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Title Listing and Tips for Obtaining Them ------------------------------------------------------------------------------The full list of titles follows listed as they are in the in-game Records screen: Left Column Center Column Right Column ---------------------------------1. Samurai 4evr! 1. Frugal 1. Samurai King 2. Mushroom 2. Worthless 2. Supreme 3. Harmless 3. Sword Lover 3. Prodigy 4. Sword Wanted 4. Workaholic 4. Master 5. Revitalizer 5. Amorous 5. Famed 6. Consummator 6. Talentless 6. In Training 7. Quick Killer 7. Evil Lord 7. Ordinary 8. Wealthy 8. Garrulous 8. Novice 9. Wild Killer 9. Sword Abuser 9. Thug 10. Silent 10. Junk 10. Nobody Please note that there is a hierarchy to these titles. The Center Column Titles take precedence over the Right Column Titles, and Left Column Titles take precedence over Center Column Titles. Otherwise, titles that are higher up in a column will take precedence. A couple examples follow: Revitaliizer will take precedence over Wealthy. Quick Killer will take precedence over Frugal. Samuari 4evr! will take precedence over any other title. Ok, let's get into just how all these titles are obtained!

A) Left Column Titles 1. Samurai 4evr! How to obtain: Clear the game with a 120% Samurai Rating. This is the highest possible. Tips: Do the Sayo path and follow it to its ultimate conclusion (that is, Ending 1). Keep all of your responses and actions honorable, and work for the townspeople completing no less than 8 jobs - you should tack on a few more for good measure, though. If you still can't get 120%, give items to the girl with the Sick Father in Numata-cho until he is healed. Don't kill him. :) You'll have the best luck getting this title on Hard since your Samurai Rating default will be higher. You might even HAVE to play Hard. I've never tried for this title on any other difficulty level. 2. Mushroom How to obtain: Use 10 Devil Mushrooms in a single game. Tips: This is my pick for weirdest title, but it's shouldn't be too hard to get. Take jobs at the Amakaze Inn until the Green Grocers in Otsuka-cho and Numata-cho are selling Devil Mushrooms for 500 mon a piece. Spend 5000 mon and get to eating them. It's all the better if you've already got some of these saved up. Keep in mind that you can only use one Devil Mushroom per time phase, so take a nap in Otsuka-cho after each one if you want to speed the process along. You can leave Amahara without getting an ending for this title. 3. Harmless How to obtain: Clear the game without killing anyone. Tips: The only way to get this title is to do a Sayo path and let her die at the festival. This is the only ending that allows you not to kill anyone. You'll have to get the 1000 mon to teach her to read, but only accept jobs in which you don't have to kill anyone. Afterwards, sleep until the festival (make sure you get the cutscene where Sayo asks you to go with her). When Kyojiro and the thugs attack, move around until Sayo gets in the way and gets hit. Two or so hits should finish her off.

4. Sword Wanted How to obtain: Try to improve a sword past max quality 10 times. Tips: It doesn't matter if Dojima succeeds in his upgrades, and the 10 attempts can be spread across any number of swords. This title is easily obtained in Easy. Go to the Aoto Headquarters and kill thugs until you get a few brown sheath swords such as the Zato. In Easy, these will frequently start at or above max quality. Get 5000 mon, and get to upgrading. You can leave Amahara without getting an ending for this title. 5. Revitalizer How to obtain: Finish the game without sleeping. Use services and items to recharge EP instead. Tips: The best recharge service is the Bath House in Numata-cho if you ask me. It's only 300 mon and produces no negative effects. 6. Consummator How to obtain: Finish the game without losing more than 1000 HP total. Tips: This sounds much harder than it really is. Start a new game, and after the initial cut scenes, go to Otsuka-cho and keep sleeping until Festival time. You'll have to kill everyone there, but only one fight will remain afterwards for a Lone Samurai ending. Use one of your best swords to make this easiest. If you still have trouble getting by without losing 1000 HP, try using a sword with a highly damaging unblockable such as the Hairando or even the Ukigumo-no-kodachi. Spam that unblockable until victory is yours! 7. Quick Killer How to obtain: Get 300+ instant kills in a single game. Tips: This is one of the more difficult titles to obtain, but it's still not too hard once you know how. Start a new game and kill everyone you see until the Aoto Gang and Magistrates are attacking you on sight. Go to either of their Job Brokers and take the job to kill members of the opposing group. Kill everyone you can with instant kills until the time period is over (don't worry about pay), and then go to the other side's Job Broker to get their version of the same job. Rinse and repeat until you get 300+ instant kills. Save up some healing items in other games to make this more easy. You can leave Amahara without getting an ending to get this title. 8. Wealthy How to obtain: Finish the game with 8000+ mon. Tips: This is easily done by working for either the Magistrates or the Aoto Gang. By the time you complete the job to kill the opposing Job Broker, you should easily have enough money for this title. 9. Wild Killer How to obtain: Get 300 total kills in a single game. Tips: You can use the same method for Quick Killer as long as you stay under 300 instant kills. Get 300 instant kills, and you'll get Quick Killer. If you can prefer, this title is also easily obtained by running around ruthlessly killing everyone for the entire game. There's more than enough time in a game. You can leave Amahara without getting an ending to get this title. 10. Silent How to obtain: Never talk to NPCs. Respond only when necessary in cut scenes. Tips: You can just hurry through the game as I advice for Consummator, but make sure you lose at least 1000 HP over the course of the game or you'll get Consummator instead of this. Pick a few fights to make this happen. Danpachi and Dojima are good characters to attack to lose life as quickly as possible.

