The Unbreakable Gosaku
The Unbreakable Gosaku is a Mythic Tale that starts in Akashima Village, Toyotama. You free six farmsteads to collect six keys, then open a hill in the Old Togo Rice Fields to claim Gosaku's Armor, a tanky set built around Staggering enemies.
- Type
- Side
- Given by
- Yamato
- Region
- Toyotama
- Province
- Akashima
- Rewards
- Moderate Legend increase, Gosaku's Armor
Storylines
Part 8 of 9 in Mythic Tales
Good to know
- Region: Toyotama, Akashima province, starting at Akashima Village.
- Unlocks in Act 2 after A New Horizon.
- Rewards: moderate Legend increase and Gosaku's Armor.
- Izuhara keys: Aoi Village and Ohama Fishing Village in Tsutsu, Kuta Farmstead in Ariake, Yagata Farmstead in Kashine.
- Toyotama keys: Iijima Farmstead in Umugi and Koshimizu Farmstead in Kushi.
- Gosaku's Armor raises health and Stagger damage, and killing a Staggered enemy restores health.
- A Mongol Warlord is part of the ambush at the hill.
- No duel here. Kazumasa's tale on Iki is the only other Mythic Tale without one.
The legend
Centuries ago, the Red Hand bandits terrorised Akashima. A farmer called Gosaku found a dead samurai's armour, took it and wore it to face the bandits. Nothing pierced it, and he drove them off. When he died, the farming families locked the armour away, each keeping one key.
How to get the keys
Each key comes from liberating one of the six settlements from the Mongols. Once you reach Act 2 you can pick them up before you even talk to Yamato, so if you have already freed some of these places you are ahead.
Ending the tale
With all six keys, ride to the Old Togo Rice Fields and look for the hill. A Mongol group waits at the entrance, including a Warlord, so come prepared. Unlock the stone door, climb the path and take the armour from the top.
Tips
Gosaku's Armor suits players who fight head on with heavy attacks. Break a guard, finish the Staggered enemy and you heal, which keeps you alive in big brawls. Each upgrade you buy for the set improves all three of its bonuses.
- Akashima VillageAkashima Village, in the prefecture of the same name, is the starting point of Norio's storyline. It has a full set of vendors, so it is a good resupply stop in western Toyotama.
- Aoi VillageAoi Village is a village on the Tsutsu Plains that the Mongols occupy at the start of Act 2. Freeing it gives you the Key of Aoi, one of the keys for The Unbreakable Gosaku.
- Iijima FarmsteadIijima Farmstead is a Mongol-held farm village in Umugi Prefecture. Rescue the hostages to free it and earn steel, and it counts toward The Unbreakable Gosaku.
- Koshimizu FarmsteadKoshimizu Farmstead is a Mongol-held farm south of Benkei's Falls in Kushi. Freeing it gives one of the six keys to Gosaku's Armor in The Unbreakable Gosaku.
- Kuta FarmsteadKuta Farmstead is a farm in the Kuta Grasslands of Ariake that the Mongols take at the start of Act 2. Free it for steel and one of the keys for The Unbreakable Gosaku.
- Ohama Fishing VillageOhama Fishing Village is a coastal settlement near Lake Kunehama in Tsutsu that the Mongols occupy after Komoda Beach. Freeing it gives the Key of Ohama for The Unbreakable Gosaku.
- 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.
- Yagata FarmsteadYagata Farmstead is a large farm in Kashine that the Mongols seize at the start of Act 2. Rescue the hostages to free it and claim the Key of Yagata for The Unbreakable Gosaku.
- Gosaku's ArmorGosaku's Armor is the reward for the Mythic Tale The Unbreakable Gosaku, a heavy set once worn by a farmer who defended Tsushima's farms. It adds health and stagger damage and heals you when you kill a staggered enemy, so it suits players who break guards and keep pushing.
- Gosaku's HeadbandGosaku's Headband is a headband you get from "The Unbreakable Gosaku", a Mythic Tale. There is nothing to search for: play the tale and it arrives with the rewards.
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