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[ Title    ]   Onimusha Warlords
[ Platform ]   PlayStation 2
[ Version  ]   v0.30
[ Author   ]   Brett "Nemesis" Franklin
[ E-Mail   ]   nemesis@flipmode.com
[ Plug     ]   http://nemmysresource.cjb.net
[ Updated  ]   April 29, 2001


The-chart-that-shows-what's-in-this-FAQ:

 i.   Intro
 ii.  Legal Stuff
 iii. Updates/Revision History
 iv.  Game Basics
01.   Walkthrough
        Nanamagari
        Underground Temple
        South Area
        The Keep
02.   Weapons and Items
03.   Magic Mirror Locations
04.   Fluorite Locations




 i. Intro



Welcome to my first FAQ for a loooooong time, and it's for a "new-age" system,
if that's what you want to call it. The game is Onimusha, and it has been
called the "game for those who hate Resident Evil", whatever that means. All
I know is that the game is enjoyable, and it is mostly like the Resident Evil
games, although there isn't as much backtracking as there was in the Resident
Evil games (but you do have to backtrack some...).

I really enjoyed this game, even though it was a bit short. It's a fun, enjoyable
game with different combat from Resident Evil, which is a change of pace. The
soul-sucking idea is cool, too, but it has been done before in other games
(*coughcoughSOULREAVERcoughcough*). Ah well, it's still a great game. ^_^




 ii. Legal Stuff



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E-Mail Address: nemesis@flipmode.com

Copyright:
 Copyright 2000-2001 Brett "Nemesis" Franklin. This FAQ and everything
included  within  this  file  cannot be reproduced in any way, shape or
form  (physical, electronical, or otherwise) aside from being placed on
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and  unaltered  format. This FAQ cannot be used for profitable purposes
(even  if  no  money  would  be  made  from  selling it) or promotional
purposes.  It  cannot be used in any sort of commercial transaction. It
cannot be given away as some sort of bonus, gift, etc., with a purchase
as this creates incentive to buy and is therefore prohibited.




 iii. Updates/Revision History



Version 0.30 (04/29/01)
-------------------------
 Everything you see before your eyes (or what you don't see). This is the
  first and only update for at least a week (7 days), because I'm going on
  vacation tomorrow morning, and I won't be back for 6-7 days at the most,
  so please don't expect any updates until then.

   What's next?
   =============
    More of the walkthrough
    More item/weapon locations
    New enemy information
    File information



 iv. Game Basics



ombat:

 Basic Combat will be used with the Square button, and will be used for the
  majority of the game. If you hold down R1 while fighting, you can move
  front to back and side-to-side with ease, instead of running around like
  a headless chicken.

 Kicking can also be used, but is not as effective as your basic or special
  attacks. Kicking is performed by holding down on the directional pad, then
  pressing Square. It should only be used when you are in a tight spot with
  one or more enemies.

 At certain times in the game, you can aquire sub-weapons (like a bow), so
  in order to use it, just hold down R1 and press Square to shoot it.

 Blocking can be performed by holding down L1 then press the directional
  button away from the enemy

 Special attack is used when an Orb is equipped to your Ogre's Gauntlet and
  you have the required Magic Power to perform it. Once you have the required
  Magic Power, press Triangle to perform a powerful special attack.


aving:

 To save your game, simply locate a Magic Mirror, then select the [Save]
  option. Be sure you have the required space to save on your Memory Card, and
  to save often.


ouls:

 As you kill enemies, they will drop souls for you to collect with your Ogre's
  Gauntlet. Just hold down the Circle button after they die to collect their
  soul. They come in 3 different flavors:

  - Red Soul: Enhances Ogre Gauntlets or and orb.
  - Blue Soul: Increases your character's Magic Power.
  - Yellow Soul: Increases your character's vitality.


nhancing:

 By aquiring Red Souls with your Ogre's Gauntlet, you can save up enough souls
  to Enhance in item or a weapon. To do so, find a Magic Mirror, and select
  the [Enhance] option.

 By distributing souls to an item, you can choose how much you want to enhance
  that item by. The longer you distribute, the more enhanced the item will
  become, and vice versa.


rbs:

 There are a few different Orbs that can be equipped onto the Ogre's Gauntlet:

   - Thunder Orb: Allows your character to perform Special Attacks with the
                  power of Thunder!
   - Power Jewel: Increases your vitality.
   - Magic Jewel: Increases your Magic Power.




