The Tale of Ryuzo Ghost of Tsushima Tale
Group: Act 1 - Rescue Lord Shimura
Location: Izuhara
This tale will be unlocked upon completion of the "Blood on the Grass" tale. Together with Ryuzo and his men, you plan to attack a fort where the Mongols should keep food supplies.
My old friend Ryuzo has fallen in with the mercenary Straw Hat ronin. He seems to be their leader, and he's agreed to help me save Lord Shimura on one condition: I help recover food for his starving band of Straw Hats.
Ryuzo will meet me at a cemetery near Fort Ohira, where Mongols are hoarding stolen food.
Rewards:
- Major Legend Increase
Related points of interest
The Tale of Ryuzo
Izuhara
Tsutsu Lighthouse
Izuhara
Prior tales
To begin The Tale of Ryuzo you must first complete Blood on the Grass.
Quest stages of The Tale of Ryuzo
1. Meet Ryuzo in Takuzudama Cemetery
You can start this quest by going to the Takuzudama Cemetery to meet Ryuzo and his men.
Ryuzo and his band of starving Straw Hat ronin need food if they're going to be in fighting shape to rescue my uncle. Luckily we've learned that the Mongols have stockpiled stolen food in Fort Ohira. We are going to take it back.
2. Follow Ryuzo to Fort Ohira / Do not raise the alarm / Disable the alarm in the lighthouse
You can get to the fort by walking on a fallen tree trunk.
You have to get to the lighthouse and you can't be detected. You can, for example, sneak to the guard standing on the cliff and quietly kill him.
You will then be able to approach the lighthouse from behind and enter it through a gap.
Climb the ladders to the top, kill another Mongol, and disable the alarm.
3. Ignite the lighthouse to signal the attack / Defeat the Mongols in Fort Ohira / Regroup with Ryuzo
When you ignite the lighthouse, Straw Hat ronin will attack the fort and you will automatically go down the lighthouse.
Help them kill the Mongols and then talk to Ryuzo. The documents Ryuzo has found in the fort suggest that all food was transported offshore.
Ryuzo and his band of starving Straw Hat ronin need food if they're going to be in fighting shape to rescue my uncle. We hopedto recover food from the Mongols at Fort Ohira, but the invaders had already moved everything to their offshore ships.
It looks like Ryuzo and I need to steal a Mongol ship.
4. Do not raise the alarm / Survey the Mongol landing site
Go up to the cliff and survey the beach below. You decide that Ryuzo's men will try to pull the Mongols off the beach and in the meantime you and Ryuzo will steal one of the small boats standing by the shore.
5. Lead Ryuzo down the cliffs / Lead Ryuzo to the Mongol rowboat
Go down the path that leads to the beach. When you get to the right place, Ryuzo will give a sign to his men to start the attack. Most Mongols should be busy and won't notice you when you sneak to the boat. But if you get noticed by someone, just kill him.
Then get into the boat and sail to the ships.
6. Search the ship for food
When you reach the ships, climb a ladder to the deck and start searching the cargo hold. Unfortunately, you won't find any food in it.
7. Return to Ryuzo / Defeat the Mongols on the ships / Speak with Ryuzo
Ryuzo will conclude that you should search the next ships and open the doors leading to the main deck.
There will be some Mongols waiting for you there, and you will have to kill them. Then, using the wooden footbridge, you will be able to get to another ship and eliminate more Mongols there. Once all the Mongols have been killed, you and Ryuzo will decide to split up and look for the food.
8. Reach the next ship / Search the ship for food
Move over the footbridge to the next ship, assassinate the Mongols who stand in your way, and find the scroll lying on the table in the hold.
9. Return to Ryuzo / Find Ryuzo / Help Ryuzo / Defeat the Mongol
Return to the previous ship and go through the cargo hold to the rear deck. When you open the door, you'll see that Ryuzo has been overpowered by a giant Mongol who will attack you next. You will have to kill him. If you're fast enough, you can try to revive Ryuzo.
10. Jump off the ship
When you defeat him, your ship will be fired upon with flaming arrows by archers from another ship and you will have to flee. Just jump over the side of the ship into the water.
When you go ashore, you will give Ryuzo the plans you found and he will tell you that he will come to Castle Kaneda, and this quest will end.
After completing The Tale of Ryuzo you will get or will be able to get The Iron Hook (1 of 4).