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To get the best gear inAssassin’s Creed Shadows,you mustcomplete various castles, forts, and fortressesby defeating their Samurai Daisho and claiming the loot they guard. Yamazaki Castle is home to five Samurai Daisho who guard the treasure, and you’ll need to navigate the castle to defeat the Daisho silently.
Since slashing your way through these areas as Yasuke trivializes the layout and nearly guarantees he’ll be made wanted due to the castle alerts, we’ll be using Naoe to traverse this area. As such, we’ll show you how tosilently assassinate every Samurai Daisho in Yamazaki Castle so you may slip in and outwithout a trace.
Where Is Yamazaki Castle?
You’ll findYamazaki Castlein southernYamashiro,south of Shoryuji, and southeast of Eagle’s Nest.
Theclosest fast travel pointsoutside the castle are theShoryuji Tenshuto thenorthand theOyamazaki Kakuregato thenortheast.
How To Find & Assassinate The First Samurai Daisho
Enter the castle from the northeastern side,where there’s an open yard with a large tower you can scale to enter the castle. Move slightlysouth and west into an elevated courtyardvia some scaffolding.
This is the same area where you’ll find a guard inside a house with a key.
Hide in the hay bale to take out the nearby guards, then turn your attention to thenearby Samurai Daisho.Get his attention with aShinobi Bellor by briefly walking within view, then lure him to the bushes or hay bale to finish him off.
With the first Samurai Daisho defeated, make your way further west using the perimeter walls to the north.
How To Find & Assassinate The Second Samurai Daisho
Move past some farmland andinto the northwestern courtyard,where you’ll find thesecond Samurai Daisho waiting.
This courtyard is fairly busy, but luckily the Daisho will take up a post alongside a small house with a trapdoor in the roof.
Enter the house and quietlyassassinate the sleeping enemy,then the workers in your path, beforefinishing off the second Samurai Daisho with a Shoji Door Assassinationand retreating to the rooftops.
How To Find & Assassinate The Third Samurai Daisho
Move furtherwest into the west central courtyard,and you’ll see several guards roaming around, along with thethird Samurai Daisho below.
The Daisho patrols around the courtyardfor a bit, so watch his movements until he makes his way toward thesouthwesterncorner of the castle.
When the Daisho goes up some stairs and stands next to another lone guard, that’s your cue todouble assassinate them, clearing the third Samurai Daisho.
How To Find & Assassinate The Fourth Samurai Daisho
Make your way to thefar southern section of the castle toward the small gardenwith a pond and a bridge to find thefourth Samurai Daisho.
This Daisho is relatively secluded save for one other person he patrols with.
Make your way to the tree directly above them and wait for them to bump into each other so you canassassinate the Daisho, then take care of the workerwho just watched it happen before they report what they saw.
How To Find & Assassinate The Fifth Samurai Daisho
With the fourth Daisho down, jump from the tree to the perimeter walls and make your way around to the far eastern side to theeastern courtyard of the castle,on the opposite side from where the Viewpoint is.
Here the fifth and final Samurai Daisho will be roamingthe area, so wait for them to go up the stairs and approach the two guards overlooking the area.
The Samurai Daisho stops near the guards and then retraces his steps.While he’s pausing next to the guards, prepare yourselfon the edge of the wall you’re watching from, near the top of the stairs.
When the Daisho returns along his path,you may assassinate him, then creep up and double-assassinate the two distracted guards to avoid any witnesses.
What Rewards Do You Get From Yamazaki Castle?
With all five Samurai Daisho in Yamazaki Castle found and defeated, you can turn your attention to finding and collecting the additional loot across the castle.
Side Loot
Yamazaki Castle is home to several chests and resources to smuggle, including a key that opens locked doors in the castle with some of the additional loot.
Double assassinate them from above, then claim the chest, resource bundle, and large resource piles you’re able to smuggle.
Next, you can claim some of the other reward chests scattered throughout.
With most of the side loot weighing down your pockets, you can finish the castle with the Legendary Chest and viewpoint at the top of the Tenshu.
Legendary Chest
With all five Daisho down, return to the Tenshu in the central area of the castle, along the west side near the top floor. Inside you’ll receive:
With these rewards in hand, continue upward in the Tenshu for the final reward.
Synchronization Viewpoint
In the western courtyard toward the center of the areawhere you find the third Samurai Daisho is a large Tenshu. Make your way to the top and claim the synchronization viewpoint and the fast travel spot.
