Legend of the Ghost System
What is Legend level?
The Legend of the Ghost system is a measure of Jin’s reputation as The Ghost of Tsushima. This is indicated by the Legend level meter found in the upper right corner while looking at the map from the menu.
Raising your Legend Level unlocks Ghost Weapons and special effects in battle, giving you more creative ways to take out enemies.
Effects of Legend Level
Unlocks Ghost Weapons
Increasing your Legend Level grants you technique points to unlock Ghost Weapons. These are special tools that you can use to gain the upper-hand against enemies during inflitrations or even during direct combat.
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Enemies become helpless.
Among the most advantageous effects of having a high Legend level is instilling fear in enemies. Weak foes, for instance, will fall down in terror and beg for their lives upon seeing you, making them easier to kill. Note that tougher enemies may require higher Legend levels or may not back down from fighting you at all.
How to Raise Legend Level
Clear Tales (quests) and liberation missions.
Your Legend level increases as you accomplish certain feats such as clearing Tales and liberating Mongol-held Territories. Before taking on Tales and missions, you can see how much your Legend meter will gain for completing it.
Legend Levels
| Level | Effects |
|---|---|
| The Broken Samurai | None (starting level) |
| The Wandering Samurai | Maximum health increased, unlocks Kunai (Ghost Weapon), 1 technique point gained |
| The People’s Hope | Maximum health increased, unlocks Ghost Weapon, 1 technique point gained |
| The Unyielding Wind | Maximum health increased, unlocks Ghost Weapon, 1 technique point gained |
| The Shadow Samurai | Maximum health increased, unlocks Ghost Weapon, 1 technique point gained |
| The Hero of Tsushima | Maximum health increased, unlocks Ghost Weapon, 1 technique point gained |
| The Avenging Guardian | Maximum health increased, maximum Resolve increased, obtained Charm of Unseen Respite |
| The Phantom Samurai | Maximum health increased, obtained Charm of Ferocity and Charm of Toxic Demise |
| The Demon Blade | Max Health increased, obtained Charm of Hidden Blades |
| The Raging Storm | Maximum health increased, maximum Resolve increased, obtained Charm of Incineration |
| The Ghost of Tsushima | Maximum health increased, obtained Charm of Uneven Standing |
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Hi I’m not sure how this happened bu I skipped the demon blade up rank it took me straight to phantom samurai after maxing out the avenging guardian
You’re missing a legend. The Demon Blade is in between the Avenging and Phantom stages.
Hi Kyler, thanks for the heads up, we’ve updated it.
I think the legend level might depend on how often you break the samurai code. I accidentally assassinated someone and got an additional cutscene of your uncle talking about the code, not the story one you can’t avoid but an additional one. Now my legend rank is shadow samurai.
The rank isn’t based on the code breaking but how large your legend grows is from doing more and more things around Tsushima. If it were based in breaking the code, everyone would have maxed out probably by the beginning of act two. The additional cutscene is there to remind Jin of what he’s doing and why it is dishonorable to the ideals of a samurai, with the unskippable one being based on what you couldn’t control, and the shorter one you get from the first non story related assassination based on what you could control, further nailing home how you’ve had to go from samurai to effectively The Predator in Ancient Japan in order to effectively defeat the mongols. They likely intended for people to get this later in the game when the samurai approach becomes less and less useful against the later enemies, but even then it’s still pretty effective in its message.