Okami Cheats

The Water Tablet. A sacred artifact that enables you to walk on water. Now, as me and my cousins have thought before-hand, Amaterasu would beat Orca in getting across the seawater faster. Were we terribly wrong. We actually timed the two since Ammy seemed much slower, but we couldn't believe it. Orca took less than 10 seconds to reach one of the islands in Ryoshima Coast, while Ammy took around an approximate 25. So whenever you return to the coast to:
1 - Get the treasures hidden inside the pink clams underwater, found on rocks in the sea. Plus, by the time you've gotten the tablet, the Water Dragon is gone, so it would be more ideal to go get them now.
2 - Get to the several islands in order to get secrets among other things.
3 - Re-visit places like Catcall Tower for maybe some unfinished work perhaps.
Whatever you do, I recommend using Orca instead of Amaterasu as you save more time that way, and have less frustration. I would be one to know from not noticing sooner.

As most of us would know, you SHOULD only be able to hit those [Freaky] eyeballs inside of her when she drops down. Namely, only when she uses her web to attach herself to the ceiling. So after she finally falls down, you then would normally use the vine brush technique to attach the blossom vines to her... But I've found a quicker alternative.
Instead of doing the above mentioned, just use the vine brush power right away.
To do so, first press square directed either to the left or right to obviously start dashing. It doesn't honestly matter which way you go or take, but as I'm right-handed, I found it easier to start dashing left. You can either just leave it at that, or dash until Amaterasu gets even faster, at speed level two. It is needed, but it'll be simpler if you're fast enough to evade the queen's attacks. One of which being where she'd rush over to you and use this web shot, or where she'd run over and start smashing into the rock floor. Either way, you're running so she shouldn't be able to even touch you, so once you're at the side of her, facing her sideways, immediately use vine on her hooks. Don't go to far behind her though, she'll just automatically turn around and you won't be able to trap her. After getting one vine on her already, repeat it twice more, like the usual method to get her abdomen to release. But be careful and mind the falling rocks she causes to drop from the ceiling; they obstruct your brush in order to paint. Don't take too long either, she'll break free from the vine(s). You've now discovered a faster way to kill her.

There's a nice cheat into eliminating the Crimson Helm quickly at the final location of Okami. You have to equip the Fire Tablet. Also, you must have already learned Deluge, Water Tech 3 at the palace. If you haven't already done so, go to Queen Himoko's palace. Instead of going thorough the usual entrance, go to the back and find her right-hand maid there. She'll request that you sprinkle divine and holy water onto the four looming stones. After obtaining it, go fight Crimson Helm. But remember to equip the Fire Tablet. If you've paid enough attention, the information on the tablet says complete resistance to fire. So no matter how strong any of the fire-attributed attacks Crimson Helm does, it won't effect you at all. Unless he uses physical ones that would obviously hurt you. But one for example would be when he leaps up and impacts to the ground, and fire spreads out from him. Instead of having to jump, you can just run on over to him instead and try to deal some more damage. When he uses any fire techniques, and when you are able to get the armor off of him to attack, you can instead use Deluge and make the fire go away, instead of using Galestorm. The longer lines you use, the longer the rain will stay and keep the fire away! Also, remember that Deluge also causes massive damage continuously, as long as it's in effect. So not only do you stop him from using any fire, you also damage him in the process. Think about it, using Galestorm to get rid of the fire doesn't damage him when he uses the attacks, but Deluge does, making it faster to get his armor off. There's also the fact that when he has no armor on, instead of using the wind to buff the fire and attack, Deluge permanently gets rid of the flames and damages him, so you won't have to even bother running over to attack him as long as you draw two long vertical lines for more effect.

Narai river is the rushing one that leads 2 Taka Pass, in Agata Forest. To get the water tablet to walk on it, finish helping Kaguya in Sasa Sanctuary first. After that, go visit the emperor in the aristocratic quarter, and exchange with him demon fangs for the tablet. Then equip it, and dash on over to the left to see a ledge in the wall. Jump on 2 there, and find a clover spot. You have now found an extremely well-hidden clover! Congrats! :D

