Overview
A standalone Tale of Tsushima in the Toyotama region, told by the people living under the occupation rather than by anyone commanding it.
A Wealthy Man Has All He Needs is a standalone Tale of Tsushima in Toyotama — not attached to an ally questline, and told from inside the occupation rather than above it.
The side tales are where the game shows what the invasion costs people who were never going to be defended by eighty samurai on a beach. They are short, and collectively they are most of the game’s texture.
In the game’s own framing: A man at a refugee camp is threatening the people around him. His family were supposed to be smuggled out and never arrived.
What to bring
The stances are a counter-table, not a preference: each one is the answer to a specific enemy, and this tale fields the ones below.
- RecommendedStone StanceStone breaks swordsmen, who make up most of every Mongol group.
Objectives
- Speak with each refugee
- Stop the one who runs
- Question him
- Travel to Umugi Beach
- Investigate the ronin hideout
- Open from above
- Defeat the Straw Hats
- Protect the hostages
- Free the refugees
- Look for Saburo’s family
- Take the toy
- Return to Saburo
Full walkthroughSpoilers
- 01Speak with each refugee
Talk to everyone in the camp.
- 02Stop the one who runs
Wound him with an arrow rather than let him go.
- 03Question him
Once he is down.
- 04Travel to Umugi Beach
Northwest to the coast, where the smugglers took them.
- 05Investigate the ronin hideout
The wooden watchtower at the shore.
- 06Open from above
Use the watchtower rope to come down on them.
- 07Defeat the Straw Hats
Unarmoured swordsmen. Stone Stance handles the swordsmen; its heavy attacks do extra stagger damage and break their guard.
TipStone breaks swordsmen, who make up most of every Mongol group.
- 08Protect the hostages
Anything with a red skull is going for a captive.
Watch outA marked enemy is going for someone you have to keep alive.
- 09Free the refugees
All of them.
- 10Look for Saburo’s family
Near the large rock at the water’s edge.
- 11Take the toy
It is beside the bodies.
- 12Return to Saburo
Fast travel back and tell him.
Enemies in this tale, and how to fight them
Strengths
- Swordsmen — Stone Stance, whose heavy attacks do extra stagger damage to sword-wielders and break their guard. Swordsmen are the backbone of nearly every Mongol group, so Stone is the stance you will spend the most time in. Parry timing matters more here than anywhere else: blue attacks can be parried, red ones cannot and have to be dodged.
- Straw Hats / ronin — Japanese swordsmen rather than Mongols, and they fight like it — faster and more technical than the invaders, with less armour. Stone Stance still applies. Standoffs work well against them, and against unarmoured ronin a won standoff often kills outright.
Rewards
- Minor Legend IncreaseA smaller step toward the next Legend rank — the size a side tale, a liberated settlement or a cleared encounter gives.
- Minor Utility CharmA silver charm. Minor charms are weaker than major ones and go in the minor slots — you start with two major slots and unlock up to four minor ones by honouring Inari Shrines, for six equipped at once.
- +6 LeatherUpgrade material. Silk, linen and leather are what armourers and swordsmiths charge to improve your gear.
Sources
- Ghost of Tsushima Walkthrough — PowerPyx
- Ghost of Tsushima Walkthrough — All Tales — PowerPyx