How to Get Water Breathing in Demonfall

You must be a Slayer who passed or is progressing through Final Selection. Save 2,000 yen before traveling to Mount Sagiri — farm trinkets and ores using the farm yen guide if you are short. No Prestige or Muzan Blood is required; Water is intentionally the entry-level style.

Locate Urokodaki on Mount Sagiri via the trainer locations map. The mountain sits outside Kamakura Village with a visible trail marker once you accept related quests.

Interact with Urokodaki and select the Water Breathing training option. The game deducts 2,000 yen immediately upon acceptance. If you lack funds, the dialogue tells you to return with more money — there is no partial payment or discount.

Yen farming early game focuses on low-level demon trinkets near Kamakura fields and basic mining nodes. Sell junk trinkets to NPC shops until you hit 2,000, then return before spending on cosmetics or overpriced player trades.

Urokodaki's first trial requires cutting or breaking a boulder using your Nichirin and basic combat mechanics — a reference to Tanjiro's training arc. Use charged strikes and ensure your combo meter is built before attempting heavy hits. The boulder has substantial HP; patience matters more than rushing.

If you fail, retry without paying yen again. Bring Health Potions if demon spawns interrupt you mid-trial. Console players bind potions early via the potions console guide.

The second trial is a parkour course along Mount Sagiri's cliffs and tree lines. You must traverse platforms within a time limit without falling. Sprint, jump, and use camera angles to judge distances — mobile players may lower graphics for smoother frame rates during jumps.

Falling restarts the segment. Practice the route once without the quest active to learn jump timing. Party members cannot carry you through this trial — it is solo-only like other Breathing gates.

Water forms emphasize fluid combos and blocking — ideal practice for PvP fundamentals. Allocate skill points into the first few forms before chasing cosmetics. When you reach level 50, decide between Prestige for Sun or continuing toward Flame Breathing if you prefer Rengoku's aggressive style.

Water remains viable mid-game even after unlocking second styles. Many players keep Water forms for utility while maining Sun post-Prestige.

Water Breathing forms scale from basic slash patterns to larger AoE finishers. Unlock your first two forms before experimenting in PvP — they cover most neutral exchanges. Third and fourth forms cost more skill points but add knockback and chase tools useful against demon runners in open world.

Pair Water with Health Potions during learning sessions. Blocking tutorials on Mount Sagiri translate directly to Final Selection demon camps — the same block timing works on both boulder quest enemies and wild spawns outside Kamakura.

From Kamakura Village, follow the marked trail toward Mount Sagiri's summit. NPC quest markers appear once you have enough yen and Slayer rank. The walk itself is safe; demon ambushes happen near the mountain base, not on Urokodaki's training plateau.

Memorize the parkour path during daylight before attempting timed trials at night — visibility matters on console and mobile. See trainer locations for a map reference relative to other Breathing masters.