Imagine if you can travel to tsushima just like how iki was in GoT and you unlock the ghost mask and or the storm of clan sakai as a nod to him and maybe it would be a mythic quest and might bring in some lore to what happened to Jin and all his companions after GoT

Just got the game wondering what kind of tips and tricks you guys have.

Similar to RDR2, this game felt like it teased a conclusion several times and kinda drug along. BUT. I really enjoyed the dichotomy of Jin’s samurai upbringing vs the reality of the mongol invasion. Great characters, beautiful landscape. Doing the DLC now and definitely recommend as it recontextualizes Jin’s father’s death and elaborates on how he became the samurai we know him to be. Great stuff, don’t skip out.

I’ve found the tengu demon mask (hidden behind a waterfall, thank you golden bird), raider helmet (followed bird up mountain and found flute sign so I played it, lightning struck the ground and a chest appeared where it struck with the helmet inside) and the jinzo hat (pirate looking hat I found behind a pullable wall hidden on the coast). Anyone else found any secret masks/stuff?

For me, I didn't know that you could >!parry attacks until NG+, I'd pressed the buttons a few times during the playthrough and assumed it was a taunt of some kind!<

I also didn't know what the >!scavenger mask!< did until I had already activated the >!heroes' grave in the monastery!< so I (and I pretty sure I'm not the only one) had to do the Miasma run OHKO

​ I'm trying to record all the secret encounters, "treasures" and places in the game. I haven't found any complete list around, so I'm doing one myself. Some of these are already noticed on reddit comments, others are also noted on websites like https://mapgenie.io/ghost-of-tsushima/maps/tsushima and some of them I haven't seen noted on any comment nor youtube video. I'm having trouble to find a couple of them and I ignore if some "treasures" are lore related (places referred in any recod scroll), so any help in that regard is appreciated.

I've tried to be as vague as possible, but spoilers are unavoidable.

Act I

• Lady samurai who kills a peasant
• Archer in a tower
• Monk in front of a tower and the poisoned well
• Mongols trying to get prisoners off the island
• Man that committed suicide
• At the golden temple you can talk with the first person you helped
• At Hyoshi Springs a man thanks you for avenging his sister
• "Treasures"
  • Sibling Rocks (Family Escape quest?), near a banner
  • Top of Kaneda Castle before Act II begins

Act II

• Some people you helped along the way try to get into the Omi Monastery
• Samurai ambush at Old Yarikawa
• Random ambush at bamboo forest (I was unable to find this one)
• Stabbed bandit on bamboo (was unable to find this one)
• At the survivor camp near the cave you can talk with the man you helped earlier
• At Akashima you can talk with a woman you helped with the Kappa mission
• The Kushi Temple gets regular Mongol raids after completing the location related quests and the game (bad karma?, Kushi monks refuse to help in the fight against the mongols)
• "Treasures"
  • Mongol artifact hidden under a tree (clue in a scroll found on nearby tower)
  • In a mountain near Omi Monastery
  • In your future mansion
  • North of Kaneda's Castle
  • Inside a cave between the Cloud Ridge Shrine and Duel of Crashing Waves
• "Hidden" Places
  • Little buddha garden with a lot of flowers
  • A place with no name
  • A village with the name only in kanji

Act III

• Two trebuchets (people of the villages give resources as thanks)
• Lady trapped in a burning house (near a banner)
• Monk on a tower near one of the trebuchets (no interaction)
• Dead man with flowers (was unable to find this one)
• After beating the game you can find Norio at Cedar Temple, but he says nothing
• "Treasures"
  • Near a mount in some kind of cave (I have to rewatch my recording)
  • Top of Shimura's Castle before completing the mission that takes you there)
• "Hidden" Places
  • Two unused duel arenas, one of them with a "blank signal"/"no-name"

Misc.

• Rolling on grass get you crouch instantly
• Jump + stance attack = kick + posture break
• Jump + quick attack = heavy air attack
• Cancel attack with L1 (really useful against ronin)
• Sometimes you can use Ghost Stance on duels (Hard Mode)
• Sometimes you can use the flammable sword on duels (Hard and Lethal)
• Archery has a photo mode that can be unlocked on the option menu, hold R2 when exiting the mode to keep the ammo.
• Most of the hats get in the way of the cinematics
• Betrayer's hat reacts to wind
• Walking slowly through tall grass makes you move your hand like Gladiator or Assassin's Creed: Origins. (there's also a similar move on horse)
• All the Shrines have different kanji (on the Torii Gates) but they are not all related to the names of the kamis. It may be archaic japanese or maybe the name of the shrine instead of the kami.
• At Azamo Bay you can find a non-collectible Yakiwara banner
• After beating the Yarikawa quest don't go crazy trying to find the banners around, they are moving on the back of the guards and can't be collected at the moment, even if the vibrating controller says otherwise.
• After max upgrading your sword in New Game + the blade gets a damascus steel texture (or maybe after beating the game again, I'm not sure on this one).

I checked every hot springs, haiku, inari shrines and bamboo strikes, I just cannot find any others. Checked the whole map and guides but somehow im still missing something. Can anyone help me understand

So I'm 190 hours into my save and I only JUST discovered the earthwake ability... 🤣 so I was wondering is there any other "secret" things like that to find or obtain. And yes I know its not really a secret but you know what I mean. 190 hours later and this would have been so helpful, wish they hinted at this unlockable earlier in the game..