Guide
Getting Started
Both paths
First hour in Windy Peak: codes, a katana, Lost Pages, Wall Climb, and the road to level 25.
8 min read · Updated Sep 19, 2026
The first fifteen minutes
- Redeem Release26 (and any other live codes) from the Main Menu.
- Pick a workable clan and move. A Supreme name is nice; standing still in character creation is not.
- Talk to Kona on the Windy Peak main path and start Recover the Lost Pages.
- Buy a Regular Katana from Raze for 500 Wen. Fancy Katana is 1,500 if the launch code covered you.
- Set spawn to the nearest Bamboo Grove whenever you change grind pockets.
Level route to Breathing
| Level | What to do |
|---|---|
| 1–6 | Repeat Krue's three-bandit quest at spawn. |
| 7 | Take Krue's Mini Boss Zuko quest. |
| 13 | Move to Tom's bear hunt. |
| 18 | Tom's Mother Bear. |
| 25 | Start a Breathing trainer questline, or keep grinding if you are going Demon first. |
| 26 | Chaka → Kaiden's subordinates. |
| 34 | Kaiden himself, then push to 40. |
| 40 | Wagwan under the waterfall. Hoyuzo's Guards until ~60. |
| 45+ | Final Selection opens. Solo players should wait near 60. |
Spend skill points on the problem in front of you
Body, Weapons, Clan, and Breathing are separate from your character level. Mastery only moves when you use the kit. The first nodes that actually matter are movement: Wall Climb and Double Jump. Everything else is a response to how you are currently dying.
- Cannot reach a trainer — buy Wall Climb before another damage node.
- Dying mid-combo — HP and block branches.
- Running out of swing — stamina, then stop mashing.
- Just unlocked Breathing — check the first useful form cost before dumping leftover points into vanity.
Clan now, optimize later
Keep Kamado, Rengoku, Uzui, Soyama, Iguro, or Himejima if they land. Pair Rengoku with Flame, Urokodaki or Sabito with Water, Iguro with Serpent. Ubuyashiki is a grind clan, not a damage clan. Do not burn every launch spin chasing a surname you have not played yet.