The Laughing Bandits
The Laughing Bandits is an Izuhara side tale that starts with a crying woman in Kechi Fishing Village. You investigate a home, track bandits to the Komoda ruins and clear them out, earning a minor melee charm and 10 linen.
- Type
- Side
- Region
- Izuhara
- Province
- Komoda
- Rewards
- Minor Legend increase, minor melee charm, +10 linen
Storylines
Part 59 of 66 in Tales of Tsushima
Found in
- 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.
- Kechi Fishing VillageKechi Fishing Village sits north of Lake Izuhara and south of the Old Woodsman's Canopy. It falls to the Mongols at the start of Act 2, and freeing it pays steel.
Good to know
- It starts in Kechi Fishing Village in Komoda, Izuhara, north of Lake Izuhara.
- The woman whose home you investigate is named Saki.
- The bandits hole up in the Komoda ruins.
- Kechi becomes a Mongol territory at the start of Act 2.
- Rewards: minor Legend increase, a minor melee charm and 10 linen.
Where to find it
A rumor says Kechi has suffered under the Mongols. Visit the fishing village, north of Lake Izuhara, and look for the crying woman.
Objectives
Talk to the crying woman in Kechi, then go to Saki's home and search inside and outside it. Find the bandits' tracks and follow them, stopping to talk to an injured man. Head to the Komoda ruins, search them and kill the bandits. There is an optional extra group to kill too.
Wrapping up
Once the ruins are clear, a woman inside the house there needs a word. Then head back to Saki, and close things out with the man waiting on the dock.
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