Shinobi Prosthetic Tools & Upgrades

The Shinobi Prosthetic is your most versatile weapon in Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. Finding all 10 tools allows you to adapt to any boss's weakness. Once found, bring them to the Sculptor at the Dilapidated Temple to fit them to your arm.

All 10 Prosthetic Tool Locations (Spoiler-Free)

1. Loaded Shuriken

• Location: Ashina Outskirts (Outskirts Wall - Gate Path). Found on a corpse inside the second-floor window of the first gatehouse building. See Walkthrough Act 1 (Ashina Outskirts Part 1).
• Usage: Quick ranged chip damage. Deals massive posture damage to airborne enemies (dogs, jumping marksmen, etc.).

2. Shinobi Firecracker

• Location: Ashina Outskirts (Outskirts Wall - Gate Path). Purchased for 500 Sen from the Crow's Bed Memorial Mob merchant, located on top of the high hill near the gatehouse. See Walkthrough Act 1 (Ashina Outskirts Part 1).
• Usage: Stuns beasts (horses, bulls, apes) and human enemies, creating a wide opening to attack or heal.

3. Flame Vent

• Location: Hirata Estate (Estate Path). Inside the campfire bonfire surrounded by multiple drinking bandits. See Walkthrough Act 1 (Hirata Estate Part 1).
• Usage: Deals fire damage. Inflicts the "Burn" status, which deals damage over time and halts posture recovery. Indispensable for Chained Ogre.

4. Loaded Axe

• Location: Hirata Estate (Estate Path). Inside a small tool shed temple, after eavesdropping on two bandits talking about an axe. See Walkthrough Act 1 (Hirata Estate Part 1).
• Usage: Deals heavy posture damage and instantly shatters enemy wooden shields.

5. Mist Raven

• Location: Hirata Estate (Bamboo Thicket Slope). Jump off the bridge, swim upstream, grapple onto the ledge, look for the bamboo-blocked cave entrance. Jump up the well inside to find a three-story pagoda guarded by a powerful purple shinobi. The feathers are inside. See Walkthrough Act 1 (Hirata Estate Part 2).
• Usage: Allows you to teleport out of harm's way when struck, setting up counterattacks.

6. Loaded Spear

• Location: Ashina Castle (Reservoir). Inside the locked guard tower house where you snuck under in the prologue. Requires the Gatehouse Key. See Walkthrough Act 2 (Ashina Castle Part 1).
• Usage: Sweeping attacks and pulling enemies close. Pulls out the centipede from the Guardian Ape for massive posture damage.

7. Sabimaru

• Location: Ashina Castle (Upper Tower - Antechamber). Drop down to the bottom floor of the castle from the center railing room; it is inside a chest in the side room guarded by blue samurai. See Walkthrough Act 2 (Ashina Castle Part 1).
• Usage: A rapid dual-wielding blade that inflicts Poison status, causing enemies to choke and drain health. Highly effective against Okami warriors in Fountainhead.

8. Loaded Umbrella

• Location: Ashina Castle (Old Grave). Purchased for 1,600 Sen from Blackhat Badger inside the building with the broken roof near the Old Grave Sculptor's Idol. See Walkthrough Act 2 (Ashina Castle Part 1).
• Usage: Acts as a shield that blocks heavy attacks, bullets, and projectile grabs. Spin the umbrella to deflect attacks easily.

9. Divine Abduction

• Location: Sunken Valley (Gun Fort). In the shrine room behind the Long-arm Gentipede Giraffe boss. See Walkthrough Act 2 (Sunken Valley Part 1).
• Usage: Creates a gust of wind that forces enemies to turn around, leaving them open to instant stealth deathblows.

10. Finger Whistle

• Location: Sunken Valley (Bodhisattva Valley). Dropped by the Guardian Ape boss. See Walkthrough Act 2 (Sunken Valley Part 2).
• Usage: Distracts enemies or turns beasts (like monkeys and dogs) against their masters.

Late-Game Upgrades & Lapis Lazuli

To upgrade your prosthetic tools to their ultimate Lazulite forms, you need Lapis Lazuli. This is a rare material that is highly limited per playthrough. To avoid story details, the following section outlines how to acquire Lapis Lazuli with minor spoilers.

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