Ryu ga Gotoku Ishin (released in Japan in February 2014) is a spin-off game set at the end of the Edo period of Japanese history (known as the Bakumatsu period), a period when the Tokugawa Shogunate came to an end and imperial rule was restored (Meiji Restoration).
Sakamoto Ryoma is living undercover, with a false identity, as "Saito Hajime" in Kyoto. One year earlier, on the eve of the coup d'état of Tosa, Ryoma's foster father, the man who raised him, was murdered before his eyes. The only lead he had to discover who the killer was is that he used the Tennen Rishin style of fighting. This is a style used by the Shinsengumi, so Ryoma infiltrates their ranks, becoming captain of the 3rd Shinsengumi unit, in attempt to find the killer.
Big thanks to Kevin Debrabandere for creating a PDF for the entire Ishin guide. You can download the PDF version of the guide here. Please be advised that the PDF is outdated now, but still contains information for the whole game.
Yellow dots on the maps indicate where boxes and pots and such are, which you can break and they sometimes drop items. As well as these items, enemies also sometimes drop items.
You can do this after completing all the Thieves' Mine missions
Objective: Find all the money boxes (indicated on the map above with red dots), then defeat the mini-boss. You cannot enter the final room until you have found all the money boxes.
Difficulty: ***** || Reward: 3 Ryo
Obtainable Items:
Dragon Fang || Samurai's Hair String || Straw Figure || Water God Stone || Flint || Black Obi || Large Gold Nugget || Platinum Grain || Platinum Lump || Rainbow-Coloured Fragment || Small Clockwork || Handmade Device || Broken Compass || Precision Machine || Driftwood Piece || 1000 Year Old Tree Branch || Sacred Tree Wood || Vermilion Cloth || Beautiful Silk || European Cloth
You can do this after completing Mission 1
Objective: Find all the money boxes (indicated on the map above with red dots), then defeat the mini-boss. You cannot enter the final room until you have found all the money boxes.
Difficulty: ****** || Reward: 3 Ryo
Obtainable Items:
Dragon Whisker || Murderer's Handcuffs || Folding Fan || Bloodstained Cloth || Indigo Stone || Golden Stamp || Rainbow-Coloured Fragment || Small Clockwork || Handmade Device || Broken Compass || Precision Machine || Driftwood Piece || 1000 Year Old Tree Branch || Sacred Tree Wood || Vermilion Cloth || Beautiful Silk || European Cloth || Rainbow-Coloured Fabric || Silver Metal Powder || Gold Metal Powder
You can do this after completing Mission 2
Objective: Find all the money boxes (indicated on the map above with red dots), then defeat the mini-boss. You cannot enter the final room until you have found all the money boxes.
Difficulty: ******* || Reward: 3 Ryo
Obtainable Items:
Dragon Eye || Sultry Doll || Dragon Tear || Crystal || Fenghuang Feather || Ancient Amulet || Platinum Grain || Platinum Lump || Rainbow-Coloured Fragment || Small Clockwork || Handmade Device || Broken Compass || Precision Machine || Driftwood Piece || 1000 Year Old Tree Branch || Vermilion Cloth || Beautiful Silk || European Cloth || Rainbow-Coloured Fabric || Silver Metal Powder
You can do this after completing all the Thieves' Mine missions
Objective: Defeat the mini-boss, then talk to the kidnapped villagers.
Difficulty: ***** || Reward: 3 Ryo
Obtainable Items:
Dragon Fang || Samurai's Hair String || Straw Figure || Water God Stone || Flint || Black Obi || Large Gold Nugget || Platinum Grain || Platinum Lump || Rainbow-coloured Fragment || Precision Machine || 1000 Year Old Tree Branch || Sacred Tree Wood || Vermilion Cloth || Beautiful Silk || European Cloth || Rainbow-coloured Fabric || Silver Metal Powder || Gold Metal Powder
You can do this after completing mission 4
Objective: Defeat the mini-boss, then talk to the kidnapped villagers.
Difficulty: ****** || Reward: 3 Ryo
Obtainable Items:
Dragon Eye || Sultry Doll || Dragon Tear || Crystal || Fenghuang Feather || Ancient Amulet || Large Gold Nugget || Platinum Grain || Platinum Lump || Rainbow-coloured Fragment || Small Clockwork || Handmade Device || Broken Compass || Precision Machine || Driftwood Piece || 1000 Year Old Tree Branch || Sacred Tree Wood || Vermilion Cloth || Beautiful Silk || European Cloth
You can do this after completing mission 5
Objective: Defeat the mini-boss, then talk to the kidnapped villagers.
