Ghost of Tsushima: How to Farm Silk

Ghost of Tsushima

By Hamza Haq

Published May 29, 2024

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Ghost of Tsushima

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Silk is an extremely rare resource in Ghost of Tsushima that is required to upgrade Jin's armor sets to their maximum level. Unfortunately, Silk can only be found by completing main mission quests like Ishikawa's Tale and Masako's Tale or by buying it from Baku the Voiceless in New Game Plus.

The supply of Silk has a hard limit in one run, and players cannot get enough of the material to upgrade every armor set to the final tier. To do so, they will be forced to start a NG+ run to get the required materials. Luckily, there is a way to fix the scarcity of Silk without having to spend hours grinding. Here is how it works.

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Whispers in the Woods Exploit – Infinite Silk Farm

Players can get a huge influx of Silk - enough to upgrade every single armor piece to max – very early in Act 1 using the infamous Whispers in the Woods exploit. This method of farming involves starting the Whispers in the Woods side quest in Act 1 of Ghost of Tsushima and reloading repeatedly mid-quest to get a ton of Leather and Silk. Here's how it works.

Start Whispers in the Woods west of the Golden Temple in the location shown in the video above.
Progress through the quest until you have to kill the bandits.
Wait for Jin to say, 'The forest is safe.'
Open the Pause menu and click on Restart from Previous Checkpoint (you don't need to save the game).
After the game reloads, turn around to find the campsite you just cleared.
Pick up 2x Leather by the campfire and 1x Silk under the tent.
Reload again.
Repeat the same process to pick up the Leather and Silk again.

This method is repeatable until Jin's inventory reaches its maximum capacity (500). Once you've hit this limit, fast-travel to any trapper and either sell the Leather for Supplies or keep it to upgrade your armor pieces later in the game.

For Silk, there is no need to hoard it all. Players only need roughly 100 Silk to upgrade every armor set in the game, including DLC, meaning the rest can be converted to supplies without any issues. Of course, be careful not to sell all of it, as once it is sold, the only way of getting it back is to reload from an earlier save and redo the whole process again.