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Sekiro Folding Screen Monkeys Strategy Write-up

Gachiin's Sugar and Firecracker Method: Upon loading in, turn around approach the ledge and attack the invisible monkey. Use Gachiin's Sugar, run towards the bridge and grapple on the roof to kill the orange monkey. Next grapple to the center tree and use Shinobi Firecracker on the green monkey to stun him. This allows you to kill him before he runs away. Finally, grapple onto the left tree branch, grapple to the roof above, and head left. The purple monkey will run into the building, follow him down and use firecrackers once you land to stun the final monkey. Attack and kill him to finish this boss fight.

You will be summoned into the Hall of Illusions on a pier facing the Abyssal Hall. There are two Folding Screens in front of you depicting the four Monkeys: "See No Evil," Purple RobedMizaru_;"Speak No Evil," Orange RobedKikazaru; "Hear No Evil," Green RobedIwazaru; and a blank screen meant to indicate the presence of a fourth, invisible"Do No Evil," Monkey Shizaru. If front of you will be theIllusory Hall Monk, whoyou can speak with to discern how three of the four monkeys function: Mizaru will flee from you when he spots you;Kikazaruwill alert all other monkeys when he spots you, causing them to flee; whileIwazaru will flee when he hears you. (He does not explain how the fourth,Shizaru, works however.) Once a Monkey has been killed, its depiction on the Folding Screen will show the monkey facing away from you.

Each monkey has a set starting position and will be reset to that position upon ringing the Illusive Hall Bell Quick Item. Those positions are as follows: "See No Evil"Mizaruwill be atop the second rooftop on the left; the "Speak No Evil" Kikazaru will be on the rooftop above the Illusory Hall Monk; the "Hear No Evil"Iwazaru will be seated on the tree in the middle of the Abyssal Hall, behind the Illusory Hall Monk; andShizaruwill always start/be located right behind the player's initial spawn point in the Illusory Hall.

1. Upon spawning in, immediately turn around and swipe once to knock the Invisible Monkey out of its invisibility. If you miss, simply use the Illusive Hall Bell again to reset the position of all the monkeys. Doing this/killing the Invisible Monkeyfirst makes hunting the rest of them less tedious, as you won't have to deal with the Terror-inflicting Monkey Spirits the Invisible Monkey summons.
2. Once you've finished off the Invisible Monkey, ring the Illusive Hall Bell again to reset the level. Immediately dash towards one of the two Folding Screens in front of you to hide from the Orange Monkey. Once the enemy alerted icon disappears, rush towards the temple and grapple towards the roof above the Illusory Hall Monk. Here, killKikazaru immediately,which will cause Mizaru to flee. Ring the Illusive Hall Bell, again.
3. Kikazaruand Shizaru on the Folding Screens should now be facing away from the player. Run forwards and make a left towards the Roaring Hall, the room filled with water. Turn right and go out the door and up the stairs you will now be in the second building, beneathMizaru. Go left out of the second building into the Light Hall, a room containing 4 statues and a note on the far wall. Interact with the door to the right of the note to open it; this will allow a wailing wind into the building that we will need later. Go to the center of the room, look up, and grapple once so you are on the Octagon-shaped ring above you. Face your character towards the second building so that the grapple point on that side of the roof is selected. Grapple, then sprint towards the Second Building Rooftop to find and killMizaruwith a flurry of R1 attacks. Ring the Illusive Hall Bell to reset.
4. Kikazaru,Mizaruand Shizaruon the Folding Screens should now be facing away from the player. With onlyIwazaru"Hear No Evil" remaining, head toward the Illusory Hall Monk, and turn left towards the room filled with water. Next, turn right towards the second building on the left, and then turn right again to head through the hallway. Halfway through the hallway on the left, interact with and ring the large bell you find, then sprint towards the central tree, grapple to the branch on the central tree behind Iwazaru, and finish him off with a flurry of R1 attacks.
5. When the last Monkey is killed, you will see the "SHINOBI EXECUTION" screen.
6. After killing the final monkey, you will be automatically transported to the Inner Sanctum and receive your rewards!

Sekiro Folding Screen Monkeys Attacks & Counters

Folding Screen Monkeys Lore

• The Folding Screen Monkeys, and the Hall of Illusions itself, serve to protect the Divine Child of Rejuvenation, as explained by the item: Memory: Screen Monkeys.
• Lore theories should be clearly marked as such.

Folding Screen Monkeys Notes & Trivia

• The Japanese name of the boss more heavily hints at there being four monkeys to find, as it lists three monkeys with a blank space after the comma after the third monkey, hinting again at the invisible monkey following you.
• This boss fight is based on a Buddhist/Confucian interpretation ofthe"Three Wise Monkeys," maxim, wherein each monkey representsthe principles of: "See no evil; Hear no evil; and Speak no evil."
• The Fourth Monkey, alternatively referred to as "Do no Evil," or "Smell no Evil," is less often cited as part of the proverb, but still shares its origins with at least a Confucian interpretation of it.
• According to Wikipedia: Though the teaching had nothing to do with monkeys, the concept of the three monkeys originated from a simple play on words. The saying in Japanese is mizaru, kikazaru, iwazaru (見ざる, 聞かざる, 言わざる) "see not, hear not, speak not", where the -zaru is a negative conjugation on the three verbs, matching zaru, the modified form of saru (猿) "monkey" used in compounds. Thus the saying (which does not include any specific reference to "evil") can also be interpreted as referring to three monkeys.
• Similarly: the Monkeys are sometimes said to go by the names: Mizaru (See Not); Kikazaru (Hear Not); Iwazaru (Speak Not); and Shizaru (Do No [Evil]), though this is often a byproduct of non-Japanese interpretations of the proverb and its associated mythology.
• Like the Guardian Ape, the brown-furred Ape appearing in the Headless Ape fight, and the Monkeys found in the Sunken Valley Passage, the Folding Screen Monkeys are most likely based on Japanese Macaques.
• Although theIllusory Hall Monk claims that previous visitors have come into the Hall of Illusions, no corpses or human remains can be found throughout the area.
  • Due to the way he talks, the claim specifies only one visitor with a purpose, and says that that visitor (essentially) disappeared - which could be an allusion to the fourth, invisible monkey. Him being someone with something to "Do" would also make him a good pun on "Do No".