Sekiro Shadows Die Twice is finally available from From Software and Activision after an awesome launch trailer. While this game is certainly more about the journey than the destination, players do have four endings in total to choose from including the Sekiro Purification Ending that we already covered. There is also the Sekiro True Ending.
This ending is otherwise known as the Sekiro Return Ending. That’s right, you do have multiple endings to choose from in this Dark Souls-like game. As always, though, the differences between the endings and how you get them can be pretty obscure. That’s why we’re here. In this guide for the game, we are going to go over how you can get the Sekiro True Ending. Also, we’ll keep any details about the ending spoiler-free.
How to Unlock the Sekiro True Ending
Now, as we mentioned, there are four endings in total that you can get. Of the four endings, some are subjectively worse than others. We would consider the Sekiro Purification Ending on the better side of things. As such, don’t expect to get it really easily. There are some spoilers for some major choices so only proceed if you don’t mind non-ending spoilers or have already gotten one ending.
Here’s what you need to do for this best ending in the game, courtesy of PCGamesN:
- Give the Holy Tome: Infested to the Divine Child of Rejuvenating Water. You can get this item from Senpou Temple by either talking to the monk next to the Main Hall Idol if you haven’t beaten Genichiro yet or in the pool of water near the Temple Grounds Idol.
- Take rice from the Divine Child until she is sick. You’ll need to refresh the area by resting a few times at the idol in order to get more rice.
- Give Persimmons to the Divine Child after she is sick. You can buy some from the Memorial Mob below the Shugendo Idol. She will then give you some rice specifically for Kuro. Give this to Kuro.
- Go back to the Inner Sanctum Idol and the Divine Child should have moved to the boss area where you fought the Folding Screen Monkeys. Go and talk to her and she will say you need another tome, which you can find in the cave next to the Main Hall entrance.
- Give the Divine Child this tome and she will ask for two fruits from the snakes.
- Go to the first Senpou Temple Idol, go right, and drop down to behind the Rat enemy there. Backstab him and use the Puppeteer Ninjutsu and he will fly the kite.
- Head through the level until you have gone through the rafters and the ceiling of a building. When you come out, you will see a big tree you can grapple up, do so and then grapple across to the other side of the canyon using the kite. Follow this path to its conclusion for the Fresh Serpent Viscera.
- Go to the Riven Cave Idol and work your way down the canyon just outside to the poison pools area. Behind the Memorial Mob vendor is a cave. Go through this until you see the snake’s head. Drop down to the left and then use Puppeteer on the monkey here to distract the snake. Grapple up and go through the building to grab the Dried Serpent Viscera.
- Travel back to the Divine Child and give her these items. Rest a few times and she should give you the Frozen Tears item. Now all you have to do is follow the story as normal for the True Ending.