Assassin’s Creed Shadows open world is full of many things, but one of the most time-consuming yet rewarding and fun challenges scattered throughout the world are castles. These castles can range dramatically in difficulty and in level, but they all offer meaningful progression.
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Sakamoto Castle is one of the middle-ground castles, where it isn’t as difficult as some of the hardest, but it’s not as easy as some of the easier. Much of the difficulty in this castle comes down to the layout, which gives you very few options when it comes to maneuvering through the outer and inner sections.
How To Find Sakamoto Castle
Sakamoto Castle is in the Omi Region, on the southwest portion of Lake Biwa. It’s just about directly west and across the water from Azuchi, and extends off of a fairly robust urban area of the city of Sakamoto.
How To Enter Sakamoto Castle
Sakomoto Castle has a few entrances, despite it being on the coast.
The easiest ways to enter are on the water-side, which is on the east side of the castle. Here, you can climb on a rock and use your grapple line to crawl onto the wall or take out the single guard standing watch on the staircase. There are, however, still more ways to enter the castle:
- You can jump and grapple onto the wall the same way on the northeast side, where there’s rock underneath the wall.
- There are multiple docks on the northeast side that you can use to enter the castle; just keep in mind that these are guarded.
- There’s a large scaffolding on the west side that you can climb up and over the wall from.
- There’s a small wooden pole sticking out of the building on the other side of the moat on the southwest side of the castle, and you can leap to the castle’s outer wall from there.
Where To Find Every Samurai
There are three Samurai in Sakomoto Castle, and they’re fairly isolated from one another.
First Samurai
The first samurai is in the outer section of the castle, near the armory. There’s a small wooden stage that’s been built there, and that samurai is on that stage, along with two other enemies standing in front of him.
This samurai has an explosive pot sitting right next to him; detonating that pot will give you a good start on taking down his health, and it will also take out at least one of the other guards nearby.
Second Samurai
The second samurai is almost directly east of the last one, but in the inner section of the castle walls. This samurai is standing and watching a guard train. There’s another guard east of them that might see a fight break out, so if you want to be safe, take that guard down before any fight ensues.
Third Samurai
The third samurai is on the third floor of the main building of the castle. They’re equipped with a weapon that has considerable reach, and while that might not be a problem outside, it’s something that you’ll need to keep in mind if you decide to take this samurai on in a straight fight.
Where To Find The Legendary Chest
The legendary chest for Sakamoto Castle can be opened once you’ve taken care of all the samurai, and is found in the same room as the third samurai. This legendary chest contains the Ship Captain’s Gear for Yasuke, which gives you a 50 percent chance to ignore incoming ranged attacks.
Smuggler Resources
There is a locked building with Smugglers Resources for your Hideout directly south of the main castle; there are multiple guards walking around the castle grounds with keys, but the guard patrolling in front of that building should have one, and he’ll be the easiest by proximity.
There’s another building of the same type to the north of the main castle building; this one is also locked, but it can be opened with the same key. No matter where you get your key for the Sakamoto Castle, you’ll be able to enter any locked area.
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