The main quest of Kowakujo step by step: the Nekomancer, the stone lanterns and the Fox Mask, the five sets of evidence, the Ghostly Rifleman witness, the verdict, the Onryo, the Nyxara boss fight and the rewards.
The main quest of Kowakujo is a murder inquiry. The Onryo, the vengeful spirit bound to the Path of Sorrows, has plunged the katana into the altar of the World Seed. To purify the sword, the crew has to find out who killed the Shogun, Takeo’s father, then defeat the Onryo and Nyxara. It needs the Pack-a-Punch, the Maneki-Neko and the Nekomancer.
Free the caged nekomata of the Tenshu Entrance and win it back from the World Seed.
Fifteen pieces of evidence go on the shelves of the Meditation Room, three for each of five paintings.
Takeshi’s Pipe, Takeo’s Case and Mitsuhime’s Comb, dropped by the Fox Mask, which hides around the map and has to be shot.
A wooden coin calls the Mystery Box, which then gives a Coin Purse; set right of the Rampage Inducer of the Outer Ward, it reveals three suspects, the Merchant, the Gardener and the Noble, each with a fight of their own.
A Monkshood Flower grown with volcanic ash and a cherry-tree tornado, a Plum Pit and a Pufferfish ground in the Kitchens.
The Sake Cup, mended in the Tea Garden and defended on three trays, which gives a Horse Statuette, a Calligraphy Brush and a Tea Whisk.
The Shogun’s Hanko, the Netsuke of Brothers stuck in the cooled lava of the Stables, and the Crest Medallion, won with a clock and four banners.
A Ghostly Rifleman appears near an active trap after some kills and names the accomplice: the Noble, the Gardener or the Merchant. In the Meditation Room, one piece of evidence goes on the cloth in front of each painting, Mitsuhime’s Comb for the suspect, then the accomplice, the poison and the place that match the Death Records, and the Crest Medallion. The hand of the zodiac dial is set to the hour of death minus the time the poison takes to kill.
The incense bowls send a glowing orb to the World Seed. The crew is thrown into the Central Courtyard against the Onryo, a special Oni that turns immune from time to time until its masks are shot. If the mystery was solved without a mistake, the Path of Sorrows drops in the Shogun’s Sanctum.
A banner in the Sanctum starts the boss fight, and the Ninja Kite carries the crew to a mountain top. Nyxara, the dragon, fights in three phases. Zones captured with flags, carried back from Oni, shelter the players from her fire, her electric tornadoes and, at the end, fireballs that down in one hit. The blessings of the three Shadowsmiths already freed come as power-ups during the fight.
Scarred, she flies around the arena; her eyes and her wounds are her weak points.
Defeated, Nyxara takes back her human form and holds out the World Seed.
The Seed gives Takeo and Carver back their souls and their own faces.
Whoever keeps playing is sent back to the Outer Ward, among every perk, Bonus Points, Aether Tools, Aetherium Crystals, Legendary weapons, Salvage and a random wonder weapon of the map.
| Reward | How | |
|---|---|---|
 | Kowakujō Early Completion | Calling card: the quest done before Directed Mode came out, July 23, 2026 |
 | Kowakujō Standard Completion | Calling card: the quest in Standard Mode, with 10,000 XP |
 | Kowakujō Directed Mode Completion | Calling card: the quest in Directed Mode, with 5,000 XP |
 | Muster | Calling card: the quest in Cursed, Tier III |
 | Purified | Takeo skin, Standard Mode |
 | Yōjinbō | Carver skin, Directed Mode |
 | Flame, Toxic and Blood Cipher | Pack-a-Punch camouflages, Cursed Tier I, II and III |
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