Guide
Final Selection
slayer
How to walk there, when the gate opens, the NPC chain, and what Mizunoto actually gives you.
7 min read · Updated Sep 19, 2026
Final Selection is the slayer exam. Minimum level 45. Recommended solo level about 60. Completion awards Mizunoto rank, a Slayer Uniform, Ore, and a Kasugai Crow — the start of Corps progression, not the end of the game.
Walking there
- Mark Final Selection on the map. It sits in the far west.
- Reach Mistfall Harbor, then the Butterfly Estate.
- Take the very long bridge south onto Final Selection Plains.
- Follow the path northeast until the gate.
- The gate currently opens on the hour. If it is closed, you are early, not lost.
Inside: the NPC chain
Speak to The Sisters to begin. Then run this chain in order: Rem (fruit) → Vael (Lesser Demons) → Klien (katana and wounds — buy Bandages from Rika) → Mizuto (pond key and dungeon) → Lavato (timed mountain checkpoints) → Levi (civilian rescue) → Steve (Hand Demon). Defeat the Hand Demon and walk back to The Sisters.
Before you enter
- Spend parked skill points on available upgrades.
- Wear the best blade you have. Fancy Katana is enough; waiting on a mythic drop is not.
- Know one Breathing string you can land on command.
- If you are still dying to Hoyuzo's Guards, you are not ready for the Hand Demon.