Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

Return ending  

There are a lot of steps you need to take in order to achieve this particular ending. I’ve bullet pointed the steps you need to take, so I recommend highlighting the step you are currently on so you can keep track. Without further ado – the steps needed to get the Return ending.

• Play through the game until you reach the section with the Divine Child of Rejuvenation’s Inner Sanctum – just after defeating the Folding Screen Monkeys (read our Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Folding Screen Monkeys guide for the tips to beat this boss).
• Take the rice that she gives you.
• Leave and keep returning/leaving, taking rice when you can. Her condition will deteriorate, so keep leaving and returning.
• When she can’t give any more rice, she’ll request a persimmon.
• Go to the Idol just before the Armored Knight, turn around and look off the cliff. Jump to the platform you see and run to the tent.
• Buy two persimmon fruit from the vendor for 30 sen each.
• Give one to the Child of Rejuvenation.
• She’ll give you some more rice, as well as a special rice packet for the Divine Heir.
• Fast travel to the Divine Heir on top of Ashina Castle and give him the special rice for Kuro.
• Go back to the Child of Rejuvenation and give her the other persimmon.
• If she has any rice, take it, otherwise head back to Lord Kuro.
• Eat the Sweet Rice Ball he gives you.
• Return to the Inner Sanctum and tell the girl what Lord Kuro did with the rice.
• Give the Divine Child the Holy Tome: Infested item. This is found in Senpou Temple in the pool of water near the Temple Grounds idol if you’ve beaten Genichiro, or takling to the monk by the Main Hall idol if you haven’t.
• Go to the Folding Monkeys Boss area and walk to her. She’ll need another tome.
• Head to the Main Hall idol and go into the caves to the left of the main entrance. Just before the climb, you’ll see many bodies, including a purple robed man. Take the tome on his person.
• Give the new tome to the Divine Child. She’ll now ask for two fruits from the snakes.
• Next, fast-travel to the Bodhisattva Valley idol and work your way down. There is a cave behind the Memorial Mob vendor.
• Go through the cave until you see the snake’s head. Drop down to the left at this point.
• Use puppeteer on the monkey to distract the snake. Leap up and grapple to the building. Inside is the Dried Serpent Viscera.
• Head to the Senpou Temple idol.
• From there, jump downwards and head towards the cliff edge to your right. There should be a “Rat” enemy. Use the puppeteer ninjitsu ability to control him so you can fly the kite.
• Go through the level until you’ve gone through the rafters and are in the ceiling of a building. Coming out you’ll see a large tree. Grapple up it and grapple across to the other side of the canyon on the kite.
• Follow the path until you receive the Fresh Serpent Viscera.
• Return to the Divine Child in the Inner Sanctum and give her the viscera. Leave and return until you can speak to her. She’ll give you the Frozen Tears item.
• Complete the game by staying loyal to Kuro and defeating the final boss; steps on how to do this are in our Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Isshin, the Sword Saint guide. You’ll use the Frozen Tears along with the items needed to perform the Immortal Severance.