Okami HD NG Beginner Any% Notes

Okami HD
NG Any% Beginner Notes
[Updated 30 Nov 2023]

TO PRACTICE
- Orochi
- Ryoshima brush adventure for growing the sapling
- Second digging minigame
- Oni Island through Kamui/Wawku
- Awesome skip
- Nechku skip (probably won't do in runs right away)
- Yamato fights

KUSA 1 SHOPPING
- Sell all fish and treasures
- Buy 4 meat, 2 XM, 2 XL, 4 SFS

KAMIKI 1
- Get the XS after the first imp fight

HANA VALLEY
- XS the campfire fight
- After you bloom Shinshu, buy 2 SFS

AGATA 1
- Waka 1: SFS+CB
- After Waka 1, get the Lacquerware Set
- Do first fishing with Kokari
- Get the XS in the bud then enter Tsuta

TSUTA RUINS
- Get the Incense Burner in the first bud
- Get the SFS in the second bud
- Bud Ogre: Attackx2, CB, Bloom, Attackx1, PSx2 (use ink upgrade here if you run out)
- Bud Ogrex2: SFS, CB both, Bloom both, PSx2 and attack or PSx3
- Get the XS after Blockhead and the Lockjaw
- Devil Gate room
	> DG1: CB red imp, then take out the Bud Ogre
	> DG2: Ink+CB yellow imp, take out the green imps, then finish off the yellow imp
	> DG3: Try and PS the imps and fish as best you can
- Get the Lacquerware Set from the rightmost bud after you purify the water
- Upgrade ink while vining to Spider Queen
- Spider Queen: XSx2, PSx3
- Get Inkfinity Stone, activate mermaid spring, and do the bridge

TAKA 1
- Waka 1:
	> Equip Snarling Beast as main
	> SFS+CB
- Bloom Taka; this starts the cutter cycle
- Do the Devil Gate for the mermaid pond either now or on the way back (Bud Ogre and yellow imp)

KUSA 1
- Shopping: Sell all, buy 4 meat, 2 XM, 2 XL, 4 SFS (skip XL if you are short money)
- XM the fight after talking to Fuse (extra hit to blue imp), then talk to Fuse twice more to get the canine tracker
- Get the Lacquerware Set (in the water) and the Incense Burner (buried up the hill)
- Feed the four dogs, then fight Tei
- Tei: SFS+CB
- Mrs. Cutter: XM (once shadows appear)

SASA 1
- Do the digging minigame
- Fight Take
- Take mermaid spring to Agata (2D)

AGATA 2
- Get the SFS in the bud before Kokari
- Do fishing 2 then fight Ume
- There is a Coral Fragment in a bud near Kokari you can grab after the Ume fight if you got some bad fights
- Shop: sell all fish and treasures, buy 2 gold dust, 3 mermaid coins, 1-2 XM (consider always selling Coral Fragment so you can always afford this)
- Take mermaid pond to Shinshu (1U), then enter Kamiki

KAMIKI 2
- Fight Hayabusa, then take mermaid pond to Taka (2D)
- Head back to Kusa then enter Gale Shrine

GALE SHRINE
- Get the XS just before Crimson Helm
- Crimson Helm: XS, gale, XM, XLx2, combo attack+power slash

MOON CAVE
- Leave Kusa (buy 1 XM if necessary)
- Mermaid pond menu:
	> Equip Life Beads as subweapon
	> Use gold dust on Life Beads
	> Use mermaid coin
	> Go to Shinshu (2D)
- For the fight in the Inferno room, use an XM
- Take the elevator up after Inferno, use Inferno to beat the Devil Gate (two ice wheels)
- After opening the pot, get the XM up high
- After getting the Black Demon Horn, exit the room and jump down to the right
- In the following doublewheel fight, use the XM
- After returning all the ingredients, get the Kutani Pottery before ringing the bell
- Shop: sell Kutani Pottery, buy 6 mermaid coins, 2 XM, 3 XL, 2 SFS (don't go below 3000!)
- Orochi
	> After triple drunk, use XL
	> Use an XL on each round of four heads

TO CITY CHECKPOINT
- Mermaid pond menu:
	> Equip Tsumugari as main weapon
	> Use gold dust on Tsumugari
	> Use mermaid coin
	> Go to Taka Pass (2D/U)
- Can get the Bull Horn behind the merchant at City Checkpoint as a backup money item (need 20000 yen for DJ)

