Samurai Skill Points | nioh Wiki

Samurai Skill Points is an Additional Stat in Nioh. They are the points used to acquire certain Skills

Samurai Skill Points Information

The weapon skills available in Nioh are affected by the stance you take (Low, Mid or High). They are learned using Samurai Skill Points, which are earned either by increasing Proficiency with a weapon, leveling stats like Strength or Body or by using the locks of hair Items.

Earning Samurai Skill Points

 Proficiency

Each weapon tracks its proficiency separately as seen in the status menu > additional statistics. when proficiency of that weapon reaches a break point you will gain 1 Samurai Skill point. The break points for every weapon are as follows.

• 500
• 2 000
• 6 000
• 15 000
• 30 000
• 60 000
• 100 000
• 220 000
• 300 000

 Past 300 000, Proficiency will no longer reward Samurai Skill points. with 9 Breakpoints across 7 weapons gives access to 63 skill points from levelling proficiency.

Leveling Up

Increasing the Core stats Body.
Heart, Skill or Strength will earn a Skill point. It is not Know how the game calculates this but it seems to be roughly every 2 levels.

Mission Rewards

Many side missions, particularly on Way of the Strong and higher will have a variant of Samurai Locks as a one time reward.

Way of the Samurai

Way of the Strong

 Way of the Demon

Way of the Wise

Way of the Nioh