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Nioh Trophy Guide & Roadmap

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Nioh Trophy Roadmap

  • Estimated trophy difficulty: 7/10
  • Approximate amount of time to platinum: 75-150 hours (skill dependent)
  • Offline Trophies: 47 (34trophy, 10trophy, 2trophy, 1trophy)
  • Online Trophies: 0
  • Number of missable trophies: 0 [all trophy-related missions are replayable]
  • Glitched trophies: 0
  • Does difficulty affect trophies?: No
  • Minimum Playthroughs: 1

Step 1: Beat All Missions + Find Collectibles (Kodamas & Hotsprings)

Welcome to the Nioh Trophy Guide. First you should focus on beating the story. You can collect all Kodamas and Hotsprings along the way. Kodamas are little green men scattered around all main missions and some side missions. Hotsprings are pools of water that you can bathe in. You can keep track of everything by pressing Touchpad > Titles > Gameplay Record.

The story consists of 6 regions, all of which have a bunch of main- and side quests. You must complete the side quests too! The gold trophy “Samurai of Legend” requires you to beat all missions, including Twilight Missions. Side missions give some of the best rewards such as Spirits, Gestures and Collectibles and you should do them as soon as possible. Twilight missions are very hard — do the low level ones when you see them and keep the hard ones for later.

Play the game how you want with whatever weapon you like. A large portion of trophies unlocks without trying and many things go hand in hand with side missions and completion based tasks (e.g. getting all Spirits is from doing all main- & side missions). Some of the endgame side quests are extremely challenging because you must fight two bosses at the same time. Even moreso because you cannot play these missions in co-op until both players have beaten them solo. Normally those would be a 10/10 in difficulty but there is an exploit available to beat them very easily, no skill required. See the trophy “Samurai of Legend” for more info on how to beat these missions.

Important: Always sell the gear you don’t need (at the blacksmith). Do not throw it away and do not trade it for Amrita at shrines. Only disassemble what you must. You need a total of 20 million money for the trophy “Regular Smith Customer” so better start saving now. Also make the “Sell Price Markup” request as soon as possible. While at the blacksmith press Triangle-Button (Dialogue) > I have a request. This will give you more money when selling items. To make requests you must get patronage levels. You get patronage levels by spending more money at the blacksmith.

You can also follow these YouTube Playlists for Trophies, Collectibles and Boss Fights (everything in chronological story order): Nioh Trophy Playlist , Nioh Collectible Playlist, Nioh Boss Fight Playlist

Step 2: Mystic Arts

After the story you get access to New Game+. Missions now have a higher level and drop divine items (=legendary gear). This makes leveling weapon proficiency a lot faster. To earn the mystic arts you need 500,000 proficiency with all 5 weapons (sword, dual swords, spear, axe, kusarigama). This will then unlock new dojo missions. Completing the dojo mission tied to your weapon unlocks the mystic art. Now purchase it to earn the trophy.
To get the mystic arts for magic / ninjutsu you need 20 attribute points invested in magic / dexterity. You can reset your skill points via a book of reincarnation (purchased at blacksmith). Then put your points into those two attributes, do the missions, buy mystic arts and reset attributes again.
Proficiency is earned whenever you damage an enemy. Higher level enemies give a significant boost in proficiency. The mission level works as a multiplier so pick a very high level mission. A good place to farm is the first main mission “Isle of Demons” (level 180). Either farm the normal mobs or keep replaying the Onryoki boss and let him kill you. It will take 30 minutes to max out a weapon. A little over 2 hours for all of them.

Step 3: Regular Smith Customer & Master of Quality

Regular Smith Customer requires you to make 60 requests at the blacksmith. This is based on how much money you’ve spent at the blacksmith. The more you spend, the more “patronage levels” you earn. While at the blacksmith press Triangle-Button (Dialogue) > I have a request. These requests include reduced prices (e.g. Sell Price Markup, Purchase Price Discount…). You need to exchange patronage levels for requests 60 times!

Master of Quality requires you to find all highest quality materials. A lot of them are from twilight missions. Once you have divine gear and a high level character these missions get a lot easier. Before selecting a mission it tells you what material can be earned from it. Many other rare materials are obtained from disassembling gear and as mission rewards, some dropped by bosses. After the story you’ll already have the majority of materials because they are automatic mission rewards.

Step 4: Mop-Up

At this point you might still be missing some miscellaneous trophies, such as: Dungball Roller, End Times, Ugly Fellow.

Now is the time to mop up anything that’s left. The miscellaneous trophies are relatively quick and easy.

Useful Tips, Tricks and Guides:

Nioh Trophy Guide

You Are Nioh
Obtained all trophies.
Unlock all other trophies to earn platinum (DLC not required).
A Long Journey Begins
Completed “The Man with the Guardian Spirit”.
Automatic story unlock for main mission “The Man with the Guardian Spirit”.
They Call Him Anjin
Completed “Deep in the Shadows.”
Automatic story unlock for main mission “Deep in the Shadows.”
An Agreement Forged
Completed “The Ocean Roars Again.”
Automatic story unlock for main mission “The Ocean Roars Again.”
Wandering Spirit
Completed “The Demon of Mount Hiei.”
Automatic story unlock for main mission “The Demon of Mount Hiei.”
A Question of Intentions
Met with Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Automatic story unlock for main mission “The Weight of the World”.
Onward to a Decisive Battle
Witnessed Tokugawa’s forces head toward a decisive battle.
Automatic story unlock after leaving Tokai Region and going to the Sekigahara Region (after main mission “The Defiled Castle”).
The Battle Ends
Completed “The Source of Evil.”
Automatic story unlock for main mission “The Source of Evil”.
A True Samurai
Completed “The Samurai from Sawayama.”
Automatic story unlock for main mission “The Samurai from Sawayama”.
Freedom Restored
Completed “The Demon King Revealed.”
Automatic story unlock for main mission “The Demon King Revealed”.
Battle’s End
Completed “The Queen’s Eyes.”
Automatic story unlock for main mission “Queen’s Eyes”.
Making Rounds
Made two circuits around Japan.
Automatic story unlock for main mission “The Queen’s Eyes”. After this mission you get an epilogue cutscene where William is sailing off on a ship. This unlocks the trophy.
Samurai of Legend
Completed all missions.
Complete all Main Missions, Side Missions and Twilight Missions. New Game+ missions (Way of the Strong difficulty) are not required. Side missions are unlocked automatically when you beat main missions. Some side missions are part of a quest line so you must beat the previous quest first. Only one side mission is hidden – after doing the mystic art dojo missions you’ll get a new sub mission called “Master of the Twin Blades” in Omi region in which you must kill some monsters and a Nue boss with an NPC friend. Twilight missions show up randomly on the left side of the world map. They have a red eye symbol. These missions change periodically, each day at 7AM CET / 6AM GMT / 1AM ET / 11PM PT. Twilight missions that you already completed have a red checkmark when you scroll over them. They change frequently. These missions are very hard so you may want to do this after finishing the story when you have access to divine items. The low level ones you should do as soon as they become available to reduce waiting times. You can check your progress by pressing Touchpad > Titles > Gameplay Record > Other > Mission achievement rate (%).

List of Twilight Missions (mission level in brackets):

  1. The Blessed Village (15)
  2. An Ominous Cavern (20)
  3. The Squirming Sprite (30)
  4. Foreboding Seas (49)
  5. The Best and the Worst (75)
  6. The Bleeding Spider Lily (90)
  7. Where Dark Forces Gather (100)
  8. Bearer of Ill Tidings (125)
  9. Evil in the Ether (145)

*There are reports of the trophy popping after only 6 twilight missions.

