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Prodigal Child achievement in Sifu

Prodigal Child

Beat the game while being 25 years old or less.

Prodigal Child+6.2
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How to unlock the Prodigal Child achievement

  • LxVaiNLxVaiN
    01 Apr 2023 03 Apr 2023 03 Apr 2023
    This achievement is not as hard as you might think. The key here is practice, especially for the bosses. You can practice every enemies in every variant and all bosses in the hub area.
    Obviously its much easier to do this when you have all skills unlocked, especially some of the focus attacks are quite useful.
    Also don‘t forget to use these focus attacks! Use them on enemies you either struggle with or that are hard to fight anyway and bosses of course.

    My fighting style was always the same for all bosses: dodge/parry their attack until they are open for a hit -> hit him once and do a throw -> use the Y chasing attack to knock him on the ground and do a ground attack -> repeat. Throwing them into a wall is even better if available, because it does more structure damage.

    I would try to do all of the first 4 levels without dying once, since the endboss can potentially ruin your day if you have to beat him without dying.
    There is an optimal route for every level to get the most shrines while having to fight as few enemies as possible.
    You can choose the upgrades as you like but i went for life regain after takedown first, then structure damage with parries, then increased weapon damage and last i did structure reserve.
    I have a youtube playlist with every level beaten without dying and using these exact routes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM0zKjx-cD6dgP3FZzDfvElHL...

    For those who prefer a short description:

    The Squats: i went the long route through the entire level since it offers 3 shrines and the enemies are rather basic still, but you can still get 2 shrines by using the big shortcut in the beginning by using a key to unlock the door on the ground floor in the first building.

    The club: go right after the dancefloor and immediately right again. Dont forget the shrine in the gym area. You dont have to fight those too. Just say „im ready“ to the guy talking to you and he will let you pass.

    The museum: go straight to the staircases to the second floor, through the exhibition (1 shrine in pendulum room), on 3rd floor go through the door to the miniboss to skip a very hard exhibition, go to 4th floor and left to the 2nd shrine, turn back and use the elevator to skip to the boss and the 3rd shrine.

    The tower: use the elevator skip to the cave area. The shrine in the office is way too deep into the level to be worth getting.

    The sanctuary: after first enemy go left in the kitchen to the 1st shrine, follow the level normally to get a 2nd shrine and a broom for the last open area with a bunch of enemies.

    Thats it for me, i hope it is a little help/guidance. As for the whole game its basically just a matter of patience and practice. Good luck!
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    ChiflaGoodluckSome things I would like to add to this:
    I would also recommend trying to reach the Sanctuary with at most one death due to Yang. You could definitely beat him without dying with enough practice but given he’s the last (and hardest) boss you may as well just brute force him via that massive pool of deaths you can still use.
    Feel free to not go with my recommendations on shrines as I was doing this alongside my Wude run but I elected to try and focus on Parry Impact at every possible opportunity. For that reason I actually did not take the shortcut in the Tower, as if you’re good enough you can get enough Score (in both cases - as I fucked up the spare on Jinfeng the first time - I only barely got enough though, so keep that in mind) for two Parry Impact upgrades. As for the other levels, I went with one Parry Impact upgrade and two Weapon Durability upgrades in the Squats, for the Club I probably got a health after takedown, Structure regain after doing an Avoid, and a Structure reserve upgrade. For the Museum I got another Structure reserve upgrade and Structure regain after an Avoid upgrade (don’t remember the last one), while for the Tower I got another health takedown upgrade in addition to the two Parry Impacts mentioned above. Finally, for the Sanctuary, I upgraded weapon damage, and maxed out Structure reserve and Structure regain on Avoid.
    As for combat, my general recommendation is to try and push enemies into walls and off stairs as much as possible, the former in particular increases enemies’ Structure lightning fast.

    And also, I do agree that this is not as hard as it looks. I was thinking while doing my original run that this was going to be a massive problem, but I ended up getting to Yang without dying, leaving me with plenty of room for the spare (did so at age 24; if I went for the kill I would’ve finished it at age 22). Just keep practicing at the enemies and bosses via the training room and you’ll get it sooner or later.
    Posted by ChiflaGoodluck on 11 Jul 23 at 07:30
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