Sekiro's Map Layout Explained

Let’s take a close look at how the Ashina Lands fit together.
How accurate is the positioning of the various areas as seen from afar?
How the hell did that door lead to the Senpou Temple?
Is the antique map really that useless?
And most importantly, is it animal abuse to use a giant serpent as a ruler?
►Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:39 Ashina Outskirts
05:32 Ashina Castle
10:25 Senpou Temple
13:02 Abandoned Dungeon & Sunken Valley
15:32 Mibu Village
18:15 Fountainhead Palace
20:44 Closing Thoughts
►Big thanks to / @araghosta for the help with the kanji characters
►And a very special thanks to my lovely wife for all the support given during the three weeks it took to record this ❤️
►DS Map Studio
github.com/katalash/DSMapStudio
►Zullie the Witch - How long is the big snake?
• How long is the big sn...
►GiantCookieJar - Sekiro Skip into fountainhead
• Sekiro skip into foun...
►Music:
Daso - Meine (edited)
Tenchu OST - Infiltrate the Manji Cult
Tencu Wrath of Heaven OST - Ronin Village
Tench OST - Far Away (Ending Theme)

[@lorelim]

I was desperately searching for someone to make an in depth explanation of the Sekiro map, so I could understand certain weird connections and this video scratched my itch perfectly, so thank you for that. Also, for such a small channel this is a very well done video, so keep making these!

[@painovoimaton]

The world design of Sekiro is one of my favourite aspects of the game. It just flows really beautifully and I cannot help but have a deep appreciation for the artistry and thoughtfulness involved. Truly a masterpiece of a game.

[@ARAGHOSTA]

I loved every bit of the video! You should make more (and you definetely deserve more views too)

[@BlazingGlaceon]

As an avid Sekiro fan, things like this are endlessly fascinating to me. Fantastic work man. The "great serpent as a ruler to measure depth" bit made me laugh out loud lmao

[@markusmitteregger8484]

omg this deserves so many more views, such a huge effort you took to explain everything! Thank you! I was just asking myself where that broken bridge in the beginning of the game leads to and now you uploaded this video, awesome!

[@addypalooza]

Thanks a lot for the kind words! I love game maps stuff, and if a few people learned something interesting from this, then it has been worth it!

[@lingricen8077]

@@addypaloozajust be aware that vaatividya WILL steal your content, and even if his braindead viewerbase learn of this, they will make excuses for him.

[@ThatGuyNyan]

This is so well made, I don't know why the algorithm hasn't picked it up

[@nathanmadox3364]

One of the best sekiro videos ever thank you

[@tffknowledgekeeper1088]

I absolutely fricking loved this video! As an all-time Sekiro fan, I always had that itch to understand the game's map better since its completely outstanding and you managed to scratch that. You truly managed to honor this underrated gem's legacy, mate!

[@sahilmaharaj5100]

Amazing video, this really cleared up some of the questions I had about the game space! I always suspected that Mt. Kongo looked like it was too far away from Ashina Castle to be accurate, so it's vindicating to know I was right. I'm really curious about the in-universe location of the Hirata Estate, the lore implies that it's quite close to Ashina Castle, and I'm guessing it's in the direction of the Sculptors Temple, just because of them both being surrounded by bamboo, but I don't know if there's any other clues about it's location.

[@addypalooza]

Thank you for the kind words! I haven't found any connections between the maps of the Hirata Estate and the rest of the world, I think that the estate is supposed to be located far away beyond the mountains, and that the Antique map only shows it closer to Ashina Castle due to convenience.

[@tduncan146]

Outstanding video! Great job! I thoroughly enjoyed your dissection of this layout, and the fact that Sekiro can be analyzed like this just shows that Miyazaki has a unique talent when it comes to his work. We are lucky to have him.

[@AnchalagonTheBlack]

This was great. Especially the bit at the end about the connections between the Fountainhead Palace and the Sunken Valley/Mibu Village - that was rad and makes the carp's location make a lot more sense.

[@MrSam1804]

I've been looking for this kind of video for a long time

[@ylstorage7085]

This deserves more views. Highly recommend author to expand to better known games

[@fajnu20]

I enjoyed this video a lot. Nice to see how many details devs put into map. Thanks for the vid!

[@kurenian]

This interconnectedness makes me wish that Sekiro at least for part of the game didn’t have fast travel, like DS1. That would have made understanding the layout more meaningful

[@HoaiThuongNguyen-kd8rb]

Thanks for the great work bro, your video has a lot of clear details about Ashina castle that I was looking for after finish game

[@gorgonfreeman486]

Very well explained. Thank you!

[@ayberk007]

I hope the views match the quality of the video. İncredible work man. It made me look at the game from a different point of view.

[@FindingFocus]

Instant sub! Fantastic job on this video, I absolutely loved it. This is my fav sekiro vid on KZbin 🎉

[@komlat253]

Yea as soon as i started playing this game , i noticed quickly how interconnected the world is . I absolutely love how believable the world is and how u can always where u are at or going with landmarks for other places

[@squigly80]

amazing work bro, thanks for this.

[@redskyhk]

I love this video! Thank you very much for your great effort!!

[@steeltarkus58]

Great job! I had my suspicions about the location of the mibu village, it's good to finally have some form of confirmation

[@user-fv7cj1mn3w]

Very nice video! It was very interesting because it explained what I was wondering about the map structure of Sekiro! I don't understand English, but thanks to the subtitles I could understand everything👍

[@greenimpwtf]

Measuring depth in giant sneks is just brilliant))

[@TomyGtaIV]

Omg man, awesome video. I watched it until the end and then I checked your channel expecting to see thousands of subs and I got shocked, U definitely deserve a lot more! Excelent job in editing and finding out all of that stuff

[@nuk3rboy]

Amazing work you've done with this video. It's very interesting to see the map connecting like this.

