Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Gourd Seeds and Prayer Beads locations – VG247

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By James Billcliffe, Friday, 22 March 2019 10:28 GMT



Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is the latest in the long line of super-tough action-RPGs from FromSoftware, the studio behind Dark Souls and Bloodborne. It’s not an uphill struggle though, because throughout Sekiro there are key items that you can find to make encounters – whisper it quietly – easier. Here are all the places we’ve found Gourd Seeds and Prayer Beads so far in Sekiro.

Sekiro’s Gourd Seeds are an incredibly important item that increases the amount of times you can drink from your Healing Gourd before it needs replenishing. When enemies deal so much damage per hit, an extra drink from your Gourd can mean the difference between beating a boss and failure.

Prayer Beads on the other hand have a more direct impact on the strength of the One-armed Wolf in Sekiro. Collecting four Prayer Beads allows you to craft a Prayer Bracelet that grants you a permanent boost to your health bar and posture. This not only makes you more resilient to damage, but harder for enemies to break through your guard.

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Despite its small file size, Sekiro is a surprisingly big game and we’ll be continually updating this guide with more Gourd Seeds and Prayer Beads as we find them.

Sekiro Gourd Seed Locations

• You get the first Gourd Seed from killing General Naomori Kawarada near the Outskirts Wall – Gate Path Shrine.
• Then second Gourd Seed is obtained just after you’ve defeated the Chained Ogre. Grapple up to the broken wall behind where he was chained and turn left. You pick up the Gourd Seed as a floor item here.
• Once you reach the Abandoned Dungeon and make your way through, you’ll emerge in the Mt Kongo area. Quite early on this path, you’ll get to a room filled with praying monks in front of a cross-legged mummy. In front of the mummy is an item – another Gourd Seed. Take care, the mummy barfs up killer crickets, and there’s a huge enemy hiding behind the statue next to him.
• Once you get to the Ashina Castle, you can go up the large staircase through the front gate. Grapple up onto the high walls on the side of the stairs, and you’ll be able to scale the rooftops of the castle. Around the top left corner at the back of the main tower, you’ll be able to grapple in through an open window. Just inside there’s a chest that you can open which contains a Gourd Seed.

Sekiro Prayer Beads locations


Prayer Beads are more liberally doled out, probably because you need four of them for an upgrade. They mostly come from mini-bosses, and especially tough enemies.

• The first Prayer Bead is obtained from General Naomori Kawarada near the start of the game. He’s just past the Outskirts Wall – Gate Path Shrine.
• The second Prayer Bead is dropped by the Chained Ogre boss. You should have no problems finding him
• Just after the Chained Ogre, you’ll fight another tough Samaurai, General Tenzen Yamauchi, who drops another Prayer Bead.
• Another Prayer Bead is dropped by Shinobi Hunter Enshin of Misen in the Ashina Estate Vision that you access from the Sculptor’s special Buddha Statue.
• Also in the Estate, the mini-boss JuzouThe Drunkard gives you a Prayer Bead.
• After you’ve defeated the first proper boss in the game, the horse-riding General, make your way towards the castle and fight the Blazing Bull. Killing the Bull nets you a Prayer Bead.
• When you reach the Ashina Castle, you can go through a large gate to a huge set of stairs, at the top is the samurai General Kuranosuke Matsumoto. He drops another Prayer Bead.
• In the far right of the Ashina Reservoir Shrine area, the Seven Ashina Spears – Shikibu Toshikatsu Yamauchi enemy will drop a Prayer Bead when defeated.
• Down the secret path on the left hand side of the Ashina Reservoir area, you’ll find the well where you woke up at the start of the game. Killing the Lone Shadow Longswordsman waiting to battle you will get you another Prayer Bead.
• You can buy a Prayer Bead from the Dungeon Memorial Mob merchant, just after the giant that fights with a bell, at the entrance of the Abandoned Dungeon.
• In the Mt. Kongo area, you’ll eventually fight the Armoured Warrior boss on a destructible bridge. Break his posture and knock him off the side and you’ll get a Prayer Bead.
• Again in the Mt. Kongo area, after you first fight the veiled monks that throw homing fire bombs at you, you’ll come across a large pagoda temple. Inside are some of the weirdest enemies in Sekiro – the Long-arm Centipedes. In the centre of all temple is the biggest of them, the Long-arm Centipede Giraffe. Kill him for another Prayer Bead.
• Up in the Upper Tower area of the Ashina Castle, you’ll find the Ashina Elite – Jinsuke Saze in his Dojo on the second floor – defeating him yields yet another Prayer Bead.

That’s all we’ve got so far, let us know if you’ve seen any others – we’ll be adding more to the list regularly!

For a more detailed description of how to complete the One-armed Wolf’s journey, check out our Sekiro Walkthrough.


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