Nioh 3: Sudama Merchant Locations & Interactive Tracking Guide
Every Sudama Merchant in Nioh 3 carries three tabs. Buy uses Gold for standard consumables. Sell offloads unwanted items for Gold. Exchange uses Yokai Teardrops — and that's the one that matters.
The Exchange tab is the only source of Secret Skills Texts and Craft Guide blueprints that don't drop from enemies or appear in world chests. Miss a Sudama, and you miss those items permanently until you return.
All 13 Sudama Merchant locations are included with their complete Exchange catalogues on our Nioh 3 interactive guide hub maps.
Sells vs Exchanges: Two Very Different Stocks
The Buy stock is consistent across all 13 Sudamas — consumables, ammunition, and basic amulets available for Gold. Useful mid-run, but never the reason to hunt these merchants down.
The Exchange stock is the point. Each merchant carries two or three exclusive Teardrop-trade items: typically one Secret Skills Text and one or two Craft Guide blueprints.
No two merchants share the same Exchange catalogue. The Hamamatsu Sudama sells Enduring Destruction and two Craft Guides.
Maisaka has Enduring Burst. Futamata Road has Double-Edged Arts. Every Heian and Bakumatsu merchant carries similarly unique stock. Visit all 13 or leave permanent gaps in your Secret Skills and crafting options.
The Eternal Rift Sudama: The Most Important Merchant
The Sudama on the root between the buildings in the Eternal Rift is different from every other merchant.
Its Exchange catalogue includes five Soul Cores — Daidara Bocchi, Kodama, Sudama, Scampuss, and Chijiko — available nowhere else in the game. Each Exchange transaction at this Sudama also carries a random chance of dropping an additional Soul Core alongside your purchased item, so don't skip transactions even once you have the items you came for.
It also sells Warriors', Samurai's, and Ninja's Memorandums, exclusively available here.
How to Build Your Yokai Teardrop Reserve
The most reliable Teardrop farming source is Kappas — the small turtle-like Yokai with shiny gold shells on their backs scattered throughout Warring States and Heian.
Kill a Kappa, and it usually drops one or two Teardrops alongside its standard loot. Beyond Kappas, every Hot Spring gives 2 Teardrops on the first visit — 52 total across all 26 springs.
Every Chijiko you shoot, and pet drops one. Every Scampuss chase drops one.
Completing Battle Scroll missions can also reward Teardrops on mission completion. Crucible Wraiths drop them reliably as well.
Run Kappas near a Shrine, combine with nearby Scampuss chases, and your Teardrop reserves accumulate quickly without dedicated farming sessions.
Two Sudamas You Won't Find Without Help
The Mikatagahara Sudama sits on a ledge reachable only via the southern Spirit Vein — itself locked behind the Enko Guardian Spirit from Jakotsu-baba.
Walk through Mikatagahara without activating that Spirit Vein, and the merchant doesn't exist from your perspective.
The Funaokayama Sudama hides on top of a hill behind a crawl space that's easy to miss on the main Heian path. Both are pinned with exact approach routes.
All 13 Sudama Merchant Locations
Eternal Rift (1):
- Eternal Rift Sudama — on a root between the buildings. Exchanges: Evil-Dispelling Evade Secret Skills Text, five Soul Cores, Memorandums. Found on the Eternal Rift interactive map.
Warring States (5):
- Hamamatsu Sudama — behind a small table across from Hamamatsu Castle Town East Shrine. Exchanges: Enduring Destruction, two Craft Guides.
- Maisaka Sudama — on a rock outside the Kamaitachi clearing. Exchanges: Enduring Burst, two Craft Guides.
- Futamata Road Sudama — inside the cave by the tall grass fields. Exchanges: Double-Edged Arts, two Craft Guides.
- Iinoya Sudama — on the porch of the corrupted temple. Exchanges: Enduring Vigor, two Craft Guides.
- Mikatagahara Sudama — Spirit Vein-gated ledge. Exchanges: Invigorating Arts, two Craft Guides.
All five are pinned on the Warring States area map.
