Kowakujō

Kowakujō is Takeo’s map: a feudal Japanese castle in a volcanic Dark Aether landscape, his childhood home rendered "like a painting created from memory." The crew lands in the Outer Ward — a dragon overhead announcing the tone — to free the final Shadowsmith, recover the World Seed, face Nyxara’s undead army, and expose the curse gripping Takeo’s soul.

Wonder weapon

The map’s wonder weapon shipped classified and was later officially named the Nekomancer. The castle fights alongside you when paid: komainu statue traps summon ghostly riflemen, while rivers of fire cut the approaches.

Special enemies

The Oni leads the roster — an armored elite yōkai swinging a spiked kanabō with electrified melee and ranged bolts — over Hellhounds and scorched zombies. The main quest pays the "Purified" Takeo skin, a calling card and 10,000 XP, with side diversions from an obstacle course to a stray-cat café challenge. The story concludes one map later, against the Warden himself.