Rise of the Ronin Ota Collectibles and 100% Completion Guide

Rise of the Ronin Ota Map

The in-game map with all 11 Ota collectibles marked. Click the map to open it in full size.

All collectibles show up on your map once you reach Area Bond Level 3 in Ota. You raise the Area Bond by restoring Public Order, raising Veiled Edge Banners and finding collectibles. Nothing in Ota is missable, so you can also come back after the story. Ota has no Landmark and no Photograph spot.

Ota Veiled Edge Banners

Veiled Edge Banners are save and fast travel points. As soon as you restore a Public Order, the banners are revealed on the map.

1. Yoshida-Shinden Border Veiled Edge Banner

Location: Just across the bridge from Yoshida-Shinden

The first banner stands right after the bridge from Yoshida-Shinden. This is also where the Bond Mission The Black Jewel starts, which leads you to the Ota Treasure Chest.

2. Northern Tower Veiled Edge Banner

Location: On top of the wooden tower in the north of Ota

Restore the Northern Tower Public Order first. Once order is back, the banner on top of the wooden tower becomes active.

3. Southwestern Watchtower Veiled Edge Banner

Location: Top of the watchtower in the southwest of Ota

The third banner sits on a simple watchtower next to the Southwestern Encampment Public Order. Climb up using the grapple points.

Ota Public Order Events

Public Order events are areas occupied by enemies. Defeat all of them to restore order, raise your Area Bond and reveal the Veiled Edge Banners on the map.

1. Northern Tower Public Order

Location: The tower on the mountain in the north center of Ota

Five bandits occupy the area around the tower, and two of them are formidable foes: the Fugitives Kamekichi of the Firehook and Chokichi Kageyama. Defeat all five to restore order and activate the Northern Tower Veiled Edge Banner.

2. Southwestern Encampment Public Order

Location: Encampment in the southwest of Ota

The second Public Order is a bandit encampment next to the Southwestern Watchtower Veiled Edge Banner. You fight six bandits here, three of them formidable foes. The first Ota cat is in this camp too.

Ota Fugitives – Kamekichi of the Firehook and Chokichi Kageyama

Fugitives are bounty targets you have to find and defeat. You need 50 of the 91 Fugitives in the game for the Keeper of the Peace trophy.

Location: Northern Tower Public Order in the center of the map

Both Ota Fugitives are part of the Northern Tower Public Order, so you get them while restoring order. Kamekichi of the Firehook stands below the tower, and Chokichi Kageyama is up at the tower.

Where to Find the Ota Shrine

Location: On top of the mountain in the south of Ota

The Shrine is not far from the Southwestern Watchtower Veiled Edge Banner. Climb the watchtower and glide over to the mountain top in the south to pray there.

Ota Cat Locations

Cats are real cats you need to pet, not statues. Listen for meowing, which means one is close. You need all 100 cats in the game for the Cats Over All trophy, and you can trade them for rewards at the cat vendor in Yokohama.

1. Southwestern Encampment Cat

Location: Southwestern Encampment, on the far side of the alarm bell tower

Free the camp from the bandits in the Southwestern Encampment Public Order first. Then climb the alarm bell tower inside the camp using the rope and glide to the other side, where the cat waits.

2. Tobe Border Watchtower Cat

Location: Top of the watchtower at the border to Tobe

Another watchtower stands at the border to Tobe. Use the three grapple points around it to reach the top, where the cat sits.

Ota Treasure Chest – Black Jewel Cave and Boater Hat

Location: Inside the Black Jewel cave, guarded by an archer

The only Treasure Chest in Ota is in the cave from the Bond Mission The Black Jewel. The mission unlocks after you visit the Photograph Studio in the main mission Follow Your Twin Blade, and it starts at the Yoshida-Shinden Border Veiled Edge Banner, where you have to get the mysterious foreigner’s luggage back from a cave.

How to Reach the Chest in the Black Jewel Cave

Follow the mission marker into the cave until you reach the first campsite with lots of high grass to hide in. With the cave exit behind you, take the corridor to the left. Ignore the small room down to the left and climb up the rock wall to the right instead. An archer guards the chest up there. Open it to get the Boater Hat.