Beast of Reincarnation 100% guide

Beast of Reincarnation has 46 Xbox achievements worth 1,000G. The list is entirely single-player. There are no online or co-op achievements, no difficulty-specific achievements, and no achievement DLC or title-update set as of 2026-10-14.

Two full clears are required. Your first run should be the exploration and collectible run. After the ending, accept the clear-save prompt, load that starred clear save, and finish anything you missed in free roam before starting Reincarnation+, the game's New Game+ mode. The second run can then be rushed almost entirely along the story path.

Apart from that choice, nothing in the first playthrough is permanently missable. All first-run regions remain available after the story until you deliberately start New Game+. The important exception is tracking convenience: campsites and several map markers reset when you enter New Game+, so finish the first-run collectible sweep before crossing over.

As of 2026-10-14, no achievement is CURRENTLY CONFIRMED UNOBTAINABLE or CURRENTLY CONFIRMED DISCONTINUED. Duty Fulfilled is CURRENTLY COMMUNITY-FLAGGED / BUGGY: the developer has acknowledged a rare issue where some players stay at 45 of 46 with Duty Fulfilled locked, no patch through 1.1.01 lists a fix, and other players continue to earn it. PATCHED / NO LONGER A CURRENT ISSUE: patch 1.0.9 (August 24, 2026) fixed a bug that stopped some Fuji Frontier elites from spawning, so play on the current version before the elite-golem sweep.

Choose any first-run difficulty you prefer; achievement requirements do not depend on it. Since patch 1.1.0, Reincarnation+ defaults to a Normal-equivalent difficulty, also offers Hard, Very Hard, and Ruthless, and difficulty can be switched at any time. Reincarnation+ must be cleared once on any of its settings.

The collectible totals that matter are 119 campsites, 40 shrines, 30 Keeper Golems, 34 elite golems, 11 seedling types, 9 legendary murals, 25 cooking/crop books, 22 documents, 21 standard blades, and 12 arrow/bolt manuals. The final standard blade is granted only after starting New Game+.

Use each region as a completion checkpoint rather than planning one enormous cleanup at the end. Before fighting a region's final story boss, explore every branch that is currently open, activate campsites and shrines, speak to Keeper Golems, defeat elite golems, and collect every visible BOOK, DOCUMENT, SEEDLING, weapon, and manual you encounter.

Campsites show a yellow icon with a checkmark after activation. Shrines also retain checkmarks and remain collected in New Game+; shrine numbers used in this guide are guide numbering, not in-game numbering. Keeper Golems keep a checkmarked icon after you speak to them. Documents are tracked in the Database by region, although the final unnamed document in The Capital is an exception. Seedlings disappear from the map once collected. Manuals and cooking books use BOOK markers. Keeper Golems help reveal other nearby collectibles, including elite golems, so speak to them before doing a region's final sweep. Elite golem icons only appear when you are close and disappear once the elite is defeated. The same icon also marks elite malefacts, Purifiers, and bears, which do not count. Each regional section below names its elite golems, and the Collectibles section at the end lists all 34 by region.

Each regional section below gives that region's campsite, shrine, and Keeper Golem counts and calls out the ones that are easy to miss. The Collectibles section at the end lists every campsite, shrine, Keeper Golem, and elite golem individually by region. Campsite, shrine, and Keeper icons only appear once you get close, so one you never approached will not show on the map at all; compare the map against those lists to find what is missing.

Blades and legendary murals need more attention. Blades are not reliably marked on the map, so this route calls out all 21 standard blades. The nine legendary murals, commonly called Lore Paintings, have no map marker or global checklist. There is exactly one in each of the first nine regions, and this guide routes all nine before you leave those regions.

Merchant cooking books plus Purity, Bell Sword, and Winterwake can later be bought from Brad in the Cleanse Walker if you miss them at the original merchant.

The Deluxe Edition bonus blade, Big Dipper, is not one of the 21 standard blades this route requires.

