Palace Nobles are a normal enemy in Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. They are commonly found in Fountainhead Palace.
Description[]
The Palace Nobles are men who mutated into weird fish-like creature through the consumption of the divine water of the Fountainhead Palace.
They have a craving for youth and, when desperate, they are even willing to cannibalise Okami Warriors.
There are two types of Palace Nobles:
Blue-Robed Noble[]
Location:[]
- Vermillion Bridge: inhabitating the buildings.
- Mibu Manor: guarding the access to the Flower Viewing Stage, alongside Okami Warriors.
Behaviour and Tactics[]
Opportunistic Lunge: after performing Sap Youth successfully, lunges forward, toppling Sekiro, and plunges the flute in his neck.- Sap Youth: raise the flute up to his mouth and starts to beckon the youth out of the Wolf's body. If the meters fills up all the way through, Enfeeblement will occur, turning Sekiro into an old man who's unable of moving in his usual agile way.
- Punch: throws a punch and then follows it with a backhand slap. Will only use this if Opportunistic Lunge is interrupted.
While they're extremely fragile, they can become dangerous if their guards rush to their defense, so it's best to approach the Fountainhead Palace with stealth.
Interestingly if a Blue-Robed Noble has succeeded in sapping, such as on an enemy affected by Puppeteer Ninjutsu, (or has kept sapping for 30s. e.g. some obstacles blocks the sapping) once, they will never sap again. They will lunge instead, even if Sekiro is healthy.
Given their small health pool and defense, Shuriken can safely put them down from the distance.
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Pellet x1 (Common) |
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Lump of Fat Wax x1 (Uncommon) |
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Lump of Grave Wax x1 (Rare) |
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Red-Robed Noble[]
Location:[]
- Mibu Manor: one is found inside the building with the chest containing Divine Grass.
- Palace Grounds: inside the building, consuming the flesh off the corpses of some Okami.
Behaviour and Tactics[]
- Punch: throws a punch and then follows it with a backhand slap.
- Stab: slowly stabs Wolf with his flute.
Almost completely harmless, they'll die in a few hits without much retaliation.
Notes[]
- A Mini-Boss variant of this enemy exists under the name of Mist Noble.
- The Head Priest of Mibu Village will also turn into a Red-Robed Noble, after consuming the Water of the Palace. This one has shide on his back, as he had it before.
- When the Blue-Robed Nobles are under the effect of the Puppeteer Ninjutsu, they'll use the moveset of the Red-Robed variant and will not inflict Enfeeblement.