Enemies suddenly give less xp in NG+

[Räuber Fotzenplotz]

So i´m at the end of a NG+ run, just defeated Divine Dragon and came back to see Ashina Castle being ravaged as per usual. But somehow every single enemie gives me less xp now. Red guard gives 211xp, The Big samurais (Full Armor nodachi) give 400 and the "normal" fodder soldiers give 6!!!! ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ xp. Am i missing something or is my game bugged? First run red guards gave 1.3k at that point.

[Xxanno]

Nope, happened to me too. I belive that every level you get in a playtrough increase the exp needed to next level and that as the in game day passes earlier enemies give less xp. At the end of the game do only Lone Shadow shinobi give any decent xp.

[Enderspoons]

What's likely happening is that those enemies were taking damage from other enemies.

In Sekiro, you earn drastically less XP for killing enemies that weren't 100% murdered by you alone, and even less for enemies that died without your involvement.

[Sédrio]

Do yourself a big favour and don't start farming mobs or caring about exp until you go through multiple playthroughs (do get essential skills though, like mikiri counter). Exp gain increases with each NG+. You need to go through multiple NG+ to see all endings anyways, so might as well do this achievement last after beating the game multiple times. I believe I started farming for all skills when I reached NG+6.

When you get to that point, I recommend farming at the Antechamber Idol of Ashina Castle. There's a samurai just near the idol that offers a good bit of exp (I forget how much exactly). So just kill him, rest at Idol, rinse and repeat til you have all skills!