Ghost of Yotei's Hidden Side Quest Finally Confirms Jin Sakai's Fate: Five Years After Ghost of Tsushima
The ghost of Ghost of Tsushima is here—the afterimage of a phenomenon still dictating trends, stirring fan wars, and haunting every studio daring to revisit the samurai myth.
If you were wondering what happened to Jin Sakai after Ghost of Tsushima, Ghost of Yotei actually, blatantly, tells you. Which is a little wild, considering this is an indirect sequel set a few hundred years later. Quick heads-up: spoilers below.
Spoilers ahead.
The secret side quest that spills it
There is a tucked-away quest called 'The Storm Blade' where you pick through the effects of a long-dead warrior. The keepsakes and a horse saddle look suspiciously familiar, and not by accident. Between the styling and those twin-mountain crests stamped everywhere, the quest is basically screaming: these were Jin Sakai's.
What the game flat-out confirms
Finish the quest and a cutscene lays out the post-Tsushima timeline in plain language. Jin, the disgraced samurai, reinvented himself as, yes, the world's first shinobi. He slipped the Shogun's grasp and sailed north to Ezo — the island Ghost of Yotei is set on — better known today as Hokkaido. It is a very direct answer from a sequel that otherwise keeps a big time gap.
The weird, still-missing pieces
For all that clarity, the game leaves some big blanks. What did Jin actually do while he was on Ezo? How did he die? And who buried him with such care? His grave marker — neatly carved and stamped with those same twin mountains — looks almost too pristine for a mystery.
Where this could go (if it goes anywhere)
I am not calling a Jin-centric DLC, but it would not be shocking if we got a short prequel slice set during his Ezo years. The map is already in play, and the breadcrumb trail is right there. If that never happens, the quest still serves up the nostalgia hit.
- You can walk away with Jin's iconic sword, ghost mask, and armor — a tidy bit of fan service for anyone missing the Ghost in this new PS5 game.
If you want more on the sequel itself, check my Ghost of Yotei review — and if you are agonizing over it, I also break down which horse to pick in Ghost of Yotei.