Slayers 2 Final Selection Walkthrough

Final Selection is the exam that turns a trained human into a ranked Demon Slayer in Slayers 2. It is a timed instance with a fixed NPC quest chain and a mandatory boss. Clear it and you leave with Mizunoto rank, a Slayer Uniform, Ore, and a Kasugai Crow. Fail, leave early, or skip the final turn-in and you wait for the next gate window. This walkthrough covers the overworld route, level advice, quest order, boss tips, and the reported timer conflict between sources.

Requirements before you travel

• Minimum level 45. The gate will not treat you as ready below that.
• Solo recommendation ~level 60. Public progression guides strongly prefer grinding past the minimum so the Hand Demon and stacked demon packs do not delete you.
• At least one practiced Breathing Style with forms you can fire without staring at the hotbar.
• Healing items stocked. Final Selection stacks fights and does not babysit regeneration the way open-world hubs do.
• Map tools from Lost Pages & Book of Guidance so you can path Mistfall cleanly.

If you are still below 25 or missing Wall Climb, finish Getting Started first. Final Selection is a mid-game gate, not a tutorial.

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Overworld route: Mistfall → Butterfly → Plains

Final Selection sits on the far west progression line. From your current hub:

1. Travel to Mistfall Harbor.
2. Cross toward the Butterfly Estate.
3. Take the long bridge south onto the Final Selection Plains.
4. Follow the path northeast until you reach the Final Selection gate itself.

Use map markers and the Book of Guidance when they highlight the region. Bring a mount if you already paid the 15,000 Wen horse fee — the walk is long enough that a missed timer window hurts. Arrive early, gear check, and wait on the pad rather than sprinting in from Bamboo Grove as the countdown hits zero.

Timer conflict: 1 hour vs 2 hours

Launch-week sources disagree on the rotation. Some progression writeups say the gate opens every hour. Other full walkthroughs say Final Selection spawns once every two hours on a rotation rather than fixed clock times. Treat both as possible depending on patch and server messaging. Read the gate UI in your session, note the countdown you actually see, and plan materials around that number. Do not soft-reserve your evening on a guide’s clock if the live gate text says otherwise.

Quest chain order

Quests unlock in sequence. You cannot skip ahead. Objective markers with distance readouts walk you between NPCs if you stay on the active quest.

1. The Sisters — Speak at the entrance to open the trial. Return here after the boss to claim rank rewards.
2. Rem — Collect fruit in the nearby forest (Apple, Banana, and Grapes) and turn them in.
3. Vael — Defeat about 5 Lesser Demons in the woods around him.
4. Klien — Recover his lost Nichirin Katana from the cliffside rocks and return it.
5. Klien (wounds) — Buy Bandages from Rika (cheap Wen cost, often ~25) and treat Klien; expect a short timing skill check.
6. Mizuto — Dive the pond, clear Lost enemies in the underwater cave, grab the Submerged Key, run the parkour dungeon levers, and report back.
7. Lavato — Timed mountain run across blue flag checkpoints. Sprint the route; stopping to fight usually fails the timer.
8. Levi — Clear the marked demon camp, then carry a civilian back to Levi.
9. Steve — Final briefing NPC. Talking to Steve starts the Hand Demon encounter — do not skip him if you want boss credit.
10. Hand Demon — Kill the boss, loot arena chests, then return to The Sisters.

Names and minor step splits can vary slightly in UI text, but Sisters → Rem → Vael → Klien → Mizuto → Lavato → Levi → Steve → Hand Demon is the chain confirmed in Slayers 2 progression coverage.

Hand Demon tips

The Hand Demon sits near the 1,300 HP band in launch guides (some cite ~1,310). It punishes players who stand still and empty every cooldown on the opener. Watch one attack cycle, dash the sweep or slam, then punish the recovery. Ranged tools and gap-closers from your Breathing kit beat raw M1 trading. Grouping with other candidates in the instance shortens the damage race, but you must still complete your own quest turn-ins — being carried through dialogue skips will block rewards.

After the kill, open all reward chests around the arena before you leave. Extra cosmetics and pouches (Monster Hood, Coin Pouches, Black Kumo pieces) come from those chests, while the rank package comes from The Sisters.

Confirming Mizunoto and rewards

Killing the boss alone does not finish Final Selection. Walk back to The Sisters and speak again. Success looks like:

• Rank updates to Mizunoto
• Slayer Uniform applied or granted
• Ore added
• Kasugai Crow available as your ongoing Corps quest companion

If none of that happens, you still have a missing turn-in — usually Sisters, Steve’s quest flag, or a skipped mid-chain NPC.

After Final Selection

Mizunoto is the bottom Corps rung, not the endgame. Crow quests, Slayer Progress systems (gourds at the Butterfly Estate in some guides), and better gear loops open next. For loadout planning once you have a rank and a style, browse the Players Hub for Slayer-oriented build pages as they publish, and keep material routes from Breathing Trainer Locations handy if you respec styles. If you ever abandon the Corps fantasy for the night path, switch to the Demon conversion guide instead of re-running the exam.

Prep checklist

• Level 45 minimum, ~60 preferred for solo.
• Breathing forms practiced; Wall Climb available for cliff objectives inside the trial.
• Healing stocked; inventory space for chest loot.
• Route memorized: Mistfall Harbor → Butterfly Estate → Plains → gate.
• Timer read from the live gate UI (1h vs 2h sources conflict).
• Quest order printed or tab-opened: Sisters, Rem, Vael, Klien, Mizuto, Lavato, Levi, Steve, Hand Demon, Sisters again.

Clear that list and Final Selection becomes a structured exam instead of a wipe simulator.