Make this your first full-region sweep. Oguochi has 18 campsites, 4 Keeper Golems, and no shrines. Activate every campsite you pass and clear side branches as traversal opens them. Speak to the Rusted Golem on the cliffs north of Cliffside Village: Interior that introduces the Keeper system; it counts toward the 30 Keeper Golems.

Collect Rice northeast of Tailwater Village on the upper field and Soya Bean northwest of Tailwater Village inside the building. These are two of the 11 seedling types.

Pick up the Soya Beans cooking book north of Lookout Shack and Fried Egg northeast of Tailwater Village. The four basic cooking books Brown Rice, Grilled Fish, Grilled Meat, and Salt Onigiri become available with Kagura's cooking system and also count toward the 25.

For ranged manuals, Bolts are in your inventory from the start. The story gives Arrows with the Zangetsu Bow. Buy Acid Arrows and Fire Bolts from the Wandering Merchant in Subcity 03 near Toward the Nushi's Lair, pick up Fire Arrows in the building south of Cliffside Village: Interior, and collect Acid Bolts in the building above Quarry Interior behind the elite golem.

For blades, you begin with Mechblade (Standard) and Purifier Blade. Collect Cirrus Sword at Nushi's Lair: Gate Approach after speaking with the Gatekeeper Golem, and Mechblade (Light) on the top floor above Ruined Tower Area, in the tent behind the elite golem.

The Oguochi legendary mural is northeast of Cliff-Facing Tower. Cross the lower area, grapple up on the far side, enter the cave directly ahead, and interact with the back wall. Because murals have no tracking, treat that interaction as mandatory before moving on.

Oguochi also contains the first four environmental documents. Read Warehouse Watchman's Diary southeast of River Fork across the river, A Golem's Worst Enemy in the Quarry after the elevator, Arsonist's Ramblings in the building south of Cliffside Village: Interior, and Take the Yellow Key in the room opened after clearing the enemies in Subcity 02.

Oguochi has seven elite golems. The Subcity 01 elite behind the first room's door is a story fight. The other six are optional:

• west of Cliffside Village on the upper area, roaming beside a tent with a locked strongbox
• in the Disposal Site pit northeast of Village Surroundings, guarded by archer golems on towers
• above Quarry Interior, at the top after the second elevator; defeating it opens the building with Acid Bolts
• on the roof above Ruined Tower Area, guarding the tents with a Keeper Golem and Mechblade (Light)
• on an upper ledge northwest of Downstream Bridge Area, toward the Tailwater Village entrance
• in a small cave at the northern map edge above Subcity 02, reached by jumping over the wall beside a strongbox

The corrupted bear in Tailwater Cavern is a malefact and does not count.

Easy to miss in Oguochi: the Cliffside Village: Outskirts campsite in the trench under the bridge, Cliffside Village: Interior on the high southwest cliff, Lookout Shack above the four golems past the elite, and the Keeper Golems in the River Fork village (clear its enemies first) and in the hidden cave northeast of Cliff-Facing Tower.

Before entering the Nushi lair, use the map to finish any remaining campsite, Keeper Golem, elite golem, seedling, BOOK, or DOCUMENT marker that is currently reachable.

Pick up Potato in the first building with the early enemy group. From Raging River, grapple to the western upper platform for Tomato. Buy Wheat and Lettuce from the Ancient Golem vendor south of Raging River. You should now have six of the 11 unique seedling types.

At that same Raging River vendor, buy Lightning Arrows. Also buy Purity, one of the standard blades. The story later gives Thunderwave Sword after the elite golem tied to the Lightning Stone. After the first Lacerta encounter, cross the room beyond the commented-on hole to collect Mechblade (Heavy); it sits directly in front of this region's mural.

The Ancient Civilization legendary mural is south of Reservoir: Interior, beyond the room of the first Lacerta encounter and on the far side of the hole the characters comment on. Interact with it before leaving the area.

For cooking books, collect White Rice in the same early building as Potato, buy Mince Onigiri, Grilled Onigiri, and Bread from the Raging River vendor, then collect Omelette in the room opened after activating both generators south of Raging River.

Read Yearning for the Surface beside the story control panel northwest of Reservoir: Interior. The first-shrine document is already obtained automatically.

