Minigames aren’t new to gaming, but these days they seem practically mandatory, regardless of how big or small the game’s budget, its genre, developer or publisher, and Ghost of Yotei isn’t above this nigh-ubiquitous trend. Despite the cool reception some have given the short, skippable stakes-free fire-starting and cooking minigames, less digital ink has been spilled over Ghost of Yotei’s one proper minigame - Zeni Hajiki, which, unlike the other aforementioned diversions, actually has a fail state and losing can cost you money. This page will discuss the rules for zeni hajiki and provide tips for winning every game!
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(1 of 3) Your goal in zeni hajiki is to flick a coin into one - and only one - other coin.
Zeni Hajiki Rules¶
You can find Zeni Hajiki tables throughout the game, usually at inn, but occasionally at dedicated gambling dens, like the Kuttara Gambling Den at the southern edge of the Yotei Grasslands. Find the gambling table and pay the ante, which usually ranges from a few hundred mon to 1,000 mon and the board will be set: littered with mon and jars. The exact arrangement varies each game, but the coins are the objectives and play pieces while the jars are just obstacles. The rules are fairly simple, flick a coin into other coins and you’ll score a point. First player to six points wins. That said, there are some rules to be aware of:
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The player will always start. This is a huge advantage, as if you can score six points on your first turn, the opponent will never get a turn.
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Before you flick the first coin you can move between the coins on the table with the
. Don’t just start flicking whatever coin the game puts Atsu’s hand over, as the obstacles (jars) on the table can make it hard or impossible to reliably hit six coins, depending where you start. If there are a bunch of jars in the middle of the table (common) and four coins on one side of the jars and eight on the other, start on the side with eight coins so you can get the minimum of six coins you need to win. -
If you flick a coin and it hits another coin, you get a point.
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If you flick a coin and you hit no other coins, you get no points and your opponents gets to take their turn.
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If you flick a coin and it either falls off the table or knocks another coin off the table, your opponent gets a point and gets to take their turn.
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If you flick a coin and it hits more than one other coin, you get no points and the opponent gets to take their turn.
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The same rules apply to the opponent, but more competent opponents may do to you what you should be trying to do to them - score six points in a single turn and prevent you from getting to play again. The best chance of winning comes from just not giving your opponent a turn at all!
If you’re finding zeni hajiki too difficult, or you just can’t be bothered to master the refined art of “holding down the R2 button the correct amount”, you can change the settings,
to give you a reticle that shows a projection of how far you’ll flick the coin while holding R2.
Winning Every Zeni Hajiki Game¶
Simple enough: Find a good starting point at the beginning of the game and try to hit six coins in one turn. You’ll flick coins with 
and aim with 
… those are pretty much the only controls you need to worry about! The harder you press the button, the further you’ll flick the coin, which with the default options can take a bit of practice to figure out. Generally you want to master light taps, as coins are more often than not close to each other, and being able to dink several clustered coins without striking multiple coins with an errant, over-powered flick will serve you well. You can win money by gambling at zeni hajiki, but there are a few games where you’ll earn charms - including the odd upgradable charm - so if you want that shiny platinum you’ll have to win a few matches of zeni hajiki.
If you’re prefer not to spend time mastering a minigame in the middle of your sengoku-era revenge fantasy, good news! There’s an option you can select that’ll make your life much, much easier. Go into “Settings” and pick the “Accessibility” menu, then scroll down to “Zeni Hajiki Shot Power Display”. If you set this option to “On”, when you hold down to flick a coin you will see a ghostly cursor appear showing you where the coin you’re flicking is projected to fly. Just hold down until the cursor is roughly halfway overlapping the target coin and let go - perfect, clean, light flicks every time. This all but trivializes this minigame, but in ten years nobody’s going to care if you learned to press well enough to flick a coin in Ghost of Yotei, so abuse it as you see fit!
Note that even with this option off, holding to shoot is more reliable than pressing the button. Also note that there is no haptic feedback for this minigame.
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