Ninja Gaiden 4 contains 55 missions (34 chapter-specific missions, 21 general missions). Completing all Missions unlocks the Work Horse trophy & achievement.
For this trophy you have to complete all of the missions offered to you through the DarkNest Terminals / Umi in the Mission Database. The terminals look like typical small red deity shrines from Japan. Whenever you see one, make sure to activate all available missions and to deliver already completed ones in order not to miss out on anything. You get rewarded with NinjaCoins, items and accessories for completing them.
The missions can be divided into general ones and chapter specific ones. They are also covered in our chronological all-in-one Ninja Gaiden 4 Collectible Guide.
General Missions
- Capture 1/5/8/12/15 Gourdies – Please refer to the collectible guide for all 15 Gourdy Locations.
- Defeat 25 D.D.O. Soldiers – They are the regular samurai enemies you encounter everywhere. They have white and blue armour.
- Use Takeminakata to defeat 50 enemies – The Takeminakata is the double sword you are equipped with from the very start of the game.
- Defeat 10 Burabura lantern daemons – You will first encounter them in chapter 3 (Phantom Pleasure Quarter) and they are very easy to spot and dispatch of. They are the floating pink orbs that try to shoot fire at you. Careful they explode when killed.
- Use Yatousen to defeat 50 daemons – Yatousen is the second weapon in the game, which you unlock by defeating the Kitsune Courtesan. Any non samurai enemy will count for this.
- Defeat 20 Tengu – The tengu are the flying daemons with black feather wings and long beaks.
- Defeat 20 fiends – The eltus fish fiends in chapter 8 count for this, so after accepting this mission, it’s almost unmissable.
- Use Magatsuhi to defeat 15 Eltus fish fiends – The magatsuhi is the staff you unlock after defeating the second guardian boss. The fish first appear in chapter.
- Destroy 10 drones while riding on a rail – This mission starts in chapter 11 and you need to destroy the drones which will drop obstacles (circular clamps that attach themselves to the track, orange/ red colour) onto the rails you are skating on.
- Use Kage-Hiruko to destory 3 D-0037 vanguards – The vanguards are the massive immobile turrets you can find in chapter 12.
- Defeat 10 D.D.O. Heavy Infantry – They are the large samurais that will either hold a launcher or a heavy melee weapon. They are rarer than normal commanders, but spawn more frequently than the big ogre samurais. You have to kill quite a few of them during the story anyway, so progress towards this is unmissable if you accepted the mission.
- Defeat 100 enemies – Any enemy will count.
- Defeat 50 D.D.O. soldiers – They are the regular samurai enemies you encounter everywhere. They have white and blue armour.
- Defeat 50 daemons – The enemies from chapter 3 to 7.
- Defeat 50 fiends – The enemies from chapter 8 onwards.
- Defeat 20 Enhanced D.D.O. Soldiers – All of the samurais with a black armour and a yellow helmet count for this.
- Use Takeminakata to defeat 10 Van Gelf fiends – The Van Gelf are the enormous purple or black slender fiends. They have been in every Ninja Gaiden games since NG2. They appear in chapters 15 to 18. The best way to farm these is heading over to the location of chapter-specific mission #27. You will have one portal that spawns the Van Gelfs and one that spawns the Flare Shadow fiends. Simply keep killing them until the mission is done.
- Use Yatousen to defeat 15 Ilcanis fiends – Ilcanis fiends are the dog like purple fiends found in the sewers and crystal dimension. Chapter 8 and 9.
- Defeat 100 fiends – The enemies from chapter 8 onwards.
- Use Magatsuhi to defeat 10 Flare Shadow fiends – The purple fiends that have little blue flames instead of hands, feet or heads. They can enter the floor and surf around underground and re-emerge to attack you. The best way to farm these is heading over to the location of chapter-specific mission #27. You will have one portal that spawns the Van Gelfs and one that spawns the Flare Shadow fiends. Simply keep killing them until the mission is done.
- Use Kage-Hiruko to defeat 3 D.D.O. Goliaths – The D.D.O. Goliath is the final boss of chapter 2. However, the best spot to farm these is chapter 12, as two of them will spawn here and even a D.D.O. Commander.
Chapter-specific Missions
Note: some missions are only available after the first playthrough in New Game+, these are listed at the bottom.
Chapter 1
Mission #1 – Execute the D.D.O. distribution officers (Target Area: Sky City Tokyo): Once you get to the area with the massive mechanic doll head in the sky, turn right instead of following the story path to the left. You will have to go right and then left again (it’s the only path anyway) and wall run across two big gaps. You will end up in a dead end alley with a massive fan blade in the background. The officer is waiting for you here and you simply have to take out all the enemies.
