How to Beat Okina in Ghostwire: Tokyo (Chapter 5 Boss)

The Okina boss fight in Ghostwire: Tokyo's fifth chapter, Severance, is not for anyone who are terrified of large spiders.

Ghostwire: Tokyo players will be able to make their way over to Tokyo Tower to confront Hannya once they have found the parts needed to repair Rinko's motorcycle. They'll be treated to a special cut-scene involving Rinko if they accomplish the "After the End" side task first. After it's finished, they'll meet Okina, whose body once housed the ghost of Hannya's deceased wife.

Rather than facing Akito and KK in her normal form, Okina will transform into Tsuchigumo, a monstrous spider inspired by the Japanese Yokai of the same name. The combat itself is split into two parts, with players needing to remove two cores in order to defeat her. This isn't the most difficult boss fight in the game, but if players aren't careful, this large spider may do a lot of damage.

How to Beat Okina in Ghostwire: Tokyo

Ghostwire: Tokyo players must remove Okina's two cores, which are placed in her mouth and abdomen, in order to vanquish her. Despite the fact that both are immediately visible, players will have to deal with a lot of damage before they can pull them out. The bow or Ethereal arts can be used to accomplish this, with Wind and Flame strikes being particularly powerful.

The fight with Okina is a touch different from some of Ghostwire: Tokyo's prior boss fights and ones still to come in that she doesn't wander about nearly as much. This can make evading her attacks much easier, assuming that players are aware of what to look out for. The majority of her strikes are physical, although she does have a number of projectile attacks that players should be aware of.

All of Okina's physical strikes can be dodged by moving from left to right, but players need maintain a safe distance from her to give themselves more time to react. She'll also smack her legs into the ground from time to time, causing a shockwave that can be avoided by jumping shortly before the hit. Blocking, on the other hand, can take a lot of the sting out of an attack if players are too sluggish to do so.

"While there isn't any crystallized Ether around for players to recharge their Ethereal Arts, Okina's Shockwave attack will cause boulders to fall from the ceiling, each of which contains Ether. Players will also get a substantial amount of Ether after yanking out her first core."

Once one of Okina's cores has been removed, she will begin to utilise a more aggressive version of her shockwave attack, which can hit numerous times in a short period of time. She'll also get a new poison-gas attack, which will linger after usage and render specific parts of the battleground unplayable. Both attacks are quite predictable, though, because she'll have to charge up the former and the gas attack is purple in colour and stands out.

Players should concentrate on avoiding Okina's strikes while still causing damage to her cores. However, it is preferable to begin the fight by attacking both cores equally rather than focusing on just one, as this would result in a shorter second phase. Granted, this means the first phase will take a little longer, but given how weak Okina's attacks are to begin with, a shorter second phase is clearly the superior option.

Players will be returned to Tokyo Tower after removing Okina's second core. KK will perform a hand seal to destroy Okina's physical form, just as he did with Ko-omote earlier in the game, allowing players to obtain the Tsuchigumo Kifuda and the Okina music track. Players can then go to Tokyo Tower's entrance and Ghostwire: Tokyo's true point of no return by climbing the surrounding steps.

Ghostwire: Tokyo is available now on PC and PS5.