All Bo Path of the Teal Lotus abilities, skills, and how to unlock (2024)

How doyou unlock skills and abilities in Bo Path of the Teal Lotus? Much like you’d expect in a Metroidvania, you’ll unlock traversal abilities as you advance the main story. However, spread throughout the world are also Omamori amulets that grant passive skills and Daruma that have active effects when used. This list details all of the above so there’s no confusion as you explore the Strange Garden.

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How to unlock Bo Path of the Teal Lotus traversal abilities

As you beat bosses and meet specific NPCs, they’ll share a cup of tea with Bo that will grant him a new traversal ability. These will, in turn, allow you to reach otherwise inaccessible areas with hidden collectibles. Here’s a list of the traversal abilities and where you get them:

Equinox Staff: This staff allows you to Jump Reset when attacking an enemy, lantern, or projectile. It also allows you to fill your Tea Kettle when attacking.
- Speak to Asahi in the Forest of Crimson Bamboo at the beginning of the game.
Bamboo Bat: Press and hold the specific button to aim battable objects at enemies and breakable barriers.
- Rescue Shimeji in the Forest of Crimson Bamboo before entering Uzumaki Cave.
Lotus Dash: Press the assigned button to dash forward a short distance.
- Defeat the Particularly Unmanageable Armakillo, obtain the Eye of the Beast, and bring it to Asahi just outside of the boss room.
Grappling Gun: When near a grappling object, an arrow will appear. Press the assigned button to launch Bo in that direction. You can also Grapple Slice certain enemies.
- Find the three music sheets for Kiyoshi in Midori Woods. He will then revive Asahi, who will then grant you this ability.
Kabuto Wings: Press the assigned ability to slow your descent and glide in the air. You can also ride air currents.
- Defeat Flying Kabuto Yokozuna in Megumi Mountain.
Tsuki Dash: The dash now has a narrow window of invulnerability, allowing you to dash through enemies and obstacles.
- Speak to Mochi, The Black Orchid in the Kitsune Burrows.
Mochi Mallet: Press down and the assigned button while in the air to smash into the ground, destroying unstable ground and dealing high damage to enemies. You can also fall into tree stumps to rocket out the other end.
- Destroy three bug nests within the bug cave for Mochi, The Black Orchid.
Ice Picks: You will now stick to walls and can wall jump. Press the assigned button to roll up the wall at high speed.
- Defeat the Tengu Solo in the Ice Caverns and speak to Ushi the monkey after freeing him from ice.

All Bo Path of the Teal Lotus Daruma locations and effects

Daruma are active skills that can be cycled between at any time that require tea to use. Each Daruma has three tiers of power (called eyes) that change based on your tea kettle’s heat gauge. If you attack enemies in the air for an extended period, the heat gauge will fill and enter a boiling state, increasing the Daruma eye level by one. A base Daruma can only reach level two, though you can upgrade your Daruma by speaking with Danno in Sakura City and providing him with Awakening Ink in order to reach level three when boiling. Here’s where to find them all:

Chomper dashes in a straight line. Press the assigned button again to chomp an enemy. Upgraded eye levels will increase Chomper’s size, damage, and amount of chomps per cast.
- Speak with Shimeji in Uzumaki Cave.
Pyro-Kun emits a stream of flame that damages nearby enemies. Upgraded eye levels will increase the range and area of effect.
- Defeat Hashihime on Sencho Bridge.
Ken throws out a large shuriken on a chain. Press the assigned button to return the chain to Bo. Upgraded eye levels increases the shuriken’s size.
- Buy from Danno in Sakura City.
Jingu summons orbs of Kosenjobi that will seek out nearby enemies and damage them. Eye level two increases the number of orbs while the eye level three summons a high-damaging hand instead.
- Buy from Danno in Sakura City.
Toge-Chan summons thorn babies that orbit around you and damage foes. Upgraded eye levels will increase the amount of thorn babies and the speed at which they rotate.
- Found in a chest in Midori Forest east of the starting room. Requires the Grapple Gun.
Mamori briefly makes you invulnerable and damages the nearest enemy. Eye level two increases the duration of protection and the third eye level deals massive damage to all nearby enemies.
- Buy from Danno in Sakura City.
Yuki shoots a sekkagami projectile above you, which will explode and shoot out ice crystals if it touches an enemy or you press the assigned button. Eye level two increases the amount of sekkagami and eye level three summons a sekkagami turret that fires many projectiles.
- Found west of the Megumi Mountain snow village. Requires the Ice Picks to reach.
Kaboomaru throws a large bomb that can be detonated by pressing the assigned button. Eye level two increases the blast radius and eye level three explodes with a cluster of bombs.
- Defeat the optional boss Kitsura north of the Fox Shrine in Midori Forest.

