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This guide will cover the first section ofThe Spirit of the Samuraiin its entirety.
The Spirit Of The Samurai can be a pretty tough game, these tips will help you overcome it.
Every mission is given its own section in this walkthrough, and they are all in chronological order.
Don’t worry about that, you won’t miss anything if you just follow our guide.
Go To The Watchtower
This will be the first mission you get.
The moment you step outside of your house, you’ll get it.
You’ll now get the “Find Minamoto” mission.
Agree to go find her (you’re going to have to do it no matter what).
We’re going to shift our attention to that one now.
We’ll worry about Minamoto later.
If you go find Minamoto, he’ll just tell you to go talk to Anako first anyway.
So don’t bother.
Talk To Anako
Anako is hanging out in her house.
Once inside, Aanako will ask you to retrieve theWillow Bark Powder.
TheWillow Bark Powderis in a box near the bed.
Head to the right of Anako’s place, and head up.
You’ll run into Minamoto and Naru here.You’ll now engage in a basic tutorial section.
Just follow the prompts, attack, block, roll, parry… etc.
after you snag gone through the motions, you’ll be tasked with defeating Naru.
However, this is a good opportunity to practice parrying and such.
when you’ve got beaten Naru.
Go Back To The Watchtower
Minamoto will tell you to head to the watchtower.
So, head to the left.
Partway there, you’ll run into Naru who’ll tell you he’ll wait for you.
Climb the tower (again).
However, before you reach him, you’ll be knocked unconscious.
In your nightmare you will unlock a new skill.
Find Chisai
The moment you gain control again, you’ll encounter massive, demonic spiders.
As you work your way through these creatures, check that to break open every barrel you encounter.
There is some good stuff in there, including healing potions.
Just keep heading to the right, and you’ll run into Anako.
Find Anako’s Key
Once inside the house, you’ll encounter the zombie samurai.
These foes will defend, andthey like to lunge forward with a giant slash.
Roll past them when they do and attack their backs.Head to the third floor of the house.
You’ll find a Shoto in the room on the left.
Find Anako
Now, head back down to the bottom floor.
Leave through the door on the right, and you will fight the first Shield Bearing Zombie.
Roll past it when it begins its stabbing attack, then slash it in the back.
Head to the right, and you will encounter the locked well.
Unlock it, head down, head to the left, and you’ll run into Anako.
Find To-Ki Root
The To-Ki Root is in the storage room to your right.
Just head inside, head to the back of the room, and grab the root.
Bring the root to Anako and she’ll give you a potion.
confirm to clear out all the other stuff as well, there are tons of goodies down here.
Fight Off The Horde
You’ll need to fight off a wave of zombies.
Watch out, there are two archers in this group.
Don’t push too far forward, or you’ll end up fighting a bunch of them simultaneously.
You’ll now be below the house.Head to the right and crawl under the spike traps on the ceiling.
You’ll crawl through some tight spaces heading to the right.
Once you get to the right side of the floor, you’ll climb down a ladder.
To the right of the ladder,you’ll find the basement key.
From there, unlock the gate, head to the left, then climb down another ladder.
This next trap is tricky.
Just in case.You’ll now head down and around.
You’ll be hopping over massive spikes and climbing ladders while fighting zombies.
You’ll now be off to fight the fearsome Shuten-Doji, but that is a whole other guide.
