Prologue: The Snake Walkthrough | Ghost of Yotei

Learn the gameplay basics and find out more about Atsu during the Prologue!

Ghost of Yotei opens with a cutscene of Atsu sobbing at the bodies of her brutally murdered family. The perpetrators then decide to “make an example”. They stab Atsu in the shoulder and abandon her by the burning tree.

All alone and hungry, Atsu fled to the south. She spent sixteen years battling outlaws with her father’s blade before returning to Ezo with one clear goal: hunt every member of The Yotei Six to avenge her family and join them in death. Her first target? The Snake.

1 Find The Snake

・Before searching for your first target, there will be a short scene where Atsu writes the names of her targets on her obi belt: The Snake, The Oni, The Kitsune, The Spider, The Dragon, and Lord Saito. Follow the broken lines to complete this.

・Head into the town and keep walking until you encounter a group of Drunk Saito Outlaws throwing rocks at a poor horse.

・The first tutorial starts now! You'll learn the attack controls by killing these enemies. Just do the button prompts on your screen.

・Atsu believes that The Snake is at the nearby house. Head there to progress the Prologue.

2 Kill The Snake's Men

・After burning the house, five Saito Outlaws will charge at you. There will be a tutorial on how to target a specific enemy as well as blocking attacks.

・When the outlaws are dead, The Snake will come out of the burning house. He'll first be confused about who Atsu is, but once he sees the weapon she's using, he recognizes her as the "Little Wolf" and the swordsmith's daughter.

3 Defeat The Snake

・It's time for your first boss fight! The Snake will perform several quick attacks, but you can easily block them. Wait for your chance to counterattack.

・When you have lowered his health, a flashback will trigger, showing the younger Atsu fighting The Snake in a similar way. Continue the battle until you return to the present.

・The Snake will pull out a dirty move by throwing dust at Atsu and shooting her with a pistol. But just in time, her wolf comes to save the day!

・Keep fighting the boss until he executes a yellow attack that's unavoidable. Atsu's weapon will be thrown away, and The Snake pulls her, exactly like sixteen years ago.

・Atsu will be stabbed, but help her deliver the final blow by pressing the button prompt when it appears.

4 Plan the Next Hunt

・Once Atsu gains consciousness again, the Settlers will be in shock and call her an onryo as they all thought she was done for.

・Ride the horse and journey to your next destination.

・Atsu will stop by an edge of a cliff where you'll need to open the Spyglass and plan your Hunt. Point it to the three white dots (Atsu's Home, The Old Inn, and Mount Yotei) to finish this step.

5 Travel to your Childhood Home

・Call the Guiding Wind. This will guide you to your tracked objectives.

・While you're on the way, gallop through the White Flowers for a Speed Boost.

6 Return Home

・Dismount from your horse and go back to where it all started. Once you open the gates, there will be another flashback from Atsu's past. She will be running around with her brother, Jubei.

7 Practice Shamisen with your Mother

・Head back and talk to Yone to start practicing.

・When Atsu returns to the present, she will be able to Relive The Past if there's a nearby memory.

8 Explore your Home in the Past and Present

・Examine Father's Bamboo Strike and fix it. You can test your blades here by cutting the Bamboos. Atsu's Spirit will increase afterward.

9 Relive the Past: Help your Father at his Forge

・Approach and talk to Kengo.

・Follow his instructions on how to inspect, flip, and reheat a weapon.

・After this, Kengo and Yone show their children a tsuba that's meant to protect their family.

10 Relive the Past: Train with Jubei

・There will be another combat tutorial. First, block Jubei's attack.

・Then, stagger Jubei with heavy attacks.

・Parry Jubei's attacks by blocking it right before the impact. Remember that Blue Glint attacks cannot be blocked! They must be Parried.

・Interrupt Jubei's consecutive attacks with multiple parries.

・You'll also be taught how to dodge Red Glint attacks and heal.

・Land five strikes to Jubei to finish the training.

11 Pay Respect at the Grave

・After reliving the past, Atsu fixes her family's grave and tells them again her goal of giving them justice.

・Increased Spirit (Father's Bamboo Strike)
・Unlocks the World Map