Hello Dear User Yakuza, this guide contains helpful tips and tricks on how to clear Yakuza 0 on LEGEND difficulty .

We are gonna go through

• Substories
  
• Mr. Shakedown Piggy Bank
  
• BOB
  
• The Shrine
  
• D&T aka The Dragon & Tiger
  
• and last but not least The Drug Store

REMEMBER !
Death means Gameover (There are exceptions such as Mr. Shakedown)
There Are No Checkpoints.

• Save. A lot
  
• Heat Actions damage is ♥♥♥♥ (for bosses)
  
• Be Aware That This guide contain Spoilers
  
  
• NOTE !
  This is the first long guide I've done. Chapters 1-4 are gonna be the longest because I am gonna have to explain a lot of things, however 5-12 are gonna be the shortest chapters in this guide.

Let's Start

• The Legend Difficulty

You'd normally get it by completing the game on any difficulty, so yeah
this shouldn't be a huge problem unless you want to begin from the start with legend.

In that case there is a another steam guide for that.
https://gtm.you1.cn/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2483430803

Here a list of equipment that can be helpful to get. You can acquire these from Substories, Dragon & Tiger or any other unpopular way...

- List Order (first) Weapons, (second) Gears and (third) Accessories.
Source : gamefaqs[gamefaqs.gamespot.com]

• Weapons

• Gear

• Accessories

In this substory it is revealed that Kiryu is the one who behind the popular series "Breaking Bad"
You'll have to work as producer through the substory. You will need to do what you've been asked to do, and defeating the original producer.
it's located in Nakamichi alley, you'll find these two guys standing outside.


The correct choices are :

• Get Crazy Goofy
  
• Take the Food
  
• Tilt the Food at an Angle
  
• Remove the Dishes
  
• beat the ♥♥♥♥ out of the old producer (not an option)

This is where the world known bob star Michele Johnson Miracle Johnson came to Kamurocho to film a nice video etc, etc.
You are going to meet the director (from the previous substory), he will invite you to help them with filming. Your objective is to protect Miracle from the zombies attacking him while he does his magic.
To trigger this substory, go to near restaurant as it shown in the picture.










You'll find these two guys go near them to trigger the substory, after listen to their little conversation

• ATTENTION !!! : FAILING IN THIS SUBSTORY WILL RESULT A GAMEOVER, SO SAVE

after that you'll see an Exclamation Mark "!" near the place go for and you gonna see the old producer in that point after agreeing to help him spam E or A or X because the long conversation , so all what you need s to keep miracle alive , before finishing the substory miracle will offer you two boxes black and white , so you go with black.

This is very simple Substory
You have to go back to the 2 guys you met to begin the previous Substory. After that
head to Maharaja. You'll have to beat MIracle's guard, after that you can enter. You'll meet Miracle inside Maharaja and have a dance battle, that you CANNOT win no matter what.
you'll choose the black box (again + yakuza is racist game), there you acquire the encounter finder and unlock Miracle as an advisor
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now it's the time to tell why he is a real piggy bank and you can make him have this amount of money.

The Slime Gun will do the job but if you have Zap Gun or Smoke Gun that will be considerably faster. If you want extra money, you can equip some equipment that increase the money you get from Princess Shakedown
and now it's time to tell how i do it and in general how does it work, before we really go into in it i am gonna point of you things out.

1. Mr. Shakedown Deep Pockets
   This is the first thing you need to even be able to do this.
   
   
2. Weapons
   This is very simple. You could use the Slime Gun, but I recommend the Zap Gun and Smoke weed every day Gun.
   if you didn't unlock D&T Kamurochu yet... you are wicked...
   
   
3. Encounter Finder
   Equip it and then open the map to begin our marvelous adventure then look for First World Bank...
   
   
4. LOSE !!!!
   *vine boom*
   The reason is you are going to give him your money because it's the way you can double your money and his by 1.5x
   
   
5. Wait him to respawn
   (it takes him 100 years to respawn.....) Enter a building and exit it or fight a random street npc, this forces him to respawn.
   
