Nioh 2 Kodama Guide: All the locations of the tree spirits

In this collectible guide to Nioh 2 you will learn:

  • Where to find all Kodama
  • How to unlock the Kodama leader trophy
  • Why it's worth tracking down the tree spirits

The Kodama are neither gods nor demons. The playful tree spirits live near shrines and forests and like to stray from their path. Your task is to find the little green creatures and show them the way back to the shrine.

In each mission you can find between zero and seven Kodama, all of which are well hidden. Once you have led the creatures back to the shrine, you can acquire so-called Kodama blessings, which give you bonuses such as an increased drop rate of elixirs.

For all Kodamas you will receive the Kodama Leader trophy at the end. Our Nioh 2 trophy guide also tells you how to get all the other trophies in the game.

We will continuously update this guide for you with the other missions in Nioh 2.

Main Mission - The Village of Cursed Blossoms

1. Kodama

You will find the first Kodama near the bull demon Gozuki. Start from the first shrine and keep to the left. Pass the wooden gate leading to Gozuki and run past the bull demon towards a cherry tree. From the cherry tree, run right toward the gaki, but turn right before you get there. Run along the forepsrung and find the first Kodama under a tree overlooking Gozuki.

The first Kodama.

2. Kodama

You'll find the second Kodama opposite the wooden hut where you'll encounter the monkey demon "Enki". Behind the black and white yokai mist from which Enki appears, go around the corner to the left past a Buddha statue. All the while, run along the left side of the path and you'll find the second Kodama.

3. Kodama

To find the third Kodama, start from the second shrinewhich is just before the village. Go over the bridge in the direction of the village and walk straight ahead. The Kodama is behind the house you are walking towards. Go around the corner of the house to the left and circle around it until you find the Kodama.

4. Kodama

If you follow the path through the village, you will eventually come across a second bridge that will take you back to the other side. Opposite this bridge you will see a house with a water wheel. You will find the fourth Kodama in the left corner behind the entrance of the house.

5. Kodama

At the end of the village, behind the yokai mist from which an oni slips, you'll see a house with a silhouette in the window. To the left in front of the house, which is the direction you came from, you will see a demolished hut. Go around the corner of the hut to the right and find the fifth Kodama behind some crates.

6. Kodama

To find the sixth Kodama, continue on the other side of the house with the silhouette. Keep left first and then turn right at the next fork, through the big red gate. The sixth Kodama is hiding behind the stone lantern on the right.

7. Kodama

You will find the seventh and last Kodama shortly before the final boss Mezuki. Once you have cleaned the third shrine of the mission, you should also have obtained a key for the wooden gate.

The Kodama is located directly behind the wooden gate on the left side.

Side Mission - The Dark Forest

1. Kodama

To find the first Kodama, keep left after the first shrine. Pass the enemies and knock over the ramshackle tree to get across the ravine. On the other side, a locked chest awaits you, behind which the first Kodama is hiding.

2. Kodama

In the middle of the mission you will find a huge tree surrounded by yellow-glowing flowers. The second Kodama has hidden at the base of the tree on the right side between some leaves.

Roll through the leaves and secure the next Kodama. With this, you have found all the tree spirits in the side mission.

Main Mission - The Beast of Smoke and Fire

1.Kodama

To find the first Kodama you have to follow the main path until you pass through two watchtowers to a village. Take the road in the middle, between the two flags. Behind the last house on the right side the Kodama is waiting!

2. Kodama

The second Kodama hides on one of the houses of the second village. Keep left from the shrine and use the shortcut through the wooden gate. Go up the path and take the makeshift wooden bridge on your right to get onto the roofs of the left side of the houses. The Kodama is between some sacks on the right roof as seen from you.

3. Kodama

Later on you will come to a cave via a ladder, where you can talk to the blacksmith at the campfire. Then follow the tunnel and look to the left in the next large room. Below you, the Kodama is hiding behind some crates. Watch out for the little Gaki!

4. Kodama

For the fourth Kodama, start at the second shrine, which you'll find in front of the large forge. Keep to the right and you'll reach the Yokai realm. In one of the houses a ladder leads down. At the bottom, between some crates, the next Kodama awaits you.

The fourth Kodama.

5. Kodama

You will find the fifth Kodama after you have unlocked the shortcut to the forge. Climb the ladders, keep left and go past the main entrance of the forge. Go around the corner to the right and you will find the Kodama at the end.

6. Kodama

Cross the large main room of the forge and climb the ladder on the left. Go straight past the Enki demon. On the right, between the flames, a ladder leads down. Go past the Gaki demons on the left and climb up to the roofs of the houses in front of the forge. In the corner on the roof of the rearmost house you will find the sixth Kodama.

7. Kodama

You will find the seventh and last Kodama on the top level of the forge. When you are in front of the last water trough, turn around and you will see the Kodama behind the pillar, to your right.

Side Mission - Dark Omens

1. Kodama

You will find the first Kodama at the beginning of the mission behind the first house. You will find the small tree spirit on the other side of the house, to your left, between some crates.

2. Kodama

If you keep to the left during the mission, you'll pass a wooden gate and meet a cyclops that rolls a stone towards you. You will find the second Kodama on a ledge on the left, hidden between some Buddha statues.

The second Kodama.

3. Kodama

The third and last Kodama is found just before the end of the side mission. Once you've cleaned the second shrine, head up the stone stairs to the large building.

Just before the odachi-wielding soldier, go left through a gap in the wooden foundation. At the end of the path overlooking the shrine you will find the tree spirit.

Main Mission - The Shrine of the Viper

1. Kodama

Start from the shrine and take the right path through the gate. After the gate, turn right and meet a spearman. Behind the spearman are a few wooden crates, and behind them loiters the Kodama.

2. Kodama

Follow the regular path until you reach a run-down house with a burning pile of corpses and an axe-wielding bandit. The second Kodama is hiding behind it on the left.

3. Kodama

Start from the second shrine in the large cave. Keep left and run along the big red torii arch. At the end of the arch you'll see a ledge in the rock on the right side. Below you on the right is another ledge overlooking a crevice that leads to the bottom. Use a drop attack to attack the blob waiting there, guarding the next Kodama.

4. Kodama

Beyond the large room with the snake woman and the demon wall, head along the cliff on the other side of the torii arch. At the end of the cliff, turn left and shortly after, turn right at the fork. Immediately after the fork, you'll see a shimmering green room with a pond on the left. At the end of the pond is the Kodama.

5. Kodama

The next Kodama is located in a very prominent spot of the large poisonous pit. The fifth of the small tree spirits can be found at the foot of the destroyed bridge that runs through the whole pit

6. Kodama

Facing the large torii gate, there is a cave on the eastern side of the pit. In the cave, there is a chamber to your left, center, and right. In the right chamber is the sixth and final Kodama.

The Kodama locations of the other missions will follow soon.

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