All weapons in Ghost of Yotei and where to get them

There are a lot of Ghost of Yotei weapons to unlock and, while the main story in this action adventure unlocks everything eventually, you can just get all the weapons first if you want. Obviously need to know where to look, but once you've opened up a few key areas there's nothing stopping you from finding all the weapon masters and weapons they unlock.

The main thing to understand with weapons in Ghost of Yotei is that your core set - katana, dual katana, odachi, kusarigama and yari - all operate in a rock-paper-scissors capacity. So finding them all gives you much more power in a fight.

There are also plenty of ranged options like bows and guns to let you fight from a distance, as well as quickfire tools that let you toss out things like knives or smoke bombs in a pinch. Below I'll run through them all, covering where to get them and what they're best for.

Ghost of Yotei weapon combos/pairing

Ghost of Yotei weapons are best used to counter specific other weapons, specifically in these combinations:

• Katana has the advantage against other katanas.
• Double katana has the advantage against spears.
• Spears have the advantage the against kusarigama, hook and chain weapon.
• Kusarigama has the advantage against shields.
• Odachi has the advantage against heavy enemies.

While you're free to use whatever you want, using these weapons combinations in Ghost of Yotei has a clear advantage in a fight.

Ghost of Yotei Wolf Blade

• Unlocked from the start
• Best against: other swords

The Wolf Blade is your basic starter sword in Ghost of Yotei. You'll start the game with it and it's pretty good in almost all situations, but absolutely the best option against other swords. However, every other weapon below will eventually give you a better counter to the various enemies you'll fight once you get them.

Ghost of Yotei Bow

• Unlocked when you find Ran the Bowyer at the Shadow Inn
• Best against: range

There are different bow types in Yotei you'll be able to unlock as soon as you reach the Shadow Inn during one of your first missions and find Ran the Bowyer. She'll sell you the Hankyu medium bow and a Yumi longbow which is functionally a sniper rifle. The latter is 2000 mon though so you'll need to earn a little more Ghost of Yotei money than you'll have when you first reach her. Ammo is short for both initially until you get a few upgrades so they're best for taking out some lookouts pre-stealth or reaching more distant enemies in a straight fight.

Ghost of Yotei Dual Katana

• Unlocked by completing the The Way of Dual Katana quest
• Best against: Polearms

Dual Katana are one of the first extra weapons you can unlock, and excel again spear-type weapons. They're faster, with slightly less damage to offset the increased speed, and absolutely the best thing to deal with Yari, polearms and anything pokey. Don't be tempted to use them against single blades or anything else though, as you'll be at a disadvantage.

Ghost of Yotei Odachi

• Unlocked by completing the The Way of the Odachi as part of the The Saito Brothers mission
• Best against: Heavy enemies

A big, slow but hard-hitting sword perfect against the big, slow but hard-hitting brute enemies. Using various skills will let you you can take less damage from heavy attacks, keep hitting through standard attacks, shove enemies to stun them, and interrupt colored attacks before they happen. It's to swing in a crowd but levels the field against heavies.

Ghost of Yotei Kusarigama

• Unlocked by completing The Kitsune mission
• Best against: Shield enemies

The Kusarigama in Ghost of Yotei is a sickle with a ball and chain on the handle that excels at disarming shield enemies by smashing their protection. The chain also gives it a range that makes it useful in crowds and for stealth, to pull more distant enemies nearer to you. It's a little more niche to some extent that other options here so probably one you'll only pull out for fun or specific encounters.

Ghost of Yotei Yari

• Unlocked by completing the Way of the Yari as part of the The Oni mission
• Best against: Sickles and Kusarigama

The Yari is basically a spear in Ghost of Yotei and using it is all about levering its range to keep enemies at bay, especially anyone using Kama/sickles and Kusarigama. It's also good for countering and creating space with its pokey stabs and kicks.

Ghost of Yotei guns

• Unlocked by completing Saito Brothers quest. The pistol unlocks after an objective called Guns and Consequences, and the rifle after The Storm Breaks
• Best against: any enemy

There are two guns in Ghost of Yotei, a Tanzutsu matchlock pistol and Tanegashima matchlock rifle. Their main strength is that you can shoot through any defense. The pistol's great for a quick high-damage shot (and technically a quickfire weapon, which I'll explain more about below), while the rifle is great for ranged high damage against armor. Overall they're powerful but not something you can use loads due to expensive ammunition and slow reloads. They're also obviously incredibly noisy, so prepare to fight everyone in earshot when you fire one.

Ghost of Yotei quickfire weapons

Quickfire weapons are, as the name suggests, weapons you can use quickly in Ghost of Yotei. They're all fast options you can use to get you out of trouble, make space or generally tip things in your favour with a single button press. They include the following

• Kunai throwing knife, unlocked during the Winter Farm mission in Teshio Ridge.
• Metsubushi (aka blinding powder), unlocked by completing the Crow Genzo bounty.
• Oni's Flame, unlocked during the Oni questline from Mad Goro.
• Smoke Bomb, unlocked from Oyuki after completing The Tale of the Kitsune in the Kitsune mission.
• Blind Bomb, unlocked via the Fight Fire With Fire objective from the Bomb Maker mission.
• Scorch Bomb, gained by unlocking the merchant in the Bomb Maker mission.
• Tanzutsu, unlocked from the Guns and Consequences objective in the Saito Brothers mission.

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