The Spirit of the Samurai Walkthrough – Part 1
Welcome to the Into Indie Games walkthrough for The Spirit of the Samurai. This guide will try to cover as much of the game as possible.
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After the opening cutscene – play through the tutorial section.
Our objective is to find Kitsune. Keep moving to the right. Talk to Takeshi and cross the bridge. Keep moving till you run into Kitsune. Watch the cutscene and then move to the left and talk to the villager.
Keep moving left and climb the watchtower. Talk to the guard and get down. Head to the right now and speak to Ito. Enter the house next to Ito to find his nails. Bring them back to him. Keep moving right now and talk to the soldier. Keep moving and head down. Enter the house at the bottom of the stairs to find Anako.
She will ask you for the Willow Bark Powder. Head back out and go right. Go past the tori gate to exit the village and find Minamoto. Head back to your house.
Enter the room inside the house and you will find the Willow Bark on a table. Head back to Anako. Give her the powder and talk about your dreams. Head back out and to Minamoto again. Watch the cutscene and complete the combat tutorial.
Once the tutorial is over, watch the cutscene. Run back to the watchtower we climbed earlier. Drop back down after seeing the demons on the horizon. Watch the next cutscene and prepare for combat.
Keep moving to the right and killing all the enemies. Once you have cleared the enemies here you will be back at the village. Start moving to the right, break the barrels and lights for health potions and incense. Kill the weird looking spider.
Kill the next set of spiders and keep moving to the right. You will keep coming across more enemies as you keep moving – pick up the fish, fire arrows and loot the enemies drop. Keep going till you reach the Shrine where you can level up your character.
Keep going to the right and talk to Anako in the basement. Then go back and up the stairs. Enter the house and watch the cutscene. Kill the zombie samurai now. Keep going to the right and kill the next enemies. Exit through the door on the right. Head down the stairs. Kill the shield and spear enemy next.
Keep moving and kill the enemy near the well and then go down into the well.
Pick up the incense when you drop down into the well. Move to the left. Check the boxes for Health Potions. Enter the room here for loot.
Keep picking up loot from the boxes and crates in the corridor and enter the next door and pick up the loot inside. Head back out and head to the left. Eventually, you will find Anako. Enter the room we just entered and head to the end to find To-Ki root.
Go back to Anako. She will give you a strength potion and leave. Hold off the wave of enemies that show up now.
Once you have cleared the wave, pick up the loot and head down the path where Anako left through. The next area is full of traps. Crouch and head to the right.
Jump over the next trap. Crouch again to avoid two traps. Jump over the next one. Crouch under the floor now and enter the room. Pick up the loot inside the room and exit back to the corridor. Crouch and head to the right. Climb down the ladder next. To go the left we need a key so head to the right. Kill the enemy and pick up the Basement key from the corpse.
Head back to the locked gate we passed earlier. Go through and clear the area of enemies and drop down the ladder. Lockpick the next gate and jump over the trap and immediately crouch roll to avoid the next trap. Head down the ladder. Jump and crouch roll to avoid trap again and head down. Keep moving to the right, avoiding the traps and killing the enemies. Head up the next ladder. Avoid the next set of traps and head up the ladder. Clear the next couple of enemies and lockpick the gate and up the ladder.
Kill the spiders and keep moving to the right. Eventually, take the ladder up to exit the village. Watch the cutscene. Kill the next set of enemies that show up. Keep moving to the right till you reach the bridge to cross into the forest. Kill the bird enemy here.
Keep going till you reach the graveyard and spend the incense you have collected so far.
Once you leveled up, move to the right and kill the minboss.
Keep walking to the right – more spiders await. Cross the bridge and start climbing the ladder on the scaffolding on the next structure.
Keep walking to the right and climb up the structure. Cross the bridge and take out the archer. Make your way through the structure and cross the bridge and into the next area. Clear the next structure by climbing to the top.
Cut down the platform on top and drop back down. Cross over the platform by jumping to the other side.
Clear this structure and cross over the bridge. Drop down and jump over the chasm at the bottom of the structure.
Exit this area.
This concludes Part 1 of our Walkthrough/Guide for The Spirit of The Samurai. You can find part 2 here. (Coming soon)
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