Hozuki Pouches — All Locations and Upgrades

Who this is for: players searching “Hozuki Pouch” (already ranking near position 6), completionists chasing Medical Marvel, and anyone whose healing items keep running out.

What Hozuki Pouches Do

Hozuki Pouches are consumable-item carriers with per-pouch passive effects. The base pouches hold your healing items and consumables; upgraded variants add effects — the Regeneration pouch (鬼灯袋【再生】) gradually restores HP and force over time, and an attack-type cloth creates an attack-oriented pouch variant (Gamerch). The pouch system is part of the Equipment/Pouch upgrade line at the Spirit Mirror, sharing the material economy with gear.

All Pouch and Upgrade Locations

GAMEPLAY VERIFIED Cross-checked totals: 9 Hozuki Pouch base locations (PowerPyx), 4 Oni Cloth types and 5 Skeleton Hozuki (Gamerch, Maxroll, Techwiser).

• Oni Cloths (鬼布) — the crafting material per pouch type. Found in hidden chests across Kyoto (Oni Vision reveals them): examples include the cloth north-east of Yasaka Pagoda (Southeast Kyoto rooftop route) and hidden-Oni-door spots (Gamerch). Four types exist (e.g. Regeneration cloth).
• Skeleton Hozuki (骸鬼灯) — five total, typically near the Oni Cloth locations for each pouch in Southeast Kyoto (Techwiser). Required for the second enhancement stage (Maxroll).
• Base pouches — the nine pouch pickups are separate collectible items; guide checklists (PowerPyx) list all nine with map entries.

Upgrade Requirements

Each pouch upgrades through stages: the first enhancement uses its Oni Cloth material; the second requires the rare Skeleton Hozuki; max-level upgrades consume further pouch materials (Ghost Cloth family and other enhancement materials — see the material guide). Gamerch notes that maxing every pouch takes large amounts of materials, not just the four cloths.

Trophies and Completion

• Medical Marvel — fully upgrade all 9 Hozuki Pouches (PowerPyx trophy guide).
• Health Is Wealth — fully upgrade the default Hozuki Pouch (best first target: pick the pouch you use most) (Destructoid/gamingpromax).
• The pouch line shares materials with equipment upgrades — plan the Red Soul trade at Yorimasa’s monument to stock both.

New Game+ Behavior

Pouches and their upgrades carry into New Game+ (PC Gamer carry-over list), so pouch investment is safe across playthroughs — unlike equipment upgrades, which reset.

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