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This guide plays four cycles in a row and never asks you to copy a save: cycle 1 ends in Purification (sections 1 to 25), cycle 2 in Return, cycle 3 in Immortal Severance and cycle 4 in Shura. Each ending closes its cycle and the game autosaves, so every item an ending needs is set up before the point that would lock it.
Attack Power, Vitality, Posture, gourd charges, tools and their upgrades, learned skills, Sen, skill points and almost every item come with you. The exceptions are Mibu Breathing and the Mortal Draw arts (earned again with the Corrupted Monk and the Mortal Blade), the Mortal Blade itself and a few key items. NPCs, quests and the world reset, the Offering Box empties, and only the Prayer Beads, Gourd Seeds and tool items you skipped wait in the world again; the ones you took become filler loot.
The game opens in the Ashina Reservoir. Climb to the Moon-view Tower and find Kuro; the prologue is a single path, and nothing in it can be missed.
He is the prologue's mini-boss. He drops no Prayer Bead, so he is not a checklist line.
The fight with Genichiro that closes the prologue is scripted: losing it moves the story on. It does not count as his kill and gives no Memory; the real fight comes much later, at the top of Ashina Castle.
The Sculptor turns tool items into prosthetic tools, and upgrades them once he has the Mechanical Barrel. Emma trades Gourd Seeds for extra gourd uses. Hanbei spars with you and stands by the Offering Box, which sells the unique items of holders who are gone (it glows when stocked and empties at NG+). The Kind-faced Buddha takes the bell charms that open Hirata Estate.
Dying for good (respawning at an idol instead of resurrecting) can make an NPC sick, and a sick NPC's quest stalls: Kotaro, Jinzaemon, Doujun, Anayama and the Blackhat Badger all need curing before their next step. The Sculptor always falls ill first, which starts Emma's cure; one Dragon's Blood Droplet used at an idol cures everyone, so keep one in hand. Dragonrot never kills an NPC.
Leave the temple for the Ashina Outskirts and work up to the Outskirts Wall - Gate Path idol. The Shinobi Esoteric Text comes with your first skill point, so this guide opens the Shinobi Arts tree here; buy its skills whenever points allow, in the order below.
Travel between idols opens once you rest at your second Sculptor's Idol, the Ashina Outskirts one.
The five trees hold 42 skills worth 125 skill points in all, and spent points can't be taken back, so buy as points allow and nothing is wasted. The two main wikis disagree on a few prerequisite links; this guide follows the stricter one, so the order shown always works.
Nothing unique from Hirata ever goes to the Offering Box, and a forum report says this memory can't be entered again once the Father's Bell Charm is offered. Take everything in this section and in section 6 before then.
Anayama the Peddler is looting in Hirata and drops a hint about treasure in a three-story pagoda. Don't kill him: he would also vanish from his Outskirts shop, and his Phantom Kunai would then only sell from the Offering Box.
Harunaga sits on the land to the right of the bridge from the Dragonspring idol and trades goods for Treasure Carp Scales. Hirata holds seven scales in all; save them for him.
Back from Hirata with a third tool fitted, Wolf returns to the Outskirts and pushes on from the Outskirts Wall - Stairway idol. The Chained Ogre and General Tenzen guard the stairway; past them the road leads to the Ashina Castle Gate Fortress, where Gyoubu Masataka Oniwa waits. His Mechanical Barrel is what lets the Sculptor upgrade your tools.
Buy these as skill points come in. Nothing here is missable and learned skills carry into NG+, so the order is yours. Living Force at the top is this tree's final art.
A Headless (Ako's Spiritfall) lurks in a cave in Underbridge Valley. It is optional and gives nothing the 100% list needs, and Fandom advises leaving it until you carry more Divine Confetti and Pacifying Agents.
Each upgrade is listed in the section where its tool, any unique item and the upgrades before it first come together; buy it there or later, as sen and materials allow. Fextralife puts the whole tree at 35,700 sen.
Return to Hirata through the Kind-faced Buddha and head past the Bamboo Thicket Slope idol. Over the bridge the estate is burning, and the way to the Hidden Temple, where Lady Butterfly waits, needs a key. Take everything in this memory before the cycle moves on.
Hirata items never reach the Offering Box, and a single forum report says the memory closes once the Father's Bell Charm is offered much later. The guide treats that as a deadline, so everything here is taken now.
Beating Lady Butterfly kills Inosuke's mother, and Inosuke dies beside her on your next visit. Take his Snap Seed before the fight. If you need a Dragonrot blood sample for Emma's cure, his mother nearby is one GamerGuides suggests.
Past Gyoubu's arena, the Blazing Bull holds the Ashina Castle Gate. Beyond it are the castle approach, the Old Grave and the bridge toward the Abandoned Dungeon. Nothing in this section is lost before Genichiro, but Fujioka's job and the Tengu's report should both be done before you climb to him.
Seven skills, 18 skill points in all. Buy them in the order below as points come in; the last one, Ashina Cross, is the cheapest way to Master of the Arts.
Drop through the broken roof below the Old Grave idol to find his house. Buy the Anti-air Deathblow Text on the same visit as the Iron Fortress: Fandom says he stops trading on the next reload after the Iron Fortress sale.
Per Fextralife, a Badger who is struck but survives is found dead when the castle is invaded, and his questline ends there. Keep your sword away from him.
Pass the Reservoir gate from the castle side and commune with the Ashina Reservoir idol. The well here is also a way down into the Abandoned Dungeon, the next section.
Finish Fujioka's job (section 7) and report the rat to the Tengu first. Beating Genichiro and hearing Isshin out moves both of them, and nobody can say whether Fujioka's memo survives the move.
Emma now waits in Kuro's room in the Upper Tower, so seeds go to her there. Once you have spoken with Kuro, the Divine Child sits in Senpou Temple's Inner Sanctum.
Cross the castle bridge to the Abandoned Dungeon Entrance idol; Fextralife prefers this way in. The Reservoir well also drops into the dungeon if you are still down there.
Sending him ends his own quest. Fandom's Doujun page says the Jizo statue is lost with it, while its statue page has the red-eyed Jinzaemon dropping it; the guide treats it as lost and takes his own ending in a later cycle.
Striking him before his quest is over makes him hostile for good. Fextralife adds that if he dies after the subject is sent, Jinzaemon is left in the cell and can't be killed.
The Shichimen Warrior near the Bottomless Hole is optional. It drops a Ceremonial Tanto, and nothing on the 100% list needs it.
The lift at the Underground Waterway climbs to Senpou Temple, the next section. The drop past the Bottomless Hole idol leads to Ashina Depths; this route leaves that for after Senpou.
Seven skills, 22 skill points in all. Buy them in the order below as points come in; High Monk at the end is the tree's final art.
