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Main mission: A way out
Nioh 2

Main mission: A way out

Complete walkthrough for Nioh 2's main mission 'A Way Out', including kodama locations and boss strategies.

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Complete walkthrough for Nioh 2's main mission 'A Way Out', including kodama locations and boss strategies.

Walkthrough
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    Speak to Hanbei twice to receive Sacred Arrows, then use the shrine and proceed.
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    Near some houses, kill the dog enemy, then defeat the archer to your left.
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    Engage the enemy ahead, follow the path to stairs on your left leading upwards.
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    Defeat the enemy at the top and jump from the edge of the house to find the first kodama near a tree.
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    Jump down ledges to encounter enemies below; either snipe their heads or jump down to attack.
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    Follow the path to a ladder, climb it to return to the area before the roof, then continue along the remaining path.
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    Reach an area with many corpses and a light ahead. Avoid being detected by the light to prevent the distant yokai from initiating a dark realm (which causes all enemies to hunt you). To stop the dark realm, leave it and defeat the enemy causing it, which requires a gun or cannon due to its high position.
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    After defeating the light-causing enemy, fight a large skeleton soldier and a gaki. The second kodama is located where the soldier was before attacking.
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    Go up the nearby ramp, defeat the archer skeleton soldier, and continue to a house containing a yamanba and a hiding gaki. Defeat them to find a small chest and a sudama inside the house.
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    Follow the path to a fork; go straight to find a ladder to lower, creating a shortcut, then take the other path.
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    Continue until another fork; go right, kill the enemy, and proceed to a point with three enemies near a house (two outside, one inside). These can be killed with a gun.
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    Behind a destroyable vase outside this house is the third kodama. A chest is also inside the house.
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    Return to the previous fork and take the other path until you reach a rope bridge.
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    Warning: As you cross the rope bridge, a large Mitsume Yazure (many-headed yokai) will attack. It is best dealt with using large attacks like yokai abilities or tools. Fighting head-on is risky but possible with the right weapon. Do not fight on the bridge; move off it first.
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    Cross the bridge and proceed to the second kodama shrine.
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    Follow the path to a ladder; ignore it and dodge to avoid a gaki attempting to bite you as you move past the roof above.
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    Enter a house (from above or below) and fight the yamanba inside.
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    Defeat the one-eyed imp outside, which can transform into a one-eyed oni; kill it quickly.
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    Proceed further and be aware of a Biwa boku boku nearby, which will awaken a revenant. Shoot the Biwa boku boku from below.
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    Follow the path to a hill going upwards and backwards from where the Biwa boku boku was. Jump down to a lower ledge to find the fourth kodama.
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    Continue on the path to another area with a spotlight-shining enemy. Shoot and kill it, then deal with other enemies.
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    From this area, take the stairs upwards and follow the path to a burning tree. Knock it down to create a shortcut back to the second shrine.
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    Continue along the path, defeating two skeleton soldiers.
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    Go through the doorway and defeat the sub-boss.
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    Enter the house but do not immediately go down the path opened by the sub-boss. Instead, go around the left side of the house and defeat a yamanba.
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    Follow the path to a fork. Ignore the path with a Karasu tengu and take the other.
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    Fight a one-eyed oni and a one-eyed imp. Behind the house near them is a hotspring.
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    Exit this area and go left to find the next sudama.
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    Backtrack and fight past the Karasu tengu.
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    Follow the path, kill a skeleton soldier, and cross the red bridge.
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    Defeat the soldiers and their dog, then arrive at the large shrine. Search the body there and check under the stairs for the fifth kodama.
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    Backtrack to where the sub-boss was killed and proceed down the slope, killing two gaki on the way.
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    In Sohaya Village, speak to Mumyo to receive an item. The third shrine is nearby.
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    Explore the village rooftops by jumping from a nearby cliff; they contain skeleton soldiers and aberrant soldiers, leading to a Ninja Locks item on a corpse up a ladder.
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    On the ground level, a one-eyed oni and a Mitsume Yazure are present, causing a dark realm.
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    In one of the houses on the left, a nuri-kabe hides a secret passage with a large skeleton soldier inside.
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    At the far end of the village, enter a house with a yamanba. Behind this house, find boxes to destroy, revealing the last kodama.
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    Head for the boss room.

Boss: Tatarimokke

This giant owl boss primarily uses normal talon attacks. It can take flight to create damaging ghosts that form yokai realms on the ground. Its most dangerous tactic is creating a dark realm after taking significant damage or running out of Ki. In the dark realm, the area is completely obscured, and the boss attacks with both close and long-range moves, also creating a red orb that shoots ghosts. These orbs can be destroyed, but doing so while fighting the owl is difficult.

Tips
  • Speak to Hanbei twice at the start to get Sacred Arrows.
  • Use the shrine before proceeding.
  • Be aware of enemies positioned above you.
  • Destroyable vases can hide items or enemies.
  • Look for destructible boxes to find the last kodama in Sohaya Village.
  • The Mitsume Yazure is best dealt with using large attacks like yokai abilities or tools.
  • Avoid fighting the Mitsume Yazure on the rope bridge.
  • Shoot the Biwa boku boku from below to prevent it from awakening a revenant.
  • Knock down the burning tree for a shortcut back to the second shrine.
  • The hotspring is located behind a house after fighting a one-eyed oni and imp.
  • The Ninja Locks item is found on a corpse up a ladder on the village rooftops.
  • A nuri-kabe in a house on the left hides a secret passage.

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