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Prologue: Legacy
Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound

Prologue: Legacy

Complete walkthrough for Prologue: Legacy in Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound. Learn about challenges, collectibles, and enemy strategies to achieve the best rank.

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Prologue: Legacy

Complete walkthrough for Prologue: Legacy in Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound. Learn about challenges, collectibles, and enemy strategies to achieve the best rank.

Welcome to Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound! This guide covers the Prologue: Legacy stage, where you play as Jo Hayabusa. We'll detail the rank requirements, collectibles, and enemy encounters to help you succeed.

Rank Requirements:

  • Time: 3:30 Minutes
  • Kills: 50
  • Chain: 15
  • Challenges: Use the ceiling to avoid spikes, Kill 6 Ronin enemies, Finish level without dying.
  • Collectibles: 3 Crystal Skulls, 0 Golden Scarab, 0 Scrolls.
Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Immediately after gaining control, you can access the stage menu by pressing Triangle. This menu displays your current Stats (Time, Kills, Chain), Challenges for the stage, and Collectibles.
  2. 2
    Continue forward and defeat the first red Ninja. The first Crystal Skull is impossible to miss.
  3. 3
    Proceed to an area with "Eagle" and Green Ninja enemies. Climb the wall and use the ceiling to cross bamboo spikes to reach Shrine #1 (checkpoint).
  4. 4
    Head right from Shrine #2 to find your second Crystal Skull. Defeat the "Ronin" enemies that appear, as they are part of a challenge.
  5. 5
    Continue past more spikes, using the ceiling to cross, and climb a wall to reach Shrine #2 (checkpoint).
  6. 6
    From Shrine #3, cross more spikes using the ceiling. In the next area, a healing orb is available. Descend to fight various enemies, including Eagles and Ronin.
  7. 7
    Climb the right wall to find Shrine #3 (checkpoint).
  8. 8
    Continue from Shrine #4, dropping down platforms. At the bottom, go right to find the final Crystal Skull, hidden behind a tree.
  9. 9
    Proceed right, defeating all enemies, to reach the end of the stage, which transitions to the next section.
Tips
  • Red Ninjas throw shurikens that can be blocked by attacking.
  • Ronin enemies dash forward when they sheathe their katana; jump over them.
  • Use ceilings to cross spike traps.
  • The orb in the pit heals you.

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