The two hardest missions are “A Meeting on the Other Shore” and “The Two Kings: Nioh”. Here you have to fight two bosses at the same time. There is a very easy trick however! Use Soulstones (via quick item slot) to power up your living weapon. When the living weapon runs out use 1-2 soulstones to power it up again and repeat. While the living weapon is active you cannot take any damage. So you are invincible but also deal heavy elemental damage. Use the spear for AOE damage. Credit to rubhen925 for the living weapon strategy.

A Meeting on the Other Shore

The Two Kings: Nioh
The Beginning of a Samurai
Reached level 10.
See “Full-fledge Samurai”.
Full-fledged Samurai
Reached level 100.
Killing enemies and completing missions gives you so called “Amrita”. This amrita can be traded for level ups at shrines. By the end of the story you should reach level 100 easily. If you are still a few levels short go do some New Game+ missions, they give huge XP rewards.
Ultimate Pro
Reached maximum proficiency with your first weapon.
The maximum profiency score is “999,999”. Your procifiency increases every time you hurt an enemy. Even if your weapon’s familiarity is at maximum (e.g. 900/900) it will keep counting additional proficiency points in the background. So you do not have to switch weapons after one is maxed out. If you stick to a single weapon type you should unlock this at about 50% campaign completion. Just stick to one weapon type and it’ll come automatically on your playthrough.

You can see your proficiency for each weapon type in the additonal stats. While on the player stats press R1 to view additional stats for proficiency. Some weapons and accessoires provide bonuses on proficiency so you can max them out quicker.

The fastest way to farm proficiency is in New Game+ after beating the story for the first time. Missions will now have a higher level and drop divine items (=legendary gear). This makes leveling weapon proficiency a lot faster. Higher level enemies give a significant boost in proficiency. The mission level works as a multiplier so pick a very high level mission. A good place to farm is the first main mission “Isle of Demons” (level 180 in New Game+). Either farm the normal mobs or keep replaying the Onryoki boss, but let him kill you before his health reaches zero.
Sword Master
Acquired mystic art for the sword.
See trophy “Kusarigama Master”.
Dual Sword Master
Acquired mystic art for the dual swords.
See trophy “Kusarigama Master”.
Spear Master
Acquired mystic art for the spear.
See trophy “Kusarigama Master”.
Axe Master
Acquired mystic art for the axe.
See trophy “Kusarigama Master”.
Kusarigama Master
Acquired mystic art for the kusarigama.
This is only possible after completing main mission “Immortal Flame” in the Sekigahara Region (fifth region). It will unlock new missions in the dojo for obtaining the weapon based mystic arts. You need 500,000 proficiency with each weapon type to unlock the mystic art for it. After getting half a million proficiency points the dojo mission unlocks. Complete the mission and then buy the mystic art using skill points.

You can see your proficiency for each weapon type in the additonal stats. While on the player stats press R1 to view additional stats for proficiency. Some weapons and accessoires provide bonuses on proficiency so you can max them out quicker.

The maximum profiency score is “999,999”. Your procifiency increases every time you hurt an enemy. Even if your weapon’s familiarity is at maximum (e.g. 900/900) it will keep counting additional proficiency points in the background. So you do not have to switch weapons after one is maxed out. Any proficiency you gain before unlocking the mystic art dojo missions does count to your proficiency, too.

The fastest way to farm proficiency is in New Game+ after beating the story for the first time. Missions will now have a higher level and drop divine items (=legendary gear). This makes leveling weapon proficiency a lot faster. Higher level enemies give a significant boost in proficiency. The mission level works as a multiplier so pick a very high level mission. A good place to farm is the first main mission “Isle of Demons” (level 180 in New Game+). Either farm the normal mobs or keep replaying the Onryoki boss, but let him kill you before his health reaches zero. It will take 30 minutes to max out a weapon. A little over 2 hours for all of them.
Ninjutsu Master
Acquired mystic art for Ninjutsu.
This is only possible after completing dojo mission “A True Ninja”. To unlock it you need 20 attribute points invested in Dexterity and beat main mission “A Defiled Holy Mountain”.
You must also have completed the Novice, Adept, and Veteran levels of the dojo questline “The Way of the Ninja”. For each quest you need +5 dexterity points (5 dexterity for Novice, 10 for Adept, 15 for Veteran, 20 for A True Ninja). After completing these requirements “A True Ninja” unlocks in the dojo. Beat this mission and the mystic art becomes available for purchase. Then buy it in the skill menu for 5 Ninja Skill Points and the trophy unlocks.
Onmyo Magic Master
Acquired mystic art for Onmyo Magic.
This is only possible after completing dojo mission “A Greater Harmony”. To unlock it you need 20 attribute points invested in Magic and beat main mission “A Defiled Holy Mountain”.
You must also have completed the Novice, Adept, and Veteran levels of the dojo questline “The Way of the Onymo”. For each quest you need +5 magic points (5 magic for Novice, 10 for Adept, 15 for Veteran, 20 for A Greater Harmony). After completing these requirements “A Greater Harmony” unlocks in the dojo. Beat this mission and the mystic art becomes available for purchase. Then buy it in the skill menu for 5 Onmyo Magic Skill Points and the trophy unlocks.
Disguiser
Used a disguise.

Step 1: Beat main mission “Spider Nest Castle” (Kinki Region).
Step 2: Enter hidden Teahouse from Starting Point on the Map (where you also access blacksmith).
Step 3: Select Trade > Transform. Choose a diguise you want to buy.
Step 4: Click “Transform” in Hidden Teahouse. This will overwrite your current outfit. Gear you equip won’t alter the look of the disguise.You need 1300 glory minimum for the cheapest disguise (Hattori Hanzo). You get glory from fighting revenants (the red graves in missions that spawn the ghosts of dead players). You can farm it quickly by replaying low level missions where a lot of players have died.
Fashionista
Changed your hair style or beard.

Step 1: Spend a lot of money at the blacksmith (fastest way is to buy the Item “Book of Reincarnation”). This will give you patronage points which you can exchange for unlocks at the blacksmith.
Step 2: Press Triangle to talk to Tome at the blacksmith (while in the blacksmith menu). Select “I have a request for Tome” and then “Unlock Barber Menu”.

You’ll be using the blacksmith quite a lot over the course of the game. All money you spend counts (even forging, reforging etc).
Only 1 patronage point is required to unlock the barber menu. Now select a new hair style or beard to earn the bronze trophy Fashionista.
Refashion
Changed the appearance of an item.

To refashion an item go to Blacksmith -> Refashion.
You can give gear in your inventory the appearance of other gear that you have previously found. You can even give light armor the look of heavy armor without changing any stats or equip weight.
Latest Masterpiece
Forged an item.

To forge an item go to Blacksmith -> Forge.
You get crafting materials by disassembling gear in your inventory. This can also be done at the blacksmith. Some materials are mission rewards.
Legendary Swordsmith
Found Muramasa and brought him in.
Automatic reward for completing the side mission “The Trail of the Master” in Tokai Region (Level 79).
Regular Smith Customer
Made a total of 60 requests at the blacksmith.
Requests require patronage levels. Patronage is based on how much money you’ve spent at the blacksmith. The more you spend, the more “patronage levels” you earn. While at the blacksmith press Triangle-Button (Dialogue) > I have a request for Tome. These requests include reduced prices (e.g. Sell Price Markup, Purchase Price Discount…). You need to exchange patronage levels for requests 60 times! The requests from master blacksmith Muramasa also count (after unlocking him in side mission “The Trail of the Master”).