Difficulty: ******* || Reward: 3 Ryo
Obtainable Items:
Crimson Jewel || Murderer's Handcuffs || Folding Fan || Bloodstained Cloth || Indigo Stone || Golden Stamp || Platinum Grain || Platinum Lump || Rainbow-Coloured Fragment || Small Clockwork || Handmade Device || Broken Compass || Precision Machine || Driftwood Piece || 1000 Year Old Tree Branch || Vermilion Cloth || Beautiful Silk || European Cloth || Rainbow-Coloured Fabric || Silver Metal Powder
You can do this after completing all the Thieves' Mine missions
You can only play this mission with a squad of ONLY Attack soldiers
Objective: Defeat the mini-boss
Difficulty: ******* || Reward: 3 Ryo
Obtainable Items:
Dragon Eye || Sultry Doll | |Dragon Tear || Crystal || Fenghuang Feather || Ancient Amulet || Rainbow-Coloured Fragment || Small Clockwork || Handmade Device || Broken Compass || Precision Machine || Driftwood Piece || 1000 Year Old Tree Branch || Sacred Tree Wood || Vermilion Cloth || Beautiful Silk || European Cloth || Rainbow-Coloured Fabric || Silver Metal Powder || Gold Metal Powder
You can do this after completing mission 7
You can only play this mission with a squad of ONLY Defence soldiers
Objective: Defeat the mini-boss
Difficulty: ******* || Reward: 3 Ryo
Obtainable Items:
Snake Skin || Samurai's Hair String || Straw Figure || Water God Stone || Flint || Black Obi || Platinum Grain || Platinum Lump || Rainbow-Coloured Fragment || Small Clockwork || Handmade Device || Broken Compass || Precision Machine || Driftwood Piece || 1000 Year Old Tree Branch || Vermilion Cloth || Beautiful Silk || European Cloth || Rainbow-Coloured Fabric || Silver Metal Powder
You can do this after completing mission 8
You can only play this mission with a squad of ONLY Medical soldiers
Objective: Defeat the mini-boss
Difficulty: ******* || Reward: 3 Ryo
Obtainable Items:
God Slaying Talisman || Sultry Doll || Dragon Tear || Crystal || Fenghuang Feather || Ancient Amulet || Large Gold Nugget || Platinum Grain || Platinum Lump || Rainbow-Coloured Fragment || Small Clockwork || Handmade Device || Broken Compass || Precision Machine || Driftwood Piece || 1000 Year Old Tree Branch || Sacred Tree Wood || Vermilion Cloth || Beautiful Silk || European Cloth
You can do this after completing all the Thieves' Mine missions
You can only play this mission with a squad of ONLY Sword soldiers
Objective: Defeat the mini-boss
Difficulty: ****** || Reward: 3 Ryo
Obtainable Items:
Dragon Eye || Murderer's Handcuffs || Folding Fan || Bloodstained Cloth || Indigo Stone || Golden Stamp || Large Gold Nugget || Platinum Grain || Platinum Lump || Rainbow-Coloured Fragment || Precision Machine || Driftwood Piece || 1000 Year Old Tree Branch || Sacred Tree Wood || Vermilion Cloth || Beautiful Silk || European Cloth || Rainbow-Coloured Fabric || Silver Metal Powder || Gold Metal Powder
You can do this after completing mission 10
You can only play this mission with a squad of ONLY Spear soldiers
Objective: Defeat the mini-boss
Difficulty: ******* || Reward: 3 Ryo
Obtainable Items:
God Slaying Talisman || Sultry Doll || Dragon Tear || Crystal || Fenghuang Feather || Ancient Amulet || Platinum Grain || Platinum Lump || Rainbow-Coloured Fragment || Small Clockwork || Handmade Device || Broken Compass || Precision Machine || Driftwood Piece || 1000 Year Old Tree Branch || Vermilion Cloth || Beautiful Silk || European Cloth || Rainbow-Coloured Fabric || Silver Metal Powder
You can do this after completing mission 11
You can only play this mission with a squad of ONLY Gun soldiers
Objective: Defeat the mini-boss
Difficulty: ******** || Reward: 3 Ryo
Obtainable Items:
