Okami Route (Paraxade's route, revisions by kwanzai 3/16/2013, edit for simplicity by Skyreon 3/13/2014, revisions by lEternalDarkness 2/6/2016)

Note: Most but not all strategies are up-to-date. Use this run as a guide for up-to-date strats as of 2/6/2016:

REQUIRED ITEMS:

• Exorcism Slip L > x52

• Feedbag (Meat) x4

• Gold-dusted Eighth Wonder and Resurrection Beads

• Karmic Transformers

• String of Beads

• Peace Bell

• All other items should be sold before starting the file to speed up menu navigation

-:- ROUTE -:-

INTRO TO KAMUI BOULDER

• Skip the intro (3)
• Go inside the tree
• Run through, learn Rejuvenation
• Move the camera down when rejuvenating the river
• Run through the next area; learn Power Slash and leave, run around (left) the two enemy fights (at the torii)
• Power Slash the fruit
• Use the left path, jump off the cliff towards the boulder exit
• KT glitch over the boulder

KAMUI BOULDER TO BLOOM SHINSHU

• Run to Hana Valley
• Imp fight encounter
• Equip Eighth Wonder as a main, Resurrection Beads as a sub, and artefacts String of Beads and Peace Bell
• Ex slip fight 1 and 2
• Skip the cutscene and use Sunrise on the wall painting
• Help Susano defeat the mighty bear
• Roll the ball over to the shrine
• Use Sunrise, learn bloom, bloom the Guardian Sapling
• Ex slip the imps near the wall painting on the way out (or KT past)
• Stay to the right to skip the last imp fight
• Bloom Shinshu Field

BLOOM SHINSHU TO TAKA PASS EARLY

• Clear the devil gate near the dojo to activate the mermaid spring (ink blot then attack solo yellows)
• Run to the Moon Shrine and talk to Mika twice
• Leave the shrine and glaive (or shoot) the wanted monster, then cross his name off on the list
• Cross over to the bomber's house by swimming across the river
• Ex slip the mandatory Dead Fish fight or do Pills' Skip
• Talk to Tama three times then learn cherry bomb
• Use Corner glitch on lower entrance
• Bloom Agata Forest (go far left to jump off cliff, tree is behind waterfall)
• Run outside and skip Waka with one KT
• Run up to the mermaid spring to unlock it
• Cross to Taka Pass early with one liquid KT

TAKA PASS EARLY TO MERMAID OUT TO TAKA PASS

• Bomb the wall, beat Waka with glaive
• Bloom Taka Pass (can KT up the wall, but MUST be above the cliff to bloom)
• Clear the devil gate near Kusa (mermaid spring) - slip the bud ogre, then blot & attack the yellow imp
• Run to Sasa Sanctuary and do one (2 is safer) KT to jump over the loading zone leading to Taka Pass, then jump OoB and land inside (dash jump from right road border, hold forward for about 8 sec)
• Complete the hot spring digging game and learn Waterspout (open gate with waterspout)
• Talk to the crying bird then fight Take
• Go back out to the spring and get a mermaid coin from Mr. Bamboo automatically, then use it to warp to Taka Pass

MERMAID TAKA PASS TO FRANKERZ TO CITY CHECKPOINT

• Run to Kusa Village, stop by the merchant and buy 5 Mermaid Coins (or just press up and get 11), then go talk to Princess Fuse
• Ex slip the enemies
• Talk to Princess Fuse twice
• Drop down and feed the dog in the cave, then go down the path to get the dog at Mr. Bamboo's house
• Run back up the path, past susano, and get the dog that requires Bloom near the entrance
• Go back up to Princess Fuse's house and fight the fifth dog
• Feed the cave dog (purple) in front of Princess Fuse's house (feed from the right of the middle dog, to avoid getting the food stolen), get warped to the cave
• Leave and run to City Checkpoint (should change to night after you get there)

CITY CHECKPOINT TO N. RYOSHIMA C0AST MERMAID SPRING

• Cross City Checkpoint: swim across the river jump up the rock using three jump + wall jumps, then climb the rest of the way up with walljump -> one slope KT -> and one normal KT
• Cut through the cursed zone in Ryoshima Coast to skip the Headless Guardian fight (or running KT over it, or just OHKO it, just before xroads)
• Skip using Waterspout on one of the pools (1st pool straight to 3rd pool, bring out brush, then move camera)
• Bloom Ryoshima Coast
• Stair clip and KT or Reach Dojo without Lilypad using the corner (to the right of the actual way up, wall jump)
• Learn Holy Eagle
• Skip the Ubume using one KT (top of stone ramp, or KT to the left or right[right is safer] of the ramp)
• KT over the gate to get into N. Ryoshima
• Slip or the earth nose
• Trigger cutscene by Urashima and bullies
• Summon Orca by drawing the sun
• Use the mermaid spring to warp to Agata Forest (down x2)<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

AGATA FOREST TO ENTER GALE SHRINE

• Help Kushi
• Run to Kokari and fish out the "Whopper", then learn Crescent
• Beat Ume with the beads
• Take the key to Tsuta Ruins (or Drop the ruins key)
• If you dropped the key, KT into Tsuta
• Get to the second floor early using four (five? Cannot rejuv bridge w/o sun)
• Clear the three devil gates; (left to right) first gate, ex slip and then bloom the bud ogre and glaive it; last two, use ex slip
• Use Sunrise to make the mushrooms grow(do not skp cutscene, you need it to be day for the turnip game)
• Dash and jump towards the five evil pots, then Power Slash them at the peak of your jump (can cut them from first floor if you miss any)
• Jump to the land on the left and run down as far as possible, then jump in the water and swim to the center structure
• Bloom the three patches of cursed land and learn Vine
• Leave Tsuta Ruins and go to the Agata Forest mermaid spring, WARP TO SHINSHU FIELD (up x1)<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
• Enter Kamiki, do turnip game, turn to night, fight Hayabusa
• Go back to Shinshu Field and WARP TO TAKA PASS (one KT up to spring) (down x2)<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
• Go to Princess Fuse's house and talk to her
• Enter Gale Shrine