B) Center Column Titles

1. Frugal How to obtain: Finish the game with 3000-7999 mon. Never spend mon. Tips: This is easily done on any story path accept a Sayo path (since you have to spend 1000 mon to teach her to read). Just get 3000 mon and get an ending. 2. Worthless How to obtain: Get arrested 7 times. Tips: By far, the easiest way to get this title is to take Collection jobs from the Aoto Gang and get spotted by a Magistrate while threatening your target. You may want to get 2800 mon before doing this so you can bail yourself out of jail. If you can't post bail, time will advance causing your to lose a day. It may be tempting to try and get arrested by attacking the Magistrates; however, this is just as likely to get you killed as arrested, so I don't recommend it. You can leave Amahara without getting an ending to get this title. 3. Sword Lover How to obtain: Title any 10 swords in one game. Tips: Collect 10 swords that have at least 30 in Attack or Defense. Such swords can be titled by the 30+ attribute without any other upgrading. Just get any 10 such swords, bring them into a single game, get 5000 mon, and get to titling. You can leave Amahara without getting an ending for this title. 4. Workaholic How to obtain: Successfully complete 20+ jobs. Tips: Work for whatever group you think has the easiest jobs. Sleep at least once to avoid getting the Revitalizer title. You'll have more time to complete jobs if you follow a story path up to festival time, but you can then abandon that story path if necessary. You can leave Amahara without getting an ending for this title. 5. Amorous How to obtain: Stay at the Amakaze Inn 10+ times in a single game. Tips: Just get 4000 mon and go to it. Don't forget that you can use the Amakaze Inn at Late Night and Early Morning even though it looks closed. You can leave Amahara without getting an ending for this title. 6. Talentless How to obtain: Fail 10+ jobs. Tips: Take any 10 jobs. Go to Otsuka-cho and take a nap each time instead of completing them. You can leave Amahara without getting an ending for this title. 7. Evil Lord How to obtain: Attack dead opponents 150+ times. Tips: Start a new game. First chance you get, kill anyone and kick the resulting corpse 150 times. Congratulations, you're an Evil Lord. You can leave Amahara without getting an ending for this title. In fact, I recommend doing so since you won't get many points for this title. 8. Garrulous How to obtain: Talk to NPCs a lot. Tips: Unfortunately, this is the title I have the least information about. I don't know the exact number of times you need to talk to someone, but you can continue talking to the same person over and over and have it count. You don't have to get an ending for this title, so when you get tired of doing this, save and exit Amahara. If you don't get this title, just reload and keep talking. 9. Sword Abuser How to obtain: Break 10 swords in a single game. Tips: Play an Easy game since swords with 1 durability will be more common. Get 10 of them and break them. You can leave Amahara

without getting an ending for this title. 10. Junk How to obtain: Faint from running out of EP twice in a single game. Tips: There's no special trick to this. Just never recharge EP in any way until you run out twice. You can leave Amahara without getting an ending for this title. I have a feeling this title is a bit of a mistranslation from the original Japanese. It's apparently better translated as "Worn Out," which makes more sense.

C) Right Column Titles The Right Column Titles are all obtained by earning a Samurai Rating in the correct range without fulfilling the requirements for any of the Left or Center Column Titles. I don't have much exact advice for most of these - just vary the "honor" of your actions in each game until you get the desired title. Also, keep in mind that the default Samurai Rating seems to vary by difficulty level (making, for instance, the Nobody title easiest to get on Easy). You don't have to get an ending to get any of these titles, so you can experiment with leaving Amahara at different times to get any titles that are eluding you. Here are the Samurai Ratings to shoot for: 1. Samurai King (100-119.9%) 2. Supreme (90-99.9%) 3. Prodigy (80-89.9%) 4. Master (70-79.9%) 5. Famed (60-69.9%) 6. In Training (50-59.9%) 7. Ordinary (40-49.9%) 8. Novice (30-39.9%) 9. Thug (20-29.9%) 10. Nobody (0-19.9%) 4. Aoto Gang Jobs [--AOTO--] --------------------------------------------------------------------------The Aoto gang offers some very risky jobs although the pay can be good, the results can be unpredictable. The pickpocket task for example I find very difficult to get consistent results from. You also have to be quite inventive with your threatening in order to squeeze money from the people on the collect money missions. Not to mention that working hard for the Aoto gang will not make you the most popular guy/girl in town, with either the Magistrates or the Townspeople. a) Pickpocket - 400/500 mon --------------------------This mission type can either be a real pain in the arse or a piece of cake depending on how willing your target is to give up the goods. First take note of the type of person who you need to steal the item from and look up their location below. Then head to the area and find your target, he will have a purple name tag. Remember that movement is what takes time pass, so try and keep your movement to a minimum. Make the target do the work! So how do you do this? Simply by talking to him most of the time you can convince them to walk the other way, so if they are heading away from you have a chat. As for actually getting the item, the best method I have found is to get as close to the target as possible and then speak to them. They will turn and face you, now it is simply a case of pressing the analogue stick in the direction of the target. Rinse and repeat until you get your item, if he turns on you then kill him and return to the area. Strangely a clone will have taken his place!?! Finally don't forget to conduct your 'business' well out of the way of the other magistrates. If you are told to steal from a Magistrate, they can be found in the following locations: - Shikano-cho - Otemon Gate If you are told to steal from a Man, they can be found in:

- Otsuka-cho - Kakinuma-cho If Foreigners are your target head to: - Numata-cho - Amahara Shrine b) Collect money - Amount collected minus 250 mon ------------------------------------------------Success in this job depends on several things because there are many ways to complete the job. If you want to just complete the job and are not worried about pay then go for the compassionate options and receive 300 mon. However if it is pay you are after then go for 500 mon. If you don't mind being hated by the group the target belongs to, then go for 1000 mon. You must also vary your selections depending on how notorious you are with the group in question already. The selections that you must make are given below: i) Mohei Liked: ??? Unknown: 1-1-2 Hated: ??? ii) Abukichi Liked: ??? Unknown: 2-2-2 Hated: ??? iii) Shida Liked: ??? Unknown: 1-1-2 Hated: 2-1-1 c) Steal the parcel - 600/700 mon --------------------------------"The Aoto gang requested you steal a man's parcel by the Otemon Gate" Head to the location that you have been given and search for the person carrying the item. They will be easy to spot as they will be the only civilian wearing a weapon in the area. Their name tag will also appear purple in colour when you get close. Talk to them and announce that you are going to take the item before you draw your sword. Then either kill them, or reduce their health to a critical level where they will drop the item. Either throw them out of the way retrieve the item and flee or finish them and collect the spoils. Let your concience decide. The man is dressed in a green/brown top and white torn trousers and carries the following swords: - Chigusa - Dojima-no-tsuchisada - Botan-yuki d) Steal documents - 600/700 mon -------------------------------"The Aoto gang requested you steal a girl's secret documents in Amakaze-cho" Head to the location that you have been given and search for the person carrying the item. They will be easy to spot as they will be the only civilian wearing a weapon in the area. Their name tag will also appear purple in colour when you get close. Talk to them and announce that you are going to take the item before you draw your sword. Then either kill them, or reduce their health to a critical level where they will drop the item. Either throw them out of the way retrieve the item and flee or finish them and collect the spoils. Let your concience decide. The girl carries the following swords on hard mode: - Nemaki - Burai-an - Osorezan - Mutsu-no-shirakane

