Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth

Welcome to the vast world of Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (Ryu Ga Gotoku 8, Yakuza 8). This comprehensive guide includes walkthroughs of the main story, subplots, mini-games, character guides, strategies against bosses, beginner tips, strategy tips, best abilities and skills, best weapons and equipment, post-game unlockables, new game items plus, in-game collectibles, catalogs and databases, trophies and achievements, in-game cheats, tips and tricks, and the latest news and updates.

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth is a single-player turn-based role-playing game developed by Ryu Ga Gotoku and published by Sega. The game is scheduled to release on January 26, 2024, and you can enjoy it on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC (via Steam and Microsoft Windows).

Embark on an epic journey through the thrilling world of Yakuza 8, where every decision you make shapes your destiny. Whether it's the main story, exploring side stories, mastering mini-games, or preparing for intense boss battles, this guide will help you. Unlock the best strategies, improve your skills and confidently dive into the rich storyline of Like a Dragon 8: Unlimited Riches. Prepare for an unforgettable gaming experience across multiple platforms as you delve into the heart of the Yakuza universe.

News and updates

➥ How long will it take to complete Like a Dragon 8: Infinite Wealth? 
➥ Cross-platform play and cross-save in Like a Dragon 8: Infinite Wealth
➥ Game editions 
➥ PC system requirements 
➥ List of Trophies and Achievements
➥ Voice actors and actresses

Passage of the plot

Main chapters of the story

Subplot

This part of the guide is under development!

Game bosses

Players

Like Dragon 8
Ichiban Kasuga	Kazuma Kiryu	Eric Tomizawa
Chitose Fujinomiya	Yu Nanba	Koichi Adachi
Saeko Mukoda	Sunghee	Jungi Han
Tianyou Zhao	Jo Sawashiro	Eiji Mitamura
Masataka Ebina	Masumi Arakawa	Yutaka Yamai
Dwight Mendez	Wong Tou	Bryce Fairchild
Kihei Hanawa	Akane	Asakura
Saya	Yui	Kay

professions

• Freelancer
• Hero
• Dragon from Dojima (New)
• Taxi Driver (New)
• Daughter (New)
• Bum
• Detective
• Barmaid
• Assassin (New)
• Payed assassin
• Mafia

Game Guides

Stats

Wish List Guides

Sujimon Battle GUIDE

Mini games

Knowledge base

Equipment

Skills and abilities

Other

Game Review

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth is a direct sequel to Yakuza: Like a Dragon, the first game in the series in the turn-based role-playing game genre. The next game once again puts players in the role of Ichiban Kasuga, a low-ranking but kind-hearted yakuza who embarks on a new adventure overseas in Hawaii.

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth teams up Kasuga with iconic protagonist and yakuza legend Kazuma Kiryu, as well as new and returning characters from the first game. The new franchise story follows Kasuga through mysterious events and dark affairs orchestrated by the Yakuza and several other criminal elements to once again test his bravery and Yakuza spirit.

Plot overview

Two great heroes brought together by the hand of fate or perhaps something more sinister...
Ichiban Kasuga, an unstoppable loser who is no stranger to rising from the bottom, and Kazuma Kiryu, a broken man facing his last days.

New opportunities

A completely new research setting overseas (Hawaii)

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth primarily takes place in Hawaii, although parts of the main story also include familiar locations in Yokohama, Japan. From the sands of Aloha Beach to the island's bustling shopping districts such as Anaconda, Waikiki, and Chinatown, players can spend endless hours on entertainment and attractions.

Despite Hawaii's enticing landscapes, thugs and criminals will roam the streets. Players can expect to have to fight some less than friendly elements on the island, so it's important to be properly prepared when exploring the open world.

New playable characters

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth introduces a new cast of playable characters who form Kasuga's ragtag group, each with their own unique profession, strengths and weaknesses.

New workplaces

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth debuts a variety of new character- and gender-exclusive professions, including ones unique to the new party members that Kasuga fights alongside in the story.

New exclusive professions for characters

Dragon of Dojima (Kazuma Kiryu)

“The Dragon of Dojima is purely human, a myth, a legend. With Kiryu's signature fierce, fast and heavy fighting styles, as well as a special action mode that only he can use!"

Cabbie (Eric Tomizawa)

Armed with a wrench, Taxi Driver uses his mechanical expertise to manipulate electricity and water. He can use special moves to exploit enemies' weaknesses and apply debuffs to them. A job that can turn the tide of battle by exploiting status ailments!”

Heiress (Chitose Fujinomiya)

“A fighting style that uses various disciplines centered around dance to manipulate enemies. The Heiress can use her speed to outwit others and change the tide of battle. A profession that has skills that reduce an opponent's attack and agility, making it effective against formidable opponents.

