All About Sekiro Endings and How to Get those Step by Step

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice has 4 different endings. If you claim those 4 endings you will ultimately get the platinum trophy. Sekiro Endings are –

Shura Ending – Bad Ending

Immortal Severance Ending – Sad Ending or Simple ending

Purification Ending – Second Best Ending 

Return Ending – The Best Ending Or True Ending

Sekiro Endings Need Completely Different Steps To Trigger The Endings

The Player’s action determines what ending they will get. After defeating Genichiro and collecting the  items when you will come back to ashine the scenarios will be changed. You can find Owl father there on top of the Ashina Castle there. There while talking to Owl you can choose either “follow the iron code” or “Stay loyal to Kuro”. Accepting the iron code will lead only one ending and it finishes the game half way. On the other hand, staying loyal to Kuro leads to other 3 Sekiro endings. 

“Follow the iron code” – Sekiro Endings

Shura Ending : It  is considered on of the worst Sekiro endings. “Shura” is someone who becomes merciless after killing so many people and he kills people without any reason. When you choose “Obey the Iron Code, Forsake Kuro” from the dialogue box the shura ending gets activated. After choosing that the final boss fight appears there and the game also ends halfway there. There you fight “Emma” and then “Isshin”. Lastly, you kill Owl Father in the cut scene. The Ashina province is soon engulfed by flames and bloodshed. How to Progress this Sekiro endings:

1. Progress the story till collecting the Lotus of the Palace and the Shelter Stone key items.
2. Returning to the top of Ashina Castle, The Owl will give you the choice to follow the Iron Code or to continue to serve Kuro, the Divine Heir.
3. Choose “follow the Iron Code” and then fight the next two boss fights.

“Stay loyal to Kuro” – Sekiro Endings

Immortal Severance Ending: It is the Saddest from Sekiro endings. After staying Loyal to Kuro you have to just continue the game and finish it without triggering any “Dialogue Box”. There you stay as the last immortal and Kuro kills himself with the  mortal blade while you are holding it to end the blessing of dragon tears. How to Progress this Sekiro endings:

1. Choose to continue to serve Kuro when the owl father asks you in mid game and then proceed through the rest of the game.
2. Beat the final boss, talk to Kuro, and choose to give Kuro ONLY the Divine Dragon’s Tears.

Purification Ending : Second Best from the Sekiro Endings. Here you have to do some “Eavesdrop” to know some secrets and unlock a dialogue box with Emma to know a way to save Kuro. Here you travel to the past to face “Someone Powerful” and get an item from him to save “Kuro”.

1. Defeat Genichiro at the top of Ashina Castle, get the Mortal Blade from The Divine Child, and acquire “the Lotus of the Palace”  after defeating the Guardian Ape or “the Shelter Stone key item” from the Corrupted Monk respectively..
2. Exhaust all dialogues with Kuro and Emma, including a conversation with Kuro about the Mortal Blade. Eavesdrop on Kuro while he’s standing near the incense burner. Multiple rests may be required for Kuro to appear here instead of the library. The specific location for eavesdropping requires the player to stand just around the corner behind Kuro and the large statue he stands near. Go around behind the statue and then hug the wall on the left side of it. Rest and repeat until you eavesdrop on Kuro until he is mentioning a secret he’s keeping from Sekiro which includes the phrase “Do… what must be done.”  If you are not getting this eavesdropping conversation you might not have exhausted all dialogues yet with Kuro and/or Emma. (You may also eavesdrop on Kuro in the library, while facing the window in the corner, and looking back at Kuro to eavesdrop.
3. After resting, You can find Emma at the top of the stairs. Interact with her and agree to keep Kuro alive.
4. Again Progress the story and collect the second key item That you didn’t collect yet (Lotus of the Palace or Shelter Stone). At this point you will face the new Interior Ministry Ninjas at Ashina Castle.
5. At the top of Ashina Castle, You will find Owl, who will give you the choice to follow the “Iron Code” or “to continue to serve Kuro, the Divine Heir”. You choose to continue to serve Kuro and defeat The Owl.
6. You can find Emma at the top of the stairs again. Talk to her , she will now give you Tomoe’s Note.
7. Travel to the Old Grave Idol and go to the left, you will find Emma standing in front of two tombstones. Talk to Emma. Then travel to the Dilapidated Temple.
8. Eavesdrop on Emma and Sculptor from behind the temple. Talk to Emma and then choose “Ask about what you overheard”, and then, “What are you hiding?” to receive Father’s Bell Charm. Use it at the Buddha statue. Another thing,  If you haven’t completed the Hirata Estate area, you have to kill Lady Butterfly by completing the area  before you can use Father’s Charm.
9. Use Father’s charm Go to the Lady Butterfly boss room and defeat Owl (Father) to obtain an Aromatic Flower that owl has.  
10. Beat the final boss, talk to Kuro, and choose to give him the Aromatic Flower (“Everblossom”) and the Divine Dragon’s Tears.