 01. Walkthrough



________________
  Nanamagari 

This is the first area you will be in. You will start off Kaede, but you will
both go separate ways. Take the northern route (the way Kaede did not go), and
once you enter the second screen, a cut-scene will begin. A few demons will
have Princess Yuki, so fight them off until they flee. Once they have fled, a
rather large demon comes in and knocks you out, while kidnapping the Princess.

Once you awaken and find that you now have the power of the Ogre's Gauntlet,
use the Magic Mirror near the large wooden doors and save your game. Continue
through the doors near the Mirror, and through the next area with corpses,
until you stumble upon some villagers being attacked by demons. Kill the
demons off, then head through the next door, through the shed, until you reach
more demons who are chasing some villagers. Kill the slew of demons, then
Samanosuke will open the door and speak with the villagers. They tell you to
head to the Keep to save the Princess. Run around the back of the shed, and
through the woods. Enter the cave at the end of the forest, until you find
a large hole in the ground. Enter the hole.

Fight your way through the caves, and once you find the temple entrance, open
the chest to the left of the stairs to get the Underground Temple Map. Climb
the stairs to find a mummified monk. Examine him, and take the Sougen's Note.
Read it, then the monk will move out of your way, and reveal a door leading
into the Temple. Enter it.

________________________
  Underground Temple 

Once inside, head north (Samanosuke's right), and around the corner to the
dead end. Check out the wall, and take the Seiryu. Check out the corner of
the hall opposite of where you found the Seiryu and next to the door you
came in here with, and examine the ground. You will find a Fluorite. Now 
go down the other path, and into the room. Smash the pots on the sides of the 
room, and inside of one of them is a chest containing Journal #1. Take it, 
then examine the glowing blue object on the alter, and you will find that it's 
the Thunder Orb. Take it, then head to the left of the alter. Run down the 
hallway, but along the way down, you will find a treasure chest. To open it, 
move the left-sided numbers, then the right-sided numbers, then the left-sided 
ones again. Inside is a Rope Ladder. Head up the stairs to exit the Temple.

________________
  South Area 

Right after exiting the Temple, turn to the right and open the semi-hidden
chest to find the Magic Jewel. Go the opposite way to find a large door with
a blue orb on it, and a Magic Mirror to the left. Use the Mirror to save your
game and enhance an object, then check out the chest near the Mirror to find
a puzzle. The Question asks: 

"Chant the name of a clan that has been subverted by the demons."

The answer is "The Clan of Ogres", but to unlock it, simply select the
first set of Kanji, then the third set (the single square), then the 5th
set, then select "OK", and it should unlock, giving you the Power Jewel.
Now enter the doors, and fight off the slew of enemies on the other side.
Take the South Area map from the chest, then continue through the next set
of doors. On the other side, you can go 3 ways: 2 ways lead to the same area
to the north (and the gate leading to the Keep is towards the far north in
this area), and there is a locked gate to the southeast that leads to the
East Area, but you can't access it yet. Head northwest and through the next
door, then ignore the locked door here (it leads to the West Area), and head
south to the smashed up wall. Use your Rope Ladder here, and decend the ladder.

Run into the small area to find another code box and a Magic Mirror. Examine
the code box and the question will ask you:

"Which is the equipment that was created by the clan of Ogres in order to
destroy the demons?"

The answer is "The Gauntlet of Ogres", so answer this by selecting the Kanji
in the following order:

- 6th one over
- 1st one
- 4th one over

If done right, you will get another Power Jewel. You should use it, because
you will be fighting a boss soon, but it's your choice. Once you are ready
(and saved up), then enter the large door to encounter the first boss.


   BOSS 1

This guy is strong, yet slow, since he's really big. Start off by attacking him
with your Special Attack to get him dazed, then attack him normally until
a bunch of souls come out of him. Run away from him, then once you are far
enough away from him, suck the souls into yourself, then continue to attack.
You should run around the center fire so you can dodge him and attack him from
behind, then run away and repeat this process. Be sure to heal yourself when
you need it, and always suck in any souls he drops. He seems to drop more and
larger souls when you use a special magic attack, but don't use the special
attack too much right away, or else you'll be stuck with normal attacks for
most of the fight. After defeating him, suck in all of the souls he drops
(and he drops a lot of 'em...).

