The Legend of Black Hand Riku
The Legend of Black Hand Riku is an Iki Island Mythic Tale that starts at Fune's Refuge. You track a dead raider's cursed armour through a glowing sea cave and earn the Sarugami Armor, a high-risk set for players who trust their parry timing.
- Type
- Side
- Region
- Iki Island
- Rewards
- Moderate Legend increase, Sarugami Armor
Storylines
Part 4 of 9 in Mythic Tales
Part 14 of 16 in Tales of Iki
Found in
- Fune's RefugeFune's Refuge is a raider hideout on Iki Island run by Fune. You can only get in after the Tale of Iki A Raider's Return, when Tenzo brings Jin there.
- 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.
Good to know
- Region: Iki Island, starting at Fune's Refuge.
- Unlocks after A Raider's Return.
- Rewards: moderate Legend increase and the Sarugami Armor.
- A raider named Kashira tells the tale, and Minato, one of Riku's old crew, is on Mount Takenotsuji.
- The cave is found by following glowing water on the northeast coast at night.
- Sarugami Armor turns off normal parries. Perfect Parries become a chain attack, and Perfect Dodges hurt nearby enemies.
- It also widens Perfect Parry and Perfect Dodge windows and raises Resolve gains.
- At tier II, Perfect Parry becomes a three-hit chain. A fifth tier is New Game+ only.
What you do
Listen to Kashira at Fune's Refuge, then ride to Mount Takenotsuji to find Minato and rescue her. She tells you the mutiny against Riku happened near glowing water on the northeast shore. Wait for night, follow the glow to a cave, and light a brazier to open the dark passage. Search the cave for the armour.
What happensSpoilerShow
Once you find the armour, things go badly. You duel Black Hand Riku himself in the cave, take the Sarugami Armor from him and have to escape his lair. Outside, Kashira and his men are waiting to take it from you, and you have to cut them down.
Tips
Only equip the Sarugami Armor if you can land Perfect Parries reliably. Without normal parries, a mistimed block leaves you open, but a good one starts a combo and fills your Resolve fast. The glowing water only shows at night, so if you reach the coast in daylight, wait until dark before you search.
- Black Hand RikuBlack Hand Riku is a blind former pirate captain who hides on Iki Island with his armour, the Sarugami Armor. You duel him at the end of the Iki Mythic Tale about his legend, and beating him earns you that armour.
- FuneFune leads the biggest band of raiders left on Iki Island in the expansion. She has no patience for samurai, but she teams up with Jin to fight the Eagle Tribe. Her side story about her daughter Toki is one of the darker threads on Iki.
- Sarugami ArmorThe Sarugami Armor is the reward for beating Black Hand Riku in his Mythic Tale on Iki Island. It turns off normal parries and rewards perfect timing instead, turning perfect parries into combo counters and perfect dodges into attacks.
- Sarugami HelmetSarugami Helmet is a helmet you receive while playing "The Legend of Black Hand Riku", from Mythic Tale. It is a story reward, so the tale is the only way to get it.
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