e) Steal the money - 600/700 mon -------------------------------Head to the Edge of Town and find the merchant who is wandering around carrying the item, he will have a purple name tag. Talk to them and tell them you are going to take the item, then dish out a Aoto style beating until their health gets low and they will drop the Moneybox. Now you can either pick up the item and high tail it or finish them off. Once you are done head back to the Aoto Gang Headquarters to receive your pay. The merchant carries the following swords on hard mode: - Akabane - Chugen - Rengoku f) Assassinate magistrate - 1000 mon -----------------------------------"I've been asked to kill a magistrate in Kakinuma-cho" You have to assassinate a rather stubborn magistrate who has some skill at fighting, but shouldn't be much to worry about. Just head to the location in question and speak to the target first before you kill him for a better samurai ranking. Watch out when he gets low on health as he will try to run for his life, finish him and then return to the Headquarters for your pay. Swords carried by the magistrate on hard mode: - Tobikuchi-jitte - HARUYUKI Note that these types of jobs only seem to come up during the late night and early morning time periods g) Assassinate thug - 1000 mon -----------------------------"I've been asked to kill a thug at the Edge of Town by the Aoto Gang." You have to assassinate a thug, dressed like the traveller characters at the Edge of Town. Shouldn't be much to worry about. Just head to the location in question and speak to the target first before you kill him for a better samurai ranking. Watch out when he gets low on health as he will try to run for his life, finish him before he gets the chance and then return to the Aoto Gang Headquarters for your pay. Swords carried by the gangster on hard mode: - Oni-suzume - Hyakumangoku - Aun Note that these types of jobs only seem to come up during the late night and early morning time periods h) Assassinate samurai - 1000 mon --------------------------------"I've been asked to kill a samurai at Amahara Shrine by the Aoto Gang" You have to assassinate a wild samurai who has some skill at fighting, but shouldn't be much to worry about. Just head to Shikano-cho and dish out some justice to the homicidal maniac. Speak to the target first before you kill him for a better samurai ranking. Watch out when he gets low on health as he will try to run for his life, finish him before he gets the chance and then return to the Aoto Gang Headquarters for your pay. Swords carried by the samurai on hard mode: - Shinmei-engetsu - Kannagi Note that these types of jobs only seem to come up during the late night and early morning time periods i) Kill the broker - 3000 mon

----------------------------"I've been asked to kill the job broker at the Magistrate's Office!" This mission becomes available after you have completed 10 jobs for the Aoto Gang successfully. You are asked to kill the Magistrate broker which is no simple task. If you are not that confident in your ability or have a crappy weapon, I highly recommend purchasing a Devil Mushroom to even the odds. The broker will have an immense amount of life, and on normal mode upwards, a great weapon too. The good news is that once you kill your target, you get to keep that weapon :D So after you have made the appropriate preparations, head to the Aoto gang headquarters and have a chat with the broker. During the fight if he is using the Kanesada then always be on guard for his large combo attack. This is your worst enemy in this fight as it breaks your guard on the penultimate hit and then does huge damage. You can prevent this by parrying one of the previous hits, the first is a vertical and the second a horizontal. Watch out for his nasty defence breakers too and the heat build up on your own sword. My final piece of advice is to keep calm and take your time. This is not a quick fight, you will have to wear him down slowly. Once he falls, pick up his weapon and head back for your rather large reward. Take note that no matter what your relationship with the Magistrates before, they will all hate your guts now. So watch your back, it be hard to walk through any areas without a magistrate picking a fight with you. Not to mention if you are low on health then you will get thrown in jail. Once this mission has been completed, you can do the 'Find the truth' mission at Amahara shrine but prepare for another tough fight. The Magistrate broker carries the Kannagi on easy difficulty and the Kanesada on normal difficulty upwards. j) Hunting - 1 mon per kill --------------------------"The Aoto Gang's requested that you attack the magistrates on duty." This mission is on offer if you are not too popular with the Aoto Gang. Head to any area you wish and kill, kill, kill as the man said. Expect to gain a pretty crappy reputation with everyone except the Aoto gang if you take this job. k) Special Aoto Gang Story Jobs ------------------------------If you are a member of the Aoto gang and go to the headquarters at these time periods, then you will receive some special one off jobs worth 200 mon reward each. I think you have to have a friendly relationship with Kasumi to receive the one on the morning of the 25th. -> Day 22 Late Night -> Day 24 Morning -> Day 25 Morning --------------------------------------------------------------------------5. Magistrate Jobs [--MAGI--] --------------------------------------------------------------------------The magistrates offer you some very shady jobs while you are in their employ. However they certainly pay you well for doing their dirty work. The townspeople will not hate you quite as much as they did when you were an Aoto gang lackey. You should however prepare to become an enemy of the Aoto gang, be ready to be attacked by any of their henchmen as you wander around Amahara. The good news however is that should an Aoto goon pick a fight with you in front of a magistrate he will shortly be freezing his sorry ass in jail. Not to mention there will be more of your Magistrate buddies on every corner to put them there. a) Collect Parcel - 300/400 mon ------------------------------This type of mission is really simple, just head to the location that you were

