Three early accessories and when to use them
Muscle Band is a simple damage option; Kill Order rewards guard breaks; Shadow Motion Gauge rewards hitting an attacking enemy.
Quick answer
Muscle Band is a simple damage option; Kill Order rewards guard breaks; Shadow Motion Gauge rewards hitting an attacking enemy.
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Collect by encounter
Shadow Motion Gauge: from Place of Beginnings, follow the wooden structure to the chain crossing; defeat the sickle enemy on the far platform. Muscle Band: cross the bridge beyond the first Yu’er bell and clear the enemy group. Kill Order: reach the archers’ camp from Creek Valley Plains Entrance and open the upper-left chest.
Match the condition
The published effects are 5% damage for Muscle Band, 7% damage against guard-broken enemies for Kill Order, and 7% damage plus Sha-Chi damage against attacking enemies for Shadow Motion Gauge. A conditional bonus will not apply to every hit.
Verify your loadout
Confirm the accessory is equipped after collecting it. Choose a bonus your combat loop can trigger, then revisit the decision after unlocking accessory upgrades. English labels can vary; the Chinese names are 筋力绑带、追杀令、影动猎杀仪.
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Sources and scope
Original guide evidence reviewed November 1, 2026; no claim of our own gameplay testing.
The accessory exception to biological immunity
Without Livingwood Talisman, puppets, phantom bodies and golden bodies resist the biological Bleed/life-drain effects described here. The base accessory enables 50% effectiveness; +1 enables 70%, still not full effectiveness.
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