Ancient Civilization has three elite golems, all on the main route: the elite in the clearing just past the second bulkhead gate above Ruins Path, the elite among the seven-enemy ambush in the Shopping Mall after the Giant Golem fight at Tunnel Ruins: Interior, and the Lightning Stone elite that attacks Mikoto near Raging River after the first Lacerta fight. The Giant Golem fight itself is a separate story encounter you complete anyway.

Easy to miss in Ancient Civilization: the Ruins Path and Abandoned Cliff Village Entrance campsites (both need grapple routes), the Reservoir shrine on the underground east side, and the high ledge shrine above the road east of Ruins Slope: Approach, reached by climbing the rusty pipe and beating an elite bird and archers.

Finish all accessible campsites, shrines, Keeper Golems, elite golems, and remaining map markers before entering the final Nushi route.

The Great Wall Terraces has 15 campsites, 8 shrines, and 5 Keeper Golems.

Collect Biwafruit beside the first bulkhead, Strawberry from the Wandering Merchant south of Mountain Plaza: Forefront, and Apple northeast of Maze of Sin Entrance. This brings the seedling set to nine types.

Buy Bell Sword from the Mountain Plaza merchant. Later, at Great Forest Entrance, listen to the Storyteller Golem and pick up Hunter's Sword beside it.

Pick up Tofu from the third tent near the region entrance. Buy Egg Onigiri and Biwafruit Sandwich from the Mountain Plaza merchant, and collect Apple Pie in the building west of Mountain Village Entrance.

Buy Poison Bolts and Explosive Bolts from the Mountain Plaza merchant. Collect Poison Arrows west of Flower Field Tower.

Read What is Sin? north of Mountain Village Entrance, Diary of a Pilgrim in the final room beyond Subcity of Flowers: Interior, and Transgressions beside Maze of Sin: Interior.

Great Wall has six elite golems:

• two Agile elites in the middle of the long suspended bridge south of Mountain Plaza: Forefront, met on the way to the Great Forest
• the elite at the end of the Maze of Sin tunnel in the Maze of Sin: Interior room, reached by shooting oil vases and explosive barrels to break the blockades
• the cloaked elite talking with a second golem on the road northwest of Great Forest Clearing: Approach
• the elite on the top platform northwest of Ruined Road Square, reached by grappling up past the wolf malefact
• the Subcity of Flowers elite in the hall with a large statue, in the room after the Subcity of Flowers: Interior campsite; enter through the hatch with a wheel in the village northeast of Flower Square: Forefront

Defeating the Subcity of Flowers elite opens the final room holding a Keeper Golem, the Diary of a Pilgrim document, and a statue strongbox, so do it on the same trip. The two wolves at Flower Square: Forefront and Ruined Road Square are malefacts and do not count. If the talking pair on the forest road stays passive and cannot be damaged, leave it, finish everything else, and check Wandering Duelist before returning.

Easy to miss in the Great Wall: the river-path shrine under the broken bridge right at the region start (take the river path, not the slope), the shrine on a rock in the river by Hidden Stone Hall, the Hidden Stone Hall Keeper in the cave beside that campsite, the Ruined Temple Entrance campsite (take the west route instead of the elevator), and the Ruined Temple shrine on the west side of the map, easiest after the region's boss fight.

The Great Wall legendary mural is south of Mountain Overlook. Near the Keeper Golem, shoot the explosive container through the metal grate to break the adjacent wall, enter the opened room, and interact with the mural. Do not leave this for memory-based cleanup if you can avoid it.

Continue clearing Keeper Golems and elite golems as their side areas open. The Great Wall has several underground and elevated branches, so use every newly discovered campsite as a local cleanup checkpoint rather than pushing straight to the boss.

The region closes with a two-on-two encounter against the Nue Malefact and its Purifier partner. Since patch 1.0.9 this is an event battle, and it does not award Shidou & Nue. The pair returns in Fuji Frontier and for the final fight on Mount Hiei.

