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Finger Whistle is a Prosthetic Tool in Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. When used, the tool can make beasts attack their allies or capture the attention of the enemy Sekiro is targeting, giving him an advantage in battle and stealth.
How to use the Finger Whistle
- When used on Monkeys, Wolves, and Dogs, it will cause them to attack anyone in sight.
- Note: Wolves that have been summoned by an Interior Ministry Ninja's (or LoneShadow's) whistle will be immune to your Finger Whistle. However, if used before the Interior Ministry ninja blows their whistle, it will be effective.
- It can be used to distract normal enemies in the same way as a Ceramic Shard.
- This is especially true if combined with Projected Force which send out a sonic pulse that will cause enemies to investigate wherever the pulse hits a surface.
- It seemingly has no effect on any of the following Beast-type enemies: either of the Great Serpents; the Blazing Bull; the Guardian Ape; the Brown-Furred Ape summoned by the Headless Ape; or any Man Eating Fish.
- The final upgrade to the Finger Whistle, Malcontent, can be used to great effect on Headless, stunning the corrupted soul long enough to dispel the restricting mist surrounding it. Beware, however, that on the third stun Headless will violently slam it's sword down, and the stun will no longer be effective.
- Upgrades: Mountain Echo, Malcontent
Where to find the Finger Whistle in Sekiro
- Defeat the Guardian Ape boss to obtain the Slender Finger upgrade material.
- Give the Slender Finger to the Sculptor for it to be upgraded into the Finger Whistle.
Finger Whistle Notes & Trivia
- Giving the Sculptor a bottle of Monkey Booze leads to dialogue where it is implied that the finger used to create the Whistle once belonged to the female shinobi named "Kingfisher," mentioned by the Slender Finger and Malcontent's Ring. This shinobi was the person who trained with the Sculptor during their time training as rogue shinobi in the Sunken Valley. Presumably, his partner lost her finger when the Guardian Ape either bit it off or somehow killed them (the description of Slender Finger reads: "The slender finger of a young woman [...] Found in the belly of the Guardian Ape, it is partially digested.") though how and why this happened is a mystery.
- As described by the Slender Finger upgrade material, it is not the Malcontent's Ring or some learned technique that creates the whistling sound produced by the tool, but an actual pair of open holes drilled through the finger that enable one to whistle its tune.
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- Anonymous
This tool is great for farming the weird eel wolf things at the fountainhead palace, the area where there's like a dozen of them you can just blow this repeatedly and watch the show. Easily nets 2k xp per kill cycle at minimal effort.
- Anonymous
"Note: Wolves that have been summoned by an Interior Ministry Ninja's whistle will be immune to your Finger Whistle."
This is false. Lock-off all enemies and blow, works fine. Be warned however that affected beasts will still attack you if you are closer than the intended target(s).
- Anonymous
We all know what that female shinobi was using that finger for...lol
- Anonymous
So...aside from enraging animals, does this tool have any actual use, if I already have ceramic shards? I know upgrading it with the Malcontent's Ring makes it great to use against some apparitions/bosses, but I'm talking about just this base tool. If I can just chuck a ceramic shard at an enemy, why would I waste spirit emblems on this?
Have you tried using the Finger Whistle with Living Force? Right after you use the Finger Whistle press R1 and you can either send a directed sound wave to the same target, another target (if you are with with R3) or even using the Finger Whistle WITHOUT targeting anything and THEN send a directed wave to one target (as long as you’re locked onto the target AFTER you use the Finger Whistle.
Did you know that you can you the Finger Whistle with the Living Force
- Anonymous
No new tool appears on Sekiro's arm when this is equipped. Does he use his actual (prosthetic) fingers to whistle?
It's important to note that upgrading this to Malcontent will enable you to use it against Demon of Hatred. However, it will only have an effect a maximum of three times per encounter; so save it for when you get to the later stages of the fight.
- Anonymous
Has anyone tried this against Lone Shadow in Hirata Estate during Owl Memory? Who do I need to lock on to to make the dogs attack enemies...the dogs or the person you want attacked?
- Anonymous
Anyone else notice the whistle going off when you are towards the top of Ashina castle during early/mid game? I noticed it when overlooking the water area that has a Headless. It was happening infrequently but eventually stopped all together. If it is the same sound as the finger whistle then maybe we weren't so far behind Kingfisher.
- Anonymous
Judging from the various dialogues with the Sculptor, and text from the Malcontent's Ring picked up by killing the Shimisen Warrior in the Headless Ape (Round 2) arena, the Sculptor's partner, "Kingfisher", owned a ring before she died. There's two ways to read the lore after that; either Kingfisher had a prosthetic arm/used a prosthetic finger tool in place of a real finger to whistle, or the Sculptor cut off her finger after she died and drilled the holes himself to replicate her whistling that he used to listen to while drinking sake.
- Anonymous
- Anonymous
The malcontent ring belonged to the Sculptors partner not the finger.
- Anonymous
- Anonymous
from experience i think finger whistle DOES work on the wolves that the spear bearer in hirata estate summon but he would whistle again to remove the effect on the wolves
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