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As you might expect, most of your time inAssassin’s Creed Shadowswill be spent hunting down targets to kill. You’ll track foes with either Noae or Yasuke as you cut your way through feudal Japan, unlocking various questlines that task you with finding and killing a group of enemies.
One of these side questlines is The Twisted Tree, which gives you the ever-evolving challenge of cutting down each member of the Takahashi Clan. While this contract seems simple enough at first, you’ll unlock more targets as you make progress, extending your initial list from three to seven.
How To Start The Twisted Tree Assassinations
To gain access to the Twisted Tree organization assassinations, you must first progress the main story with Noae. You unlockTheTwisted Treeassassinations after you’vedefeated three of The Shinbakufu:Ido Yoshihiro,Wada Koretake, and Wakasa.
With those three main quest assassinations finished you can begin hunting down theTakahashi Clan.
How To Find The Takahashi Clan
Much like the main assassination targets, you’ll need tofind the Twisted Tree’s Takahashi Clan using your scoutsor on-the-ground observation.
Using your Scouts is much more efficient, and we’vemarked the location of each Takahashi Clan member belowso you can make the most of your Scouts.
Where To Find Takahashi Shiro
Your first target isTakahashi Shiro,located in Central Kyoto, Yamashiro inNijo Palace.You’ll find him in theSouthwestern section of Nijo Palace, standing next to some yellow banners,opposite the large building that has the synchronization point.
Each defeated enemy grants two Mastery points.
By defeating Shiro, you’ll earn:
After this section is complete, you’ll earn access to three other targets:
Where To Find Takahashi Goro
We’ll begin with TakahashiGoro, so fast travel to theShokokuji Pagoda area in the Shokokuji Temple,where you’ll encounter your target at the foot of the tower.
Observe the areawhere you’ll locate Goro on the ground - make your way down the tower and sneak up on your prey through the broken building.
Be wary of the one guard patrolling the area around the house that Goro is posted in front of.
Assassinate Takahashi Gorofrom the doorway behind him, and you’ll immediately claim your reward:
Killing two of your targetsunlocks a fifth and sixth Clan memberto pursue:Takahashi Inoshichi and Takahashi Saburo.
Where To Find Takahashi Saburo & Taro
Next set your sights on the othertwo Takahashi in western Kyoto–Taro anda sixth Takahashi:Saburo.
Luckily, Saburo and Taro are having a conversation on Kyoto’s western side, directly southwest of the ‘k’ from Kyoto on your map.
Jump into battleagainst both Saburo and Taro,targeting one of them (preferably Saburo)with your abilities and attacks to take him down quickly.Next, turn your attention to Taro,who you should be able to beat with a few dodges and counterattacks.
DefeatingSaburowill yield
Where To Find Takahashi Ichi-Hime
After the double kill, head west to locate Ichi-Hime at theUmenomiya Taisha Shrine to the west of Kano Painting Schooland Nijo Palace in Kyoto.
Get to a rooftop as usual, and you’ll spot Ichi-Hime along the western edge of the shrine – they give you the option of sparing or attacking them, but ultimately deal with Ichi-Hime as you see fit.
you may decide to keep things uniform and kill this member of the Takahashi family too. The gameiscalled Assassin’s Creed, after all.
However, you can spare Ichi-Hime and still get the samerewards:
Where To Find Takahashi Inoshichi
Next, head for your final target, Inoshichi, in southern Kyoto slightlywest of the Honnoji Temple area.
You’ll find Inoshichi slightly toward the middle of the search circle, directly below and to the left of the word ‘Honnoji’ on the map.
The building he is in has two doors, so be careful sneaking in so this assassination goes smoothly.
Finally,with Inoshichi killed, the true final contract becomes available: Takahashi Jiro,who is located west of the Honnoji Temple.
Where To Find Takahashi Jiro
Jiro will wait at his father’s estateto avenge his death, essentially where you just escaped from after the most recent assassination.
Look toward the direct center of the area, and you’ll see Jiro among a group of soldiers on the estate. The final Takahashi will be wearing gold and brown armor, ready for a fight.
You can do a large chunk of damage with a surprise assassination and finish Jiro off with a few hits.
What Rewards Do You Get From The Twisted Tree Quest?
Finally, The Twisted Tree will be completed, and you’ll be rewarded with the following items for killing Jiro:
Furthermore, you’ll also earn an additional reward set for completing The Twisted Tree questline:
With seven members of the Takahashi Clan now defeated, you may rest easy knowing you’ve finished The Twisted Tree.