Pilgrim's Zone has 11 campsites, 7 shrines, and 3 Keeper Golems.

Pick up Sunrise Sword on the main path north of Scorched Grassland.

Collect Carrot in the shack north of Scorched Grassland near the story cave entrance. This is the tenth unique seedling.

Collect Pickle Onigiri northeast of Cave Interior and Grilled Veg north of Belfry Entrance. Read Light the Pyres on the lower floor of the Belfry, on the table in front of the large western statue.

The Pilgrim's Zone legendary mural is northeast of Trail Area. Follow the path around the stone structure into the eastern cave and interact with the mural.

Easy to miss in Pilgrim's Zone: the aqueduct-cliff shrine northeast of Scorched Grassland, the crouch-hole shrine behind the blown-open wall in the cave after Cave Entrance, the Trail Area tent shrine (reachable only after the Belfry), and the three Keepers on the Stone Chamber's outer walls and near Belfry Entrance.

Pilgrim's Zone has three elite golems. Two stand together on the high western ledge southeast of the Wandering Duelist's Cavern campsite, reached from the top of the broken bridge; clear them early. The third roams beside a tent on the story path through the cave north of Cave Entrance. The wolf near Trail Area is a malefact. Continue the same pattern through the remainder of the region: Keeper first when possible, then the map-marked side content it reveals.

Matsukawa has 12 campsites, 9 shrines, and 3 Keeper Golems.

Buy the Resurrection Censer manual from the Wandering Merchant northwest of Cave Entrance.

In the mandatory room where you fight three malefacts, collect Resonance Sword and interact with the legendary mural directly behind its location. This is the fifth of nine murals.

Collect Fish Onigiri south of Ruins Approach.

Matsukawa holds ten documents. Check them off in the Database's Document Log before you leave:

• Iron Body: from Upper Matsukawa Colony (Front), climb the iron structure to the top and extend the hair west onto a pipe bridge; it is in the locked room beside a strongbox, where golems ambush you.
• Memories…: Mausoleum, in the room at the top of the stairs past the elite and two strong enemies.
• Vestiges in the Clouds: north of Library Hall, across the pipe bridge, in a corner among golems frozen mid-prayer.
• Research at the Capital: southeast of Upper Matsukawa Colony (Front); hook to the first central platform, then up to the pipe bridge on the east wall and into the locked room, past rat malefacts and golems playing dead.
• Deterioration of the Soul: Hall of Silence; interact with the door at the end of the lower floor and clear three waves of golems.
• Insufficient: Library Hall, upper level in the southwest corner behind the elite golem.
• The Doctor's Legacy: through the door on the central pillar south of Upper Matsukawa Colony (Front), down the elevator, on a table in the first room.
• Dreams Just Out of Reach: the glowing console in the second room below, by the cells.
• Beneath the Colony: same room, on a table between two cells.
• Signs of Life: on a console in the Matsukawa Colony: Central Area campsite room.

Matsukawa has four elite golems: one guarding the elevator just south of Upper Matsukawa Colony (Front), one on the upper level in the southwest corner of Library Hall (climb the moving cylinder), one inside the Prayer Room northwest of its campsite, and one in the first part of the Mausoleum northeast of its campsite with two other golems. The Tranquil Hall elite is a malefact.

Six of Matsukawa's nine shrines and most of its campsites sit on the giant rotating cylinder inside the Colony. Work upward in order: the cylinder-base shrine, Tranquil Hall (two shrines, one behind the elite malefact), Library Hall, Hall of Silence (its shrine is behind the golem waves), Matsukawa Colony (Top Level), Prayer Room, and Mausoleum. The first three shrines are outside before the Colony: below the wooden structure as you exit the cave west of Cave Entrance, on the ledge south of that, and inside a ruined building below.

Collect Hazebringer after descending from Upper Matsukawa Colony (Front); it is embedded in a malefact body in the second lower room.

The region ends with another Rangifer encounter. There is no new achievement for defeating Rangifer again. Before leaving Matsukawa, make sure the region's mural, documents, Keeper Golems, elite golems, campsites, and reachable map markers are cleared.

