OOOOO N N IIII MM MM U U SSSSSSS H H AA O O NN N II MM MM U U S H H AA O O N N N II M M M M U U SSSSSSS HHHHHH A A O O N N N II M M M M U U SSSSSSS HHHHHH AAAAAA O O N N N II M M M U U S H H A A OOOOO N NN IIII M M UUUUUU SSSSSSS H H A A IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII III III III III III III III III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ===================================================================== I. Introduction & Revision History ===================================================================== This is my first FAQ. Since I decided to do it, I might as well do it on the best game that I've ever played for the PS2. Onimusha 2 is sure to "WOW" you in every way. It may be short but believe me you will like it. On-Im-us-haaaaaaaaaaa!!! J/k. Anyway here is the per....er.....next to perfect guide u will need to get through this game. =========================== Revision History ========================== v.1.0 (9-4-02): FAQ first started, Around 80kb overall. Did up to the Gold Mine v.1.05(9-7-02): First version wasn't complete enough, made a new one and up to Gifu Castle. 43 kb now v.1.2 (9-8-02): Did up to Oni Sacred Place 1. Reformatted this FAQ/Walkthrough. About 57 kb now v.1.3 (9-18-02): No Walkthrough updates today, Some additions to the Outline like an Item FAQ and more Red Soul cluster locations v.1.35 (9-19-02): Finishing up the Gift item list, Added the History Book and Artwork Section and a Trick Treasure Box list. v1.4 (10-3-02): Sorry about the last update, tons of school work from advanced courses. Anyway did an extra section and up to East Gifu I promise the final Walkthrough update within 2 weeks. 2 more sites to add to the Approved site list and added the Puzzle Phantom Realm. ====================================================================== II. Table of Contents ====================================================================== III. WHAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO KNOW. 1. Game Basics 2. The Good Guys 3. Characters Weapons/Armor 4. The Evil Guys 5. The Common Enemy 6. The Soul Types 7. The Gift System Basics 8. Advanced Combat Tactics IV. WALKTHROUGH 1. Yagyu Village 1 2. Imasho Town 1 3. The Gold Mine 1 4. Imasho Town 2 5. Gifu Castle 6. Imasho Town 3 7. Yagyu Villiage Revisited 8. Fog Valley 9. Oni Sacred Place 10. East Gifu Castle 11. The Demon Cave 12. Oni Sacred Place 2 13. Oni Genbu 14. Gifu Castle Final V. PHANTOM REALM WALKTHROUGH 1. Red Phantom Realm 2. Blue Phantom Realm 3. Green Phantom Realm 4. Purple Phantom Realm VI. THE 8 HIDDEN NECKLACES 1. White Necklace 2. Orange Necklace 3. Purple Necklace 4. Blue Necklace 5. Yellow Necklace 6. Green Necklace 7. Red Necklace 8. Black Necklace VI. DEMON TREASURE LOCATIONS VII. HIDDEN RED SOUL CLUSTERS VIII. HIDDEN DIFFICULTYS AND MINI-GAMES IX. SUB CHARACTER QUESTS 1. Kotaro 2. Magoichi 3. Ekei 4. Oyu X. BOSS STRATEGIES 1. Ginghamphatts I 2. Gogandantess I 3. Ginghamphatts II 4. Jujudormah 5. Gogandantess II 6. Gogandantess III 7. Ekei 8. Gyaran Leader 9. Ginghamphatts III 10. Nobunaga 11. Golden Evil Statue XI. PUZZLE PHANTOM REALM SOLUTIONS XII. ITEMS & GIFT GIVING *Gift giving coming soon* 1. Health and Magic recovery items 2. Gift Items 3. Jubei's Weapons 4. Artwork 5. History Books XIII. FAQ REVIEWS XIV. DISCLAIMER XV. CREDITS ===================================================================== III. WHAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO KNOW ===================================================================== 1. Game Basics Yeah im pretty sure you all know what I mean here. The basic punch and kick right? WRONG! You get to use a sword! Lets go over the controls. L1: Block while using Melee weapon L2: Use Secondary Characters Secondary Weapon R1: Strafe/Charge Weapon R2: Quick 180° Square: Swing Sword Down + Square: Kick enemy Triangle: Magic Attack O: Absorb Souls X: Open Chests / Talk / Search the Ground. R3: View Map Start: Character Menu Select: Pause Menu D-Pad: WHAT? You haven't played a game in your life? You should already know what this is for. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. The Good Guys ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Jubei Yagyu The young hero of the Yagyu clan of Japan. Born from a Yagyu father and a Oni mother, Jubei was a human with supernatural powers. With the power to absorb souls and turn into the Legendary Onimusha, He can be quite powerful and a deadly adversary. Oyu This is the woman fighter that Jubei first sees in Imasho town. She wears one of the orbs that Jubei seeks as a pendant and likes western style equipment. One of the most powerful sub characters in the game, how can you refuse to be allies with her? Kotaro Fuma A ninja, and a chief of the Fuma clan, He is extremely skilled as a warrior. He hates Nobanuga as much as you and would like to be allies with you. But could his ninja skills be of any possible use to you? (As a side note he HATES Oyu) Magoichi Saiga The Captain of the gun team that Jubei first finds fighting with Ekei outside the bar, Expertises in ultra powerful guns. He LOVES history related items and he HATES Ekei. This could possibly be the best alliance opportunity in the game? Ekei Ankokouji Just your local drunkard here. You first see him fighting Magoichi outside the bar. The Most powerful character of the game, and the slowest at that. Could this be the alliance you have been waiting for? My guess: Probably not. (As a side note he HATES Magoichi) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Characters Weapons/Armor ----------------------------------------------------------------------- You're Eager to hear this part aren't you Most characters carry 4 weapons, with the exception of Magoichi and Jubei. I wont state the Amount required to upgrade them all Character Weapon 1 Weapon 2 Weapon 3 Weapon 4 Weapon 5 Weapon 6 Jubei Y. Sword Buraitou Hyoujin-Yari Senpamaru Doukutsui Rekka-Ken Oyu B. Sword Phirangi Gradius Dagger XXXXXXXXXX Kotaro Kunai Gabishi Roga Kunai Shuriken XXXXXXXXXX Magoichi Tri-Barrel Goraishinki F.Thrower Canon C. Knife Flash Bomb Ekei Spear Houtengeki Halberd Charm XXXXXXXXXX You want to know about armor too? Its not really that important but if you say so... Character 1st piece of armor 2nd piece of Armor 3rd Piece of Armor Jubei Yagyu Armor Yagyu Foot Armor Yagyu Arm Armor Oyu Plate/Silver Armor Leather/Hard Boots Round/Adarga Shield Kotaro Fuma/Stealth Armor Fuma/Hien Kyahan Fuma/Keimyo Hachimaki Magoichi Saiga/Pirates Armor Saiga/Western Boots Saiga/Rasha Gloves Ekei Hozoin/Ashura Armor Hozoin/Fudo Leg Guards Hozoin/NiohProtector There have been some spelling changes to keep these on one line. Keep this in mind. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. The Evil Guys ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Nobunaga: THE bad guy of this game. He burnt down Jubei's Village at the beginning of the game. Also known as the king of demons, he will stop at nothing to kill Jubei and his friends. Ginghamphatts: The labor manager of the demon clan and awfully powerful warrior, Ginghamphatts is first seen at the gold mine on Imasho. Surely he cant be as powerful as he says, can he? Well..the fact that he is immortal must state the fact that he is, and will kill any human he sees. Gogandantess: The Famous and Noble demon swordsman, He is the one that destroyed the Oni clan. Now that a new Oni warrior has risen, Gogandantess has risen to the task to destroy him. Yet he is almost impossible to defeat because he cheats. Yes, you heard it from me, he cheats. He uses a magic shield to become invulnerable. Can you defeat this possibly powerful foe? The last one is really annoying so I wont bother. But man SHES UGLY! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. The Common Enemy ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The Oda Family Enemies {Oda Soldier/Archer/Samurai/Bodyguard} The easiest enemies in the game along with the Jaido Family, All it takes is 3-4 strokes with the Buraitou sword or 2 with it at level 3 to take down soldiers and archers. The Samurai are a bit tougher and might require another stroke. Bodyguard are quite armored, tough to knock down, and require 2 more hits than soldiers. The Jaido Family {Jaido Soldiers/Archers & Bajaido Soldiers/Archers} Little green men with crocodile heads, some argue that these are even easier than the Oda Soldiers. Most Jaido only require 3-4 hits and Bajaido 6-7 hits. The archers are literally a pain in the ass and you most likely have to shoot them with an arrow or shoot them with a gun. These take them down very fast though so no worries. The Musaido Family {Joda/Musaido/Girajoda/Giramusaido} These mutant ninja guys wear masks so they look like dolls. Pretty tough, but light, these require about 4-5 hits with a normal weapon and are hard to hit with an Issen attack. The Gira versions require about 3 more hits and can use a jump slash after the initial attack. Joda are more dangerous though, since they can spit poison from their mouths. The Gaidorazu Family {Gaidorazu/Red Gaidorazu & Zedan/Red Zedan} When translated it basicly means meat puppet. These are the much tougher breed of enemies that take about 8-9 hits each and don't fall back each time you hit them. The only way to get them to flinch is with a kick, secret combo, or a charged attack. These give out MUCH more souls than most of the weaker enemies. Red versions are tougher and take 2-3 more hits each. Zedan is the more tough of this family. The Gozaresu Family. {Gozaresu/Baigozaresu/Raigozaresu) This is argueably the toughest common enemy in the game. Though not seen much, these are EXTREMELY powerful and take about 5-12 hits for the Gozaresu, 6-15 for the Baigozaresu, and 7-19 for the Raigozaresu. Their attacks do a HUGE amount of damage and it's hard to score an Issen. The only way to get these to stagger are the kick, secret technique, or a level 2+ charged attack. The Hyukan Family {Hyukan/Dorahyukan/Derahyukan} The family you would love to hate, these are really annoying. They don't show up much and don't have much hitpoints (2-12 depending on weapon and level), but they pack a punch. They cant be damaged unless you use the Dokoutsui hammer or their cores are exposed. They use spinning blade attacks, They dig out from the ground under you (Dorahyukan and Derahyukan) and they can shoot projectiles at you (Derahyukan only). Avoid these if possible. Battooyako (Fish Demon Family) {Battobone and Battoyaika} These are fish like demons that inhabit water filled areas. Having about the same amount of hitpoints (2-7 each), they can be quite deadly at times. Battobone is the more fierce, but they are a larger target. Battoyaika can latch on to Jubeis hand and drain his energy. Both can fire water projectiles (Battobone: Medium range, unblockable, high damage. Battoyaika: Unlimited range, blockable, medium damage) Bazu Family: Bazu: This is the only real family that deserves to have more. REALLY weak creatures (1-6 hitpoints) They are really slow and use machetes. Its only true attack comes when it rolls up in a ball and starts rolling towards you. Either block or move out of the way and immediately counter attack. Oowashya Family: {Oowashya and Barawashya} Very large monsters with large axes, They are also EXTREMELY tough to kill (3-35 hit points). Use level 3 charged attacks