RYOSHIMA
- Bloom sapling
- Get doublejump
- Ubume skip
- Unlock mermaid pond (use XM)
- Into Seian

SEIAN
- Do bridge skip, Rao skip, get the prayer slips, and return the to Rao
- Don't forget the XM in Rao's room after you get the prayer slips
- Head back out of Seian for sunken ship

IMPERIAL PALACE
- After Kaguya skip, there's a forced fight--use an XM
- Use SFS on Blight
- Take mermaid pond to Sasa (2U)

SASA TO SEIAN
- Use Inkfinity Stone as you jump into the digging minigame cutscene
- Equip Fire Tablet and take mermaid pond back to Seian (2D)
- Talk to Himiko, then take the mermaid pond to Ryoshima Coast (1U) and head to North Ryoshima

NORTH RYOSHIMA
- After the forced fight, head to the merchant
- Shop: buy 1 fish, 1 XM, 3 XL
- Talk to Urashima, take Orca to the cat island, and get Catwalk
- Mermaid pond to Ryoshima (2U)
- Crescent before gate to N. Ryoshima if it's not already night, then do Watcher's Cape
- Head to Dragon Palace

DRAGON PALACE
- Use XLs for the fight after getting the Dragon Orb
- Head back to Ryoshima Coast after returning orb to Otohime
- Evil Rao: SFS, CB spam
- After Evil Rao, head straight thru Seian, thru the back of Rao's shop, to get to Watcher's Cape

ONI ISLAND
- After the skip, take the normal route (learn Awesome Skip later)
- Get the XL in the chest
- After the fight skip is the maze:
	> Take the middle door
	> FFLR
	> RLFR
	> LFLR
	> RL, and CB
- In the forced fight, upgrade the wallet and use XL
- Put the key in the lock, then shop and buy max XLs (should be 10)
- Open the rightmost chest (Inkfinity Stone)
- Zap the statue, go down the stairs, and do the 2D section
- After the 2D section, get the key on the left
- Climb up the next room (use an XL if you fall into the fight trigger below), then do the brush adventure CB into Toby
- Fight Ninetails
	> CB to get her to aggro, then lightning
	> Target fat spirit on the first round, then 2 XLs
	> Target old man spirit on the second round, then 1 XL
	> Once she is vulnerable, use 4 XLs (3+subweapon if you used an XL earlier)
- After cutscenes, take mermaid spring to Shinshu (2D), then enter Kamui

KAMUI
- After Oki skip and the vine skip, shop at the merchant: buy at least 7 XL
- Do the OoB in Wep'keer to get past the gate
- Climb Ezofuji and do Wawku early

WAWKU SHRINE
- After the key skip, climb the water pillar and the rest of the tower, go through the spinning gear room, and go LEFT
- In the upcoming forced fight, use an XL, then complete the Blizzard puzzle
- Go back and do Nechku skip and do the cannons
- In the forced fight, use an XL
- After the key room, talk to Oki
- Lechku and Nechku: Use 5 XLs

ARK OF YAMATO
- Buy an Inkfinity Stone if you don't have one, and max XLs (need at least 17)
- Start to the right (Blight)
- Blight: veil of mist when he charges, then use 2 XLs
- Orochi:
	> Hold left and aggro earth, poison, and light (as in the normal fight)
	> Power slash earth then triple drunk
	> Do it again, hitting the bell, then use an XL
	> Do the normal 4x4 drunk strat, but use two XLs each time
- Spider Queen: Vinex3, XLx2
- Crimson Helm: XL, gale, XLx4
- Ninetails:
	> CB, electric, XLx2
	> CB, electric, slash grandpa, XL
	> Once Ninetails reappears, XLx2
- Buy max XLs (need 43 for Yami)
- Yami:
	> XLx3, cutscene, XLx2, cutscene, XL+PS, cutscene, XL
	> Wait for his health bar to appear
	> XLx3, cutscene, XLx3+PS, cutscene, waterspout, XLx2, cutscene, XL
	> Wait for his health bar to appear
	> XLx5, PS the slots, cutscene, PS the slots, cutscene, PS the slots, cutscene, XL
	> Wait for his health bar to appear
	> XLx3, cutscene, XLx3, cutscene, XLx2, cutscene, XL
	> Draw a sun, run to the right, XLx12