Fuji Frontier has 9 campsites, 5 shrines, and 4 Keeper Golems, plus three elite golems. Two are story fights: the elite in the arena you are locked into right after Defense Outpost: Outskirts, and the Keymaster elite just past Defense Outpost: Wall. The third is optional: the Headless Golem in a cave southeast of Defense Outpost: Wall. Go back outside to the cliffs, drop down the platforms to the bottom level with the shrine and Keeper Golem, follow the path back up, and take the western cave where it splits. Clear its bomb-throwing escorts too; it drops Skill Amber: Life Incense. The elite lion in the room beside the shrine off Defense Outpost: Interior is a malefact and does not count.

The Headless Golem is one of the 34. If it never appears on an older save, finish every other elite and then check Wandering Duelist. Some players report it unlocking without this golem, but that is not confirmed.

Easy to miss in Fuji Frontier: the shrine on the rocks right of the archer platform past The Branching Nushi (lift up under ballista fire), the dead-end shrine behind an elite beside Defense Outpost: Interior, the bottom-level shrine and Keeper below Defense Outpost: Wall, the Draw Bridge Keeper after the Nue fight lowers the bridge, and the Fallen Cliffs Keeper on the far right of the crevice.

Collect Explosive Arrows near the peaceful golem after the first pipe-platforming section. This leaves only Lightning Bolts for the complete 12-manual set.

Pick up Shark Cutter beside Bridge Control Room: Approach, stuck in the ground in front of the painted wall.

Collect Meat Sandwich west of Defense Outpost: Outskirts.

The Fuji Frontier legendary mural is west of Bridge Control Room: Approach. After the Nue encounter, continue west until just before the route bends north, grapple onto the tall wooden platform, enter the cave behind the statue, and interact with the mural at the end.

Finish the region's shrines, Keeper Golems, elite golems, campsites, BOOK markers, and other revealed side content before the Nushi route. No new boss achievement is tied to this chapter.

Giant Tree has 16 campsites, 4 shrines, and 2 Keeper Golems.

In Ooi Colony, collect Fruit Punch beside the Wandering Merchant and buy Veg Sandwich from the same merchant.

After the first Corvus fight, keep the box it drops and take the Card Key (Line One). At Cableway - Line 0: Base Station, go upstairs toward the Line 1 gondola and give the box to the Curious Golem to receive First Moon. Looking inside the box does not prevent the blade reward.

The Lightning Bolts manual is not sold; it comes from a short golem errand on the cableways. Ride to Cableway - Line 2: Peak A, then on to Cableway - Line 2: Peak B, and speak with the Storyteller golem standing on a container among bandaged golems. Continue through Cableway - Line 2: Checkpoint to Cableway - Line 2: Terminal Stop and enter the fortress east of it. Take the elevator down and speak with the Fortress General wired to the wall. He points you to the storage room just outside: ride back up, and its entrance is immediately to your right on a lower level. The manual is inside. Once it is in your inventory with the other 11 manuals, the ammunition-manual set is complete.

Giant Tree has two elite golems. The story elite on the roof of the Ruined Tower near Giant Tree: Bulkhead Entrance only appears after you use the bulkhead control panel and talk to the Ancient Golem beside it; defeating it awards Fall Thunder and the Giant Tree Key. The optional elite stands on the platform directly above Drowned Ruins: Center; drop from Giant Tree: Bulkhead Entrance toward Drowned Ruins: Outskirts and circle round. The elite in the cave near Cableway - Line 1: Base Station is a malefact.

Several Giant Tree campsites and two shrines need the Card Key (Line One) and the Line 2 cableways: Cableway - Line 2: Peak A, Checkpoint, Peak B, Terminal Stop, and Giant Tree Roots (Middle Level), the shrine on the lower ledge east of Peak A, and the shrine beside Giant Tree Roots (Middle Level). Do them on the same trip as the Lightning Bolts errand. Also easy to miss: Drowned Ruins: Outskirts and Drowned Ruins: Center below the branches, and the Warehouse Roof Keeper reached from the Ooi Colony garage.

