Summary
- Equip accessories wisely in Rise of the Ronin for buffs like increased healing items or faster weapon proficiency acquisition.
- Find special effects in accessories like the Owl Netsuke Charm to protect Ki and decrease damage taken in the game.
- Gift Igashichi certain books to expand accessory slots and explore various accessories with unique functions in the game.
Rise of the Ronin has accessories like most RPGs do. Players can initially equip two main weapons, two sub-weapons, four pieces of armor, and one accessory. Unlike the other slots in the game, the accessory slot can be expanded via a man named Igashichi Iizuka.
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Buying upgrades from Igashichi is easy as long as players gift him certain books, which can be found scattered around the world. Slot expansions aside, there are a lot of accessories to find in the game's early hours. From necklaces to cat statues, they all have primary functions with Special Effects, which are like buffs. Therefore, let's take a look at some good accessories and useful Special Effects that accompany them.
8 Beckoning Cat
Get More Healing Items
- Drop Rate (Medicinal Pills) +2.0%
- Additional Item Drops From Enemies +0.6%
The Beckoning Cat’s main attraction is that it increases the drop rate for Medicinal Pills. This is the most common healing item in Team Ninja's game and is easily crafted, but the more free drops, the better.
The Beckoning Cat's other Special Effect can also be useful, particularly in a playthrough's early hours when players might not have too many resources. This includes consumable items, gear, and even materials for Rise of the Ronin’s weapon upgrading process. It’s a small percentage bump, but everything helps in the end.
7 Bowstring Reel
Become The Archer Supreme
- Aiming Speed Up +3.1%
- Effective Range Up (Flash Bomb) +2.1%
The Bowstring Reel will help all the would-be arching pros in the game. Aiming Speed Up is for bows only, so it won’t help players with guns. The bow is a better long-distance weapon anyway because players can get different arrows to use for multiple effects like fire or poison. Bows tend to be useful like that in a lot of games.
As for Effective Range Up (Flash Bomb), this is great for when players need to make a quick escape from enemies but need a bit more throwing range.
6 Bulletproof Kimono
Ready Your Aim
- Prevent Flinching (Readying Sub-Weapon)
- Ki Consumption Down (Guarding) -0.9%
The Bulletproof Kimono looks like a modern-day Flak Jacket one would find in a shooter like Call of Duty. It’s good to use in conjunction with bows and the Bowstring Reel accessory. Bows are sub-weapons, so Prevent Flinching (Readying Sub-Weapon) will prevent enemies from knocking players off their aim.
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Ki is Rise of the Ronin’s version of stamina, and it depletes with most actions. Consequently, Ki Consumption Down (Guarding) will lessen how much Ki is lost while guarding.
5 Calabash Gourd
The More Defense The Better
- Damage Taken Down -1.0%
- Enemy Evasion Up +1.0%
Weirdly, a gourd would be the one accessory that excelled in reducing damage, but this is a strange game about samurai. The Calabash Gourd’s primary function with Damage Taken Down is to lessen HP loss.
Also, Enemy Evasion Up is not what it sounds like. It won’t decrease enemy accuracy while swiping at players. Instead, this Special Effect is designed to help with stealth as it will increase the likelihood of not being seen by enemies.
4 Choshu Retainer’s Hairpin
Learn Weapons Faster
- Weapon Proficiency Acquisition +0.8%
- Additional Item Drops From Money Sacks +1.1%
Rise of the Ronin has several fighting styles based on weapons, ranging from swords to spears. The more players use these weapons, the more they will level them up and learn skills. For example, going unarmed with just fists will increase HP with each new rank in Rise of the Ronin.
The Choshu Retainer’s Hairpin can help weapons level up faster with Weapon Proficiency Acquisition. Additional Item Drops From Money Sacks is an odd one to tack onto a weapon-based accessory like this, but it’s not a bad bonus.
3 Medicine Case
Protect Against Poison
- Poison Resilience +5.3%
- Medicine Efficiency +1.1%
The Medicine Case is a fairly common accessory to find in Rise of the Ronin. Its primary function is to prevent Poison from entering the body via the Poison Resilience Special Effect. Poison-based arrows or infused blades are common techniques of assassins and ninjas.
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Medicine Efficiency is a great bonus because it will make items like Medical Pills heal more. That might be an even better effect than getting more Medicinal Pills from drops.
2 Owl Netsuke Charm
Protect Your Ki
- Ki Consumption Down (Guarding) -0.9%
- Damage Taken Down -1.0%
The Owl Netsuke Charm is another accessory like the Bulletproof Kimono that will reduce Ki used defensively thanks to its Ki Consumption Down (Guarding) Special Effect. The difference, though, is that it is the accessory’s main draw and not a bonus.
This accessory is the opposite of the Bulletproof Kimono since it also comes with Damage Taken Down, which is quite impressive for a little wooden owl charm. Accessories and armor in RPGs rarely make sense in how they prevent certain things from happening.
1 Protective Charm Pouch
Get More Items Fast
- Additional Item Drop (Collecting) +1.2%
- Additional Item Drops From Enemies +0.6%
The Protective Charm Pouch is another good accessory to increase drop rates in a couple of ways. Additional Item Drop (Collecting) will help with collection-based missions. For example, there is an early one in Rise of the Ronin wherein a healer will ask players to grab a certain number of plants for her Apothecary.
Additional Item Drops From Enemies, once again, increases the drop rate of items, but it won’t affect their rarity. That’s all luck-based and players should be used to crossing fingers in looter RPGs.
Rise of the Ronin
- Released
- March 22, 2024
WHERE TO PLAY
- Developer(s)
- Team Ninja
- Platform(s)
- PC, PlayStation 5
- Genre(s)
- Action RPG, Adventure, Open-World