All Bo Path of the Teal Lotus Omamori locations and effects

Omamori provide equippable passive effects or slight gameplay tweaks to Bo, such as increasing the damage of certain attacks. They require an Omamori Strap to equip, of which there are six to find. However, you’ll find them all organically while completing the main quest or purchasing them from an Omamori shop. Omamori themselves are a bit harder to track down, so here’s where to find them all in order of appearance:

Name	Location	Effect
Prosperity	Received from Dodomeki in Uzumaki Cave.	Attracts enemy rewards and resources.
Confidence	Located behind a blue bamboo barrier in the Forest of the Crimson Bamboo after obtaining the Lotus Dash.	Increases basic attack damage but doubles damage taken.
Initiative	Roku will give this to you just outside the entrance to Sencho Bridge in the Forest of the Crimson Bamboo.	Increases attack damage when interrupting dash attacks with a basic attack.
Health	Purchased from the Lily Shop in Sakura City.	Increases your maximum health by one.
Innovation	Purchased from the Lily Shop in Sakura City.	Summons a steel fan after every jump reset if the kettle is full.
Refinement	Purchased from the Lily Shop in Sakura City.	Increases basic attack speed.
Resilience	Purchased from the Lily Shop in Sakura City.	Resets jump and dash after taking damage.
Composure	Defeat the teapot wolves north of the entrance to Midori Forest and open the chest behind them.	Can move slowly while healing.
Deliberation	Use the Grapple Gun ability on the red lantern spirits above the second Saving Shrine in Midori Forest.	Removes the timer while using the Bamboo Bat.
Focus	Purchased from the Fox Shrine shop in Midori Forest.	Stop time white switching Daruma dolls.
Poise	Purchased from the Fox Shrine shop in Midori Forest.	Increases damage done by battable objects.
Vitality	Purchased from the Fox Shrine shop in Midori Forest.	Heals one health for every five enemies slain.
Fortitude	High up in the area with many wind weasels in Megumi Mountain.	Increases the amount of knock-back of basic attacks.
Abundance	Purchased from the snow village shop in Megumi Mountain.	Allows the kettle to hold slightly more tea.
Finesse	Purchased from the snow village shop in Megumi Mountain.	Increases basic attack range, except for the downward attack.
Vigor	Purchased from the snow village shop in Megumi Mountain.	Can reach boiling faster while comboing in the air.
Proficiency	West of the snow village, help Mikami light the fire by guiding the fireball with the Bamboo Bat ability.	Gain extra tea after a certain amount of hits.
Perseverance	West of where you first meet Mochi in the Kitsune Burrows, open a chest right before the shortcut back to Sakura City.	Increases basic attack damage per hit while at one health.
Punctuality	Directly east of where you first meet Mochi in the Kitsune Burrows through a hidden wall, just before entering the cave area.	Increases movement speed while running.
Gravitas	West of the Fast Travel Point in the second bug cave of Kitsune Burrows. Drop down after finding a Vermillion Crystal into a room with a large fox statue.	Spawns shockwaves when using the Mochi Mallet.
Ingenuity	At the Fox Wedding Shrine in Midori Forest. Complete the Fox Wedding quest.	Use fox fire instead of tea to summon Daruma.
Favor	Purchased from the fox shop in Sakura City OR inside the temple at the Fox Shrine. Complete the Fox Wedding quest to unlock the shop.	Increases damage dealt by Daruma.
Optimism	Purchased from the fox shop in Sakura City OR inside the temple at the Fox Shrine. Complete the Fox Wedding quest to unlock the shop.	Summon Daruma for half their normal cost while boiling.
Providence	Purchased from the fox shop in Sakura City OR inside the temple at the Fox Shrine. Complete the Fox Wedding quest to unlock the shop.	Increases basic attack damage according to the amount of fox fire currently available.
Stability	Purchased from the fox shop in Sakura City OR inside the temple at the Fox Shrine. Complete the Fox Wedding quest to unlock the shop.	Resets your dash while hovering in the wind.
Potency	Complete the Bunny Blossom quest given by Mitsuki in Midori Forest.	Increases the amount of health healed per sip of tea while the kettle is boiling.
Progress	Complete the Rozu’s Requiem quest given by Rozu in the Forest of the Crimson Bamboo.	Restores the last health petal lost over time without using tea.
Efficiency	Found south of Moro the hotspring monkey near the entrance to the Ice Caverns.	Drop stardust while hovering to damage enemies.
Serenity	Defeat the Tengu Trio in the Ice Caverns.	Increases basic attack damage while at full health.
Ambition	With the Ice Picks ability, navigate the wind tunnels west of the snow village in Megumi Mountain.	Increases fox fire rewards from slaying enemies but weakens attacks.
Intuition	Defeat the Gashadokuro in Sakura City.	Allows you to see collectibles on the map.
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We hope this guide helped you find every missing collectible in Bo Path of the Teal Lotus. Now that you’ve found them all, you’re definitely ready to take on the ridiculously difficult final boss – good luck! When you manage to defeat him, you may be in the market for a similar title, so be sure to check out the best Metroidvania games on PC.