with a level 3 weapon to kill these easily. The Barawashya is MUCH harder (the 35 hit point part) And required 4 level 3 charged attacks with a level 3 weapon. Barawashyas give out a HUGE amount of souls but are very very rare. The knockdown is almost impossible here and the Barawashya CANNOT be knocked down no matter what. {Gyarans} You can call this class the soul stealers. Once you kill an enemy these will steal their souls making it impossible for you to get them. However, once you kill a Gyaran, and these are REALLY easy (2-4 hp) They will give back all the souls they stole. They will attack you and latch to you to steal your magic power. However, they also run away too. The Dorogando Family {Dorogando & King Dorogando} These machines shouldn't have existed back then, but they exist here, in the world of Onimusha! Really strong (10-50 hit points) they have a variety of attacks. The best way to get rid of them is with the Dokoutsui attack magic. Gerohone Family {Gerohone & Gerogone} Your basic wall mounted 5 headed snake with a skeleton in the middle controlling it. These are strong (8-25 hit points) and have a variety of attacks. The easiest way to deal with them is the Buraitou attack magic and quick reflexes while avoiding those other distracting enemies. Kachecha Family {Kachecha & Ketyara} The demons of illusion have EXTREMELY low hit points (Around 2-4) but are really really hard to hit. Your character will always focus on them last. {Babys and Mozun} These demons are latched to walls. Babys have average strength (4-12 hit points) and are REALLY easy to kill. Mozun are invulnerable to all weapons except for the color of their elemental bodies. They only take one hit to kill and will never reappear in that area again. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. The Soul Types ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ah yes the souls. Here's what they do. Red Souls: These are the souls that you use to upgrade Jubei's weapons and armor. They come in two sizes, small and large. Small souls give 10 points and large gives 100. If you collect more than one at the same time you get a bonus! Look for part VII for more on this. Blue Souls: These blue souls recharge your magic meter. Magic depletes everytime you use a magic attack on an enemy. These souls are the third hardest to come by as you use magic often. These also some in small and large. Small recovers 3% and Large recovers 15%. Yellow Souls: The yellow souls recharge your health. As recovery items are very hard to come by, these are your best bet at recovery, but they don't appear often. Also comes in small and large. Small recovers 3% and Large recovers 15%. Purple Souls: YES!! The almighty onimusha mode is unlocked with 5 of these souls. These are collected and are carried over to the next area. Onimusha mode is on Part III #7. Once you exit you must collect 5 more. These only appear when you deal a huge amount of damage and come in only one size. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. The Gift System Basics ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Along the game you will encounter a number of sub characters. By giving them gifts, they may help you with fights later on in the game and they also give you items in return. Giving them gifts may also let you play as them for a short time as well as working their scenario route. I will make a separate In-Depth FAQ for this at an unannounced date. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. Advanced Combat Tactics ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Yay! Haven't you been waiting for this part the entire time you were reading this? Fatal Stab: When an enemy is down, Press square to administer the fatal stab, a one hit kill option. Note that many enemies are very hard to knock down unless you kick them or administer the following technique. Running Attack: This is very simple like the name sounds. Run at the enemy and press square. This attack carries momentum and might knock the enemy down. Boxed in? Cant run anywhere? Why bother, press up-up-square to do the running attack while stationary. I know, you're jealous right. J/k onto the next tactic. Archers and Larger Enemies: These guys aren't encountered very much but they are a pain in the ass...literally. The archers are usually on a balcony that cant be hit with normal weapons and constantly shoot arrows at you. Shoot them with arrows or use magic to bring them down. Large enemies are even worse as they have some unblockable attacks. To deal with them use Lv. 2 or 3 charged attacks or use the weapons secret technique. The Blades lock: Usually occurs when fighting a larger enemy and striking at the same time. The swords will lock and it becomes a test of strength. Press the 4 shoulder and the 4 symbol buttons to push the favor to your side and win the test of strength. Magic Attacks: If you read the Game Basics above you would know how to perform these. Each magic attack depletes your magic meter and you must find blue souls or use a Magic potion to recover your magic. Charging attacks: Again, If you are a moron who didn't know the game basics go read them now...either that or you already know how to do this. Charged attacks are acquired by trading with characters. Different charged levels do more damage, but they require time...and sometimes you don't have time. Try doing this with the secret technique (Down -> Up -> Square) to inflict HUGE damage. Issen (Critical Hit): This is VERY VEERRY hard to do. To accomplish this you must strike at the SAME TIME your opponent raises his weapon to strike you. If done correctly, The enemy will die instantly and any enemies near him will also die, releasing 2x souls. Very useful. Onimusha mode: YES!!! This is the ultimate combat tactic but also the one of the hardest. To accomplish this you must collect 5 purple souls. When Jubei enters onimusha mode, he becomes invincible and does 2x damage. This starts a new bar starting at the maximum health point and constantly decreases until the bar is depleted and Jubei returns to normal. You can extend this using more purple souls. And..for the #1 combat tactic... Zen: Can you guess what this means? PATIENCE? You MUST and I must say MUST have tons of this to complete the game. If you do not have Zen return the game right now. ==================================================================== IV. Walkthrough ==================================================================== 1. Yagyu Villiage 1 After returning to village to find it in total ruins, go and check the magic mirror for instructions on how to use it to save your game and enhance your weapons and armor. Take some time to practice with your sword. Since you cannot enter your house now, walk down the stairs and keep walking in that direction. Yasuke will appear and talk to Jubei about the great danger of some army. Before he tells who did this, he is felled by an Oda Soldier's weapon. Your first combat will now occur. Fight them however you like and hope you don't die. Head through the gate. The next area is a bridge guarded by even more Oda Soldiers and some Oda Samurai. Be wary of the samurai as they tend to do more damage and they cannot be knocked down as easily. When you have killed every enemy that spawns here, open the red box to get the Yagyu Village Map. Go to the next area. In this area you will here a voice calling for Jubei, also rocks will rise. Do NOT cross them yet. First chop down the bamboo to find a Herb. Then, search near the pond to find your first trade item, a Frog. NOW you can cross the pond. Don't do anything yet...you cant anyway, and enter the double doors at the back. WOAH!!! What's that? The woman reveals herself as Takajo and will give Jubei the power of the Oni. This power can absorb souls and retrieve magical weapons. She also tells Jubei to seek 5 Oni orbs to be able to defeat Nobunaga. You will receive Play Instructions here. Before leaving, search the box for a Herb. When going back through the caves, let the enemies follow you. Why you ask? Remember the red glowing gauntlet? Kill all the enemies around the gauntlet and use the soul absorbing power. Notice that red souls also come from the gauntlet and you get a HUGE bonus, especially if u Issen the enemies. Exit the cave and jump across the stones. You MAY be tempted to take that weapon from the dragon statues mouth right now huh. BUT there's some more things to do here. Go back to your house, dealing with enemies along the way. Jubei is now willing to enter his house. Jeez enemies have infested his own house...how horrible! Kill them and search around. Slice through the doors at the entrance to find an Abacus! Search behind the dividers to find a Kaleidoscope! Also take note of the Trick Treasure Box there. I'll tell how to solve at the end of this part. The center room has Oolong Tea and the NW corner of the backyard has Wasabi. Now, return to the dragon shrine and obtain the Buraitou!!! TRICK TREASURE BOX 1. Use the Top right arrow 2. Use the Bottom arrow in the right side The prize is a Power Jewel. If you don't know what these do, use it and you might be surprised! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Imasho Town 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- After a cutscene involving a mysterious girl and 3 drunk guys. Speak to the man directly to your left 2-3 times to get Confetti. Head north to the blacksmith's shop and get the Imasho Town Map. Head inside and whack the barrels till you find a red box containing...Cloth? You were expecting a cool weapon right? Well head back to the entrance and pull the level next to it. An elevator will drop and you will have a limited time to climb on it before it goes back up. If you succeed, Get the Bow and Arrows from the box. You get 10 arrows...not much in my eyes *Gets shot in the eyes* OW! Head back and cross the bridge, heading for the stairs near where you first appeared here. Enter the marketplace and get the Globe. Now, enter the stables and speak to the man with the hat 2-3 times to get Ancient Documents. Continue into the back and search for a hidden red box to get a Tengu Mask. Head to the bar (yay! Drinks!). They wont sell you drinks yet, or ever for that matter. Talk to the two men standing near the door argueing over a gold mine permit. I wonder what that means? Head to the backyard to find a magic mirror and a magic fountain. Also, check the red box to find a Pipe. Go to the upper level and open the red box to find a Folding Fan. Unfortunately you cannot keep the kitty. Awww and it looks so cuuuute. Go to the store next to the Bar to find the General Store. Here you can buy all the gift and artwork items that are currently in stock. Now here are the prices for all the items in stock at this time. Egg - 50 Grilled Fish - 100 Salt - 50 Vodka - 300 Conch Shell - 300 Magnetic Compass - 300 Plant Book - 200 History Book vol. 5 - 100 Blue Parrot - 500 Wonder Flower - 200 Artwork #16 - 100 You will need 2200 gold to clean out the entire store for now. This is not necessary but it will REALLY help you later on in the game. Go to the mountain path next to the blacksmiths shop. Very short area and has the easiest enemies in the entire game. The first types of enemies you encounter here are Oda Soldiers and Oda Samurai. Your first objective here, and its recommended, Collect 7000+ red souls to level up your Buraitou & try to collect 2200 gold here as well to clean out the General Store & an extra 100 to get an important item later. Head up the mountain to eventually find a Unique Mushroom and a Beetle. If you try to enter the gold mine at this point a man will stop you asking for a permit. Remember those 2 men argueing at the bar? Time to head back to town. Your first order of business is to clean out the General Store. That's right, blow all your gold now. Now, head to the bar. Here you will find Magoichi. Ekei will challenge him to a duel. Magoichi will introduce him to firearms and after you break it up you will get the Gift Exchange instructions. One more ally you ask, ok then. Go talk to two men outside the blacksmiths shop and they will tell you about some thief. Head to the second floor of the bar to encounter Kotaro. After a short cutscene, Kotaro will be here from now on and you can trade with him. Talk to the man sitting next to him multiple times to get a Fur Skin and the guy on the balcony to get History Book vol. 9. Hopefully you still have 100 gold left. Go talk to the guy next to the bartender and buy a Gold Mine Permit for 100 gold. One more thing...move to the magic mirror and save your game and level up your Buraitou. Go to the gold mine and the man will move aside and let you enter. First, pick up the History Book vol. 4 in the red box next to the entrance. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Gold Mine ----------------------------------------------------------------------- (Look for Gold Deposits here and check buckets often, but don't smash them!) Some miners flee for their lives saying monsters now infest the caves. Once you enter, take the left path. Inside that lonesome room, open the red box to find the Demon Wall Scroll. No, this isn't the one that you hang inside your room admiring it for hours. Also there is a trick treasure box, but I wont cover it till the end of this section. Head out of this room and take the right hand path. Ekei is here, so if you want to be friends with him, trade now. Get the Gold Mine Map in the red box next to him and look for gold deposits and continue to the exit. Inside the next room you will fight Jaido for the first time. These are really easy to kill, but don't give much gold. Light green are easier and give 10 or 20 gold. Dark green are a little harder and give out 10-50 gold. At the next intersection, more Jaido and buckets! Do NOT smash the buckets or let the enemies do the same. Once you clear the room head down the southern end. The exits will be sealed. After a short time, an ally will help you, and the exits will unseal. Head out the opposite way u came in. Get the Five Oni Orbs scroll and the Hyoujin-Yari spear. Stick with the Buraitou sword for now and head back to the Y-intersection. Head through the north exit this time and you might find an ally fighting. Hit the Mozun demon with the Hyoujin-Yari to kill it instantly and kill the other enemies. Head through the Mozun door. Open the red box to find a Medicine. Save your game for now you have two options. 1. Continue fighting to try and level up your Hyoujin-Yari for the Boss Battle ahead. If you choose this, try and collect 4 purple souls before the fight. 2. Head through the door that you need the Charity Orb for Unlock the next door to find. BOSS: Ginghamphatts I This large four legged demon uses a HUGE pickaxe to swipe and damage you. Also he uses some unblockable attacks. First off, use the Buraitou's magic to attack Ginghamphatts. This will cause medium damage to him and causes him to release some souls. Keep doing this till you run out of magic. Switch to the Hyoujin-Yari and keep hitting him with magic. If for whatever reason you run out of magic, use the Buraitou secret on him. It might cause him to stagger if u hit him with the secret fourth hit at the end. If you inject a blue soul, use magic again. If you listened to #1 above and collected four purple souls, inject a fifth after you deplete all your magic and enter onimusha mode. Keep whacking him doing double damage each time and eventually he will start leaping into the air. This is where the battle gets tough/easy. He will be impossible to hit in the air, land either far away from you or on top of you, and on top of that boulders will crash down. The easy part about this is when you reach below 50% health, your best ally will enter. The one you want for this is Magoichi. Keep trying to hit him and eventually he WILL die. When he does die, inject all the souls for a +40 red soul bonus and collect the 1000 gold he leaves behind. Enter the next room. Check for gold deposits and the weird looking hatch on the ground. DO NOT TALK TO THE WOUNDED MINER YET! Head to the last cave and open the red box for the Mirror and bust the barrels for another trick treasure box. Now talk to the wounded miner and you will go to Imasho Town 2. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- TRICK TREASURE BOXES ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. East path of the entrance a. Bottom arrow on the right b. Left arrow on the bottom You will receive the Buraitou secret from this. 2. The end of the mine, past the weird hatch a. Right arrow on the bottom b. Top arrow on the right c. Left arrow on the bottom d. Bottom arrow on the right You will receive the Hyoujin-Yari secret from this box. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Imasho Town 2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Your back here after that horrible mine incident. The man you rescued feels better now and gives you a Red Ring in appreciation. This is the thing you will use for the hatch in the mines. There are some things to do before going to the hatch again though. First of all, notice that the door to the general store from the bar is now open! Also, if you wish to trade now, save your game first for the sub-characters might give you crappy items. The general store owner has some powerful new items, many of which are sub-character specific items. If you give them these great items, you may get weapon techs to charge your weapons past level two. So here are the new items. Lemon - 200 Hair Ornament - 300 Fairy Tale Book - 200 History Book vol. 10 - 100 Silver Armor - 800 Keimyo Hachimaki - 800 Western Boots - 800 Fudo Leg Guard - 800 Red Parrot - 500 Love Potion - 500 Artwork #17 - 100 Without adding up any items that you didn't purchase last time, this is all worth 5100 gold. Where do you get this much gold? The mines of course. But first, some more important things. (OPTIONAL QUESTS, BUT VERY VERY HELPFUL) Talk to the man in the back of the general store. He will say that his father is ill and wishes for a legendary Melon. He gives you some Chalk hoping you can get a Melon with it. Trade the Chalk to Ekei, who wont like it, to get a Tale of the Heike. Magoichi is a history fanatic, so give it to him for an Emblem. Trade that to Kotaro for a Melon. Give the man the Melon. You will like the gift his father gives you later on. For an additional bonus, IF your more Magoichi's ally then Ekei, there is a man in the back of the bar. He will give you a Potassium Nitrate Map for 50 gold. Look in the mines for Potassium Nitrate and give them to Magoichi for 5 Burst Bullets each. Pretty damn good deal if you ask me. IF Ekei helped you out against Ginghamphatts, He will tell you something was stolen from him if you speak to him in the bar. Go to the stables, where the thief is in the shadows. IT'S A GIRL! She runs off to the second floor of the bar. Speak to here again there and she runs to the blacksmiths. Speak to her again and she runs to the stables to get the BROKEN BELL!?! This is one crappy item but if u give it to Ekei he will be grateful and give you a tech manual. Other Items: Speak to the woman wearing a yellow outfit near the stables multiple times to get History Book vol. 2 Talk to a man who walks in and out of the area multiple times to get a bouquet. Also, pester the man sitting near the stables to get a Magic Jewel Theres a woman who says Jubei is her type. Speak to her 3 more times to get a Secret Medicine. Speak to the Bald man on the second floor of the Bar three times to get a Pick. ======================Inside the Gold Mine Again======================= Talk to the man at the entrance to the mine to receive some Dice. Magoichi is in the eastern cave if you want to trade items with him. After the next room, you will encounter Kotaro as he fights through some demons. Help him and absorb all the souls. After he leaves, he will take up a spot at the magic mirror just before the Ginghamphatts fight location. Ekei is at the spot where you got the Hyoujin-Yari. Trade items with any of these and be sure you have your weapons at level 2. Try and get at least one armor up to level 2 as well. Now go to the strange hatch and use the Red Ring to enter... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Gifu Castle ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Upon exiting from the beam of light, Walk up to the door. The statues will say something and a few Gozaresu will appear. Use charged attacks to defeat it easily, or else it will drive you to the ground. In the next room, get the crystal ball just to the south of the spiral staircase, then start to climb it, being careful of the Zedan somewhere at the top. Enter here to finally be at the base of the castle. Move north for an ally event and enter the double doors. You MIGHT want to equip your bow and arrows because there are Jaido archers in here on a balcony which is pretty much impossible to hit otherwise. Inside this room is a red box containing a Gifu Keep Tower Map. Also, the Incense trading item is here. Head through the western door and charge your magic through the magic fountain. Solve the puzzle at the back of the room to get the Bronze Mask. If you want the satisfaction of solving this yourself, don't look at the solution below. PUZZLE SOLUTION 6-------1--------8 7-------5--------3 2-------9--------4 Head back through the door and kill the Jaido creatures if you want the red souls and head through the other set of double doors. Here, you will find Ekei fighting some Musaido and a baby. After you collect the Herb from the box and trade items with Ekei, head through the north double doors (The east is locked). The next corridor contains a trick treasure box. Again, look at the end of this section for this solution. In the next corridor, kill the Oda Soldiers and Oda Bodyguards and insert the right half of the bronze mask. You will need the other half it seems, so use the magic mirror to save and level up your equipment and go through the east door. Get the History Book vol. 1 from the red box and go through the door below the staircase. The dead ghost will offer you the left half of the bronze mask for a purify charm. Oh btw.. did you ever notice that the dead ALWAYS give you some of the most important items in Capcom games? Anyway, in the back of the room is the Demons History file. Go out of the room and go up to 2F. Clear out the Joda and the Baby and if you're strongly allied with Ekei or Magoichi, watch the colorful little event and head through the next door, walk across the balcony, and into the door (which will now be refered to as the coal room). Inside the room, collect the Herb and the PURIFY CHARM! Theres nothing else you can do here because none of your current weapons can damage the Mozun. Musaido will attack if you stay too long so exit. If you're allied with Magoichi, he will be fighting against the odds in the starting chamber, so help him out by killing the archers on the balcony and firing arrows down at his level. Go to the well area and give the ghost the Purify Charm and you will receive the left half of the Bronze Mask. Go open the door that requires that item and open the door. Inside you will find Tokichiro for the first time. He is torturing the girl named Oyu. After you rescue here, Tokichiro exclaims that he thought you were dead and he summons two Gaidorazu demons to kill you. Use Magic, secret techniques, or charged attacks to kill them. After you kill them, open the red box to find Medicine and enter the door beyond the (Onimusha 1?) Phantom Realm gate. Boss Battle: Gogandantess I Here is where you will fight Gogandantess, the greatest swordsman of all demons. He is like normal demons, by that I mean attacks for about the same damage, but has a lot more hit points and for not has an invulnerability shield. There are two ways to end this battle. 