Beast of Reincarnation Walkthrough: All 13 Chapters and How Long They Take

Beast of Reincarnation’s main story runs 13 chapters plus an epilogue, and a straight story run lands around 20–30 hours — push toward completion (every shrine, painting, and blade) and you are looking at 30–40 hours before credits. This page tracks the full chapter structure and fills in detailed walkthroughs as we verify each chapter in-game.

Facts checked against the live game and cross-referenced across sources on August 4, 2026 (launch day). Chapters beyond the opening are being played and verified now — unverified sections are marked rather than guessed.

All chapters

New Game+ unlocks after the ending and is the intended way to sweep remaining collectibles — one trophy is tied to clearing NG+ itself, so a platinum run means at least starting a second cycle. See the trophy guide for the full picture.

Chapter 1: Seedling

The opening chapter doubles as the tutorial and ends with the game’s first Nushi boss, Rangifer. The flow:

1. Investigate the village. Tutorial stretch — controls, parrying, and your first fights on the way in.
2. Head for the subcity. The entrance is past a broken bridge; Emma’s hair acts as the traversal tool to cross it.
3. Clear the malefacts in your path on the far side of the bridge.
4. Find the Foreman. Fighting through the golems at the subcity entrance opens the door and puts the Kangetsu Bow in your hands — your first ranged weapon.
5. The Prowling Nushi. Outside, following the blue bird triggers the first Rangifer encounter in a closed arena. This fight is meant to be survived, not finished — the boss withdraws to its lair afterward.
6. Regroup and prepare. You wake in the Foreman’s lair inside the Cleanse Walker. Spend your SP and upgrade gear here; the rematch is a proper fight.
7. Path to the Sealed Layer. The way to the Nushi’s lair needs three keys. The Red Key comes from the Retired Gatekeeper.
8. Blue Key — held by the watchman at the lookout shack nearby.
9. Yellow Key — held by a golem in Tailwater Village.
10. Nue Malefact. Returning to the Cleanse Walker with all three keys triggers a mid-boss fight against the Nue Malefact.
11. Rangifer rematch. Unlock the Sealed Layer and put the chapter’s Nushi down for real.

Chapters 2–13

Detailed walkthroughs for the remaining chapters are in progress — we are playing through on the live build and will publish each chapter as it is verified, rather than printing guesses on day one. The chapter names above are confirmed; boss placements beyond Chapter 1 are covered with sourcing notes in the Nushi boss guide.

How long to beat

• Story-focused run: roughly 20–30 hours depending on how much you die to parry timing.
• Completionist run: 30–40 hours before the ending, plus NG+ if you are chasing the platinum.
• The collectibles checklist is the fastest way to see what a full-clear actually involves.