Assassin (Seonhee)

“A fighting style that uses needles, crossbows, and other deadly weapons to kill quickly. The Assassin uses whips and projectiles to immobilize enemies and prevent them from attacking.

Sujimancer (Ichiban Kasuga)

“A unique fighting style that is fought using “Sujimon”, which the user can train. This profession is unique because it allows you to summon different types of Sujimon and fight in different ways such as attacking and healing. The higher Sujimon's level, the stronger he becomes."

New professions exclusively for men

Samurai

““A fighting style that excels with swords and bows, specializing in sequential and area attacks. Samurai sword techniques can cause enemies to bleed, increasing the amount of damage dealt. He can also use bows to attack multiple enemies, giving him a range of options to deal with different enemies.”

Aquanaut

“A fighting style that uses sea creatures and sea-themed items to confuse opponents. Aquanaut boasts a variety of unique techniques inspired by the sea, allowing the user to blind enemies with squid ink or paralyze them with electric jellyfish. An all-round performance capable of both attacking and healing, making it extremely user-friendly.”

Desperado

“A fighting style that uses dual pistols, dynamite and rope, and excels at taking down multiple enemies. The Desperado can learn various status ailment techniques and has the means to destroy any target.”

New vacancies exclusively for women

A kunoichi

“A fighting style that confuses enemies with amazing speed and ninjutsu techniques. Kunoichi can use the Substitution Jutsu to trade moves with allies and use clones to deal massive damage. A job that can use his quick agility to trick enemies and use ninjutsu to completely change the tide of battle.”

housekeeper

“A fighting style that uses purification techniques to elegantly sweep away enemies. The Housekeeper specializes in multi-target combat, using mops, vacuum cleaners and other tools to attack enemies over a large area.”

Geodancer

“A fighting style that uses arcane dances to attack enemies and support allies. The Geodancer has extremely high Magic and is capable of unleashing powerful elemental techniques. A well-balanced job that is great for both supporting and healing allies.”

New connection system

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth introduces new gameplay mechanics that allow players to deepen their bonds with allies throughout the game. By spending time with Kasuga and Kiryu's companions, players can unlock new professions and abilities to form an unstoppable team.

Walk & Talk Events

Walk & Talks are special events that occur in certain areas of the game that strengthen your relationships with various allied characters. Each party member (with the exception of Kasuga himself) has a unique set of Walks & Talks, listed on a special character menu called the Bond Bingo card.

Whenever players view a Walk & Talk event, the item will be removed from the Bond Bingo while players are awarded Bond level points for the specific character.

Walk & Talk events take place in locations marked with pink hearts throughout the map. You can view a bond event by going to this location and pressing the △ (Y) button.

When viewing your character's Walk & Talk event, your bond with them will increase by 10 points, which will be recorded on the Bond Bingo Card screen. At the same time, completing Bond Bingo will allow you to earn up to 25 Bond Points.

Conversations about food

Meanwhile, "Food Talk" is another type of communication event that occurs whenever Kasuga dines with allies and orders certain food combos. Players can strengthen their bond with friends through the food they order from various restaurants in the game.

Other Ways to Increase Bond Levels

Give gifts to your allies.

The gift icon may sometimes appear when you enter certain stores in the game. This means that you can buy a gift for one of your friends to increase the level of your connection with him.

Keep in mind that each of your friends will prefer a gift that suits their personal taste. Because of this, try to get to know them better through outings and other activities so that you can choose the best gift for them.

Play mini-games together.

You can also deepen your connection with the characters by spending time with them in playgrounds (mini-playgrounds). Try inviting your allies to sing at a karaoke bar or play darts with them to increase your bond level throughout the main story.

Start team chats.

Activating party chats in certain areas of the game can also increase your level of communication with various party members. Look for the green headings that appear on the left side of the screen. In these conversations with allies, you will sometimes be given a choice that can lead to increased bonding with allies.

Clear fights.

Bond levels also increase each time you complete battles with party members. You gain +1 Bond with allies for defeating normal enemies and +10 for defeating bosses and stronger enemies. In general, the stronger the enemies you defeat, the faster your connection level increases.

Benefits of Upgrading Bonds

Allows you to learn team attacks.

By increasing your bond with your allies, you learn powerful team attacks that you can use during combat.

Completing a Bond Chase or completing a character's turn will cause the meter to the right of the character icon (called the Hype Gauge) to fill. To activate a team attack, press the R2 button in the order in which the character filled his gauge.

Ultimate Team Attacks

Also during Kasuga's turn, you can perform an even more powerful Tag Team attack called Ultimate Tag Team. To perform Ultimate Tag Team, all characters who have learned the team attack must fill their gauges by the time Kasuga can act.

Please note that you can delay using the accumulated hype meter and save it for the next battle. This means you can save the Tag Team and Ultimate Tag Team attacks for when you're about to fight tough enemies, especially bosses, during the main story.