Kotaro can go to the Halls of Illusion (the Taro Persimmon, cycle 2), to Anayama (the Promissory Note, this cycle) or to Doujun, and only one of them per cycle. Doujun already has Jinzaemon this time, so this cycle sends Kotaro to Anayama.
After the blade she offers Rice. Eat it (and any other Rice) this cycle: Fextralife says Rice or Fine Snow still held in a later cycle stalls the step where she falls ill, which cycle 2's Return chain needs.
Fextralife says you don't need to speak to the Badger at the kite; GamerGuides has you talk to him there before and after the flight. A word costs nothing, so do both.
The bell at the Bell Demon's Temple is an optional challenge: it makes enemies hit harder for better drops and touches no trophy. The 2020 update appendix covers it.
Basket Wearer Shosuke, in the first house with a holed roof, turns hostile once the Pine Resin Ember is taken and has no reward. The Head Priest, in the house before the Corrupted Monk (a rotating panel under the porch), wants Water of the Palace, which only Fountainhead Palace has; come back for him then.
The Holy Chapter: Infested now lies at the bottom of the same pond. It only matters for the Return ending, so this guide collects it in cycle 2.
Another Headless lurks underwater in the pond by the Old Grave in Ashina Castle. It is optional and nothing on the 100% list needs it.
Sites disagree on how late these two talks can wait: one Fandom page says before the Great Shinobi Owl, while Fextralife, PowerPyx and Fandom's ending page allow until the Divine Dragon. This guide takes the earliest line, so finish both now, while you hold only one ingredient.
Sunken Valley starts at the Great Serpent Shrine idol behind Ashina Castle and drops through Under-Shrine Valley to the gun fort. The Gun Fort Shrine Key from section 9 opens the shrine there, which is both the Giraffe's arena and the only way on into Sunken Valley Passage.
Three skills of its own for 20 skill points, each resting on the final arts of the other trees. Buy them as points allow; none has a deadline.
A Headless (Gokan's Spiritfall) lurks near Under-Shrine Valley. It is optional and nothing on the 100% list depends on it.
The Gun Fort shrine leads on into the Passage: Riven Cave first, then Bodhisattva Valley. Past the Toxic Memorial Mob a cave holds the Dried Serpent Viscera shrine, which only matters on the Return cycle, so walk past it now.
PowerPyx's and GamerGuides' main text tie the first invasion to killing both the Corrupted Monk and the Guardian Ape, though PowerPyx's author later said the item pickups are what count. The route has already done everything section 17 lists, but check it now if anything was skipped.
A new idol appears after the fight, and the Lotus of the Palace sits in the alcove behind it. Picking it up starts the first invasion, so leave it until section 17; Fextralife's wording implies it is a separate pickup rather than an automatic reward, but no site says so outright.
In Ashina Depths, the Poison Pool camp is now wrecked and cannon users replace its snipers. The Headless Ape now waits before the Hidden Forest; it is the next section.
Matsumoto and Jinsuke Saze beaten (sections 7 and 9), or their beads end up in the Offering Box. Gyoubu's Broken Horn taken from the Reservoir gatehouse (section 8). The Badger's Anti-air Deathblow Text and Iron Fortress bought, and the Badger never struck. The Tengu's rat task reported (section 7) and the Mushin Esoteric Text taken (section 15). Kuro's eavesdrop and Emma's agreement done (section 14); their deadline is later, but this is the safe moment. The Mortal Blade and the Shelter Stone both in hand.
To change one moment in the Demon of Hatred fight: before the Great Shinobi Owl, give the Sculptor Ashina Sake, Monkey Booze and Unrefined Sake, beat Lady Butterfly and ask what the Buddha showed him. Once the invasion begins, eavesdrop on him and Emma and then talk to both; only Fandom describes this, and it adds dialogue, nothing more.
Taking the Lotus of the Palace changes Ashina for the rest of the cycle. Fextralife counts the second incense ingredient alone, Fandom adds the Mortal Blade; with both already held, the pickup is the trigger either way.
With the Guardian Ape dead, its headless body now waits in the Guardian Ape's Burrow in Ashina Depths, on the road between the Poison Pool and the Hidden Forest. Warp to an Ashina Depths idol: the invasion locked only the castle's idols.
Severing the Ape brings a Shichimen Warrior into the Burrow. Fandom adds that the warrior stays away while the Ape's body lies in the arena with its centipede still unsevered, so make sure the Mortal Blade finished the job.
Fextralife says you cannot warp to the Guardian Ape's Burrow idol until this Shichimen Warrior is dead. Walk in from a neighbouring Ashina Depths idol and kill it now.
Interior Ministry troops and shinobi dogs now hold the castle and its gate, Nightjars sit on the Old Grave and monkeys line the path to the Great Serpent Shrine. Three mini-bosses have moved in for the occasion, and the Owl waits on the roof where you fought Genichiro.
Every Ashina Castle idol except Abandoned Dungeon Entrance has dropped off the travel list. Start there and commune with each idol as you reach it to bring it back.
If Matsumoto or Saze was skipped, the Offering Box at the Dilapidated Temple now sells their beads (the sources disagree on the price), and an unbought Anti-air Deathblow Text is there for 2,200. If the Tengu left before giving the Mushin Esoteric Text, Isshin now hands it over in his room.
On the tower roof the Owl tells you to obey the Iron Code and forsake Kuro. Choose the second option, Break the Iron Code: the first, Obey, starts the Shura ending and ends this cycle. Fandom shows a chance to change your mind after Obey, but no other site does, so do not count on it.
Fandom's Hirata Estate page closes Kuro's eavesdrop and Emma's agreement (section 14) once the Owl is dead. Make sure both are done before you climb to the roof.
This is the middle of the Purification line: Emma's agreement before the Owl started it, and the Father's Bell Charm at the end opens a second Hirata Estate memory. The steps unlock one after another, so do them in order.
Fandom and PowerPyx agree that everything up to the Father's Bell Charm has to be done before the Divine Dragon is beaten. This guide does it all now, well before Fountainhead.
The Kind-faced Buddha in the Dilapidated Temple takes bell charms back into Hirata. With the Father's Bell Charm it opens a second, altered memory of the estate, which starts on the bridge past the Bamboo Thicket Slope idol and ends where Lady Butterfly fought you.
One Steam forum thread says the original Hirata memory can't be entered again once the Father's Bell memory is open; no wiki confirms or denies it. Tick every line of sections 4 and 6 first (the Flame Vent, Loaded Axe and Mist Raven materials, the Enshin, Juzou and hidden-wall beads, and the Floating Passage Text). Lady Butterfly must already be dead, or the charm does nothing.
GamerGuides counts Owl (Father) among the hardest fights in the game and suggests turning every Prayer Bead you hold into Vitality before the attempt.