Always sell the gear you don’t need (at the blacksmith). Do not throw it away and do not trade it for Amrita at shrines. Only disassemble what you must. Request the “Sell Price Markup” as soon as possible.

You need to spend a total of 20 million money!
Up until 30 requests every 200,000 you spend gives 1 request point. After that it gradually takes more money per request point. Exhausting all dialogue options from Tome and Muramasa also gives points sometimes. For example, when talking to Muramasa he may ask you a question. Make your dialogue choice and check if you earned any request points from it. This doesn’t always happen. Just try it every now and then. If you only have a few requests left this can be a quick booster without having to farm money. Personally. I got 2 x 2 points by talking to Muramasa repeatedly.

It doesn’t matter on what you spend the money. You can straight up purchase expensive items such as The Book of Reincarnation or invest in forging / soul matching etc.
All money spent at the blacksmith counts. It would make the most sense to buy expensive swords or armor and then sell it again to get some cash back. Forging equipment and selling it will also give you some cash back, but the forging price is higher than the selling price (and the item quality is randomized).
Please note: buying back equipment that you sold does not count as money spent, so you can’t trick the game by reselling and rebuying.

User Meepy- has suggested a farming method that gives over 100,000 money every few minutes: in New Game+ (after beating all main missions) play the mission “Request for Ginchiyo”. Run past all the enemies and pick up the Old Charm. This only takes 1-2 minutes and you receive over 110k money every time. It’s still a long grind and will take a few hours. The Old Charm is always in a different box hidden around the map so you have to check all of them.

Another good strategy with similar earnings is to farm revenants in New Game+. The mission “The Battle of Ohashi Bridge” works best – it takes place on a bridge and people always die right at the start. They all have divine gear. Each piece of divine gear can be sold for over 10,000 money. Higher level revenants give up to 5 item drops, so 50k money for 10 seconds of work. They are very easy to kill with the spearfall skill (using the spear). It knocks them on the ground, now do one finisher and they are dead. To get the most earnings you should keep your character level low. The more levels the revenants are above you the more items they drop. Reset your skill points but don’t spend all of them. Only get to level 75 with the most crucial attributes for maximized weapon damage. The revenants in New Game+ are mostly level 100+. Now they are 25 levels above you and will always drop 4-5 gear pieces for super quick money. If you put 50 points in Body attribute and use the spear they die in 1 spearfall combo. You may want to back up your save game before resetting your level (PS4 Settings > Application Saved Data Management). Farm the bridge until your inventory is full and then sell it all at the blacksmith. You can press R2 at the blacksmith to auto-sell all items at once.

Update: There seems to be an exploit (with patch 1.02) that allows you to get all request points by talking to Tome and Muramasa over and over again. Just spam the X-Button on their dialogue. Even after exhausting all dialogue options it should give you another 2-4 points every 5-10 minutes (even when it shows the same dialogue every time). If talking to Tome doesn’t give new points, talk to Muramasa instead (and vice versa). If you don’t get any new points after 10 minutes play one missions, buy and sell some stuff, repeat. This could very well get patched out in the future but it has worked for several people using patch 1.02. Using this trick you may not need to farm money at all.
Master of Quality
Collected all the best materials.
There are two major ways to get crafting materials: From disassembling equipment at the blacksmith and from mission rewards. Some materials are from twilight missions. You’ll have to play a fair amount of twilight missions for this. On rare occasions these materials can drop in missions (e.g. Demon Horn from large Yokai Monsters). These materials have purple & green (divine) text color and are listed under “Smithing Materials”.

List of Best Materials:

Disassembly (at Blacksmith):

  1. Tamahagane = Katana, Dual Katana, Kusarigama
  2. Wood = Spear, Rifle, Bow
  3. Ingot = Axe, Handcannon, Foot Armor (H)
  4. Lacquer = Head Armor (L/M/H)
  5. Leather Cord = Arm Armor (L/M/H)
  6. Leather Kozane = Torso Armor (L), Leg Armor (L), Foot Armor (L)
  7. Iron Kozane = Torso Armor (M/H), Leg Armor (M/H), Foot Armor (M)
  8. Divine Fragment = Divine Gear (any item type)
    Mission Rewards & Drops:
  9. Demon’s Horn = Dropped by large Yokai Monsters, very common
  10. Writhing Tongue = Dropped by Onyudos (large muscular monsters with long tongue, often use tongue to attack)
  11. Ogress Claw = Twilight Missions “The Bleeding Spider Lily”, also rarely dropped by Ogress boss on any difficulty
  12. Hank of Yokai Hair = Mission Reward / Twilight Mission “An Ominous Cavern”, also rarely dropped by Hino-enma boss and Flying Bolts (white lady ghosts)
  13. Bangasa Rib = Mission Reward / Twilight Missions “An Ominous Cavern”
  14. Raven Tengu Feather = Mission Reward / Twilight Missions. Also dropped by bird enemies.
  15. Spider’s Leg Husk = Dropped by large spider enemies in main mission “Spider Nest Castle” and Joro-Gumo boss (rare drop)
  16. Gargantuan Tail Bone = Can be dropped by Gasha-dokuro boss in main mission “The Source of Evil”
  17. White Tiger Fur = Twilight Mission “The Best and the Worst”, also rarely dropped by White Tiger boss
  18. Umi-bozu’s eyestone = Twilight Mission “Foreboding Seas”, also rarely dropped by Umi-bozu boss
  19. Nue’s Claw = Drop from the Nue bosses (appears multiple times throughout the game)
  20. Kappa Shell = Dropped by Kappa Turtles with glowing shell (can be farmed in sub mission “Finders, Keepers”, very low drop rate)
  21. Great Centipede’s Fang = Dropped by Great Centipede boss in main mission “The Silver Mine Writhes”
  22. Orochi Scale = Dropped by Yamata-no-Orochi boss when defeating him a second time (replay main mission “The Demon King Revealed”)

Thanks to NeoElazul and Meepy- for helping to complete this list.
Teamwork
Completed 10 missions with NPC or in the “Yokai Realm with a companion” with other users.
You can farm this solo in sub mission “Greater Demon Hunting” in the Kinki Region. This mission has NPC and you just need to beat it 10 times. Alternatively, the sub mission “Master of the Twing Blades” (Omi Region) also works really well for this, and personally that’s where I unlocked the trophy. You get this side mission after reaching 500,000 proficiency with dual swords and doing the mystic art dojo mission for it.

If you want to do it in co-op go to the starting point on world map > Torri Gate > Yokai Realm with companion. Play 10 missions with a co-op partner. If you want to play a private match set a password in the online options and make sure your friend has the same password. One player clicks Search for Companion, the other Wait for Companion.
Yokai Telepathy
Communicated with a yokai 10 times.

You must use gestures to communicate with Yokai. This works on “Nurikabe” (Walls that have eyes and attack you) and “Mujina” (they sometimes come out of boxes and imitate you).
The walls are quicker to farm. The best spot is in 2nd main mission “Deep in the Shadows”. After entering the cave with the first batswarm there’s a side room with some enemies and a Nurikabe inside.

The way this works is that you must use a gesture in front of the wall. If you use the right type of gesture the wall will peacefully go away and it counts as a “communication”.
There are blue, yellow and red gestures. It doesn’t matter what gesture you do exactly, it just has to be the correct color. It’s randomized on each playthrough which color is the right one. You have two tries before the wall gets aggressive. I got best results by using yellow and red. Two tries are equal to 66% success rate. If the wall gets aggressive jump off the nearby cliff or let the enemies kill you. Then run to the wall again and do the third color and it will work 100%.
After the wall has disappeared quit the mission using the Himorogi Fragment (usable item). Then restart the mission and repeat 10 times! Always do yellow and red (if it fails kill yourself and do blue). This will always work 100%.

