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Courtesy of https://www.gamefaqs.com/xbox/928401-ninja-gaiden-black/faqs/39755 (by Slayer0)
CHAPTER 01
Lives of the Thousand Gods #1: open the chest in here after you kill all of the Ninjas.
CHAPTER 02
Life of the Gods #01: in the hidden recess along the river.
Life of the Gods #02: beat the final boss.
CHAPTER 03
Life of the Gods #03: upstairs storage close to Muramasa's staircase.
Scarab #01: Captains room, on the window ledge.
Scarab #02: storage room at the end of the first hallway.
Scarab #03: flip up off the crates after the fight at the top of the staircase before Dynamo.
CHAPTER 04
Life of the Gods #04: on a dead body in the Gata area where a forced fight occurs.
Life of the Gods #05: in a hidden recess at the top of the stairs before the Lily key door.
Life of the Gods #06: across from the stairs before the Lily key door.
Spirit of the Devils #01: go up the stairs in the big square where Muramasa lives, after the Red Ninjas.
Scarab #04: turn left through the green door room, in the fountain.
Scarab #05: before the lever that opens the hans bar area door, on the floor infront the dead ninja.
Scarab #06: in the corner down from the xbox machine near hans bar.
CHAPTER 05
Life of the Gods #07: on the second floor of Han's Bar.
Life of the Gods #08: in the alley way after you unlock the Lily key door.
Scarab #07: on a ledge opposite the pegasus key box.
Scarab #08: next to the save statue after the ninja fight after crossing the draw bridge.
Scarab #09: in an alcove after turning right at the above save statue, just before the box.
CHAPTER 06
Fiend Challenge #1: Monastery Archive Challenge
Life of the Gods #09: left chest in the chapter starting area.
Life of the Gods #10: outside in the Monastery courtyard close to Muramasa.
Life of the Gods #11: on the ground floor inside the Monastery.
Life of the Gods #12: right side at the top of the Monastery after you get inciendary shurikens.
Life of the Gods #13: in the wasp platforming area.
Spirit of the Devils #02: beat the Archives Challenge.
Scarab #10: top floor of archive at the end of walkway.
Scarab #11: next to the incendiary shuriken display case 6.
Scarab #12: as you face the window Alma breaks through, on the left hand side balcony at the top of pillar walkways.
Scarab #13: after dropping down from the altar, directly in front of you near the wall.
Scarab #14: in the room before the save statue before going into the zombie gauntlet, flip off the wall in the alcove.
Scarab #15: tomb of the eons, right hand side on the floor.
CHAPTER 07
Fiend Challenge #2: Ritual Room Challenge
Lives of the Thousand Gods #2: grab the glowing blue item as soon as the chapter starts.
Lives of the Thousand Gods #3: complete the Ritual Room Fiend Challenge.
Lives of the Thousand Gods #4: defeat Hydracubus.
Life of the Gods #14: at the top of the Suspension bridge close to the savepoint.
Life of the Gods #15: ground floor of the Blue Zombie room.
Life of the Gods #16: ground floor of the Red Zombie room.
Life of the Gods #17: safe room before Alma, code 1410 RLRL.
Jewel of the Demon Seal #01: after Hydracubus jump to grab the Jewel from the throne.
Scarab #16: to the right of the cracked wall with the dead bone dragon.
Scarab #17: turn right as soon as you enter the suspension bridge room.
Scarab #18: blue eye room, underneath the archers platform.
Scarab #19: infront of the elevator underwater.
CHAPTER 08
Life of the Gods #18: Berserker fight in Bridge district.
Life of the Gods #19: inside the skull door area.
Jewel of the Demon Seal #02: in the main city, beat the two Berserkers and break the wall. Climb up the ledge afterwards.
Scarab #20: to the right of the skull key door.
Scarab #21: same room as 20, flip up the wall onto the second platform, wall run across to get it.
CHAPTER 09
Life of the Gods #20: inside a crate in the military warehouse.
Life of the Gods #21: hallway ambush after the Tower fight.
Life of the Gods #22: staircase ambush just before the train switch.
Scarab #22: turn left out of the tunnel that has the first fight in it.
Scarab #23: warehouse, on top of the second train car to your right.
Scarab #24: warehouse, on the roof of the key card room.
Scarab #25: just outside the entrance to the radio tower fight.
CHAPTER 10
Fiend Challenge #3: Pill Bugs Challenge.
Fiend Challenge #4: Peristyle Passage Challenge.
Lives of the Thousand Gods #5: complete the Peristyle Passage Fiend Challenge.
Life of the Gods #23: left of the chapter starting area.
Life of the Gods #24: near the Red tablet pedestal.
Life of the Gods #25: right cave after the double worm fight.