Nogami Gensai lies dead in this memory, and neither Inosuke nor his mother is anywhere to be found.
The True Monk also leaves the Dragon's Tally Board, which widens every merchant's stock (Fextralife lists unlimited Scrap Iron and Divine Confetti among it). GamerGuides says Anayama's shop is gone once Fountainhead is finished, so buy anything you want from him first.
Yashariku's Spiritfall, the Headless sharing that pit, is optional; nothing on the 100% list needs it. Grab the bead and surface if you'd rather not fight underwater.
Fextralife counts 42 scales per cycle, 19 of them here and many on the lake bed; only that site gives the breakdown. This cycle needs 12 for Koremori's two Lapis, which also covers what he asks before he parts with his Truly Precious Bait.
Either noble's bait works. Whoever's bait the carp eats turns into a carp himself, takes over the other's stock and leaves a Lapis Lazuli by his pot, while the other noble dies. Nothing is lost either way; the route uses Koremori's because his Lapis already cover the spend.
The four Lazulite upgrades need 10 Lapis, and each non-Shura cycle has 6. The four from this section buy the Shuriken and Sabimaru tops; the Demon of Hatred's two are spare this cycle, and cycle 2's own six cover the Lazulite Axe and Lazulite Sacred Flame (3 each).
Nobody confirms whether the palace can be revisited after the Divine Dragon (Fextralife's advice to shop with Koremori before NG+ hints that it can). Treat this visit as the only one and leave nothing behind.
Father's Bell Charm in hand and the second Hirata memory cleared: Masanaga, Juzou, Owl (Father) and the Aromatic Flower (sections 20 and 21). Water of the Palace given to Mibu's Head Priest (section 22). Kawarada, Tenzen, Shikibu and the castle Masanaga beaten (sections 3, 5, 8 and 19); missed ones leave their beads, and Kawarada his seed, in the Offering Box. Young Lord's Bell Charm taken (section 3). Isshin's Sake talk, if you want it, is lore only and goes with him.
Rice for Kuro and the Divine Child's chain also close with the Dragon, but Return is cycle 2's ending. Nothing of it is needed now.
Winning sends you back to a burning Ashina: Kuro is gone, Isshin dies, the Sculptor leaves his workshop, and Kawarada, Tenzen, Shikibu and the castle Masanaga vanish, their drops moving to the Offering Box. The Shuriken Wheel, Gyoubu's Broken Horn and the Phantom Kunai move to the box too; the route took all three long ago.
The Dragon's realm drops you back in Kuro's room, now empty but for Emma kneeling by Isshin's body. Red Guard troops fight Ashina's soldiers across the castle and the Outskirts, and red-eyed Nightjars hold the roofs.
The Sculptor has gone, but his workbench still works. Any Esoteric Text you somehow skipped has a fallback now: his two lie by the workshop (Fandom), the Ashina text is in Isshin's tower room, and Emma gives the Mushin text if you ask her about Isshin's parting words.
The Flames of Hatred idol exists only now. The one-bar Chained Ogre near it is a regular enemy, not a mini-boss; GamerGuides counts the Demon of Hatred among the hardest fights in the game.
If any were skipped: Kawarada's, Tenzen's, Shikibu's and the castle Masanaga's beads at 2,200 each, Kawarada's seed (2,200, or 2,400 on Fandom's seed page), the Shuriken Wheel and Gyoubu's Broken Horn at 2,800 and the Phantom Kunai at 4,500. The Promissory Note discount doesn't apply here, and the box empties when NG+ begins.
GamerGuides keeps telling you to reclaim idols in the castle and the Outskirts during this phase, so some may need walking to again; no site states it outright. Rest at any idol you pass.
Kuro waits in the silvergrass field beyond the passage at the end of the Reservoir moat. Genichiro, Way of Tomoe and Isshin, the Sword Saint are fought back to back with no idol in between.
The ending waits until you speak to him (Fextralife), so this is the time to clear the cycle: every unticked cycle-1 line, the Offering Box, Koremori's wares, every mini-boss, Headless and Shichimen, and the Demon of Hatred. Both wikis add stocking up at merchants and spending spare Treasure Carp Scales; the three Dancing Dragon Mask pieces are an optional extra.
Kuro lies in the grass after the fight. Give him the Aromatic Flower and the Divine Dragon's Tears together: the Tears on their own play Immortal Severance instead.
After the credits the game offers the next cycle. Decline it to keep roaming this world, then start cycle 2 whenever you are ready from the Dilapidated Temple idol.
Starting cycle 2 resets every NPC and world state and empties the Offering Box. You keep Attack Power, Vitality, Posture, gourd uses, tools, upgrades, skills, sen and almost every item; only beads, seeds and tools you never took stay in the world.
This NG+ run plays the Return ending, and enemies hit harder than in cycle 1. Any bead, seed or tool you missed still waits in the world; the ones you took are now Bundled Jizo Statues or Divine Grass, and mini-bosses already beaten drop Heavy Coin Purses instead.
At your first meeting Kuro offers to take his charm back. Handing it over adds chip damage through blocks in exchange for about 20% more experience and sen (Fextralife); it is optional and no trophy cares (see the 2020 update appendix).
Eat or give away every Rice and Fine Snow you carried over before the Divine Child starts asking for help. Fextralife alone says spare rice stalls her sickness step, but it costs nothing to follow.
Once he has the White Pinwheel he accepts nothing more. Handing him the Red and White Pinwheel, pointing him at Anayama or Doujun, or abducting him before he has the White Pinwheel ends the Halls branch (Fandom and Fextralife).
Beating O'Rin of the Water before Jinzaemon sits at the Water Mill, or before you have spoken to him, makes him hostile and he gives nothing.
On the castle tower roof Owl asks you to forsake Kuro. Choose Break the Iron Code: Obey ends this cycle in Shura, and Return is lost with it.
You need 12 for Koremori's two Lapis, and that spend also clears every reading of his bait threshold (Fextralife 7, Fandom 9). Unspent scales from cycle 1 count (Fextralife); no source says whether the scale pickups come back in NG+, so take every one you see.
These four plus the Demon of Hatred's two kept from cycle 1 make six, three each for the Lazulite Axe and Sacred Flame. If Koremori really stocks only one (disputed), the Sacred Flame waits for this cycle's Demon of Hatred, who drops two more in the final invasion.
Rice for Kuro must be with Kuro before the Dragon dies. By Fandom and PowerPyx every other Divine Child step and the Frozen Tears close with it too, so tick every line above before you pray at the Sanctuary idol.
Kuro lies in the grass after the fight. Hand him the Frozen Tears and the Divine Dragon's Tears together for Return.
Start cycle 3 from the post-credits prompt, or decline it and enter later from the Dilapidated Temple idol.
