Key tips
- This is the shortest tale in the game — it is a single fight with no investigation around it.
Overview
A Tale of Tsushima in Toyotama, norio tale 4 of 9 — part of a warrior monk arming the temples once prayer proves insufficient.
The Birth of Suffering belongs to Norio’s questline: a warrior monk arming the temples once prayer proves insufficient. It is norio tale 4 of 9, set in Toyotama.
The ally questlines are the game’s best writing and they run in order, so this tale assumes the ones before it. Norio’s arc rewards being followed as a sequence rather than picked at.
In the game’s own framing: Jin walks into the middle of a Mongol attack on Kushi Temple. Lives are lost, but he arrives before the temple itself goes.
This is tale 4 of 9 in Norio’s arc. The ally questlines run in order and assume the ones before them, so they reward being followed as a sequence rather than picked at.
What to bring
What this tale expects you to have on you.
- RequiredComplete "Ghosts in the Fog"This tale does not appear until then.
Objectives
- Travel to Kushi Temple
- Defeat the Mongols
Full walkthroughSpoilers
- 01Travel to Kushi Temple
Follow the marker into Toyotama.
- 02Defeat the Mongols
About eight blue-armoured soldiers and a couple of dogs, with Norio fighting beside you. Kill the dogs on sight rather than managing them — they close instantly and interrupt whatever you were mid-way through.
Enemies in this tale, and how to fight them
Strengths
- Dogs — They close instantly and interrupt whatever you were doing, so they are worth killing on sight rather than managing. A single light attack usually does it. Where the tale gives you distance, the bow is cleaner — a dog that reaches you at the wrong moment costs more than its health suggests.
Rewards
- Minor Legend IncreaseA smaller step toward the next Legend rank — the size a side tale, a liberated settlement or a cleared encounter gives.
What this unlocks
Norio’s tales
Characters in this tale
Common questions
Where does this tale start?
What do I need to have done first?
Complete "Ghosts in the Fog". It will not appear in your journal before that.
When and where in the game is it?
Act 2, in Toyotama.
What do I get for it?
Minor Legend Increase.
How long is it?
2 objectives from start to finish. The full sequence is in the walkthrough above.
What am I fighting?
Dogs. Dogs is what this tale fields.
What does it lead to?
Sources
- Ghost of Tsushima Walkthrough — PowerPyx
- Ghost of Tsushima Walkthrough — All Tales — PowerPyx
