Tatsu's Ladder Bamboo Strike

The Tatsu's Ladder Bamboo Strike is a sword-timing challenge west of Tatsu's Ladder on Iki Island (Director's Cut). Cut through all the bamboo with the right buttons and it counts toward raising your maximum Resolve.

Set: Bamboo Strikes
Reward: Maximum Resolve increase

Found in

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.

Good to know

Location: west of Tatsu's Ladder.
Full button order: Circle, Circle, L1, L1, L1, Triangle, Triangle.
It is one of 4 strikes on Iki; the 16 on Tsushima are the ones the Body, Mind, and Spirit trophy needs.

Button pattern by stage

Stage one uses the first three poles: Circle, Circle, L1. Stage two adds two more: L1, L1. Stage three adds the last two: Triangle, Triangle.

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