Immortal Severance needs no side questline: no Emma chain, no Father's Bell Charm, no Divine Child. Optional repeats such as Doujun with Kotaro as his subject, or the other Pot Noble's bait, add nothing new to the checklist, so skip them unless you want the scenes.
The Owl waits on the castle tower roof as before. Pick the second option, Break the Iron Code: the first, Obey, ends this cycle in Shura and loses Immortal Severance. Shura is cycle 4's job.
Talking to Kuro after the fight fixes the ending. Give him only the Divine Dragon's Tears: adding the Aromatic Flower plays Purification, and adding the Frozen Tears plays Return. The research doesn't say whether either one carries over from an earlier cycle, so if the talk offers one, refuse it.
Start cycle 4 (NG+3) from the post-credits prompt, or decline it and start later from the Dilapidated Temple idol.
Obeying shuts Fountainhead Palace, the Lapis Lazuli, Emma's seed upgrades, every Kuro-path fight, Dragon Flash and the other three endings for this cycle. Cycles 1 to 3 have done all of those already, so nothing on the checklist is lost.
The Ashina and Mushin Esoteric Texts and Hanbei's Hidden Tooth carry over from cycle 1. Fandom alone says obeying the Iron Code closes the two texts for the cycle, which only matters if you never took them.
If Height of Technique hasn't popped yet, buy the remaining tree skills at an idol now. Whether the game lets you roam after the Shura credits is unconfirmed.
This is the reverse of every earlier cycle. When the Owl speaks on the castle tower roof, pick the first option, Obey the Iron Code. Fandom alone shows a follow-up asking whether you are sure, with a way back to breaking the code: if it appears, stay with Obey.
This guide follows the wikis' main-boss list: Gyoubu, Lady Butterfly, Genichiro, the Folding Screen Monkeys, the Guardian Ape and the Headless Ape, both Corrupted Monks, the Great Shinobi Owl, Owl (Father), the Divine Dragon, the Demon of Hatred, Emma with Isshin Ashina, and Isshin, the Sword Saint. GIGA gives a much larger count that seems to fold in mini-bosses, and the three Inner bosses of the 2020 update are assumed not to count. If the trophy doesn't pop, see the bosses appendix.
Whether you can decline NG+ and keep roaming after the Shura ending is unconfirmed; Fandom's NG+ page implies you can. Either way the save is done, and the 2020 update appendix covers what is left to play for fun.
Seventeen boss fights stand in the game, counting the scripted prologue duel that Wolf is meant to lose. No single cycle reaches them all: the last two rows exist only on a Shura cycle, and obeying the Iron Code removes everything marked Kuro for that cycle. Boss kills stay counted across New Game Plus, so this route meets the whole list over its four cycles.
| Boss | Area | When | Branch | Drop | Trophy | Where in this guide | Cycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genichiro Ashina (prologue) | Ashina Reservoir | Opening fight; a scripted loss that does not count | all | nothing | none | 1. Ashina Reservoir: the prologue | every cycle |
| Gyoubu Masataka Oniwa | Ashina Outskirts, Ashina Castle Gate Fortress | First push through the Outskirts | all | Memory: Gyoubu Oniwa | Gyoubu Masataka Oniwa | 5. Ashina Outskirts: Gyoubu and the Tengu | 1 (Purification) |
| Lady Butterfly | Hirata Estate, past the Audience Chamber | End of the first Hirata memory | all | Memory: Lady Butterfly | The Phantom Lady Butterfly | 6. Hirata Estate: the Hidden Temple and Lady Butterfly | 1 (Purification) |
| Genichiro Ashina | Ashina Castle tower roof | End of the first castle visit | all | Memory: Genichiro | Genichiro Ashina | 9. Ashina Castle: the Upper Tower and Genichiro | 1 (Purification) |
| Folding Screen Monkeys | Senpou Temple, Halls of Illusion | Senpou visit, from the Main Hall bell | all | Memory: Screen Monkeys | Folding Screen Monkeys | 11. Senpou Temple, Mt. Kongo | 1 (Purification) |
| Corrupted Monk (illusion) | Mibu Village, before the Wedding Cave Door | Mibu visit | all | Memory: Corrupted Monk | none | 13. Mibu Village | 1 (Purification) |
| Guardian Ape | Sunken Valley Passage, Bodhisattva Valley | Sunken Valley push | all | Memory: Guardian Ape | Guardian Ape | 16. Sunken Valley Passage and the Guardian Ape | 1 (Purification) |
| Headless Ape | Ashina Depths, Guardian Ape's Burrow | Any time after the Guardian Ape, with the Mortal Blade | all | Memory: Headless Ape; Prayer Bead: Headless Ape (first); Prayer Bead: Headless Ape (second) | Guardian Ape Immortality Severed | 18. The Headless Ape | 1 (Purification) |
| Great Shinobi Owl | Ashina Castle tower roof | After the first invasion, on Break the Iron Code | Kuro | Memory: Great Shinobi | Great Shinobi - Owl | 19. Ashina Castle invaded: the Owl's choice | 1 (Purification) |
| Owl (Father) | Hirata Estate (Father's Bell memory), where Lady Butterfly fought | After offering the Father's Bell Charm | Kuro, Purification | Memory: Foster Father | Father Surpassed | 21. Hirata Estate: the Father's Bell memory | 1 (Purification) |
| True Corrupted Monk | Fountainhead Palace, Vermilion Bridge | First fight in Fountainhead Palace | Kuro | Memory: True Monk | Corrupted Monk (sources disagree on which Monk earns it) | 22. Fountainhead Palace | 1 (Purification) |
| Divine Dragon | Fountainhead Palace, Sanctuary | End of Fountainhead; starts the final invasion | Kuro | Memory: Divine Dragon | Gracious Gift of Tears | 23. Before the Divine Dragon | 1 (Purification) |
| Demon of Hatred | Ashina Outskirts, Flames of Hatred | Final invasion only; optional for the story | Kuro | Memory: Hatred Demon | Demon of Hatred | 24. Ashina set ablaze | 1 (Purification) |
| Genichiro, Way of Tomoe | Silvergrass field past the Reservoir's secret passage | Final invasion, before the last boss | Kuro | no Memory | none | 25. The Sword Saint and Purification | 1 (Purification) |
| Isshin, the Sword Saint | The same silvergrass field | Straight after Way of Tomoe; last fight of a Kuro cycle | Kuro | Memory: Saint Isshin | Sword Saint, Isshin Ashina | 25. The Sword Saint and Purification | 1 (Purification) |
| Emma, the Gentle Blade | Ashina Castle | Right after Obey the Iron Code | Shura | no Memory | none | 28. Cycle 4 (NG+3): Shura | 4 (Shura) |
| Isshin Ashina | Ashina Castle | Straight after Emma; last fight of the Shura cycle | Shura | Memory: Isshin Ashina | Isshin Ashina | 28. Cycle 4 (NG+3): Shura | 4 (Shura) |
Sources disagree on the count. Fandom's boss category lists 14 and leaves out Emma and Genichiro, Way of Tomoe; Fextralife lists 14 base-game bosses (Emma and Isshin Ashina as one) plus three Inner bosses from the 2020 update; Samurai Gamers counts 16 fights. GIGA's figure of 31 bosses for Man Without Equal most likely folds in mini-bosses and is not used here.