Golden Inro || Samurai's Hair String || Straw Figure || Water God Stone || Flint || Black Obi || Large Gold Nugget || Platinum Grain || Platinum Lump || Rainbow-Coloured Fragment || Precision Machine || Driftwood Piece || 1000 Year Old Tree Branch || Sacred Tree Wood || Vermilion Cloth || Beautiful Silk || European Cloth || Rainbow-Coloured Fabric || Silver Metal Powder || Gold Metal Powder
You can do this after completing mission 6
Objective: Defeat the mini-boss
Difficulty: ******* || Reward: 3 Ryo
Obtainable Items:
Crimson Jewel || Golden Stamp || Sultry Doll || Dragon Tear || Crystal || Fenghuang Feather || Large Gold Nugget || Platinum Grain || Platinum Lump || Rainbow-Coloured Fragment || Small Clockwork || Handmade Device || Broken Compass || Precision Machine || Driftwood Piece || 1000 Year Old Tree Branch || Sacred Tree Wood || Vermilion Cloth || Beautiful Silk || European Cloth
You can do this after completing mission 6
Objective: Defeat the mini-boss
Difficulty: ******* || Reward: 3 Ryo
Obtainable Items:
Dragon Eye || Straw Figure || Water God Stone || Flint || Black Obi || Murderer's Handcuffs || Platinum Grain || Platinum Lump || Rainbow-Coloured Fragment || Small Clockwork || Handmade Device || Broken Compass || Precision Machine || Driftwood Piece || 1000 Year Old Tree Branch || Vermilion Cloth || Beautiful Silk || European Cloth || Rainbow-Coloured Fabric || Silver Metal Powder
You can do this after completing mission 6
Objective: Defeat the mini-boss
Difficulty: ******* || Reward: 3 Ryo
Obtainable Items:
Snake Skin || Black Obi || Murderer's Handcuffs || Folding Fan || Bloodstained Cloth || Indigo Stone || Large Gold Nugget || Platinum Grain || Platinum Lump || Rainbow-Coloured Fragment || Precision Machine || Driftwood Piece || 1000 Year Old Tree Branch || Sacred Tree Wood || Vermilion Cloth || Beautiful Silk || European Cloth || Rainbow-Coloured Fabric || Silver Metal Powder || Gold Metal Powder
You can do this after completing mission 6
Objective: Defeat the mini-boss
Difficulty: ******* || Reward: 3 Ryo
Obtainable Items:
Golden Inro || Sultry Doll || Dragon Tear || Crystal || Fenghuang Feather || Ancient Amulet || Rainbow-Coloured Fragment || Small Clockwork || Handmade Device || Broken Compass || Precision Machine || Driftwood Piece || 1000 Year Old Tree Branch || Sacred Tree Wood || Vermilion Cloth || Beautiful Silk || European Cloth || Rainbow-Coloured Fabric || Silver Metal Powder || Gold Metal Powder
You can do this after completing mission 12
Objective: Defeat the mini-bosses
Difficulty: ******** || Reward: 5 Ryo
Obtainable Items:
Eyepatch with a Snake Design || Golden Inro || Snake Skin || Murderer's Handcuffs || Folding Fan || Bloodstained Cloth || Indigo Stone || Golden Stamp || Broken Compass || Precision Machine || Driftwood Piece || 1000 Year Old Tree Branch
You can do this after completing mission 17
Objective: Defeat the mini-bosses
Difficulty: ******** || Reward: 5 Ryo
Obtainable Items:
Haori with Torn Sleeves || Crimson Jewel || God Slaying Talisman || Black Obi || Murderer's Handcuffs || Folding Fan || Bloodstained Cloth || Indigo Stone || Beautiful Silk || European Cloth || Rainbow-Coloured Fabric || Silver Metal Powder
You can do this after completing mission 18
Objective: Defeat the mini-bosses
Difficulty: ********* || Reward: 5 Ryo
Obtainable Items:
Dragon Eye || Dragon Whisker || Dragon Fang || Samurai's Hair String || Straw Figure || Water God Stone || Flint || Black Obi || Platinum Lump || Rainbow-Coloured Fragment || Precision Machine || Driftwood Piece
You can do this after completing missions 1-19
Objective: Defeat Toyotomi Hidebu
Difficulty: ********** || Reward: 20 Ryo
Obtainable Items:
Crimson Jewel || Dragon Eye || Golden Inro || Snake Skin || God Slaying Talisman || Dragon Whisker || Dragon Fang || Inaka School Catalogue || Eyepatch with a Snake Design || Haori with Torn Sleeves