Activates passive abilities during Bond Drama.

Useful passive abilities can also be learned by leveling up Bonds and triggering Bond Dramas. Many of these passives provide effects that can give you an advantage in combat, such as increasing the activation speed of Chasing Bonds on enemies knocked down by allies or increasing the power of certain moves associated with allies.

Opens up new jobs

Much like the previous turn-based RPG Like a Dragon, leveling up connections in Infinite Wealth will unlock more professions for each character.

Aloha Links

Aloha Links is a new feature that allows Kasuga to increase his personality stats by interacting with various non-player characters (NPCs) in the game. Aloha Link characters are not limited to humans, as Kasuga can also befriend various animals found in Hawaii.

Aloha Links becomes available in the game by talking to Kay at the Revolve Bar. To befriend Aloha Link (indicated by a smiley face above your head), you must greet him by pressing the □ button.

Wish list

Bucket List is a special section of the game that focuses on Kazuma Kiryu as he revisits his past during his final days of battling cancer. The Bucket List introduces players to three new features: Life Links, Dragon Memoirs, and Unfinished Business.

Soul, Technology, and Body stats, available only to Kiryu in the Awakening screen, will increase as you progress in these features, increasing the legendary Yakuza's effectiveness in battle.

Life connections

Like Links is a series of special story episodes centered around the legendary yakuza Kazuma Kiryu. As the iconic series' protagonist comes to terms with his impending death from cancer, he reunites with old friends to reflect on his past.

To unlock new Life Link episodes, you must rank up Kiryu's Awakening by progressing through the Dragon Memoirs and Unfinished Business objectives.

Revisiting locations important to Kiryu (Memoirs of a Dragon) or meeting certain conditions during The Bucket List storyline (Unfinished Business) will reward you with Awakening Points to increase Kiryu's Awakening level.

Memoirs of a Dragon

Memoirs of a Dragon is a collection of locations that Kazuma Kiryu can visit during The Bucket List in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth. Most of these accessible areas hold important memories for Kiryu of events that occurred in past Yakuza games.

By visiting the Dragon Memoirs location, you will receive Soul, Technology and Body points for Kiryu, which will increase the effectiveness of the Dojima Dragon in battle. This also helps level up Kiryu's Awakening, which will unlock new Life Link episodes for the legendary Yakuza.

Unfinished business

By visiting the Dragon Memoirs location, you will receive Soul, Technology and Body points for Kiryu, which will increase the effectiveness of the Dojima Dragon in battle. This also helps level up Kiryu's Awakening, which will unlock new Life Link episodes for the legendary Yakuza.

Completing Kiryu's unfinished quests will also earn you Soul, Tech, and Body points for increasing his combat effectiveness, as well as making new Life Link episodes available in the Wish List story section.

Street surfer (segway scooter)

The Street Surfer Segway Scooter is a new feature introduced in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth that allows Kasuga to move faster through various maps of Hawaii.

To ride the Street Surfer scooter, press the (↓) button on the joystick while out of combat. To exit, press the D-pad again, engage in combat, or go to the charging stations located throughout the city.

Autostart

By selecting a destination on the map and pressing R2, you can put Street Surfer into autoplay mode. This allows you to travel without having to manually control the Segway scooter to get to your desired location.

Please note that entering into battle or colliding with a vehicle immediately disables autoplay. Because of this, try to keep your eyes on the road, even if you are moving automatically in the game.

Charging Street Surfer

The Street Surfer runs on batteries that need to be recharged when it runs low. You may find charging stations to restore your Segway to working condition, which require money to use.

Setting

You can customize the Street Surfer to your liking by changing its body or tires in-game. These modifications will most likely not affect the performance of the Segway scooter and are only a means of personalizing your vehicle to your liking.

You cannot talk to people while on Street Surfer.

Please note that you cannot interact with people while riding the Street Surfer. If you want to talk to someone, exit Street Surfer by pressing the D-pad.

You cannot enter buildings while on Street Surfer.

It is also not possible to enter buildings (including restaurants, shops and other enclosed spaces) while on board the Street Surfer. You must exit if you want to enter any area with a door that can be walked through.

Side Content

A hallmark of the Yakuza franchise is the plethora of side content available for players to spend time with outside of the game's main story campaign. These include a staggering number of side quests (sub-stories), mini-games, and other extra features that Kasuga and his friends can participate in to earn rewards, strengthen their bonds as allies, and unlock even more content in the game.

Substories

Subplots return in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth and are found throughout the game's open world. These side missions are mostly unrelated to the main campaign, but serve to provide interesting backstory for the various NPCs Kasuga encounters on the streets of Hawaii.

Side stories can range from comic to dramatic. Completing these side quests is a good way to pass time outside of the main story, as many of them are self-contained mini-episodes of events happening on the streets.

