Kena: Bridge of Spirits - Master Difficulty Guide

When you beat the game for the first time, you can now start a new game and choose Master difficulty. This should be your last trophy if you did everything so far, and I suggest you activate all Meditation points on your way + upgrade whatever you see that can help you. 

Master difficulty glitch

If you are on version 1.05 or lower, you are in luck. After you finish the game, load (or continue) your latest save, navigate to the last meditation point on Mountain Shrine (go inside the circle) and create a save there. Use it, skip the scenes, start a new game and choose Master difficulty.

Play until you get the first Rot (although you can even do this sooner), and load the previous save. Interract with the meditation point and you will unlock the trophy. Too bad if your save is already on 1.06 version; that means you can't use this exploit anymore.

Tips and Tricks

Well, I never thought I'm gonna make a video for this, but after doing the Master difficulty the legit way, I'll just say it's not as easy as it looks like.

Few tips for preparation:

• Find and use all Meditation Points in the game to raise your HP as much as you can
• Collect enough Rots to at least raise your Rot skill uses on 4
• Unlock needed skills for attacking. I've used Perfect Charge and Rot Hammer the most, alongside with Parry Counter and Rot Infused Arrow
• Unlock needed skills for defense. Shield Health Skills are a must, Parry Courage refils your Shield bar on parry, plus raising the number of arrows helps

You can parry most of boss attacks. This rule applies for most of boss battles. To pull a parry, press L1 at the exact moment when the enemy is about to attack. You can also dodge if you can't pull this of often, but I prefer this method as even if you fail when you press the button a bit earlier, you will use the shield to defend. The more shield health you have, the easier it gets. Combining this with Parry Courage Skill will regenerate your Rot bars, and you need those for the strongest attacks like Rot Hammer I've used the most.

Shield Rush is the best skill to stagger an enemy, but Rot Hammer also works in most cases. Shield Rush is learned later in the game during main story (L1 + R1 move). Use it to save yourself from some attacks in the upcoming fights. Always run away to regenerate your shield bar afterwards as this drains that bar a lot.

Like in all games that requires focus, it's all about figuring out patterns and movesets. The early game boss fights are in my opinion the toughest, and later it becomes easier as you can unlock better skills. I hope this helps, I leave you to it, check out my strategy for last 2 boss fights and good luck!

0:01 - Skill Setup
0:39 - Corrupt Toshi
4:37 - Corrupt Rot God