Kowakujo
KOWAKUJO
MISSION BRIEFING
Kowakujo
“On the fractured slopes of a volcanic landscape, a castle harbors a smouldering mystery. Face the Dragon’s undead army, investigate the Shogun’s fate, and expose the curse that blackened Takeo’s soul.”
EXTRA INFORMATION
Recommended Longer Range gun such as the “M34 Novaline” (Boss Fight)
Recommended Decoy as tatical and Molotov as Lethal (Needed During Easter Egg)
For Step 47 Merchant (Abacus), Gardener (Shears), Nobleman/Courtier (Hat)
For Step 50 if in the background of the 4th painting is a mountain place the Horse Statuette, if it’s a bird place the Calligraphy Brush and if its a fish place the Tea Whisk there
For Step 51 if the rifleman said nobleman and the cause of death in the first note is Emesis place the Pufferfish, if the cause of death is Noxious plant place Monkshood Flower if the rifleman said Gardener and the cause of death is emesis place the Plum Pitt if the cause of death was Paralysis Place the Monkshood Plant if the rifleman said Merchant and the Cause of Death Was Noxious Plant place the Plum Pitt
TURN ON POWER / PACK-A-PUNCH
- Capture both Wards (Left and right side of the map)
- Remove the Wards from the castle door
- Kill the Oni to get the Shogun’s Hanko (Near the Pack-A-Punch staircase)
- Insert the Shogun’s Hanko into the nearby door
- Interact with the World Seed and fill it with souls (Purple-Eyed Zombies)
CAT GRENADE
- Get the Maneki-neko Statue (3 locations – Building next to Speed Cola on barrels, Double Tap room on barrels, Building opposite the Double Tap room)
- Get the Furin (3 locations – Front door of the house in the lava at the stables, Training Area next to the wall buy, Left of the Spawn door hanging on wood)
- Get the Karakuri Statue (3 locations – Across from PHD on the ground, Down the hallway from PHD on a table with a lantern, Further down the hallway on the left near the stairs)
- Assemble the Cat Grenade (Workbench located next to Vulture Aid)
NEKOMANCER
- PhD Flop near the cat in the cage (Near the Ammo Box in the Mule Kick area)
- Pick up the cat in the cage and drop it into any lava source
- Kill zombies to reveal paw prints and follow them (1 zombie required to get the paw prints to show just need to kill them where the paw print would be (Go to Next Round))





- When the paw prints go into a circle, throw the Cat Grenade into the middle (If used, you can buy another for 500 Scrap from the workbench. It must be molten lava, not cooled lava.)
- Avoid the creaking floorboards and pick up the cat (Requires Death Perception. Any noise such as shooting or running will scare the cat. Walk slowly around the map. If it runs away, end the round.)



- Bring the cat to the World Seed and interact with it
- Melee the World Seed multiple times until the cat comes off it
- Pick up the Wonder Weapon
MAIN EASTER EGG STEPS
- Throw a Molotov at the Netsuke of Brothers to pick it up (Located in the Stables. Requires a lethal explosion or molatov and the lava in the Stables to be cooled. Can be done before getting the Wonder Weapon.)
- Shoot the 11 lanterns around the map with the Nekomancer (Timed event. If you fail, wait a short time before trying again.)

- Go to the War Room and interact with the dead Samurai soul (Room with Vulture Aid)
- Use the kite to pick up the Fox Mask (Hold right and keep spamming the interact button)
- Bring the Fox Mask to the Mask Room and place it on the wall
- Interact with the mask to reveal a sequence, then kill zombies in that order. Interact with the mask again after each completed sequence (3 sequences: 3, 4 and 5 zombies. If you fail, go to the next round.)
- Interact with the mask again after completing all 3 sequences. Follow it, shoot it at each location and collect the evidence pieces (Bookshelf left of the stairs, Wooden Beam to the right of Wunderfizz Machine, window next to Elemental Pop)
- Bring the evidence to the Meditation Room and interact with the evidence wall (An image appears on the left wall when complete)
- Find the Mystery Box location with a wooden object on it and make sure the Mystery Box is there (Requires all previous steps)
- Throw the Cat Grenade next to the Mystery Box, spin it and pick up the Coin Purse
- Collect the Toxin Paper (Located on the shelf to the left of the stairs to the Oni Room)
- Take the Coin Purse to Spawn, place it next to the Rampage Inducer and interact with it twice
- Get a bucket and fill it with water (Bucket locations: Tea Garden or Stables. Must be done after obtaining the Coin Purse.)
- Water the 3 flowers along the path (Broken Bridge area)
- Kill the Gardener Zombie and pick up the Shears and Note (Shoot the glowing yellow pots to remove its immunity)
- Melee the basket with the tomato (Located in a room near Double Tap)
- Leave it for 60–90 seconds, then return (A zombie should be eating the tomato)
- Lead the zombie to the window in the Staging Area, kill it and pick up the Abacus and Note
- Throw a Decoy at each closed window of the building in the Melee Macchiato area