Return Ending : “Best” or “True” ending from the Sekiro Endings. A complicated to unlock ending. You have to take many steps and correctly interact with “Divine Child of Rejuvenation”. After completing steps she will Give Frozen Tears. Giving the Divine Dragon’s Tears and Frozen Tears to Kuro will allow the Divine Child to perform the Cradling Ritual and absorb Kuro within herself.  Kuro and the Divine Child then become one and she will feel Kuro in her his will.  She will  travel west to return the Dragon from whence it came, Sekiro will join her journey.  Finally, the end of  the Dragon’s Heritage will return to Japan.

1. You may start by acquiring the Holy Chapter: Infested early.  This item is required later on for the ending but can be acquired sooner. You can get it in two way:
   • Before defeating Genichiro Ashina or specifically, before learning where the Mortal Blade is from Isshin after defeating Genichiro: 
     • Talk to the old woman who is praying near the Ashina Castle Idol. 
     • Travel to the Main Hall Idol in Senpou Temple, Mt. Kongo. There will be a monk praying to the Buddha. Speak to him to get the Holy Chapter: Infested.
   • If you have already defeated Genichiro Ashina and spoken to Kuro afterwards, and the monk is no longer there:
     • You can find the Holy Chapter: Infested at the bottom of the pond near the Temple Grounds Idol.  You must obtain the Mibu Breathing Technique that you will get after defeating  Corrupted Monk in Mibu Village, Ashina Depths to dive underwater.
2. Travel to Inner Sanctum Idol to talk to Divine Child of Rejuvenation. Talk to her to receive Rice and give her the Holy Chapter: Infested now as well.
3. Use the rice. Reset the area completely,leave Senpou Temple and return (using the return idol will not reset the area); resting will not suffice. If you have more than one rice or Fine Snow in your inventory from previous playthroughs, you need to get rid of all of them.
4. Repeat this step, asking for more Rice and using it until you trigger the Divine Child to fall asleep. Ask her for Rice one last time, use the Rice, and reset the area.
5. The Divine Child will now not be feeling very well. Exhaust her dialogue and give her a Persimmon and you can buy this from the vendor in Shugendo; he also gives you one for free if you visit him after speaking with the Divine Child for the first time. Give her a Persimmon and then ask for more Rice. She will give you the item Rice for Kuro and ask that you give it to him.
6. You can give Rice to Kuro immediately or later, but do it before defeating the Divine Dragon. Once you give Kuro the Rice for Kuro, rest at the idol and speak to him again. He will give you two Sweet Rice Balls. You can use one of them (not mandatory) for a little extra dialogue with Kuro and later with the Child.
7. Travel back to the Divine Child and talk to her.
8.  Once you have given The Holy Chapter: Infested to her, rest so that she moves to the Illusory Hall where you fought the Folding Screen Monkeys . You can see an entry portal is in the water directly across from  Inner Sanctum.
9. At the Illusory Hall talk to the Divine Child  who tells you to seek out a High Senpou priest.
10. Travel to Main Hall Idol at Senpou Temple and retrieve the Holy Chapter: Dragon’s Return from the cave just outside the Hall’s side entrance. The item will be on the blue monk’s corpse at the end of the cave.  This item cannot be acquired from the corpse until this point is reached in the quest line. Then rest.
11. Talk to the Divine Child who has moved back to the Inner Sanctum, give her Holy Chapter: Dragon’s Return. She will mention needing two serpentine fruits:
    • Fresh Serpent Viscera: From the Senpou Temple Idol to the right and below is a large hat Ministry enemy you will use the Puppeteer Ninjutsu technique on which will have him operate the kite crank. Go up the hill and through the temple with the undying monk and up into the large tree by the Old Hag. Use the kite as a grappling point to cross the valley to reach the Sunken Valley Cavern Idol. Plunge attack the Great Serpent and receive Fresh Serpent Viscera (note that you need to encounter the Great Serpent in the Sunken Valley for it to appear).
    • Dried Serpent Viscera: You will need to have encountered the Great Serpent at the bridge leading to the Gun Fort for the Great Serpent to be there. Travel to the Bodhisattva Valley Idol and head down toward where the Toxic Memorial Mob is located and enter into the cave behind him. At the end of the cave is another Great Serpent and you will need to use the Puppeteer Ninjutsu on the nearby monkey to distract the Serpent in order to grapple across safely and head into the house to find the Dried Serpent Viscera.
12. Travel to the Divine Child and give her both Viscera items. Rest then eavesdrop.
13. After that, progress the story. Then choose to Stay Loyal to Kuro, defeat Owl, and burn the Fountainhead Incense at the Altar after talking to Kuro.
14. Travel back to the Inner Sanctum; the doors are now open. Talk to the Divine Child to receive Frozen Tears.
15. Continue the game normally, beat the final boss, talk to Kuro, and give him the Frozen Tears with the Divine Dragon’s Tears.

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