1. Repeatedly attack Gogandantess for about one minute. At this point an ally will rescue you. 2. Lock Blades with Gogandantess 2 or 3 times. Oyu will rescue now Some people say that waiting for a really long time will end the battle, but I haven't proven that yet. If you stop attacking Gogandantess, he will become more fierce and you will have to repeat #1 over and over again. When Oyu rescues you, she will lead you through a tunnel and outside, where you find a mechanical horse. Use the Faith orb on the horse and it will start to move and will carry you out of the area and into... TRICK TREASURE BOX SOLUTION 1. Gifu Castle, The room 3 doors north of the entrance. a. Bottom arrow right side b. Right arrow on the top c. Top arrow on left side You will receive a Power Jewel. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Imasho Town 3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Welcome back to Imasho town. After saying goodbye to Oyu and the mechanical horse, Head for the General Store. Surely you know where that is by now. The owner has more items in now, but if u didn't buy any last time then they wont be here this time. Heres the new list of items. Black Pill - 100 Pocket Watch - 300 Pandora's Box - 700 Calligraphy Kit - 300 History Book vol. 8 - 100 Naughty Novel - 500 Phirangi - 1000 Gabishi - 1000 Goraishinki - 1000 Houtengeki - 1000 Green Parrot - 500 Pair Ring - 3000!!! Artwork #18 - 100 For some reason I believe the Pair Ring is priced at least double what it should be. Anyway if you cleaned him out every time including this time before you leave for the last time, talk to the owner again to receive the WHITE NECKLACE. Also, if you gave the Melon to that guy earlier, speak to his dad to receive the ORANGE NECKLACE. Read the necklace section to find out what these necklaces do to affect your adventure. Elsewhere, enter the bar and talk to the bartender and pay 200 gold to receive Black Beer. All the characters are in their usual places for trading and with the addition of Oyu on the second floor balcony, you can trade with everyone. Other items to receive in town are the Taizo Mandala, given to you by a drunk monk walking though the market area 3 times. Also, in the stables, speak to the man with the backpack look at your horse twice to receive Glass. If you don't have enough gold to sell out the store read the next section *MOUNTAIN PATH AND GOLD MINE FINAL* The mountain path is now infested with Jaido and Bajaido. Cut through them like butter since they are really easy and go into the mine. Talk to the man still searching in the entrance to get the Loaded Dice. Also, gold is found in HUGE amounts now and at the end of the mind Dorogando enemies give out 300-350 gold. This will be enough to sell out the store in about 2 trips. Sell out the store, trade with all the characters you want and talk to the ugly demon woman, Jujudormah in the market. Upon talking to her you may NEVER return here again. Next up is... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Yagyu Village 2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This area is very short so I'll rush through it. This place is now infested with Oda Bodyguards, Jaido, and Bajaido, along with the Musaido family in the caves. From the start, head towards the cave where you first started this. In the bridge area, which is guarded by Jaido and Bajaido enemies, your best ally will appear to help you. After clearing this area, head into the cave and into Takajo's shrine. Jujudormah has done her dirty deed for the day, but Takajo will give you her ring. Where have we seen this before? Head back through the cave. Outside, if you encounter Magoichi, he might give you Saiga bombs. Use these to blow up the loose rocks near the Thunder Dragon shrine. Inside you will find the GREEN NECKLACE. This will reveal the demon treasure boxes. Equip it now, hey look, theres one right there that contains a Secret Medicine! Anyway...cut through everything until you enter Jubei's house. IF you didn't collect the items I mentions in the very first part of the walkthrough, DO SO NOW! Check the Bureau in the back section and use the Ring of Takajo. This will reveal the four guardians puzzle. PUZZLE SOLUTION Top: Black Bottom: Red Left: White Right: Blue Completing this puzzle will cause the trap door to open and one of the dresser drawers to pull out revealing a ladder. Climb down the ladder and into the pit of "nothingness". Moving along down here causes a trap door to open revealing a pit of spikes. Climb up and cut the ropes which causes a spinning blade device to come down and move towards Jubei. Don't these people know these can hurt us! Quickly run back to the pit of spikes and jump across and hang on the other side till the blades pass over you. Then, climb up and jump to the other side, climb up again, and run towards the exit like you were saying "OH MY GOD, THIS THINGS GONNA DECAPITATE ME!" ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. Fog Valley ----------------------------------------------------------------------- You start here next to a magic mirror. Save your game and level up your weapons and armor. Run across the ledge and fight any enemies that spawn and climb up the ladder. Keep fighting your way to the next ladder, and note the green mozun blocking a hole in the mountain. Climb up the ladder, then climb the next one. Coming to the bridge, an ally will help you kill the Gozaresu enemies. Thank them by trading favorable items and head into the next area to fimd a Herb, the Fog Valley Map, and be sure to check the Wind Dragon shrine to obtain the Senpamaru. Run back to the cliff, maybe receiving help from Oyu on the bridge, and break the Mozun seal to get Nobunaga's Knowledge. Now go back to the Wind Dragon shrine and head into the area just past the magic mirror *hint..save and upgrade NOW..YES NOW!!!* to go to the mysterious forest. I am warning you now that you do not have to fight in the first area since its so easy, but i recommend it for the red souls. The first area is really easy, so fight and kill the enemies here and advance to the next. Now, only one enemy is actually real and its the Kechacha. Its the floating, transparent demon floating. The other enemies still damage you as if they were real. If you dont kill the Kechacha fast enough, it will float away and you will have to take one of the two paths, though they both lead back to the start. So kill the Kechacha and all the enemies will disappear and the two paths will merge into one. Go up that path into the next area to encounter Gyarans. These arent that tough, so go to the next area and find some Joda ninja demons. Kill them and head into the next area. This is very difficult, since there are Gaidorazu demons and Joda ninja demons, and on top of that, a Kechacha. If it gets scared off here, you will return not to the previous area, but to the very first. Kill it, and head up the lone path that is revealed, into a patch of Hyukans. Up north, try to ignore the tough Baigozaresu demons and hit the Kechacha demon and make them all disappear. Here you will encounter Jujudormah again. She wants to kill Jubei, but Ginghamphatts interferes and Jujudormah lets him have his way and lets him try to kill Jubei himself. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Boss fight: Ginghamphatts II ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Prefered weapon levels Buraitou: 2 Hyoujin-Yari: 2 Senpamaru: 1 Recommended weapon: Buraitou Once again, you must fight this four legged immortal. He now wields an Axe, but this time, no rocks will drop from the sky! He has a little bit more hit points and deals more damage. Start this fight by double and triple charging your weapon and hitting him to knock him back. He should not hit you at all if you block after attacking him. Eventually, after taking a lot of damage, he will run into the forest. Use the R1 button to track his position. If you get rammed by him at this point, you will take godly amounts of damage. This can be good, if you take a ton of damage an ally will help you. If you manage to avoid his charging for a while he will run into a tree and stun himself. This is your chance to get some hits in. Soon, he will run off into the forest again. Keep your guard up, and eventually he will die. After the fight, you will receive the Nobunaga's Dignity Statue and 970 souls (including the bonus). Head in the direction you're facing to escape from this area. You'll love this area…tons of Battoyako demons here and maybe Magoichi. Kill them if you want to and advance to the east path…yes my friend, save the double doors for later. Here you might find Oyu or Kotaro and you will have the chance to help them. Either way, break the blue Mozun seal with the Hyoujin-Yari to find Nobunaga's Dignity. Go to the area just beyond there to find a lake. Of course, Battoyako are here and Magoichi might be here too. If you help him, he will give you a Medicine. Also, if you see a fish, try to stab it to get the River Fish trading item. Head back to the marsh with the magic mirror and go through the double doors. Inside here is a Trick Treasure Box…once again stated at the end of this section. Now, go inside that building and solve the statue puzzle. You are given a screen with the statues order for 5 seconds, then it vanishes. You must put the statues in the order on the screen. If you fail, the spiked walls on the sides of you move closer. If you are right, a door opens in front of you. The combination is random, so figure this out yourselves. Once you DO solve this, go through the door that appears. The enemies in here depend on your ally. If Magoichi, you will fight Jaido archers and Gozaresu. If your ally is anyone else, you will fight Oowashya and a Barawashya. After clearing this room and trading with your ally, head into the next room and attack the Gerohone with lightning magic to finish it quickly. Enter the next door to find Jujudormah's diary. Be sure to save, level up your weapons, etc. Inside the next room, Jujudormah challenges you to a fight to the death! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Boss fight: Jujudormah ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Prefered weapon levels Buraitou: 2 Hyoujin-Yari: 2 Senpamaru: 2 Recommended weapon: Hyoujin-Yari or Buraitou, whichever one you like better. Jujudormah, the ugliest demon ive EVER seen, wields a parasol and uses magic bolts. She runs away at the start, so take this chance to hit her with magic or give chase to her. She has multiple attacks from this point on. 1. She fires 3 projectiles in a row. 2. She extends her parasol *UNBLOCKABLE* 3. Defense position 4. Runs around the room, spinning, doing damage repeatedly She will use these attacks for the remainder of the fight. If you have an ally, he/she will come in when you're at 25% max health. She uses #4 a lot when being double teamed, so watch out. When she uses it, slide around to her back and slice away. Always use magic and you will win easily. When she dies, she reveals a switch which reveals a secret door. You gain the Honesty Orb from this fight and 720 souls. Enter the new room. Immediately collect the herb. Moving far into the cave causes a poison trap to spring. Run to the end of the cave and jump off the cliff. After entering the new cave, open the red box to get the Oni Sacred Place map and save using the Magic Mirror (Upgrade your weapons NOW!) Examine the Waverider to enter… ---------------------- TRICK TREASURE BOXES --------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. Oni Sacred Place 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Boss fight: Gogandantess II Prefered weapon levels Buraitou: 3 Hyoujin-Yari: 2 Senpamaru: 2 Recommended weapon: Hyoujin-Yari or Buraitou, whichever one you like better. This guy is a bit tougher than the last time, same old flaming sword, same old look. Use the same tactics as before. He has that invincible shield again, so attack him berserker style and let him attack you every once in a while. He wont do that much damage, so if u don't let up attacking, he will eventually give out. He might also give out if you attack him with issen and magic attacks a lot too. Chances are you might need to use some healing items, so don't be afraid to use them. Oyu saves your butt again, and you go on a little quest with her. Oyu's current equipment: Broad Sword Phirangi (Phirangi is defaultly equipped if bought at town) Throwing Daggers Plate Armor Silver Armor (Silver Armor is defaultly equipped if bought at town) Leather Boots Hard Boots (Hard Boots is defaultly equipped if obtained in trade) Round Shield You start out in the Oni Sacred Place main hall. You see the spirit of Takajo in front of you. She begs you to find the Sacred Flute to help Jubei, and she gives Oyu the RED BRACELET. This will enable Oyu to absorb demon souls. Examine the gate to the Earth Dragon shrine, then save your game at the Magic Mirror since I don't think you want to fight Gogandantess again. Head into the dirt pit and up the opposite stairs. Head past the goddess like statue and kill the Gozaresu by triple-charging your weapons. Grab the Key Plate and quickly escape back into the main hall. Use the Key Place on the Earth Dragon shrine to unlock two doors in the hall. Go through the door behind you to enter a wall with a creepy looking picture. Head through the door at the end of the hall to enter a hall with a green pond (Acid). Double- Charge your weapon to defeat the Oda Bodyguards and open the chests to get the Oni's Place Map #1, Oni's Secret Weapon document, and a Medicine. Enter the next room and triple charge to quickly defeat the Gaidorazu and kill the Joda as if you were Jubei. In the next room, quickly run across the glass panels to avoid being hit by water beams. After waiting it out for about a minute, climb down the ladder. Your main target in this room is the Gerohone. Use triple-charged attacks to kill it, kill the Bajaido if you like, pick up the Adarga, and enter the wall behind the Gerohone. This is preparation for the fight at the end of the bridge. I'm sure this will be no problem. Once you reach the Magic Mirror, save your game and grab the Gradius from the box. Equip it and enter the final area. An Oowashya will drop. Use triple-charged attacks or Oyu's secret technique (Down, Up, []). Quickly inject the souls because a Barawashya will drop now. You MUST either strike it with Triple Charged attacks or stay away from it's unblockable attacks. Once you kill it, you get the SACRED FLUTE. Return to the beach, killing all enemies by remembering from previous encounters. There is no barrier in the Battoyako glass room. Once you reach Jubei, Oyu's quest ends. All souls will now transfer to him and so will all her healing items. Enter the Oni Sacred Place as Jubei. Use the Senpamaru magic to deal with enemies on the catwalk, and slash the enemies on the ground. "Prove Yourself" to the Earth Dragon shrine to get the Dokoutsui earth hammer. This is really helpful against large enemies. Enter through the east door again. Test your new weapon against the Gaidorazu in this room and enter the acid room. A scene will occur here or you will encounter enemies. Use the magic if you encounter the enemies and advance into the next room. *Hidden Scenario Scene* In the room after the acid room, you might encounter Ekei. Kill all the demons for him and he will reward you with a tech manual for the Dokoutsui. Rush to the glass floor room and climb down the ladder. Oyu will come to your assist with the demons in this room. Use lightning and ice magic on the Gerohone wall demon to kill it easily. Use the Dokoutsui on the Mozun and repeat the tactics on the next Gerohone. Grab the Circle Key from the floor and speak to Oyu to get a Herb. Climb up the ladder to reach the creepy painting room. If you encounter Oyu here, an Oowashya will break through the painting before she can finish telling you something. Kill the Oowashya and open the treasure box to get the RED NECKLACE! Return to the main hall and enter through the other door. Get the Lift Instructions on a shelf and a Magic Liquid. You notice that fan that isn't working because of no wind? Use the Senpamaru magic on the fan and you will be lowered to the basement. Near the left is a red box containing the Oni's Sacred Place map #2. If there aren't any enemies in here, good for you, because you're as lucky as me. Enter the next room and ignore the ladder for now. Inside are Dorogando robots. Since you encountered these already, you should know these are incredibly tough to defeat, but with your new Dokoutsui hammer, these are no problem. Whack it about 5 times and its dead, but watch out for its berserk mode, and step away from it when it explodes. A trick treasure box is in here too, but wait till I'm finished with this section to have your questions revealed. If you are friendly with Ekei, Magoichi will open a door he is pounding on and after he gets out, check inside to find the YELLOW NECKLACE. This will allow you to absorb yellow souls from live demons by pressing R1 + O. Anyway, climb the ladder and run into the back room. Inside the next room, recharge your magic meter and pick up Guildenstern's Letter. In the back is an annoying number puzzle. Below is the answer. 1-15-14-4 12-6-7--9 8-10-15-5 13-3-2-16 You get the Golden Key for your efforts. Return to the room with the wooden crates moving around and climb up the ladder. Use the Golden Key to stop the crate from moving. Once you jump across use the Circle key on the door. Grab Tokichiro's Memo #1 on the ground in front of the green statue. Look on the statue to discover a new kind of puzzle that I call the diamond and circle puzzle. Solving this will open up a light path. Step in and you will be transported to… TRICK TREASURE BOX Where is it: The area where Dorogando are working. 1) Top arrow on the left 2) Middle arrow on the top 3) Bottom arrow on the right You get the Tanegashima gun and 10 Bullets. Useful for clearing rooms instead of using that Bow and Arrow. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 10. East Gifu Castle -------------------------------------------------------------------- You land on top of a tower in Gifu Castle. Equip the green necklace if you have it and collect 10 Bullets. Climb down the ladder and fight off the archers in this next room to discover another Trick Treasure Box and ==================================================================== V. Phantom Realm Walkthroughs ==================================================================== ========================= RED PHANTOM REALM ======================== Level 1: Here is your basic Jaido enemy. Weak, fragile, need I say more? Cut through them and enter the ray to the next level. Level 2: Joda AND Musaido ninja demons. These guys are much tougher. Wait for them to strike, dodge, and strike back. Hopefully you knock them to the ground. Kill all of them and enter to the next level. Level 3: Bajaido enemies. These are tougher than level one since they take more hits to kill and they use that spin attack more often. But still, pretty easy to cut through and advance to the next level. Level 4: Here's where it gets tough. Zedan combined with Bajaido enemies. Zedans require triple charge attacks to kill and you've dealt with Bajaido before, so you can kill them easily by now. Enter the final level. Level 5: Gaidorazu skull knights and Musaido ninja demons are quite a deadly pair if you don't watch your back. Triple charge to kill the Gaidorazu demons and kill the Musaido like you always have. Collect the Blue Wedge and the Red Stone Poll and exit the realm. ========================= BLUE PHANTOM REALM ======================= Level 1: Gyaran and Bazu. The annoying duo is back from the gold mine for some revenge. But they aren't gonna get it! Shurikens are the way to go here. Kill them all and advance to… Level 2: Hyukan…the enemy you will LOVE to hate. Kick them to reveal their cores and hopefully knock them down. Use the Fatal Stab move and move on to the next level which is… Level 3: Hyukan and Gozaresu. I should have stayed in Kansas because I HATE this area. Use stealth magic and you will do fine. Enter… Level 4: Oowashya and Bazu aren't that tough. Use triple charged attacks on the Oowashya and Shuriken on Bazu. Enter the final level… Level 5: Oowashya and Barawashya. Oowashya aren't very hard but the Barawashya is a different story. I mean, THAT THING HURTS. Most of its attacks are unblockable, but as long as you keep doing triple charged attacks, run, and do another triple charged attack, you will do fine. Collect the Blue Stone Pole and exit this Phantom Realm. ======================= GREEN PHANTOM REALM ======================== ==================================================================== V. 8 Hidden Necklaces ==================================================================== 1. White Necklace: This necklace will slowly recover your health while you are standing still. OBTAINED: Repeatedly sell out the general store owner 2. Orange Necklace: This necklace allows you to see hidden red soul clusters. OBTAINED: Give the Melon to the father at Imasho and get this after Castle Gifu 3. Purple Necklace: Magic attacks cost 1/2 the normal value. OBTAINED: The last level of the purple phantom realm 4. Blue Necklace: Allows you to absorb souls twice as fast. OBTAINED: Kotaro will reveal this location at the demon caves if you're his best ally at the time 5. Yellow Necklace: Allows you to siphon yellow souls from alive enemies OBTAINED: Ekei finds this is he's Jubei's best ally at the Oni Sacred Place 6. Green Necklace: Finds hidden demon treasure boxes OBTAINED: Magoichi blasts a wall near the thunder dragon shrine to reveal this. 7. Red Necklace: Causes enemies to drop 2x more red souls, but no other souls. OBTAINED: Oyu will reveal this if she's your best ally when u enter the Oni Sacred Place 8. Black Necklace: Always score a critical hit at a cost of health OBTAINED: Must have all 3 fossilized bones when you enter the subterranean corridor of the Oni Sacred Place. Solve the Trick Treasure Box in my walkthrough to get it. ===================================================================== VI. Demon Chest Locations and Contents ===================================================================== Yes...The demon chests have good items like you think. Here's a table for you. Number-Room Item 1. Yagyu Villiage-Pond Secret Medicine 2. Oni Place- Fog Bridge N. Bullets x10 3. Gifu Lake: Star Tower N. Bullets x10 4. Castle-Evil Gate Ruins Perfect Medicine 5. Gifu Castle-Well Room Special M. Liquid 6. Gifu Castle-Tunnel Super M. Liquid 7. Gifu Castle-Coal Room N. Bullets x10 8. Demon Cave-East Path N. Bullets x10 9. Gifu Lake-Mountain Path Medicine 10. Oni Place-Fossil Passage Secret Medicine 11. Oni Place-Maze Corridors N. Bullets x10 12. Oni Place-Treasure Storage Medicine 13. Oni Place-Furnace Secret Medicine 14. Oni Genbu-Cargo Hold Medicine 15. Gifu Castle-4F Hallway Medicine ===================================================================== VII. Hidden Red Soul Clusters ===================================================================== Use the Orange necklace with these. 