How to complete Yamazaki Castle in Assassin's Creed Shadows
Where to find all Samurai Daisho in Yamazaki Castle.

You need to locate and kill five Samurai Daisho to open the Legendary Chest at Yamazaki Castle in Assassin's Creed Shadows.
We highly recommend you spend your available Mastery Points on the best skills and equip your best armor and weapons before taking on Yamazaki Castle in Assassin's Creed Shadows, as there aren't many opportunities to hurt the Samurai with the environment - you have to rely on your stealth and combat capabilities alone!
To help you complete this castle as soon as possible, we've listed all Yamazaki Castle Samurai Daisho locations in Assassin's Creed Shadows below, along with Yamazaki Castle alarm locations, and the Yamazaki Castle Legendary Chest location and rewards.
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All Yamazaki Castle Samurai Daisho locations in Assassin's Creed Shadows
There are five Samurai Daisho to find and kill in Yamazaki Castle, and one member of The Betrayers (Sato Katsubei). You don't need to kill Sato Katsubei to unlock Yamazaki Castle's Legendary Chest, but you do need to kill all five of the Samurai.
You also don't need to kill anybody to reach the Umbrella quest item that's located in the same room as Yamazaki Castle's Legendary Quest.
We recommend you sabotage the alarms as you make your way through the castle, or else an enemy might raise the alarm, and your Wanted status, if they spot you and reach the bell before you can take them out.
You can kill the Samurai in any order you please, but we found it easiest to mark the enemies as Naoe (by zooming in and looking at them in the Observation mode) before starting any fights.

With all that in mind, here's pictures and details of all Yamazaki Castle Samurai Daisho locations in Assassin's Creed Shadows:
Samurai Daisho location 1
The first Samurai at Yamazaki Castle is located in the middle-left courtyard, just north of the castle's Viewpoint. They like to walk back and forth in a straight line, up and down the small set of stairs nearby.


Samurai Daisho location 2
You'll find the second Samurai almost in the middle of Yamazaki Castle, in the courtyard just east of the castle's Viewpoint. They like to hang about by the entrance to the big building, but they can occasionally patrol the area too.


Samurai Daisho location 3
This third Samurai can be found patrolling up and down the stairs in the northern-middle courtyard, directly north of the Yamazaki Castle symbol on the map.


Samurai Daisho location 4
The fourth Samurai at Yamazaki Castle is located in the southernmost courtyard - the one with the large pool of water. This Samurai likes to patrol back and forth on the bridge, so the tree above the bridge is a good place to start your fight.


Samurai Daisho location 5
The last Samurai is found outside the castle walls, directly east of the Viewpoint and the Yamazaki Castle symbol on the map, near the eastern body of water. There's an explosive jar on the path the Samurai walks, if you'd like to start the fight off with a bang.


Yamazaki Castle alarm locations
We found two alarms in Yamazaki Castle:
Alarm location 1
The first alarm is found high up on a wooden platform at rooftop-level, near the second Samurai's location.


Alarm location 2
You'll find the second alarm high up on a wooden platform above rooftop-level, in the northeastern courtyard near the third Samurai's location.


Yamazaki Castle Legendary Chest location and rewards
The Legendary Chest at Yamazaki Castle is located at the top of the western tower just under the Viewpoint, and near the first Samurai's location. The main door to the tower is blocked, so you need to climb through a window and make your way up from the inside to reach the top.


The Yamazaki Castle Legendary Chest rewards in Assassin's Creed Shadows are:
- 3000 XP
- Yurei-Walker Hood (Legendary Headgear)
- Greatly Improved Assassinate in Shadow (Engraving)
Five Mastery Points are awarded in total for killing all of the Samurai and completing Yamazaki Castle, and you can also find the Umbrella quest item in the same room, along with smaller boxes to loot.
Assassin's Creed Shadows Sato Katsubei location
Sato Katsubei is one of the targets in your The Betrayers set of Objectives. He's a very tough person to fight, even tougher than the Samurai Daisho at Yamazaki Castle, so be prepared for a long fight if you haven't improved your skills and gear recently!
If you want to fight him, Sato Katsubei is located inside the building in the very northeastern corner of Yamazaki Castle. You can surprise Sato by sneaking in through the roof, if you want to get the jump on him.


For more help with castles, check out our pages on how to complete Katano Castle, Osaka Castle, Amagasaki Castle, and Takatsuki Castle.
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