The Tale of Lady Masako (Masako Tale 1 of 9) is a main tale in Ghost of Tsushima. This walkthrough will guide you through all objectives of The Tale of Lady Masako Main Quest.
Main Tale: The Tale of Lady Masako
Act: 1 – Rescue Lord Shimura
Region: Izuhara
Quest Giver: Lady Masako
Requirement: After completing Main Tales “The Warrior’s Code” & “The Tale of Sensei Ishikawa (Ishikawa Tale 1 of 9)“.
Rewards: Major Legend Increase, Samurai Clan Armor
Mission Info: (Masako Tale 1 of 9). A Masako Tale (1 of 9). Lady Masako and the women of clan Adachi are warriors of great renown. If they survived the invasion, they could help me free Lord Shimura. I need to find Lady Masako and deliver news of her husband’s death.
Objectives:
- Travel to the Adachi estate
- Search the guest house
- Search the main house
- Defeat the assassins
- Search the assassins
- Search the stables
- Follow the footprints
- Investigate the fallen horse
- Follow Masako
- Honor the dead
- Follow Masako
- Look for Sogen
- Speak with the sweeping monk
- Speak with the armorer
- Speak with Lady Masako
- Follow Masako
- Look for Sogen
- Trail Sogen
- Go to the left side of the inn’s entrance
- Defeat the bandits
- Confront Sogen
- Search the inn
- Speak with Lady Masako
Starting Location: The Tale of Lady Masako
Travel to the Adachi estate
Follow the waypoint to the seemingly deserted Adachi estate. When you don’t find anyone, you will get objectives to search the guest house and the main house.
Search the main house
If you search the main house first, you’ll find evidence of a battle. Examine both items to complete this objective.
Search the guest house
If you follow the waypoint to the guest house, you’ll encounter a fun surprise.
Did I say fun? I meant assassin. Sorry about that.
Defeat the assassins
Do unto others before they do unto you.
Search the assassins
Searching the assassins will lead you to wonder if the survivors escaped on horseback.
Search the stables
Follow the waypoint to the stables, to find them empty. Your only clue is a set of footprints running after a horse.
Follow the footprints
Follow the footprints down the path. They will come and go, but will follow the path until they veer off and head down a hill, then down a path heading the other direction.
Eventually the footprints will lead to a horse that has been brought down by archers.
Investigate the fallen horse
Examine the horse to trigger a cinematic with Lady Masako. She tells you that her clan has been betrayed and murdered, not by Mongols, but by your own people.
Follow Masako
It seems unthinkable that her clan was betrayed, but Masako is dead set on getting her revenge, so Jin commits to help. Follow her to the cemetary to pay your respects.
Honor the dead
Follow Masako
Masako will lead you to the Golden Temple and tells you to find a monk named Sogen, to tell him of the fate of clan Adachi. Once that is complete, she wants you to speak to the armorer to pick up a gift that she wants you to have.
Look for Sogen
As soon as you enter Golden Temple, a monk will call out your name and want to speak with you. Junshin is happy to point out Sogen, who is sweeping the temple deck to the left of the village entrance.
Speak with the sweeping monk
Find the monk sweeping the deck with a broom and speak with him. His reactions seem odd, but not immediately suspicious.
Speak with the armorer
Next go to the armorer and pick up the Samurai Clan Armor, which will be very useful in the upcoming fight? Did I say fight? I meant leisurely walk through the woods.
Speak with Lady Masako
Leave the temple area and meet up with Lady Masako who waits outside.
Follow Masako
She will lead you to a rocky outcropping from which you can observe the area.
Look for Sogen
Just below, you’ll see Sogen speaking with a couple. He will speak with them briefly then hurry off away from the temple. Masako gives chase!
Trail Sogen
Unlike some missions, Sogen will most definitely check to see if he is being followed, multiple times. Make sure that you have a convenient patch of pampas grass or a rock to hide behind. As soon as he turns around, keep following him.
Eventually Sogen will lead you to an old inn that the bandits are using as a hideout.
Go to the left side of the inn’s entrance
Move in closer until you reach the waypoint next to the inn’s entrance. Masako’s plan is genius in its simplicity.
Defeat the bandits
This fight will open with a standoff with you and Lady Masako against several bandits. Even if you manage to get the maximum kills in the standoff, there will still be a dozen or more bandits to fight in total, so be ready for a protracted battle.
Confront Sogen
Once all the bandits are defeated, go to the second floor of the inn to interrogate Sogen for information about the attack.
Unfortunately, your interrogation technique of Good Samurai, Hack Your Face to Pieces Lady doesn’t produce any useful information.
Search the inn
Searching the inn does turn up some useful intel, however: a list of conspirators who were in on the plot. Well that was a freebie.
Speak with Lady Masako
Talk with Lady Masako to discuss what you found in a cinematic that brings this mission to an end.
This finishes The Tale of Lady Masako quest in Ghost of Tsushima.
For all other Quest Walkthroughs, check out our complete Ghost of Tsushima Walkthrough (All Tales).
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