told and search for a purple coloured parcel. The location will be random, but only cycles between a few spots in each area. Then just take it back to the broker for your pay. Easy money! Locations Edge of Town - In the garden area in front of the clinic - In the area to the left of the clinic Otemon Gate - In the alley behind the guard station on the left - Just inside guard station on the right Numata-cho - In front of the kitty shrine, next to the girl with the sick father - In the area to the left close to the exit near the blacksmith's Shikano-cho - Inside the dojo compound, to the right of the gate as you enter - Behind one of the boxes near the Dojo exit - In the last doorway on your right near the exit opposite the entrance Kakinuma-cho - Next to the lamp, to the right of the entrance to the Inn More locations coming soon. b) Secret Delivery - 400/500 mon -------------------------------This type of mission involves you delivering some secret documents to a contact in the location given to you. However you must also avoid the attention of any Aoto gang pickpockets on the way. There are several ways to deal with the Aoto gang thugs, the first is just to do your best to run around and avoid then bumping into you. The second is to let them bump into you and steal the documents, and then immediately speak to them. This will result in a fight with the thief, kill him to get the documents back. Thirdly you can speak to any aproaching thugs to get them to back off. Fourth, you can run in with your weapon out and kill anyone who gets in your way. Finally, the easiest way to find your contact is to look at the status screen. Just look for the dark green dot hidden away in one of the little nooks, and that will be your man. Head to his location and give him the documents and then return to the Magistrate's office for your pay. c) Secret Dealings - 600/700 mon -------------------------------Head to the area that you are told and search for your contact. If the location is Shikano-cho you will be looking for a magistrate; if it is Numata-cho it will be a courtisan and Otsuka-cho will be a foreigner. They will generally be hiding in one of the little nooks in the area, use the status screen to find them quickly if you want. Before you give the contact your item, make sure that you are withing kicking range. You can get them to do this for you by saying the "come over here" option first. Now give them the item, after they say "one, two, three..." they will either give you the item or try and make a run for it. If they try to run immediately do a quick kick and they will stop and fight. Kill them to retrieve the item and then return to the Magistrate's Office for your pay. Alternatively you can just kill the contact for the item, but that isn't too sporting now is it? Swords carried by the contacts on hard mode: Magistrate Foreigner - ??? - Hebi-maru - ??? - Tsuma-yoji - ??? - Hida-no-basho d) Kill magistrate - 1000/1100 mon Courtesan - Osorezan - Yaso - Karasu-toge

---------------------------------"I've been asked to rub out a magistrate outside Otemon Gate." A strange job coming from the magistrates, no? You have to assassinate a rather corrupt magistrate who has some skill at fighting, but shouldn't be much to worry about. Just head to the location in question and speak to the target first before you kill him for a better samurai ranking. Watch out when he gets low on health as he will try to run for his life, 'Execute the corrupt magistrate!' in Tenchu style and then return to the Magistrate's Office for your pay. Swords carried by the magistrate on hard mode: - Akabane - Chugen - Kunishige Note that these types of jobs only seem to come up during the late night and early morning time periods e) Kill gangster - 1000/1100 mon -------------------------------"I've been asked to kill a gang member who will appear in Otsuka-cho." You have to assassinate a gang member who has some skill at fighting, but shouldn't be much to worry about. Just head to the location in question and speak to the target first before you kill him for a better samurai ranking. Watch out when he gets low on health as he will try to run for his life, finish him before he gets the chance and then return to the Magistrate's Office for your pay. Swords carried by the gangster on hard mode: - Sanmai-oroshi - Mutsu-no-shirakane Note that these types of jobs only seem to come up during the late night and early morning time periods f) Kill samurai - 1000/1100 mon -------------------------------"I've been asked to rub out a samurai killing people in Shikano-cho" You have to assassinate a wild samurai who has some skill at fighting, but shouldn't be much to worry about. Just head to Shikano-cho and dish out some justice to the homicidal maniac. Speak to the target first before you kill him for a better samurai ranking. Watch out when he gets low on health as he will try to run for his life, finish him before he gets the chance and then return to the Magistrate's Office for your pay. Swords carried by the samurai on hard mode: - Burai-an - Osorezan - Kotetsu Note that these types of jobs only seem to come up during the late night and early morning time periods g) Kill the broker - 3000 mon ----------------------------"I've been asked to kill the job broker at the Aoto Gang headquarters!" This mission becomes available after you have completed 10 jobs for the magistrates successfully. You are asked to kill the Aoto gang broker which is no simple task. If you are not that confident in your ability or have a crappy weapon, I highly recommend purchasing a Devil Mushroom to even the odds. The broker will have an immense amount of life, and on normal mode upwards, a great weapon too. The good news is that once you kill your target, you get to keep that weapon :D So after you have made the appropriate preparations, head to the Aoto gang headquarters and have a chat with the broker. During the fight if he is using the Murasame they keep your distance, which is no easy task given the length of the thing! Most of his attacks are easy to parry though, which just means you have to watch out for his nasty defence breakers and the heat build

