Onimusha: Way of the Sword – All Hozuki Pouch and Skeleton Hozuki Locations

Onimusha: Way of the Sword hides nine Hozuki Pouch materials across Kyoto. These are the four Oni Cloths (Regeneration, Aggressor, Resistance, and Awakening) plus five Skeleton Hozuki. Collecting all of them, then fully upgrading each pouch, unlocks the Medical Marvel trophy and achievement.

Quick answer: Grab all 9 pouch items from the Southeast, Southwest, Shijo Street, and Yasaka Pagoda areas of Kyoto, then use Okuni’s crafting menu (unlocked in “Patching up the Pouch”) to enhance every pouch to its max level. Each Level 3 upgrade consumes one Skeleton Hozuki.

When you can start collecting and the point of no return

Pouch upgrading first becomes available when you speak with Okuni during the mission “Patching up the Pouch.” She sends you out for the materials needed to bring the pouch to its first upgrade level. From there, you can freely collect every item below.

None of these items are missable during normal play, but the final mission locks the map. You can free-roam and clean up all collectibles right up to the Point of No Return before “The Clash at Rendaino.” Keep a manual save at that point, and you can return later to gather anything left. After finishing the story, selecting Continue from the main menu also drops you back before the finale with progress intact.

Tip: Buy Oni Vision: Treasures, Oni Vision: Treasures 2, and Oni Vision: Search Range at the Spirit Mirror before exploring. Hold L2/LT and tap R2/RT to reveal hidden chests through walls, which makes several of these Oni Spot chests far easier to find.

All 9 Hozuki Pouch item locations

Item	Area	How to reach it
Oni Cloth (Regeneration)	Southeast Kyoto	Enter the courtyard to the north, cross the rooftops, drop down, then use Oni Power to reveal the chest.
Skeleton Hozuki #1	Southeast Kyoto	Just inside the Oni Gate, in a chest next to the Regeneration cloth.
Oni Cloth (Aggressor)	Southwest Kyoto	Destroy two barrier cores (genma) to open the gate, clear enemies, then crawl under the wall on the right and use Oni Vision.
Skeleton Hozuki #2	Southwest Kyoto	Inside the same gate, head right to find a chest in the alcove.
Oni Cloth (Resistance)	South of Shijo Street Spirit Mirror	Climb the ladder on the west side, use Oni Agility across the rooftops, break the Malice Barrier, then reveal the chest.
Skeleton Hozuki #3	South of Shijo Street Spirit Mirror	At the Malice Barrier, in a chest right beside the Resistance cloth.
Oni Cloth (Awakening)	Northeast of Yasaka Pagoda Spirit Mirror	Kill the spider hand to open the Oni wall, beat the Byakue, clear the courtyard, then crawl through the scaffolding in the northwest and use Oni Vision.
Skeleton Hozuki #4	Northeast of Yasaka Pagoda Spirit Mirror	After clearing the same courtyard, check the northern side for the chest.
Skeleton Hozuki #5	“Hidden Treasure No. 5” Chance Encounter	Found in the Hidden Oni Treasure #5 chest during the side quest.

Southeast Kyoto: Oni Cloth (Regeneration) and Skeleton Hozuki #1

Both chests sit next to each other just inside an Oni Gate in the southeastern part of the city. You cannot reach them from the street.

Head to the Pouch Marker in the southeast. Enter the courtyard to the north and work your way up the scaffolding.

Cross the rooftops over the street and drop down on the far side.

Activate Oni Power to reveal the Oni Marker, then interact with it to expose the Oni Cloth (Regeneration) chest. The smaller chest holding Skeleton Hozuki #1 is directly next to it.

Southwest Kyoto: Oni Cloth (Aggressor) and Skeleton Hozuki #2

This pair is in the north-central/southwest district near a watchtower and a barn. Two red barrier cores block the gate.

Map screen with the Pouch-Crafting Materials marker highlighted for the Oni Cloth Aggressor location — The Pouch-Crafting Materials marker on the map points you to the Oni Cloth (Aggressor). Image: Capcom

Go around the southern side of the houses and pass through the attic in the southern home until you reach the Oni Gate.

Destroy the two genma barrier cores (one in a barn, one on the watchtower) to open the gate, then defeat the group of enemies inside.

Once inside, head right. Find the gap where you can crawl under a wall, go underneath, and use Oni Vision to reveal the Oni Cloth (Aggressor) chest.

Skeleton Hozuki #2 is in an alcove on the right inside the same gate. Open that chest before you leave.

