Height of Technique and most efficient EXP farm (28k/30s)

Overview

Showcase of the most efficient EXP farm in the Ashina castle.

Overview

Alright so, for whatever reason you want to farm some exp, whether to get the Height of technique achievement to 100% the game, or just want some exp boost.

Here’s what to do. (Some spoilers ahead.)

To get the most efficiency on new game plus you should do the playthrough without Kuro’s charm, as it gives you a bonus of 20 % to experience earned.

I was able to get 28.200 EXP in roughly twenty-five seconds, on playthrough number 4, which is new game +++, with the charm off.

You can do this even in a standard new game, but obviously without the charmless bonus it won’t be as good, but it should still be the the most efficient way to get exp at end game.

Make sure you do not kill the Ogre that spawns in the Ashina Castle, nor the red samurai that spawn by the door near him, as I believe they do not respawn once you kill them.

Now to the actual farming.

The Strat

You wanna go to the Ashina Castle Antechamber idol after killing the divine dragon, when everything is on fire outside.

You start by killing the first purple shinobi in the very first room. The EXP he gives is 5050 per kill. (+20 % is from not having Kuro’s charm.)

Then you go right into a room with four guys fighting, you should usually aim to sneak kill the shinobi leader as he tends to face the other way most of the time, take a couple seconds to adjust your path to them in the midst of their fight, and you´ll be able to get that kill. Again, 5050 EXP.

Now whether you kill one of them or get spotted, grapple up to the attic floor, run through, and jump execute the purple shinobi in the next room. Again, 5050 EXP.

Then you jump out of the room, and grab onto the wooden beam that leads to the Ogre below.
You wait for roughly five seconds before they attack him, at which point he breaks free, instant kills them and that gives you about 8.400 EXP.
If you jump straight down before letting them get the first hit, the Ogre will instead go after you and even if you run outside it´ll take take him a bit longer to kill them.

After that you run outside to find another Samurai peeking around a corner, open to backstab. The EXP he gives is about 4.200.

After backstabbing him you pop the homeward idol to teleport to the last commuted idol and rinse and repeat the run.