Oni Refuge and Daidara

Why the area matters

Oni Refuge is the clearest preview-era look at the game beyond the public demo: more overt Oni architecture, and traversal tools wired into combat instead of a separate puzzle mode.

Oni Bow

The bow is an action-friendly utility layer:

• clearing blocked routes
• triggering environmental changes
• keeping forward momentum

If a path looks sealed, stop sprinting and look for the interaction the space is teaching.

How to move through it

• When the visual language shifts, slow down
• Check for interaction before assuming you missed a key
• Keep combat and traversal in the same headspace — the area wants momentum, not a full stop

Daidara in this space

Daidara is the boss most strongly tied to Oni Refuge preview material: size, club sweeps, charge pressure, and the soul race.

Fight notes live on the Daidara boss guide. This page is the area context; that page is the encounter.