GALE SHRINE TO WATER PALACE

• Take the right path, kill the Chimera with glaive
• Take the key to the locked door and open it
• Take the elevator up to the second floor
• Activate the demon scroll and kill the Chimera with glaive
• Pick up the key, drop down onto the elevator, and take it up to the third floor
• Open the locked door and run up to the top
• Learn Galestorm (left, center, right)
• KT over the wall and fall back down to the beginning
• Exit Gale Shrine, then go back to the Taka Pass mermaid spring
• Warp to N. Ryoshima (down x2)<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
• Ride orca to the platform near the star watcher, change to night, use one KT from orca's head to get up,
• Make a shooting star for the watcher
• Go towards the whirlpool galaxy and spin it from just inside the arch to skip a cutscene
• Jump back down to Orca and ride into the whirlpool

WATER DRAGON TO EVIL RAO

• KT to jump over the wall and get to the water dragon's area (do not fall directly into the water dragon or you will fall through)
• Go through the dragon up til the locked door; detour for the key
• Stand just inside the dragon orb room and use Waterspout three times on the orb
• Kill the Tube Foxes with three ex slips
• Escape the dragon
• Talk to Queen Otohime
• Run to Ankoku Temple; skip the Ubume trigger again and skip all but the last ghost Rao cutscene
• Cross the lava pit in Himiko's Palace with one KT
• Kill Evil Rao with the glaive

EVIL RAO TO THUNDERSTORM

• Cross back over the lava pit (can get over without KTs, if you get max speed and good jumps)
• Cut through Sei'an city, after Waka cutscene, jump off bridge to skip issun cutscene and continue through
• Run to N. Ryoshima and get up to Watcher's Cape from behind with two KTs, jump over the gap in the corner to avoid the fight trigger
• Run across the Water Dragon to Oni Island
• Get max speed, do one KT over the wall (right) and run around the island, then slope KT up and rejuvenate the quiver on the statue
• Learn Thunderstorm
• Go backwards through the door
• At the spikes, KT over the bottom right corner towards where you entered and jump into the zone past the eyeballs

THUNDERSTORM TO NINETAILS

• In the sidescrolling area, use a KT glitch to shortcut up the vertical shaft, then bounce off walls for shortcuts
• Pick up the thunder key, shortcut through the trapdoor in the hidden passage on the left, take it to the lock
• Turn left briefly to pick up the thunder key, then run to the locked door, Cherry Bomb through the wall, and pick up the normal key - OR go up the stairs, KT into the racing area, run backwards to Tobi
• Race Tobi (let the spider hit you to get past him)
• Stick to the right wall to avoid triggering the Ogres and KT up to the bridge

NINETAILS TO ARK OF YAMATO

• Fight Ninetails: shoot him with rosary sub to make him raise his sword, lightning the sword before it's all the way up to skip a cutscene, then use two ex slips on the Rao-looking things (1st phase, the fatter one has more hp, 2nd phase the old one has more hp); repeat
• Get close after second phase and shoot her
• Go to N Ryoshima Coast spring and WARP TO SHINSHU FIELD (down x1) <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
• KT twice near road to fireworks guy, lightning the statue there (doing it here skips the cutscene)
• Go through the tunnel to Kamui
• Use KTs to jump over the wall and skip the Namahages and Oki
• Bloom Kamui
• Use Vine to skip the Igloo Turtle (full speed double jump left of the boulder to open the flower, then 3 vines to get over the wall, or KT over the wall left of tunnel)
• Go to Wep'keer
• KT over the gate leading to Ezofuji
• Ark of Yamato early using six KTs

ARK OF YAMATO TO YAMI

• Ninetails: same thing
• Crimson Helm: Ex slip to stun, use Galestorm, and then kill him with glaive
• Spider Queen: Attach three vines then use two ex slips
• Orochi: Get three heads drunk (fire, earth, fire, earth, poison, poison), then use 2 EX slips on the bell; run around the arena and OHKO each head with a charged glaive air attack
• Blight: Let him charge twice, then he'll raise his swords; power slash the glowing one and OHKO him with the glaive
• Get on the center pedestal to start the final battle

mermaid spring order: [up] [down down] [up] [down down] [down down] [down]

YAMI

• Yami phase 1: Attack him immediately to get Rejuvenation and weapons back. Shoot him with the rosary to get Power Slash. Ignore the power slash prompt and take out the rest of his health bar with the glaive, hit him with Power Slash after it empties to un-stun him, and get Bloom back, then ignore the Bloom prompt and Power Slash him

• Yami phase 2: Shoot him instantly to prevent him from lighting on fire; empty his health bar with charged glaive attacks after he turns grey, then Power Slash to get Waterspout, hit him with Waterspout to stun, Power Slash to get Crescent, then use Crescent to move to phase 3

• Yami phase 3: Use five ex slips, then keep playing the slots to get your powers back; after getting Mist back (3rd one?), use another ex slip

• Yami phase 4: Use ex slips to get back last 3 powers (2-2-2-3), then ex slip him to death

• Yami final phase: Use Sunrise immediately and then OHKO him with the glaive