up on your own sword. My final piece of advice is to keep calm and take your time. This is not a quick fight, you will have to wear him down slowly. Once he falls, pick up his weapon and head back for your rather large reward. Take note that no matter what your relationship with the Aoto Gang before, they will all hate your guts now. So watch your back...especially at night when there are fewer magistrates around. Once this mission has been completed, you can do the 'Find the truth' mission at Amahara shrine but prepare for another tough fight. The Aoto gang broker carries the Kotetsu on easy difficulty and the Murasame on normal difficulty upwards. h) Hunting - 1 mon per kill --------------------------"I've been asked to kill Aoto Gang members. Cut them all down!" This mission is on offer if you are not too popular with the Magistrates. Head to any area you wish and kill, kill, kill as the man said. Expect to gain a pretty crappy reputation with everyone except the Magistrates if you take this job. --------------------------------------------------------------------------6. Amakaze Jobs [-AMAKAZ-] --------------------------------------------------------------------------Working for the townspeople is the least risky, however unfortunately the pay isn't great. On the plus side though the people will love you and give you a huge discount in their stores. Not to mention that warm feeling you get from helping people...or something like that. a) Find the baby - 400/500 mon -----------------------------This type of mission is simple if you can guess the clue, howvever as a novice to the game I can remember being completely baffled by some of the more cryptic clues. Below is a list of many of the clues I have encountered in the game as well as where to find the baby. If you receive one of these it is simply a case of going to the appropriate location, picking up the baby and returning him safely to the job broker at Amakaze-cho for your reward. If you receive a clue that is not in the table below then head to an area of your choice; I recommend the edge of town due to the lack of magistrates. Look for a suspicious character with a purple tag 'Man', speak to him and get him to tell you where the baby is. You will have to question him the hard way, but he will run off telling you where the baby is when his health gets low. Then simply head where he tells you and pick up the baby, then collect your reward. Then please email me with your findings... Clue ---"After you're twenty-one" "Freedom Stolen" "Where lips are smacked" "Cool if fanned" "If you can stand the stench" "Live a long frugal life" "Surrounded by rice" "Protected by justice" "With a sign on one's back" "Where heroes congregate" "In a den of thieves" "Surrounded by fruit" Location -------Otsuka-cho, Outside the Liquor Store Magistrate's Office, in the grass by the Jail Kakinuma-cho, outside the huge restaurant Kakinuma-cho, behind the first stall on the right Otsuka-cho, Next to the toilets opposite your house. Otemon Gate, Behind the merchant's stand to the left of the entrance Numata-cho, behind the house of the girl with the sick father Magistrate's Office, behind the right door of the main gate as you enter Aoto Gang Headquarters, at the entrance to the main building behind a sign Shikano-cho, just inside the dojo compound Aoto Gang Headquarters, by the shrine in one corner of the compound Otsuka-cho, next to the potted fruit plants

"The traveller removes his shoes" Kakinuma-cho, around the Inn "When you get sick" Edge of Town, around the clinic "Man-made nature" Shikano-cho, by some plants "Heaven's Judgement" Magistrate's Office, Just behind the main gates "Where hammer is lullaby" Numata-cho, near the blacksmith. "Invited in" Numata-cho, in front of the kitty shrine next to the girl with the sick father "Scared of the doctor" Edge of Town, in front of the clinic b) Find the son - 200/300 mon ----------------------------"The umbrella maker's son is missing. You might try the Magistrate's Office" The son will be in one of the following locations: 1) To the right, just inside the main gate. 2) Go left after entering the main gate, proceed through the next gate and look to your left by the lamp. 3) In between two of the storehouses in the main compound. Answer with the following choices: 1-1-1-2 Other selections may well work, but this selection always works for me. c) Find the daughter - 200/300 mon ---------------------------------"Find the Mikawaya's daughter. Some say she went to Numata-cho..." The daughter will be in one of the following locations: 1) To the left, just after entering Numata-cho. 2) In the empty room on the left of the main street. 3) Opposite the kitty shrine, to the left of the house of the girl with the sick father. Talk to her and answer with the following choices: 1-1-2-2 Other selections may well work, but this selection always works for me. d) Find Subuji - 200/300 mon ---------------------------"Find Subuji. He seems to like Otsuka-cho..." Subuji will be in one of the following locations: 1) Down the first alley on the right, at the corner. 2) Down the first alley on the right, by the well next to the Monk. 3) Down the second alley on the right, behind your home. Talk to him and answer with the following choices: 2-2-1-1 Other selections may well work, but this selection always works for me. e) Control thugs - 500/600 mon -----------------------------"I've been asked by the townspeople to stop some thugs in Shikano-cho" "I've been asked by the townspeople to stop some thugs in Amahara Shrine" "I've been asked by the townspeople to stop some thugs in Kakinuma-cho" You will have to head to the destination given and either kill people off or do enough damage so that they run off one by one until you get the message that the riot has been controlled. Then you just have to collect your pay before the time runs out. Try to avoid running around too much as this is what makes time pass. If you need advice on fighting multiple enemies then visit the Dojo in Shikano-cho during the day and have a chat with the master. f) Find Otama - 600/700 mon --------------------------"Find Otama, Otsuka-cho's most beautiful girl. She's been seen in Numata-cho." Go to Numata-cho find the foreigner, he will be labelled 'Shady Man'. Tell him to give back what he stole, then beat him up till he drops Otama. It's that simple. For extra amusement after you have retrieved the kitten, sheath your sword and run to the nearest magistrate to get him arrested. Hehe! Don't forget to collect your pay from Amakaze. Swords carried by the Shady Man on hard mode: - Hida-no-basho - Tarojiro

- Sekkiseiki g) Imawaya Treasure - 600/700 mon --------------------------------Go to the Edge of Town and find the Kidnapper and tell her to give back what she stole. Then beat her up till she drops the baby and retrieve it. Either finish her off and grab her sword or run away back to Amakaze to collect your reward. Swords carried by the Kidnapper: - Kannagi - Botan-yuki - Shimei-engetsu h) Find hair clip - 600/700 mon ------------------------------Go to the Aoto gang headquarters and find purple name tag. Talk to him and tell him Introduce him to a world of pain until he grab and run or finish him off. Return to Swords carried on hard mode: - Hyakymangoku - Oni-suzume i) Revenge - 900 mon -------------------If the magistrates are to blame then pay a visit to the Magistrate's Office and find the guilty party, if it was the Aoto gang, then go to the headquarters. If it was a wild samurai, then head for Kakinuma-cho. The target will have a purple name tag above his head when you approach. Talk to him first and say that you are here for revenge, then try to kill him as quietly as possible so as not to involve any other magistrates. When his life gets low the murdering coward will attempt to flee, show him no mercy. Return to Amakaze for your reward. The targets carry the following swords: Samurai: - Sanmai-oroshi - Kotetsu - Osorezan Aoto Thug: - Tsubaki - Oka-kunimitsu - HARUYUKI Magistrate: - Chugen - Kunishige - Rengoku

the collector, again look for the "Give back what you stole!". drops the hair clip and then either Amakaze for your reward.

