Ghost of Tsushima - The Six Blades of Kojiro quest: Duellist locations, how to win all duels and defeat Kojiro himself
How to complete The Six Blades of Kojiro Mythic Tale.
The Six Blades of Kojiro is one of seven Mythic Tales in Ghost of Tsushima, tasking you with beating six duellists, as well as Kojiro himself.
Your reward for doing so is Kojiro's Armour, which is frankly a little underwhelming given all the bloodshed involved in getting it, but nonetheless it's still worth collecting! We've explained on this page how to beat the five duellists and how to beat Kojiro a in all the detail you need below.
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Once done, our Ghost of Tsushima Mythic Tales locations page can help with starting and finishing the other quests.
The Six Blades of Kojiro Mythic Tale location in Ghost of Tsushima
The Six Blades of Kojiro becomes available once you start Act 2 of Ghost of Tsushima. It's found in the west of the Totoyama region in Umugi Cove.
Specifically, you'll find the musician Yamato out on the back deck of a busy inn.
The Six Blades of Kojiro: Duellist locations in Ghost of Tsushima
The quest itself is simple in theory: there are five duellists dotted around the island of Tsushima. You might even have found and beaten some yourself already, which will give you a head start.
You need to defeat these assassins in the standard duels, that you may well have already faced along the way - you certainly will if you've done some other Mythic Tales before this one. Here's a quick cheat sheet for finding them.
First Duellist location: Duel Among the Spider Lillies with Hirotsune
First Duellist location: Duel in Drowning Marsh with Yasumasa
First Duellist location: Duel of Crashing Waves with Tomotsugu
First Duellist location: Duel Under Falling Water with Kiyochika
First Duellist location: Duel Under Autumn Leaves with Kanetomo
How to win duels in The Six Blades of Kojiro in Ghost of Tsushima
How to win the duels
Duels don't really vary, with duellists all pulling from the same pool of attacks and animations - it's just some might be more inclined to use certain abilities more often. With that said, here's our standard advice for winning duels in Ghost of Tsushima. Be sure to equip the right armour and stock up on Resolve by winning a standoff or two beforehand, too!
- Stay in stone stance as you're always 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.
- Limit yourself to three attacks before you stop and prepare to parry or dodge - you won't land more than this before the enemy recovers!
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 find and beat Kojiro in Ghost of Tsushima's The Six Blades of Kojiro
Once you've won all five duels, head back to Yamato and he'll tell you Kojiro is waiting - he's at Omi Monastary.
Specifically, look for this big red tree by the waterfalls - just behind it is the entrance to the cave where Kojiro's waiting. He's probably the toughest, but you'll be ready by now!
The same rules as the above apply here. The main thing you need to focus on is staying calm, as Kojiro is quite aggressive.
Beat him - and you will, keep at it! - and you'll unlock Kojiro's Armour, which increases resolve gains and damage with Ghost weapons a bit. Congrats on beating legendary scumbag Kojiro!
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!
