Bosses and mini-bosses in Dokkodo are the gatekeepers of the game’s most sought-after weapon parts, masks and lootboxes. Each one has a fixed spawn location or trigger, and each rewards a specific set of drops, so it pays to know where to find them and what they give before you commit to a fight. The encounters below are split into Bosses and Mini-Bosses exactly as they appear in the world.
Bosses
The boss encounters center on Kofukuji Temple. Hozoin Agon acts as the trigger for a chained fight that flows directly into Gion Toji, while Hozoin Inshun is reached through a dedicated quest. None of these bosses appear on a timer or as a world spawn; you reach them by progressing the right quest or speaking to the right NPC.
Hozoin Inshun
Hozoin Inshun is found sitting at a campfire behind Kofukuji Temple, and you encounter him while doing the “The Second Spear” quest. Because he is tied to that questline, reaching him means working through that objective rather than finding him in the open world. His drops are built around the Yari, giving you both halves of the weapon plus its components and a lootbox.
- Yari Blade Jumonji & Yari Handle Jumonji
- Yari Components
- 1x Lootbox
Hozoin Agon
Hozoin Agon is located at Kofukuji Temple, found practicing with his Bo Staff outside of the Hozoin Dojo. He functions as the trigger for a larger encounter rather than a standalone duel: approaching him initiates the Hozoin Agon and Gion Toji boss fight, meaning you face Agon first before the fight continues into Gion Toji.
Gion Toji
Gion Toji is reached through Hozoin Agon. Speaking with Hozoin Agon at Kofukuji Temple initiates a boss fight with first Hozoin Agon and then Gion Toji, so Gion Toji is the second stage of that chained encounter rather than a separate spawn you can find on your own. Clearing the fight rewards the following:
- Gion Toji Handle
- 1x Lootbox
Mini-Bosses
Mini-bosses appear across different regions and conditions: one inside a raid, one on the bridges of Nara on a timer, and one only at night. Each awards 15 karma alongside its weapon parts and lootboxes, and a couple of them hand out multiple lootboxes per kill.
Commander Kurogane
Commander Kurogane spawns on the fourth wave in the Kyoto Outpost raid. Because he is tied to a raid wave rather than a fixed map location, reaching him means surviving and progressing that raid until the fourth wave arrives. He carries one of the more generous drop tables among the mini-bosses, combining a weapon, components, several lootboxes, and karma.
- Dai-Bokuto
- Odachi components.
- 4x Lootbox
- 15 karma
Benkei
Benkei can spawn on most of the bridges in Nara. He spawns at the start of a server, and every ten minutes after the server has launched, but the timer keys off your kill rather than the clock: if you spawn him at xx:10 and kill him at xx:13, then he’ll spawn at xx:23. To spawn him in, you must interact with a sword stuck in a bridge.
Benkei has the widest drop table of the mini-bosses, covering both halves of the Naginata, his mask, the assembled weapon, a lootbox, and karma.
- Naginata Blade Benkei
- Naginata Handle Benkei
- Benkei Mask
- Naginata
- 1x Lootbox
- 15 karma
Aka-Oni
Aka-Oni is found inside of Westpoint House at night time. The night-time requirement makes this a timing-dependent encounter rather than one you can trigger at any point during a session. His drops include his mask, a weapon handle, a katana, multiple lootboxes, and karma.
- Aka-Oni Mask
- Aka-Oni Handle
- Katana
- 4x Lootboxes
- 15 karma
Drops at a Glance
Because several of these encounters share the same kinds of rewards — lootboxes and karma alongside weapon pieces — the table below lines them up so you can compare what each fight gives at a glance.
| Encounter | Type | Notable Drops | Lootbox | Karma |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hozoin Inshun | Boss | Yari Blade Jumonji & Yari Handle Jumonji; Yari Components | 1x | — |
| Hozoin Agon | Boss | — | — | — |
| Gion Toji | Boss | Gion Toji Handle | 1x | — |
| Commander Kurogane | Mini-Boss | Dai-Bokuto; Odachi components | 4x | 15 |
| Benkei | Mini-Boss | Naginata Blade Benkei; Naginata Handle Benkei; Benkei Mask; Naginata | 1x | 15 |
| Aka-Oni | Mini-Boss | Aka-Oni Mask; Aka-Oni Handle; Katana | 4x | 15 |
Between the temple bosses at Kofukuji and the region-bound mini-bosses, these fights cover the Jumonji yari parts, the Gion Toji and Aka-Oni handles, the Dai-Bokuto and Odachi components, the Benkei naginata set and the Katana, so plan your route around the drops you still need.
