Nioh 3 All Ninja’s Locks Locations
This guide will show you where to find every Ninja’s Locks in Nioh 3.
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Ninja’s Locks are used to gain skill points that can be invested into any Ninja-type skill tree. Here are the locations.
1572 CE - Warring States
Ninja’s Locks #1. Follow the Scampuss in the Tenryu River region.
Ninja’s Locks #2. Valuable in the Tenryu River region.
Ninja’s Locks #3. Valuable in the Tenryu River region.
Ninja’s Locks #4. Pet the Chijiko in the Hamamatsu region.
Ninja’s Locks #5. In a house in the Hamamatsu region.
Ninja’s Locks #6. Valuable in the Hamamatsu region.
Ninja’s Locks #7. Found inside the Crucible in Hamamatsu (you can return here via the Battle Scrolls menu by selecting the “Crucible Manifested” mission). Close to the end of the crucible, you will go through an area with lava and a small house on the left. Climb onto the Torii gate and then jump to the item.
Ninja’s Locks #8. Obtained automatically by defeating the Jakotsu-baba.
Ninja’s Locks #9. Pet the Chijiko in the Maisaka region.
Ninja’s Locks #10. In the house to the right in the Maisaka region.
Ninja’s Locks #11. In a chest in the Enemy Base in the Maisaka region.
Ninja’s Locks #12. In a chest in the Enemy Base in the Maisaka region.
Ninja’s Locks #13. Pet the Chijiko in the Maisaka region.
Ninja’s Locks #14. A valuable inside the cave to the south-east of the Maisaka region.
Ninja’s Locks #15. Behind the Spirit Vein in Maisaka. You will need the Shin-Roku Spirit that is obtained at the end of the first main region.
Ninja’s Locks #16. In a chest on the other side of the Spirit Vein in the Lake Sanaru.
Ninja’s Locks #17. Follow the Scampuss in Lake Sanaru.
Ninja’s Locks #18. Pet the Chijiko in Mikatagahara.
Ninja’s Locks #19. In a chest in Mikatagahara.
Ninja’s Locks #20. In the Mikatagahara Crucible. On a corpse just before the second Bodhisattva Statue.
Ninja’s Locks #21. In a chest in the Hamamatsu Hill region.
Ninja’s Locks #22. Pet the Chijiko in the Hamamatsu Hill region.
Ninja’s Locks #23. Pet the Chijiko in the Hamamatsu Hill region.
Ninja’s Locks #24. Follow the Scampuss in the Lake Hamana region.
Ninja’s Locks #25. A valuable in Lake Hamana. From the Main Keep shrine, continue around the left and go through the building. After coming out the other side, go to the right and pick up the key from the corpse. Then return to the underground area before the shrine and use the key to open the door where the Ninka Locks can be found.
Ninja’s Locks #26. Pet the Chijiko in the Lake Hamana region.
Ninja’s Locks #27. In a chest in the Iinoya region.
Ninja’s Locks #28. Pet the Chijiko in the Iinoya region.
Ninja’s Locks #29. Pet the Chijiko in the Iinoya region. To see this one you will have to enter the village. You will need to start the Those Who Live In the Shadows side quest in this same region.
Ninja’s Locks #30. Follow the Scampuss on the other side of the Spirit Vein.
Ninja’s Locks #31. In the chest in the Iinoya region.
Ninja’s Locks #32. In a chest in the Futamata Road region.
Ninja’s Locks #33. Pet the Chijikop in the Futamata Road region.
Ninja’s Locks #34. In a chest in the Futamata region.
Ninja’s Locks #35. A Valuable in the Futamata region.
Ninja’s Locks #36. A Valuable in the Futamata region.
Ninja’s Locks #37. A Valuable in the Futamata region.
Ninja’s Locks #38. Finish the A Drop Of Hope side quest in the Tenryu River region.
Ninja’s Locks #39. Finish the Abundant Evil side quest in the Maisaka region.
Ninja’s Locks #40. Finish the Searching For A Spy side quest in the Futamata region. You will start this quest automatically when going though this region via the southern entrance.
Ninja’s Locks #41. Finish the Disaster At lake Hamana side quest. This quest will start automatically once you enter this region.
Ninja’s Locks #42. Finish the Those Who Live In The Shaodows side quest. This can be found in the Iinoya region.
Ninja’s Locks #43. Finish the Depicting The Tiger Of Kai side quest. This quest is found in the Futamata Road region after reaching the 2nd main region.
Ninja’s Locks #44. Finish the The Demon’s Regimen side quest. This side quest unlocks after finishing the Searching For A Spy side quest.
Ninja’s Locks #45. Finish the The Great Shogun Of The Heian Era side quest. This can be found in Hamamatsu after reaching the second main region of the game.
Ninja’s Locks #46. Finish the The Way Of The Ninja: Novice Battle Scroll. You can start this after talking to Hanzo at the Eternal Rift.
Ninja’s Locks #47. Finish the The Demon’s Regimen Battle Scroll. This will become available after finishing the side quest with the same name.
Ninja’s Locks #48. Finish the The Way Of The Ninja: Adept Battle Scroll. You can start this after talking to Hanzo at the Eternal Rift once you finish The Way Of The Ninja: Novice.