Mini-bosses do not count toward Man Without Equal; only the main bosses do. Most of them still matter, because 27 of the 40 Prayer Beads come from mini-bosses (two more come from the Headless Ape). A few leave with the story and move their bead to the Offering Box at the Dilapidated Temple for a price; the two in the Father's Bell memory of Hirata have no such fallback.
| Mini-boss | Area | Window | Where in this guide | Cycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Naomori Kawarada | Outskirts Wall - Gate Path | Until the Divine Dragon, then the Offering Box | 3. Ashina Outskirts: the Gate Path | 1 (Purification) |
| Chained Ogre (Outskirts) | Outskirts Wall - Stairway | No deadline found | 5. Ashina Outskirts: Gyoubu and the Tengu | 1 (Purification) |
| General Tenzen Yamauchi | Outskirts Wall - Stairway courtyard | Until the Divine Dragon, then the Offering Box | 5. Ashina Outskirts: Gyoubu and the Tengu | 1 (Purification) |
| Blazing Bull | Ashina Castle Gate | No deadline found | 7. Ashina Castle: the gate and the grounds | 1 (Purification) |
| Shinobi Hunter Enshin of Misen | Hirata Estate, Bamboo Thicket Slope | No deadline found | 4. Hirata Estate: first visit | 1 (Purification) |
| Juzou the Drunkard | Hirata Estate, Main Hall courtyard | First Hirata memory; it may close once the Father's Bell Charm is offered (single source) | 6. Hirata Estate: the Hidden Temple and Lady Butterfly | 1 (Purification) |
| General Kuranosuke Matsumoto | Ashina Castle, top of the stairway | Until the first invasion, then the Offering Box | 7. Ashina Castle: the gate and the grounds | 1 (Purification) |
| Seven Ashina Spears - Shikibu Toshikatsu Yamauchi | Ashina Reservoir, by the prologue building | Until the Divine Dragon, then the Offering Box | 8. Ashina Reservoir: the revisit | 1 (Purification) |
| Lone Shadow Longswordsman | Ashina Reservoir, by the well | No deadline found | 8. Ashina Reservoir: the revisit | 1 (Purification) |
| Ashina Elite - Jinsuke Saze | Ashina Castle, Upper Tower - Ashina Dojo | Until the first invasion, then the Offering Box (Fandom only) | 9. Ashina Castle: the Upper Tower and Genichiro | 1 (Purification) |
| Armored Warrior | Senpou Temple, past Shugendo | No deadline found | 11. Senpou Temple, Mt. Kongo | 1 (Purification) |
| Long-arm Centipede Sen'un | Senpou Temple, Temple Grounds | No deadline found | 11. Senpou Temple, Mt. Kongo | 1 (Purification) |
| Snake Eyes Shirafuji | Sunken Valley, the gun fort Buddha | No deadline found | 15. Sunken Valley | 1 (Purification) |
| Long-arm Centipede Giraffe | Sunken Valley, Gun Fort shrine | No deadline found | 15. Sunken Valley | 1 (Purification) |
| Snake Eyes Shirahagi | Ashina Depths, Poison Pool | No deadline found | 12. Ashina Depths and the Hidden Forest | 1 (Purification) |
| Tokujiro the Glutton | Hidden Forest, in the trees on the left | May be lost after the Mist Noble (unconfirmed) | 12. Ashina Depths and the Hidden Forest | 1 (Purification) |
| O'Rin of the Water | Mibu Village, near the Water Mill | No deadline found | 13. Mibu Village | 1 (Purification) |
| Chained Ogre (castle) | Ashina Castle, below the Upper Tower | Appears with the first invasion | 19. Ashina Castle invaded: the Owl's choice | 1 (Purification) |
| Lone Shadow Masanaga the Spear-Bearer (castle) | Great Serpent Shrine | First invasion until the Divine Dragon, then the Offering Box | 19. Ashina Castle invaded: the Owl's choice | 1 (Purification) |
| Lone Shadow Vilehand | Ashina Castle, Upper Tower - Ashina Dojo | Appears with the first invasion; no deadline found | 19. Ashina Castle invaded: the Owl's choice | 1 (Purification) |
| Lone Shadow Masanaga the Spear-Bearer (Hirata) | Hirata Estate (Father's Bell memory) | Needs the Father's Bell Charm; no Offering Box fallback | 21. Hirata Estate: the Father's Bell memory | 1 (Purification) |
| Juzou the Drunkard (rematch) | Hirata Estate (Father's Bell memory), Main Hall | Needs the Father's Bell Charm; no Offering Box fallback | 21. Hirata Estate: the Father's Bell memory | 1 (Purification) |
| Sakura Bull of the Palace | Fountainhead Palace, past the Flower Viewing Stage | Kuro path only | 22. Fountainhead Palace | 1 (Purification) |
| Okami Leader Shizu | Fountainhead Palace, the Great Sakura | Kuro path only | 22. Fountainhead Palace | 1 (Purification) |
| Seven Ashina Spears - Shume Masaji Oniwa | Ashina Reservoir | Final invasion only | 24. Ashina set ablaze | 1 (Purification) |
| Ashina Elite - Ujinari Mizuo | Hidden dojo under Isshin's room | Final invasion only | 24. Ashina set ablaze | 1 (Purification) |
| Shigekichi of the Red Guard | Outskirts Wall - Stairway courtyard | Final invasion only | 24. Ashina set ablaze | 1 (Purification) |
| Mini-boss | Area | Drop or note | Where in this guide |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leader Shigenori Yamauchi | Ashina Reservoir (prologue) | Prologue fight | 1. Ashina Reservoir: the prologue |
| Headless (Ako's Spiritfall) | Ashina Outskirts, Underbridge Valley cave | Ako's Spiritfall; Fandom advises leaving it for later | not placed in the route |
| Headless (Gokan's Spiritfall) | Sunken Valley, near Under-Shrine Valley | Gokan's Spiritfall | not placed in the route |
| Headless (Gachiin's Spiritfall) | Hidden Forest, lower level by the Buddha | Gachiin's Spiritfall; easier after the Mist Noble | not placed in the route |
| Headless, underwater (Ungo's Spiritfall) | Ashina Castle, the pond by the Old Grave | Ungo's Spiritfall; needs Mibu Breathing | not placed in the route |
| Headless, underwater (Yashariku's Spiritfall) | Fountainhead Palace, the Great Colored Carp's lake | Yashariku's Spiritfall; needs Mibu Breathing; Kuro path | not placed in the route |
| Shichimen Warrior (Abandoned Dungeon) | Abandoned Dungeon, by the Bottomless Hole | Ceremonial Tanto | 10. Abandoned Dungeon |
| Shichimen Warrior (Ashina Depths) | Ashina Depths, Guardian Ape's Burrow (sources disagree: PowerPyx puts it at the Poison Pool) | Malcontent's Ring; only after the Headless Ape is beaten | 18. The Headless Ape |
| Shichimen Warrior (Fountainhead) | Fountainhead Palace, upriver from the Great Sakura | Lapis Lazuli; Kuro path | 22. Fountainhead Palace |
| Mist Noble | Hidden Forest temple | Clears the mist on the road to Mibu Village | 12. Ashina Depths and the Hidden Forest |
| Great Serpent | Sunken Valley Cavern, from a plunge | Fresh Serpent Viscera | 11. Senpou Temple, Mt. Kongo |
| Great Colored Carp | Fountainhead Palace lake | Killing it costs one Pot Noble's trades (see the questlines) | 22. Fountainhead Palace |
Sculptor's Idols are the rest points and fast-travel stops. None is needed for a trophy, but Ashina Traveler and the route both lean on reaching every area, and an idol is the quickest proof that you have. Travel opens once you rest at a second idol.
