptor's Idol and drib down to the building below. Blackhat Badger might be gone, only you can piece of work your way effectually the roof to impale the Nightjar Ninja here without alerting anyone else, then go around the dorsum to drop down and take out the Nightjar Ninja by the base of the second watchtower, and then grapple upwards the dorsum to accept out the second Cannoneer.

Finally, lure the explosive NInja into blowing himself upward, then ambush the last i on the wall with the 2 Riflemen. When yous reach the gate to the broken bridge, y'all'll find ane concluding Nightjar Ninja trying to fend off a Senpou Assassin. In fact, if you sneak effectually the side of the gate, yous can detect the Assassin hanging from a ledge in await - and actually eavesdrop on him snickering to himself virtually how their bait lured the Nightjars to defend this side of the castle. Kill him, and he'll blurt out in surprise before dying, and you'll become a Heavy Coin Pocketbook.

Peachy Snake Shrine

Backtracking past the moat, you'll detect a Ceramic Shard nigh a regular Samurai General and Soldier along the bridge leading out towards the Sunken Valley - and a Ninja will drop in from higher up to fight him. It can be a pretty even match - and a fleck of fun to watch - but make sure you impale the winner.

Grab the Yashariku'south Sugar as you lot get out and head down the path to detect the monkeys all expressionless. Instead, three Ninja Set on Dogs volition come up out of the shrine to deadfall you, and then take your shurikens or firecrackers ready to stun them.

Mini-Boss - Lone Shadow Masanaga the Spear-Bearer

As yous carefully sneak up to the Sculptor'south Idol, you'll detect a new mini-boss Ninja, Masanaga, standing over the body of his friend - killed by the Tengu of Ashina. You can overhear on him to learn a fleck more, and so sneak effectually to the other side and get a Stealth Deathblow off on him to start the battle.

This fight plays out similar to the Lone Shadow Longswordsman in the Ashina well - but the confines of the room can be a bit tight - so feel gratuitous to take things outside, on the roof - or wherever you please.

He'll start the fight by using Yashariku's Saccharide and his posture will take a hitting, but he'll be dealing a lot more damage now. He can also use the vilehand technique of raising his hook from under his cloak to do toxicant punches ending in a big downward slash - go along well away from those.

Since his attacks are so much stronger, you lot may want to invest in Ungo'southward Carbohydrate or Gokan'south Sugar to reduce damage or posture - and really exist patient with deflecting his philharmonic hits and kicks. Exist sure to counter every thrust kicking he does with a Mikiri Counter, and jump over any sweep kicks he tries to perform after his leaping slam kick.

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Defeating him will earn y'all Yellow Gunpowder, as well equally a Prayer Bead, and you can now activate the Serpent Shrine Sculptor'due south Idol, and loot the body of the Ninja'southward friend to find a Dragon's Blood Droplet.

Mini-Boss - Headless

Now that you've secured the Great Ophidian Shrine, take a moment to driblet down beneath to the Undershrine Valley, and go right to exit the valley out onto the Ashina Outskirts. You may remember this area with the grave pyramids where there was a Prayer Bead and a frozen waterfall and pool - now we can dive in.

Be careful equally you first enter the area, as three Ashina Elite apparitions will announced effectually the graves to fight you - and all at one time they can be hard to deal with - or you can just avoid them and dive into the pool.

Swim through the tunnel and you'll find yourself in a big darkened cavern with more rock pyramids and a Headless. Exist sure yous have the Phoenix'south Lilac Umbrella, the Mottled Purple Gourd, and plenty of Divine Confetti (you can always farm more past killing the Ashina Elite in the castle).

The headless will slow your movements so dodging is not possible, and likes to attack with large slow sweeping strikes - if they aren't deflected perfectly by your blade, you'll still take lots of terror damage, which is why the upgraded umbrella is and so important for negating these strikes.

