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Part 39
Ninja Gaiden Black

Part 39

Find all 30 Crystal Skulls in Ninja Gaiden Black to unlock special rewards. This guide details the location of each skull from Chapter 1 through Chapter 11.

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Find all 30 Crystal Skulls in Ninja Gaiden Black to unlock special rewards. This guide details the location of each skull from Chapter 1 through Chapter 11.

Completing the game on Way Of The Warrior difficulty unlocks two new costumes for Ryu. Additionally, finding all 30 Crystal Skulls unlocks Gamerpics, and completing the game unlocks Sound Test and Classic Filter options in the Options Menu. If you completed Way Of The Warrior first, you receive an extra 100 Achievement Points.

Walkthrough
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    Chapter 1: Adjacent rooftop from where you find the ART OF THE INFERNO scroll.
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    Chapter 1: On the balcony where you encountered the archers for the first time. Stand in front of the cherry blossom tree and use a Bird Flip to reach a small ledge. Approach the balcony with the archers to find the skull sitting next to them.
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    Chapter 2: Bottom of the river where you used the Water Run.
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    Chapter 2: Sitting on a shelf in between the rooms where you find the ULTRAMARINE and VERMILION JEWELS.
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    Chapter 3: On the top of the stairs in the area where you find the ART OF THE WIND BLADES scroll.
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    Chapter 3: Across the dead body with the TECHNIQUE OF SHADOWLESS FOOTSTEPS scroll. Use a double Wall Run to reach it.
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    Chapter 4: Located on a metal ledge in a back alley after exiting the subway. Use a Wall Run from the left side of the wall to reach the metal ledge.
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    Chapter 4: On the ledge just near the ladder going towards the upper bridge.
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    Chapter 4: Located on the first floor of the Statue of Liberty stairway (with the broken elevator). It is on a metal beam just across the Save Statue. Use a Wall Run to reach the metal beams.
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    Chapter 5: Located on a gondola across the river from where you found the Kusari-gama. Take the stairs going to the river and run across the water to the gondola at the other end.
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    Chapter 5: Sitting on the table at the restaurant area after the first Save Statue.
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    Chapter 5: After encountering the exploding jelly fish, there is a gondola sitting nearby a water alley guarded by more jelly fish. Eliminate all the jelly fish and then swim past the alley to find the skull under the water.
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    Chapter 6: Under some wreckage right across from Muramasa's Statue at the beginning of the chapter. Rotate the camera to see it. Go around the wreckage and jump down to get it.
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    Chapter 6: After exiting the caverns to the castle, there is a guillotine across from the Save Statue. Attack the guillotine to reveal the skull.
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    Chapter 6: Inside the castle library. Attack the shelf on the upper left to reveal the skull.
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    Chapter 7: Next to the control panel of the Daedalus cockpit.
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    Chapter 7: Located outside of the room where you found the Tonfas. It's under some fallen wreckage.
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    Chapter 8: In the corner of the alley where you encounter the hard-to-see landmines.
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    Chapter 8: After finding the Bell Key and opening the door, the skull is sitting next to some candles as you go down the stairway.
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    Chapter 8: Sitting across the bar inside the train.
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    Chapter 8: On one of the large clock gears just before the Zedonius battle.
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    Chapter 9: Found in the river stronghold where you encounter many ballistics soldiers. It's tied to a piece of rope on the watchtower to the right side of the stronghold.
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    Chapter 9: Near the Save Statue before fighting the worm. Use the zipline and swing to the hard-to-see branches to find the skull next to a hidden Muramasa's Statue.
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    Chapter 9: After the worm boss battle, you'll emerge to a body of water with acid worms. On the other side of the water is a Crystal Skull sitting in the corner.
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    Chapter 9: After the cutscene with the floating dead ninja bodies, dive into the river and look for the dead body holding the skull.
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    Chapter 10: After defeating the first batch of acid worms, there will be a pair of walls to use the Wall Run to get to the next acid river. The skull is on top of the walls. Use a Wall Run to reach it.
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    Chapter 10: As you approach the stairway, you will encounter a large gang of mini-dragons. Go all the way down the stairs and go around the corner of the stairs to see the skull sitting in the ground.
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    Chapter 11: In the alleyway at the Hayabusa Village entrance. Enter the alley to find a dead body and there will be an enclosure next to it. Enter the enclosure and rotate the camera to see the well-hidden skull.
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    Chapter 11: After emerging out of the water to the grassy field, there is a little wooden shack. Cut it open to reveal the skull.
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    Chapter 11: In a small enclosure in the Valley Shadows at the bottom of the Ninja Fortress. This is the same area where Ryu found his first Ninpo scroll in the first Ninja Gaiden game.

Collecting all 30 Crystal Skulls will unlock a special reward.

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