The Search for Oyamatsumi is a Subquest in Shin Megami Tensei V. Most Subquests will reward you with a large amount of experience, some Macca, and then you’ll receive an item of sorts. Most of the time, it’ll be a Talisman which allows you to have access to the different Magatsuhi skills in the game.
Take-Minakata wants you to bring back Oyamatsumi, even if it means defeating him
| Recommended Level | Location | Rewards |
|---|---|---|
| 47+ | Take-Minakata; Chiyoda - Kanda-no-Yashiro | Balm of Life; Oyamatsumi unlocked for fusion |
Defeat Oyamatsumi for Take-Minakata.
Where to start The Search for Oyamatsumi¶
You will be unable to start this quest until you have defeated Surt in the main story. Once you have done this, head back to where you got the talisman from and you will see one of the three NPCs there will have this quest for you.
You will find Take-Minakata where you got the talisman during the story
Where to find Oyamatsumi¶
Oyamatsumi is the first Punishing Foe you meet in the game, who is on the main path, so you won’t be able to bypass it without the game giving you a short tutorial. At the time, you were unable to do anything with Oyamatsumi, as it is level 48 and you were probably less than level 10 at the time. If you can’t remember where the Punishing Foe is located, teleport to the Shiba Leyline in the Minato region and go northwest from it to find the demon.
Oyamatsumi is the first Punishing Foe you find, in the Shiba area of Minato
Recommended Party¶
| Icon | Name |
|---|---|
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Dakini (Needs Resist Ice) |
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Belphegor |
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Yoshitsune |
While Oyamatsumi is the first Punishing Foe you will meet in the game, you actually won’t be able to defeat it until you’re well close to finish the third region. Oyamatsumi is both strong and durable, with high Strength and Vitality. It will resist both Ice and Electric, while being immune to Dark, and with a weakness to Fire. That means you will want to bring along demons that have access to Fire skills, whether it’s Agilao or Fire Dracostrike. Oyamatsumi has two Ice skills in the skillset, Ice Dracostrike and Mabufudyne, although the latter is only used whenever it charges for its Magatsuhi. Despite that, though, you won’t want anyone weak to Ice.
Oyamatsumi is mostly built for Strength-based attacks, though, of which it has two Physical moves. Beatdown hits a single character and is at its strongest when the enemy has more HP. That means as you whittle away at Oyamatsumi’s health, Beatdown will gradually get weaker. The other Physical attack, Crusher Onslaught, hits the entire party, but it has an inherent low accuracy. That means, you can use Sukunda on the boss and Masukukaja on your team to make that move miss more often. Oyamatsumi has no way of removing the debuffs on it, as well as the buffs on your party, so you are free to use whatever you want.
(1 of 2) Debuffs will make the battle much quicker
Debuffs will make the battle much quicker (left), as well as help in making Oyamatsumi miss with his attacks (right)
One thing you have to be careful of in this battle is that Oyamatsumi has access to Tarukaja. That means his attacks will deal more damage, so you want to counter this with Tarunda as soon as possible. In fact, all three debuffs can play a huge role in this battle, and since Oyamatsumi can do nothing about them, you should be using them to full effect. As long as you keep it debuffed, you really shouldn’t have too much trouble with this battle.
You will receive the Kunitsu Keystone after the battle, so take it back to Take-Minakata in Chiyoda to finish the quest and receive your reward.
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