Life of the Gods #26: top platform after the double worm fight.
Life of the Gods #27: in a tunnel near the catwalk of the Water statue area.
Life of the Gods #28: top hidden area in the ghostfish room after Peristyle passage.
Spirit of the Devils #03: in the main room with the statue, climb up the ledge with a rat.
Jewel of the Demon Seal #03: Aquaducts B3, go down the elevator and kill the beetles.
Scarab #26: red tablet room, opposite the box.
Scarab #27: blue tablet room, bottom of the pool.
Scarab #28: after killing the first electric worm, wall flip up the ledge afterwards.
Scarab #29: hall of balace, left hand side walkway opposite the red tabler item box.
Scarab #30: underground waterway, turn left just before going into the double electric worm fight.
Scarab #31: behind the left worm in the doulbe worm fight.
Scarab #32: flying bird flip all the way up to top of the two pillars as you turn right, on top of the left pillar.
Scarab #33: Paz Zuu arena, in the bottom left corner of the broken staircase room with the arrow filled ninja.
Scarab #34: behind the save statue were you get the brand of valor.
CHAPTER 11
Life of the Gods #29: left chest close to the coin pedestal room.
Life of the Gods #30: inside the underwater gauntlet.
Jewel of the Demon Seal #04: take the elevator towards the church before the Doku fight, read the diary and open the safe.
Scarab #35: under water in the gap in the fence before the gold medallion box.
Scarab #36: after the first murumasa, on top on the tunnel entrance.
Scarab #37: turn right after coming out of the tunnel that brings you into the large area before the sunken ship.
Scarab #38: on the right next to the air tank inside the sunken ship.
Scarab #39: swim all the way to the top of the room where you get the wolf deity, attached to the wall.
CHAPTER 12
Fiend Challenge #5: Stadium Challenge
Fiend Challenge #6: Stairway to the Imperial Palace Challenge
Lives of the Thousand Gods #6: complete the Stairs to the Imperial Palace Fiend Challenge.
Lives of the Thousand Gods #7: kill Smaugan, then run along his corpse and grab the Lives on his back.
Life of the Gods #31: up in the catwalk of the stadium.
Life of the Gods #32: audience seating area up in the stadium.
Life of the Gods #33: just before starting the Staircase fiend challenge.
Life of the Gods #34: inside a statue head before the waterfall.
Life of the Gods #35: inside the lake near the waterfall.
Life of the Gods #36: hidden room in teeter totter area.
Life of the Gods #37: the room after the fire worm fight.
Spirit of the Devils #04: complete the Zarkhan Stadium Fiend Challenge.
Scarab #40: turn left before pulling the lever to lower the stadium platforms.
Scarab #41: stand of the bottom right platform, wall run across the corner and land of the archway over the stadium entrance to get the scarab.
Scarab #42: turn left after reaching the top of the platform section, at the end of walkway.
Scarab #43: break the first large stone head near the save statue after the staircase fiend challenge.
Scarab #44: at the bottom of the pool before the caverns entrance.
Scarab #45: on the platform behind the iron ore pot.
Scarab #46: on the floor right next to the save statue before the yotunfrau fight.
Scarab #47: turn left after the first fire breathing statue before the flame worm fight.
CHAPTER 13
Fiend Challenge #7: Cyclops Wasps Challenge
Fiend Challenge #8: Great Bridge Challenge
Life of the Gods #38: bottom left chest after the Flails clone fight.
Life of the Gods #39: top right chest after the Flails clone fight.
Life of the Gods #40: inside the pyramid close to the leaf pedestal.
Jewel of the Demon Seal #05: break the rock in Hayabusa Village.
Jewel of the Demon Seal #06: at the bottom of the piramide light the two torches with Explosive Arrows or Ninpo.
CHAPTER 14
Life of the Gods #41: the room left of the first fish encounter.
Scarab #48: turn left after going through the lion door, at the very end of the pathway.
Scarab #49: on the way to the lioness key, in the middle of the floor before the ghost fish encounter.
CHAPTER 15
Lives of the Thousand Gods #8: complete the Great Bridge Fiend Challenge.
Life of the Gods #42: turn right after exiting the fish labyrinth.
Life of the Gods #43: first staircase on the Palace tower.
Life of the Gods #44: third staircase on the Palace tower, before dropping to get the final scarab.
Life of the Gods #45: chest closest to the stairs at the top of the Palace.
Scarab #50: after the second floor, stand at the right of the skull, wall run flip Y with the dragon sword to the walkway, at the end is the scarab.
CHAPTER 16
Nothing.
