Amaterasu crossing a golden gate.
A Golden Gate (「金閣鳥居」?; Kinkaku torii) provides a checkpoint where Amaterasu can return to if killed. These gates resemble small golden torii and are found at key points in the game, often before important or difficult sections such as boss fights. By simply passing through a Golden Gate, Amaterasu automatically creates a temporary save file and will always return there while still playing in that area. However, this save is erased if the game is turned off, so that a later restart will have to resume from an Origin Mirror save file.
Unlike Origin Mirrors, a Golden Gate does not automatically restore Amaterasu's Solar Energy and Ink Pots when she walks through.
Locations[]
- Tsuta Ruins: Before fighting the Spider Queen.
- Gale Shrine: Before fighting Crimson Helm.
- Moon Cave:
- Inside the calcified cavern near Amaterasu's initial arrival point, in the opposite direction from the rest of the Moon Cave.
- On the top level before fighting Orochi.
- Sunken Ship:
- Before the room with the open roof (where you can change the water level).
- On the high wall near the cannon.
- Imperial Palace (Issun-sized dungeon):
- Close to the entrance point from being shrunk by the Lucky Mallet.
- After using Veil of Mist to pass the sweepers.
- On the ceiling beams.
- Before going inside the Emperor and fighting Blight.
- Oni Island:
- Just after arriving from the Water Dragon.
- 3rd floor, after learning Thunderstorm.
- 6th floor, before the final race with Tobi.
- Kamiki Village (100 years ago):
- Just down the hill from the Spirit Gate.
- Moon Cave (100 years ago):
- Before fighting True Orochi.
- Wawku Shrine:
- 4th floor, before fighting the first Great Tengu.
- 6th floor, before fighting Nechku.
- 4th floor, before fighting Lechku & Nechku.
Trivia[]
- A Torii is a gate usually found at the entrance of or within Shinto shrines which symbolically separates the sacred from the profane.