Clearing subplots allows you to receive useful rewards in the form of items, equipment and money. It is also possible to increase some of Kasuga's personality stats by completing certain conditions during each side quest.

Mini games

Crazy delivery

Crazy Delivery is a new mini-game in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth where you ride your road bike around the city and deliver food to earn money. During the mini-game, you can increase the tips you receive from customers by performing flashy tricks and maneuvers.

Delivery points earned in the mini-game can be exchanged for money or valuable equipment and items that may be useful during the main story.

Karaoke

The Karaoke mini-game returns in Like a Dragon 8: Infinite Wealth, which allows the various characters in your party to sing songs by pressing a series of buttons displayed on the screen in the right rhythm.

Your performance in the mini-game depends largely on the timing of your button presses. If you can enter a button that overlaps the vertical line on the left side of the screen, you will receive an EXCELLENT rating. Getting consecutive GREAT scores will allow you to aim for high scores during the mini-game.

A long press (hold) is done by pressing the button from the moment the button overlaps the vertical line on the left until the horizontal bar continues, before finally releasing the button.

Dondoko Island

Dondoko Island is a new mini-game in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth. This is a miniature garden simulation game that allows you to develop your own resort island by erecting buildings and installing amenities for you and the guests who choose to spend time there.

You can earn resources to develop the island by collecting or throwing away trash in your surroundings. You can also catch insects and fish.

Once you have the necessary funds, you can begin to develop the island by purchasing and installing buildings, shops, vehicles and other useful amenities.

The collected materials and scraps can also be used to make DIY furniture that you can then install in your island home.

Respond to guest requests.

Guests who choose to spend time on your island will often have personal requests. Satisfying their needs will make them spend more money during their stay, so be sure to give their requests as much attention as possible.

Random events occur on the island.

Various events can occur on Dondoko Island, including the arrival of pirates or attacks by wild boars.

You can visit other players' islands online.

If you are playing online, you can visit other players' Dondoko Island by talking to the online person on the island.

Miss Match

Miss Match is a new mini-game in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth that allows you to increase Kasuga's various personality stats by meeting and dating different women.

Using the Miss Match app on Kasuga's smartphone, you can search for potential dates by making appropriate responses when chatting on the phone, sending your potential dates, and finally meeting them face to face.

Hold'em Poker

Hold 'Em Poker is a new card mini-game in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth that can be played at the m Hold 'Em Entertainment Center. There are a total of 10 playable locations in Meguro, one of which is located in Isezaki Ijincho in Yokohama.

The interior of the entertainment venue is accurately reproduced in the game, and here you can not only play poker, but also eat and drink.

Gambling hall

The Gambling Hall is another new gambling location in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, located on Waikiki Street in Honolulu. Once you enter the gambling hall, you can play card games Koi Koi and Oichobaku with money on the line.

Darts Live 3

The Darts Live minigame returns in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth and includes familiar game modes such as 01 in addition to new formats such as Center Count-Up.

To play Darts Live 3, head to the Crystal Aloha Resort in south Waikiki (Honolulu).

Playing darts is a fun group activity to play with allies and increases your bond throughout the game.

arcade games

You can visit various SEGA gaming centers located throughout the gaming world to play a variety of classic SEGA arcade games. Please note that you will need to pay money to start playing the arcade machine.

Spike Out

Spike Out is a 3D action game developed in 1998 that features cooperative multiplayer mode.

SEGA Bass Fishing

A realistic bass fishing game developed in 1997 that featured cutting-edge graphics for its time.

Virtua Fighter 3TB

Virtua Fighter 3tb is a 3v3 team fighting game developed in 1997.

Sicko Snap

Sicko Snap Courses are a series of new mini-games in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth that challenge you to take photos of Sickos while riding special carts around Hawaii. You are given a time limit to shoot Sickos, which you will find during the cruise, as well as a fixed amount of film.

You earn points for each Patient you shoot during the course. At the end of the mini-game, you will be judged on the number of Sick photos you took and the quality of each photo.

Survival Can Collection (Can Quest)

The Can Quest minigame returns in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth in the form of the Survival Can Collection. As in the previous version of the mini-game, in Survival Can Collection you need to collect as many cans as possible across the field in a limited time.

Ounabara Vocational School

Ounabara Vocational School also appears in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, serving as a way for Kasuga to increase his various personality stats by passing special test questions.

Sujimon Battles

Finally, the ever-popular Sujimon battles also return in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth. Players can once again capture, train and battle collectible fighters known as Sujimon in exciting 3v3 team battles throughout the game.

Sujimon can be obtained in several ways, including recruiting them in random battles, defeating them in Sujimon Raids, and obtaining them in the Sujimon Gacha for money or Sujimon Tickets.