- Throw the grenades back at the zombie, kill it and pick up the evidence
- Pick a flower from the flower garden (Left of the broken bridge)
- Bring the flower to the flowerpot (Located by the Exfil point through the castle doors)
- Shoot the empty pouch hanging from the wooden beam using the Nekomancer Hairball attack

- Fill the Empty Pouch with ash from a fissure (It will automatically complete when full)
- Bring the pouch back to the plant pot and interact with it
- Get the Tree Buff, return to the plant pot, give it the Speed Boost buff and pick up the plant (Gain Speed Boost by running in circles)
- Melee the basket containing the plum (Can be done at any time)
- Jump on the plum multiple times to get the Plum Pit (Can be done at any time)

- Bring the evidence back to the evidence shelf (Another image will appear on the left wall)
- Melee the scrolls to get the Pestle and Note

- Go to the Kitchens, interact with the bowl and kill zombies nearby (Use the Brain Rot Ammo Mod or the Wonder Weapon Hairball Attack)
- Interact with the glowing blue bowl after the cutscene and collect the Pufferfish from the cupboard in the same room
- Place the evidence on the evidence wall (Another image will appear on the left wall)
- Collect a Ceramic Shard (Near the stairs by the World Seed – Can be done anytime)
- Collect another Ceramic Shard (On the third painting in the Evidence Room – Requires previous steps)
- Craft the Ceramic Bowl at the workbench (Near the Tea Garden)
- Go to the next round, interact with the bowl after the cutscene and pick it up
- Go to the Japan map, place the bowl on the small tray near the collapsed door and defend it. Pick up the Horse Part, then pick the bowl back up (Right of the stairs leading to the World Seed. If failed, go to the next round and recraft the bowl.)
- Place the bowl on the tray in the Wunderfizz room, then pick up the Calligraphy Brush and the bowl
- Place the bowl on the tray in the Tea Garden room. A Hellhound will steal it—kill the Hellhound, then retrieve the bowl (Running the opposite direction makes catching it easier.)
- Pick up the Tea Whisk and place the evidence on the evidence wall (Another image will appear when complete)
- Downstairs from the PhD Flopper room, interact with the clock and write down the numbers it displays (Requires previous steps)
- Next round, complete the defence and kill the Flag Zombies
- Place the flags in the correct sequence (You may need to combine flags, e.g. 2 + 3 to make 5 if the 5 flag has already been used.)




- Collect the Crest Medallion from the clock and place it on the evidence wall (The final image will appear if correct)
- Use the Rifleman traps to reveal a name (15 kills required. Check the trap from behind and you will find a rifleman turned the other way interact with him. Possible names: Merchant, Gardener, Nobleman/Courtier. Traps are near the Big Tree, Spawn and Broken Bridge.)
- Pick up the associated item for the revealed suspect and place it under the second painting
- Pick up Mitsuhime’s Comb and place it under the first painting
- Pick up the Crest Medallion and place it under the last painting
- Pick up the Murder Weapon and place it under the fourth painting (Look at extra info for help)
- Place the correct item under the third painting (Look at extra info for help)
- Solve the metal disc (Look at the item from painting 3, the Poison Table and see the time to kill of that item placed on painting 3, the Doctor’s Note and on the Time of Death you will see an animal name, then depending on the Time of Kill you will leave it that many spaces away from the animal anticlockwise)
- Interact with the incense on both sides of the painting to lock in your answer
- Go to the World Seed and start the miniboss (If it disappears and masks spawn, shoot the masks.)
- Interact with the fish kites where the dragon was to begin the boss fight
BOSS FIGHT — NYXARA
PHASE 1
- Kill the Oni and carry the flag it drops to the centre of the arena to capture the area while avoiding fireballs and fire breath.
PHASE 2
- Kill the two Oni and carry both flags to the capture zones while avoiding fireballs and fire breath.
PHASE 3
- Kill the three Oni and carry the three flags to the capture zones while avoiding fireballs, fire breath and tornadoes.