If you do this on Mujina you must imitate the gesture that they do when transforming into your body.
Master of Chaos
Confused an enemy for the first time.
For me this unlocked when combining the water elemental effect + fire elemental effect on one enemy.
One way to do this is to enhance your weapon via water magic and repeatedly attack a large enemy (e.g. Onryoki boss). When the element begins to affect the enemy activate a living weapon with fire element. Instead of using a living weapon you can use multiple elemental weapon enhancement (amulets or magic) in a row. In co-op there’s a good chance this will unlock when one player uses a water living weapon, the other a fire living weapon.It’s very likely to unlock naturally without even trying. Later in the game you often come across flying skulls. Destroying them applies an elemental effect to your weapon. When you fight a large enemy with nearby skulls it may unlock naturally. If you don’t want to bother with this just play through the story first and see if it unlocks along the way.
Twilight Walker
Completed your first Twilight mission.
From time to time while playing through the campaign you will get text pop ups after missions, saying a new Twilight mission is available. These missions change periodically, each day at 7AM CET / 6AM GMT / 1AM ET / 11PM PT. They can be selected on the far left of your world map (the hub area from where you select missions). They look like red glowing eyes. Twilight missions are the same missions you completed earlier but much harder. Complete any one of these missions to earn the trophy. If you have trouble do it later when your character is at a higher level.
Spa Healer
Bathed in first hot spring.
See trophy “Spa Lover”.
Divine Obtainer
Obtained first divine item.
At the end of the story, after defeating Yamata-no-Orochi you automatically receive a drop of divine items. Unlike normal gear they have green text color and have better defense and bonus values. They also have a proficiency level like weapons (normal armor does not have this) and they have one additional buff over purple gear. After beating the story you can also play New Game+ where divine gear is a simple reward for mission completion.
Yokai Quelling Master
Defeated all types of yokai.
For a complete list of enemies and their locations please refer to this article: Nioh All Types of Yokai Enemy Locations

To see which types of Yokai you have defeated press Touchpad > Titles > Gameplay Record > Small Yokai Defeated.
To see pictures of all the enemies press Touchpad > Amrita Memories > Yokai Illustrations.
The “Large Yokai Defeated” are all automatic story bosses and unmissable. If you play all missions and always clear out all enemies you will automatically kill each enemy type once. None of them are hidden. If you don’t rush and kill everything this comes naturally. The only rare enemies are Karakasa Umbrella in sub mission “The Ogress” and Mudman in main mission “The Defiled Castle. The other enemies show up quite frequently throughout the game.
Spa Lover
Bathed in every hot spring.

There are 20 Nioh Hot Spring Locations.

The hot springs replenish your health and give a buff that recovers health over time. They can make a huge difference when used before a boss fight. Or when you run out of elixirs this is a quick way to get back health without having to use a shrine.
Most of them are well hidden in hard to reach places on the edge of the map. Anything you’ve missed can be obtained via mission select at any time. The hot springs are saved instantly after bathing in them. You do not have to use them again if you die. Furthermore, you are allowed to quit the mission immediately (use Himorogi Fragment) and your progress will still be saved. You don’t have to reach the next checkpoint.

To see your progress press Touchpad – Gameplay Record – Other – Hot Springs discovered (%) / Hot Springs bathed in (amount).
Please note that “Hot Springs discovered” gives only a percentage. “Hot Springs bathed in” gives you the total number of times you used hot springs. If you use the same one multiple times it will increase the amount as well, so this isn’t ideal for tracking (unless you never use the same hot spring more than once).
If for some reason the trophy doesn’t unlock rush through all missions again. You can collect all of these within 30 minutes if you know the levels well enough. If you’d like to combine it with the run for Kodama Locations I recommend you get the Kodamas first and then look for the hot spring afterwards. Main missions never have more than one hot spring!
Gesture Master
Acquired 40 gestures.
Gestures are unlocked as mission completion rewards but also from miscellaneous tasks, such as giving dungballs to the dung lover in mission “The Defiled Castle”. The easiest way is to buy them from the Hidden Teahouse (unlocked after main mission “Spider Nest Castle”). You can exchange glory for new gestures. Glory is earned by defeating revenants.

When the game starts you already have a few gestures and they count towards the 40 total. The rest will come naturally as you complete all missions the game has to offer. By the end of the story you should have this. If not buy a few more gestures from the hidden teahouse and make sure you completed all side quests. You don’t need to search for any gestures as they are automatic mission rewards. This trophy is unmissable when you go for all the other trophies and will come automatically along the way.
Kodama Leader
Collected all Kodama.
Nioh has 150 Kodama Collectible Locations. Finding all Kodamas unlocks the Kodama Leader Trophy. There are 6 regions in the game and each has 25 Kodamas scattered across main- and side missions. As you play through the story new regions will unlock. The regions are (in this order): Kyushu, Chugoku, Kinki, Tokai, Sekigahara, Omi.

At shrines you can select Kodama Blessings. They are divided into 5 categories: more amrita, more weapon drops, more armor drops, more elixir drops, more material drops.
Each of these blessing categories has 5 kodamas per region (5 categories x 5 kodamas = 25 kodamas per region). The more kodamas you find the stronger the blessing will become. Your Kodamas reset in every region. When you go to the second region you have to find 25 Kodamas again to earn the blessings. The Kodamas in old regions are still saved but have no effect in new regions.

None of these collectibles are missable. They can all be obtained via mission select at any time (even after beating the story). When you scroll over a mission it will show how many you found there. To see your total progress press Touchpad – Titles – Gameplay Record – Other – Kodama found (%). Please note this gives only a percentage and not the number of collectibles found.
If you missed a Kodama don’t worry. A lot of side missions & twilight missions take place in the same area and you can find the Kodamas there, too! They have the same locations of course.
You can also speedrun the mission real quick and quit out after finding the Kodama (use item “Himorogi Fragment” from inventory to quit). All Collectibles are saved instantly. You don’t have to reach the next checkpoint and don’t have to pick them up again if you die. You can quit the mission immediately after finding the last Kodama.

The spirit guardian spirit “Shinka” has an ability called Kodama Sense. Some other items have it too and it reveals the kodama locations via green dots on the radar. This can make it a bit easier to locate them.

Region #1: Kyushu

Region #2: Chugoku

Region #3: Kinki

Region #4: Tokai

Region #5: Sekigahara

Region #6: Omi
Friend of Guardians
Collected all Guardian Spirits.
Guardian Spirits are rewards from main- and side missions. Simply complete all missions and this will unlock. There are 22 Guardian Spirits in total. The last one is from the Kelley boss at the end of the story.
Dungball Roller
Became Ryunoshin the dung lover’s best friend.

You meet the dung lover in main mission “The Defiled Castle” (Tokai Region). You must give him 30 dungballs, then he gives you his helmet “Horned Turban Kabuto” which unlocks the Dungball Roller trophy.

Step 1: At the start of mission “The Defiled Castle” farm the 4 Mudman enemies. They lurk in the water and look like umi-bozus from earlier in the game but in brown color (dirty blobs). They have a ~20% chance of dropping a dungball. After killing all 4 use the shrine to make them respawn and keep farming them until you have 30 dungballs. This can take an hour or so. They can also drop “Noble Dungballs” which are even better and count as multiple normal dungballs.