The total is disputed. Fextralife lists 55 idols; Fandom lists 49, because it drops the six idols that carry the name of their area (Ashina Outskirts, Ashina Castle, Senpou Temple Mt. Kongo, Sunken Valley, Ashina Depths and Fountainhead Palace). Several of those six are confirmed by name in walkthroughs, so this guide follows the 55. One idol's name is also disputed: Fextralife writes Ashina Castle Fortress where Fandom and PowerPyx write Ashina Castle Gate Fortress.
| Area | Idols |
|---|---|
| Ashina Outskirts | 8 |
| Hirata Estate | 6 |
| Ashina Castle | 10 |
| Abandoned Dungeon | 2 |
| Senpou Temple, Mt. Kongo | 7 |
| Sunken Valley | 6 |
| Ashina Depths | 7 |
| Fountainhead Palace | 9 |
| Total | 55 |
| Area | Idol | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Ashina Outskirts | Dilapidated Temple | the travel menu files it under the Outskirts |
| Ashina Outskirts | Ashina Outskirts | named after its area; missing from Fandom's list; fast travel opens here, at the second idol |
| Ashina Outskirts | Outskirts Wall - Gate Path | |
| Ashina Outskirts | Outskirts Wall - Stairway | |
| Ashina Outskirts | Underbridge Valley | |
| Ashina Outskirts | Ashina Castle Gate Fortress | name: sources disagree (Fextralife 'Ashina Castle Fortress') |
| Ashina Outskirts | Ashina Castle Gate | |
| Ashina Outskirts | Flames of Hatred | appears only in the final invasion (Demon of Hatred) |
| Hirata Estate | Dragonspring - Hirata Estate | |
| Hirata Estate | Estate Path | |
| Hirata Estate | Bamboo Thicket Slope | |
| Hirata Estate | Hirata Estate - Main Hall | |
| Hirata Estate | Hirata Audience Chamber | |
| Hirata Estate | Hirata Estate - Hidden Temple | |
| Ashina Castle | Ashina Castle | named after its area; missing from Fandom's list; locked by the first invasion until found again |
| Ashina Castle | Upper Tower - Antechamber | locked by the first invasion until found again |
| Ashina Castle | Upper Tower - Ashina Dojo | locked by the first invasion until found again |
| Ashina Castle | Castle Tower Lookout | locked by the first invasion until found again |
| Ashina Castle | Upper Tower - Kuro's Room | locked by the first invasion until found again |
| Ashina Castle | Old Grave | locked by the first invasion until found again |
| Ashina Castle | Great Serpent Shrine | locked by the first invasion until found again |
| Ashina Castle | Abandoned Dungeon Entrance | stays open through the first invasion |
| Ashina Castle | Ashina Reservoir | locked by the first invasion until found again |
| Ashina Castle | Near Secret Passage | locked by the first invasion until found again |
| Abandoned Dungeon | Underground Waterway | |
| Abandoned Dungeon | Bottomless Hole | |
| Senpou Temple, Mt. Kongo | Senpou Temple Mt. Kongo | named after its area; missing from Fandom's list |
| Senpou Temple, Mt. Kongo | Shugendo | |
| Senpou Temple, Mt. Kongo | Temple Grounds | |
| Senpou Temple, Mt. Kongo | Main Hall | |
| Senpou Temple, Mt. Kongo | Inner Sanctum | |
| Senpou Temple, Mt. Kongo | Sunken Valley Cavern | |
| Senpou Temple, Mt. Kongo | Bell Demon's Temple | |
| Sunken Valley | Under-Shrine Valley | |
| Sunken Valley | Sunken Valley | named after its area; missing from Fandom's list |
| Sunken Valley | Gun Fort | |
| Sunken Valley | Riven Cave | |
| Sunken Valley | Bodhisattva Valley | |
| Sunken Valley | Guardian Ape's Watering Hole | |
| Ashina Depths | Ashina Depths | named after its area; missing from Fandom's list |
| Ashina Depths | Poison Pool | |
| Ashina Depths | Guardian Ape's Burrow | |
| Ashina Depths | Hidden Forest | |
| Ashina Depths | Mibu Village | |
| Ashina Depths | Water Mill | |
| Ashina Depths | Wedding Cave Door | |
| Fountainhead Palace | Fountainhead Palace | named after its area; missing from Fandom's list |
| Fountainhead Palace | Vermilion Bridge | |
| Fountainhead Palace | Mibu Manor | |
| Fountainhead Palace | Flower Viewing Stage | |
| Fountainhead Palace | Great Sakura | |
| Fountainhead Palace | Palace Grounds | |
| Fountainhead Palace | Feeding Grounds | |
| Fountainhead Palace | Near Pot Noble | |
| Fountainhead Palace | Sanctuary |
When the first invasion begins, every Ashina Castle idol except Abandoned Dungeon Entrance drops off the travel list. Walk to each one and rest there again to bring it back.
