Follow our comprehensive walkthrough for 'The Broken Blacksmith' side tale in Ghost of Tsushima. Learn how to complete objectives, find key items, and earn rewards.
Walkthrough
- 1Return to the Golden Temple to collect a resource pack gift and any upgrades.
- 2Leave the Golden Temple via the southern gate and follow the path past Adachi Estate to Kuta Farmstead.
- 3Head east from Kuta Farmstead into the crops and find the Vanity Item: Oni's Blade Straw Hat on an irrigation wheel.
- 4Leave Kuta Farmstead via the southwest path and follow it to a crossroads, then turn right.
- 5Arrive at a lone minka, enter, and speak to a Peasant on the right to start Side Tale: The Cost of Iron.
- 6Go outside and south down the road to the merchant's cart. Examine the dead Mongol, bodies by the cart, and the cart itself.
- 7Mongols will ambush you; fight them off.
- 8Return to the minka to find the peasants slaughtered. Speak to the lone survivor.
- 9Go outside and follow the footprints north to another minka containing the captured merchant.
- 10Kill the Mongols, free the merchant, and learn there was no iron mark. This completes the tale.
- 11Go east from the minka along the path back to Kuta Farmstead.
- 12Climb the lookout platform in Kuta Farmstead to find Key Item: A Family's Escape (2).
- 13Head south from Kuta Farmstead on the easternmost path along the coastal cliffs.
- 14Continue south to a crossroads, turn left to the tip of the cape, and find Pillar of Honor (Warrior's Brush).
- 15Pick up Key Item: A Family's Escape (3) to learn the family's plan.
- 16Follow the left side of the cap cliff back, keeping left through a small canyon to the beach.
- 17Find Sashimono Banner 07 on a rock on the beach.
- 18Climb down to crates on the beach and grab Key Item: A Family's Escape (4).
- 19Swim to the large island, Sibling Rocks, off the tip of the cape.
- 20Find the stairs on the left side of the island, climb them, and find Sashimono Banner 08 and loot. This completes 'A Family's Escape'.
- 21Swim back to the beach by the waterfall and then across to the other side.
- 22Climb the tiered rocks (not climbholds) to find a mat to compose Azamo Haiku.
- 23Climb further up and head upriver to the bridge. Clear Mongol Camp: Kuta River Bridge, killing the Leader to unlock Wind Stance.
- 24Search the yurt closest to the water in the camp for Mongol Artifact: Paiza.
- 25Head west from the camp along the path. Follow the Fox to Houren's Pasture Inari Shrine and honor it.
- 26Follow the path southwest down to the river and continue west upstream until you see the Azamo Inn.
- 27Cross the river and find the Azamo Inn Bamboo Strike outside the Inn. Complete it for a Resolve node.
- 28Go to the courtyard and speak with the woman practicing swordsmanship to start Side Tale: For Tsushima.
- 29Follow her east along the river to a burning farmhouse. Help her slay the Mongols.
- 30Speak with the woman again.
- 31Get on your horse and follow the woman east to another burnt farmhouse. Help her kill the Mongols, reviving her if she falls.
- 32After the fight, speak with the woman. This completes the tale.
Tips
- The 'A Family's Escape' key items will disappear from your inventory upon completion, which is normal.
- Revive the woman in 'For Tsushima' within 40 seconds if she goes down.
- Clearing the Kuta River Bridge Mongol Camp unlocks the Wind Stance.
- Completing the Azamo Inn Bamboo Strike grants a Resolve node.
- Ranking up your Legend during these tales may grant another Resolve node and a new Ghost Weapon.
- Charm of Advantage (from 'The Cost of Iron')
- Charm of Hidden Sight (from 'For Tsushima')
- Resolve node (from Bamboo Strike and Legend rank-up)
- Wind Stance (from clearing Kuta River Bridge camp)
- Ghost Weapon (from Legend rank-up)
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