Ghost of Tsushima The Legend of Black Hand Riku Walkthrough

The Legend of Black Hand Riku is a mythic tale in Ghost of Tsushima – Iki Island DLC Expansion. This walkthrough will guide you through all objectives of The Legend of Black Hand Riku Mythic Quest.

Mythic Tale: The Legend of Black Hand Riku
Region: Iki Island
Quest Giver: Kashira, the Storyteller at Fune’s Refuge
Requirement: Finished Main Tale “A Raider’s Return” which unlocks Fune’s Refuge (village where the quest starts)
Rewards: Sarugami Armor, Moderate Legend increase
Mission Info: Someone at Fune’s Refuge is telling stories about a cursed set of Sarugami Armor, I should find them and listen.

Objectives:

Leave Fune’s Refuge
Search Mount Takenotsuji for Minato
Rescue Minato
Rest at Minato’s campfire until nightfall
Find the glowing water on the northeastern coast
Follow the glowing water on the northeastern coast
Search the cave for the Sarugami Armor
Escape Riku’s Lair
Defeat Kashira and his men

Starting Location: The Legend of Black Hand Riku

After finishing Iki Island main tale “A Raider’s Return”, this mystery’s starting location will be marked on the map automatically by a blue icon. Talk to the storyteller to start the tale.

Leave Fune’s Refuge

Leave Fune’s Refuge through the big gate. At the gate you can press to fast travel out of the area.

Search Mount Takenotsuji for Minato

Now you will get a big yellow search area on the map. Minato is in the center of the search area on top of a mountain. You can climb up the side of the cliff. She will cry for help when you get within in a 15-20 meter radius of her and the objective will change to “Rescue Minato”. She’s surrounded by lots of enemies.

The below image shows the exact point where you need to be at (white character arrow).

Rescue Minato

Defeat the enemies surrounding Minato. Deal with the Shaman first, then the archers, then the melee fighters.

Rest at Minato’s campfire until nightfall

Interact with Minato after the enemies are dead to free her. Then she will walk over to her campfire just a few steps away. Follow her and sit down by the campfire to make it nighttime.

Find the glowing water on the northeastern coast

Now you get a new search area at the northeastern coast of the map. The below screenshots show the exact point where you need to go:

At that spot you’ll find a ramp at the cliffs and glowing water below. You need to jump down into the glowing water. If you land in the deep water the fall won’t hurt you. Now you must follow the stream of glowing water.

Follow the glowing water on the northeastern coast

Swim north in the glowing water, along a mountain pass. The new quest marker shows the way.

At the northern edge of the coast you need to keep following the water until you find the entrance to a cave. This will start the next objective. Here’s the exact point:

Search the cave for the Sarugami Armor

Take the flaming arrows from the right side of the cave entrance. Hold to select your bow, to select the flaming arrow, and to shoot it at the brazier in front of a barricaded wall at the end of the cave.

Now that the place is illuminated you can hold and then to pull down the wooden barricade next to the brazier. Use that to enter the cave.

The rest of the cave section is linear, you can only go in one direction and can’t do anything wrong. There are more braziers and flaming arrows along the way which you can light up to better see the path, but this is optional and can be skipped. Because the cave is quite dark it can help to increase the brightness in game settings (Options > Display > Brightness).

Feel free to gather the supplies and other resources that sit around the cave. At the end of the cave path you will run into Black Hand Riku who challenges you to a duel. Defeat him!

Escape Riku’s Lair

Afterward you get his armor “Sarugami Armor” and “Sarugami Helmet” which make your perfect parries and perfect dodges stronger.

A waypoint straight in front of you will show you the way out the cave. At the end you need to use your grappling hook again to tear down another barricade.

Defeat Kashira and his men

Outside, you will be ambushed by your quest giver, the storyteller who told you of the Sarugami Armor. You must defeat him and his men, who are all fairly weak and don’t pose much of a threat.

This is also the perfect opportunity to practice some perfect parries and perfect dodges to test the new powers of your armor. Press or just before an enemy hits you to do a perfect parry/dodge, then follow up with a counter-strike or . This will kill the enemy instantly.