Headless skip?

[SlacK CaT]

I heard you can skip the first headless, the one after the General Tenzen boss (and come back later in the game to kill him) How do you skip him? Where do you go?

[Frietbal]

I went back to the place where the samurai is with his helpers, just after the ogre boss. There is a broken bridge where you can jump down and find another checkpoint, then there is a snake boss. That's where I am now.

[Squirel_squire]

Headless is optional. The way you must follow is the precipice after the general, grab the trees and find a BIG surprise

[Apekatt]

Just so you know, there is a tunnel in the wall of that boss room which will lead to a shinobi door. You will however only come to a small part of a larger area and you can't explore much at all. You only take this route for the ability to make the game slightly harder, but since it seems to be your first time playing, can't recommend it until you've learned the game properly. For a ng+ I would recommend it though.

[Crypto Gamer]

All 5 headless are 100% optional but all of them drop a different type of infinite use sugar version which cost spirit embelms to use.

Better to come back to them once you have higher attack power and vit,at least 2 divine confetty and malcontent or anti-terror umbrella the anti appariation flame vent is good too.

Terror status cure ables also help.

As above if you run past the first headless there is a secret passage to the demon's bell.

Demon's bell(100% optional) makes the game enemies harder but enemies drop better or more loot.

(Only recommended once you are already got gud and want to farm in late game.
I used it in NG+1 to farm stuff.)

Just after the general is a broken bridge you can not pass that so jump down and activate the bonfire.
Then stealth past the big enemy and you will eventually reach the first mandatory boss.

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