After the fight, head through the door behind the dead monster and take
Journal #2, then continue through the next door. In this hallway, smash
the pots near the door, then examine the ground to find another Fluorite. Now
head through the skeleton hallway, and through the next door to fight a new
monster. This guy will split into 2 monsters during the battle if you slice
him into 2 parts, so he's pretty tough. Once you kill him, you can access
the Fire Orb in the back of the room. Once you've taken the Orb, backtrack
through the way you came, and back into the boss room. There are some new
monsters in here, ones that steal your soul energy, then pass it along to
their friends. Once you kill one, it'll pass the energy to another monster,
until 1 monster has all of the stolen energy. Be sure to kill it fast to get
your energy back, or else it'll dissappear and you'll lose that soul energy.

Make your way back up the rope ladder, and into the main courtyard, where
you will find a door that uses the Fire Orb to unlock. Unlock it and enter
the Keep.

________________
   The Keep 

Kill the enemies that attack you as you enter, then enter the northwestern
door to find a small room with a Magic Mirror and a Magic Meter Fountain
that refills your Magic Meter. Take the Keep Map from the chest. Exit this
room, and enter the southern door, and follow the hallway down to the blue
orb door. Use your Thunder Orb to open it, then on the other side, kill the
enemies, then enter the next door to go outside. Take the Blue Book from
the table near the door, then return back to the main room in the Keep. Take
the northern door in this room to watch a cut-scene.

Once it ends, open the chest here to get the Normal Arrows, then enter the
next door, into the small room, then through another door. In the hallway,
run around to the other end, and enter the next door. Watch the cutscene,
then go through the next door until you reach a room with more demons and
a set of stairs. Kill the demons, and open the chest for some Herbs. Now
ignore the stairs, and enter the door behind them. Inside here is a treasure
box with the same type of combination lock like the box with the Rope Ladder
had. Simply make the numbers go in order from 1-6, so turn each side like this:

- Leftside, Rightside, Leftside, Rightside, Rightside

If done right, the combo will unlock, giving you access to the Bow. Now check
the shelf in the back of the room to find the Suzaku book. Go up the stairs,
and kill the enemies up here, then enter the door next to the stairs. In
this room, search the bucket for a Power Jewel. There is a door that is locked
with the Fire Orb, but it requires a level 2 or higher spell to open, so if
you don't have that level, kill more demons for more souls, then return downstairs
to the Magic Mirror and upgrade your fire spell. Enter the door across from
the double-orbed door, and you will see some demons fighting some people below.
Ignore this, and enter the single orb door on the balcony. In the next room,
fight off the enemies, then enter the next door to find a large breakable
crate. Smash it to find a box containing some Normal Arrows, then search the
ground around it for another Fluorite. Backtrack to the double-orb door and
go through it. Inside of this room you can find a chest with the R. Crest
Piece and the Red Book on the table. Return to the room where you found
your latest piece of Fluorite.

Once inside, head up the stairs to go to the third floor. At the top, take
the Normal Arrows from the chest and take the Byakko book. There is also a
Magic Mirror here. Enter the next door, and Kaede will enter. You both will
become trapped when a gate falls.

First, pull the lever to open the gate, then use Kaede to exit the cage and
pull the lever to the right. Now use Samanosuke pull the other lever, and use
Kaede to go through the next opening. Use her to pull the left-most lever,
and a chest will be revealed. Open it to get the Holy Armor, then use
Samanosuke to pull the lever that is to the right of Kaede, but not the one
DIRECTLY next to her. Pull the one that is the third in the row, and the
gate will open. Go through the door at the end to exit this gate-trap.

In the next room, refill your Magic Meter with the fountain, then use your
Fire Orb's spell to light the candles in the center of the room, and the
door will unlock. Enter the door. In this weird room, you will have to make
it across by standing on the tiles with an "x" or a "+" on them. Each time you
do this, some tiles drop while others are opened, and that character becomes
trapped. You switch characters each time you step on a tile like that, and
keep moving along the room until you reach the door on the other side.

In the next area, Samanosuke will become trapped, and it's up to Kaede to
save him. Enter the water puzzle on the wall, and move the parts around
so that the 2 yellow pieces come together, and are at the bottom-center of
the puzzle. This is very difficult and irritating, so it may take more than
1 or 2 tries to get done. Once it's been done, Samanosuke will be saved.

Continue through the door near the puzzle, and enter the next room. In this
room, towards the back, there is a shrine with a lever you can pull. Pull it
and some stairs will lower. Kaede and Samanosuke will part, so head up the
stairs. Now just make your way through a series of rooms until you reach
a dead-end with a ladder. Go down the ladder 2 times so you are on the second
level, and you'll end up in a room with a chest. Open the chest to find
the Left Crest Piece. Go back up the ladder 2 levels and back to the 4th floor.