Each row is a moment that closes something for the rest of its cycle. The last column lists the checklist lines it locks out; finish those first. A soft lock moves the reward to the Offering Box or another seller instead of removing it, and the trigger text says so where it applies.
| Section | Cycle | Trigger | Locks out |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6. Hirata Estate: the Hidden Temple and Lady Butterfly | 1 (Purification) | Defeating Lady Butterfly. Inosuke's mother dies, Inosuke follows on the next visit, and his Snap Seed is lost. | Inosuke Nogami |
| 9. Ashina Castle: the Upper Tower and Genichiro | 1 (Purification) | Beating Genichiro on the castle tower roof and then hearing Isshin name the Mortal Blade. It is a soft lock: Fujioka moves to the Dilapidated Temple by himself (whether his Nightjar Beacon Memo is still offered is unknown), the Tengu moves to the Great Serpent Shrine, and the Main Hall monk's Holy Chapter: Infested ends up at the bottom of the Temple Grounds pond, where the Return cycle collects it. Sources place the monk's cutoff anywhere from the kill to the Isshin talk, so treat the kill as the line. | Fujioka the Info Broker |
| 17. Before the first invasion | 1 (Purification) | Picking up the Lotus of the Palace with the Shelter Stone and the Mortal Blade already held. Sources split on the exact trigger (the second ingredient, both ingredients plus the Mortal Blade, or the Corrupted Monk and Guardian Ape kills), so the route arrives with all of them done. Every Ashina Castle idol except Abandoned Dungeon Entrance drops off the travel list until it is walked to again; Matsumoto and Saze leave and their beads go to the Offering Box (Fandom 1,500 sen each; Fextralife 2,200 for Matsumoto, and no fallback for Saze); the Anti-air Deathblow Text moves to the box at 2,200; and the Tengu leaves the Great Serpent Shrine. By the strictest reading the Reservoir gatehouse, and the Loaded Spear's material in its chest, are shut off too. | Loaded Spear; Prayer Bead: Ashina Elite - Jinsuke Saze |
| 19. Ashina Castle invaded: the Owl's choice | 1 (Purification) | Choosing Break the Iron Code and beating the Great Shinobi Owl. By the strictest reading (Fandom's Hirata Estate page; Fextralife, PowerPyx and Fandom's Purification page allow until the Divine Dragon) this closes Kuro's eavesdrop and Emma's agreement. It also shuts the Shura branch for this cycle: the Emma and Isshin Ashina fights, One Mind and the Shura ending wait for cycle 4. | Kuro's resolve; Emma: Kuro must not die |
| 21. Hirata Estate: the Father's Bell memory | 1 (Purification) | Offering the Father's Bell Charm at the Kind-faced Buddha. By a single forum report the first Hirata memory then closes for the rest of the cycle, so whatever is still in it is treated as lost: the three tool materials, Enshin's, Juzou's and the hidden-wall beads, and Harunaga's Floating Passage Text. | Flame Vent; Loaded Axe; Mist Raven; Prayer Bead: Shinobi Hunter Enshin of Misen; Prayer Bead: Juzou the Drunkard; Prayer Bead: Hirata hidden wall; Floating Passage |
| 23. Before the Divine Dragon | 1 (Purification) | Beating the Divine Dragon. Every step up to the Father's Bell Charm must be done by then (Fandom and PowerPyx); Fandom's Purification page wants the Hirata fights done too, while Fextralife and Fandom's charm page let them wait, so the route clears them first. The Young Lord's Bell Charm is gone if not yet taken (Fandom only). Rice for Kuro and, by the strictest reading, the rest of the Return chain close (cycle 2's business). Kawarada, Tenzen, Shikibu and the castle Masanaga leave, their beads and Kawarada's seed going to the Offering Box (2,200 sen; Fandom's seed page says 2,400); Isshin dies and his Sake talk goes with him. | Father's Bell Charm; Young Lord's Bell Charm; Emma: Tomoe's Note; Emma at the Old Grave; Emma and the Sculptor; Offer the Father's Bell Charm; Prayer Bead: Lone Shadow Masanaga (Hirata); Prayer Bead: Juzou the Drunkard (rematch); Owl (Father); Memory: Foster Father; Aromatic Flower; Head Priest of Mibu Village |
| 25. The Sword Saint and Purification | 1 (Purification) | Starting cycle 2 (NG+), from the post-credits prompt or the Dilapidated Temple idol. Everything this cycle has not finished is gone with its world: the Badger's balloon, Anayama's Promissory Note, Emma's Recovery Charm and the Offering Box stock. Mibu Breathing, the Mortal Blade and the Mortal Draw arts are re-earned; Attack Power, Vitality, Posture, gourd uses, tools, upgrades, other skills, sen, skill points and unspent Treasure Carp Scales carry over. | Emma: the Recovery Charm; Blackhat Badger: the Mibu Pilgrimage Balloon; Anayama: the Promissory Note |
| 26. Cycle 2 (NG+): Return | 2 (Return) | Giving Kotaro the Red and White Pinwheel, sending him to Anayama or Doujun, or using Divine Abduction on him before he has the White Pinwheel. The Halls branch and its Taro Persimmon are gone for the cycle. | Kotaro (Halls branch) |
| 26. Cycle 2 (NG+): Return | 2 (Return) | Beating O'Rin of the Water before Jinzaemon has reached the Water Mill path and been spoken to. His Reservoir and Water Mill steps are gone for the cycle, and with them Jinza's Jizo Statue. | Jinzaemon at the Reservoir; Jinzaemon at the Water Mill |
| 26. Cycle 2 (NG+): Return | 2 (Return) | Beating the Divine Dragon in cycle 2. Rice for Kuro can no longer be given (Fextralife, Fandom, GamerGuides); Fandom and PowerPyx close every other step of the Divine Child's chain and the Frozen Tears with it, while Fextralife lets the Tears wait (disputed; the guide takes the earlier deadline). | The Divine Child's Rice; Cure the Divine Child; Rice for Kuro; Holy Chapter: Infested; The Divine Child: Holy Chapter: Infested; Holy Chapter: Dragon's Return; Fresh Serpent Viscera; Dried Serpent Viscera; The Divine Child: both viscera; Frozen Tears |
| 28. Cycle 4 (NG+3): Shura | 4 (Shura) | Obeying the Iron Code on the castle tower roof (Fandom, PowerPyx, Fextralife). The cycle ends after Emma and Isshin Ashina, and the Kuro path is gone for it: Fountainhead, the Lapis, Emma's upgrades, Dragon Flash and the other endings. With cycles 1 to 3 complete, nothing on this checklist is locked. | nothing on the checklist |
Starting New Game Plus is the largest point of no return of all: anything the cycle left unfinished waits for the next one, but quest lines and endings restart from the beginning.