38 in all but I'll only list 10. Collect them all. (Look at disclaimer for e-mail to tell me of hidden souls and I MIGHT put more up. I wont believe you found them yourself unless you give me a description of the area) Number Room-Where to Find 1. Imasho Town: Mine Entrance Look near the guard post 2. Gold Mine entrance Near first save point 3. Gold Mine Gold Storage Above Exit 4. Gold Mine Northwest Storage Northeast Corner 5. Yagyu Village: Open Space Above house entrance 6. Yagyu Village: Pond Above Lightning Dragon shrine 7. Fog Valley: Log Bridge Near north Exit 8. Oni Place: Shore East Side 9. Fog Valley Stream Near the broken ladder 10. Oni Place: Grand Hall Above Earth Dragon shrine ===================================================================== VIII. Hidden Difficulties and Mini-Games ===================================================================== Easy Mode: When you die 3 times in normal mode. This is the most useful mode as it takes less souls to power up your weapons. Enemies are also easier. The best use of this though is the ability to get 100% scenario route easily. Hard Mode: Beat normal difficulty to get this much harder mode. This has more enemies, which are stronger, and faster. They also give less souls and health items give 25% less to you too. Believe me this isn't the hardest mode. Critical Mode: Same as normal EXCEPT you cant kill ANYTHING except with a critical hit. YES even bosses cannot be killed without scoring a critical. Can you say HARD ASS DIFFICULTY! I knew you could do it. Ultimate mode: This basicly takes the fun out of the adventure by giving you: Unlimited Magic Tangashima + Unlimited Normal Bullets Tri-Barrel Gun + Unlimited Burst Bullets Bow + Unlimited Arrows Bow + Unlimited Fire Arrows REKKA-KEN! All Armors at level 3 Perfect medicine x30 Talisman x10 Did I say it takes away the fun. BRING ON THE ENEMIES!! Man in black minigame: Beat the game once to get this. While defeating enemies get 20 tapes to view 20 scenes from the game as Jubei dressed in a black suit! Team Oni minigame: Dunno the details yet. Use the E-mail in the disclaimer to send the details on this and I might write a section here. ===================================================================== IX. Sub Character Quests ===================================================================== ---------- 1. Kotaro ---------- You can achieve this Sub-Characters scenario by going into the woods in Fog Valley and if there isn't a Kechacha in the second area, Kotaro will help Jubei get out of the forest. Kotaro's Equipment: Kunai Gabishi (Gabishi is defaultly equipped if you bought it in town) Roga Kunai (Found in Red Phantom Realm) Shuriken Fuma Costume Stealth Costume (Found in Fog Valley) Fuma Kyahan Hien Kyahan (Hien Kyahan is defaultly equipped if obtained by trading) Fuma Hachimaki Keimyo Hachimaki (Keimyo Hachimaki is defaultly equipped if bought in town) To start off this young ninja's scenario, Open the first black box to get the BLUE BRACELET. This will enable Kotaro to absorb souls and give tthem to Jubei later on. Cut through the enemies to the top of the cliff and open the 2nd black box to find the RED WEDGE. Next to the log bridge, you will notice a ray of light. Step into it and open the Red Phantom Realm. Look below for the details on this. ========================= RED PHANTOM REALM =========================== Level 1: Here is your basic Jaido enemy. Weak, fragile, need I say more? Cut through them and enter the ray to the next level. Level 2: Joda AND Musaido ninja demons. These guys are much tougher. Wait for them to strike, dodge, and strike back. Hopefully you knock them to the ground. Kill all of them and enter to the next level. Level 3: Bajaido enemies. These are tougher than level one since they take more hits to kill and they use that spin attack more often. But still, pretty easy to cut through and advance to the next level. Level 4: Here's where it gets tough. Zedan combined with Bajaido enemies. Zedans require triple charge attacks to kill and you've dealt with Bajaido before, so you can kill them easily by now. Enter the final level. Level 5: Gaidorazu skull knights and Musaido ninja demons are quite a deadly pair if you don't watch your back. Triple charge to kill the Gaidorazu demons and kill the Musaido like you always have. Collect the Blue Wedge and the Red Stone Poll and exit the realm. ========================= RED PHANTOM REALM =========================== When you return, head across the bridge, killing any enemies and head to the Wind Dragon shrine. Kill the Musaido ninja demons and examine the warning sign to leap up to the cliff. Kill the Battoyako fish demons and open the black box to get the Stealth Costume. Head into the marshland and kill the demons there. Examining the giant tribal statue reminds you of that stone pole you got. Enter the double doors at the north end of the marsh. (Hint: GET THE SENPAMARU SECRET NOW!). Enter the Blue Phantom Realm using the blue wedge on the other side of the spike trap. ========================= BLUE PHANTOM REALM ========================== Level 1: Gyaran and Bazu. The annoying duo is back from the gold mine for some revenge. But they aren't gonna get it! Shurikens are the way to go here. Kill them all and advance to… Level 2: Hyukan…the enemy you will LOVE to hate. Kick them to reveal their cores and hopefully knock them down. Use the Fatal Stab move and move on to the next level which is… Level 3: Hyukan and Gozaresu. I should have stayed in Kansas because I HATE this area. Use stealth magic and you will do fine. Enter… Level 4: Oowashya and Bazu aren't that tough. Use triple charged attacks on the Oowashya and Shuriken on Bazu. Enter the final level… Level 5: Oowashya and Barawashya. Oowashya aren't very hard but the Barawashya is a different story. I mean, THAT THING HURTS. Most of its attacks are unblockable, but as long as you keep doing triple charged attacks, run, and do another triple charged attack, you will do fine. Collect the Blue Stone Pole and exit this Phantom Realm. ========================= BLUE PHANTOM REALM ========================== Now that you're done here, exit to the marsh and use the Red and Blue stone poles on the demon totem. Head into the forest, fighting off the Oowashya and Bazu with whatever shurikens you have left, or use Triple charged attacks. Kotaro will rescue Jubei from that UGLY Jujudormah when you enter the next area. Kotaro transfers all his souls to Jubei and gives him the Senpamaru secret if you got it. I hope you enjoyed this side quest. -------------- 2. Magoichi -------------- How to get: Be his best ally when you enter the second chamber of the Demon Caves. Tokichiro will attempt to shoot Magoichi with a bullet that turns people to stone, but Jubei blocks it. Magoichi will now go find a way to turn Jubei back to normal. Magoichis Equipment: Tri-Barrel Gun Goraishinki (Goraishinki is default equipped ONLY of you bought at shop) Flamethrower (Flamethrower is Found in Caves) Combat Knife and Flash Bombs Saiga Costume Pirates Costume (Pirates Costume is equipped only if obtained through trade) Saiga Boots Western Boots (Western Boots is equipped only if bought at shop) Saiga Gloves Rasha Gloves (Rasha Gloves is found in Caves) You start in the room where Jubei is frozen. You automatically receive Tokichiro's Memo #2. Open the Black Box to get the GREEN BRACELET for Magoichi to absorb souls with. Head into the next area to encounter Joda and Gyaran enemies. Black them with either one of your guns and move on. Fighting through the Hyukans, you find yourself against Bajaido and a Gerohone. Concentrate all your firepower on the Gerohone and you should kill it in no time. Kill the Bajaido and then operate the bridge controls to lower the bridge. Go across the bridge to enter an area with a magic mirror. Save the game and open the black box to get Rasha Gloves. Equip them and open the other box for the Demon Cave Map. The next area has Dorahyukans and Gyarans. Kill them to enter the next area which is the toughest room here. Inside you will encounted Bazu and a Barawashya. The key is to not move from the entrance. Use your rapid-fire magic with the Goraishinki to easily take out the Barawashya and use the triple charge attack to take out anything else in the room. After you enter the next chamber open the black box to get the Flamethrower + Fuel and open the red box to get the Great Powder Tube. Now you can de-petrify Jubei! Head back the way you came until you come across the room with the magic mirror and the petrified man. Use the Great Powder Tube on him (It has unlimited usage) to de-petrify him. Talk to him twice to get a Medicine. When you get to the drawbridge area, a Ketyara will steal the Great Powder Tube from you. To kill it quickly use the flamethrower on it. If it retreats, go to the next area and try to kill it there. It will keep going back and forth till you kill it. Once you get the Great Powder Tube back, head back to Jubei's room. De-petrify the other men first, and talk to the man behind Jubei to get a Medicine. Return to the very first room, and take the western path. De-petrify the man and talk to him to get a Secret Medicine. Solve the Trick Treasure Box (Look in my main FAQ for the answer and the prize) and open the red box for an Herb. Return to Jubei's room and de-petrify him. Magoichi will hand over the Green Bracelet, transferring any souls and any healing items he received. Magoichi's quest is now over. Hope you enjoyed. ------------- 3. Ekei ------------- To obtain this guy's scenario, you must be highly allied to Ekei when you enter the Gifu Star Tower. Ekei's Equipment: