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Top Dog Route
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(These notes are out of date/have an incorrect praise route) Detailed notes can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13q6A60kVjdsHRA_qq3fv-sZCTV3vbupSgScAgmY13GY/edit?usp=sharing

Current up-to-date route by Cadarev found here: https://github.com/Cadarev/Notes/blob/main/Okami_Top_Dog.pdf

Go here for trophy requirements: http://pastebin.com/ipJWBfc7

Super super simplified notes w/o praise route by Darkness:

Cave of Nagi Stray Bead #1

Kamiki Village Grab seeds after sunrise and feed birds Jump down and grab S slip Digging minigame Dragonfly beads in turnip field Get Sake from Kushi Draw pole and sun for Orange Treasure in water by bridge Do boulder SHOP: sell treasure 3 of Herb, seed, meat

Hana Valley Grab Traveler's Charm from chest After Second Yellow imp fight feed boars and do trees for praise Restore cursed spot before bridge Dig up Bead #11 before fighting campfire imps Feed monkeys and grab digging tips on island

Shinshu Field Grab scroll from chest at sapling SHOP: Sell stuff, 5 feedbags, 2sfs, 2 S slips Dig up wooden bear by Shinshu bloom spot Fight demon gate by Hana Valley Dig up Bead #8 in the corner by kiln Give Traveler's Charm to Ida Dig up Bead #7 south of Sapling Dig up Bead #5 down the hill on the right by big Torji Get Wanted List, and fight first scroll by Tama's House Grab chest in front of Tama's House Get Cherrybomb Rat Statue in Cherrybomb wall Rabbits by Ida, Scroll by first tree stump Scroll south of nameless man's house Scroll by Kamiki arrow sign

Kamiki Village Feed rabbits Learn Lilypad Bead #2 on the way to Lilypad Bead #3 behind sun fragment chest NW of bush

Shinshu Field Feed Horses by dojo(herbs) Do spring demon gate Feed pigs by dojo(seeds) Feeding tips scroll by Agata Entrance Reju cursed grass and get coral fragment

Agata Forest Bloom Agata Grab Devout Beads Waka: SFS spam CB NG Lacquerware Set Fish w/ Kokari Bloom bulb by Kokari's house Grab S slip out of bud by cursed grass Bead #14 on ledge above Tsuta Ruins Feed deer by entrance grab chest by entrance Enter Tsuta

Tsuta Ruins Grab Chest w/ Enhancing Divintiy on right Grab Vase Chest before door Bloom Bud on path for incense burner Grab sfs by Ball, fight ogre Ball skip w/ CB 2 Bud Ogre's: SFS+CB Grab S slip after Blockhead Bomb Black wall on the way up for Bead #18 Grab S slip from bulb by blue scroll Fight Demon Gates and break pots Bead #19 behind waterfall grab lacquerware set Get Vine Go back to stone ball and get stray bead #20 Vine up to the top and skip cutscene Grab Godhood tips chest to the left Spider Queen: NG+ strat

Agata Forest Feed birds by Kokari's house Dig Bead #13 by Kokari's house Grab inkfinity stone from bulb to right of ink stone Vine up to the right for Bead #15 Vine and grab bull horn Trigger Mermaid spring Vine up to Bead #16 in chest Merchant: Sell Valuables BUY: 2 Gold Dust Grab Battle Tips scroll by Kiba Log mini-game Ink Bullet tips across log bridge

Taka Pass Merchant: BUY: 3 sfs, 3 M and 3 L slips Equip Snarling Beast during Waka fight Waka: SFS+CB Bloom Taka Get Golden Mushroom feed dog on the way to demon gate restore mermaid spring

Kusa Village Merchant: BUY: a few MC's Talk to Fuse and use M slip on fight Get Canine Tracker To the left of Fuse between tree and rock Bead #27 Get lacquerware set in chest near the bead jump down to Cherry bomb Dog and feed raccoons Feed CB Dog Dig stray bead #28 in Mr. Bamboo's house Feed Bamboo Dog Feed Grass Dog Vine up to Chickens and feed them Feed Cave Dog Run back to Fuse Tei: SFS+CB Merchant: SELL: treasures BUY: 2 SFS

