Onimusha: Way of the Sword - How to get Power Stones
Overview & Key Takeaways
Power Stones in Onimusha: Way of the Sword are one of the most important currency types you can get. You need Power Stones to unlock most of Musashi's major skills. And yet for all their significance, Way of the Sword never tells you where or how to find them.
There are two main ways of getting Power Stones. One is largely outside your control, as it happens naturally while you progress the story. The other takes a bit of tracking down, and careful exploration of each level outside of the central Kyoto hub.
In this guide, we'll explain how to get Power Stones in Onimusha: Way of the Sword and what to look out for while you're searching for treasure.
Power Stones in Onimusha: Way of the Sword are one of the most important currency types you can get. You need Power Stones to unlock most of Musashi's major skills. And yet for all their significance, Way of the Sword never tells you where or how to find them.
There are two main ways of getting Power Stones. One is largely outside your control, as it happens naturally while you progress the story. The other takes a bit of tracking down, and careful exploration of each level outside of the central Kyoto hub.
In this guide, we'll explain how to get Power Stones in Onimusha: Way of the Sword and what to look out for while you're searching for treasure.
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How to get Power Stones in Onimusha: Way of the Sword
In our experience, you can get Power Stones in two ways. The first is by defeating bosses, but you'll only receive Power Stones as boss rewards in the main story. Defeating them in Takamura's training trials gets you nothing. Way of the Sword doles these bosses out at a regular pace, so after a few hours, you should have enough Power Stones to unlock four-ish skills.
After acquiring the initial skill in a branch, minor upgrades — the ones that increase a skill's damage, for example — tend to cost souls, rather than Power Stones, though you'll still need Power Stones for significant upgrades.
The second method for finding Power Stones is to loot them from black-and-gold chests. Most areas aside from the game's East Kyoto hub contain at least one black-and-gold chest.
Pillage these chests for Power Stones whenever you see 'em. | Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/Capcom
In our experience, the chests in East Kyoto tend to only contain Oni Stones, which are still useful, just not for standard skills. However, in the Oni Refuge, Underground Lab, and so on, we found one chest each with a single Power Stone inside. Make sure to explore everywhere you can in these areas.
If you're tired of searching and want an easier time tracking these chests down, you can upgrade your Oni Vision (with Oni Stones instead of Power Stones) so it points out collectibles and treasures for you.
That's it for our guide on how to get Power Stones in Onimusha: Way of the Sword. Precious as they are, don't hesitate to spend them on skills you want to experiment with. Way of the Sword lets you refund Power Stones and souls at no cost. If you find yourself filled with regrets over ill-chosen upgrades, just get it all back in one big rush and start again. For more help on everything this game has to offer, check out our combat guides on how to parry and deflect and how to Issen.
