when is the point of no return?

[Kevfactor]

right now im at the 3 heart fire monkey and working on some mini boss back at the castle. I'm just curious without spoiling, how much more of the game can i do before i get to the point of no return and head to ng+? Thanks :)

[Gabito264]

Even if you have defeated the last boss and gotten the ending you desire, the game will not automatically send you to NG+ as it will sak you if you want a new playthrough, say no and you will return to the world and you can start NG+ with the sculptor idol.

[Sasha Mason]

There's technically no "Point of no return" since the game will ask you if you want to go into NG+ or not. HOWEVER, Ashina Castle and Ashina Outskirts will change drastically with some areas even becoming unavailable for the rest of the playthrough after you fight the boss at the Palace, which you enter via a cutscene. You'll know it when you find it.

Also, after getting the three required items for Kuro ("Mortal Blade" and two others), Ashina Castle will also change. So make sure that you get all the minibosses in the Castle or else you might not be able to get all Prayer Beads.

[Goilveig]

If he's at the Demon of Hatred then he's already past all of the changes to the castle.

As others said, you can continue the playthrough even after watching the ending, and go to ng+ when you choose.

[Sasha Mason]

Oooooooh that's what he meant with a three heart fire monkey.

[Apinaheebo]

Divine Dragon is kind of a point of no return, you can't progress the different ending quests after that moment.

[Goilveig]

Originally posted by Apinaheebo:

Divine Dragon is kind of a point of no return, you can't progress the different ending quests after that moment.

Yes and no. You can't progress any quest step requiring Kuro, Emma, Isshin, or Sculptor.

If you advance at least as far as acquiring the second bell / kuro's rice ball, then you can continue to progress them. The purification quest is just combat after that point, and the return quest only needs you to interact with the Divine Child.

[YamaTsunami]

Originally posted by YT - Kevfactor:

3 heart fire monkey

Imagine being the embodiment of years of bottled up hate and wrath, being surrounded by death and destruction, and then getting called a fire monkey.

On the topic: I'd say Divine Dragon is a point of no return if you want to do anything in Outskirts or Castle.
Everywhere else stays mostly the same at any point in the game.

[Shichiya]

Originally posted by Josh1.0:

Originally posted by YT - Kevfactor:

3 heart fire monkey

Imagine being the embodiment of years of bottled up hate and wrath, being surrounded by death and destruction, and then getting called a fire monkey.

I had a good laugh lmao
But seriously tho,he is indeed a kind of monkey. "Orangutan" has much of a similarities to monkey iirc

[Engels78]

Actually for Shura ending, it was decision in Dojo with Owl... So you already looong time ago passed first point of no return...