Taka Pass Go to Cutter's House Dig Bead #22 behind rock by water Wait for night Cutter's: M slip

Sasa Sanctuary Dig Bead #30 to the left after gate opens Go into top left room Dot Eye for Bead #31 Grab items from Sparrow Boss' room Learn Waterspout Talk to crying sparrow feed tigers(meat) FrankerZ: SFS+CB Dig Bead #32 in the back Get MC from Mr. Bamboo Warp to Agata

Agata Forest Fill Bucket 3x Grab sfs on the way to Kokari Fish and learn Crescent FrankerZ: SFS+CB Run to Shinshu, through tunnel Dig bead #6 behind dojo

Kamiki Village Fight Kumosu's enemies within 12 sec Run up hill and fight Hayabusa Hayabusa: SFS+CB Bead #4 at top of waterfall Warp to Taka, and run to Kusa

Kusa Village Get Satomi orbs from Fuse Run into Gale Shrine

Gale Shrine Chimera: Cherry Bomb(ff: Powerslash) Get under elevator Feed mice, stray bead #33 in chest Fight Chimera and learn Galestorm Go back to 2nd floor and open chest for Bead #34 Turn Bridge Grab Brush tips scroll Grab all chests and feed Mice Crimson Helm: 1S GS 1L 1S Melee

Kusa Village Run left feed Monkey's run left and get Praise from stuff Fight Komuso's enemies Make day Get Haruka's List GO IN AND SLASH DOOR WALK OUT AND BACK IN Go to streamers and do hard jumps for Bead #29 Go to Taka

Taka Pass GS pile of leaves by Pond girl Bead #24 Scroll by bridge next to Cutter's House for Fish Scroll outside Waka tunnel for Fish Scroll north of by Demon Gate under Tree for Fish Slash bubbles in Waka Tunnel for bead #21 Go up tunnel and open flaming chests for Bead #25 Scroll west of upper tunnel exit Feed Horses here Vine up konohana's until reaching Tiger Statue Scroll north of by Demon Gate under Tree for Fish Mermaid spring to Shinshu Equip and dust Life Beads Run to Kamiki Take Kushi to Moon Cave

Moon Cave Grab Thunder Brew and get mask Skip vine pot cutscene Talk to Ajimi for key Jump on Pot for M slip Vine across and get Ogre Liver Back Track and Waterspout twice break bridge drain water Fight Black Imp Elevator skip Hug left and M slip fight Learn Inferno Take elevator Get Lips of Ice Restore broken bridge Fight Fire Eye M slip Grab key and grab L slip in chest Go back to main room and unlock sand room Do cherry bomb skip Inferno the cannon Get Black demon horn Talk to Ajimi Do bell 8x and get Kutani Pottery

Orochi Merchant: Need 3S 4L

Powerslash Fire Head Fire, Bloom, Fire, Bloom, Fire, Earth, Earth L slip

Drug 3 heads L then S, repeat 2x

Kamiki Village Merchant: MCs Feedbags 1M 1L (Leave 30ish k) Go to shinshu and grab backup Vslip Warp to Taka Equip and dust glaive Run to City Checkpoint

City Checkpoint Use Inferno arrow Vine for Dragon Statue and Bead #39 Jump on shore dig Bead #36 behind bushes Put out burning chest for Bead #37 Grab Mother Tree scroll under stairs Bloom all Cursed grass Dig up Bead #38 on left side by rock Run to Ryo. Coast

Ryoshima Coast Bloom Ryo. Coast Feed cows(herbs) Run to dojo learn Holy Eagle and Digging Champ Dig Bead #43 outside dojo Grab crystal on top of turret Fight Ubume Run to Sei-an

Sei-an City Merchant: BUY: Both rods, herbal meds, charcoal Grab chests on the way to digging game Go fish with Benkei Talk to Rao 2x powerslash chests(Not Rao's OpieOP) Grab MSlip and Land of the Gods scroll Grab Rao's slips Talk to Rao 3x Go to Ryo. Coast

