Hour X

Hour X Japanese 十ノ刻　　刺魂ノ儀 ～シコンノギ～ Description Hour X: The Piercing of the Soul Player Character Kei Amakura Game Fatal Frame III Previous Next Hour IX Hour XI

In this chapter, Kei is finally able to open the double doors in the Spirit Tree Garden. Behind them, he finds an old shrine in a courtyard, the whole area sealed inside an enormous wooden structure. The Miasma inside is released to fill the whole manor, requiring Kei and the others to collect special candles to avoid attracting dangerous ghosts.

Kei follows the spirit of a man in a blue kimono onto the roof of the Engraving Shrine, and finds a way inside, to where the ritual is performed. Doors at the back lead even deeper into the shrine, but they are sealed. As Kei tries to leave, he is attacked by two Engravers. When they have been defeated, he returns to the shrine courtyard, and Rei wakes up.

That evening, Rei hears Miku singing the Handmaiden's Song again. Miku says she is sure her brother is calling to her from inside the shrine.

Areas Explored

• Shrine Courtyard
• Book Storeroom
• All God's Village - Dirt Floor Hallway
• All God's Village - Hearth Room
• All God's Village - Kimono Room
• All God's Village - Twins' Room
• Attic Room
• Engraving Shrine

Items

• Purifying Light
• Sacred Water
• Film "Abyss"
• Type 90 Film
• Purple Diary 4*
• Type Zero Film*
• Holly Key*
• Upgraded Lens "Pierce"
• Legend of Song 3*
• Kei Lookalike*
• Kyouka's earring*

*As part of the Echo Stone Earring sidequest.

Notes

• Woman with Comb #3 - as part of the Echo Stone Earring sidequest.
• The Tattooed Priestess
• The Hidden Shrine
• Begging For Help #2
• The Woman on All Fours #3

Ghosts

Spirit List

• 2. Kyoka Kuze (Kyouka Kuze)
• 18. Binding Man (Makoto Shibata)
• 24. Battered Man
• 25. Burdened Man
• 108. Door Woman (Kyouka Kuze)
• 109. Crying Woman (Kyouka Kuze)
• 110. Corridor Woman (Kiriko Asanuma)
• 111 and 118. Man on Roof (Kaname Ototsuki)
• 112. Peering Girl (Amane Kuze)
• 113 and 114. 2nd Floor Twins (Tsuzuri Osaka & Musubi Osaka)
• 115 and 116. Twins' Ceremony (Tsuzuri Osaka & Musubi Osaka)
• 117. Attic Woman (Kiriko Asanuma)
• 119. Screen Girl (Amane Kuze)

Encounters

• Kyouka Kuze*

*As part of the Echo Stone Earring sidequest.

Boss Fight

• Engravers

Extra

On a second playthrough, the Echo Stone Earring sidequest can be completed in this chapter.

Save Points

• Garden Corridor
• All God's Village Kimono Room - this is unusable, because the Tattooed Priestess will attack if Kei enters the Kimono Room.
• Stairs Hallway*

*As part of the Echo Stone Earring sidequest.

Misc. Info

• In this chapter the player must gather Purifying light to avoid the Miasma.