   
6. REVENGEANCE !
   Find him and beat the ♥♥♥♥ out of him
   
   
7. REPEAT
   so yes this is very simple, do this process over and over and do not forget to send some money to Majima via Mr. Moneybags :) .
   
   In any case maintain some safe distance, about 2m because... COVID-69. For real tho if he knocks you down... you are dead...(not big surprise) Bring out the shotgun and blast him to next week shoot once or twice per each attack Mr. Shakedown does.
   
   
   TIPS :
   ALWAYS pick a large area and not in some small alleys(unless you have lvl 999 legend).
   Remember to repair your weapons when you use them.
   
   You may also want to use equipment that increases your money gain from shakedown when you beat him.
   
   Pause the menu and you will see this
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Komarocho


After you beat the ♥♥♥♥ outta some guy, you are gonna go through the tutorials and so on.

Bacchus will comes behind and tell you : Boy! Eat Money.
so Kiryu does, invest that money in health upgrades, which is mostly what we are going to do in this chapter.


After that meeting in The Tojo HQ, and learning the Speedi Boi (Rush) style.
You are free to wander around...

Head to BOB and claim all the packs


After claiming the plates, head to a store called "Ebisu Pawn Kamurocho", use the money you acquired to mostly to upgrade your health in both styles and then spend a little on some upgrades
You will also get some equipment as well, which I will talk about them later.


if you are not sure what to upgrade, this is what I've upgraded.
I advice to upgrade the first two circles in every style.


Be Sure to visit the Drug Store to buy a lot of Staminan Royal because, Yes.
This is your best companion through the game until something else comes....

At this point there is nothing to do expect beating Kuze.



At this point I think you've met the man himself Mr. Shakedown, he is gonna be very important later on.
There is a method for farming money, all you need is to acquire "Mr. Shakedown's Deep Pockets" upgrade.
Acquiring CP points is pretty straight forward, most of them you can get by beating street npcs and and playing mini-games.
You'll need 50 CP points if you are only gonna spend it in battle and that's what I'd advice you to do.


for now you need to open the "Dragon & Tiger Kamurocho" store, to access WEAPONS! and some good equipment.

Anyways unlock Beast 2 TON GORILLA style and continue.

for now you need to finish this chapter, good luck with Oda. :)

It's Showtime!

Now we go off, with the lord of the night "Goro Majima"




After the show in the Grand and learning how to hit enemies eyes, you are free to wander around. You pay a visit to The Shrine and speak to BOB, claim all packs and sell the plates for money.










In The Shrine consider spending some CP in "Battle". The goal is to reach "Treasure Hunter Boost 2".
You may ask why?
The reason is that we may need to do little bit of farming in "The Dragon & Tiger" to get good equipment that will help us later on, and reaching to "Treasure Hunter Boost 2" saves us money.
When farming be sure to check the "List of Equipment" occasionally.

Now after unlocking Slugger Style, acquire some money and head to our third favorite place in the game D&T. enter again and take the tutorial for sending out Agents, this will unlock the shop in Kamurocho

You cannot deploy agents as Kiryu, that's why you gonna farm in as Majima if you got an Equipment that is available to purchase they can be found in Kamurocho, but those who can be crafted you won't find them.


After leaving the these are the suggested upgrades (both thug and slugger styles).



You cannot farm money from Mr. Shakedown as Majima due to "Mr. Shakedown's Deep Pockets" not being available for Majima.

Now you head home and get you self some sleep....



ahhhh, another ♥♥♥♥ night's sleep.

