Key tips
- This is the shortest tale in the game — it is a single fight with no investigation around it.
Overview
A Tale of Tsushima in Toyotama, norio tale 4 of 9 — part of a warrior monk arming the temples once prayer proves insufficient.
The Birth of Suffering belongs to Norio’s questline: a warrior monk arming the temples once prayer proves insufficient. It is norio tale 4 of 9, set in Toyotama.
The ally questlines are the game’s best writing and they run in order, so this tale assumes the ones before it. Norio’s arc rewards being followed as a sequence rather than picked at.
In the game’s own framing: Jin walks into the middle of a Mongol attack on Kushi Temple. Lives are lost, but he arrives before the temple itself goes.
This is tale 4 of 9 in Norio’s arc. The ally questlines run in order and assume the ones before them, so they reward being followed as a sequence rather than picked at.
What to bring
What this tale expects you to have on you.
- RequiredComplete "Ghosts in the Fog"This tale does not appear until then.
Objectives
- Travel to Kushi Temple
- Defeat the Mongols
Full walkthroughSpoilers
- 01Travel to Kushi Temple
Follow the marker into Toyotama.
- 02Defeat the Mongols
About eight blue-armoured soldiers and a couple of dogs, with Norio fighting beside you. Kill the dogs on sight rather than managing them — they close instantly and interrupt whatever you were mid-way through.
Enemies in this tale, and how to fight them
Strengths
- Dogs — They close instantly and interrupt whatever you were doing, so they are worth killing on sight rather than managing. A single light attack usually does it. Where the tale gives you distance, the bow is cleaner — a dog that reaches you at the wrong moment costs more than its health suggests.
Rewards
- Minor Legend IncreaseA smaller step toward the next Legend rank — the size a side tale, a liberated settlement or a cleared encounter gives.
What this unlocks
Norio’s tales
Characters in this tale
Sources
- Ghost of Tsushima Walkthrough — PowerPyx
- Ghost of Tsushima Walkthrough — All Tales — PowerPyx