Ninja’s Locks #49. Finish the The Way Of The Onmyo: Adept Battle Scroll. You can start this after talking to Saito Fuku at the Eternal Rift once you finish The Way Of The Onmyo: Novice.
Ninja’s Locks #50. Reward for finishing the Origin Of The Haunting Caves Battle Scroll. You can unlock this Battle Scroll by picking up the item found in the Haunting Caves in the Maisaka region. It can be found by going to the Rimstone Pool shrine and backtracking down to the area with a snake and crab enemy. Here you will find the item on some rocks.
Ninja’s Locks #51. Reward for finishing the Groans In The Valley Battle Scroll. You can unlock it by picking up an item in the Mikatagahara region. Just past the Main Hall shrine, you will get to a small area with a few enemies. Here look left to find the item on the bridge with holes in it.
Ninja’s Locks #52. Reward for reaching Exploration Level 3 in Tokaido.
Ninja’s Locks #53. Reward for reaching Exploration Level 3 in Lake Sanaru.
Ninja’s Locks #54. Reward for reaching Exploration Level 3 in Mitagahara.
Ninja’s Locks #55. Reward for reaching Exploration Level 3 in Iinoya.
Ninja’s Locks #56. Reward for reaching Exploration Level 3 in Futamata.
1190 CE - Heian
Ninja’s Locks #57. A valuable in the Mount Kurama region.
Ninja’s Locks #58. In a chest in the Mount Kurama region.
Ninja’s Locks #59. A valuable in the Kamo Village region.
Ninja’s Locks #60. On the other side of the Spirit Vein in the Funaokayama region.
Ninja’s Locks #61. Pet the Chijiko in the Funaokayama region.
Ninja’s Locks #62. From the Enemy Base, slide down the icy slope and jump to the item on the platform.
Ninja’s Locks #63. A valuable in the Sagano region. Use the Spirit Vein to the east to reach it.
Ninja’s Locks #64. Pet the Chijiko in the Sagano region.
Ninja’s Locks #65. In a chest in the Sagano region. Go up the ice ramp and then look for the chest in the room on your right.
Ninja’s Locks #66. Obtained automatically by defeating the Otoroshi story boss.
Ninja’s Locks #67. Follow the Scampuss and pet it in the Nishiichi.
Ninja’s Locks #68. Found in the Nishiichi region.
Ninja’s Locks #69. A valuable found after cleansing the Lesser Crucible in the Nishiichi region.
Ninja’s Locks #70. A Valuable in the Awawa No Tsuji region.
Ninja’s Locks #71. Pet the Chijiko in the Awawa No Tsuji region.
Ninja’s Locks #72. Pet the Chijiko in the Hachijo region.
Ninja’s Locks #73. A valuable in the Hachijo region.
Ninja’s Locks #74. A valuable in the Hachijo region. From the stage cross the rooftops on the left and drop down the hole.
Ninja’s Locks #75. Story related for defeating Ibaraki Doji.
Ninja’s Locks #76. A valuable in the Rokuhara region. Climb the first 2 ladders in the pagoda, then exit onto the balcony and circle around to the left.
Ninja’s Locks #77. A valuable in the Rokuhara region.
Ninja’s Locks #78. Obtained automatically once you defeat the Kajiwara boss at the end of the Rokuhara region.
Ninja’s Locks #79. A valuable in the Palace Grounds Crucible. From the Shunka Gate shrine, continue up the path and circle back around to the roof looking over the shrine.
Ninja’s Locks #80. Reward for finishing the Yokai Horde Picture Scroll side quest. You can start it by interacting with the dark mist near a small shrine in the Kamo Village region. You can reach it by using the Spirit Vein and following the path.
Ninja’s Locks #81. Reward for finishing the In Search Of Eternal Youth side quest in the Sagano region.
Ninja’s Locks #82. Reward for finishing the The Box’s Guardian side quest in the Hachijo region.
Ninja’s Locks #83. Reward for finishing the True Samurai Of Kamakura side quest in the Mount Kurama region.
Ninja’s Locks #84. Rewards for finishing the Unwavering Hope side quest in the Sagano region.
Ninja’s Locks #85. Reward for finishing the Shadows On The Capital side quest in the Awawa no Tsuji region.
Ninja’s Locks #86. Reward for finishing the Putrid Paradise side quest in the Hachijo region.
Ninja’s Locks #87. Reward for finishing The Value Of Perfection side quest. You can start it by talking to Matsunaga at the hidden teahouse in the Eternal Rift.
Ninja’s Locks #88. Reward for finishing the The Way of The Ninja: Veteran Battle Scroll. You can unlock this by talking to Hanzo in the Eternal Rift after finishing The Way of The Ninja: Novice & Adept and then reaching the 1864 CE - Bakumatsu main region.
Ninja’s Locks #89. Reward for finishing the The Mystery Of Rajomon Battle Scroll. You can start it by picking up the shiny in the Hichijo region.
Ninja’s Locks #90. Reward for reaching Exploration Level 3 in the Kamo Village region.