j) Sparring - 1000 mon ---------------------This mission is on offer if you are not too popular with the Townspeople. More coming soon! --------------------------------------------------------------------------7. Foreigner Jobs [-FOREIG-] --------------------------------------------------------------------------During the evening time period, Foreigner can be found in various locations around Otemon gate and will give you a mission. The pay is average but the mission is very easy to complete. a) Foreign Message - 400 mon ---------------------------When receiving the mission take care to read what the message the foreigner wants you to give to his wife is. It will be one of three options, but you cannot look up what to say on the status screen, you must remember it. The mission is to find his wife and deliver the message he gave you, she will usually appear at whatever location you choose to visit next. She can be easily identified as the running lady in foreign dress, she will also have a purple tag with the word 'Wife'. Simply talk to her and give her the correct message and then return to the foreigner to collect your reward. Note that he may not be in the same position when you return to Otemon gate. He will also give you 200 mon even if you get the message wrong, bonus!

--------------------------------------------------------------------------8. Side Quests [--SIDE--] --------------------------------------------------------------------------a) Find the truth - 2000 mon ---------------------------After you have completed the 'Kill the broker' mission for either the Aoto Gang or the Magistrates, if you head to Amahara Shrine at night there will be a ronin wandering around with a purple name tag entitiled 'Killer'. If you talk to him you will initiate a rather tough fight at which point the killer's identity becomes clear; it is Rakusui from the Shrine fights! Tips for the fight: If he is just attacking then he tends to favour horizontal attacks, so parry accordingly. However if you see him powering up for a defence breaker then either attack to interrupt him or get the hell out of there; because if he hits you with the horizontal guard break and he is using the Momoge sword then you will be lucky to survive the follow up attack. In general it is best to just keep your distance and be ready to guard for horizontal attacks. Swords carried by the Killer: - Mutsu-no-shirakane - Momoge "Could this be true? The assassin says he was sent by the Magistrate broker." If you win then he will start spilling the beans on his employer and the 'Find the truth' mission begins. Simply head to the appropriate broker and have a word with the backstabber. You are then presented with two choices, kill them for the satisfaction of revenge or forgive them for the satisfaction of an extra 2000 mon in your George Stobbart sized pockets. For tips on fighting the brokers, see the appropriate 'Kill the broker' mission. b) Sword Informant -----------------Coming Soon! c) Girl in Numata-cho --------------------There is a girl who stands outside her sick father's house in Numata-cho at all times of the day. If you talk to her she will say something about how her father would feel a little better if he had ???. Where ??? will be a fairly obvious clue about one of the items in the game. If you return to her with the item that was hinted in your inventory, you will be given the option to give it to her. If you give a total of 10 items to her then her father will be cured! The father can then be found at Amahara Shrine at any time of day and he is quite skilled with a sword. If you decide to fight him, prepare for a tough fight. On hard mode prepare for a long fight too, even with a high attack modifier and a devil mushroom or sword oil it can take a long time to whittle down his massive life bar. Swords carried Normal Hard Finishing Blow by the father: - Kiyomitsu 100% chance - Rinne 100% chance - Kiyomitsu 100% chance

d) Kotsubo at Amahara Shrine - 'Mini Tsubohachi' -----------------------------------------------If you visit Amahara shrine during morning, afternoon or evening whilst not on a mission then you can bet and take part in a little competition. Basically you put some money up front with Kotsubo and he calls on one of his buddies for you to fight with. If you win, then you get double your money back, Woo hoo! Initially the bets start off fairly small and you can only fight once per time period but as time continues and you win more fights the initial bet goes up. Which can make this side quest a nice little earner.

Kotsubo has four buddies he may call upon: The Count - Appears in the Morning ---------------------------------A piece of cake to beat, just watch out for his leg sweep move. Otherwise, parry + slash + combo, rinse and repeat. Manju, the Man of Mystery - Appears in the afternoon ---------------------------------------------------Man of mystery? I thought it was Austin Powers...anyway...Manju is usually armed with a fencing sword which makes him very quick and powerful. He tends to favour horizontal attacks, so parry them and follow up with your favourite combo. Watch out for his guard breaks though. Oemaru - Appears in the Evening ------------------------------Big and strong, with a lot of life. Take your time, parry and attack when you can but don't take risks - his attack can really hurt. Make sure that you stay away from his breaks too. Rakusui - Appears at random --------------------------He comes armed with a red sheathed down stance sword but shouldn't be too much trouble. Keep your distance and wait for him to use his vertical combo or stab attacks which are both very easy to parry. Killer Taronosuke - Appears at random ------------------------------------This guy comes armed with dual daito and means business. Parry as much as possible because his swords will build up your heat meter all too quickly. Keep calm and parry the correct attacks and he'll soon be running off with his tail between his legs. After you complete the 'Find the truth' mission and kill you would be assassin Rakusui will no longer appear as an opponent and Kotsubo will mention he is missing...but whether there is any more to this sub quest I do not know. If you find anything, please send me an email at TheManFromEngland@hotmail.com e) Dojo, in Shikano-cho ----------------------If you visit the dojo during the day then you can take part in a number of training exercises as well as challenging the master, Tessho. f) Enlarging your sword safe ---------------------------The carpenters wife can be found outside the blacksmith's at night in Numata-cho. She can get your sword safe enlarged up to a maximum capacity of 100 swords in steps of 10 a time. Be warned however that this process can be very costly, the last upgrade costs a hefty 8400 mon! g) Appearances of Ichikichi, Mihei and Santa -------------------------------------------If you hate these guys as much as I do, then you may be interested when and where they make appearances so that you can avoid them/beat them up at your discretion. These are not cut scenes, but merely periods of time where they can be seen wandering around the given location. Be warned though, killing any of them off may result in a change in your storyline. - 24th Afternoon, Kakinuma-cho Part 2.1 Sword Guide Information ******************************************************************************** Some of these Swords are a real pain to get. It could very well take you hours to get a specific one if you want it with higher stats and such. All Swords obtained on Hard, this Guide is not meant for Easy. As TheManFromEngland did, I too will give a rating, between 1 to 5.