Ryoshima Coast Fight Demon Gate by Inaba take Inaba to animal guy for Bead #42 Use Crescent on Moon Turret Dig up M slip Go into Sunken Ship

Sunken Ship Middle chest in first room Celestial Envoy Fight Jiro and Saburo Use sunrise on sky Fight Ichiro CB Go to cannon CB panels Second side room in hallway Bead #57 cut barrel, roll it jump up and get monkey statue Drain water kill seaweed monster grab key, grab mallet Bead #58 behind mallet Leave

DO NOT GET EATEN Lilypad and double jump, use inkfinity if needed Sei-an merchant: sell stuff Get Hammered

Mini Palace past Kaguya is Thunder DM fight ff:PS Learn Veil of Mist Fight after mist FIGHT FIRE DOOM MIRROR BEFORE SPIDERS Blight: SFS Mist when he attacks charge glaive spam beads

Sei-an City Buy Fog Pot, Grab Mist tech scroll Grab Rooster statue behind him Make night and Dig Bead #59 Talk to Kaguya 2x Mermaid spring to sasa

Sasa Sanctuary USE INKFINITY BEFORE DIGGING go right and get fire tablet warp to Sei-an

Sei-an City Fishing

Day Small River Crab Killifish Smelt

Medium Goby Crawfish Black Bass Sweetfish Trout Koi

Large Huchen Salmon Sturgeon Mountain Trout

Night

Small Loach

Medium Freshwater Eel Robalo Catfish Giant Catfish

Dig Bead #51 by bridge by 3 bushes Go past guards and go right for sheep statue Grab scroll at top of elevator Talk with Himiko a lot Go down elevator and get Bead #55 behind it Jump to the right door just outside palace Jump down to the left for Bead #54 Run to Komuso and fight for Bead #52 Bead #53 east of Benkei's Bridge Make night and go to restaurant Get Fireburst and get Tech scroll Get Masu's wanted list In Mr. Flower's house Bead #47 Give charcoal to little girl Do first design and grab Bead #46 in water Give meds to Blossom Do Charcoal quest until Bead #48 Upgrade wallet, SELL FISH SELL FISH Go to Ryo Coast and free the Spring Go to N. Ryo. Coast

North Ryoshima Coast Dig left side of broken bridge for Bead #60 Warp to N. Ryo. Rocky Area Grab Bead #64 Stock high on Fish Dig Bead #61 by cows near Yoichi Digging champ hole Bead #63 and boar statue Trigger Mermaid spring Summon Orca Cut down Peach and grab stuff on tree island Go to Catcall Tower

Catcall Tower Fight Poltergeist(ff:Galestorm) Mark of Kabegame scroll by torch Stop at all heights and grab stuff Bead #67 and Cat Statue on the way up Learn Catwalk Jump down to the bottom catwalk up pillars for Bead #69 Climb tower again for Bead #68 Warp to N. Ryo.

North Ryoshima Coast If not 180k skip Cherry bomb Cherrybomb 2 120k grab scroll Powerslash 2 60k grab scroll Fish for Marlin Dig Bead #62 between 3 bushes on Marlin Island Catwalk up Watcher's Cape Dog Statue between 3 bushes by CW part Fight Blue Cyclops Make Star for Watcher GS galaxy Get Whirlwind Take orca to Dragon Palace

Dragon Palace Behind stairs CB and get Bead #70 Talk to Otohime Go to East palace Restore Drum for Bead #71 Do digging game Learn Whirlpool and grab scroll Do Dragon normally, PS the Tube Foxes Grab treasure box, jump up for Bead #72 Run to Ankoku Temple

Sei-an City Grab scroll by hatch Evil Rao: SFS+CB Run to Oni Island Buy GD if possible

Oni Island Go left on split and get pearl Fight Blue and Red Ogre Merchant: 6L Grab Key Race tobi Grab treasures Learn Thunderstorm Go through maze grabbing stuff Do Oni Island as "normal" #RIPTobi Fight Ninetails

Ninetails Mist, beads spam, Thunder Hit fat one L slip Repeat with old one Finish him with slips

