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The dojo yard is the lobby

Game update|3 October 2026

Sparring with the bot in the ring of the dojo yard, the dojo hall behind.

The game no longer starts on a menu. After the tutorial you stand in the dojo yard. The ranked queue, your loadout and the war map are places you walk to.

A tour of the yard

The first time you come in, a big red arrow takes you round the yard, one stop at a time: the weapon rack for your loadout, the gong to find a match, then the war table for team battles. When the next stop is off screen, a pulsing pointer at the edge of the screen shows the way.

Every player gets the tour until they reach the war table. You can watch it again from Options.

The red tour arrow over the weapon rack, labelled Loadout.
The tour's first stop: the weapon rack.

The gong

  • Go to the gong to look for a ranked match.
  • You stay in the queue anywhere in the yard. A banner at the top shows the time in the queue, and you can cancel it there.
In the queue: the search banner at the top left, with the ring and the dojo hall ahead.
Queued for a ranked match while walking in the yard.

The sparring ring

Step into the ring and a bot comes to fight you. Step out of the ring to stop.

  • The bot fights at your level. It aims for you to win a little over half the bouts, and finds your level in about 5 to 8 bouts.
  • A win gives 8 Honor. It counts when you swing, parry or kick, stay in the ring, and the bout lasts at least 8 seconds.
  • A win refills you at once: health, stamina and wounds.
+8 HONOR over the ring after a won bout.
+8 Honor after a won bout.

Inside the dojo hall, two residents spar with each other. You can stop and watch.

The leaderboard and the war table

The leaderboard stands in the yard, next to the gong. It shows the top fighters, each with their clan's crest.

The leaderboard board in the yard: five names, each with a clan crest, and the gong beside it.
The leaderboard in the yard.

The war table opens the war map. The clans' crests are on the map and along the top.

The war map with the four clans' crests along the top and provinces named in kanji.
The war map, opened from the war table.

Other changes

  • The tutorial has a lesson for the sidearm.
  • The card after a match is cleaner: no button shows through it, it says why when a bot match is not rated, and Fame rank names no longer overlap.

The yard is where the game starts now.
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