Kami is the point in Cairn where the game quietly stops holding your hand. Up to this mountain, most discoveries are consumables, temporary buffs, or teaching moments. From Chapter 4 onward, Kami becomes the place where permanent gear, route knowledge, and long-term planning start to matter. This guide documents every point of interest, item, recipe, lore beat, break spot, and permanent upgrade you provided, presented in climb order so nothing is missed.
This is not a speedrun route. It is written for players who want to fully understand Kami, avoid locking themselves out of key upgrades, and make future freeclimb or survival runs dramatically easier.
Climbing Gym Tenzen
The gym is more than a tutorial if you explore it properly.
On the floor you can find a small water bottle and five instances of pocket change, which can later be used for trading. Near the exit of the gym there is a piton lying on the ground.
At the top of the 7-8-3 wall sits the Tenzen Keepsake along with a screw-in piton. This pickup is one-time only. If you grab it, it cannot be found again, so make sure you collect it intentionally.
If you complete every difficulty level of wall inside the gym, a locked box at the end becomes available. Inside are several items, most importantly the Beekeeper’s Map. This map later becomes one of the most useful navigation tools on Kami, showing notable locations and route difficulty through color coding.
Once you leave the gym and begin the real climb, explore the surrounding fields. You can find many consumable plants here. Notable discoveries include a resting spot at the base of the climb and a cave containing eggs and honey. After reaching the top, the tutorial mountain is complete.
Base of Kami
At the base of Kami, the first notable POI is a small hill on the right side. It contains a resting spot and a backpack with supplies.
This is where the Beekeeper’s Map starts to shine. By scoping the wall and opening the map view, you can see marked consumable locations and route difficulty colors, which help plan safer or more efficient ascents.
Hidden near the middle of this area is a deep chasm leading to the Beekeeper’s Hideout. Inside you will find the recipe for Super Gentian Honey, one Super Gentian Honey item, two honey dippers, and a large amount of lore.
Climbing upward on the right side reveals a small lore moment that becomes a recurring theme later.
Climbing the left side instead leads to a crashed cable car cabin and a dead climber. The corpse contains lore and a map that becomes relevant later in the Cable Car Station section.
From the next plateau, two caves become accessible. The lower cave contains only a resting spot, a mushroom, and thistles near the entrance. The other cave contains cave drawings, several consumables, and a water refill point.
Cable Car Station & Research Camp
This section is easy to partially miss because the climb splits into multiple viable routes.
From the last savepoint, looking upward reveals many possible paths. The order can be reversed depending on your approach.
Below the ridge, the first point of interest contains a note and recyclable trash inside a garbage can. The note references another POI that appears later and matches the map found on the dead climber earlier.
Nearby is a climbers’ memorial. There is no loot here, only environmental storytelling.
The wildlife researcher camp is one of the most valuable locations in this section. It contains a fresh water source, a savepoint, a refillable water bottle, many consumables, a recipe, and extensive lore. The telescope platform nearby is optional. It contains only a protein bar, piton scraps, a plastic bag, and a lore moment. The anti-bear basket is non-interactable.
A tunnel fish farm connects this side of the mountain to the other. Inside you will find a savepoint, powdered milk, a recipe for Cave-Style Trout, and fish you can immediately cook with the ingredients found here.
From this area you can either continue climbing upward or rappel down to the cable car station.
At the cable car station you will find the recipe for Tourist-Trap Noodles. There is a large amount of lore and resources here. On the middle level is a bird egg and an explanation of why the lift was discontinued. At the top are drawings and a break spot.
Descending further leads to a small area containing a letter, a savepoint, and recyclable trash.
The final POI here is the Rave Cave. Inside are large amounts of trash, decent food and drinks, fireworks, and a break spot where fireworks can be used. It is mostly optional but memorable.
Troglodyte Village
This section marks the start of major permanent progression.
At the base of the waterfall you can fish freely to stock up on food. At the top of the slope is a resting spot.
Inside the troglodyte homes, the children’s room contains a cooling pot and a letter from Rody. This letter is extremely important and should not be skipped, as it leads to a permanent item later.
