Yakuza 6 Walkthrough - Chapter 1 The Price of Freedom Yakuza 6 Guide and Walkthrough

Last update: 04 April 2018

First chapter in Yakuza 6 Song of Life and big stard of your journey. Below you can find walkthrough. In this chapter, Kiryu will begin his search for Haruka while meeting with a lot of friends from the former years.

• Talk to the kids
• Go to Sky Finance
• Gather info on Akiyama
• Go to Little Asia
• Return to Sky Finance
• Go to the Sewer
• Go to the Hospital

Talk to the kids

1. After the cutscenes, you've learned that Haruka is missing. You'll also receive a task to talk to every child in the orphanage.
2. In the beginning, the game will give you a walkthrough of your cellphone. Use it to access the most important menus - your character's menu, game options, etc.
3. Simply walk around the area and talk to the kids. After a short while, you'll be subjected to a cut-scene where Kiryu decides to take his search to Kamurocho.

Go to Sky Finance

1. Kazuma begins his search for Haruka in Sky Finance, his friend's company. Answer the phone to learn about new options - faster running, camera views, and amassing experience.
2. Continue forward to meet with Date - a detective that is a good friend of your hero. You'll learn that Sky Finance was closed, while the man behind it - Akiyama - has disappeared.
3. Nevertheless, travel to the marker to check Sky Finance's building. Unfortunately, the tip was real - you'll encounter a locked door.

Gather info on Akiyama

1. All is left to do is to find Akiyama on your own. Answer the phone to learn that your hero has to eat regularly to get experience and replenish his energy.
2. Travel to the pink marker to encounter a group of thugs. This is your first real challenge. Fortunately, the enemies are rather weak, and you'll encounter a lot of items that can be used during combat.

1. After the fight, you'll learn that you can amass experience to develop your hero. Aside from the main parameters, you can learn new moves and other useful abilities.
2. From now on, the map will contain red markers - these are enemies that you can fight against. All you have to do is to enter their field of vision to begin the fight. This is a good way of gathering experience and studying the combat system, especially during the initial hours of the game, so make sure to fight often and visit restaurants to eat food regularly.

1. You can amass experience in five fields - Strength, Agility, Spirit, Technique, and Charm.
2. Travel to New Serena - a bar that is run by Date's wife. Unfortunately, you are still without any new information on Akiyama. Time to enter the triad's territory.

Go to Little Asia

1. Your entrance to the Chinese mafia's district will be signaled with a cut-scene. Time for a fight against the triad. These enemies are much more skilled than normal thugs - exercise caution.
2. This is your first fight where Kiryu has to face a lot of enemies at once. Consider using a large object (e.g. bike, large sign) to maintain control over the crowd. As always, make use of grapples and kicks.
3. Your victory will be rewarded with experience - Strength, Agility, Spirit +18, and a new cut-scene. Time to return to Sky Finance.

Return to Sky Finance

1. Travel to the marker to encounter a group of triads that were just about to conduct an execution. Defeat a group of enemies and free their prisoner to learn where you can find Akiyama.

1. Travel to the playground and talk with the homeless man. You'll receive a mission to buy bento. Travel to one of the lit markers and buy the food for the man.
2. Talk with the homeless man again and give him the food. The grateful man will tell you that Akiyama is hiding in the sewers. Use the nearby hatch to descend to the sewers.

Go to the Sewer

1. Approach the tent and enter it. You'll meet up with Akiyama who will tell you his side of the story during the time when Kiryu was in jail.
2. After a moment, Ed - an officer of the triad - will appear. He is the first boss in the game, and compared with the previously encountered opponents - quite a challenge. Fortunately, you have the support of Akiyama, who will help you during the fight.
3. The opponent is handled best by picking up various items on the arena and using the strong attack to activate a special attack sequence that deals a lot of damage and makes the opponent vulnerable to the next combinations.
4. At the end of the fight, Ed will go into a frenzy which increases his damage. Make sure to knock him down fast.
5. Rewards for the fight are as follows: Strength +76 , Agility +60 , Spirit +71 , Technique +51, Charm +27

Go to the Hospital

1. After the fight you'll receive a phone call - Haruka has been found... but she is currently in a hospital! Her condition is dire.
2. The city is filled with various taxis that can transport you to any location around the map. In this case, choose the hospital to begin a long and painful cut-scene and to finish the first chapter of the game.