In this chapter you have to score a date with a girl named Akko, you have to do what she asks you to do to acquire info on Makimura Makoto. On your way out you will encounter someone unexpected.
Mr . LIBIDO LIL BIDO
Besides his bizarre looks, this guy will unlock a medicine better than Staminan Royal itself.
It's called "Incomparable Habu Drink".
You after using it:


How do you get it?
it's time foooooooor

• Chapter 4 & 3 Substories
  
• Be Friend With Mr. Libido - Habu

For Mr. Libido you can use this Guide
https://gtm.you1.cn/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1636653208
Befriending him unlocks the Incomparable Habu Drink.


A Few Helpful Substories

• Disciple of the New Order 54
  This Substory gives you an important amulet that helps you while sending agents in The Dragon & Tiger.
  
  
• Toilet Talk 64
  A very simple Substory. Rewards you with the Calming Towel[yakuza-archive.fandom.com]
  i'll talk about it later
  
  
• Stadium Jumper Strut 58
  A man and his jacket. This Substory gives you Encounter Finder a very helpful to tool to hunt Mr. Shakedown
  TIP : Just use a gun if you are stuck.
  
  
• Calming Towel Trick
  For this you will need to have done the training with Fei Hu.
  Acquiring the Master Skills that will make the durability of weapons not deplete as long you don't reach the 2nd heatbar.
  Equiping the Calming Towel will keep your heat on the first bar, meaning you can use them until you unequip the towel.
  
  
• A thing to Note
  If you haven't went to D&T you should go now, this should unlock the store in Kamurocho for you.
  You may wanna consider checking the List of Equipment Section Again. :)
  
  
  Boss Fight(s?)
  
  
  • Beating Lee
    Lee is pretty easy to defeat, let him attack and hit him from behind with Thug. you can also use Slugger to keep him down with the heat action.
    
    
  • Some Advice for Lee
    Lee can stop Breaker combos.
    You can block his melee attacks with slugger.
    Letting him attack first should make this easier.
    
    
  • Yakuza
    Use Breaker to avoid getting shot
  
  
  
  
  
  • Escorting Makoto
  
  This is annoying since there are not checkpoints, if you fail you have to fight Lee and the Yakuza again. Bringing weapons is highly suggested, otherwise use Breaker and stand next to Makoto. Another thing to note, NPCs won't target Makoto if they are far away from her

Bro Kiryu got new drip


In this chapter you get to start your own business and you are officially a Tachibana Real Estate agent, you impress Oda with your good manners and he makes fun of you, so you load a chapter 2 save and beat him to death again.

As I said YOU should have visited D&T in Sotenbori and dispatched an agent, as I stated previously you may wanna do a little farming
Anyway back to the point, we visit the lovely place again so head over there and pick up the goodies.











Back to the point for real this time. The business mini-game is optional to complete if you want to unlock Legend Style. However this is entirely up to you. It might be worth it to beat the first boss to unlock the locked skills in Brawler Style




yaKUZEers , nothing changes but only beating another crowd am i right?
you cut your ways through em and piece of advice ah... wait who is that
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥!!! It's Mr. Loser again!!??? (How many times do we have to teach you this lesson, Old Man?), But now he is a discount version of slugger.
A really simple way is to use Beast Style 2 Ton Gorilla Style and attack using charged attack + good luck + have fun + L + ratio + Awano has ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ (but mf killed her for no reason bruh...) + etc...

we move on into the next chapter...

my man doesn't feel good


Near the end of the chapter you are gonna visit Club Sunshine

Just like Kiryu's Business mini-game this unlocks the locked skills, however this is less boring. Unlocking extra skills for thug would be better for later on, finishing the Cabaret mini-game is optional




















nishitani gaming
Funny that you have to fight a boss from the beginning of the chapter.

Our rival here is Nishitani (the future self of majim) as I like to call him.













Nishitani ain't the worst fight yet so, you can use Thug and Breaker here. With Breaker you can use Rolling Snake to keep him down.

Same thing as before. but this time you have to go back to the Massage Parlor.

two number nines


Back to Kiryu.
His house got turned into BBQ party.
You'll need to go to the Serena. After the cutscene it will be surrounded by Dojima clan thugs

Finishing the training in this Chapter is suggested if you haven't done it already.