North Ryoshima Coast Switch Main to Kusanage Go to Urushima's house Give T. Box for Bead #66 Warp to Kamiki

Kamiki Village Talk to Camille, headbutt her Merchant: BUY 3 sfs Go to shinshu

Shinshu Field Race Ida 3x for Gimmick Gear Go up top Dig up White Porcelain pot Fight demon gates Open Kamui

Kamui Fight Namahages Enter Oki's house and leave Oki: 1st SFS+Melee 2nd SFS+CB Bloom Kamui To the left of Kokari dig Etched Glass Feed Cranes Fish w/ Kokari

Day Small Blowfish Scallop Sea Horse

Medium Octopus Yellowtail Squid

Large Supreme Tuna Oarfish

Night

Small Flying Fish

Medium Nautilus Monkfish

To right of Kokari grab White P. Pot Dig to right in front of Dojo for Bead #74 Learn 3&4 Shears and Sword Dance if poss. Fight Igloo Turtle Digging Champ BH Grande Bead #78 Grab chests by BH Grande Release Spring by Wali's house Across spring dig Amber Tassels Turn around dig Bead #77 Feed sheep by Wali's house Get Wali's Wanted List 1st Wanted IG outside his house Grab scroll in cave by Wali's house Go to Wep'keer

Wep'keer House to the right dig Jade Tassels Go upstairs by Cranes and dig up Bead #80 Go up shop stairs and go right Bead #81 behind bear in alcove By Any% KT Bead #82 Talk to Samickle Dig up Kutani Pottery Leave Wep'keer Talk with Kai Takl with Kemu Run to Ezofuji

Ezofuji Grab scroll by save mirror Talk to Tuskle To the right vine to rock slab Dig Bead #86 Vine up Dig Bead #85 by clover spot Run to the east and get Bead #84 Run to Kamui

Kamui Jump off to the left Grab Bead #76 Grab Amethyst Tassels feed cranes Jump down to scroll with 2nd Wanted IT Fight Bull Charger(ff: inferno) Fight 3rd Wanted IT in Yoshpet Entrance Enter Yoshpet

Yoshpet Go wrong way at first path for Cat's Eye Tassels chest before second path for Bead #88 wrong way third path for Bead #89 Go into Ponc'tan

Ponc'tan Vine to the left and grab bead #91 Vine to the right of the entrance for Agate Tassels Go behind his house and vine to west grab bead #92 to the west Talk to Ishaku Talk with Miya Talk to Ishaku Enter Inner Yoshpet

Inner Yoshpet Grab Turquoise Tassels from the first chest after first snowball section get Bead #94 wrong way the second time for Bead #95 Catwalk section go right for Bead #96 Enter Spirit Gate

BiT section Feed dog and restore trees Fight Nagi SFS+CB Dress Nagi in Nami's robes Fight all scrolls afford and dust Res Beads Get Silver Pocket Watch Farm for a bit Yen: ~700k Demon Fangs: ~150 Merchant: 4L 3S Dogu Fight: PS Enter Moon Cave

True Orochi Fire, Bloom, Fire, Bloom, Earth, Earth L 3 drunk L 3 drunk L 2 drunk L Run to wep'keer

Wep'keer Grab Bead #83 in back of snowball area Go to Wawku Shrine

Wawku Shrine Equip and dust Thunder Edge and Kusanagi as sub Blow up cannons and dig right for Ruby Tassels Dig left for Bead #97 Do minigame go up water Inferno chest just outside door for Sapphire Tassels Get Blizzard Re-equip Thunder Edge on way back inside freeze vertical flame spider for Bead #98 Freeze spider before vining over and grab Bead #99 Spam 5Ls in Nechku fight Grab gear talk to Oki Continue normally Galestorm fire chest in fire wheel room for Emerald Tassels Continue normally Buy 5Ls, use 5L on Lechku and Nechku Get Powerslash 3 Run back to Wep'keer

Wep'keer Use Origin Mirror and go to Ezofuji Rocky Area Grab Bead #87 Warp back to Wep'keer Go to Kamui