Courtesy of http://ngrealm.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=888 (by JTB123)
Courtesy of https://www.gamefaqs.com/xbox/928401-ninja-gaiden-black/faqs/39755 (by Slayer0)
Complete overview of all Life of the Gods, Lives of the Thousand Gods, Scarabs, Jewel of the Demon Seal, Spirit of the Devils and Fiend Challenges on Master Ninja difficulty. - Raeng
CHAPTER 01
Lives of the Thousand Gods #1: open the chest in here after you kill all of the Ninjas.
CHAPTER 02
Life of the Gods #01: in the hidden recess along the river.
Life of the Gods #02: beat the final boss.
CHAPTER 03
Life of the Gods #03: upstairs storage close to Muramasa's staircase.
Scarab #01: Captains room, on the window ledge.
Scarab #02: storage room at the end of the first hallway.
Scarab #03: flip up off the crates after the fight at the top of the staircase before Dynamo.
CHAPTER 04
Life of the Gods #04: on a dead body in the Gata area where a forced fight occurs.
Life of the Gods #05: in a hidden recess at the top of the stairs before the Lily key door.
Life of the Gods #06: across from the stairs before the Lily key door.
Spirit of the Devils #01: go up the stairs in the big square where Muramasa lives, after the Red Ninjas.
Scarab #04: turn left through the green door room, in the fountain.
Scarab #05: before the lever that opens the hans bar area door, on the floor infront the dead ninja.
Scarab #06: in the corner down from the xbox machine near hans bar.
CHAPTER 05
Life of the Gods #07: on the second floor of Han's Bar.
Life of the Gods #08: in the alley way after you unlock the Lily key door.
Scarab #07: on a ledge opposite the pegasus key box.
Scarab #08: next to the save statue after the ninja fight after crossing the draw bridge.
Scarab #09: in an alcove after turning right at the above save statue, just before the box.
CHAPTER 06
Fiend Challenge #1: Monastery Archive Challenge
Life of the Gods #09: left chest in the chapter starting area.
Life of the Gods #10: outside in the Monastery courtyard close to Muramasa.
Life of the Gods #11: on the ground floor inside the Monastery.
Life of the Gods #12: right side at the top of the Monastery after you get inciendary shurikens.
Life of the Gods #13: in the wasp platforming area.
Spirit of the Devils #02: beat the Archives Challenge.
Scarab #10: top floor of archive at the end of walkway.
Scarab #11: next to the incendiary shuriken display case 6.
Scarab #12: as you face the window Alma breaks through, on the left hand side balcony at the top of pillar walkways.
Scarab #13: after dropping down from the altar, directly in front of you near the wall.
Scarab #14: in the room before the save statue before going into the zombie gauntlet, flip off the wall in the alcove.
Scarab #15: tomb of the eons, right hand side on the floor.
CHAPTER 07
Fiend Challenge #2: Ritual Room Challenge
Lives of the Thousand Gods #2: grab the glowing blue item as soon as the chapter starts.
Lives of the Thousand Gods #3: complete the Ritual Room Fiend Challenge.
Lives of the Thousand Gods #4: defeat Hydracubus.
Life of the Gods #14: at the top of the Suspension bridge close to the savepoint.
Life of the Gods #15: ground floor of the Blue Zombie room.
Life of the Gods #16: ground floor of the Red Zombie room.
Life of the Gods #17: safe room before Alma, code 1410 RLRL.
Jewel of the Demon Seal #01: after Hydracubus jump to grab the Jewel from the throne.
Scarab #16: to the right of the cracked wall with the dead bone dragon.
Scarab #17: turn right as soon as you enter the suspension bridge room.
Scarab #18: blue eye room, underneath the archers platform.
Scarab #19: infront of the elevator underwater.
CHAPTER 08
Life of the Gods #18: Berserker fight in Bridge district.
Life of the Gods #19: inside the skull door area.
Jewel of the Demon Seal #02: in the main city, beat the two Berserkers and break the wall. Climb up the ledge afterwards.
Scarab #20: to the right of the skull key door.
Scarab #21: same room as 20, flip up the wall onto the second platform, wall run across to get it.
CHAPTER 09
Life of the Gods #20: inside a crate in the military warehouse.
Life of the Gods #21: hallway ambush after the Tower fight.
Life of the Gods #22: staircase ambush just before the train switch.
Scarab #22: turn left out of the tunnel that has the first fight in it.
Scarab #23: warehouse, on top of the second train car to your right.
Scarab #24: warehouse, on the roof of the key card room.
Scarab #25: just outside the entrance to the radio tower fight.
CHAPTER 10
Fiend Challenge #3: Pill Bugs Challenge.
Fiend Challenge #4: Peristyle Passage Challenge.
Lives of the Thousand Gods #5: complete the Peristyle Passage Fiend Challenge.
