Ghost of Tsushima - The Curse of Uchitsune quest: Blue flower locations, how to use the paintings and get the longbow
How to complete The Curse of Uchitsune Mythic Tale.
The Curse of Uchitsune is one of seven Mythic Tales in Ghost of Tsushima, tasking you with following blue flowers to a couple of special locations and winning another duel.
Your reward for doing so is Uchitsune's Longbow and explosive arrows, a very useful pair of tools that let you take down enemies with far greater range and area-of-effect damage, so with that in mind we've explained on this page how to find the blue flowers and win the Duel against the Tengu Demon in all the detail you need.
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Once done, our Ghost of Tsushima Mythic Tales locations page can help with starting and finishing the other quests.
How to start The Curse of Uchitsune in Ghost of Tsushima
The Curse of Uchitsune is also available early on in Act 1 of Ghost of Tsushima. It's in central-eastern Izuhara.
This one's easy to find: Yamato the musician is in the settlement of Hiyoshi Springs, which you visit early on in the story.
The Curse of Uchitsune: Blue flower locations and how to use the paintings
First up, chat with the musician - here are all the Mythic Tale locations for starting out, if you're struggling to find him.
Then once the mission starts, you'll be tasked with heading to the east coast of Hidden Springs Forest.
The flowers are in the middle of the marked area, as you approach the coast. Look out for a fairly large rock formation.
Drop down into the trench that approaches that mound of rocks, and there's a gap to squeeze through.
Inside, you'll find a few things to interact with, one of them being a painting, which you need to use as a makeshift map. Once you've got everything, turn around and squeeze out a gap towards the way you came, and there's a brief cutscene.
Now, you need to head north. The location you're after is here on the map.
Here's what it looks like as you approach by land - head down to the beach and it's just a short swim.
Inside, it's the same again - including another painting - and here's where you need to head on the map.
You'll find the blue flowers again here.
Follow them into the clearing and grab the bow from the altar - and prepare for a fight!
Looking for more help? Our Ghost of Tsushima walkthrough provides an overview of the critical path, including how to complete missions The Broken Blacksmith and Shadow of the Samurai. For those who've yet to begin, our Ghost Of Tsushima length page lets you know how much time you need to dedicating to finishing the game. For those looking for completing side-quests, we have lists of Ghost Of Tsushima Hot Spring, Ghost Of Tsushima Bamboo Strike and Ghost Of Tsushima Mythic Tales locations.
How to beat the Tengu Demon in Ghost of Tsushima's The Curse of Uchitsune and get the longbow and explosive arrows
That's right, it's another duel, this time against someone - or something - called the Tengu Demon.
Fear not however, as it's as straightforward a fight as ever, so the usual duel rules apply. If you need a refresher, our standard duel tips are:
- Stay in stone stance as you're facing a swordsman.
- Heal when you get the little boost in resolve, during those tense sword-clashing pauses.
- Keep sidestepping, as it's easy to land hits when you get around the side of your enemy.
- Attack when your enemy sheathes their sword - it's a free couple of hits, and if you don't they'll launch a very fast unblockable attack.
After the duel, the longbow of Uchitsune is yours - congrats!
We've rounded up explainers on all seven of the game's Mythic Tales, so for more like this head to our Ghost of Tsushima Mythic Tale locations hub, where you can find the rest!