The Giant Tree legendary mural is east of Cableway - Line 2: Peak A, inside the building ruins. Interact with it before continuing farther up the cableway route.

After the second Corvus encounter, Doctor S's Report is obtained automatically. This is document 21 of 22; the last one does not appear until The Capital.

The Crater has 13 campsites, 1 shrine, and 5 Keeper Golems.

Collect Meat Omelette from the hut on the eastern side of the road just before the first major campsite.

Buy Winterwake beside Nushi's Lair Entrance and collect Spring Storm in the Lake Base hallway near a golem corpse before the control-panel room.

The Crater legendary mural is reached from Crater: Rear. Drop east into the tunnel that runs west and follow it to the room at the end. Interact with the mural there.

The Crater has five elite golems. Three Keymaster elites share the cave behind the tent northeast of Ruined Highway; drop to the lower level and follow the cave to its end. A fourth is in the dead-end cave southwest of Hidden Cave, reached from the pagoda left of Ruined Highway. The fifth stands with other golems on the metal structures east of Lake Base: Entrance, on the rusted towers leading to the fortress. The four lion elites, and the Purifier on the walkway past Lake Base: Interior, do not count. Continue clearing the region's Keeper Golems, campsites, shrine, and remaining map markers as you work around the crater.

Easy to miss in the Crater: the Hidden Cave campsite beneath the enemy-held pagoda, the Ravine Keeper at the end of the ravine southeast of Hidden Cave, the Keeper in the mural room below Crater: Rear, and the Lake Base cliff Keeper reached with the crane east of Lake Base: Entrance.

Crater: Outskirts is also the best verified late-game leveling loop. Do not grind to level 100 now unless you want to. The efficient route waits until after the second playthrough, when normal progression has already supplied many levels.

The chapter includes an encounter with Kunai and Kirin that the story does not expect you to win. Losing has no consequence and the fight gives no reward. Do not spend time trying to force the Kunai & Kirin achievement here; the achievement belongs to the later mandatory victory in The Capital.

Inukami River has 3 campsites, no shrines, and 2 Keeper Golems.

Collect Strawberry Sandwich from the table beside Gigi near the start of the region.

Inukami's two Keepers are easy to skip: one under the start of the bridge north of Inukami River Colony: Approach, and one behind the covered building in the northwest container yard. Get both before taking the gondola.

Pick up Silverlight in the center of the stone platform southeast of Ruined Plaza.

The ninth and final legendary mural is north of Ruined Plaza, at the back of the ruins behind the region's only elite golem, which is also the last of the 34. Defeat it and interact with the mural before leaving the area. The bear elite in the first chamber at Ruined Plaza is a malefact.

Starfall Tower is more linear than the previous regions and has 5 campsites and 1 shrine. Activate every campsite while descending, and do not ignore side rooms that contain upgrade resources. Shrine #38 is in the hallway north of the In Front of the Lab campsite, before the Nushi's Lair Entrance campsite.

By this point, make a deliberate Cleanse Walker rapport pass. Speak to Kagura and Koo whenever they have yellow markers, finish any ready research, and clean or pet Koo as available. Kagura's two rapport-gated cooking books are Supreme Curry at rapport level 8 and Supreme Onigiri at rapport level 10.

Mount Hiei is a short story region with only one campsite as its major exploration checkpoint. There is no legendary mural here.

The Capital has 7 campsites and contains the last two shrines. Shrine #39 is east of the starting area on the north side of the waterway. Shrine #40 is north of Urban Area: Ingress; after the corridor returns outside, turn right into the corner.

The approach to the Administrator sequence temporarily commits you to linear story encounters, but it is not a permanent missable point because the completed first-run save supports free roam afterward.

At this point you can possess 20 standard blades: the two starting blades, Cirrus Sword, Mechblade (Light), Mechblade (Heavy), Thunderwave Sword, Purity, Bell Sword, Hunter's Sword, Sunrise Sword, Resonance Sword, Hazebringer, Shark Cutter, First Moon, Fall Thunder, Winterwake, Spring Storm, Silverlight, Black Blossom, and Camellia.

