Quick answer
On Steam, the current listing shows 52 achievements. Build your cleanup route in this order: story conditions first, combat challenges while the relevant enemies are available, area collections next, then optional mission and endgame cleanup. Use the platform’s own trophy or achievement page for the final wording.
Challenge planning table
| Challenge type | Best time to handle it | Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Story achievement | During the normal route | Walkthrough |
| Boss or combat condition | Before leaving the encounter context | Bosses |
| Issen or technique condition | In a low-pressure practice fight | Issen |
| Collectible condition | Area by area, before moving on | Collectibles |
| Oni Armament set | Follow the six-entry route | Oni Armaments |
| Hidden Treasure set | Solve the five drawing routes | Hidden Treasures |
| Optional mission | When the mission name appears | Missions |
Use an area transition as a reminder to check a collection or challenge condition, not as a reason to restart without knowing what the achievement asks for.
Low-risk cleanup route
- Read the exact platform condition.
- Identify whether it belongs to story, combat, collection, or optional work.
- Keep a normal save and a challenge save separate when possible.
- Complete the smallest route that can trigger the condition.
- Return to Completion to choose the next category.
Platform wording matters
Steam achievements and PlayStation trophies use different platform lists. Use the current platform interface for the final name, icon, and unlock state; use this guide to plan the order and route.
Post-story and New Game Plus route
The current trophy list gives the cleanup route a useful shape:
| Late goal | When to plan it | Practical consequence |
|---|---|---|
| True Onimusha | New Game Plus / Carnage run | Finish the normal story first, then use the later run for the Carnage clear instead of forcing it into the first route. |
| Glutton for Punishment | Post-story Boss Rematch cleanup | The list describes the rematch project as a separate multi-difficulty goal; clear the hardest available setting first when the mode rules allow lower tiers to follow. |
| Collection and side-mission achievements | Before or after the finale | Continue returns you to the pre-final-mission cleanup window described by the trophy material, so do not restart solely because a collection entry remains. |
New Game Plus carries over upgraded skills, Awakened Oni abilities, Hozuki Pouches, charms, items, Genma Notes, and Lion Dogs. Red Souls, Spirit Mirror progress, Mysteries, Chance Encounters, and sword and gauntlet upgrades reset; equipment upgrade materials must be collected again. Outfit carry-over is unconfirmed, so check the completed-save transition before relying on it. Spend Red Souls and use equipment materials before crossing over instead of reserving them for the new run.
What the 52-achievement list means for a first run
The Steam listing gives the current total, but the useful question is not simply how many icons exist. The useful question is which goals can be completed naturally while you are still moving through the story. A first run should carry the story, boss, combat, and nearby collection work. A separate cleanup run should handle anything that depends on a complete map, a later upgrade, New Game Plus, or a carefully controlled choice.
| Goal family | First-run approach | Cleanup approach |
|---|---|---|
| Story progress | Follow the main route and named objectives | Revisit only if the platform list shows a missed story condition |
| Boss and combat | Practise Issen and use the Boss guide before the encounter | Repeat the lowest-risk encounter or use a later run if the condition is strict |
| Optional missions | Accept the mission when its name appears and collect the reward | Return to Missions after the story to identify unfinished entries |
| Collectibles | Take route-near pickups when the return path is clear | Sweep area by area with Collectibles, Hidden Treasures, and Oni Armaments |
| Skills and upgrades | Buy upgrades that solve a repeated problem | Finish alternative branches after the main combat learning curve |
| New Game Plus or Carnage | Do not spend the first run trying to force late goals | Use the next run for the goals that require a new difficulty or extra resources |
Collection-linked achievements
The collection groups are easier to manage when they have a visible owner. For the Love of Dog belongs with the 36 Lion Dogs, Genma-ologist with the 23 Genma Notes, No Job Too Small with the 18 Chance Encounters, and Demystified with the eight Mysteries. Oni Armory belongs with the six-entry Oni Armaments route, while Medical Marvel, Charmed Life, Well-Rounded, and Dressed to Kill should be checked against the relevant pouch, charm, skill, and equipment progress rather than guessed from a general item count.
Use Collectibles for the 274-entry collection structure and its story gates. Use Hidden Treasures for the five drawing routes and Oni Armaments for the six armament entries. Keeping these lists separate prevents a common mistake: treating a world collectible, a mission reward, and a bonus-edition item as the same achievement requirement.
Practical conditions for the non-story achievements
The platform list gives the final wording. The table below translates the most actionable conditions into the in-game action that completes them, so you can build a route instead of guessing from the achievement name.
