In-Game Description[]
| Reflect upon a previously defeated extraordinary foe to fight them once more within Wolf's memories.
During reflection, Wolf's attack power is not tied to his strength in the real world, and any Quick Items and Spirit Emblems used in these battles are reverted to their original states upon returning to reality. |
Overview[]
Upon defeating a boss for the first time during a playthrough and obtaining their Memory, Reflection of Strength will become available at any Sculptor's Idol.
From then on, any newly acquired Memory will add its corresponding boss to the Reflection of Strength. In the case of Inner Genichiro, Inner Father and Inner Isshin, these bosses wil be added as soon as they're unlocked in their own Gauntlet of Strength without the need to collect their Memory first.
During these fights, Wolf's Attack Power is set automatically and any item used is reset at the end of the battle.
Defeating bosses here won't award Sekiro with any Experience or Sen or Memory.
Once the boss is defeated, a Sculptor's Idol will appear with the following options:
- Rest
- Purchase Spirit Emblems
- Battle next extraordinary foe
- Quit battle
Choosing to "Quit battle" or "Quit game" will kick Wolf out of the Reflection and back to the last Sculptor's Idol he interacted with.
Bosses[]
- Gyoubu Oniwa
- Lady Butterfly
- Genichiro Ashina
- Folding Screen Monkeys
- Guardian Ape
- Headless Ape
- Corrupted Monk
- True Monk
- Great Shinobi - Owl
- Owl (Father)
- Divine Dragon
- Emma, the Gentle Blade
- Isshin Ashina
- Genichiro, Way of Tomoe
- Isshin, the Sword Saint
- Demon of Hatred
- Inner Genichiro
- Inner Father
- Inner Isshin
Notes[]
- Introduced with Patch 1.05.
- If Wolf hasn't died yet in the current playthrough, Resurrection won't be available in any Reflection of Strength either.
Trivia[]
- Despite not having a Memory associated to them directly, Emma, the Gentle Blade and Genichiro, Way of Tomoe are have been respectively separated into their own Reflections from Isshin Ashina and Isshin, the Sword Saint.
- The first phase with the Old Dragons of the Tree is completely removed in the Divine Dragon's encounter, and the Reflection will instead begin at the start of the second phase.
- While in the main game, the boss of the Fountainhead Palace is called "Corrupted Monk" just like that in Mibu Village, in Reflection of Strength she's named "True Monk" (or 宮の破戒僧, "Corrupted Monk of the Palace", in japanese) like in her Memory.