Nioh 3: Elite Enemy Locations & Interactive Tracking Guide

Yamainu is an Elite Yokai that looks like a wolf and patrols the path outside the village. It is recommended to defeat it to obtain its Soul Cores (random drop).

Karasu Tengu is a bird-like Yokai. While not necessarily an elite enemy, as it will become common later in the game, you should be aware that it exists in the courtyard of the shrine.

A Raiju is waiting for you inside the building. Make sure you are ready to face this Yokai.

Two Yagyo Soldiers are guarding the upper courtyard.

An Ippon-Datara is guarding the area under the bridge and the Sagano Kodama.

Patrols the area between the houses.

Found at the bottom of the lower ravine. The large wolf-like Yokai is guarding two Amrita Corpses.

An Ippon-Datara is guarding the Crucible Spike. Stay sharp! 💪

After exiting the first broken temple building, stay sharp because a Magatsu Warrior is guarding the entrance to the tunnel you'll need to enter.

Itsumade is a crow-like yokai you'll get to fight when you reach the upper area of the Crucible. The first one guards the courtyard of the temple building, where you get to activate the second Bodhisattva Statue.

Guards the courtyard in the middle of the moving traps past the second Bodhisattva Statue.

A Magatsu Warrior patrols the broken bridge you'll cross on your way to Gion.

A Yamanu is guarding the alley leading to the Shijo Master. Stay sharp!

A Raiju is guarding the Nijo Castle Crucible Spike. Thread carefully!

The Gaki Chief spawns during the third phase of the Nijo Castle Lesser Crucible challenge. Stay alert!

The Mikoshi Nyudo spawns during the fourth phase of the Nijo Castle Lesser Crucible challenge. Stay alert!

A Mikoshi Nyudo is guarding the lower Nijo Castle courtyard. Stay sharp!

A Waira will wait for you in the bamboo forest. Make sure you are ready for this yokai.

Itsumade spawns during the third wave of the Nijo Castle Lesser Crucible Challenge. Make sure you are ready for the crow-like yokai you probably remember from Honnoji Temple.

The third wave of the Lesser Crucible challenge in Gion includes a Raiju. Make sure you are prepared for this powerful yokai.

An Itsumade patrols the clearing in front of the Crucible Spike. Stay sharp!

A Yamainu can be found in the small garden by the road. Be careful!

An Itsumade is guarding the courtyard. Get ready!

A Sunakake-baba will wait for you on the street. While not a difficult enemy, it is worth knowing that the old yokai is here.

A Mikoshi Nyudo is guarding the courtyard of the Yasaka Shrine. Stay sharp!

A Mikoshi Nyudo is waiting for you in the courtyard. Stay sharp!

After you exit the house on the hill, get ready to deal with a Raiju.

A Magatsu Warrior will wait for you in front of the gate.

Yamainu is an Elite Yokai that looks like a wolf. You'll have to defeat it to obtain the Dirty Key.

Gaki Chief spawns in the clearing during Insatiable Hunger Myth. Although it is rather large, the Chief is fairly easy because it is very slow. You must defeat the Gaki Chief to complete the Insatiable Hunger Myth.

Yoki is an Eltie Yokai you'll have to defeat while playing A Drop of Hope Myth.

Spawns in the center of the small village on the northern side of the Lake Sanaru area.

The large Gaki is sleeping in the Maisaka Post courtyard. You have to defeat him to complete the Maisaka Post Enemy Base.

Yamainu is an Elite Yokai that looks like a wolf. You will encounter it on the western path in Lake Sanaru.

Yamainu is an Elite Yokai that looks like a wolf. You will encounter it in the inner courtyard of the Horie Castle.

Found in front of the shrine. You probably remember this Yokai from the Warring States period. In Heian, you will have to defeat a similar one named Mikoshi Nyudo.

A Sunakake-baba is guarding the clearing past the southwestern Spirit Vein.

A One-eyed Oni waits for you on the top floor of the pagoda after using the Spirit Vein.

Found on the hill in the center of the farm.

Note: Spawns only while playing the Shadows on the Capital Myth.

Found in the center of the courtyard. The little One-eyed Oni will turn into an Ippon-Datara if you don't deal with it quickly.

Note: Spawn only while playing the Shadows on the Capital Myth.

Besides being a boss, Gozuki is also an Elite Enemy you'll have to defeat to clear the Rokuhara Dark Realm. Gozuki patrols the central area of the southern village, which you can explore only after defeating Takasugi Shinsaku in Bakumatsu.

Found on a lower ledge after activating the second Spirit Vein, and before entering the nearby building.

A Mikoshi Nyudo can be spotted guarding the lower area under the bridge leading to Gion.

A Karasu Tengu will wait for you in the courtyard when you chase the Scampuss.

Location Revised By: Slaimu

While playing the Old Medicine, New Problems Myth, you'll have to fight various yokai in the clearing alongside Tokugawa Ieyasu. The last wave includes a Raiju. Stay sharp!