| Achievement | Requirement | Easiest route |
|---|---|---|
| Get This Thing Off Me | Absorb 30 or more Souls at once | Leave a group of enemies defeated, then absorb the drops together. |
| Berserker | Defeat 3 enemies with continuous Break Issen attacks | Drain stamina until the red Break Issen marker appears, then chain three executions. |
| Life-Saver | Complete your first Chance Encounter | Finish any available Chance Encounter after the first area is cleansed. |
| No Job Too Small | Complete all Chance Encounters | Clear each named Chance Encounter as it appears on the map. |
| Selfish Selflessness | Rescue a merchant attacked by Genma | Keep rescuing attacked civilians until the merchant encounter appears. |
| Citizen Savior | Rescue 30 townspeople | Help civilians during normal area travel instead of skipping every side encounter. |
| Mystery Solved | Complete your first Mystery of Kyoto | Start with a Mystery unlocked after What Lurks in the Shadows. |
| Demystified | Complete all Mysteries of Kyoto | Follow the butterfly-marked Mystery routes after their story gate opens. |
| No Dog Left Behind | Rescue your first Lion Dog | Finish What Lurks in the Shadows, then collect a paw-marked Lion Dog. |
| For the Love of Dog | Rescue all Lion Dogs | Sweep the Lion Dog markers after the relevant areas are liberated. |
| Genma-ologist | Collect all Genma Notes | Use Oni Vision on glowing Oni symbols to reveal hidden note chests. |
| The Winding Way of the Sword | Max one complete skill tree | Fully upgrade either the Basic or Special tree. |
| Well-Rounded | Max both skill trees | Keep collecting Power Stones and Oni Stones for the full Basic and Special route. |
| Dressed to Kill | Max all equipment | Upgrade the sword, clothing, and Oni Gauntlet through every level. |
| Oni Armory | Acquire all Oni Armaments | Use the six-entry Oni Armaments route. |
| Health Is Wealth | Max one Hozuki Pouch | Upgrade a pouch through Okuni until it reaches its maximum level. |
| Medical Marvel | Max all Hozuki Pouches | Finish the pouch routes and apply each upgrade through Okuni. |
| A Real Charmer | Max one charm | Take the charm to Enma and pay the required tribute. |
| Charmed Life | Max all charms | Collect the world charms, then return to Enma for every upgrade. |
| Burning Blade | Defeat 50 enemies in Blazing State | Unlock Blazing State, fill the gauge through parries, and finish enemies while it is active. |
| Stop Motion | Perform 50 Reflex Combos | Build the Reflex Gauge with perfect dodges, then spend it on the combo. |
| Wielder of Oni Armaments | Defeat 100 enemies with Oni Armaments | Spend Blue Souls on an Armament during ordinary enemy groups rather than saving every charge for bosses. |
| Oni’s Oni | Defeat 50 enemies while Oni Awakened | Activate the full Oni Awakening gauge and clear ordinary enemies during the state. |
| Brutalist | Land 50 Issen attacks | Practise one readable weapon attack and repeat the timing before adding chains. |
| Flow State | Defeat 50 enemies with Chain Issen | Buy Chain Issen, land the first Issen, then press the light attack again as the next target is available. |
| Silent Violence | Assassinate 20 enemies | Approach an unaware Genma from behind and use the assassination prompt. |
| Pinch Hitter | Deflect 50 projectiles | Buy Deflect and return enemy projectiles just before they connect. |
| Deadeye | Score 100 bow headshots | Aim at Genma heads from range; headshots also shorten many ordinary encounters. |
| Winning Is What Matters | Carry out 50 environmental attacks | Throw or shoot braziers, boards, powder kegs, and other marked objects into enemies. |
| Untouchable | Perform 50 Grab Reversals | When a grab cue glows, dodge just before contact to reverse it. |
| Coming Through! | Break an enemy guard 50 times | Use heavy attacks or Oni Strength against guarded enemies. |
| Helm Splitter | Break 100 shields or armour pieces | Use the bow, sword, or Oni Strength on visible armour parts and shields. |
| Genma Griller | Set 3 enemies ablaze at once | Shoot a powder keg when three enemies are grouped nearby, or use a fire-capable Armament. |
| Second Helping | Beat one Boss Rematch opponent | Use the Practice Ground after the rematch option becomes available. |
| Glutton for Punishment | Beat every Boss Rematch opponent on every difficulty | Leave this for the post-story cleanup route; it is a separate multi-difficulty project. |
| True Onimusha | Complete the game on Carnage | Finish the story on the Carnage difficulty unlocked for the later run. |
The achievement names can vary by platform presentation, but the actions above are the useful part: first-run story and collection goals can be combined, while the full skill, equipment, charm, and rematch goals are better handled as a deliberate cleanup plan.
Use a named objective or challenge prompt as the anchor for cleanup. The screen context helps identify the relevant route, but the platform achievement list remains the authority for the final condition.
Combat and boss cleanup
Combat achievements should be planned around the failure they are meant to solve. If the condition involves an Issen, practise the timing in a controlled fight before adding a boss to the attempt. If it involves an Oni Armament, equip the relevant tool before the encounter rather than trying to improvise after the fight begins. If it involves a boss-specific action, read the boss page first and note the attack pattern, safe recovery window, and point at which the fight can be retried.
Do not combine every challenge in one attempt. A clean story clear, a low-risk Issen attempt, and a collection sweep are easier to manage than one overloaded run. Use the platform wording and the area or boss name to choose the smallest guide that answers it.
Cleanup order after the story
- Check the platform list and mark story conditions as complete.
- Finish any named missions that remain in the mission log.
- Sweep the current map for Lion Dogs, Notes, Chance Encounters, Mysteries, charms, and stones.
- Complete the five Hidden Treasures and six Oni Armaments using their dedicated routes.
- Spend the available upgrade materials on the branch needed for the remaining combat condition.
- Start New Game Plus or Carnage only after the normal cleanup list is clear enough that the new run has a defined purpose.
This order reduces backtracking without claiming that every achievement has the same route. If a platform condition is unclear, keep the exact platform wording as the authority and use the linked guide only for movement, preparation, and resource planning.
A simple cleanup list
For a long cleanup list, group goals into story, combat, collection, upgrades, and post-story rematches. A missing goal then has one of three useful next actions: revisit the area, retry the technique, or reserve it for the next run. This keeps a 52-achievement cleanup readable without turning the page into a diary.