In my experience the only good grinds are end game and the xp increase was so marginal vs scaling for points that it is more worth it just to grind on NG instead of beating the whole game again

It's better to start NG++ because rushing bosses is a lot faster than any farming method.

I believe you still get the achievement even if you don't have those skills.

The One Mind and Dragon Flash combat arts are not required for the achievement

Aren't those different? I don't remember having to level up a skill tree and unlock those, if I'm remembering correctly after you kill each Isshin you just automatically acquire One Mind and Dragon Flash.

In my experience it is quicker go grind in NG since the good grinds are endgame. The scaling of XP increase vs Skill point isn't worth beating the game again.

Sorry my phone screwed up and put that comment in the wrong place.

It's worth going into higher cycles because bosses give a ton of exp, so that ends up faster than farming if you rush most of the game.

they are all hidden

Use Steam achievement manager (SAM) to unlock it

attention to "Requires at least 4 playthroughs"

Did you beat Emma and Isshin on the shura ending as well as Genichiro and Isshin:sword saint on the other endings

My guess is you haven’t beaten the hidden owl

Headless ape rematch?

Demon of hatred?

Gyobu oniwa?

Ludex Gundyr?

Darkbeast paarl?

Asylum Demon?

tower knight?

blood starved beast?

Consumed King Oceiros?

Nameless King?

Lichdragon Fortissax?

Regal Ancestor Spirit?

nobody respects the shura ending

It should be obvious, but important to mention. DO NOT save the shura ending for your second playthrough as this will lock you out o Fountainhead Palace

(Dammit let us edit our comments fextra! Please! Also the "submit" button shouldn't overlay your text in the comment box. Love you!) *This will force you into a 3rd playthrough to obtain said lapis lazuli for your prosthetic trophy

Also, you need incredible amounts of Exp for the Height of Technique, which I got through doing the Shura ending over and over again, because up until that part of the game you get massive amounts of Exp from everything.

If you do the Shura ending first it's impossible to get platinum in 2 playthroughs. You'll be stuck at the end of NG+ with only 6 lapis.

To get platinum in 2 playthroughs you must do the 3 non-shura endings first, then do a save backup before Owl's decision point in NG+. Then you can complete the Shura ending and reload your save to collect the lapis you need for the last upgrades.

It's possible to do in 2, but it's a bit convoluted, usually you'd need 3. Two non-Shura for Lapis, and one Shura for all bosses. You can circunvent that by making a backup before the talk with Owl, then play until the end for all prostetics, then reload your backup and do Shura on the same cycle, but it's not actually worth doing that because you'd just end up having to farm even more for all skills than if you did 3 (or 4) full playthroughs, so it's more efficient to just play it as intended, since farming will take so long anyway (Unless you can't beat NG+2, as the bosses do get harder each time. If that is the case then you don't really have any option other than farming for even more time. No need to feel ashamed of being unable to finish the game on harder cycles though, the game is harder for some than for others after all)

just because it doesn't have the same 70% reused mechanics of every fromsoft game doesnt make it bad. you just didnt git gud

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How he "didnt git gut" when he got platinum? He did everything game has to offer so he's capable of beating this game. Not like it matters anyway, he can dislike game either way. I too consider Sekiro less fun than souls games, nothing wrong with it.

What a horrible take. Stop forcing yourself to play it if you despise it just to brag. This is a prime example of a dumb fromsoftware fanboy. jesus

Look man, if you hate it that much, why did you go through FOUR playthroughs for the plat? If you did it just on the basis of bragging rights, you live a sad life.

He said it was the worst From game, not that it was a bad game. There are a lot of backwards decisions in this game that they really should have known better considering this is Souls game 6. But he was wrong because Elden Ring ended up being worst of the bunch. Just kidding, Dark Souls 2 is still the worst.

You may have to kill the great serpent and/or the great carp if you haven’t already.

If you beat them all on the same save file, you may have to kill the great serpent and/or the great carp if you haven’t already

My game had the same glitch. I got everything else it just didn't count the Isshin Boss. The worst part is that it counted the ending and just skipped the boss so I have to grind through a whole new playthrough for an achievement I've already earned.

It's not a glitch, this achievement requires you to have the memories/remnants of all bosses in your inventory, which means you need both Ashina Isshin from Shura ending AND the bosses that ending locks you out of, so two playthroughs are required. And before you complain, do remember that save backups aren't intended, so if you got all endings and didn't get this because you used a backup for Shura, it's not the game's fault.