Step 2: When you have 30 dungballs head upstairs and talk to the man behind the door (near the second shrine of this mission). Give him your dungballs. You can always give him packs of 5 dungballs. After giving 30 you receive his helmet and the trophy. If you give him noble dungballs it will reduce the amount of normal dungballs needed. Noble dungballs are totally optional and not absolutely necessary.

Mudmen are weak to fire. Enhance your weapon with fire magic and they will die in 1 hit. You can return to this section via mission select at any time. You will most likely find some noble dungballs randomly as you play through the rest of the story. This will reduce the amount of farming required.
If he doesn’t give you the helmet or stops talking to you just keep farming mudmen and bring him more dungballs. Yummy!
Ugly Fellow
Used the mask of an ugly fellow to defeat an enemy.

This trophy requires you to equip a Hyottoko Mask and kill an enemy with it. There are several sureshot ways to get the mask:

1) Mission: The Conspirators (Chugoku Region) – Take it from a corpse in the cave before the end room with the two ninjas. When replaying the mission it respawns.
2) Mission: Wreathed in Flame (Kyushu Region) – Automatic mission completion reward. Replay as often as you want to earn more masks.
3) Hidden Teahouse: Buy it for 220 Glory (the teahouse unlocks halfway through the campaign after mission “Spider Nest Castle”).

Equip the mask in a shortcut slot, then weaken an enemy so they die in one hit. It will breathe fire in a 2 meter radius, the enemies has to be close to you. If it kills the enemy you earn the trophy. If the enemy doesn’t die you must get another mask via one of the methods described above.
Keeper of the Flame
Lit all three evil-warding bonfires in Itsukushima.

There are 3 evil warding bonfire locations in main mission “The Ocean Roars Again” (Chugoku Region). They have the nice side effect that Umi-bozu (boss of this mission) cannot spawn his minions. This makes the boss fight a lot easier.

At the start of the mission talk to the mage near the shrine. She gives you Flint to light the 3 fires. Now go to all 3 bonfires and press the circle button to interact with them. The bonfires during the boss fight will also be lit after this.
Ressurector of the Hiragumo
Collected all fragments of the Hiragumo teakettle from Shigisan.

There are 6 Fragment locations. You find them all in main mission “Spider Nest Castle” (Kinki Region). Throughout this mission there are huge orange glowing spider webs. The first two are unmissable and must be destroyed to proceed. The other 4 are hidden around the map. When you get close to the web (or shoot it) a huge spider jumps out. Kill this spider and pick up the purple glowing fragment.

The first two are unmissable. The third is in the spider cave, after dropping through the hole by the house. The fourth is after the spider cave on a watchtower (easiest to miss, shoot it with bow – thanks to PSN User “Noirlingua” for this). The fifth on the hill after opening gate and reaching third shrine. The sixth is on top of the hill after the burning wheel enemy, before entering the big building.
You can replay this mission at any time. When restarting the mission you must get all fragments again.
Nue Slayer
Defeated the Nue of Mount Hiei.

Nue of Mount Hiei is an optional boss in main mission “The Demon of Mount Hiei” and will earn you the trophy Nue Slayer. Unlike other bosses it does not display a health bar at the bottom of the screen. It’s the exact same boss as Nue in the early main mission “The Spirit Stone Slumbers”.

Wait for her to breathe lightning or poison at you. Then quickly dodge to he LEFT of her head (always the left so she can’t hit you!) and attack with quick low stance attacks. While Nue breathes lightning she is defenseless and will sit around. When you do enough damage her KI depletes and she will be vulnerable for a few seconds. Follow up with your Guardian Spirit and she won’t be able to recover from her downed state.

Also use the nearby hotspring before the fight for automatic health recovery.
End Times
Defeated Derrick the Executioner.

In the last main mission “The Queen’s Eyes” (Omi Region) you can revisit the first boss of the game. He is hidden in a different location this time. At the second shrine of this mission (the one closest to the Derrick boss fight in the Prologue) go downstairs. In the basement you’ll find him.
At this point in the game he is very easy to kill. Stay far away so he uses a dash attack. Then dodge to the side and attack for 3 seconds. Dodge away after 3 seconds because he will turn around and hit you otherwise. Repeat the process a few times. Wait for him do dash, dodge to side, attack 2-3 times, dodge away, repeat.

This trophy guide is based on patch 1.02.


Special Thanks / Credits

Massive thanks to the following people for sending tips and strategies. You guys rock!:

rubhen925 = living weapon strategy for double bosses & last hot spring location
NeoElazul = helping to complete enemy list, best materials list and several other trophy confirmations
Meepy = additional locations of best materials and a money farming method
Noirlingua = help with Ressurector of the Hiragumo, a tricky Kodama location and some other updates
x3Ennyx3 = additional info on Yokai Telepathy

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    • Sounds like only portions of it are 9/10 difficulty… You can CO-OP those parts and get carried. These parts are probably crazy frustrating solo hence the score.

      Still relatively difficult but seems doable! Plus damn quality of a game!

    • If I read it correctly, certain mission cannot be done in Co-op until both players beat it Solo, which is why it is 9/10. If you could get carried, that would make it a heck of a lot easier.

  2. Hey, I’ve heard that the Alpha Beta was super hard, but many people have been saying that the finished product isn’t as hard as Dark Souls or Bloodborne…. is that true?

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    • The first 8 bosses are much harder than Dark Souls / Bloodborne. Mostly because you have bad gear, lack attribute points and haven’t learned any new combat moves yet. I think it’s the same as alpha, personally I didn’t notice any difference (you die in 1-3 hits).
      After level 60 the difficulty really drops to a point where your level is irrelevant and only gear matters. But then at the very end you unlock two side quests where you must fight 2 bosses at the same time. Difficulty spikes to a 10/10 there. For the average person it will be extremely challenging, if not impossible. For the dedicated hardcore gamer it’s probably an 8/10 and will take many attempts and hours of trying. Definitely harder than any of the boss fights in the souls games.
      You could brute force it by overleveling. New Game+ goes over level 300 and you could just keep getting better gear until you are overpowered – but it would still be a hard fight concentrating on the two strongest bosses at once. Co-Op doesn’t work for these missions either, so it comes down to personal skill.

      Edit February 13th: Since release some new tactics have surfaced, e.g. living weapon spam by consuming soulstones. This makes double bosses a hell of a lot easier.

    • First 3 missions (with bosses Onryoki, Hino-enma & Nue) are easier in finished product than in Alpha & Beta. Especially Onryoki’s and Nue’s level had much less enemies than they had on Alpha & Beta. The Onryoki stage had at least 10 enemies less: some of the removed were strong ones; others were removed from groups; there is even 1-2 enemies that were replaced by weaker ones. Nue’s level is the same thing: it features much less enemies than on the Alpha. For example: originally there was One-Eye Oni in front of Nue’s door; and another in front of the door shortcut to the first shrine. Overall, the stages had become sooo much easier. I’m still in the beginning of the game, so I can’t speak about later stages.

    • Hey. Last night when I was playing coop. I was searching for non-specific mission coop. But I ended up with the mission that havent played yet. And the mission is my next main mission. So I helped the guy and kill the boss. Turn out my story progress as well. Not like I want to prove something but I think it is something many people doesnt know. Sorry for bad english

  3. For the people who have trouble with bosses or certain types of enemies.
    There is an onmyo magic called Sloth

    Talisman: Sloth I
    Lets you ready 2 sloth talismans. Greaty reduces the movement speed of your enemy.