UPDATE! StE has been changed to StK, Stats to Keep. If you pick up a sword that is close to my personal StK I think you should keep it. My StK will be based upon the second best I have seen and not my first as those are very rare. StK is based upon my personal experiences with these swords and the stats they have had when I have obtained them. Part 2.2 Top Stance ******************************************************************************** Sword Obtain Look StK Rating Name : : : : : : Kotetsu Super-Deluxe Sword Tip. Warriors on Hard occasionaly have this weapon. One katana, one tanto. Black. 70+ attack and 40+ defense. 4 Strong, +3 Quality. Jumangoku One of the Aoto Three carries this. A Sayo and Magistrate Ending will fight the Aoto Three. Ornate rock attached to a wooden pole. Random, go for somthing that totals 60+. 3 Great, +20 attack +2 quality Onibocho Sosuke Nakamura, you find him at the Magistrates at various times. Single sheath. Ornate, gray. Look for something that totals 60+. 6/10 quality. 4

Sword : Obtain : have you Look : StK : Rating : Name : Sword Obtain Look StK Rating : : : : :

Sword : Samehadamaru Obtain : Sosuke Nakamura, he will occasionally have this weapon on Hard difficulty. Look : Single sheath. Black and gray, very stylish. StK : 60+ attack and 30+ defense. 5/10 quality. Rating : 4 Name : Evil, +60 attack. Sword Obtain Easily Look StK Rating : Dai-Kuronama : Tessho, the Dojo Master. You must defeat him with a VERY strong attack. obtained on Final Blow difficulty. : Single sheath. Black and silver, ornate handle. : 90+ attack and 30+ defense. : 5

Sword : Murasame Obtain : Work for the Magistrates and do not fail a single job. You will obtain this quest in the Late Night or Early Morning. Warriors occasionally carry this on Hard difficulty. Look : Single sheath. Extremely long blade and handle. Brown. StK : 130+ attack and -10 defense. Rating : 5 Name : Magic, +80 attack -20 defense. Part 2.3 Center Stance ******************************************************************************** Sword : Mumei-tou Obtain : Defaut sword. Random everywhere. This isn't special until you realize its upgrading potential, because of it's Golden Name Title. Look : One katana, one tanto. Black. StK : 40+ attack and 40+ defense. Rating : 4 Name : Golden, +5 quality. Sword : Oborozukiyo Obtain : Muto Goshiro, fight him at the Festival or the corrupt Magistrate

Ending. Magistrates on Hard difficulty in the Magistrates Office occasionaly carry this. Look : One katana, one tanto. Black with gold gilding. StK : 70+ attack 70+ defense. 3/12 quality. Rating : 5 Name : Dark, +35 attack +35 defense. Sword Obtain Look StK Rating Sword Obtain Look StK Rating Name : : : : : : : : : : : Chuyo-tou Muto Goshiro, he will occasionally have this sword on Hard difficulty. Single sheath. Black. 30+ attack 20+ defense. 4 Kunishige Super-Deluxe Tip. Student outside of Dojo Normal and up, rare. One katana, one tanto. Black. 80+ attack 10+ defense. 4 Goblin, +40 attack +20 defense.

Sword : Rengoku Obtain : Student outside of Dojo on Hard, VERY rare. Job for Amakaze, Revenge, the Magistrate will have this sword on Hard on occasion. Look : One katana, one tanto. Black. StK : 50+ attack 50+ defense. Rating : 5 Sword : Reikon-kudaki Obtain : Tessho, the Dojo Master. He will carry this on Hard difficulty, very hard to obtain. Look : Wooden katana with a bandage wrapped around the hilt. StK : -150 attack 150+ defense. Rating : 4 Part 2.4 Bottom Stance ******************************************************************************** Sword Obtain Look StK Rating Sword Obtain Look StK Rating : : : : : : : : : : Oni-suzume Giant Aoto Guards on Hard difficulty occasionally carry this. A giant saw blade connected to an ivory handle. 60+ attack 20+ defense. 4 Kobyoso Yasuno, a variety of Endings. Magistrate Ending is easiest. Metal claws. 40+ attack 40+ defense 3 Ogenken One of the Aoto Three carries this. A Sayo and Magistrate Ending will fight the Aoto Three. Single sheath. Black with ornate gold gilding. Random, go for something that totals 60+. 4

Sword : Obtain : have you Look : StK : Rating :

Sword : Ippatsumaru Obtain : Danpachi, he will occasionally have this sword on Hard difficulty. Early Morning Amakaze-cho. Look : Single sheath. Black with a black ribbon tied to the sheath. StK : 70+ attack 10+ defense. Rating : 5 Sword : Izumo-no-hashira Obtain : Here is an easy way to obtain this sword, on Hard difficulty. Do a Magistrate Ending. Which means to fight Muto on your first day and than go to Otuska-cho, during Daylight Periods on the 4th, and tell Yasuno to return the money. After the Festival kill everything that moves, try for around 80 or so kills. Everyone has to loathe you, and they will. After this has been achieved

go to the Edge of Town, at Late Night, and a huge Aoto thug will be standing on the bridge. This is a long fight and you will want to use some Sword Oil. Look : Single sheath. Extremely long blade and handle. Brown. StK : 70+ attack 50+ defense. 1/12 quality. Rating : 5 Part 2.5 Side Stance ******************************************************************************** Sword Obtain Look StK Rating : : : : : Sorenka Nami, a variety of Endings. Magistrate Ending is easiest. A naginate that has a red shaft and a long curved blade. 30+ attack 70+ defense. 3

Sword : Kansei Obtain : Kasumi, only one chance with her. Do an Aoto Ending and look for her the night after the Festival in Shikano-cho, after speaking with the Aoto Broker. Look : Single sheath. White with carvings. StK : 30+ attack 70+ defense. Rating : 4 Name : Cruel, +40 defense +1 quality Sword Obtain Name Look StK Rating : : : : : : Yoshimoto Kuroha, fight him at the Festival. Available in a few Endings. Keeper, +50 defense +1 quality. One katana, one tanto. Gold like texture, ornate. 60+ attack 60+ defense. 4