Kamui Jump to the left and do Devil Gate Trials for Bead #79 Go through Yoshpet and Inner Yoshpet for Praise Enter Ponc'tan and Talk to Ishaku for Bead #93 Race with Kai for Bead #90 Return to Kamui Make it night Fight 4th Wanted IT next to the merchant Fight 5th Wanted IT East of Blockhead Grande Grab CB 3 and scroll Warp to Dragon Palace

Dragon Palace Talk to Otohime and get Bead #73 Exit Dragon Palace

North Ryoshima Coast Go to the middle island in the west Do Devil Gate Trial for Bead #65 Head to island south of that and do fishing

Fishing Day Small Starfish Clownfish

Medium Moray Red Snapper Stripped Snapper

Large Loggerhead Turtle Sunfish Manta

Night

Medium Bonito Lobster

Go to east island by Cat Tower for praise Go to mermaid spring and warp to Sei-an

Sei-an City Get Water Tablet from Emperor Learn Deluge grab scroll Learn Thunderbolt grab scroll Use lightning on Gen's chest for Bead #56 Light 2 stone torches Make it night Race Hayazo 1- Watch for Samurai Dandy Race Hayazo 2- Millet Dumplings for Momotaro Draw tree for Camille, draw tree deluge Talk to Camellia for Bead #50 Race Hayazo 3- Hairpin for City guy Get 50 praise from City guy Race Hayazo 4- Tao Mask for Abe Get Bead #49 from Abe Horse Statue behind HQ Run to Ryo. Coast

Ryoshima Coast PS3 crystal Fight Wanted TE by Animal Lover Race 3x w/ Hayate to get Bead #45 Fight Wanted TE east of cursed grass Run to Sunken Ship Bead #41 on ship run to tied mountains for Snake Statue PS2 rock on beach Fight Wanted TE in front of big bell Fight Wanted TE by cows by trial Do Devil Gate Trial for Bead #44 Fight Wanted TE by Ryo entrance Warp to City Checkpoint

City Checkpoint Dig Bead #40 up river run to Taka

Taka Pass Turn night Fight scroll closest to Bingo for Wanted Fish Feed foxes by bingo do Bingo's digging game Dig Bead #23 south of Bingo Digging champ cave to the right of Bingo Get Bead #26 from cave by Bingo Run to Kusa

Kusa Village Go fight Kusa 5 for Bead #35 Warp to Agata

Agata Forest Get bead #12 in Madame Fawn's house GS the middle Madame Fawn chest for Bead #17 PS3 crystal by her house PS3 crystal by log Digging champ by Tsuta for Bull statue Digging champ by mermaid spring go through tunnel Digging champ after tunnel

Shinshu Field Deliver pots for Nameless Man 1st Pot- by his house 2nd Pot- Cave by Kabegami 3rd Pot- up hill to the right of the sapling Grab 4th Pot Go to Tama's and CB3 for Bead #9 4th Pot- Where Moon Cave was Return Mika's Wanted List 5th Pot- Jump down to the left of Torji Return to Nameless Man for Bead #10 WARP TO KAMUI FOR DOJO TECHNIQUES WARP TO KAMUI FOR DOJO TECHNIQUES

FINAL TROPHY CHECK clean up whatever was missed (most likely will just need more praise) Page 4 of Bestiary, 2nd Column Nechku

FINAL FINAL TROPHY CHECK go to Ezofuji enter Ark

Ark of Yamato Marco: SELL: EVERYTHING unnecessary BUY: Mass L slips, Bones and whatnot

Blight VoM is your friend, SFS, glaive spam

True Orochi 2 Fire, Bloom, Fire, Bloom, Earth, Earth Kill Bell SFS Glaive spam

Spider Queen NG+ Any%

Crimson Hem NG+ Any%

Ninetails VoM, Beads, thunder, attack fat one, Lslip repeat w/ old one 2 Lslips

Marco: BUY Mass L slips

Yami Phase 1: L slips OpieOP Phase 2: L slips OpieOP Phase 3: L slips OpieOP Phase 4: L slips OpieOP Phase 5: SFS Bead and Glaive Spam Pass out and wake up 12-16 hours later. GG

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