Before climbing Mount Kami in Cairn, it’s highly recommended to complete the entire training tutorial, which involves eight types of wall climbing. This guide will provide you with tips and tricks on how to complete all training walls in the game, including some extra tips for the Mount Kami climbing process in the end.
All 8 Training Walls Tips and Tricks
| Walls | How to complete |
|---|---|
| Simple Bouldering 1 | Teaches you basic holds, so just follow the obvious path and practice your limb placement. |
| Simple Bouldering 2 | Same as the previous one, but you also need to pick up a small bottle and some loose change nearby after. |
| Real Rock | Learn your pitons by placing the D-pad Up in a combination with a timing mini-game and off-belay for stamina refresh. Note that the top of the rock has a Tenzen keepsake, where you need to ring the top to complete this wall. |
| Challenge 4a/4b | Here, you can choose either one of the routes between A and B, which introduce advanced holds and slabs. Practice your route planning and climb from the very start to finish, and although two specific paths vary, always scope around for jugs. |
| Challenge (mandatory) | Very similar to the previous one, so just follow the steady progression, focus on your stamina, and rest often. |
| Challenge 6a/6b | Here’s another double route that essentially builds on prior walls, but watch out for small holds, where chalk helps. |
| Chimney (mandatory) | At this stage, no holds are required, so just press your hands and feet on the outer edges of the parallel walls for friction and pressure. Push your torso in and move steadily up, where momentum is key, so don’t make any pauses. Keep your limbs front-edge, but not on the corners and avoid pushing out, since the timing is risky, so hurry up to the 3-point rest after. |
| Slabs & Slopes (mandatory) | The final wall teaches you how to handle angles and slopes, where you need to use your center for rest. Note that the right side past the chevron has a hidden green hold, which is shadowed, so maintain three contacts with quick through 2-point sections. Press your body in and match your hands to reach the small protrusion below the top, but be quick if you’re slipping. |
Mount Kami Climbing Tips and Tricks
Once you’ve completed the tutorial, you can finally climb the actual Mount Kami, using all the experience that you’ve gained on the training walls. In addition to the tips listed above, here’s what you need to be aware of when going up:
- Make sure that you explore the side paths, as that’s where you find water, so keep all your bottles, food for cooking and buffs, maps for route checking, tapes for grip and fingers, as well as meds to stay alive.
- Drop all the unnecessary trash out of your inventory, and prioritize only the most useful things like water, food, maps, etc.
- Don’t climb at night or during bad weather, so just wait it out.
- Avoid brown glossy rocks, as they’re most likely slippery.
- Explore caves and troglodyte sites for saves, pitons, upgrades, maps, and recipe scrolls.
In short, Mount Kami is the unforgiving peak that demands mastering your movements, stamina and resource management, and route planning across 20 hours of exploration. You can expect many falls, blizzards, much rain, hunger, thirst, low temperatures, etc. Don’t make poor choices, and you’ll stay alive.