    Hit an enemy with that and he is slower than your grandma. Trust me!!!
    This makes big enemies and bosses a piece of cake (yes it works on bosses). Nioh was quite easy so far :D

    I hope this helps someone

    Btw, wasnt that impressed of this game. Playing dark souls is much better imo

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    • Of course you weren’t impressed if you use cheese tactics. This game has far better combat than the Souls games combined, in fact, I don’t even know how From Soft could release annew game, either Souls or Bloodborne and not take cues from this game.

    • Ok listen, i didn’t cheese every boss with this. I recently reached the last region and i then discovered this magic in the onmyo dojo mission for the mystic onmyo arts. I tested it on some mobs and a boss and it makes the game really easy.
      And i don’t consider using skills/abilitys given by the game a cheese.

      But even without this magic, enemys and bosses are far easier compared to dark souls bosses. As soon as you see the move set of the boss, the fight is pretty much over. They all have some major flaws in their movesets, meaning you can force them quite easy to do a move over and over and over again. This is something i couldnt do in Darksouls/bloodborne. This makes me feel as if bosses are just giant sponges instead of bosses, it’s a very weird feeling…

      As far as combat goes, i am not that impressed either. 5 weapons with 3 stances isn’t much. For comparison, bloodborne had 15 weapons with 2 forms, and 11 firearms/guns. Dark souls has even more weapons. But i think thats not what you meant…
      You are talking about the way they use Ki and all that stuff right?
      Could you please tell me whats the thing, that makes the combat in nioh so great for you? Cause i cant see/feel it.

      Other things i didn’t like:
      – My lvl is almost meaningless. Goin 35 lvl’s under recommended lvl in a misson, still no trouble at all.
      – The same mobs over all 6 regions. Minor changes on enemies in upper regions. The nice and special mobs like the umbrella are seen very rarely.

      Things i liked:
      – The story
      – Japanese history, i love samurai. Nobunaga, hideoshi, mitsuhide etc. Love them all.

      That’s how i see this game. Overall i liked it and would buy/play it again.
      But it can’t compete with the Dark Souls/Bloodborne games at the moment. I would always choose them over nioh.

    • Because spamming R1 and strafing around an enemy with a shield up or the ocasional rolling is the pinnacle of combat, right? You say you couldn’t cheese Dark Souls bosses? Let’s see, The gimmicky Bed of Chaos, which Miyazaki even acknowledges is poorly designed, Capra Demon with his dogs in the smallest boss room ever, Dark Sun Gwyndolin, an endless corridor and a game of catching up and getting a couple of hits rinse and repeat. Then there’s Gwyn who can be parried to death and he’s the final boss, enough said. Then there’s magic, which was absolutely broken in Dark Souls 1,

      Bloodborne is untouchable but even that game has its fair share of crap design
      The trick weapons are the absolute pinnacle of From Software’s combat system but the magic fades a bit when you realize that weapons such as the Saw Cleaver, the Saw Spear, the Beast Hunter Saif are the same thing with different stats. The fact that each time you start the game you basically have 4 weapons to choose from is terrible and don’t get me started on Arcane builds, which are not viable until at least halfway through the game.

      Speaking of the bosses, the Witch of Hemwick and the One Reborn are main bosses and both are uninspired and easy from a gameplay perspective, hell the witch becomes an absolute joke without insight. Loran Darkbeast is undoubtedly the worst designed boss that From Software has ever done, it’s a fight against the camera more than against the boss, Pthumerian descendant with his attacks that go through walls, the chalice dungeons in general are plain and boring.

      I love the Souls games and they are the reason I played all demos of Nioh but I see that people somehow have selective memory about the Souls games and how flawed they are and get extremely protective about them now that Nioh is proving to be a very interesting and well designed competition to what From Software has created.

    • Well instead of R1 i am now spamming square. Instead of shield i have a sword to block. Occasional dodge/rolling? Check.
      But that’s just me.

      I didn’t say you can’t cheese in souls games. What i wanted to say is that i felt it is very easy to cheese in this game.
      I think that forcing a certain move is very easy in nioh. Example: Hitting in the back of the enemy results in round house kick. And you can force this till the enemy is dead.
      That you can effectively do this on almost all bosses is what makes it kind of ridicolous for me.

      But lets end this discussion now. I think we both agree that the souls series and nioh are great games and provide us a lot of fun 🙂

      ——-
      I have just one last question (i am sry). What do you think about the difficulty of the bosses?
      This might be the years of dark souls experience but i think most bosses are rather easy, since i was able to do many of them in first try. Sloth, spear stun-locks and living weapon excluded. They weren’t that hard.
      Please notice that i haven’t tried the Thousand Eyes Boss and these boss fights were you have 2 bosses at the same time yet.
      I heard these are much harder compared to the rest of the bosses and i am looking forward to beating them :P

    • I have found the bosses in Nioh to be very interesting to fight, specially since I’m attempting to get all the titles that require you to beat them without getting hit, I have beaten 6 so far and have to say I have learned a lot about them. I don’t use magic or cheese them but I do use stances and special moves I know I dominate almost perfectly and stick to those. The human bosses are very well designed, but their flaw is the fact that they can still attack even without stamina and they recover from a critical hit faster than you do, so it’s an unnecessary risk, IMO. Still miles ahead of the hunter fights in Bloodborne since those guys never run out of bullets or stamina. I can safely say that a sequel to this game would be very good and I hope it doesn’t take too long.

    • Hey same here, i am trying to beat them without getting hit too. That said there seem to be some bugs about these titles. I heard i doesn’t work properly at the moment on certain bosses.

      Ohh and i finished the last bosses now. Thousand eyes was rather easy. The nioh duo was really hard, but doable if i focused on the aggressive one. Still made me die about 50 times surely.
      The fight with nobunaga and yuuki ona was the absolute best! I didn’t make it till now without help of my living weapon. A very well made boss fight. I love it.

      Looking forward to a sequel aswell

    • You’re kidding, right? Nioh is nothing, and not even close to Dark Souls Games. And the Bosses are way easier, Bloodborne is much harder. And yes, I played the alpha, I don’t notice any difference in difficulty. Enemies are repeated in every level, no surprises at all. Overall, it’s an amazing game and loving it, but nothing compared to From Software’s masterpieces.

  4. All missions trophy didn’t unlock after 6 twillight missions for me and after analysing ps profiles of ppl who have it, your reports about 6 missions unlock are false.

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    • It’s not false. It unlocked for me after 6 missions, too. Everyone I talked to got it after 6 twilight missions.

      It does say in the trophy guide “there are reports of the trophy unlocking after only 6 twilight missions”. Which means it CAN unlock after six, doesn’t have to. Also, how would analyzing PSNP help with this? You can’t see how many twilight missions others have completed.
      I’m not sure if it’s a positive glitch or what. All I’m saying is that it CAN unlock with only six missions and it did for a lot of people.

    • I literally checked everyone who got this achievement recorded on psnprofiles, and not a single person who got the game on release unlocked it today. Three days passed since the release, and because the first set of twilight missions were way too high level(if I assume that everyone has the same set of missions correctly), today should have been the day when at least someone should have unlocked the trophy, yet everyone who has the trophy been playing the game before the release. May be it may pop after 6 missions, but you have to play a certain amount of time, or experience all set of twilight missions rotating. Also what missions completion % you had when you completed all main and side missions? I am sitting at 95% even thought I done all of them except for NG+ missions, am I missing something? Thank you for what you are doing.

    • You assume that everyone rushed through the game within 3 days and has a high enough char to beat those missions. That’s not the case.
      For most people it will take at least a week or longer to beat the game. Most players don’t focus on twilight missions because they are too hard. This is not a reliable way to test. Some of these twilight missions are lvl 145, almost impossible within 3 days. Not everyone is a hardcore trophy gamer. Some will do it later down the line.
      All I can say with 100% certainty is that I got it after 6 twilight missions and all my buddies who platinumed it have gotten it after six.