Upstairs, a backpack on the bed is easy to miss. The area contains large amounts of consumables and lore.
In the dining hall area you can find the porridge recipe, which teaches you to combine oats and milk.
Straight ahead from the entrance is the first major permanent equipment item: the Glowing Gloves. These are found inside the crystal room. You must climb upward through the cave system to reach them. The pickup prompt can be overwritten by nearby UI, so ensure the gloves are actually collected before leaving.
After clearing rocks and crawling through, you reach a bathroom with a savepoint. Above it is the Troglodyte Map, which is essential for planning the next large region.
Behind the climb up to the next plateau is a break spot, with another savepoint to the left.
Plateau, Statue, and Doll Parts
This area is dense and nonlinear. The Troglodyte Map helps identify the locations of three doll parts and major POIs.
One area contains only a backpack and early foreshadowing of the statues.
The shepherd’s area is extremely important. There are many goats you can milk, large quantities of supplies, and a cutscene when entering. To the left is a chime keepsake and a recipe. In the center are strong consumables and a small water flask inside a cooling pot.
If you give the shepherd the letter from Rody, you receive the Thermos Can. This permanent item holds two drinks and keeps them hot indefinitely.
Nearby is another bear cave. Inside is a lickable toad for a keepsake, honey near the ceiling, and corpses.
The massive statue is one of the most complex POIs on Kami. Around it you will find a destroyed wildlife researcher tent with a backpack, camera photos, and a voice recording. Inside are stone figures, lore letters, and two fires that must be ignited while climbing the statue’s exterior.
Climbing the statue legs is difficult and benefits heavily from chalk. Inside, after crossing a long chasm, igniting both fires causes the statue to light up. Inside a cooling pot is a small flask of booze. At the end of the chamber you obtain the Troglodyte Piton, an indestructible piton that can be screwed into dense rock.
Across this region you can find three troglodyte doll parts. Collecting all three grants the Troglodyte Doll, a three-use item that clears all negative weather effects.
Ridge Section
The ridge is split visually into left and right halves.
On the left side you can find a cave with a lickable toad for a keepsake and a bird message. Nearby are two stone figures, a four-slot bottle of booze, and fireworks.
At the top middle of the ridge is a savepoint, large amounts of lore, the Big Chalk Bag, and a bear-proof box with supplies.
On the right side are a refillable water bottle, a lore robot, a backpack, a dead climber that grants an achievement when looted, and another savepoint.
Troglodyte Burial Grounds
This chapter begins slowly. Near the lake you can gather fish, plants, and rest.
Further up is a research camp containing the Maple Fudge recipe, supplies, and a lootable climbing bot accessible by rappelling.
Another bear cave contains a corpse and a Survival Blanket.
A hidden descent leads to a major reward: a six-slot water canister and the second Troglodyte Piton. Inventory management matters here, as the canister must be looted mid-climb while clipped in.
Inside the burial complex is a central room with a savepoint. Straight ahead is the second Troglodyte Piton in a room with an upside-down tree.
After escaping upward, you reach the burial grounds themselves. There is little loot here beyond lore and a savepoint.
Inside the inner chambers you can find a map surrounded by trash, which is easy to miss.
Deeper inside is a crystal room with four crystal shards. Giving all four to the miner NPC removes excess shard spawns and rewards the Small Windmill, which warns of incoming wind gusts.
Beyond this is the miner’s encampment. Here you can find a savepoint, the Hunter’s Mushrooms recipe, lore, and down a well, the Big Flask. This is a six-capacity water container that replaces your default flask, with the old one placed in your backpack.
The final section involves crawling through spider-filled tunnels, passing multiple savepoints, and preparing for a long exposed climb. Along the way you can find pre-placed pitons, a removable piton, and a hidden cave containing a battered climbing bot, raisins, a large thermos holding three liquids, and two strong infusions.
Kami rewards players who slow down, rappel back, and explore awkward side routes. Almost every permanent upgrade here can be missed if you climb too cleanly. Mastering this mountain is less about raw climbing skill and more about curiosity, patience, and knowing when to go down instead of up.