Okishima 1336 Shogun Guide: What the Shogun Path Does & How Switching Works

Okishima:1336 gives every player a choice between two role paths — Ronin or Shogun — and the Shogun path puts you on the side of the law. Picking Shogun places you in the Shogunate, the faction that hunts down Ronin outlaws and enforces the island's laws. The choice also isn't permanent: the official game description says you can "Choose your path as a Ronin or Shogun, switching freely between both," so you can move between the two roles whenever you like.

Quick answer

The Shogun path makes you part of the Shogunate, the law-enforcement side of Okishima:1336. Shogunate players hunt down Ronin outlaws, enforce the laws, and take the bounties and money those outlaws have earned. Switching between Shogun and Ronin is free, so you are never locked into either role.

• Two roles, one island: the Shogunate plays the cops to the Ronin's robbers.
• You can switch between both paths freely, in either direction.
• Both paths share the same activities and momentum-based combat.

What the Shogun path does

The two paths work like a cops-and-robbers setup — the way the system was explained before launch, it is in the spirit of Jailbreak or Mad City. Ronin are the robbers: they rob banks, steal money, and earn bounties by killing NPCs and players around the map. The Shogunate is the opposite side, introduced on the game's starter screen as "your cops" — Shogunate players "hunt the Ronins down" and "enforce laws."

In the honor-system hierarchy the game's developers describe, Shogunate players track down Ronin, arrest them, and take the bounties and money those outlaws have built up. One side profits from crime, the other from stopping it, and the choice of which to play is yours: "you can pick whatever you want to be."

A quick note on names: the official description calls the path Shogun, while the starter screen labels the faction itself the Shogunate. They refer to the same side of the island, so you will see both terms used for the same role.

Shogun vs Ronin at a glance

Comparison

Comparison

Path	Plays like	What you do
Ronin	The robbers	Rob banks, steal money, and earn bounties by killing NPCs and players
Shogun (Shogunate)	The cops	Hunt Ronin down, enforce the laws, arrest outlaws and take their bounties and money

For a closer look at how the two roles stack up, see our Okishima 1336 Ronin vs Shogun comparison.

What both paths share

Switching sides does not wall off any of the island's content. The official description lists the same core activities for both paths: raiding villages, robbing homes, executing fortress heists, hunting bounties, battling Oni, and dueling other players.

Combat is shared as well. Both paths fight with the same momentum-based system, built on procedural animations, dynamic parries, directional limb slicing, and destructible armor. Our momentum combat guide explains how that system works, and the parry guide covers parrying in detail.

Switching between Shogun and Ronin

Yes — switching is free, and it works in both directions. The official game description states it directly: "Choose your path as a Ronin or Shogun, switching freely between both." Guide material repeats the same promise — "switching freely whenever you want" — and adds the point of it: approaching the island from a different perspective.

No cost or cooldown for switching is mentioned in the game's description or in guides, so it is presented as a change you can make whenever you want. If you want the exact in-game steps, our how to switch paths guide walks through the process.

Ronin or Shogun: which should you pick?

Because switching is free, this is a low-pressure choice. Start with the role that sounds like your kind of game: pick Ronin if you want to rob banks and grow a bounty as an outlaw, or Shogun if you would rather hunt those outlaws down and enforce the law. Since both paths share the same activities and combat, you will not miss out on content either way — you can always come back and try the island from the other perspective later.

If you are new to the island, our Okishima 1336 beginner guide covers the basics, and the Okishima 1336 Ronin guide goes deeper on the outlaw side. It is also worth a quick look at our Okishima 1336 codes page for any active freebies before you set out.