Walkthrough for the tale The Headman in the game Ghost of Tsushima. This page covers all main objectives, key steps, or helpful tips to guide you through the tale smoothly. Whenever possible, the guide points out locations for key items and details interactions with NPCs, among other tips. To ensure maximum clarity, in-game screenshots are included for easy-to-follow visual guidance.
Quest Group: Tales of Tsushima
Tale: Masako Tale
Location: Izuhara
Prerequisites: To play this tale, you must first complete the tale The Tale of Lady Masako.
This tale will be unlocked when you complete "The Tale of Lady Masako" main tale.
(2 of 9) Clan Adachi was betrayed by a conspiracy. Lady Masako lives only to destroy those responsible for her family's slaughter. Anyone who dares prey on a samurai family must be brought to justice, so I have agreed to join her hunt.
The Headman
Izuhara
Woodcutter's House
Izuhara
Lady Masako will be waiting for you at Golden Temple. Talk to her and you'll find out how she's going to find the next person on the list of conspirators - Sadao. She wants to use his brother Hachi for this purpose.
Lady Masako has tracked one of the conspirators behind her family's slaughter. His name is Headman Sadao, a once loyal servant of clan Adachi. Sadao is hiding in Ariake, but Masako has located his brother and believes trailing him will lead us to the deceitful snake.
Follow Masako, and then, when you get to the place where Masako says Hachi should be somewhere close, go down the road. After a while you should see Hachi's cart.
Follow Hachi's cart and after some time he will reach a crossroads where he will meet with a few bandits.
Together with Masako, go to the nearby rocks and listen to their conversation. Then you will come to the conclusion that you should continue following the bandits instead of Hathi.
Staying hidden, follow the men on horseback. Luckily, they won't ride fast. You'll eventually get to the Woodcutter's House.
Come up to Masako who's watching the buildings from behind the rocks. After a short conversation, Masako will come out of hiding and attack the bandits.
Help her get rid of her opponents. You can first eliminate a few of them with a bow, then come closer and use your sword.
When you've eliminated all the enemies, go up to Masako and talk to her. She'll tell you that there's someone else in the building. Go inside to find Hina, Sadao's wife. After a short conversation, during which you won't hear anything of value from her, you will decide to take her to the Adachi Clan estate and this tale will end.
After completing this tale, you will be able to play the tale The Husband.