Best Early Rings To Unlock ASAP In Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii

Summary

• Cheap rings like the Anchor Ring can boost Defense and Blade Defense in Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii.
• The Sacrifice Ring from a side quest revives players once in the game, with low stat bumps.
• The Snake Ring is effective, expensive, and looks cool, completing the Hannya Ring trilogy.

Yakuza: Like a Dragon and Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth took the series to new heights by adding turn-based combat. There was also an emphasis on classes and equipment. Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii is a step back to normalcy for the rest of the series, putting Goro Majima in charge of the show.

Instead of equipping elaborate sets of armor or weapons, there is one accessory that boosts Goro’s stats: rings. Players can equip one ring on each of Goro’s ten fingers to bling him out in Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii. Here are the best ways to get these rings early on.

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Anchor Ring

Help Goro Break Stuff Faster

• Shop: Reef Riders ($4,500)
• Bonus Effect: Increase Heat Generation When Equipped With the Compass Ring And the Voyage Ring

The Anchor Ring is a relatively cheap ring players can buy around Honolulu including Reef Riders. It will give players a nice boost to Defense and Blade Defense for melee fighters who use weapons like knives or swords. It will boost how much Heat players generate but only if they have the Compass Ring And Voyage Ring equipped. Heat is the blue meter below health that will allow players to use special moves like breaking a bike over someone’s head. On its own, the Anchor Ring is still good though.

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Black Tortoise Ring

A God In The Making

• Shop: Night Marchers ($4,500)
• Bonus Effect: Resist Status Ailments When All Four God Rings Are Equipped (Like Vermillion Phoenix Ring)

The Black Tortoise Ring is comparable to the Anchor Ring in terms of price and can be found around Honolulu like at the Night Marchers store. It will boost Attack and Defense which is a rare combo for the early hours or at least it is to this degree. The Defense boost is good but being able to hit harder during brawling matches is nice too. This ring has a bonus effect that will protect against status ailments but only if all four god-like rings are equipped including another hood early one, the Vermillion Phoenix Ring.

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Chain Hook Ring

Enhance The Grappling Hook

• Shop: Honolulu Daddies ($12,000)
• Bonus Effect: Follow-Up Hookshot Attack

The Chain Hook Ring is the most expensive ring players can discover in the early hours of the game. It will boost Attack and Defense which is fine enough but the bonus is the reason to buy it at Honolulu Daddies. Eventually, players will unlock a grappling hook that players can use in battle to speed toward enemies and the Chain Hook Ring will unlock a finishing move of sorts. It can also be used in Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii as a standard grappling hook in other games like for scaling tall buildings.

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Hannya Ring

An All-Around Great Accessory

• Side Quest: Make 50 Aloha Link Friends
• Bonus Effect: Mad Dog Attack Speed Increased When Sakura Ring and Snake Ring Are Also Equipped

The Hannya Ring is another ring that will gain bonus effects if others are equipped. In this case, players need to buy the Sakura Ring and the Snake Ring to increase Goro’s attack speed while in his Mad Dog stance.

The Hannya Ring itself is tied to a side quest called Aloha Links wherein players have to make friends around town like they did in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth. After gaining 50 links, players can return to the Revole Bar and talk to Kei for this prize.

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M Ring

Another Heat Booster

• Shop: Hyper Ecstasy ($5,800)
• Bonus Effect: Shock Resistance, Charges Heat Gauge When Taking Damage

The M Ring can be purchased at Hyper Ecstasy which is a shop that let’s say adults will like to frequent. It’s weird players can buy a ring here especially when it is next to more colorful items but the juxtaposition between odd and normal is what the Yakuza series has always been good at. It’s expensive but this time will increase Defense and provide some Shock Resistance. Enemies may carry a taser around, for example, which can stop Goro in his tracks if he isn’t careful.

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Pistol Ring

A Trigger Happy Solution

• Shop: Julia’s Brilliant Design ($9,800)
• Bonus Effect: The Pistol Charges Faster

The Pistol Ring is another that boosts the Attack and Defense stats. It can be bought at Julia’s Brilliant Design but it will probably take a while to raise the money. Goro’s other stance in the game is called Sea Dog wherein he will role-play as a pirate captain complete with a costume and two buccaneer blades. Players will later unlock a pistol to come with the stance too. They can charge it up slowly to fire one round and the Pistol Ring will make this process go by faster.

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Sacrifice Ring

Revival At A Cost

• Side Quest: Make 25 Aloha Link Friends
• Bonus Effect: Will Revive Players Once

The Sacrifice Ring is what Kei will give players first as part of the Aloha Links side quest. Players just need to befriend 25 people around town from random tourists to pets that need some food. The ring has very low stat bumps for Defense, Bullet Defense, and Blade Defense. However, it will revive Goro on the spot once before breaking. So be sure to only equip it before going against a strong boss or when running around Honolulu and pretending to be a bounty hunter for the local cops.

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Sakura Ring

Resist The Burn

• Shop: Julia’s Brilliant Design ($4,000)
• Bonus Effect: Mad Dog Attack Speed Increased When Hannya Ring and Snake Ring Are Also Equipped
• Bonus Effect 2: Burn Resistance

The Sakura Ring can be purchased at Julia’s Brilliant Design along with the aforementioned Pistol Ring. It’s one of three accompanying the Hannya Ring and the Snake Ring in boosting Goro’s Mad Dog stance. It has a decent star but more so than that this ring has Burn Resistance.

Hawaii and the high seas are full of flame-wielding enemies from bombs to torchbearers. It’s good to have protection against these situations to prevent fire from damaging Goro over time in battle.

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Snake Ring

Expensive But Effective

• Shop: Honolulu Daddies ($8,000)
• Bonus Effect: Mad Dog Attack Speed Increased When Hannya Ring and Sakura Ring Are Also Equipped

The Snake Ring is the final ring completing the Hannya Ring and the Sakura Ring trilogy. Of the three, this might have the best-balanced stats of them all. It is expensive and the ring can be bought at Honolulu Daddies along with the pricier Chain Hook Ring. There’s not much else to say strategically other than to note this ring looks cool and is well worth all those hard-earned dollars in Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii.

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Vermillion Phoenix Ring

Another Part Of The God Quadrilogy

• Shop: Ganryujima Armory ($8,500)
• Bonus Effect: Resist Status Ailments When All Four God Rings Are Equipped (Like Black Tortoise Ring)

Finally, there is the Vermillion Phoenix Ring which is one of the godlikes next to the Black Tortoise Ring. It’s another expensive one and it can be purchased at Ganryujima Armory which is close to the Revolve Bar. It will boost the Attack and Defense stats nicely and bring players closer to preventing status effects, which is always a burden in an RPG. Players will have to wait to complete this quadrilogy until later in the game though.