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50 free Ghost of Tsushima trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Ghost of Tsushima was the game Sucker Punch made after nine years of Infamous, when the studio wanted melee combat and briefly considered pirates, Rob Roy and The Three Musketeers before a history of the 1274 Mongol invasion made everything click. Six years later it launched in July 2020, sold 2.4 million copies in three days, earned a perfect Famitsu score and got its directors named tourism ambassadors to the real island. These 50 questions cover the story — Jin Sakai, Lord Shimura, Yuna, the Straw Hats, Khotun Khan and the final duel — and the design: the four stances, guiding wind, yellow birds, foxes and haiku, Kurosawa mode, the Sanjuro-inspired standoff and the sword blanks borrowed from God of War. There are questions on the Legends multiplayer mode, the Iki Island expansion, the PC port, the film in development and the 2025 sequel Ghost of Yōtei. Easy questions stick to the characters and mechanics any player knows; the hard tier asks about cancelled prototypes, armor periods and the shrine fans helped rebuild. Every answer is cited to a page we checked, with a short explanation that adds one more detail.
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Q 01Which company published Ghost of Tsushima in 2020?
Sony Interactive
Developer Sucker Punch, based in Bellevue, Washington, had previously made Sly Cooper and Infamous.
Q 02What is the name of the samurai the player controls?
Jin Sakai
His surname is a tribute to Stan Sakai, creator of the comic Usagi Yojimbo.
Q 03In what year is the game's Mongol invasion set?
1274
The real first invasion was foiled by a storm, which the game nods to with storm designs on Jin's katana.
Q 04Khotun is written as the grandson of which historical ruler?
Genghis Khan
He is also a cousin of Kublai Khan, who ordered the real 1274 invasion.
Q 05What is Jin's relationship to Lord Shimura?
Nephew and ward
Shimura is the jitō of Tsushima and petitions the shogun to adopt Jin as heir.
Q 06Who finds and revives Jin after the disastrous battle at Komoda Beach?
Yuna
The thief teaches Jin the guerrilla tactics that make him 'The Ghost'.
Q 07What is Yuna's brother Taka's trade?
Blacksmith
He forges the grappling hook Jin uses to scale Castle Kaneda's walls.
Q 08What is the name of the rōnin band led by Jin's childhood friend Ryuzo?
The Straw Hats
Starving and destitute, they betray Jin for the Khan's bounty.
Q 09Which of the five great families is NOT one named in the game?
Clan Tokugawa
The five are Shimura, Sakai, Adachi, Nagao and Kikuchi.
Q 10What Mongol drink does Jin poison to take Castle Shimura's keep?
Airag
The act wins the castle without further samurai losses but enrages Lord Shimura.
Q 11Where does Jin finally kill the Khan?
On his flagship at Port Izumi
Jin leaves Shimura a note inviting the samurai to join the assault, and Shimura comes.
Q 12What choice does the player face at the end of the final duel with Shimura?
Kill him or spare him
Either way, Jin becomes an enemy of the Shogun but keeps protecting Tsushima.
Q 13Who voices Jin Sakai in English?
Daisuke Tsuji
Kazuya Nakai voices him in Japanese; the Director's Cut added Japanese lip sync.
Q 21What form of poetry does Jin compose at meditation spots?
Haiku
A Japanese localizer suggested the less anachronistic waka, but haiku was kept for recognizability.
Q 22Which region of Tsushima is unlocked first?
Izuhara
Toyotama follows, then Kamiagata in the north.
Q 23What is the black-and-white filter mode named after?
Akira Kurosawa
Sucker Punch got permission from the director's estate to use his name.
Q 24The ending of which Kurosawa film inspired the game's 'standoff' mechanic?
Q 14Which actor voices the Khan, drawing on his Night at the Museum role as Attila?
Patrick Gallagher
He also prepared by watching The Godfather.
Q 15How many combat stances does Jin learn for specific enemy types?
Four
Stone for swordsmen, water for shields, wind for spearmen and moon for brutes — plus the unlockable ghost stance.
Q 16Which fighting posture does Jin use against shielded enemies?
Water
Stances unlock after Jin observes or kills Mongol leaders.
Q 17What natural element guides the player to objectives instead of a compass?
Wind
The team built the feature in about a week and spent roughly a year refining it.
Q 18What color are the birds that lead Jin to points of interest?
Yellow
The black-naped oriole was chosen because it lives in Japan and the audio lead had recorded one in Sri Lanka.
Q 19Which animals lead Jin to Inari shrines?
Foxes
Inari shrines increase the number of charms Jin can equip; foxes are messengers of the kami Inari.
Q 20What do hot springs do for Jin?
Raise his maximum health
Bamboo Strikes raise his maximum resolve instead.
Sanjuro
A warrior waits for the opponent's first move, then kills with one strike.
Q 25Which comic about a rabbit samurai influenced the game?
Usagi Yojimbo
Game director Nate Fox read it while working on Sly Cooper.
Q 26Which earlier game inspired the wind-guidance idea with its raised-sword direction finding?
Shadow of the Colossus
Its minimalist landscape also shaped Tsushima's art direction.
Q 27Who was the game director of Ghost of Tsushima?
Nate Fox
Jason Connell was creative and art director; both were later named Tsushima tourism ambassadors.
Q 28Which of these settings did Sucker Punch consider before choosing feudal Japan?
Rob Roy MacGregor
Pirates and The Three Musketeers were also on the table.
Q 29What was the name of Sucker Punch's cancelled steampunk project whose prototype leaked in 2020?
Prophecy
Some of its gameplay elements were carried over to Ghost of Tsushima.
Q 30How many years did Sucker Punch spend on the game?
Six
It was the longest development in the studio's history, starting after Infamous First Light in 2014.