Life of the Gods #23: left of the chapter starting area.
Life of the Gods #24: near the Red tablet pedestal.
Life of the Gods #25: right cave after the double worm fight.
Life of the Gods #26: top platform after the double worm fight.
Life of the Gods #27: in a tunnel near the catwalk of the Water statue area.
Life of the Gods #28: top hidden area in the ghostfish room after Peristyle passage.
Spirit of the Devils #03: in the main room with the statue, climb up the ledge with a rat.
Jewel of the Demon Seal #03: Aquaducts B3, go down the elevator and kill the beetles.
Scarab #26: red tablet room, opposite the box.
Scarab #27: blue tablet room, bottom of the pool.
Scarab #28: after killing the first electric worm, wall flip up the ledge afterwards.
Scarab #29: hall of balace, left hand side walkway opposite the red tabler item box.
Scarab #30: underground waterway, turn left just before going into the double electric worm fight.
Scarab #31: behind the left worm in the doulbe worm fight.
Scarab #32: flying bird flip all the way up to top of the two pillars as you turn right, on top of the left pillar.
Scarab #33: Paz Zuu arena, in the bottom left corner of the broken staircase room with the arrow filled ninja.
Scarab #34: behind the save statue were you get the brand of valor.
CHAPTER 11
Life of the Gods #29: left chest close to the coin pedestal room.
Life of the Gods #30: inside the underwater gauntlet.
Jewel of the Demon Seal #04: take the elevator towards the church before the Doku fight, read the diary and open the safe.
Scarab #35: under water in the gap in the fence before the gold medallion box.
Scarab #36: after the first murumasa, on top on the tunnel entrance.
Scarab #37: turn right after coming out of the tunnel that brings you into the large area before the sunken ship.
Scarab #38: on the right next to the air tank inside the sunken ship.
Scarab #39: swim all the way to the top of the room where you get the wolf deity, attached to the wall.
CHAPTER 12
Fiend Challenge #5: Stadium Challenge
Fiend Challenge #6: Stairway to the Imperial Palace Challenge
Lives of the Thousand Gods #6: complete the Stairs to the Imperial Palace Fiend Challenge.
Lives of the Thousand Gods #7: kill Smaugan, then run along his corpse and grab the Lives on his back.
Life of the Gods #31: up in the catwalk of the stadium.
Life of the Gods #32: audience seating area up in the stadium.
Life of the Gods #33: just before starting the Staircase fiend challenge.
Life of the Gods #34: inside a statue head before the waterfall.
Life of the Gods #35: inside the lake near the waterfall.
Life of the Gods #36: hidden room in teeter totter area.
Life of the Gods #37: the room after the fire worm fight.
Spirit of the Devils #04: complete the Zarkhan Stadium Fiend Challenge.
Scarab #40: turn left before pulling the lever to lower the stadium platforms.
Scarab #41: stand of the bottom right platform, wall run across the corner and land of the archway over the stadium entrance to get the scarab.
Scarab #42: turn left after reaching the top of the platform section, at the end of walkway.
Scarab #43: break the first large stone head near the save statue after the staircase fiend challenge.
Scarab #44: at the bottom of the pool before the caverns entrance.
Scarab #45: on the platform behind the iron ore pot.
Scarab #46: on the floor right next to the save statue before the yotunfrau fight.
Scarab #47: turn left after the first fire breathing statue before the flame worm fight.
CHAPTER 13
Fiend Challenge #7: Cyclops Wasps Challenge
Fiend Challenge #8: Great Bridge Challenge
Life of the Gods #38: bottom left chest after the Flails clone fight.
Life of the Gods #39: top right chest after the Flails clone fight.
Life of the Gods #40: inside the pyramid close to the leaf pedestal.
Jewel of the Demon Seal #05: break the rock in Hayabusa Village.
Jewel of the Demon Seal #06: at the bottom of the piramide light the two torches with Explosive Arrows or Ninpo.
CHAPTER 14
Life of the Gods #41: the room left of the first fish encounter.
Scarab #48: turn left after going through the lion door, at the very end of the pathway.
Scarab #49: on the way to the lioness key, in the middle of the floor before the ghost fish encounter.
CHAPTER 15
Lives of the Thousand Gods #8: complete the Great Bridge Fiend Challenge.
Life of the Gods #42: turn right after exiting the fish labyrinth.
Life of the Gods #43: first staircase on the Palace tower.
Life of the Gods #44: third staircase on the Palace tower, before dropping to get the final scarab.
Life of the Gods #45: chest closest to the stairs at the top of the Palace.
Scarab #50: after the second floor, stand at the right of the skull, wall run flip Y with the dragon sword to the walkway, at the end is the scarab.
CHAPTER 16
Nothing.