With the umbrella active, the only damage you'll take is minimal posture harm - so await out his strikes and retaliate with your own, and watch out for when he disappears to re-appear backside you and effort to grab - jog out of his attain and wait for the fight to resume. His only existent attacks are a couple of swift overhead strikes, and his long limbo-like sweeping swing that goes around in a circumvolve - and commonly ends with him disappearing.

Note that if y'all take the Projected Force Skill, you can ship out waves of energy at the Headless using your Umbrella - but this besides seems to eat upward any Divine Confetti you take active - if y'all desire to conserve, make sure you lot're totally out of the shield before attacking so you don't use information technology up. That said it does exercise a fair bit of damage - so long as you make certain to go set up to deflect again when he retaliates. If you lot run out of Spirit Emblems, yous can use the Ceremonial Tanto from the Shichimen Actor to gain a few more emblems - just make sure you're out of range of the Headless to heal the health you need to lose to proceeds these emblems.

Defeat this Headless, and he'll drop Gokan's Spiritfall - which yous can utilize to reap the benefits of Gokan'due south Saccharide every bit much as you desire - in exchange for Spirit Emblems. Be certain to check effectually the dorsum of the giant chantry here for Divine Grass, and around the burial mounds for a Lump of Grave Wax.

Mini-Boss - Lone Shadow Vilehand

Returning to the Ashina Castle Upper Belfry Dojo, there's 1 last enemy to defeat before the primary fight at the castle. Where you lot one time faced an Ashina Elite, you'll see a Ninja waiting instead with his back turned.

If this looks too easy to be true - you're correct. Carefully hunker to the doorway and look left to see another Ninja waiting in the corner - looking right at the Mini-Dominate. Since he's not looking at the door, you can actually eliminate this ninja before taking on the Mini-Boss, only doing so will warning him to your presence.

Because of this, the fight tin can be tough if yous're still having trouble fighting these types of enemies. Even so - it doesn't have to exist. Since y'all can get the drib on the other Ninja, why not use the Puppeteer Ninjutsu to bring a friend to this encounter, and let them become at it while you lot attack from backside?

This fashion, you tin can alternating attacking to get his attention, and and then letting his one-time friend stab him in the back, and keep him from blocking by always having someone target his exposed dorsum. Of course you lot volition take to watch out for friendly burn down - but done right, you lot should be able to get off one Deathblow before your puppet expires.

Since this Ninja employs the poison fist attacks, watch out for the forward punches followed by the downwardly slashes - and try dodging to the side of them to open up him up for counters. Subsequently that, don't exist afraid to trade single blows with him and deflect his kicks and strikes before post-obit up - and if he lets out a philharmonic - be prepare to jump over his sweep or Mikiri Counter the leg thrust to rack up his posture damage.

Defeat him, and you'll earn a Lump of Fat Wax and a Prayer Bead - and the route to the belfry volition exist clear. Outside the window, a dying Nightjar Ninja implores you to protect Emma and the Divine Heir. You may exist surprised to find who is at the top though.

An familiar acquaintance stands here now - once thought dead. After the cutscene ends, y'all can speak to him to be offered a very huge selection: Intermission the Fe Code and defend Lord Kuro, or obey the request asked of you and turn on your Lord.

Important: The choice you make here volition bear upon how the rest of the game plays out! Once chosen, you lot cannot simply die and pick a dissimilar option - y'all volition be locked into the chosen path for the residual of your playthrough until you reach New Game+. One of these choices will severely limit what you are able to feel - run into the spoiler text below for more than details.

For the purpose of this Walkthrough, it is assumed that you volition intermission the Fe Code to go along to assistance Lord Kuro. If y'all do not wish to choose this path, see the Shura Ending Walkthrough for more details.

Boss Battle - Great Shinobi - Owl

Video Guide: Great Shinobi - Owl Boss Battle

Refusing the asking of your begetter and master, you will at present be locked into combat with Owl to defend your Lord from his desire to utilize the Dragon's Blood for his ain purposes.