The 21st standard blade is Kanzashi and is granted only after starting New Game+. Blade Enthusiast requires the full 21-blade standard set. Blade Collector is reported to sometimes unlock at the 20th blade, but treat all 21 as the target.

The story remains recoverable after the ending, so this is not a true missable checkpoint. It is the most efficient checkpoint because entering New Game+ resets campsites and several world markers.

Before the final boss, or immediately afterward on the starred clear save, verify all of the following on the first-run world: 119 campsites, 40 shrines, 30 Keeper Golems, 34 elite golems, 11 unique seedlings, 9 legendary murals, 25 cooking/crop books, 22 documents, 12 arrow/bolt manuals, and 20 of the 21 standard blades.

If The Sealer, Repose for the Departed, or Busy Paws is still locked, continue normal combat and Koo support-item use while doing this world sweep. There is no reason to grind these before all collection travel is finished.

Make a normal manual save before the final sequence if you want a clean return point, but this is preventative convenience rather than a required recovery method.

Required: right after the ending, the game prompts you to create a clear save. Accept it. That starred clear save is your post-game free-roam save; without it you only have earlier saves.

Reincarnation+ carries Emma and Koo's character progression, inventory, equipment, and most character-side progress into a new story run. The world itself resets. Campsites must be rediscovered, while previously collected shrines remain collected and cannot be claimed again.

Reincarnation+ defaults to a Normal-equivalent difficulty. Hard, Very Hard, and Ruthless are optional and can be switched at any time; none affects achievements.

This second playthrough is not another collectible run. If the first-run checklist is complete, follow only required story objectives, defeat mandatory bosses, and ignore side exploration unless you need experience or Amber.

Use fast story routing for Chapters 1 through 13. After The Great Wall Terraces, choose "Hasten to the Capital" to skip Pilgrim's Zone, Matsukawa Colony Zone, and Fuji Frontier Zone, but only if every first-run collection achievement has already unlocked. If any achievement tied to those zones is still locked, including Finders, Keepers or Wandering Duelist, take Mountain Route instead. You can skip normal enemy packs that are not blocking progression, ignore collectibles already completed, and use any cutscene-skip prompts available on your current build.

Do not spend large amounts of shared skill points on upper-tree Blade Arts, Finishers, or Bloom Arts during this rush. Those upper-tree investments cannot be refunded normally, and the cleanest achievement route uses a manual save after reaching level 100 to earn Emma's and Koo's mutually expensive skill-tree achievements from the same pool.

Return to Crater: Outskirts. Travel west into the large central crater and kill the respawning Withered Beast. After each kill, fast travel back to Crater: Outskirts, rest to respawn the enemy, and repeat.

Equip an experience-boosting Koo charm if you have one. The exact time varies with your level when New Game+ ends, but this is the efficient verified farm and also generates loot that can be converted or sold for Amber.

At level 100, make a manual save before committing large amounts of skill points. This is a verified save-reload optimization, not a speculative bug fix.

Skill points are shared between Emma and Koo. Lower root allocations can be reset, but upper flower-side investments used for Blade Arts, Finishers, and Bloom Arts are permanent on that save. The clean route is to earn Emma's complete set, reload the untouched save, then earn Koo's complete set.

Weapon upgrades cost Amber only. Keep the loot earned during both playthroughs and the Crater leveling farm, then make a fresh manual save before selling inventory or committing the large Amber total.

The ranged set is substantially more expensive than the blades. Plan on roughly 850,000 Amber to fully upgrade both ranged weapons and all 12 ammunition types, and roughly 210,000 Amber for the 21 standard blades. Because the same money can be reused through a manual save reload, there is no reason to grind the combined total at once.

Do Munitions Master first. If necessary, sell expendable inventory after making the manual save, buy every required ranged upgrade, wait for the achievement, reload, then use the restored Amber for blades.

At this point the roster should be complete: both story clears, every world collection, level 100 for Emma and Koo, both full character skill branches through the save-reload method, and both weapon-upgrade sets.