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Charms
Charms are equippable trinkets that add perks to Jin, from extra health to silent arrows. You earn them from Shinto shrines, side tales and Legend ranks, and the six slots you can fill let you tune Jin for stealth, archery or swordplay.
- Set
- Charms
- How many
- 79
Good to know
- You can equip six charms: two major slots from the start and up to four minor slots.
- Minor slots open as you honor Inari Shrines. Filling all six earns the bronze trophy A Charming Man.
- Major charms use a gold icon and minor charms a silver one. Minor charms have weaker effects.
- Charms come in five categories: Defense, Melee, Ranged, Stealth and Utility.
- Major charms named for kami, such as Amaterasu or Susanoo, come from climbing and honoring Shinto Shrines.
- Most minor charms are rewards for side tales. Several more unlock at Legend ranks.
- Iki Island adds charms from Animal Sanctuaries, Iki tales and Iki Legend ranks.
- New Game+ adds charms you buy from Baku the Voiceless with Ghost flowers.
Charm slots and Inari Shrines
There are 49 Inari Shrines on Tsushima: 22 in Izuhara, 17 in Toyotama and 10 in Kamiagata. Find a fox den, follow the fox to its shrine and honor it. Each one adds part of a new minor slot. Once every slot is open, shrines instead power up the Charm of Inari's Might and the Charm of Silence.
Charms of the gods vs the rest
Most major charms carry the name of a kami, and each of those sits at the top of a Shinto Shrine climb. Legend ranks, Iki sanctuaries and Baku supply the other majors. Minor charms are smaller boosts, and many come in numbered versions such as Resistance I, II and III. The Iki Island charm of Versatile Skills doubles a minor charm when it is the only one of its category equipped.
Building around play styles
Mix charms with your armor. Stealth players can stack Shadows and Hidden Sight on top of the Ghost Armor. Bow users pair Efficiency and Precision with Tadayori's Armor. Sword fighters can combine Inari's Might with the Sakai Clan Armor for a big health and damage boost.
- Iki IslandIki Island is the separate island southeast of Tsushima where the Iki Island expansion takes place. The Eagle Tribe under Ankhsar Khatun has taken it over, and Jin must face both the Mongols and his father's history there.
- IzuharaIzuhara is the southern region of Tsushima and the first one you explore in Act 1. It is where you rescue Lord Shimura from Castle Kaneda, meet most of your allies and learn the stealth tools that turn Jin into the Ghost.
KamiagataKamiagata is the snowy northern region of Tsushima and the setting for Act 3. It is thinly settled and harsh, and it is where you chase Khotun Khan to his final stronghold at Port Izumi.- ToyotamaToyotama is the central region of Tsushima, between Izuhara and Kamiagata. Act 2 plays out here: you rally allies, liberate Yarikawa and march on Castle Shimura, while side tales for Norio, Yuna and Yuriko open up.
Related collectibles
- Image: Sucker Punch Productions / PlayStationInari Shrines
Inari Shrines
Inari Shrines are 49 hidden fox shrines on Tsushima. Find a Fox Den, follow the fox to the shrine and honor it to build up minor charm slots, then power up the Charm of Inari's Might and Charm of Silence.
- Image: Sucker Punch Productions / PlayStationBamboo Strikes
Bamboo Strikes
Bamboo Strikes are button-timing challenges where Jin slices a row of bamboo poles. There are 20 in all, 16 on Tsushima and 4 on Iki, and completing them raises your maximum Resolve.
- Image: Sucker Punch Productions / PlayStationDyes
Dyes
Dyes are colour variants for Jin's armor, bows and Sakai horse armor. Most come from merchants for flowers, others from tales, Wind Shrines, Sakai Banners or Baku in New Game+, and none change stats.
- Image: Sucker Punch Productions / PlayStationHaiku
Haiku
Haiku are short poems Jin writes at quiet, scenic spots on Tsushima and Iki Island. Each of the 19 open-world spots rewards a cosmetic headband, so this is where most of your headbands come from.