The Kunai is a gear item in Ghost of Tsushima Singleplayer and Legends that goes into Ghost Weapon 1 slot. It can be used by all 4 classes: Assassin, Hunter, Ronin, and Samurai.
How to Throw Kunai in Ghost of Tsushima
To throw the Kunai in Ghost of Tsushima, it must first be equipped by holding R2 and press Left on the D-Pad. Then Press R1 to throw the Kunai after it’s been equipped. The player must also have Kunai at least 1 Kunai in inventory to be equipped and thrown.
How to Throw Kunai in Multiplayer Legends Mode
To throw the Kunai in Legends mode, hold R2 and press Square to throw the Kunai. Unlike like single player mode, it has unlimited quantity but is on a cooldown timer.
How to Get the Kunai in Ghost of Tsushima Legends?
The Kunai is a random drop that can be attained simply by completing missions and mission objectives. Because of this, the fastest way to get the Kunai is to replay the first Story Mode mission since it is usually the fastest to complete.
Ability
Multiple small throwing daggers that Stagger enemies
Cooldown: 30 seconds
The throwing daggers have an approximate range of 10 meters.
Advantages
- Lowest cooldown of all Ghost Weapon 1 gear
- Great for applying fire with Fired Up perk
- Interrupts enemies
- Only Ghost Weapon 1 item with Melee Damage property
Disadvantages
- Affects only 2 enemies without Hidden Blades perk
- Less effective crowd control compared to Sticky Bomb
- Kunai can be wasted with less than 5 enemies while using Hidden Blades perk
- Lowest crowd control duration among Ghost Weapon 1 gear
Kunai Damage and Properties
Players can hit enemies that are approximately within 10 meters and in approximately 120-degree cone view in front of the ghost character (not the camera view).
Each throwing dagger does 1 bar of base damage and can be increased by ghost damage bonuses on other gear pieces or from the Ronin Perk 1 Ability: Enhanced Ghost Weapons.
The Super Massive Perk multiplies throwing dagger damage by three.
Super Massive with ghost damage bonuses formula= 3 X (1 + total ghost damage bonus)
“Shotgun” Throwing Daggers
Players can hit the same enemy with 2 throwing daggers if the enemy is near (approximately 5 meters) and the player is looking almost directly at the enemy.
Perks
Fired Up – Lights targets on fire
- Useful for fire builds and its ability to set 2 enemies on fire every 30 seconds
Hidden Blades – Throw 5 Kunai at once
- Great synergy with Fired Up or Super Massive (Level 120 Kunai)
Lucky – 15% chance to instantly reset cooldown on use
Super Massive – Deals extra damage and causes lighter enemies to get thrown back when hit
- Kunai with the Super Massive perk will do 3x damage per projectile
- Has synergy with the Impactful Throws perk found on Charms to leave non-Oni enemies in a downed state and vulnerable to critical strikes. It also gives more crowd control time
Properties
Cooldown Reduction 8% – 15%
Cooldown Reduction on Kill 1.0s – 4.0s
Ghost Weapon Damage 12% – 20%
Melee Damage 5% – 12%
Status Effect Duration 10%- 15%
