This week, developer Sucker Punch Studios released the Ghost of Tsushima Director'southward Cut for PlayStation v, which boosts the game's performance on the new hardware and includes a story expansion to the main game. Set exclusively on the new Iki Island, the addition for Ghost of Tsushima features a decent-sized locale for players to explore and some secrets to uncover every bit well.

One of the secrets tucked inside the Iki Island expansion for Ghost of Tsushima is an armor set themed afterward the God of War franchise. In order to unlock the God of War armor in Ghost of Tsushima, players will need to find the Shrine of Ash on Iki Island and consummate its riddle.

Ghost of Tsushima players will detect the Shrine of Ash in the Eastern portion of Iki Isle, a piddling off the coast and slightly Due south of the summit of the map. Players can use the below map to go straight to the Shrine of Ash or they tin venture around the full general area and then follow the yellow bird that appears to guide them.

How to Complete the Shrine of Ash Puzzle

Players will know that they have arrived at the Shrine of Ash almost immediately. Each of the unique Shrines on Ghost of Tsushima'southward Iki Isle is themed afterward a different Sony championship and has some items that reference said game. In the Shrine of Ash's case, there is a Marked Tree (the white 1 with the yellow hand on it) from the 2018 reboot and a chain sprawled across the base of operations of it.

Where the concatenation ends is a scroll that the histrion tin can choice up and read. Information technology says: "In fall, a tree fruits which grow from seed to sapling, a stranger and son. Boy, accolade your begetter'south fight. Show him the strength of your blade."

These riddles for the Shrines are somewhat birdbrained, but they include 2 directions. One hints at what to have Jin Sakai wear and the other tells him what to do. The reference to the stranger and son tells players to vesture the Sakai Association Armor, which is the armor fix that Jin's father originally wore. The forcefulness of the blade portion tells the role player to unsheathe their sword, which is done by swiping to the right on the PS5 DualSense controller'southward touchpad.

To recap:

  • Equip the Sakai Association Armor
  • Unsheathe Jin'south sword past swiping right on touchpad

One time Ghost of Tsushima players accept unsheathed the sword, a cursory cutscene should trigger that transforms Jin'southward armor dye and gives him a new helmet and mask. It also features the iconic music from God of War (2018) played in the style of Ghost of Tsushima'due south soundtrack.

In total, the Shrine of Ash completion will unlock:

  • Helm of War
  • Spartan Mask
  • Ghost of Sparta dye for Sakai Clan Armor
ghost of tsushima - god of war armor

Although Ghost of Tsushima tries to deliver a realistic story set up in historical context, the developers at Sucker Punch Studios were non in a higher place making some references to other Sony properties. In addition to the Shrine of Ash and the God of War armor, at that place are also nods to some other popular Sony titles like Shadow of Colossus and Bloodborne. Each of the Shrines requires completing a specific puzzle, which commonly involves wearing a sure armor set and performing an action. That being said, if one were to pick a favorite out of the Ghost of Tsushima Easter Egg armor sets, the God of State of war armor is arguably the best looking.

Ghost of Tsushima Manager'southward Cut is available now on PS5.

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