Spear Houtengeki (Houtengeki is default equipped if bought in town) Halberd (Halberd is found in the Castle) Charm Hozoin Garment Ashura Garment (Ashura Garment is default equipped if obtained through trade) Hozoin Leg Guard Fudo Leg Guard (Fudo Leg Guard is default equipped if bought in town) Hozoin Protector Nioh Protector (Nioh Protector is found in the Castle) You start out with a scene where Ekei mocks Jubei for getting trapped, but Ekei promises to get him out. The first thing you should do is head west and collect the Gifu East map and the YELLOW BRACELET from the Black Box. This will enable Ekei to absorb souls and give them to Jubei later. Head into the bridge area and kill the Bajaido and Joda demons and collect the Cherry Key near the slope. Enter the castle courtyard and go back to the dragon tail ramp you used to enter this castle for the very first time. Open the black box to get Medicine. Now go back to the castle entrance and enter. Your hands are full dealing with Jaido and a Dorogando. Use triple charge attacks to defeat it and head through the double doors, or head through the west to save. Inside the double doors, kill the Gerohone, which is NOT necessary since that is the area that you Don't need to explore. Unlock the door to the east with the Cherry Key. Open the black box to get the Nioh Protector, and search for the Crescent key, the Human as Food document, and Artwork #12. Return to the bridge area and run to the north door and unlock it with the crescent key. Quickly run to the northern door and try not to get hit. Head up the mountain path and smash a lantern to get a Medicine. Kill all enemies here while circling around the Waterfall and open the next black box to get the Halberd. Equip it immediately and open the door to the boathouse. Pick up the Hunting Schedule document and ride the boat. Kill or avoid the Oda Bodyguards and enter the house. Beware the Barawashya and use triple charged attacks, your charms, or the Paralyze spell to kill it. Get the Snake Key, Artwork #13, The Golden Evil Statue document, and the Fortinbras Book document. Return to where Jubei is trapped and Ekei will transfer all souls and items to Jubei. Here ends Ekei's Scenario. -------------- 4. Oyu -------------- This automaticly occurs after the Second Gogandantess fight. Oyu's Equipment: Broad Sword Phirangi (Phirangi is default equipped if bought at town) Gradius (Gradius is found in the Oni Sacred Place) Throwing Daggers Plate Armor Silver Armor (Silver Armor is default equipped if bought at town) Leather Boots Hard Boots (Hard Boots is default equipped if obtained in trade) Round Shield Adarga (Adarga is found in the Oni Sacred Place) You start out in the Oni Sacred Place main hall. You see the spirit of Takajo in front of you. She begs you to find the Sacred Flute to help Jubei, and she gives Oyu the RED BRACELET. This will enable Oyu to absorb demon souls. Examine the gate to the Earth Dragon shrine, then save your game at the Magic Mirror since I don't think you want to fight Gogandantess again. Head into the dirt pit and up the opposite stairs. Head past the goddess like statue and kill the Gozaresu by triple-charging your weapons. Grab the Key Plate and quickly escape back into the main hall. Use the Key Place on the Earth Dragon shrine to unlock two doors in the hall. Go through the door behind you to enter a wall with a creepy looking picture. Head through the door at the end of the hall to enter a hall with a green pond (Acid). Double- Charge your weapon to defeat the Oda Bodyguards and open the chests to get the Oni's Place Map #1, Oni's Secret Weapon document, and a Medicine. Enter the next room and triple charge to quickly defeat the Gaidorazu and kill the Joda as if you were Jubei. In the next room, quickly run across the glass panels to avoid being hit by water beams. After waiting it out for about a minute, climb down the ladder. Your main target in this room is the Gerohone. Use triple-charged attacks to kill it, kill the Bajaido if you like, pick up the Adarga, and enter the wall behind the Gerohone. This is preparation for the fight at the end of the bridge. I'm sure this will be no problem. Once you reach the Magic Mirror, save your game and grab the Gradius from the box. Equip it and enter the final area. An Oowashya will drop. Use triple-charged attacks or Oyu's secret technique (Down, Up, []). Quickly inject the souls because a Barawashya will drop now. You MUST either strike it with Triple Charged attacks or stay away from it's unblockable attacks. Once you kill it, you get the SACRED FLUTE. Return to the beach, killing all enemies by remembering from previous encounters. There is no barrier in the Battoyako glass room. Once you reach Jubei, Oyu's quest ends. All souls will now transfer to him and so will all her healing items. Hope you enjoyed. ===================================================================== X. Boss Strategies ===================================================================== BOSS: Ginghamphatts I Prefered Weapon levels: Buraitou: 2 Hyoujin-Yari: 1 Recommended Weapon: Buraitou This large four legged demon uses a HUGE pickaxe to swipe and damage you. Also he uses some unblockable attacks. First off, use the Buraitou's magic to attack Ginghamphatts. This will cause medium damage to him and causes him to release some souls. Keep doing this till you run out of magic. Switch to the Hyoujin-Yari and keep hitting him with magic. If for whatever reason you run out of magic, use the Buraitou secret on him. It might cause him to stagger if u hit him with the secret fourth hit at the end. If you inject a blue soul, use magic again. If you listened to #1 above and collected four purple souls, inject a fifth after you deplete all your magic and enter onimusha mode. Keep whacking him doing double damage each time and eventually he will start leaping into the air. This is where the battle gets tough/easy. He will be impossible to hit in the air, land either far away from you or on top of you, and on top of that boulders will crash down. The easy part about this is when you reach below 50% health, your best ally will enter. The one you want for this is Magoichi. Keep trying to hit him and eventually he WILL die. When he does die, inject all the souls for a +40 red soul bonus and collect the 1000 gold he leaves behind. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Boss Battle: Gogandantess I Prefered Weapon levels: Buraitou: 2 Hyoujin-Yari: 2 Recommended Weapon: Hyoujin-Yari Pre Here is where you will fight Gogandantess, the greatest swordsman of all demons. He is like normal demons, by that I mean attacks for about the same damage, but has a lot more hit points and for not has an invulnerability shield. There are two ways to end this battle. 1. Repeatedly attack Gogandantess for about one minute. At this point an ally will rescue you. 2. Lock Blades with Gogandantess 2 or 3 times. Oyu will rescue now Some people say that waiting for a really long time will end the battle, but I haven't proven that yet. If you stop attacking Gogandantess, he will become more fierce and you will have to repeat #1 over and over again. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Boss fight: Ginghamphatts II Prefered weapon levels Buraitou: 2 Hyoujin-Yari: 2 Senpamaru: 1 Recommended weapon: Buraitou Once again, you must fight this four legged immortal. He now wields an Axe, but this time, no rocks will drop from the sky! He has a little bit more hit points and deals more damage. Start this fight by double and triple charging your weapon and hitting him to knock him back. He should not hit you at all if you block after attacking him. Eventually, after taking a lot of damage, he will run into the forest. Use the R1 button to track his position. If you get rammed by him at this point, you will take godly amounts of damage. This can be good, if you take a ton of damage an ally will help you. If you manage to avoid his charging for a while he will run into a tree and stun himself. This is your chance to get some hits in. Soon, he will run off into the forest again. Keep your guard up, and eventually he will die. After the fight, you will receive the Nobunaga's Dignity Statue and 970 souls (including the bonus). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Boss fight: Jujudormah Prefered weapon levels Buraitou: 2 Hyoujin-Yari: 2 Senpamaru: 2 Recommended weapon: Hyoujin-Yari or Buraitou, whichever one you like better. Jujudormah, the ugliest demon ive EVER seen, wields a parasol and uses magic bolts. She runs away at the start, so take this chance to hit her with magic or give chase to her. She has multiple attacks from this point on. 1. She fires 3 projectiles in a row. 2. She extends her parasol *UNBLOCKABLE* 3. Defense position 4. Runs around the room, spinning, doing damage repeatedly She will use these attacks for the remainder of the fight. If you have an ally, he/she will come in when you're at 25% max health. She uses #4 a lot when being double teamed, so watch out. When she uses it, slide around to her back and slice away. Always use magic and you will win easily. When she dies, she reveals a switch which reveals a secret door. You gain the Honesty Orb from this fight and 720 souls. ===================================================================== XI. Puzzle Phantom Realm Solutions ===================================================================== You can only get this by beating the game after collecting all 18 artworks. These only contain artworks. LEVEL 1: Three Boxes Artwork 19: Three steps 1) Bottom arrow on the right 2) Left arrow on the bottom 3) Top arrow on the right Artwork 20: Three steps 1) Left arrow on the bottom 2) Top arrow on the left 3) Right arrow on the top Artwork 21: Three steps 1) Left arrow on the top 2) Top arrow on the left 3) Left arrow on the bottom Congrats, level 1 is solved! LEVEL 2: 2 Artworks Artwork 22: Four steps 1) Right arrow on the bottom 2) Bottom arrow on the right 3) Top arrow on the right 4) Left arrow on the bottom Artwork 23: Four steps 1) Top arrow on the right 2) Left arrow on the bottom 3) Middle arrow on the right 4) Left arrow on the bottom Level 2 is now solved! LEVEL 3: 3 Artworks (I will tell you where these are located) Artwork 24: Four steps (The left box) 1) Top arrow on the left 2) Left arrow on the bottom 3) Bottom arrow on the right 4) Left arrow on the top Artwork 25: Four steps (The right box) 1) Bottom arrow on the right 2) Right arrow on the bottom 3) Top arrow on the left 4) Right arrow on the top Artwork 26: Three steps (The middle box) 1) Middle arrow on the top 2) Bottom arrow on the right 3) Right arrow on the top Level 3 is complete! LEVEL 4: 1 Artwork Artwork 27: Four steps 1) Right arrow on the bottom 2) Bottom arrow on the right 3) Left arrow on the bottom 4) Top arrow on the right Level 4 complete, that wasn't so hard! LEVEL 5: 4 Artworks (Locations in these bending curve things) Artwork 28: Four steps (The top left box) 1) Left arrow on the bottom 2) Top arrow on the left 3) Left arrow on the top 4) Bottom arrow on the left Artwork 29: Four steps (The top right box) 1) Right arrow on the top 2) Bottom arrow on the left 3) Right arrow on the bottom 4) Top arrow on the right Artwork 30: Four steps (The lower left box) 1) Left arrow on the top 2) Bottom arrow on the right 3) Left arrow on the bottom 4) Bottom arrow on the left Artwork 31: Three steps (The lower right box) 1) Bottom arrow on the right 2) Left arrow on the bottom 3) Top arrow on the right ===================================================================== XII. Items and Gift Exchange *UNDER CONSTRUCTION* ===================================================================== Read Carefully, under construction. Only the Gift exchange is under construction but you can get all other item information here. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Health and Magic Related Items ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Herb – This is the basic healing item. It restores about 15% health to your health bar. These are the most plentiful item found in the game. Medicine – More powerful than an herb, this restores about 40% health to your health bar. You can get a lot of these via trade. Secret Medicine – One of the more powerful healing items, this restores you to full health. Use these scarcely, since there aren't that many in the game. Perfect Medicine – The most powerful medicine of all, this restores full health AND magic to both bars. There are only about 2 of these per game, unless you use ultimate mode. Magic Liquid – I don't use these much, so I don't really have any idea how much they restore, so im guessing around 30%. If you have an idea give me an E-mail telling me. Super Magic Liquid – This is the same as a Secret Medicine, except it restores all your magic instead of all your health. These are VERY hard to come by. Ekei's Keepsake – You only get this once, and can only use it once to restore ALL your health and magic. You get this if you fight and defeat Ekei in the final castle Gifu. Power Jewel – You get these by solving Trick Treasure Boxes. They add on to your life bar. Magic Jewel – The same exact thing as a Power Jewel, except these add to your magic bar. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Gift Items *UNDER CONSTRUCTION* ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The only thing that will be here now are the items that you can trade, and where to find them, NOT who to trade them to, and their reactions. Item – Where to obtain item ------------------------------A------------------------------------- Abacus – Yagyu Village, Jubei's House Ancient Coin – Trade with Oyu Ancient Documents – Speak to a person at the Imasho Stables Ashura Garment – Trade with Ekei, Kotaro, then give this to Ekei ------------------------------B------------------------------------- Beetle – Randomly appears on a tree in the mountain path Black Beer – Buy from the Bartender in Imasho Bar Black Pill – Buy from the third shop list ONLY Blue Parrot – Buy in the first shop list ONLY Bouquet – Talk to a man in stables after the gold mine Bread – Trade with Oyu Broken Bell – Get this from the girl thief Brown Egg, Chick, Chicken – Get from Chicken, grows over time. ------------------------------C------------------------------------- Calligraphy Kit – Get from third shop list ONLY Cameo – Trade with Magoichi Egg, Chick, Chicken – Buy from first shop list, grows over time. Chalk – Get from the son of a sick man Chinese Fiddle – Trade with Oyu Cloth – Find in the blacksmith's shop, Red Box Comb – Get this from a merchant in Imasho Town 3 Compass – Buy from the first shop list ONLY Conch – Get from first shop list Confetti – Get from merchant to your left, Imasho Town 1 Copper Coin – Trade with Magoichi Crown – Trade with Oyu Crystal Ball – Get it from Red Box behind dragon ramp – Gifu Castle. ------------------------------D------------------------------------- Dead Flowers – Keep Bouquet for a long period of time Deer Antler – Trade with Ekei Dice – Get from gold miner in your second trip Dumpling Cake – Trade with Kotaro ------------------------------E------------------------------------- Emblem – Get from Magoichi during the melon side-quest. European Hat – Trade with Magoichi ------------------------------F------------------------------------- Fairy Tale Book – Get from second shop list Fancy Paper – Give Ekei the calligraphy kit Fish Rice – Trade with Kotaro Folding Fan – Get from a red box in the upper level of the bar Fork – Get this from inside Jubei's House Frog – Catch in dragon pond Fudo Leg Guard – Buy from second shop list Fur Skin – Get from the first miner after Kotaro appears ------------------------------G------------------------------------- Gabishi – Buy from third shop list Glass – Get from a man at the stables on your third trip Globe – Red Box in Imasho marketplace. Golden Egg, Golden Chick, Golden Chicken – Get from brown chicken, grows over time. Gourd – Gifu East, God Shrine red box Green Parrot – Buy from third shop list Grilled Fish – Buy from first shop list ------------------------------H------------------------------------- Hair Oil – Trade with Kotaro Hair Ornament – Buy from second shop list ONLY Hard Boots – Trade with Magoichi Hien Kyahan – Trade with Ekei History Book Vol.1 – Castle Gifu under a staircase History Book Vol.2 – Speak to a woman wearing yellow in the stables History Book Vol.3 – Trade with Oyu History Book Vol.4 – Inside red box at the gold mine entrance History Book Vol.5 – Buy from first shop list ONLY History Book Vol.6 – Trade with Ekei History Book Vol.7 – Trade with Kotaro History Book Vol.8 – Buy from third shop list ONLY History Book Vol.9 – Man on 2nd floor balcony of the bar *FIRST TRIP ONLY, MUST MEET KOTARO FIRST* History Book Vol.10 – Buy from second shop list ONLY History Book Set – Get all 10 history books Houtengeki – Buy from third shop list ------------------------------I------------------------------------- Incense – Get from the Castle Gifu entrance hall ------------------------------K------------------------------------- Kaleidoscope – Don't know (E-mail me) Keimyo Hachimaki – Buy from second shop list Koban – Get from dog at the mine entrance ------------------------------L------------------------------------- Lemon – Buy from second shop list Loaded Dice – Talk to the miner that gave you normal Dice after Gifu Love Potion – Buy from second shop list ------------------------------M------------------------------------- Melon – Get this from a sick man's son in the general store Mirror – The room after the injured miner in the gold mine Music Box – Trade with Ekei -----------------------------N, O,& P------------------------------- Naughty Novel – Buy from third shop list Oolong Tea – Inside Jubei's House, backyard Pair Ring – Buy from third shop list Pandora's Box – Buy from third shop list Persian Carpet – Trade with Ekei Phirangi – Buy from third shop list Pick – Talk to miner after 1st gold mine. Pickled Plum – Trade with Magoichi Pickled Vegetables – Trade with Kotaro Pipe – Get this in the red box beside the Imasho Magic Mirror Pirates Costume – Trade with Oyu Plant Book – Buy from second shop list Playing Cards – Trade with Oyu Pocket Watch – Buy from third shop list Potassium Nitrate – Look on the Map, it shows these locations ------------------------------R------------------------------------- Raw Fish – Trade with Kotaro Recorder – Trade with Oyu Red Parrot – Buy from second shop list ONLY River Fish – Stab a fish in the Fog Valley river Rotten Fish – Raw fish changes into this over time Rouge – Trade with Magoichi ------------------------------S------------------------------------- Sake from Kaga – Trade with Oyu Salt – Buy from first shop list Scarf – Trade with Ekei Silver Armor – Buy from second shop list ONLY Silver Coin – Trade with Kotaro Sponge Cake – Trade with Magoichi Strategy Book – Trade with Kotaro ------------------------------T------------------------------------- Taiheiki – Trade with Oyu Taizo Mandala – Talk to a drunk monk at the marketplace Tale of the Heiki – Trade the chalk to Ekei Tea – Trade with Kotaro Telescope – Get this in a red box on the Imasho mountain path Tengu Mask – Get this from a red box at the stables Textile Fabrics – Trade with Ekei The Analects – Trade with Ekei Tube for Pigeon Leg – Kill a Barawashya in a Kotaro event ------------------------------ U – Z ------------------------------- Unique Mushroom – Kill demons to get these Vodka – Buy from first shop list Wasabi – Inside Jubei's house Watermelon – Trade with Ekei Western Boots – Buy from second shop list Wind Bell – Trade with Magoichi Wine – Trade with Magoichi Wonder Flower – Buy from first shop, Kill demons -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Jubei's Weapons -------------------------------------------------------------------- I don't have the hard mode soul upgrades for magic weapons, so if you can send me an e-mail telling me how much, I will Appreciate it. Jubei's Weapons: Yagyu Sword – The basic sword you get at the beginning of the game. This is the Yagyu clan weapon and Jubei always carries it with him. This sword cannot charge nor can you level it up, or perform a secret technique with it. Buraitou – The lightning elemental sword is both swift and powerful. This is obtained by "Proving yourself" at the lightning dragon shrine after visiting Takajo. This is the first chargable weapon, can use magic attacks, and can use secret techniques Level 2: 7000 souls – Normal: ???? souls – Hard (E-mail me) Level 3: 15000 souls – Normal: ????? souls – Hard Hyoujin-Yari – This is the ice elemental spear. Obtained from the Ice dragon shrine in the gold mine. Use this weapon for powerful, long reach attacks. Level 2: 7000 souls – Normal: ???? souls - Hard Level 3: 15000 souls – Normal: ????? souls – Hard Senpamaru – This weapon is the wind elemental twin blade used for quick strikes. This weapon is not that powerful though. Obtained by visiting the wind dragon shrine in Fog Valley. Level 2: 7000 souls – Normal: ???? souls - Hard Level 3: 15000 souls – Normal: ????? souls – Hard Dokoutsui – The earth elemental hammer. You will use this weapon against larger enemies and armored enemies. Obtained by visiting the earth dragon shrine in Oni's Sacred Place Level 2: 9000 souls – Normal: ????? souls - Hard Level 3: 21000 souls – Normal: ????? souls - Hard Rekka-Ken – The legendary fire sword. This is a heavy sword that is extremely powerful and has a magic attack to match. Use this to fight large enemies. Obtained by battling through all 20 levels of the purple phantom realm. This weapon is already fully upgraded with all charge techs and its secret technique. Bow & Arrows/Fire Arrows – As you can guess, this shoots arrows. Press R1 to aim and square to fire at the closest target. This is designed to hit the closest enemy and use these to hit those pesky archers on balconies. Find this in the blacksmiths shop. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ===================================================================== XIII. FAQ/Walkthrough Reviews & Questions ===================================================================== Read the Disclaimer in the next section to find my E-mail to send me your personal review of the guide, how it is helpful to you, if you want me to make one for another game, how to make it better, etc. HangMe2002: Taking a quick glance around it, it looks pretty good. One problem: The ASCII art. If you want me to make you a better one, or use E-Mail Effects, using something else. Like...Slant or something. Otherwise, its great. 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