Heian (2):
- Funaokayama Sudama — behind the crawl space, top of the hill. Exchanges: Ascension, three Craft Guides.
- Nishiichi Sudama — on the western island. Exchanges: Mysteries of Summoning, three Craft Guides.
Both are pinned on the Heian interactive map.
Bakumatsu (5):
- Shichijo Sudama — by the Gambling Den Garden fence. Exchanges: Spirit Ascension, Counteroffensive Deflect, two Craft Guides.
- Sanjo Sudama — on the southeastern terrace. Exchanges: Shadowclad, Ninjutsu Link, two Craft Guides.
- Nijo Castle Sudama — northeastern corner near Nijo Castle Ruins Lake Shrine. Exchanges: Mysteries of Onmyo, three Craft Guides.
- Gion Sudama — by the Shrine Walk Greatwood. Exchanges: Shadow Art Superiority, two Craft Guides.
- Shirakawa Sudama — western side near Gion Alley Shrine. Exchanges: Expansive Deflect, three Craft Guides.
All five are included on the Bakumatsu map guide.
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| Eternal Rift SudamaEternal RiftEternal Rift Sudama | Eternal Rift | Found on a root between the buildings. Speak to the merchant and trade the Yokai Teardrops we have marked on our interactive map for various goods. Sells:
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| Nishiichi SudamaHeian - 1190 CENishiichi Sudama | Heian - 1190 CE | The Sudama in Nishiichi can be found on the island on the western side of the region. Sells:
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| Gion SudamaBakumatsu - 1864 CEGion Sudama | Bakumatsu - 1864 CE | The Sudama in the Gion area is found on the eastern side of the province, several steps away from the Shrine Walk Greatwood Shrine. Sells:
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| Hamamatsu SudamaWarring States - 1572 CEHamamatsu Sudama | Warring States - 1572 CE | Found behind a small table across the path from the Hamamatsu Castle Town (East) Shrine. Speak to the funny fellow and trade the Yokai Teardrops we have marked on our interactive map for various goods. Sells:
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| Maisaka SudamaWarring States - 1572 CEMaisaka Sudama | Warring States - 1572 CE | Found on a rock outside the clearing where you can fight Kamaitachi, in Maisaka. Speak to the funny fellow and trade the Yokai Teardrops we have marked on our interactive map for various goods. Sells:
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| Futamata Road SudamaWarring States - 1572 CEFutamata Road Sudama | Warring States - 1572 CE | The cute purple Sudama is found inside the cave by the fields of tall grass in the eastern Futamata Road region. Sells:
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| Iinoya SudamaWarring States - 1572 CEIinoya Sudama | Warring States - 1572 CE | The cute Sudama is found on the porch of the corrupted temple on the southern side of the Iinoya region. Sells:
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| Mikatagahara SudamaWarring States - 1572 CEMikatagahara Sudama | Warring States - 1572 CE | The cute purple Sudama is found on a ledge you can reach only via the southern Spirit Vein. Sells:
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| Funaokayama SudamaHeian - 1190 CEFunaokayama Sudama | Heian - 1190 CE | Found on top of the hill, after going through the crawl space. Sells:
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| Shichijo SudamaBakumatsu - 1864 CEShichijo Sudama | Bakumatsu - 1864 CE | The Shichijo Sudama is found by the fence surrounding the Gambling Den Garden in northeastern Shichijo. Sells:
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| Sanjo SudamaBakumatsu - 1864 CESanjo Sudama | Bakumatsu - 1864 CE | The Sanjo Sudama is found on the terrace on the southeastern side of Sanjo. Sells:
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| Nijo Castle SudamaBakumatsu - 1864 CENijo Castle Sudama | Bakumatsu - 1864 CE | The Sudama in the Nijo Castle area is found in the northeastern corner of the province, several steps away from the Nijo Castle Ruins Lake Shrine. Sells:
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| Shirakawa SudamaBakumatsu - 1864 CEShirakawa Sudama | Bakumatsu - 1864 CE | The Sudama in the Shirakawa area is found on the western side of the province, several steps away from the Gion Alley Shrine. Sells:
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