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Masks
Masks are face pieces for Jin, worn in the Mask slot of the Gear menu. They come from tales, armor upgrades, exploration, the dye merchants, Gift Altars and New Game+, and they are cosmetic only.
- Set
- Masks
- How many
- 49
- Reward
- Cosmetic only
Good to know
- The game has 49 masks.
- 9 come from tales and 10 from Gift Altars after main story tales.
- 4 come from armor upgrades and 4 from the White, Black and Crimson Dye Merchants.
- 9 come from exploration and activities such as Bamboo Strikes and Inari Shrines.
- 12 are New Game+ only; Baku sells 11 and finishing New Game+ gives the last.
- Many are based on real samurai face armor called men-yoroi.
How to get them
Story progress gives the most: tale rewards plus a Gift Altar mask for each main milestone. Completing all Bamboo Strikes or all Inari Shrines earns a mask each, and two Wind Shrines give one too.
Mask styles
Real samurai masks came in several cuts: forehead-only hitai-ate, brow-and-cheek happuri, cheek-and-chin hanbo, nose-down menoshita-bo and full-face somen. The game's masks cover most of these styles.
Finding them
Hidden masks have no map icon. Set the Guiding Wind to vanity gear or follow a Golden Songbird.
- Iki IslandIki Island is the separate island southeast of Tsushima where the Iki Island expansion takes place. The Eagle Tribe under Ankhsar Khatun has taken it over, and Jin must face both the Mongols and his father's history there.
- IzuharaIzuhara is the southern region of Tsushima and the first one you explore in Act 1. It is where you rescue Lord Shimura from Castle Kaneda, meet most of your allies and learn the stealth tools that turn Jin into the Ghost.
KamiagataKamiagata is the snowy northern region of Tsushima and the setting for Act 3. It is thinly settled and harsh, and it is where you chase Khotun Khan to his final stronghold at Port Izumi.- ToyotamaToyotama is the central region of Tsushima, between Izuhara and Kamiagata. Act 2 plays out here: you rally allies, liberate Yarikawa and march on Castle Shimura, while side tales for Norio, Yuna and Yuriko open up.
Related collectibles
- Image: Sucker Punch Productions / PlayStationBamboo Strikes
Bamboo Strikes
Bamboo Strikes are button-timing challenges where Jin slices a row of bamboo poles. There are 20 in all, 16 on Tsushima and 4 on Iki, and completing them raises your maximum Resolve.
- Image: Sucker Punch Productions / PlayStationCharms
Charms
Charms are equippable trinkets that add perks to Jin, from extra health to silent arrows. You earn them from Shinto shrines, side tales and Legend ranks, and the six slots you can fill let you tune Jin for stealth, archery or swordplay.
- Image: Sucker Punch Productions / PlayStationDyes
Dyes
Dyes are colour variants for Jin's armor, bows and Sakai horse armor. Most come from merchants for flowers, others from tales, Wind Shrines, Sakai Banners or Baku in New Game+, and none change stats.
- Image: Sucker Punch Productions / PlayStationHaiku
Haiku
Haiku are short poems Jin writes at quiet, scenic spots on Tsushima and Iki Island. Each of the 19 open-world spots rewards a cosmetic headband, so this is where most of your headbands come from.