Make no mistake - this will non exist an easy fight for ane big reason: Anti-healing Grenades. At many points in gainsay, Owl volition seek to pause to toss a small brawl into the air in front end of him. Every bit it explodes in greenish and grey fume, it will return your Healing Gourd unsable for a minute - making the fight extremely tough should you get striking.

Owl will try this move all the time - after combo attacks, dash attacks, or just getting close to you, and particularly when yous get staggered. The only good news about this is that while he'southward occupied trying to stop you from healing, he won't be using his other attacks as much.

Because of this you should ever be moving in this fight - a combination of backpedaling and strafing is a proficient idea due to this and his other moves. While it'due south recommended you lot practise effort and punish his anti-healing grenade when yous tin can, yous want to exist careful non to attack him too shut to his sides, or you risk getting in range of the fume. Instead, you'll desire to dash around to the side shut to his back and become off an assault from that angle. If it looks like its too close for comfort - don't do information technology, it's ameliorate in the long run to go along him tossing grenades.

If you lot do go hit by an Anti-healing Grenade, yous MUST remain on the defensive - hell, you may even want to dart around him to keep him at a distance. Don't try any risky counter attacks - they aren't worth the chance of taking also much damage and beingness unable to heal support. But exist patient, and avoid or deflect whatever comes your way until yous see your gourd calorie-free up once more.

In between these attacks, he has a slew of powerful moves he'll use. His sword strokes are strong and powerful can dan exercise a number on your posture - make sure y'all take the Flowing Water Latent Skill, and you may also want to utilize Gokan'south Sugar too. Since he rarely gives yous time to exhale, use the moments he tries to toss his grenades to heal or vitrify. His sword strikes can range from single or triple strikes, and he may also plow to perform ii rapid back slashes after these hits.

He will also use shurikens to disorient you in combat. If he throws a single shuriken, he'll come at you lot with a dashing slice that will send you reeling fifty-fifty if you lot deflect information technology. If he sends two shurikens, he'll follow up with a jumping downwardly slice that can be deflected - but you may also want to dodge to the side at the last moment to make it a free hit. If you're quick, y'all tin also fire a shuriken when he jumps - only you better react fast.

Another annoying move he has is a close up kick - if yous block or deflect, he'll simply bounce off your blade in a backflip while firing a rain of shurikens down - either agree block to ready yourself, or dash one time to the side to avoid them. This is another adept reason to be constantly backpedaling while strafing - as his boot won't state if yous move out of its brusque range, and you won't take to worry nigh the move at all.

This is a fight you can take at your own step - at that place's zippo incorrect with waiting for each of his attacks to come up, or a grenade to be tossed, before you respond with a single strike or two before bankroll away. He's much more than powerful than someone like Genichiro, and trying to become ambitious and deflect everything may result in your posture getting broken before his. Just focus on getting his health downward to about half, and so rack upward his posture damage past actively deflecting his philharmonic strings, then backing off to concord block and heal your own posture. Y'all can also use the Mist Raven to teleport backside his frontal slashes and become hits in from behind, since he has no sweeping or unblockable attacks to speak of.

When you articulate one of his health confined, he'll unexpectedly collapse to the ground and beg you to stop. Considering you're fighting a master shinobi - exercise not fall for this. As soon as you get near, he'll jump backwards and throw down a smoke cloud that will articulate your targeting, and will do this at multiple intervals during this phase.

If you're unsure, be sure to agree down cake equally you hit the target push button and swivel your camera to find his new location - he oftentimes takes a moment before coming in for the attack, and that's your cue to get your bearings. He may also run through the smoke to toss an Anti-healing Grenade, then be vigilant.

The rest of the phase plays out mostly the same except for one difference - in add-on to smoke bombs, he will also shift in tactics for his kick backflip. Instead of tossing a spread of shurikens, he'll cover a swath of the floor in poisonous substance every bit he jumps backwards. This poison will linger for a fiddling bit, and will inhibit the amount that you're able to circumvolve strafe him in this arena. Because of this, you'll need to remind yourself of which area he's poisoned and steer articulate of it until it dissipates.