Player character crouching beside an open treasure chest looting Skeleton Hozuki number two — Looting the Skeleton Hozuki #2 chest in the alcove near the Aggressor cloth. Image: Capcom

South of Shijo Street: Oni Cloth (Resistance) and Skeleton Hozuki #3

Both chests share a courtyard reached from the rooftops, blocked by a Malice Barrier. The area is near the docks in the northwest part of the map.

Head to the Pouch Marker south of the Shijo Street Spirit Mirror. On the west side of the buildings, climb the ladder onto a house roof.

Use Oni Agility to run across into the courtyard, then navigate through until you reach the Malice Barrier.

Break the barrier and use Oni Vision to reveal the Oni Cloth (Resistance) chest. Skeleton Hozuki #3 sits in a chest at the same barrier location.

Crouching player character moving toward the marked objective with the Storm Chaser HUD label visible — Approaching the shrine courtyard that holds the Resistance cloth and Skeleton Hozuki #3. Image: Capcom

Yasaka Pagoda area: Oni Cloth (Awakening) and Skeleton Hozuki #4

This pair is guarded by the boss Byakko – Hundred Defilements. You need to clear a courtyard fight to reach both chests. Note that the Awakening pouch itself can only be enhanced after you defeat Shuten Doji later in the game.

Map screen highlighting the Oni-kui Mushi Barrier marker in the Yasaka Pagoda district — The Oni-kui Mushi Barrier marker northeast of the Yasaka Pagoda Spirit Mirror. Image: Capcom

Go to the Pouch Marker northeast of the Yasaka Pagoda Spirit Mirror. Kill the spider hand to open the Oni wall.

Head through and beat the Byakue, then proceed forward into the next courtyard.

Fight off the mix of Genma while Special Form Hitotsume Gasa’s fire at you from the walls. Defeating this group (the Byakko – Hundred Defilements encounter) also rewards Byakko’s Talisman x2, which you need later for the Awakening upgrade.

Skeleton Hozuki #4 is in the northern portion of that courtyard. For the Oni Cloth (Awakening), crawl through the scaffolding in the northwest into the area beyond, then use Oni Vision to reveal its chest.

Storm Chaser quest HUD showing an objective marker as the player moves through the courtyard toward the Awakening chest — Following the objective marker to the Oni Cloth (Awakening) chest past the scaffolding. Image: Capcom

Skeleton Hozuki #5: The “Hidden Treasure No. 5” side quest

The final Skeleton Hozuki comes from a Chance Encounter rather than a free-roam chest. You start it in the northeastern district.

Speak with Takamura to begin the “Hidden Treasure No. 5” Chance Encounter. This gives you Old Drawing No. 5.

Travel to the Spirit Mirror: Yasaka Pagoda and climb all the way to the very top roof.

Open the Hidden Oni Treasure #5 chest at the top to claim Skeleton Hozuki #5.

Hozuki Pouch upgrade materials for Medical Marvel

Finding the items is only half of Medical Marvel. You also need to enhance every pouch to its maximum level. Each pouch reaches Level 3, and each Level 3 tier consumes one Skeleton Hozuki, which is exactly why you need all five. Fine Silk Cloth and Tamahagane also feed into these upgrades and are collected separately.

Pouch	Level 2 materials	Level 3 materials
Default	Obtained via “Patching up the Pouch” (Level 1); Level 2: 2 Hampen Cloth + 2 Cotton Cloth + 2 Leather + 1 Fine Silk Cloth	3 Cotton Cloth + 2 Leather + 1 Fine Silk Cloth + 1 Skeleton Hozuki
Regeneration	2 Hempen Cloth + 2 Cotton Cloth + 2 Leather	2 Hempen Cloth + 3 Cotton Cloth + 3 Leather + 1 Skeleton Hozuki
Aggressor	2 Whetstone + 2 Iron + 2 Tempered Iron	2 Whetstone + 3 Iron + 3 Tempered Iron + 1 Skeleton Hozuki
Resistance	2 Whetstone + 2 Iron + 2 Tempered Iron + 1 Tamahagane	3 Iron + 2 Tempered Iron + 1 Tamahagane + 1 Skeleton Hozuki
Awakening (after defeating Shuten Doji)	4 Malicite + 3 Byakue’s Talisman + 1 Malicite Mass	4 Malicite + 2 Dohatsu-ten’s Horn + 2 Malicite Mass + 1 Skeleton Hozuki

Once every pouch above sits at its top level, the Medical Marvel trophy and achievement pop. If it does not unlock, the usual reason is a pouch still sitting below Level 3, most often the Awakening pouch, since it only becomes upgradeable after Shuten Doji is defeated. Double-check that all five Skeleton Hozuki were spent, as each one is required for a different Level 3 tier.