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Picking the right choices and responses in the AC Shadows tea ceremony with Imai Sokyu allows you to kill a target unawares

Assassin's Creed Shadows Tea Ceremony
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The Assassin's Creed Shadows tea ceremony answers you should choose are all in our guide and walkthrough below, and there's a specific sequence of answers that will get you the best ending: the chance to assassinate the Golden Teppo without giving yourself away and not breaking your cover. Assassin’s Creed Shadows requires you to get a lot of questions right to manage this though, and the AC Tea Ceremony with Master Imai Sokyu has to be held flawlessly or risk warning your target about you not belonging to this environment.

With that in mind, we've laid out all the best Tea Ceremony choices and answers to kill the Golden Teppo, including the best gift and how to bow and turn the bowl in just such a way that you don't ruin the mission (and your social standing among the upper class of Sakai).

Best Assassin's Creed Shadows Tea Ceremony answers

Assassin's Creed Shadows Tea Ceremony

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Once you reach the tea ceremony in Assassin's Creed Shadows itself, you'll be given numerous choices with different answers. We've put the best answers in bold below, which will lead you to the best ending of the mission - getting the chance to assassinate the Golden Teppo without them realizing who you are.

  • Giving your name to all guests (Shizuka / Sanuki / Shigure)
    • Which name you choose doesn't matter, just make sure it's the same one each time and matches the name you gave to Imai Sokyu when first meeting him. At the end Master Sokyu will address you by the name you gave him, with the whole crowd listening, and anybody you gave the wrong name to notices the discrepancy.
  • Imai Sokyu: "What is the purpose of the tea ceremony?"
    • The tea ceremony is a spiritual experience.
    • It's a place to make contacts.
  • Otama: "And how did you gain entry to this coveted event?"
    • I had a good teacher.
    • I know the son well.
  • Lady Satoko: "I was unaware they allowed children at these ceremonies."
    • I'm friends with Master Sokyu.
    • I have contracts with the Imai.
  • Wakasa: "You may have heard of me?"
    • Of course I know you.
    • I'm new to Sakai.
  • Wakasa: "Where did you say you were from?"
    • I didn't say where I was from.
    • (Lie) I'm from Nagasaki.

Once this is done, you'll go back to Master Sokyu to begin the ceremony proper. Keep in mind that some of the characters you just met are inherently rude and abrasive, so even a good response can have a seemingly negative outcome.

Bowing and Turning the Bowl in the Tea Ceremony correctly

Assassin's Creed Shadows Tea Ceremony

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Once you've finished talking with the guests, you can do the Tea Ceremony with Master Sokyu properly. There are multiple stages to this, and it's basically a test of memory based on what Sen No Rikyu has taught you in your training. Here are all the right options to complete the ceremony:

  • Bowing to Master Sokyu
    • Bow head.
    • Bow halfway.
    • Bow deeply.
  • Turning the bowl.
    • Turn bowl left twice.
    • Turn bowl right twice.
    • Do not turn bowl.

After this, you'll get the dialogue on your gift, no matter which one you choose. For more details on the best of the three options, check the section just below.

More consequentially, is that this is the moment where you're given the Assassin's Creed Shadows confront Otama or Wakasa choice, based on which one you think is the real killer. We've actually made that it's own guide, as there's some very specific consequences to this choice that are worth parsing out properly.

Best Tea Ceremony Gift in Assassin's Creed Shadows

Assassin's Creed Shadows Tea Ceremony

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Speaking of, when Naoe goes to visit Sen No Rikyu in Assassin's Creed Shadows to learn about Tea Ceremonies, he offers her a gift from his collection to bring to the important one later. Here you have three options:

  • Gold-trimmed teapot
  • Tea-leaf jar
  • Bamboo ladle

While all of these are well-received by Imai Sokyu, he does notice that the Jar and Ladle are from Sen No Rikyu's collection and comments on it - which he does not do for the teapot. We're not sure if that makes a difference, but we got the best ending by picking the Teapot accordingly.

Want to find out more about AC and the best way to play? Find out how to farm all those valuable farm Assassin's Creed Shadows hideout resources, or check out how to upgrade weapons and armor in Assassin's Creed Shadows and keep your favourite weapons at the same level as your heroes!

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