Empty Baskets is a side tale in Ghost of Tsushima.
Synopsis[]
Jin Sakai meets a woman crying outside her house. He asks her what happened, to which she responds that bandits took every last scrap of her food. She tells Jin that they headed northeast, into the woods, and asks Jin to not harm them, to which Jin responds that he can't make any promises. After Jin finds the small bandit camp in the woods, he either dispatches of the bandits and takes a small bundle of rice in the center of the camp, or he obtains the food without killing anyone.
Jin returns to the peasant's house and gives her her food, to which she exclaims that she has not had rice in a long time. Jin realizes that the peasant had been lying to her, and scolds her for doing so. The peasant apologizes and reiterates that she asked Jin not to hurt anyone. If Jin did not kill any of the bandits, he responds that he luckily didn't have to. Otherwise, if Jin did kill any bandits, he responds that the bandits gave him no choice. The peasant then either thanks Jin or apologizes to Jin. Jin tells her that she shouldn't have lied, and that he would have helped her regardless. The peasant tells Jin that she won't do it again.
If Jin revisits the peasant's house after this tale, he will find bandits exploring in and around the house and the bloodied corpse of the peasant, presumably killed by said bandits. This is regardless of whether or not Jin killed the bandits in the woods.
Objectives[]
- Speak to the distressed woman in Tsutsu
- Travel northeast toward the woods
- Search for the bandits
- Enter the woods
- Search for the stolen food
- Return the rice to the woman
Walkthrough Videos[]
Journal entries[]
| Event | Entry |
|---|---|
| Rumored | Bandits are stealing food from the people in Tsutsu. If I don't stop these criminals, the people will starve before long. |
| Encountered | Someone outside the house nearby sounds traumatized. I should find out why. |
| Begin tale | Bandits stole food from a lone woman in Tsutsu. When I promised to recover her food, she asked me to not harm the thieves. I made no promises. |