Sekiro has one list of 34 on every platform: the same names on PlayStation, Xbox and Steam, with the Sekiro achievement on Steam and Xbox standing where PlayStation has its platinum. There is no Switch version. PlayStation splits them into 1 platinum, 4 gold, 11 silver and 18 bronze; on Xbox the Gamerscore follows the grade (70, 60, 30 and 20) for 1,000 in all. Steam hides 23 of them until earned. Nothing online, no difficulty setting and nothing from the 2020 update is needed.
| Trophy | PlayStation | Gamerscore | Where in this guide | Cycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sekiro | Platinum | 70 | 28. Cycle 4 (NG+3): Shura: Sekiro | 4 (Shura) |
| Man Without Equal | Gold | 60 | 28. Cycle 4 (NG+3): Shura: Man Without Equal | 4 (Shura) |
| Ashina Traveler | Gold | 60 | 22. Fountainhead Palace: Ashina Traveler | 1 (Purification) |
| Master of the Prosthetic | Gold | 60 | 26. Cycle 2 (NG+): Return: Master of the Prosthetic | 2 (Return) |
| Height of Technique | Gold | 60 | 25. The Sword Saint and Purification: Height of Technique | 1 (Purification) |
| All Prosthetic Tools | Silver | 30 | 16. Sunken Valley Passage and the Guardian Ape: All Prosthetic Tools | 1 (Purification) |
| All Ninjutsu Techniques | Silver | 30 | 25. The Sword Saint and Purification: All Ninjutsu Techniques | 1 (Purification) |
| Peak Physical Strength | Silver | 30 | 24. Ashina set ablaze: Peak Physical Strength | 1 (Purification) |
| Ultimate Healing Gourd | Silver | 30 | 23. Before the Divine Dragon: Ultimate Healing Gourd | 1 (Purification) |
| Immortal Severance | Silver | 30 | 27. Cycle 3 (NG+2): Immortal Severance: Immortal Severance | 3 (Immortal Severance) |
| Purification | Silver | 30 | 25. The Sword Saint and Purification: Purification | 1 (Purification) |
| Dragon's Homecoming | Silver | 30 | 26. Cycle 2 (NG+): Return: Return | 2 (Return) |
| Shura | Silver | 30 | 28. Cycle 4 (NG+3): Shura: Shura | 4 (Shura) |
| Sword Saint, Isshin Ashina | Silver | 30 | 25. The Sword Saint and Purification: Isshin, the Sword Saint | 1 (Purification) |
| Master of the Arts | Silver | 30 | 7. Ashina Castle: the gate and the grounds: Ashina Cross | 1 (Purification) |
| Lazuline Upgrade | Silver | 30 | 22. Fountainhead Palace: Lazulite Shuriken | 1 (Purification) |
| Revered Blade | Bronze | 20 | 1. Ashina Reservoir: the prologue: Kusabimaru | 1 (Purification) |
| Shinobi Prosthetic | Bronze | 20 | 2. Dilapidated Temple: Shinobi Prosthetic | 1 (Purification) |
| Memorial Mob | Bronze | 20 | 3. Ashina Outskirts: the Gate Path: Crow's Bed Memorial Mob | 1 (Purification) |
| Resurrection | Bronze | 20 | 3. Ashina Outskirts: the Gate Path: Resurrection | 1 (Purification) |
| Gyoubu Masataka Oniwa | Bronze | 20 | 5. Ashina Outskirts: Gyoubu and the Tengu: Gyoubu Masataka Oniwa | 1 (Purification) |
| The Phantom Lady Butterfly | Bronze | 20 | 6. Hirata Estate: the Hidden Temple and Lady Butterfly: Lady Butterfly | 1 (Purification) |
| Genichiro Ashina | Bronze | 20 | 9. Ashina Castle: the Upper Tower and Genichiro: Genichiro Ashina | 1 (Purification) |
| Guardian Ape | Bronze | 20 | 16. Sunken Valley Passage and the Guardian Ape: Guardian Ape | 1 (Purification) |
| Guardian Ape Immortality Severed | Bronze | 20 | 18. The Headless Ape: Headless Ape | 1 (Purification) |
| Folding Screen Monkeys | Bronze | 20 | 11. Senpou Temple, Mt. Kongo: Folding Screen Monkeys | 1 (Purification) |
| Great Shinobi - Owl | Bronze | 20 | 19. Ashina Castle invaded: the Owl's choice: Great Shinobi Owl | 1 (Purification) |
| Father Surpassed | Bronze | 20 | 21. Hirata Estate: the Father's Bell memory: Owl (Father) | 1 (Purification) |
| Corrupted Monk | Bronze | 20 | 22. Fountainhead Palace: True Corrupted Monk (sources disagree: PowerPyx and Fandom the True Monk, Platget the illusion) | 1 (Purification) |
| Gracious Gift of Tears | Bronze | 20 | 23. Before the Divine Dragon: Divine Dragon | 1 (Purification) |
| Isshin Ashina | Bronze | 20 | 28. Cycle 4 (NG+3): Shura: Isshin Ashina | 4 (Shura) |
| Demon of Hatred | Bronze | 20 | 24. Ashina set ablaze: Demon of Hatred | 1 (Purification) |
| Great Serpent | Bronze | 20 | 11. Senpou Temple, Mt. Kongo: Great Serpent | 1 (Purification) |
| Great Colored Carp | Bronze | 20 | 22. Fountainhead Palace: Great Colored Carp | 1 (Purification) |
Two trophies read differently by source. Which Corrupted Monk earns Corrupted Monk is split (see its row). For Master of the Arts, Fextralife says any one combat art, while PowerPyx, Fandom and GIGA say the final skill of any one tree; the guide follows the majority and earns it with Ashina Cross, the last skill of the Ashina Arts tree.
App Ver. 1.05 (29 October 2020 in Japan, a day earlier in the West), with 1.06 fixing lock-on and Inner Genichiro bugs a few weeks later: play on 1.06. It added Reflection of Strength, the Gauntlets of Strength, Change Form outfits and Remnants. Every line here is optional and no trophy depends on any of it.
Start one at any Sculptor's Idol. You get one life: dying or quitting ends the run, and an idol between fights lets you rest, buy emblems or carry on. Attack Power is fixed by the mode, and only the last boss of a gauntlet gives a Memory. The unlock rule for each gauntlet below comes from Fandom alone; Fextralife only says they open after an ending.
The Folding Screen Monkeys and the Divine Dragon are in no gauntlet, though both can be refought in Reflection of Strength. Fandom alone says each Inner boss joins the Reflection list once its gauntlet unlocks.
Two optional challenge toggles with no trophy effect. The Bell Demon (rung at the Bell Demon's Temple in Senpou Temple) makes enemies hit harder and drop more items, and starting a new cycle clears it. From the first NG+ on, Kuro offers to take back his Charm at your first meeting: a harder cycle with chip damage through blocks, for a little more XP and sen.
The update's online Remnants (short recordings and messages left for other players) are not covered by this guide.