[@machera889]

Thanks for doing the work on this, great video

[@Cykaima]

This is your first video? Holy shit, immaculate stuff

[@DeepestDankest]

Wonderful video. I always had a glancing interest in how everything connected to each other but all the visual examples really helped in piecing the entirety of Sekiro's geography together. Fantastic work.

[@miamireese]

Great vid!

[@roriksavant]

Great video! I know From Software but the attention to detail in the interconnectedness is crazy...

[@cjr2718]

ive been waiting for this video 5 years，thank u！

[@thirtydaysveganandcounting]

For a first time upload, heck even if it wasn't your first video, it had a great production quality and I wasn't really interested in the content. Thanks so much for making an awesome video!

[@TheSpeedsterMark]

This is exactly the video I needed, thank you a lot!

[@alvabsas]

this video deserve more visits. best explanation of sekiro map avalaible.

[@spaarky]

Amazing video, very informative.

[@sirberuq4516]

Great explanation!

[@grungeblight]

Really liked this video. Thank you.

[@Ispeakfactz]

Great work mate.

[@agxryt]

Subbed, been looking for this forever

[@velioona9835]

an amazing video that deserve more. good job!👍👍👍

[@omidm1991]

wonderful job man

[@shivankdubey801]

On God This Video Deserved Millions of Views

[@liot_7]

Your videos are so well made wish they got more exposure 😇

[@fridayafternoons1]

man awesome video this is impressive work. thanks mane I'll gladly subscribe in anticipation of such good quality :]

[@hanselchavezleon1946]

Nice video bro😊

[@bunnybag]

Thanks for all your effort. This was truly amazing and made me appreciate the game even more. Hoping you do end up making the video on Sekiro and it's architectural references.

[@georgealexander3642]

10:30 tenchu 2 s musiC!! Yoo i LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!! God! Great video! i grew up on that game franchise! that is why sekiro has aspecial place in my hearth

[@HirakiSHIKI]

Great work, very enjoyable.

[@jake.klusewitz]

Really cool!

[@andrewstavenhagen2200]

I would love to hear about the Ashina castle stuff!

[@buff_old_man]

Great job! That's exactly what I was looking for at 5 am because I couldn't fall asleep

[@HasuAkira]

I love this video!

[@lingricen8077]

subscribed. be prepared for vaatividya plagurising you

[@carlhaucke3304]

Dasoooooooo like that you choose his music makes me so happy rip daso nice vid

[@Pratanjali64]

Thank you for making this! May I suggest that you change the thumbnail to show the 3D map? Only I almost didn't click on the video because the map you currently have as the thumbnail is the "old" map that I'd already found.

[@addypalooza]

That's a great idea, I'll see what I can do about it. Thanks for the feedback!

[@JohnnyNocturne]

this is great. i was really wondering how the fountain head palace waters got aaaalllll the way down to mibu village. great video

[@equivalentexchange4918]

Amazing

[@zorosingh4251]

Great job, this game is beautiful Will you do the same for other Souls games ?

[@addypalooza]

Thanks! Other youtubers like IllusoryWall have already made amazing videos analyzing the map of the Souls trilogy + Demon's Soul, so as much as I love those games I don't have plans for it at the moment. I'm currently working on a video about Armored Core 6, hope you'll like it!

[@ardayucel3354]

4:50 I am pretty sure it's for Emma to use. Otherwise it would be really hard to explain how Emma can be at Dilapitated Temple when she needs to take care of Isshin.

[@bananablue3058]

I laughed so hard when you used snake as a ruler.

[@Kirby-Krios]

I'm not a souls player, came here out of curiosity after enjoying your AC vid. This was very good too ^_^

[@mothblaze]

THE SNAKE RULER LMAOOO

[@shby95]

A small detail I think a lot of people missed is that those are 2 separate serpents. The one in the poison cave has both eyes, where as the one has a bloody eye from where we stabbed it you can see it when you meet it the 2nd time.

[@rollernkg68]

So the big question I have There's a locked gate where the flames of hatred idol appears in gyoubu's arena, and I've always wondered what's that way

[@addypalooza]

You can check for yourself on DS Map studio or llok that way from the top of Ashina Castle, but the boring answer is that behind the gate is a road, a few dozen metres long, that ends up nowhere. The gate is supposed to be the main entrance to the castle; this kind of architecture, where a gate leads to an open square area and to another gate at a right angle, is known as "masugata", and is meant to trap in would-be invaders. The arena in the game is maybe a bit too big to serve as a masugata, but I guess they needed a big area to fit Gyoubu and the Demon of Hatred!

[@kibathefang6022]

I have played this game 4 times and I always end up getting lost.

[@maximkorotkevich825]

“Magic” Shinobi door is for Emma to be in castle,not Wolf

[@graysonflows]

Hey dude, is it all right if I use a few clips from this video in my own? Im trying to make a history video about sekiro.

[@addypalooza]

Go ahead!

[@graysonflows]

thx man 😁i'll credit you 👍@@addypalooza

[@Ispeakfactz]

Cfbr

[@wolvesinsnow]

I'm no expert, but i'm fairly shure you wrote all the romaji instances of Ashina castle wrong. It should be Ashina shiro.

[@addypalooza]

I'm no expert either, that's why I had someone else double check! "Shiro" means castle, but it reads "Jō" when attached to a word (e.g., Himeji Castle = Himeji-jō)

[@pi1448]

​​@@addypaloozaYou wrote ashi meijou instead of Ashinajou (Ashina castle became Reed famous castle)

[@yanickgallant1562]

Algorithm comment

[@felicity-topic]

This video deserves more views and likes