Watch the cut-scene, then search the room for Seiryu Vol. 2 book and another
Fluorite piece on the small shelf near the door. Go through the door, and you 
will find Suzaku Vol. 1 book next to the door. Search behind the nearby
stairs for a chest full of Normal Arrows. Go up the stairs to the 5th floor.

Once outside, fight the demons on the balcony, then enter the only unlocked
door up here and enter the room. Take the Seiryu Vol. 4 off the floor next
to the door, along with the Medicine from inside of the chest. Take the
Seiryu Vol. 3 from here as well, and slice down the thin wall to reveal
a Magic Mirror and some free souls on the other side for you to consume. Save
your game. Now climb up the ladder behind the Magic Mirror to fight a boss.


   BOSS 2


This boss uses the Wind Orb and it's weapon against you. He's not that tough,
since he's pretty slow, which allows you to strafe around him and attack
from behind. Attack him when his guard is down, because you will waste your
attacks on him if you try to attack when he is guarding your sword. Suck
out all of the souls he drops as you attack him, and use your Magic attack
(I was using Enryuu for this battle) when his back is turned towards you
for the full effect. Just keep holding down R1 as you fight him so you always
are facing him. This fight isn't that tough, just as long as you dodge his
attacks at the right time.

When the fight has ended, take all of the souls he drops, and then take the
Wind Orb off the ground.




 02. Weapons and Items



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   Weapons 

Bow:      This small bow is about 6 feet long.
Location: The Keep, in the back room near the stairs leading to the second
          floor. Inside of a combination box.

Enryuu:   This sword is the sword of fire.
Location: You get this once you find the Fire Orb.

Normal Sword: This is a common sword that a warrior uses.
Location:     Default weapon.

Raizan:   This sword is the sword of thunder.
Location: You get this once you find the Thunder Orb.

Shippuu:  This sword is the sword of the wind.
Location: You get this after defeating the second major boss in the game, the
          Wind Orb boss on top of the Keep roof.

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    Items 

Byakko Vol. 2: Located on the third floor of The Keep.

Fluorite: This stone glows with a certain item...
Location: N/A (There are 20 of 'em...check out the section below this for full
               details)

Fire Orb: Allows you to use the sword with the power of fire.
Location: South Area, after the boss fight.

Holy Armor: The Ogres created this armor. It can help keep away thieves.
Location:   Third floor of The Keep, hidden in a chest when you are in the
            gate-traps.

L. Crest Piece: The drawings on the back make it look like a starter key.
      Location: Second Floor of The Keep.

Magic Jewel: This blue jewel will enhance your magic power.
   Location: Variable.

Normal Armor: This generic armor is coated with Japanese lacquer.
    Location: Default armor.

Power Jewel: This yellow jewel will enhance your vitality.
   Location: Variable. Mostly located in code boxes.

R. Crest Piece: The drawings on the back make it look like part of a device.
      Location: Second Floor of The Keep.

Rope Ladder: A very durable ladder made of cotton rope.
   Location: Underground Temple, inside of a Treasure Chest.

Seiryu Vol. 1: Located in the Underground Temple near the entrance.

Seiryu Vol. 2: Located on the 4th floor of The Keep.

Seiryu Vol. 3: Located on the 5th floor of The Keep.

Seiryu Vol. 4: Located on the 5th floor of The Keep.

Suzaku Vol. 2: Located in The Keep near the Bow.

Thunder Orb: Allows you to use the sword with the power of thunder.
Location:    Underground Temple.

Wind Orb: Acquired after defeating the Wind Orb boss on top of the Keep rooftop.




 03. Magic Mirror Locations



________________
  Nanamagari 

 Near the beginning of the game, where Princess Yuki was kidnapped by the
  large demon. It's right next to the large wooden double doors.

________________________
  Underground Temple 

 None in this area.

________________
  South Area 

 Near the beginning of this area, outside of the large doors that allow
  entrance to the area, and near the Power Jewel location in the code box.

 Outside of the first boss room, near the Power Jewel location in the code box.

________________
   The Keep 

 Located in the room near the entrance to The Keep, near the magic meter
  fountain.

 On the 3rd floor of The Keep.

 On the 5th floor of The Keep, before the boss fight.




 04. Fluorite Locations



 Inside of the Underground Temple, in a corner near the entrance of the Temple.

 In South Area, after the first boss fight, hidden in some pots.

 In The Keep area, on the second floor, underneath a breakable crate near
  a chest with some Normal Arrows.

 Another in The Keep area, on the 4th floor on a small shelf near the Seiryu
  Vol. 2.



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