Instead of ammo, these powers use elemental charges called SP; but, like ammo, you can only carry so many points of charge for each power at a time. There’s limited opportunity to expand your spiritual pockets, which is where Jizo statues come in. Praying to any Jizo statue you find as you explore the streets of Tokyo will expand your capacity for one type of elemental charge by a whopping one point, depending on the colour of the statue: red for fire, blue for water, and green for air. (When exactly did we all agree that air is green?) On this page we let you know the best way to track down Jizo statues in Ghostwire: Tokyo, and give you the locations of the ones we’ve found so far that come in handy during the early game.
How to find Jizo statues in Ghostwire: Tokyo
There are 52 Jizo statues in Ghostwire: Tokyo, scattered all across the map. Expect to find between one and four in most Torii Gate areas, although some smaller regions of the map have no Jizo statues at all, making it very hard to predict where you’ll find one. Also, not all elemental powers were created equal: there are twice as many wind shrines as water shrines, and twice as many water shrines as fire shrines. Since I’m not out to write an algebra test, allow me to clarify that that comes out to:
30 Wind Jizo statues 15 Water Jizo statues 7 Fire Jizo statues
Looking for Jizo statues gets a fair bit easier once you gain Spectral Vision about halfway through Chapter 2. This power is Ghostwire: Tokyo’s answer to detective vision and will highlight objects of interest in the area with a blue outline that is visible even through walls. Upgrading this ability on the skill tree allows for up to two extensions of its range. You’ll also hear an audible jingle whenever a new object gets highlighted. Jizo statues don’t have the most distinctive outline, but if you see a short, humanoid figure highlighted in Spectral Vision that doesn’t move and isn’t floating off at an odd angle, it’s worth investigating as it’s probably a Jizo statue. Say a prayer at every Jizo statue on the map and you’ll reach Akito’s max capacity of 10 fire charges, 25 water charges, and 60 wind charges. This tells you a little bit about how to approach each power. Wind weaving is your basic attack and starts out pretty weak, but is the one you get first and have the most opportunities to upgrade, making it a good default utility weapon. Water weaving comes in handy for repelling enemies while dealing a bit of damage when you’re backed into a corner, but is practically useless at range. Fire weaving is easily the most powerful and can be used to deal heavy damage to groups of enemies simultaneously, but thanks to its extremely limited charge pool, it’s one to conserve for the ideal moment in combat.
Jizo statue locations in Ghostwire: Tokyo
Here are all the Jizo statues in Ghostwire: Tokyo we’ve tracked down so far. These account for all the statues you’ll encounter in about the first half of the game; we’ll update this page with more as we find them.
Namita Shrine area Jizo statues
There are three Jizo statues in the Namita Shrine area of the map:
Shiroyama Shrine area Jizo statues
There are two Jizo statues in the Shiroyama Shrine area of the map:
Yashin Shrine area Jizo statues
There are two Jizo statues in the Yashin Shrine area of the map:
Morite Shrine area Jizo statues
There is just one Jizo statue in the Morite Shrine area of the map:
Akisawa Shrine area Jizo statues
There are two Jizo statues in the Akisawa Shrine area of the map, both located in the region’s eastern wedge:
Hirokawa Shrine area Jizo statues
There are no Jizo statues in the Hirokawa Shrine area of the map.
Matsumi Shrine area Jizo statues
There are two Jizo statues in the Matsumi Shrine area of the map:
Kuo Shrine area Jizo statues
There are two Jizo statues in the Kuo Shrine area of the map, but one of them actually remains inaccessible until you cleansed a neighbouring Shrine (though this may have been a quirk of the preview build I played):
Utagawa Shopping District area Jizo statues
There are four Jizo statues in the Utagawa Shopping District area of the map, but one of them actually remains inaccessible until you cleansed a neighbouring Shrine (though this may have been a quirk of the preview build I played): Jizo statues are far from the only useful collectable for you to track down on Ghostwire: Tokyo’s busy map. For more locations, see our guides to finding KK’s investigation notes in Ghostwire: Tokyo and tracking down Ghostwire: Tokyo relics.