Mission #2 – Find the data chip in Sky City Tokyo (Target Area: Sky City Tokyo): Once you get to the area with the troop carrier air craft on a helicopter pad, you can see three chests next to each other in the far right corner, right in front of you. Left of the chests, you will find the data chip with a blue glow on the floor. You pretty much have to walk by it to proceed with the main path, so it’s quite hard to miss. (Reward: Phantasmal Herb)
Chapter 2
Mission #3 – Execute the D.D.O. bodyguards (Target Area: Sky City Tokyo): After the second main monorail section, you will end up in an area with the two regular shops and a flying bird jump area. Once you performed the jump, turn around instead of going straight. Now simply jump the gap to your left and hop onto another monorail section. At the end of this, you will encounter several enemies in the air and on the ground. Once the battle has been finished, you will complete the mission.
Chapter 3
Mission #4 – Find the rotting charm in Sky City Tokyo (Target Area: Sky City Tokyo): Once you have made your way into the temple and the main door leading to the second phase of the Daemon boss fight closes in your face, you are forced to take a detour to the left. Wall run across the gap and you will find your first small demon fight here, head up the stairs shortly after and go behind the shipping container on the right. You will find a chest with the charm in it hidden behind it. (Reward: Black Scale)
Mission #5 – Execute the food thief (Target Area: Sky City Tokyo): After the previous mission, head down and underneath the higher floor you were just on. Open the gate to your left and you will find the thief at the end of the dead end corridor you just opened up. Keep Izuna dropping him for a quick and easy fight.
Mission #6 – Execute the renegade D.D.O. soldiers (Target Area: Sky City Tokyo): There will be a section where you need to use a wall run to reach a higher platform to continue with the main story path. Simply drop down and turn right down a corridor. At the end you will find the D.D.O. soldiers you need to kill.
Chapter 4
Mission #7 – Execute the tengu leaders (Target Area: Fuuhaku Sanctum): Right after unlocking the Dragonfly Glider, ignore the broken bridge in front of you and head right to take a detour through a canyon. You will have to use wall runs and your Caddis Wire and cross a fallen tree trunk acting as a bridge. At the end of this passage you will end up in front of a large shrine gate and the Tengu leaders will spawn in. Kill them to complete the mission.
Mission #8 – Find the secret supplies in Fuuhaku Sanctum (Target Area: Fuuhaku Sanctum): After using the Dragonfly Glider for the second time, you will end up in an area with a freight train that crashed. In the rubble, you will find two orange chests and a blue one, which will count as the secret supplies. (Reward: Black Scale)
Chapter 5
Mission #9 – Execute the troublemaker (Target Area: Fuuhaku Sanctum): In the cave system, you will get to a large area with a temple at the end of the path to the left. Instead of heading there, go right and interact with a wooden door. The troublemaker is located in the next area you get to.
Mission #10 – Execute the rampaging daemons (Target Area: Fuuhaku Sanctum): In the area with a large courtyard between several temples, head over to the right side and jump onto the roof. After that proceed straight through a passage in the mountain and use the flying bird flip to scale up a cliff. Once you are up here, you will find a massive tree surrounded by the rampaging daemons you have to kill.
Mission #11 – Retrieve the heirloom knife in Fuuhaku Sanctum (Target Area: Fuuhaku Sanctum): After yet another Dragonfly Glider section, you will be in a canyon with two tengu fights and eventually you will be shot at with fire balls by one of the large metal tea pot enemies. Make your way over to the tea pot enemy and kill it, to find the heirloom knife behind it on the ground. It has a blue glow to it. (Reward: Phantasmal Herb)
Mission #12 – Find the tengu offering in Fuuhaku Sanctum (Target Area: Fuuhaku Sanctum): Right after the boss fight, leave the boss arena and turn left. You will find it laying in the corner in front of you. (Reward: Phantasmal Herb)
Chapter 6
Mission #13 – Execute the man-eating daemons (Target Area: Fuuhaku Sanctum): Once you get to the two stores right after fighting 2 shield daemons. Before continuning with the main path, head back to the wooden pathway you landed on before and instead of going to the stores on the right, take a left and hop onto another air stream. You will ebnd up landing at a temple embedded in a mountain cliff and the oni daemons will spawn here.
Chapter 7
No Missions.
Chapter 8
Mission #14 – Execute the otherworldly messengers (Target Area: Drowned District): Once you made your way down the spiral staircase, instead of going right and following the mission path, go left and swing over to the opening of a pipe. At the end of said pipe, you will find an area with the otherworldy messengers.
