Oni

Oni
Affiliations	Nightmare Horde Echovald Forest wildlife The Jade Sea wildlife
Type	Demon
Profession	Assassin
Level(s)	16 (25), 28 (30)
Campaign	Factions

“

There are some who say that the demonic, savage Oni originate in the Mists, others from someplace even more distant, dark, and cut off from the world of sanity. They are killers from beyond, appearing from nowhere to butcher their victims, for what reason no one knows. Whatever their purpose or origin, the Oni are among the most deadly things on two legs in Cantha.

— The Guild Wars Factions Manuscripts

Oni are capable of appearing anywhere throughout Cantha, though they do not show up in Kaineng City for some reason. There are some, such as Dauv Merishahl, that believe that the oni are Outcasts in an advanced state of corruption and insanity caused by Kanaxai's influence from the Deep. According to Andru Pitrak, the oni only began to appear after the Jade Wind.

Locations

• Shing Jea Island
  • Haiju Lagoon
  • Jaya Bluffs
• Echovald Forest
  • Arborstone (explorable area)
  • Drazach Thicket
  • Ferndale
  • Melandru's Hope
  • Mourning Veil Falls
  • The Eternal Grove (explorable area)
• The Jade Sea
  • Archipelagos
  • Boreas Seabed (explorable area)
  • Gyala Hatchery (explorable area)
  • Maishang Hills
  • Mount Qinkai
  • Rhea's Crater
  • Silent Surf
  • Unwaking Waters (explorable area)

Missions

• Echovald Forest
  • Arborstone
• The Jade Sea
  • Zos Shivros Channel

Skills

14-16 Shadow Arts and 16 Deadly Arts at level 28

• Fox Fangs
• Horns of the Ox
• Jagged Strike
• Scorpion Wire
• Shadow Refuge (levels 25, 28, and 30 only)
• Shadow Shroud (elite) (levels 25, 28, and 30 only)
• Demonic Agility (monster skill)

Armor ratings

Armor ratings at level 28
	94		94		94
	94		94		94		94

Items dropped

• Bone
• Keen Oni Claw (Echovald Forest only)
• Keen Oni Talon (The Jade Sea only)
• Monstrous Claw
• Monstrous Eye
• Monstrous Fang
• Oni Blade
• Oni Claw (Shing Jea Island only)
• Oni Daggers
• Oni Shroud
• Regurgitated Mass
• Ungues of the Oni (unique, Rhea's Crater only)

Notes

The Guild Wars 2 Wiki has an article on Oni.

• An Oni ally can be summoned using a Demonic Summoning Stone or a Mysterious Summoning Stone.
• The Oni's idle emote is an unusual beckoning or stretching gesture, easily observed by summoning friendly Oni.
• There is a rare miniature version of these creatures.
• In addition to the Oni weapons listed above, Oni in Echovald Forest and The Jade Sea can drop weapons that only Echovald Forest wildlife and The Jade Sea wildlife can drop (e.g. Amber weapons and Jade weapons), respectively.

Trivia

• In Japanese folklore, oni are either invisible spirits or gods that cause disasters and have a taste for human flesh, or large brutish ogre-like creatures with claws and a pair of horns.