Time to face the OLD MAN!!!!! KUUUUZZZZEEEE again
welcome to san andreas i am cj from grove street land of the...
as usual just beat him up and chapter ends.

i sleep


Now you'll sleep in peace, but there is some ANNOYING POKEMON HUNTERS
you give them a lesson. chapter ends.... jk

Now before leaving with ODA grab some medicine because you'll be going to Tojo clan HQ
on your way out, you'll be attacked.

shiny!


Back to Majima, after being tortured. He is has to find Makoto again!. So he visits the Kijin Clan HQ in hopes of finding her there. But as it turns out she isn't the, they tell you to find a man named Billiken. He'll make you fight in the Bed of Styx before you can meet Nishitani.


as for Nishitani's fight. It's the same as before but in a jail cell.

orang


This Chapter is pretty small, you'll have to fight waves of enemies in the Nikkyo Consortium base. Some have weapons so buy some items before you go there. When you reach the top you'll have to fight Sera.


For this fight use Thug and Weapons

pew pew


"Rubber Bullets"
you'll go with all the story until you receive a massege from Oda, you may want get some weapons (shotguns) because you gonna protect makoto later
now you go and save.

now you know what's coming THE CAR MINIGAME
it's easy not that hard to be honest i just failed once.

• Use a damn mouse and keyboard for this

Seriously it takes forever to aim with the controller. Kiwami's version of Heat Eye doesn't work with keyboard for some reason.

• Headshot & Heat Eye

The most useful ability is Heat Eye as it slows down time allowing you to focus on the enemy.
As for headshots, they deal large damage.

• ALWAYS Reload

so between killing a wave of enemies and another there will be few seconds, you should reload in the given time.

• Hiding

You hide inside the car so you don't take damage, just remember to keep the car's health above 0%

• THE VAN (enemy)

They always have one enemy with a shotgun and one with an smg.
Kill the one with the smg first and take care of the shotgun after.
After that the driver will attempt to ram into you, just keep firing and hiding if you must.

• HELICOPTER

They are ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ serious.
Same as the van there is existing pattern and 1 QTE and 3 enemies, the pattern is close to the van however you'll need to take out the guy on the minigun, and if you got a rocket heading towards you, just shoot it.

When you kill the guy on the minigun TF2 REFERENCE??. just focus on the Rocket Launcher enemy.

the fight isn't that hard because if you got some weapons it's easy, just get your shotgun or canon and shoot at them,
there is one existing QTE if you failed no big deal unless if your health was low. :)




After all that hell. You'll have to protect Makoto (I lost count).

Kuze. Again. Please. Stop.
just use Brawler and Rush.

HO HO HO HO (don't ask why i typed this)
now here we go to komorachu finding my KIIIYYRRRUUU-CHAAANNN!! (not yet he is just kiyru for now) & nishkiyama
however while trying to finding him we are gonna pay Osamu kashiwagi a "visit" so let's get over that facts

• Osamu Kashiwagi

the way i whooped him to the ground is using the "Scout Style" (dear god it's another Team Fortress 2 reference) Slugger Style, then i switched to thug after i ate his QTE.
Please Note that he has one QTE deals high damage i cay say so don't get low in health.
and try to avoid his attacks after seeing him get angry (after the QTE), because he can break your block.

now after that we'll get to know that nishkiyama-kun is in Serina, majima goes there pay the a "visit" as well.

Originally posted by me:

"Time for ass kicking part"
-me

• Akira Nishkiyama

he got cool moveset you got to admit.
still he doesn't deal high damage and the thug style helps here and there is one QTE gonna get triggerd if you got catched by him he'll thrown you on the table and Reina would try to hit you if you missed you'll get an achievement which is hidden but if you don't welp majima will say "nice swing"
unless if there is another line for it, yeah that's it continue on dodging and attacking.

NOW before we say the end of this chapter, you'll need to find makoto after that in case you don't remember head to The Empty Lot and you should (have) to be alright.



