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Like a Dragon Gaiden: the complete Activity Log checklist beyond platinum Gaiden's platinum does not require a completed Activity Log. If you want every entry finished anyway, this is the extra work you are signing up for. The log opens at...
Clear the True Final Millennium Tower with a plan for Amon The True Final Millennium Tower is where Yakuza: Like a Dragon stops forgiving a missing heal, an unprotected Ichiban, or a party built around only one damage type. A level-99 team...
Plan ultimate weapon upgrades before spending the money The weapon with the biggest price tag in a shop is not automatically the end of an upgrade path in Yakuza: Like a Dragon. Many of the strongest weapons begin as cheap, unimpressive equ...
Level characters and jobs without wasting the grind If you are grinding in Yakuza: Like a Dragon, decide what you are trying to raise before you equip anything. Character EXP and Job EXP are separate. A level-99 character can still have an...
Get the right rewards from the Sotenbori Battle Arena The Sotenbori Battle Arena can fix several problems at once in Yakuza: Like a Dragon: an underleveled party, weak armor, unfinished job training, and missing weapon materials. It is much...
Build a party that can answer every fight Yakuza: Like a Dragon makes job changes look like a choice of costume and weapon. The bigger decision is what each character learns before coming back to the job you actually want them to use. A Hit...
Yakuza: Like a Dragon: Hidden Shops, Circus Fights, and the Last Substory Gaps The last empty spaces in Like a Dragon’s substory list are not all late-game quests. Some are waiting for another conversation. Some need a personality stat. Oth...
Yakuza: Like a Dragon: The Substories That Fill Out Your Poundmates and Business Roster Some of Yakuza: Like a Dragon’s most useful recruits are waiting in its strangest side stories. A former actor needs water. A dominatrix needs career ad...
Yakuza: Like a Dragon: Early Substories, Missability, and the Unlocks Worth Getting First Yakuza: Like a Dragon has 52 substories. None is permanently missable, and unfinished ones remain available in Premium Adventure. The Stories of the S...
Yakuza: Like a Dragon: All 52 Substories, Checked Off in One Place This is a cleanup checklist for the original Yakuza: Like a Dragon, not Infinite Wealth. All 52 substories remain available for completion in Premium Adventure. Stories of t...
LIKE A DRAGON GAIDEN: GAMBLING, SHOGI AND MAHJONG You don't need to master mahjong, shogi, and all four gambling games for Gaiden's platinum. Royal Gambler only asks you to play at both the Castle Casino and Castle Gambling Hall. The larger...
Yakuza: Like a Dragon: Reach 200 Sujimon and Find the Entries You Missed If your Sujidex has stalled in the 180s or 190s, stop fighting the same groups on the same streets. The count rises when you register a different enemy. Another fifty...
Yakuza: Like a Dragon: a practical route to Executive Hero Executive Hero takes 300 total member points. You don't need to clear the entire Part-time Hero list, and you don't need to spend hours hoping one awkward enemy will appear. The rou...
Yakuza: Like a Dragon: Business Management From Ichiban Confections to Rank One Business Management is worth learning even if you only care about the RPG. Reaching the top 100 unlocks Eri as a party member. Finishing the whole business stor...
Yakuza: Like a Dragon: Finish Dragon Kart and Beat the Dragon Fighter Dragon Kart has four Grand Prix cups and six rival races after its introductory event. Winning the Dragon Cup is not the end. You still have to beat the organizer in the...
Yakuza: Like a Dragon: Every Honk-Honk Location and How to Finish Honk-Honk Hero Honk-Honk Hero requires paying for the service from all five different Honk-Honk characters. Using one person five times will not unlock it. Three are in Ijinc...
Yakuza: Like a Dragon: Hidden Shops, Gold Keys, and the Safes Worth Opening Some of Ijincho's most useful shops are behind boarded-up doors that don't look like shops at all. If you've been walking past gold safes wondering when the story w...
LIKE A DRAGON GAIDEN: POOL, GOLF, DARTS AND KARAOKE Gaiden's minigames have three different sets of requirements: trophies, street requests, and the Activity Log. Pool is the clearest example. A street job can ask you to clear a particular...
Yakuza: Like a Dragon: Max Ichiban's Personality Without Buying Stat Packs Ichiban's personality stats look like another completion checklist until you start running into locked jobs, locked conversations, and people who apparently need you...
LIKE A DRAGON GAIDEN: STROLL N’ PATROL SOLUTIONS Most of Gaiden's Stroll n' Patrol jobs are quick once you know what the person is actually asking for. The ones that waste time are usually the photographs, shop-specific items, clothing comb...