      Each twilight mission gave me exactly 0,5% progress. Every side mission 1,5%.
      The trophy popped for me after the side mission where you fight the two samurai bosses at once. I had done exactly 6 twilight missions up to this point.

      NG+ is not required. I did the trophy with patch 1.02 (latest version). I’m 100% sure.

    • This is weird, I have done all side and main quest missions(every region has the full blue bar) and all the dojo quests(including the ones for red perks), yet I have 96.5% completion rate. I vaguely remember that it was 95.5% before two new sets of twilight missions unlocked, so each twilight mission adds 0.5% for me as well. Did you have 100% completion rate at the time you unlocked the achievement? Also, you are correct that not everyone is a hardcore gamer, but there should be at least 1 person who bought the game on release and had the trophy unlocked since there were 6 missions starting from level 1 to level 90 that since the release. By the way, you don’t need twilight missions to obtain boss materials, all of them are obtainable from normal version bosses though I assume the drop rate is much lower.

    • Yes it showed 100% mission achievement rate when the trophy popped.
      I only did twilight missions on normal difficulty. The twilight missions in NG+ are different but I never touched those.

    • Completed the next set of twilight missions and Where Dark Forces Gather (100) got me 0.5% completion rate but Bearer of Ill Tidings (125) gave me 1.5 % completion rate,sitting at 98.5% completion rate so I am guessing final twilight mission Evil in the Ether (145) will reward 1.5% completion rate as well. What you ,players who got the game before launch, experienced may have been indeed a positive bug. By the way on which mission Evil in the Ether (145) will be based on, and will we have only one mission tomorrow or twilight rotation will include some of the previous missions?

  5. Can someone tell me how to unlock the last Onmyo training mission at the dojo? I already have 20 points in magic and completed the main mission “Immortal Flame” but the dojo mission doesn’t show up?

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    • I have the same problem on both Ninjutsu and Onmyo, do you have the last Ninjutsu missions? Any idea how you unlocked it?

    • Have you completed the lower level dojo magic missions? There was one for 10 or 15 skill points I think. This is required as well. Otherwise keep playing and see if it unlocks. It should pop up eventually 🙂

    • Yes, i have completed the 10 and 15 point dojo magic missions. After immortal flame all the weapon missions popped up, but not this one. I have just 10 points dex so I cannot say something about the last ninjutsu mission.

    • I’ll do more testing asap. I’m sure it’ll unlock eventually. Check after every main mission and see if it unlocks.

      Did the other mastery missions unlock for you (main weapons)?

    • THX for checking. I also did all side missions. I will play on and hope it’ not a bug. Is it possible that the challenge titles have to do something with it? So you have to earn some titles before the Mission pop?

    • I’ll do more testing asap. I’m sure it’ll unlock eventually. Check after every main mission and see if it unlocks.

      Did the other mastery missions unlock for you (main weapons)?

  6. I completed the Immortal Flame mission but did not unlock the Onmyo Magic and Ninja Dojo missions even though i have both of them on level 20. Anyone know what’s going on?

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    • I had originally rated it a 9/10. All I’m missing for plat now is farming money. At first it’s very hard – I agree. But with the living weapon trick mentioned in this guide everyone could beat it without being any good at the game. I’m sure more cheesy tactics will surface over time. Difficulty drops drastically after Umi-bozu boss. By the end of the story I was like 35 levels below mission requirement and didn’t have any trouble.

    • What are your thoughts on difficulty with today’s patch 1.03? Apparently it has really nerfed the living weapon build. Does this bump the game back up to a 9/10 in your opinion?

    • If you have the disc: press Options on the game in PS4 menu (from where you normally boot it up). Then Delete the game and reinstall. Don’t download the patch again. If you have the digital copy you can’t uninstall the patch, it auto downloads with the game.
      But anyway, the exploit still works. They just made it so the living weapon drains quicker. You can still use soulstones to power it up again. Not a problem.

    • The 2 Nioh fight is easy without the living flame, use the Bull Guardian spirit and it knocks the big guy down every time, 3 times with carnage etc and its all over. The Ice Lady / Living Flame guy are a little harder, but sloth/carnage/weakness, with the Sword mystic art and get behind her, one or 2 attacks with Low stance will finish her, then one on one.

  9. I just figured out that you can unlock the ninjutsu and onmyo dojo missions after you complete “A Defiled Holy Mountain” story mission.

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  10. By the way, it is definitely not a 150 hours platinum, I got all the trophies for platinum (except for all missions because of twilight missions) in like 35-40 hours and that’s with watching cinematics, dying for around 80 times, and being stuck on some levels, so I am guessing for an experienced player it can be done in even less time.

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  12. hey powerpyx. my ‘legend of samurai’ trophy glitched.
    i finished all main missions, sub missions and all twillight missions but the trophy wasnt pop.
    all the regions has full blue bar under them.
    i finished all mystic arts missions too.
    i checked my mission achievement rate , it says 93%.
    is there anything that i missed?

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    • Hmm that’s odd. Did you do all the dojo missions?
      Check the twilight missions in New Game+ too. Either something is missing (93% completion seems low) or there really is something glitchy happening.
      After doing the mystic arts there is another side mission in Omi region. Go through all maps again and double check. Also check dojo and see if doing NG+ twilight missions increases the percentage (for me NG+ twilights were not required, it popped after 6 twilights on normal difficulty).

    • oh does dojo mission counts as well? i mean the mystic arts counts for that? and the tutorial mission too?

    • ok problem solved. im sorry i lied about the mystic arts. i ddnt finish them yet. i just finished dual sword . i know that dual sword got a sub mission after that.
      do u have any tips to farm gold?

    • NG+ twillight missions doesnt count I tryed it since I’m at 97% and I’m missing normal twillight missions for the achievement

  13. Finally no online required trophies?? Thank you!!!! Ninja gaiden 3 was hell just because of stupid co-op trials.

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  14. Just to let you know now you do have to complete all the normal Twilight missions to get the complete all missions trophy. I’m still missing one and my Mission achievement rate is at 98.5% and my Twilight Mission reward rate is at 88.8%. Yesterday I was missing two Twilight mission and my Mission achievement rate was at 97% and my Twilight Mission reward rate was at 77.7%

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  15. For the materials trophy do the items you can get from the blacksmith do those have to be at the hightest qaulity or does any quality of the materials suffice?

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  16. Hi

    I’ve completed the mission the immortal flame I unlocked the dojo missions for every single mystic arts except axe, my axe prof is 600k the mission simply isn’t listed there, the rest said 400000/500000 etc. Any idea how to fix?

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    • I don’t know if it could solve the issues but have you complete the secondary missions ‘Greater Demon Hunting’ ? Its located in Kinki Region top left.

  17. Thanks for another awesome guide PowerPyx! I just have one quick bit of advice for the master art/weapon proficiency trophies. Taking your advice I did use the lvl 180 Isle of Demons and after a bit of testing I found that the damage dealt from an attack directly relates to the amount of proficiency gained. Using the same mob type next to a shrine to test, I used a single high and low stance attack and earned 760 and 265 proficiency respectively. Following this, I used a weakness talisman and power pill, and a single high stance attack earned 1500 proficiency.

    Basically, I believe maximizing dps would lead to the fastest proficiency gains and adding in a weakness talisman and power pill will help a lot. Obviously there are other ways to increase damage as well, but those two spells are really easy to add in for most builds.

