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Open the Depths after completing the 108 Underworld floors

Clear the Underworld’s finite floor sequence to unlock the separate Depths endgame activity.

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WHERE & HOW TO FARM

Where to farm

The Underworld floor menu, advancing through the available sequence to floor 108; check the menu for Depths access after the final clear.

The Underworld is a post-campaign sequence of 108 floors, and completing it opens the Depths as a separate endgame activity. This is a progression route rather than a repeated loot farm: each floor has an exploration area, the Netherscape, followed by a Crucible containing its boss. You must defeat that boss to advance. Before entering the Crucible, explore as much of the Netherscape as your build can safely manage and collect Jizo Kodama when practical; entering the Crucible closes the route back. Prioritize reliable clears over exhaustive exploration if survival is becoming difficult. Select the next available floor after each clear and continue through the sequence. When the final floor is complete, check the Underworld menu for the Depths entry. The Depths has its own challenges and rewards, so this guide ends at the unlock rather than prescribing a build or a Depths farming route.

GET STARTED

How to farm

Before you go

  • Reach Dream of the Nioh and unlock the Underworld.
  • Have a build that can survive the next available floor and defeat its Crucible boss.
  • Be prepared to explore each Netherscape before taking a portal into its Crucible.
  1. Open the Underworld and select the next available floor.
  2. Enter the Netherscape and inspect the route, enemies, and Shrine before choosing how much to explore.
  3. Collect Jizo Kodama when it is safe; at least one opens a portal to the Crucible.
  4. Finish any exploration you want before entering the Crucible, since you cannot return to the Netherscape afterward.
  5. Use a portal to enter the Crucible and defeat its boss to complete the floor.
  6. Return to the Underworld staging area and select the next available floor.
  7. Repeat the exploration and boss-clear loop through floor 108, then check the Underworld menu for Depths access.

Farming tips

  • The floor’s Jizo Kodama can provide benefits for the run; weigh the added support against the risk of exploring side paths.
  • If a floor becomes too punishing, improve your gear or build before continuing rather than rushing into the next boss.

Repeat, collect and use

This is a finite progression sequence: clear each newly available floor once to advance. Replaying a completed floor does not move the unlock forward.

Common mistakes

  • Entering the Crucible before finishing desired exploration; the Netherscape cannot be revisited from there.
  • Treating the Depths as another name for the Underworld; it becomes a separate activity after the 108-floor sequence.
  • Leaving before defeating the Crucible boss, which is required to advance.

When to stop or switch

Stop after clearing floor 108 and confirming that the Depths option is available in the Underworld menu.

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REWARD DETAILS & CONDITIONS

Sources & rewards

Farming route

Open the Depths after completing the 108 Underworld floors

The Underworld floor menu, advancing through the available sequence to floor 108; check the menu for Depths access after the final clear.

  • Reach Dream of the Nioh and unlock the Underworld.
  • Have a build that can survive the next available floor and defeat its Crucible boss.
  • Be prepared to explore each Netherscape before taking a portal into its Crucible.
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