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Chance Encounters — All 18 Events and Rewards

Side content· Updated 2026-09-08· 5 min read
Chance Encounters — All 18 Events and Rewards

Quick Answer

Chance Encounters are the rescue-event side missions of Onimusha Way of the Sword: 18 exist, and completing all of them unlocks the No Job Too Small trophy. They are scattered across Kyoto and its regions (map-visible markers), pay materials and stones, and their completion resets in New Game+ — finish them on the first playthrough. The first rescue also unlocks the Life-Saver trophy.

Last Verified: 2026-09-08Source level: gamingpromax + Destructoid trophy data + map guides (cross-checked)Count 18 and NG+ reset multi-source; per-encounter rewards partial

Who this is for: players asking “where are the chance encounters”, and completionists routing the No Job Too Small / Life-Saver trophies. For the wider side-content picture see the side quests guide.

What Chance Encounters Are

Chance Encounters are small rescue events scattered across the world — helping survivors, merchants or NPCs in need (gamingpromax describes them as “small rescue events scattered across Kyoto”). They sit alongside the other side-mission families (Kyoto tales, one-tree-shade fights and rift cleanups), and the map marks their locations. Rewards lean toward materials and stones, matching the general side-content economy (material guide).

How Many and Where

18 total (gamingpromax, Destructoid — the No Job Too Small trophy confirms the count). Map-data sites (e.g. Kyoto map guides) place multiple chance-encounter markers per region; because their completion resets in NG+ and nothing is permanently missable, the efficient route is: sweep the map markers region by region before the final mission (collectible checklist).

Unverified — pending verification

Per-encounter location routes are not fully transcribed here — map checklists cover all 18. We list the verified system facts (count, trophy link, NG+ reset) rather than copying route text.

Rewards

  • Materials and stones — consistent with the side-content economy (check the map reward preview per marker).
  • Life-Saver — complete your first Chance Encounter (unlocks on the first rescue; Destructoid).
  • No Job Too Small — complete all 18.

New Game+ Reset

Chance Encounter completion resets in New Game+ (gamingpromax carry table) — like Mysteries of Kyoto, finish all 18 on the first playthrough or re-run them in NG+. Everything else about the run (skills, pouches, charms) carries over (NG+ guide).

  • Life-Saver and No Job Too Small sit in the trophy roadmap (trophy guide).
  • The collectibles hub ties Chance Encounters into the 100% checklist (collectibles).
  • Side-quest overview covers the other mission families (side quests).

FAQ

18 — completing all of them unlocks the No Job Too Small trophy, and the first completion gives Life-Saver.
They appear as markers across Kyoto and its regions on the map; progress the story and re-check the map as areas open.
No — their completion resets in NG+. Finish all 18 on the first playthrough.
Not permanently. Before the final mission you can sweep them; after the story, Continue returns you to the open world. What misses you is the NG+ reset if you leave them.

Sources — Last Verified 2026-09-03

  • gamingpromax — Trophy roadmap (18 Chance Encounters, NG+ reset): gamingpromax.com
  • Destructoid — Trophy guide (Life-Saver, No Job Too Small): destructoid.com
  • Kyoto map guide — Chance Encounter markers: gmtreks.com

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