Mission #15 – Find the antiquated currency in the Drowned District (Target Area: Drowned District): After obtaining the Pond Strider, you will surf along your first sewer tunnel. Towards the end of the tunnel you will pass by a disco ball in the water right before reaching a new big area which contains two enemy spawn gates. After entering, destroy the gate in the left corner and you will find a chest with the antiquated currency in it. (Reward: Black Scale)
Chapter 9
Mission #16 – Execute the miscreant (Target Area: Drowned District): After you pass through the club section, you will end up in a tunnel with the first two shops of the chapter. Instead of going left, take the optional path to the right. Climb a ladder and at the end of the hallway, you will find an area with the miscreant.
Mission #17 – Find 3 beautiful minerals in the Drowned District (Target Area: Drowned District) 1 out of 3: After jumping over the massive gap from the surfing section, stop on the small strip of land to your left. Take the optional path down the cliff on the left and then continue straight ahead towards some buildings. The mineral has the same blueish item glow as previous missions.
Mission #18 – Execute the enormous fiends (Target Area: Drowned District): From the previous beautiful mineral, you turn to the right and surf down a river. You will have to do another 3 Caddis Wire jumps, which will eventually get you to an area with two of the enormous fiends from earlier. Kill them to complete the mission.
Mission #17 – Find 3 beautiful minerals in the Drowned District (Target Area: Drowned District) 2 out of 3: Starting again from the small strip of land you have been standing on for the second mission in Chapter 9 (Mission #17), now you want to use the Pond Strider and actually jump the gap in the water. On the other side, get to shore and kill the portal spawning enemies. Behind it, you will see a ledge you can climb up. After that, you have to surf again and once you get to land again, you will see the mineral on your left.
Mission #17 – Find 3 beautiful minerals in the Drowned District (Target Area: Drowned District) 3 out of 3: Once you made your way down the raging river and destroyed a portal spawning the fiend dogs, you will have to use the Caddis Wire 3 times in a row to get up a cliff. Now before you use the Dragonfly Glider to proceed, simply look down on the floor to find the last mineral. (Reward: Phantasmal Herb)
Chapter 10
No Missions.
Chapter 11
Mission #19 – Execute the D.D.O.’s special defense forces (Target Area: Dragon’s Maw): You will find the second store of the chapter after doing a few more flying bird flips. Shortly after, you will rail-surf for the third time and eventually get to a section with 4 rails next to each other. After you perform the wallrun at the end of the 4 rail section, you will quickly have to jump on a rail to your left which will actually lead away from the other 2 main rails you have at this point. At the end of this path, you will land on a building with a few samurais that you have to kill. A troop carrier will fly in and spawn the special defense forces once you have killed all of the previous enemies.
Chapter 12
Mission #20 – Execute the elite D.D.O. squadron (Target Area: Dragon’s Maw): You will use the flying bird flip to get into a massive open area. You are supposed to go straight ahead and cross a massive gap, instead turn around and walk down the path there. You will use a flying bird flip and then get onto a railway track again. Follow the track until you land in a new area. The fight against the squadron will start right away. Simply use the guillotine throw to kick them all off the map.
Mission #21 – Execute the strange oni (Target Area: Dragon’s Maw): You will find yourself in a massive open area with no floor after doing some wallruns, swings and rides. You are on a narrow ledge and have to walk through a gate in front of you, however turn left and do a few wallruns and Caddis Wire swings and a railway surf at the end. You will drop down into an area that has the humanoid enemy you have been fighting throughout the game in these missions. This time you will kill him for good for this playthrough. You will see him again in New Game+ however.
Mission #22 – Find the classified document in the Dragon’s Maw (Target Area: Dragon’s Maw): You will end up in a large room with flashing red lights and you have to hurry up to an elevator before the gates to it close. In that room, head to the exit, but first go right before leaving to find a blue chest with the documents in it in the corner. (Reward: Black Scale)
Chapter 13
No Missions.
Chapter 14
No Missions.
Chapter 15
Mission #23 – Execute the spreading monstrosities (Target Area: Drowned District): From the previous collectible, backtrack a few steps towards the water and this time you will want to walk up the slope to your left instead of going right. At the top of this little incline, the monstrosities will start spawning.
Chapter 16
Mission #24 – Execute the rampant monstrosities (Target Area: Sky City Tokyo): After opening the previous chest, simply do a flying bird flip up the shipping containers. Keep following the corridor until you drop down into an area with the monstrosities in it. It’s some tengus and a large kettle fiend.
Chapter 17
No Missions.
Chapter 18
No Missions.
Chapter 19
No Missions.