As long every bit yous play this phase just as safe, and abuse the times he throws his anti-healing grenade, and trade his big attacks for a safety poke or two until his health drops enough where his posture stops recovering - you can whittle him down in this phase the same manner.

Upon his final and true defeat, you'll earn the Memory: Great Shinobi, as well as an Aromatic Co-operative - apparently Owl was keeping plenty of secrets from you, including stealing the branch from the Everblossom many years agone.

Lord Kuro'southward Room

At present that things are simply somewhat back to normal, you lot tin caput downstairs to find Lord Kuro unharmed, and Lady Emma has rejoined him. Unlock the windows, and then speak to Lord Kuro about what transpired with Owl.

After speaking with him, be sure to talk until you nowadays both the Aromatic Branch and the Shelter Rock, and then use the Mortal Blade to depict some of his blood to place in incense burner.

As all the ingredients come together - the words "Fountainhead Palace" will come unbidden. In order to attain this mysterious destination, y'all must follow the clues of presenting the bridal offering while wrapped in the aroma of the fountainhead.

This means you must return to the Ashina Depths and travel to the Wedding ceremony Cave Door. One time inside, you can movement into the large cave and place yourself within the Bridal Palanquin, and watch the ensuing cutscene as you are taken to your adjacent location - the Fountainhead Palace.

Alternate Ending Questline - Purification

Before yous head off to the Fountainhead Palace, in that location's a hidden questline that's worth exploring. Whether y'all desire to pursue the path of Purification, Immortal Severance, or fifty-fifty the Render, this path is even so worth checking out every bit it features a few optional fights with their own rewards - as well every bit priming you to exist able to choose between different endings afterwards the final fight.

With Owl defeated, you can detect that moving behind the screens at the back of Lord Kuro's Room tin can allow you lot to eavesdrop on Kuro, mumbling something about "do what must be done;"

After you have done this, balance at a Sculptor's Idol once, and you lot'll detect that Lady Emma has moved up to the Upper Tower Lookout. Speaking with her here, she'll confide that in that location must be another manner too the Immortal Severance. If you agree that Lord Kuro should not exist allowed to die, Emma will start searching for an alternate path.

Rest once more and speak to Emma and she will give you Tomoe's Note, which describes the path of Purification. It references using the flowers of the Everblossom - only the branch Owl had stole has now withered. Emma volition look into the more info on Lord Takeru and Lady Tomoe - who are buried at the back of the castle.

Fast Travel to the Sometime Grave's Sculptor's Idol, and caput through the pocket-sized building to discover Emma standing by the graves. Speak to her over again, and she'll confess she hasn't found annihilation, just plans to speak to the Sculptor at the Dilapidated Temple.

At present you lot can travel to the temple, but speaking to Emma and the Sculptor appears to exist fruitless - though the Sculptor will oddly mention that the temple is drafty - a reference to the gaping pigsty in the wall near him. Sneak effectually the back and you can eavesdrop using the hole in the dorsum wall to hear a conversation between Emma and the Sculptor. To consummate the path of Purification - someone must die.

Return inside and face up Emma by telling her that you overheard her, and when she tries to shy away, make her tell the truth. As he spills the beans, she volition entrust the Father'south Bell Charm to you. Taken from the body of Owl, it seems that his retentivity is an alternate telling of the Hirata Estate. By using the Bell Charm, yous'll be able to experience an entirely different ending to the retentiveness involving a few new tough mini-boss fights, and a much harder boss fight.

Information technology's highly recommended yous explore this alternating path as it provides some actress Prayer Beads and another retentivity to raise your attack power - but it will be hard. At this point, yous can also explore the Fountainhead Palace, but exist certain to complete this questline earlier yous defeat the dominate at the end of the Fountainhead Palace, or this ending will be lost to you.

With this in heed, the adjacent office of our Walkthrough will particular the Hirata Estate (Owl's Memory).

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