Has anyone ever thought about power slashing those small, triangular snow structures in Kamui Well I was sure curious and decided to power slash 'em every time I saw 1 to reach my goal of max yen without Action Replay halfway through and done. Plus the fruits are extra yen added on in 2. So not only will u get 2 witness and see something special and hidden, but get sum yen on the way. Not impressed yet Well, 'Here we go!' |D
Okay, so you have to go to Kamui, where it is obviously the only place where it snows. Once you're there, go dash on over 2 the south, where Onigiri's dojo iz @. [U know, the one where Kokari is fishing @.] Now don't enter the place, cuz u can see 4 urself that there isn't any snow in the building. Stop right after u enter the dojo area along the stone path and direct urself 2 the right of the dojo, and look around there. A snowy thin hill mound will somewhat catch ur eye. Now in most cases, if u ever slash 1 of these things 3 consecutive times, u see a sculpture of Issun or Amaterasu. This is always the case, and this had only happened 2 me once. Instead of the above mentioned, a statue of Sakuya, of all the wood sprites in 'the world', emerges. Altho I must say that I explore everywhere in Okami, and came back and forth to the dojo 2 make sure I had everything, but I didn't see her on the first power slash but after 4 times. Tho it might be more 4 others. Also, I have actually played Okami a total of 6 times [Altho a certain person on youtube played for 11, so wat I accomplished waz nothing compared 2 that.] and in all my following playthroughs have never again seen her sculpture again. I had even experimented, and found out, discovering that power slashing any other located structure did not work or help either, so stick with the one situated @ the dojo entrance. I imagine it must be quite and pretty rare. So now u are able to see an uncommon feature of Okami, congrats!

Now anyone who's finished Okami wuld know this. There is a rainbow that connects the Kutone sword pedestal shrine to the Ark of Yamato. Tho little did any1 else know... There is another. Do you remember of it Maybe, maybe not. Well, bcuz I luv and absolutely adore Hanasaki Valley so darn much... I waz just strolling around and exploring the place's beauty. I just randomly wanted to look up at the smaller mini-waterfull @ the entrance near the save [Not the massively huge one in the middle of the valley that makes noticeable noise.] but then there I discovered something, it! A elegant rainbow before my very eyes! Like in reality, rainbows only appear during certain times in the day. You have to wait until about noon when the sky is a bright beautiful sky blue before u can see it. If u see it but it's rly hazy/fuzzy, wait 4 sum time and b patient before it gets more solid and noticeable. I wuld doubt seeing one @ night tho, if u no wat I mean! So make sure ur there waiting @ the right time before expecting to see the magnificent and great sight and wonderful accents included in Okami. Another thing as well, to keep in mind. U cannot see it when it's in the afternoon or early evening, when the sun is setting and the sky goes to a red-orange, it'z 2 blurry then. U can't rly make it out. The rainbow was such a marvelous and luvly thing 2 see and made my heart just melt and sank @ such a soothing, calming, and peaceful sight. Anyway, I hope uu were psyched up and excited to witness such a fantastic [ & Colorful, lol. X3 ] view in the many scenes of Okami, ciao!!

When u r at the last challenge with the gatekeeper there is another way to get passed the Blockhead. Go in the room with the ledges and on the ledge with the crack use cherry bomb to open it. Then have Ammy double jump and as she is in mid air u go to the brush screen and look for a cherry blossom beyond the hole then draw a line from it to her. Then turn around and u will see a long ledge on the left side of ur screen. Break all the pots on it to get to the other side where the gatekeeper awaits u and start the final challenge. Good luck to all of u at the top of Oni Island!

Now keep in mind, I wasn't even thinking when I did this. You no Mr. Flower, when he's sick and terribly ill I had the sick idea [ Yes, I'm so sorry. XO ]of painting a x3 Cherry Bomb trio to see wat wuld of happened 2 him. It exploded, and he flew, and reappeared resting. Altho, if u listened, watched, and paid enough attention... There waz a treasure appearing song played. Also, the scroll and sword pedestal in his house had imploded to reveal... A secret, hidden treasure! Amazing, isn't it! Well, I played the game over 6 times, and found out that this is the single treasure behind a scroll. No, I didn't play with all of the stray beads those next 5 times, plus it wasn't to check the scroll-thing. I just rly luved Okami, and I hope u did 2! [ I no someone on Youtube who played for 11, so admire that person. *o* ] Hope this was exciting 4 u, gdbye!

How to unlock the hidden Brush Techniques and where they are, hope it's helpful!

There are many brush techniques in the game - 13 actually. If you complete the game with those, you might find it hard at some point. There are some secret techniques that can make the gameplay easier. first, I'll list the brush techniques: Rejuvination (River of Heavens), Power Slash(Shrine of Nagi), Sunrise (Kamiki Village), Greensprout: Bloom (Hana Valley), Greensprout: Water Lily (Kamiki Village: Lookout), Cherry Bomb (Shinshu Field: Outside Tama's House), Greensprout: Vine (Tsuta Ruins), Waterspout ( Sasa Sanctuary, Crescent (Agata Forest), Galestorm (Gale Shrine), Inferno (Moon Cave), Veil of Mist (Imperial Palace), Catwalk (Catcall Tower), Thunderstorm (Oni Island), Blizzard (Wawku Shrine). I have listed these brush techniques in the order that you get them, so you have to follow the plot and gameplay and earn them along the way. The Secret techniques are like creating fire in a specific place with the need of real fire, and so on. Veil of Mist's secret technique is described when you buy the Fog Pot. Note that upgrades are not listed. Sorry, but I will not tell you how you get them...sorry...

How to Unlock
Okami Jukebox Just complete the game once.