New Game+ Exclusive Missions
Chapter 1 New Game+
Mission #25 – Use Kage-Hiruko to defeat the D.D.O. Commander (Target Area: All Areas): The D.D.O. Commander is the final boss of chapter 1 and you have to eliminate him with the Kage-Hiruko ( 
). Alternatively you can also play chapter 12 and kill him there. You can now lower the difficulty as well to make this simpler. Equip the weapon before the fight starts and do not switch it out until you have defeated the boss.
Chapter 2 New Game+
Mission #26 – Find the flower kunai in Sky City Tokyo (Target Area: Sky City Tokyo): After the second main monorail section, you will end up in an area with the two regular shops and a flying bird jump area. Once you performed the jump, turn around instead of going straight. Jump over to the ledge on your right. The kunai has a very bright purple glow and should be easy enough to spot. (Reward: Black Scale)
Mission #27 – Execute the otherworldy invaders (Target Area: Sky City Tokyo): From the previous collectible, start again at the top of the flying bird flip spot. Now simply jump the gap to your left, go through the gate and then hop onto another rail section. At the end of this, you will encounter several enemies in the air and on the ground, which were tied to mission #3 in your first playthrough. Now you want to go up the stairs and use your Dragonfly Glider which you did not possess previously. Open the door and walk into the corridor to spawn the invaders.
Chapter 5 New Game+
Mission #28 – Use Magatsuhi to defeat Sanzeon (Target Area: All Areas): Sanzeon is the final boss of chapter 5 and you have to eliminate him with the Magatsuhi ( 
). You can now lower the difficulty as well to make this simpler. Equip the weapon before the fight starts and do not switch it out until you have defeated the boss.
Chapter 6 New Game+
Mission #29 – Execute the possessed swordsman (Target Area: Fuuhaku Sanctum): When you follow the main story path, you will eventually get to a section where you have to wall run over a gap while one of the kettle fiends is shooting fireballs directly at you. After that you will see some bamboo trees leading up a cliff and at the top of the cliff, you have to perform a flying bird flip. Instead of doing that however, stay at the bottom and look for a chest to your right side. Behind that chest, you can see water flowing in a canyon. You can now use your Pond Strider which you did not have the last time you were here. Simply surf down the small river and you will land right in front of the swordsman boss battle. Completing this will also unlock the trophy Consumed by Corruption 
.
Mission #30 – Find the flower kunai in Fuuhaku Sanctum (Target Area: Fuuhaku Sanctum): Throughout chapter 5 and 6 you have to smash massive tengu stone statues to proceed with the story. At the very end of chapter 6 after having a long battle against some kettle fiends, tengus and onis, you will smash the last tengu statue. Walk through the pathway you created and drop down the ledge. Now turn around and you will see the kunai to your left in plain view. After that use you dragonfly glider to finish the chapter. (Reward: Phantasmal Herb)
Chapter 8 New Game+
Mission #31 – Find the flower kunai in the Drowned District (Target Area: Drowned District): The first time you enter the underground disco, Umi will make the remark “So loud!”. There is one large dance floor right in front of you and behind that is the stage with the turntables on it. Once you have killed all the fiends in this room, you will go through the door behind the turntables to progress the story. After dropping down the hole in the next area, you will see some rusty cargo containers close to you. The kunai is on top of the three stacked containers on the right. (Reward: Black Scale)
Chapter 9 New Game+
Mission #32 – Use Yatousen to defeat Veilotl (Target Area: All Areas): Veilotl is the final boss of chapter 9 and you have to eliminate him with the Yatousen ( 
). You can now lower the difficulty as well to make this simpler. Equip the weapon before the fight starts and do not switch it out until you have defeated the boss.
Chapter 11 New Game+
Mission #33 – Find the flower kunai in the Dragon’s Maw (Target Area: Dragon’s Maw): After you complete the very first rail section of the chapter, you will land in a white room with 6-7 samurai. After you have killed them, you can go through the door in the next area. As soon as you walk through the door, turn left to find the kunai in the corner. This is right before the flying bird flip. (Reward: Phantasmal Herb)
Mission #34 – Use Takeminakata to defeat the D-1018 Chariot (Target Area: All Areas): The D-1018 Chariot is the final boss of chapter 11 and you have to eliminate him with the Takeminakata ( 
). You can now lower the difficulty as well to make this simpler. Equip the weapon before the fight starts and do not switch it out until you have defeated the boss.
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cyber1000 says
As i suspected ive done them all but no achievement pop T_T
mason barksdale says
same
Wind says
make sure you *Submit* the missions for both Ryu and Yakumo