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4.8 Tsuta Ruins
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| Tsuta Ruins Checklist |
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|*Divine Instrument: Snarling Beast |
|*Stray Bead #18 |
|*Stray Bead #19 |
|*Stray Bead #20 |
|*Travel Guide: Enhancing Divinity |
|*Travel Guide: Godhood Tips |
|*3 Devil Gates to destroy |
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As Issun warns, the water in here is nasty. Don't jump in if you don't wanna
get hurt. Near the entrance is an Origin Mirror, so go ahead and save.

Right at the beginning is a junction, with paths leading left and right. The
left (west) path leads to a dead end, though, so take the right (east) one.
Open the impossible to miss chest and Giant Bud to obtain Travel Guide:
Enhancing Divinity and Traveler's Charm. There's another Giant Bud further
along (past an Evil Tree) with a Steel Soul Sake inside. Progress into the
new room.

There are two Evil Trees to fight off in here. The one on the tall island
has a clover beside it. Continue east, through another door.

Run along the linear pathway, grab the Incense Burner from the Giant Bud,
and wall jump up to a higher level. Look back from where you just came and
you will see a path of high, narrow walkways. A clover is waiting at the end
of them.

Go back to the body of water and cross it using lily pads to reach northern
land. A "round stone" is perched on top of a hill. Bloom the Giant Bud to
the left of it for a Steel Fist Sake. Now go down the hill to meet a new
foe, Bud Ogre. Beat it until a circle appears around the bud, then bloom the
bud. Attack the exposed core to finish off the Bud Ogre.

The sphere changes colors and is now moveable. Push it down onto the switch
at the bottom of the hill. A door in the vicinity will open and stay open,
so head on through.

This time, two Bud Ogres ambush. Rinse and repeat. If they give you trouble,
try Power Slashing their fruit back at them. A large log appears in their
place. Examine it and Issun will pine for some sunshine. Obey thy master.

Whoa, dem's some big mushrooms. Use them as platforms to reach a higher
plane. Cherry Bomb the cracked wall up here, and run down a long, linear
path through a cave and across a bridge. You'll come across a long, elevated
pathway.

That punk Issun sneezes, and the walkway starts crumbling from behind. Dash
and run, run, run without ever stopping and you should make it. Advance
further to find an odd eye (well, I don't mean Oddeye from Shining Force 2)
hanging from a door. This is called a Lockjaw, and is basically a locked
door you need a key for.

Just take a leap right off the edge of the platform. Introduce yourself to
Blockhead. When he's finished, tackle him. His body will flash momentarily
and two dots will appear in succession. Reproduce the dots with your brush
in the order they appeared. Blockhead crumbles, and an Exercising Arrow
appears, which serves as the key you need.

Go up some platforms to the east, then go across viny logs leading upwards.
On the third ledge between the logs stands a black wall behind some statues.
Cherry Bomb it to reveal Stray Bead #18 inside of a bud.

Continue up the logs and stab the eye. It looks pretty gross. Inside the new
room is a Giant Bud containing Exorcism Slip S, plus a lonely, wandering
Demon Scroll. Head east to find a broken bridge. Rejuvenate it, honeydoll.

On the other side, save at the much-needed Origin Mirror. Jump up a few
levels north of the Origin Mirror to find a clover on a ledge. Return to
where you were and go through the eastern door.

In this room, destroy the three Devil Gates surrounding the central mound.
There are also a couple of buds containing Holy Bone S and Lacquerware Set
to the north of the room.

When the Devil Gates are gone, another 'shroomy log appears on the mound.
Make another sun in the sky and the mushrooms shall grow again. Use them to
leap up to a higher level, and run along the ledge to find some gnarly,
poison-spouting statues. Headbutt these evil fiends to clean up the water.
Just behind the statues is the Tsuta Ruins Map, by the way.

Take a dive into the water and down the waterfall. As soon as you fall down
to the base of the waterfall, turn around and swim into it to find a small
alcove. Cherry Bomb the wall and grab Stray Bead #19 from the bud inside.
Now return to the unpolluted water and continue swimming down the stream,
occasionally using lily pads to prevent drowning.

You'll wind up back in the starting room of Tsuta Ruins. Now you can go down
the left (western) path to find two close-by islands in the water. One is
home to an Evil Tree and a clover, the other has an Exorcism Slip S inside
of a bud.

Go back to the entrance of the entire Tsuta Ruins, and you should see some
newly formed islands to the north. Hop across them to the big, shiny light.

Inside, cheer up the three patches of gloomy grass to reveal a new
constellation. Fill in the two missing stars. Tsuta, the final flora god,
gives Ammy the power of Vine (creative title, eh?). Draw a line from the
Konohana Blossom to Ammy's body to pull her up to it.

If you want to collect another stray bead, I actually recommend you to stop
what you're doing right now and go all the way back to the room where you
had to roll the ball down the hill. It's really not as bothersome as it may
seem. As soon as you enter the room, look up to see a Konohana Blossom. Drag
yourself up there to reach an elevated pathway.

Go north to find Stray Bead #20 inside of a bud. Turn back and head south
from the Blossom to find a clover.

A mysterious Vase also appears on the eastern side of the large beginning
room.

Okay, time to head back where you were, the room with all the blossoms. Pull
Ammy from blossom to blossom, higher and higher, until you come to a door
leading to a new room.

Ignore the first two blossoms in here, and pull Ammy up to the third one you
come across. Now keep pulling Ammy to progressively higher blossoms and
eventually you'll reach a weird structure. Pull vines from each of the four
surrounding blossoms and attach them to the four yellow hooks. Jump into the
bottomless hole. Is Amaterasu's real name James Sunderland?

Be sure to save down here. Smash the one hundred million statues for food
and Yen if you want. Go down the long, northern path, which is the only way
you can go. Open the two obvious chests for Holy Bone S and Travel Guide:
Godhood Tips. Up the steps and through the Golden Gate we go. Uh oh, I hope
nobody playing Okami has arachnophobia...

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* Boss: Spider Queen *
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* Yen Earned: 5000 *
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* The Spider Queen has three offensive attacks that I know of. She'll hurl *
* several strands of webbing, throw purple spheres, or melee attack with *
* her legs up close. All of these are easy to avoid by employing an *
* incredibly simple strategy: Constantly run around her and never stop *
* moving. *
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* How to damage the Spider Queen, you ask? Well, she has four small hooks *
* located on her posterior. Attach two vines from the surrounding Konohana *
* Blossoms to her hooks to make her "open up". Smash the revealed eyeballs *
* as fast as you can before she recovers. Watch out, though, because you *
* will get hurt if you're still inside of her when she closes back up. *
* (Geez, this is starting to sound dirty.) *
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* Also, occasionally an odd brown thing will appear on top of the Spider *
* Queen. Power Slash it to stun her. This just makes it easier to connect *
* the vines to her hooks. *
* *
* Destroy all of the eyeballs to vanquish the beauty. Overall, a long, but *
* not very difficult battle. *
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Snarling Beast is yours.

"But first", said Issun, doing his best Julie Chen impression.