How to get your hands on the Steel Blossom Katana in Assassin's Creed Shadows

Both characters in Assassin's Creed Shadows have access to an extensive array of legendary weapons , each with a special skill or ability boost. In the game, there are eight main categories of weapons. The Katana, Tanto, and Kusarigama are among Naoe's melee weapons. Yasuke possesses two ranged weapons, the Teppo and Bow, in addition to his three melee weapons, the Long Katana, Naginata, and Kanabo.


Legendary weapons are rare and take a little more effort to obtain, although epic and inferior gear can be found everywhere in AC Shadows. Same goes for the Steel Blossom Katana , which might break your sweat a bit as it’s a legendary weapon too. But don’t worry, because we have your back.


Assassin’s Creed Shadows: How to obtain the Steel Blossom Katana



The Steel Blossom is a legendary katana which can only be wielded by Naoe. Just like any other legendary weapon, this katana also comes with certain engravings and perks. This weapon can also be upgraded from the Katana Mastery Path . The Steel Blossom boasts a decent weapon DPS of 1974 with a posture DPS of 9141.


It also deals 10855 ability damage along with 40% adrenaline gain.The Steel Blossom will always drop the Instant Posture perk after the Vault perk if it has room for two perks.Instant Posture after Vault Instantly charge Posture attacks after a Vault. Now it’s a pretty good weapon to get, but the question is, “how to?”


In order to get your hands on this weapon, you need to be in the Lost Honor mission of the chapter ‘A New League.’ In this mission, your primary objective would be killing the Shinbakfuku, The Fool aka Ise Sadaoki. You will need to fight Sadaoki and his men in the Yamazaki Castle.


However, you need to ensure that you don’t directly assassinate him. To obtain the katana, will have to fight Sadaoki until his health bar drops to zero. After defeating Sadaoki, there will be a short cutscene conversation between his brother Ise Sadatime and Naoe. And after that, finally, you will get your hands on the legendary Steel Blossom Katana, which will also mark the end of the Lost Honor quest.


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