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  18. I think the getting the orochi scale is now gone, i have beatend him 4 times and still getting nothing from him just weapons and armour no scales

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  19. Great job Pyx!

    I had the same problem as Lee, I beat him a third time before I got a scale – I don’t think it’s a guaranteed drop on the second visit. I checked through all the items it dropped and there was no purple material. If you have all kodama, set them to give a higher material drop rate to hopefully get a higher drop rate. Really sucks having to go through all the bosses to fight the final boss again.

    The hotspring percentage also isn’t the most accurate in the game’s status menu – each hotspring doesn’t each count for 1/20 like you think it would, I would visit one hotspring, and the number would jump like crazy depending on which hotpsring it was – at one point I even had 75%, but only had 4 hotsprings left to find (but you’d think it’d be 5). So if you think you missed one hotspring, instead go for the ones you know you missed first before redoing them all, and you might just find out you never missed one at all – that’s what happened to me. Don’t worry though, your guide is completely correct.

    One thing I really hate is the random twilight missions. Didn’t get the trophy after 6 twilight missions (I wonder why it varies?), I have to do all 9 and for me my mission percentage goes up by 1.5% each mission, and I’m sitting at 98.5% right now. The thing that sucks is that the game will NOT prioritize twilight missions you haven’t completed, so I’ve been waiting more than a week for the last twilight mission I need to complete to appear. It’s like rolling a dice labelled from 1 to 9, and you need a 9, but you can only roll twice a day – the odds are BAD for me. And it’s set by a special internal clock in the PS4 as well, so no fooling it…

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    • Yeah sorry I got in on the fourth time beating him lol, though cany anyone tell me about this hidden sub mission power mentions? “Only one side mission is hidden – after doing the mystic art dojo missions you’ll get a new sub mission in Omi region in which you must kill some monsters and a Nue boss with an NPC friend.” Cany anyone tell me what mission this is?

    • thanks tunrs out i got that one got the trophy for all mission this morning after doing my final twlight mission

    • It definitely still works. Started doing this yesterday because I only had like 30 points invested at the Blacksmith. I was able to get at least one by grinding “X” on “Speak with Tome”. Had better luck with her than Murasma.

      PowerPyx is correct in that you only get about 3-4 per try. But in less than 5 minutes I could get them and then exit out, do a quick side mission, sell my unnecessary gear, and grind through again.

      Was able to get to 60 today, no problem.

      I have all of the current updates as I am running off of the downloaded version.

  22. First thing first: as always thank you so much for that guide Powerpix, very useful and well done!
    And now, a small question: I’m at the end of first region, Kyushu, in third mission! I know you change region after beating the last boss in it, what I want to know is can I go back in first region when I reach the second region, Chugoku, and so on?
    To make thing simple can we travel betwen region asap, not later in the game?
    Thank you!

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    • Thank you so much for your quick answer my friend!
      I was affraid about not being able to make those sub missions if I went straight on main first, according to that quote from IGN walkthrough:

      “Know that once you complete all main mission in an area, William will embark to the next region, leaving behind any unfinished sub missions…”

      What a relief, I love you!
      Sort of speak, ha, ha, ha!

  23. All the training missions appear to me except the axe mission (for the miystic art) and my proficiency is over 900k do you guys know anything about that?

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  24. i’m on Patch 1.05, have you tried your easy method on this patch? i tried emulating the video. but i find my living weapon get eaten up in a few hits…

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    • It should still work. A lot depends on what Guardian Spirit you are using and how much you have invested in that ability while leveling up. Use the Phoenix fire bird one (I’ll mess up the spelling). Hit them both with the Sloth magic and keep dodging away to preserve your ability. Try to at least take one of them out if you are having issues. Focus on the hardest one, you might have to fight the other without the ability.

      Also, pick accessories that maximize your Amrita received from using your Living Weapon and/or any that increase your Durability, to maximize your ability as you are hitting away. This will also decrease the amount of Amrita you need to keep it active and give you more time. Ensure you have plenty of soul stones and they are in a Shortcut slot you are familiar with to make it easy to evade/dodge away and grab one or two without switching or looking for it. You can also use them while using your Living Weapon to keep it up. If it runs out, dodge/run away, use a soul stone or two and move in for the kill.

      Still have to use your evasion/dodge skills to ensure you maximize the time remaining. If they are at the edge of the screen, fire your rifle or bow at them to get them to come to you before you activate it and hit them with any other magical effects you want to use to deplete their strength/ki/etc. It sucks to get anxious or “in the zone,” activate it, and then have it depleted as you run across the map to get them. Lock on and hammer away.

      Like I said, go in and focus on the enemy that is more likely to kill you if you lose your Living Weapon ability and then take the second one out with or without the ability depending on how much patience you have to fight the other boss.

      Best of luck.

  25. Hi guys,

    I have problem with All quests trophy.
    I have completed everything instead of 2 dojo missions and trophy didn’t pop up as well. Anyone have an idea why?

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  26. Just a tip for those using the Old Charm farming for gold. It will only appear in 3 chests I believe. Don’t quote me on the number, but you know if it’s an ‘Old Charm’ chest if it doesn’t appear when the charm is in another chest. If a chest always appears, then it will never have the charm. Conversely, if you notice a chest is missing, it will always contain the charm when it appears. Hope this helps.

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  27. Hi Powerpyx,

    Regarding the trophy “Regular Smith Customer”

    Does the spam X/O button to gain points on tome or muramasa still works on the latest patch of 1.06?

    I have been doing this method few days ago. but after the update yesterday, they don’t give me points anymore. please help. I currently have 42 patronage points, i still need 18 more.

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  28. Patch 1.06 = Estimated trophy difficulty: 11/10 kkkkkkk impossible…. 9 days trying kill that two bosses T_T

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  29. Ugly Fellow just wont pop for me.

    I’ve killed 4 different mobs with the mask, and it’s just not playing ball.

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  30. Hey PowerPyx!

    Are you sure you don’t need online connection for twilight missions? Other guides say there is 1 online trophy for completing all missions.

    Thanks,
    Alex

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  31. hey, pyx. thanks for your guide. it was great like always.

    I have a problem with “Samurai of legends” trophy.

    I’ve done all dojos, side missions including patch 1.06 missions, and main missions obviously and all twilight missions ( they do not change again during the day I dunno if it’s ok or not but they don’t change unless I change the difficulty to “way of strong” ).

    the freaking mission achievement rate is stuck at 97.7 and twilight missions at 77.7.
    and it is the only trophy left to get platinum :|

    no offense but I really hate this game and the only reason I want to get platinum for his game is because I don’t want to ruin my trophy list :D

    thanks again

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  33. I platinummed Nioh Complete Edition yesterday. This game is amazing. I still have a lot of trophies to go for the DLC, including abyss and ng++.

    A few corrections/updates to the guide:

    (Almost) the entire game can be played in Co-op after patch 1.14 (I think). Yokai Realm with Companion allows you to select any mission that both players have unlocked for solo. Completing the mission in Co-op will count towards the all missions trophy. Double bosses are easy (when co-op). I am not sure if you still need the killing hit on bosses to get the trophy for all Yokai defeated. I did co-op after clearing the bosses myself.

    The Regular Smith Customer took me 16,5 million to unlock (which is a lot, but a lot less than 20 million).

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  34. Bit late to the party but I only got the game recently.

    Anyway. I’ve completed the main story now and I’m mopping up some Trophies I missed. I wanted to get the Trophy for beating Nue in main mission The Demon Of Mount Hiei, I didn’t fight him when I played the mission first time. Problem is that mission is no longer showing on the map, so I can’t replay it. What gives?!

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