Sword : Kanesada Obtain : Work for the Aoto Gang and do not fail a single job. You will obtain this quest in the Late Night or Early Morning. Look : Single sheath. Extremely long blade and handle. Brown. StK : 70+ attack 30+ defense. 3/11 quality. Rating : 4 Rating : 5 if titled God Name : Ghost, +20 attack +40 defense. Sword : Excalibur Obtain : Work hard for the townspeople. Visit the Sword Informant, at least once before trying for Excalibur. After a lot of Amakaze Jobs she will mention a Wild Dog in Otemon Gate. Normal difficulty and up only. Look : Single sheath. Gold with white ivory handle, completely straight. StK : 40+ attack 40+ defense. Rating : 5 Part 2.6 Fencing Stance ******************************************************************************** Sword : Mutsu-no-shirakane Obtain : Super-Deluxe Sword Tip. Monk and Ronin on Edge of Town in Late Night and Early Morning on occasion. Killer on Easy and Normal. Look : One katana, one tanto. Black. StK : 40+ attack 40+ defense. Rating : 4 Sword Obtain at the Look StK Rating Name : Kiyomitsu : Sick Father, give Ten Items to the Girl in Numata-cho. He will appear Shrine. He carries this on Normal and Final Blow. : Varies between single sheath and one sword, one tanto. : 70+ attack 10+ defense. : 4 : Mighty, +50 attack +1 quality.

Sword : Momoge Obtain : Killer on Hard, occasionally on Normal. Ronin on Edge of Town on Hard on occasion.

Look StK Rating Name

: : : :

Single sheath. Black. 50+ attack 50+ defense. 5 Brutal, +50 attack +10 defense.

Sword : Rinne Obtain : Sick Father, give Ten Items to the Girl in Numata-cho. He will appear at the Shrine.He carries this on Hard. Kasumi carries this on occasion on Hard difficulty. Look : Single sheath. Black. StK : 60+ attack 60+ defense. Rating : 5 Sword : Obtain : the Aoto Look : StK : Rating : Rating : Name : Zannkimaru Hanzaemon Takenuma, you'll find him at almost every Ending. Work for Gang to make this easiest. Single sheath. Extremely long blade, purple cloth on the sheath. Black. 70+ attack 10+ defense. 3/10 quality. 4 5 if titled God Wicked, +60 defense.

Part 2.7 One Hand Swords ******************************************************************************** Sword : Obtain : have you Look : StK : Rating : Furaibo One of the Aoto Three carries this. A Sayo and Magistrate Ending will fight the Aoto Three. Scimitar with a green handle. Random, go for something that totals 60+. 3

Sword : Biteikotsu Obtain : Kyojiro Kagenuma, fight her at the Festival. You will fight her at a few different Endings. Look : Sword with black cloth on the handle and many edges. Leather sheath. StK : 70+ attack 40+ defense. Rating : 5 Sword : Obtain : she will seen her Look : StK : Rating : Sword Obtain Look StK Rating Name : : : : : : Binetsu Oboro, on and after August 27th during Late Night and Early Morning occasionally carry this weapon on Hard difficulty. Shikano-cho, I've elsehwere as well. Rapier, with a light purple sheath. 30+ attack 30+ defense. 3 Kamikaze Super-Deluxe Sword Tip. Single sheath. Black with a gold fitting on the the sheath. 60+ attack 40+ defense. 5 Spirit , +30 attack +30 defense. May have the heat reduction?

Part 2.8 Two Swords ******************************************************************************** Sword : Aun Obtain : Ocassionally found on the Edge of Town on Hard. Random, Warriors on Hard, rarely. Look : Two katanas. Green. StK : 40+ attack 30+ defense. Rating : 4 Sword Obtain Look StK Rating : : : : : Kujaku-nitoryu Warriors on Hard difficulty carry this on occasion. Two katanas. Red. 70+ attack 10+ defense. 4

Sword Obtain day. Look StK Rating Name

: Kubirabasara : Danpachi, go to Amakaze-cho at Morning to fight him for it, any : : : : Two katanas. Black. 90+ attack 10+ defense. 5 Savage, +10 attack +50 defense. Koretomo-to-shigekazu Dojima, he wanders around Numata-cho at Late Night and Early Morning, Hammer and tongs. Random, go for something that totals 60+. 4

Sword : Obtain : any day. Look : StK : Rating :

Part 2.9 Ninja Swords ******************************************************************************** Sword : Obtain : Normal. Look : StK : Rating : Yaso Super-Deluxe Sword Tip. Random Travellers on Hard. Random Monks on Straight ninja blade. Black. 100+ attack -10 defense. 4

Sword : Ukigumo-no-kodachi Obtain : Oboro, on and after August 27th during Late Night and Early Morning. Shikano-cho, I've seen her elsehwere as well. Look : Dual ninja tantos with patterned sheaths. Black with purple. StK : 10+ attack 80+ defense. Rating : 3 Sword : Sakura-tsumuji Obtain : Spy, on and after August 27th during Late Night and Early Morning. Otsuka-cho, I've seen him elsehwere as well. Look : Straight ninja blade. Black. StK : 40+ attack 40+ defense. Rating : 4 Sword : Obtain : she will seen her Look : StK : Rating : Hairando Oboro, on and after August 27th during Late Night and Early Morning occasionally carry this weapon on Hard difficulty. Shikano-cho, I've elsehwere as well. Dual ninja tantos. Azure. 120+ attack 20+ defense. 5

Sword : Wushuzan Obtain : Spy, on and after August 27th during Late Night and Early Morning he will occasionally have this on Hard. Otsuka-cho, I've seen him elsehwere as well. Looks : Straight ninja blade. Azure. StK : 20+ attack 10+ defense. Rating : 5 Sword : Zangetsu Obtain : Monk on the Edge of Town at Late Night and Early Morning. This drop is very rare. Looks : Straight ninja blade. Black with a silver fitting on the sheath. StK : 10+ attack 0+ defense. Rating : 4