Cursed gear were introduced as part of the Gear Mastery system for Ghost of Tsushima: Legends on August 20, 2021. Cursed gear are used to roll a 2nd perk on a level 120 gear piece or to bypass a mastery challenge.
How to Get Cursed Gear
Cursed Gear has a randomized chance of dropping with other gear items after finishing Ghost of Tsushima: Legends game modes. Players can increase their chances of getting Cursed Gear items by playing higher difficulty game modes.
Since it was introduced, Cursed Gear was added to the item drop pool alongside regular and legendary items. Because of this, the best way to increase your chances of getting Cursed Gear is to finish game modes at legendary or higher difficulty as fast as possible.
What Does Cursed Gear Do?
When initially checking Cursed Gear, you’ll find that they are worse in every way compared to regular gear plus they have negative effects. But they are important to increase your ghost’s power in Ghost of Tsushima: Legends.
Cursed Gear is only useful once it is purified. Purified gear serves 2 purposes:
Bypass Gear Mastery Challenges
Some of the Gear Mastery challenges are more difficult than others depending on the class the gear is attached to. Or in some cases the number of resources you have when the challenge requires dismantling other items.
For example: A Gear Mastery challenge requires players to deal 5,000 assassination damage. This will take much longer to complete than other perks, especially if the item is not bound to an Assassin.
Rolling 2nd Gear Perks
After you level a piece of gear to 120, it is now eligible to receive a 2nd perk. The currency for rolling the 2nd perk is used Purified Cursed Gear. Rerolling the 2nd perk also uses Purified Cursed Gear as currency.
Parts of a Cursed Gear Item
Cursed gear can be easily spotted in your inventory from their red coloring. Both the icon and gear item description box are red.
Cursed gear is similar to normal gear but with negative effects. Like normal gear items, they have 4 main components:
Gear Ki Level
The gear ki level of Cursed Gear will always be lower than 100 and sometimes even lower than 30.
Pay attention to your overall ki level when equipping Cursed Gear because it may prevent you from playing Nightmare or Legendary difficulty game modes.
Negative Properties
These can make your weapons weaker, make your Ghost have less health, and more.
Curses
Curses are negative perks for your item and add an extra layer of making your Ghost weaker.
Curses and Purifications are paired meaning that a curse will always have the same Purification Ritual.
Cursed Gear Item Types
There are 5 types of Cursed Gear Items, 1 for each slot type in Ghost of Tsushima: Legends.
Cursed Katana
Cursed Ranged Items
Cursed Charms
Cursed Charms in Ghost of Tsushima: Legends have the same variety as standard Charms. Below are all Cursed Charms:
Cursed Ranged Charm
Cursed Stealth Charm
Cursed Melee Charm
Cursed Defense Charm
Cursed Utility Charm
Cursed Assassin Charm
Cursed Hunter Charm
Cursed Samurai Charm
Cursed Ronin Charm
Cursed Ghost Weapon 1
Cursed Ghost Weapon 2
How to Purify Cursed Gear
Purification Rituals
In order to purify Cursed Gear in Ghost of Tsushima players, must equip the item while completing specific objectives called purification rituals.
These objectives usually involve killing enemies under specific circumstances or healing players for a specified amount.
Once a cursed item is purified, it will be banked to its respective gear slot:
- Purified Katana –
- Purified Ranged –
- Purified Charm –
- Purified Ghost Weapon 1 –
- Purified Ghost Weapon 2 –
The total amount of purified items for a gear slot type can be seen at the top when viewing the inventory for that gear type.
Banked purified items can be used to bypass mastery challenge or roll the 2nd perk of a 120 Ki item in the same slot.
As mentioned before, purification rituals are always paired with the same curses. View the table below to learn which purification ritual is tied to each curse.
How to Purify Cursed Objects
Different Curses will require different ways to purify cursed gear when playing Ghost of Tsushima Legends multiplayer. Check the table below for purification requirements.
| Curse Name | Curse Effect | Purification Ritual | Tips |
|---|---|---|---|
| Curse of Iyo’s Insult | Whenever you take damage, Iyo will taunt you | Defeat 3 Disciples | Play the 2nd story mission “The Curse of the Onibaba” for consistent spawns |
| Curse of Storms | When you use Ghost Weapons, you wil be struck by lightning | Defeat 10 foes with Ghost Weapons | Play as the Ronin with Enhanced Ghost Weapons Perk and use Spirit Kunai with Super Massive |
| Curse of Frailty | You take +20% additional melee damage | Defeat 5 foes with melee while at full health | Weaken enemies with any damage then heal to full health. Then use melee as final hit. |
| Curse of the Undefiled | You cannot do Melee Damage to undamaged enemies | Defeat 10 foes with Melee Attacks | Use items with area of effect damage to do initial damage to many enemies then use melee as final hit. |
| Curse of Toxicity | When you poison enemies, you are also poisoned | Defeat 5 foes that are poisoned | Play as the Assassin with Poison Vanish ability, use the Dartgun, or Poison Blade perk. |
| Curse of Vitality | Your health begins slowly draining down | Restore 500 Health | Play as the Ronin and use healing incense to complete the Purification Ritual |
| Curse of Blinding Bolts | When you damage an enemy with a ranged attack, you are temporarily blinded | Defeat 10 foes with Ranged Attacks | Equip Shogun’s Fortitude to gain immunity to blinding effects |
| Curse of Abandonment | When no other Ghosts are nearby you, you deal 50% less damage | Defeat 15 enemies | Defeat enemies while near teammates or take longer to defeat enemies. |
| Curse of Flammability | When you set fire to enemies, you are also set on fire | Defeat 25 foes that are burning | Stack up on fire abilities: class fire abilites, Way of the Flame Perk, Burning Blade Perk, Fired Up perk, Black Powder Bombs |
FAQ
Only 1 piece can be equipped at a time.
Yes and no. Cursed gear behavior is exactly the same as regular gear items where most can be used by all classes and some cursed gear items are class-specific like the Longbow or Assassin Charm.
No. Similar to daily challenges and weapon challenges, players can quit at anytime and still keep progress.