What is love?

I'll get to the point, No Bosses here.
but only a large bile of enemies so use "Breaker" Or "Slugger"
however there'll be one tough enemy so switch to "Thug" to make it easier

FunFact : the "Legend" Style really helps AND fits in this chapter :)

i've uploaded a video by me kicking them, i thought that would be a good idea.


let's talk about the enemies here.
majima has a skills in "thug" style that he can steals the enemy weapon via the heat action, also that you can go to behind an enemy then use the heat action this will only allow you to steal blades or knifes.
both of these are named : Essence of The Thug : Weapon Grab & Blade Steal

Talking about enemies the worst of the are those with guns the good thing they have a low health, so show them some interest (beat them) or if you have a gun in your inventory shoot them.



this guy was literally nothing when i used the "legend" style , anyway still i used "thug" style one of the moves i used a lot it's called Thug Cunning : Evasion Strike this one you gonna learn from the old man it's simply "Dodge + Light Attack".
for the heat action i knock him and use the usual heat action nothing big, you know that you can use some weapons heat actions if you got in your inventory.

Awano's QTE so he has one as like most of the bosses and it actually look dangerous but you know you need to pay some attention to get it right and don't be low at health as usual.
the QTE will happen after his health be gets lower than this so be careful.
After the QTE and he gets angry "Aura" i switched to "Slugger" because you can call this for every boss it's phase 2, keep up the dodging + hitting awano until you defeat him.



first he is ugly as hell (not in the chinese version), second he is an ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, third let's talk about him so this guys has unlimited amount of blades or nails you call them whatever you want how ever use "slugger" because you can block his slashing attacks if you have equipment resist slashing attacks better if you have powerful Bat like Legendary Kinyru Bat and you used the Calming Towel method, you have an unlimited bat that has 315 attack power still, i used the normal bat.

this guy has 2 QTE's both won't make comfortable
the first one happens at this rate of health
His second QTE is deals high damege or it's insta-kill...
still it happens at this rate of health be careful and pay attention :)
anyway he'll be really angry (red aura) so yeah he'll deal more damege than usual :|
i used a little bit of "breaker" but he can break the combo easily so i kept using "slugger"
and that should get the job done.

kuze is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ invisible

so sadly i didn't include KUZZE in the video because he is too easy lol.
anyway to say i covered every main boss in the game you causually whoop his ass with with combination between "Brawler" & "Rush" Style, also he has QTE which is Rapid Press happens at this rate of health bar




and now it's the time for the real last boss.
please laugh

anyway our tactic here is to use the "Rush" Because sped and multiple dodges and knocking him down UNTIL he does his first QTE, happens a moment before hitting him here.





dodging the chair he throwing it at us, in a blink you'll notice there is a lot chairs and tables around here you must be thinking what i am thinking about "Beast" Style, you hit him until he bring you up again.
i switched to brawler because one of the moves named as "Double Finishing Blow" it's locked and the only way is to beat the Leisure King which isn't a time consuming thing because i already unlocked miracle which he does help a lot.

after going up i switched to "Brawler" and he got the flaming aura which refer that he is very very angry now.
so i kept using on dodging and using the "Double finishing blow" which helps until i reached his Finale QTE that has multiple QTE's In it, after a little bit of causing him EMOTIONAL DAMAGE.

NOW YOU ARE TRULY A LEGENDARY YAKUZA.
KIYRU GAMING

You did it, you ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ did it.
Now what I am gonna say is a nice little speech about the guide. This took around 45 days... and it's my first Long guide so I hope you liked at least and was helpful to you.

CONGRATULATIONS!
for finishing the game on Legend :)

SPECIAL THANKS !
To my man Chens for correcting my poor ass grammar typos, adding the funny and making this guide looks better.

Now I will be leaving you with some Yakuza memes KIRYU-CHAN!



And the best meme that was made by my man.( slap-1.jpg)

Chens