Ninja’s Locks #91. Reward for reaching Exploration Level 3 in the Sagano region.
Ninja’s Locks #92. Reward for reaching Exploration Level 3 in the Awawa No Tsuji region.
Ninja’s Locks #93. Reward for reaching Exploration Level 3 in the Hachijo region.
Ninja’s Locks #94. Reward for reaching Exploration Level 3 in the Palace Ground region.
247 CE - Antiquity
To replay this region, you have to select the The Spirit Tree Village & the Dark Roots Battle Scrolls.
Ninja’s Locks #95. Climb the large tree trunk and then jump to the area on your right to find it in a chest.
Ninja’s Locks #96. In a hut, once you reach the village.
Ninja’s Locks #97. Obtained automatically after defeating the Kusanagi boss.
Ninja’s Locks #98. Once you reach the bottom of the Spirit Tree area with the red liquid on the floor, turn around and use the 3rd and final shortcut that takes you back to the shirne at the top. As you ride the lift up, look out for a root you can jump to. Then make your way down the root to get the collectible from a chest.
1622 CE - Return To Edo
No Ninja’s Locks in this region.
1864 CE - Bakumatsu
Ninja’s Locks #99. Valuable down the side alley in the main street in the Shimabara region.
Ninja’s Locks #100. Pet the Chijiko in the Shichijo region.
Ninja’s Locks #101. In a chest in the Shichijo region.
Ninja’s Locks #102. Obtained by defeating the Kasha boss in the Shichijo region.
Ninja’s Locks #103. Valuable from the Shichijo region.
Ninja’s Locks #104. Chase and pet the scampuss in the Sanjo region.
Ninja’s Locks #105-106. Valuables in the story crucible in the Sanjo region. After going through a red cave and emerging out the other end by using a Spirit Vein, you will see a building on your left with a blue glow inside. Before heading in, go down to your right to find the 2 Ninja’s Locks.
Ninja’s Locks #107. Pet the Chijiko in the Gion region.
Ninja’s Locks #108.In a chest in the Kiyomizu region. Use the Spirit Vein just after the shrine to land on a wooden platform. Then drop down below to get the chest.
Ninja’s Locks #109. Obtained after defeating the Onmoraki boss at the end of Kiyomizu.
Ninja’s Locks #110. A valuable in the Kiyomizu region just after the Onmoraki boss.
Ninja’s Locks #111. A valuable in the Shirakawa region.
Ninja’s Locks #112. In a chest in the Nijo Castle region.
Ninja’s Locks #113. A valuable in the Nijo Castle.
Ninja’s Locks #114. Pet the Chijiko in the Nijo Castle region.
Ninja’s Locks #115. Chase and pet the Scampuss in the Mibu region.
Ninja’s Locks #116. Pet the Chijiko in the Mibu region.
Ninja’s Locks #117. In a chest in the Kyoto Imperial Palace region.
Ninja’s Locks #118. Found in the story crucible in the Kyoto Imperial Palace region. About halfway through the crucible, you will get to a room with a square structure in the middle. Jump up onto it to find the Ninja’s Locks in the cylinder on top.
Ninja’s Locks #119. Reward for finishing the Seeking Spirit Stones side quest. You can start this quest by talking to Thomas in the Shichijo region after defeating the Kasha boss in the armoury in the Shichijo region.
Ninja’s Locks #120. Reward for finishing the A Present From Whom? side quest. Talk to Thomas in the Shichijo region after finishing the Seeking Spirit Stones side quest.
Ninja’s Locks #121. Reward for finishing the Seeking Rare Yokai side quest in the Kiyomizu region.
Ninja’s Locks #122. Reward for finishing the Ryoma’s Bequeathment side quest in the Shichijo region.
Ninja’s Locks #123. Reward for finishing the Sealed in The Stone Urn side quest in the Shichijo region.
Ninja’s Locks #124. Reward for finishing the Drawn To Yokai Incense Battle Scroll. You unlock this after defeating the following bosses in the open world:
Hino-Enma. Found at the end of the cave in the Maisaka region.
Kasha. Found in the armoury to the south-east in the Shichijo region.
Joro-Gumo. Found in the Shirakawa region close to the Yoshidayama Approach shrine.
Ninja’s Locks #125. Reward for finishing the Crucible Tour Battle Scroll. Unlocked after finishing the Kiyomizu Defiled Battle Scroll in Kiyomizu.
Ninja's Locks #126. Reward for finishing the Nobunaga’s Blade Battle Scroll.
Ninja’s Locks #127. Reward for reaching Exploration Level 3 in the Shichijo region.
Ninja’s Locks #128. Reward for reaching Exploration Level 3 in the Sanjo region.
Ninja’s Locks #129. Reward for reaching Exploration Level 3 in the Kiyomizu region.
Ninja’s Locks #130. Reward for reaching Exploration Level 3 in the Shirakawa region.
Ninja’s Locks #131. Reward for reaching Exploration Level 3 in the Mibu region.
Ninja’s Locks #125. Obtained by giving The Great Scampuss furballs at the Eternal Rift.
Ninja’s Locks #126. Obtained by giving The Great Scampuss furballs at the Eternal Rift.
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