Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin/Walkthrough

Mihashira Capital
After a brief introduction scene, the game will throw you into a basic tutorial sequence.

Mihashira Capital Hallway -Part 1-
Simply move toward the right to attempt to follow the intruders. Jump over the barrel and continue right, jumping over the stair steps. Use your raiment to grapple upwards to continue the pursuit and keep heading right to the next screen.

Mihashira Capital Hallway -Part 2-
Jump over the barrels while heading right and use your raiment to climb over the wall and keep going right until you hit another wall. Throw your raiment upwards to cling to the ceiling and jump over the gaps toward the left side, using your raiment if you can't clear the jumps completely (you will automatically climb if you got close enough to the ledge and hold the direction button). Once you reach the far left side, climb up and go right again. You will hit another wall, simply use your raiment two times to climb it, or once aiming diagonally. Keep heading right.

Mihashira Capital Hallway -Part 3-
The fight tutorial starts here. Simply jump over the automatons and attack them in the back to destroy these easily. You can also use your raiment to phase right through them. Unfortunately you must destroy them to proceed. After dispatching the automatons, keep going right to finally conclude this segment.

Mihashira Capital -Divine Garner-
Watch the cutscene.

Dragon's Tunnel -Hidden Cove-
To the left is a bush that you can strike for goodies. Then head right.

Dragon's Tunnel -Part 1-
Keep heading right, jumping over the boulders. There is a bush between the rocks with goodies inside. Keep going right and kill the first of many hare enemies. Kill it and move to the right.

Note: Enemies will drop green stones called amber when you kill them and other items. At first they are just going to drop on the floor, but if you kill all enemies on the screen, they will be automatically attracted to you, so there's no need to manually walk over them to grab them unless you don't plan on killing everything.

You will meet another hare, but this time friends will come and help it. Just make sure to keep all the enemies on the same side to avoid being flanked. You can use the raiment to easily move from one side to the other. Kill them, get the bush (if you didn't grab it while fighting) and go right. Use the raiment to get past the gap, nab that bush and climb up. You should see a humanoid pig with a shield. Just use the raiment and backstab him, but be aware of the hare ready to ambush.

Dragon's Tunnel -Part 2-
Keep going right, you will see hares before long and a bush. Kill them. Between the rocks ahead will be another bush and another demon pig, this time with a club. Use the same strategy and get behind him and stab it to death. Just be aware of the demon hare archer on the right, you may want to go for it first since they are annoying.

At the gap, you can go down for a bush and a locked door (you'll get the key later). Head back up and go right. Use your raiment to climb and face more demon hares with reinforcements. Kill or run away from them to the next area.

Dragon's Tunnel -Rear Exit-
At this point I won't mention the bushes anymore. They are fairly obvious with the shimmering. I will only mention those that are out of the way. Keep heading right and you will stumble upon your first boss fight.

Boss: Ashigumo

This enemy will be a bit more tricky than the stupid hares or pigs you've fought until now. He will jump around throwing needles or will try hitting you with its weapon if you get close. I suggest using normal attacks in the beginning. Don't mindlessly spam combos since Sakuna will be slow to get away if you need to. You can use the raiment to catch up to him if he's keeping his distance. After a little bit, he will start glowing purple and jump pretty fast all around you. Just keep moving because at the end of that he will try to attack you from above. After that, he's left very open, so you can whack him with heavy attacks and hope you can nail him into a combo. If you can stagger him, you can also grapple him with the raiment to keep your attacks going. Eventually something will happen and he will run away, just pursue him. You will finally hit the world map.

World Map
Just go to the Mountain Pass. There's nowhere else you can go right now.

Mountain Pass
New gameplay mechanics:
 * Day/night cycle: From now on, time will pass whenever you're not in the pause screen, in cutscenes or on the world map. This will be important when growing rice later obviously, but the important thing is that demons grow stronger at night and you can't see well at night, making stage hazards more dangerous and enemy attacks harder to read. You can check the time of day with the icon on the upper right, which will show the sun and moon rotation.
 * Seasons and date: Every time the moon reaches the mid point in the day/night cycle (midnight), the date changes. Each season consists of three days, after that the season will change. Important for growing rice but it can also affect things you can gather from stages.
 * Temperature: Meter in the top shows how warm and cold it is, self-explanatory. One of the mechanics for rice growing.
 * Weather: Meter in the top right shows whether it is cloudy, rainy/snowing or if the sky is clear. One of the mechanics for rice growing. It also affects visibility somewhat in stages.
 * Home foraging: ! marks will appear around the mountain pass. You can collect items from them, as well as critters like frogs or spiders that will be useful for growing rice.
 * Hunger: While Sakuna can fight on an empty stomach, you won't regenerate health if you're hungry.
 * Dinner: Eating allows Sakuna to sate her hunger. However you won't be cooking meals just yet. Eating dinner immediately skips to night, so keep that in mind. To eat dinner just get inside the house and talk to the lady.
 * Resting: Can be used to skip time. Do that if you've got nothing else to do.

Just run up and an event will happen. A day will pass and you will be asked to go forage for food. One of the NPCs will be running the farm for now, so you don't have to worry about that. You can be proactive and collect food around the home, as well as bugs and other creepy crawlies (they will be useful later even if you're not aware of it). There is also a small cave right before the exit, inside is the training area and a chest with a bunch of scrolls. Once you're done, you can go straight to the world map from the pause menu.

Cylindric Caverns
To be continue...