In this Ghost of Tsushima Stealth Guide we will guide you on how you can use Stealth to your advantage in Ghost of Tsushima. Stealth plays a major role in combat and you will be spending quite a lot of time sneaking around your enemies as you move around different areas trying to avoid enemies and picking them off one by one. It is important that you know everything about stealth and how different items and gear will further aid you as you stay in the shadows.
Stealth Guide – Ghost of Tsushima
Our Ghost of Tsushima Stealth Guide details everything that you need to know about stealth in Ghost of Tsushima.
How to be Stealthy in Ghost of Tsushima
Staying in the shadows is not enough because quite often you will be required to move around between enemies while staying quiet and out of sight. For this, you will need to know about the different stealth mechanics that Ghost of Tsushima has in place in order to help you become the ultimate ghost. You have the traditional crouch and jump at your disposal. If you want to remain stealthy, you will need to remain crouched all of the time.
While crouching, it will make it harder for the enemies to spot you especially if you are moving around in the grass. You can also remain stealthy by avoiding dropping down to the floor if you are high on the buildings. Simply jump from one roof to Ghost of Tsushima Stealth Guide another and you should be good to go. Roofs not only provide you with a good vantage point for drop-down attacks but you can also plan your move and survey the area for all of the enemies in the area from the roofs easily. While you are hidden, there are different ways by which you can easily eliminate your enemies without alerting others around them. These are:
- Standard Assassination – This is the classic silent kill. Move to the back of an enemy undetected and press Square to silently kill them. You can also drop down on enemies from the above for aerial assassinations.
- Critical Strikes – If the enemy is not dead by your stealth attack, then the attack counts as a critical strike. This week-point exploiting attack deals massive damage to the enemy and leaves little health for you to tackle after it.
- Kunai – If you are detected while sneaking around, the time is slowed down and during this short phase, you are able to take down the alerted enemy quickly with a Kunai attack before they can alert others.
- Chain Assassinations – After the successful first kill, if there are more enemies near you, you can press triangle and chain together a big attack that kills the entire group of the enemies.
Essential Stealth Gear
A lot of items and weapons in the game are designed in the game that will aid in stealth kills. These are detailed below:
- Firecrackers – Allows you to distract enemies or single them out. Since they are much louder, you can expect groups of enemies lured to the spot which is perfect for chain assassinations.
- Grappling Hook – Allows you jump from one roof to another roof.
- Kunai – Essential attacks that allow you to kill alerted enemies before they alert the entire area.
- Smoke Bombs – Throw these to become invisible right in front of your enemies’ eyes
- Wind Chimes – Wind Chimes allow you to distract or lure enemies so that you can take them out.
For more help with Ghost of Tsushima, you can check out the guides linked below.
- Weather Guide
- Standoff Guide
- Legend of the Ghost Guide
- Resolve Guide
- Charms Guide
- Resource Farming Guide
- Weapons Guide
- Mythic Arts Guide
- Legendary Thief Outfit Guide
- Dye Merchants Guide
This concludes our Ghost of Tsushima Stealth Guide. If you want to add anything to this guide, feel free to use the comments section below.
