Shinobi Striker: How to Unlock All VR Missions (2026)

To unlock all missions in Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker, talk to the villagers in the Hidden Leaf lobby who have a quest marker, clear the VR Mission each one gives you at Kakashi's VR Ninjutsu Arena, and return to them to unlock the next. After the 21st story mission, Naruto's "It's Training Time!", you reach Chunin and the remaining missions open on their own, except the final S-rank mission, which stays locked until every other one is done. There are 69 VR Missions in total.

We followed PowerPyx's mission unlock, VR master and trophy guides and the Shinobi Striker community wiki's VR Ninjutsu Arena, mission list and individual mission pages, checked in November 2026.

How Mission Unlocking Works

VR Missions are the game's PvE content, played in the VR Ninjutsu Arena run by Kakashi, which PowerPyx places on the right side of the village map. The wiki explains the three stages: 20 missions for Genin, unlocked by talking to characters around the lobby; 47 more once you become a Chunin; and a final 2 after you reach Jonin. That makes 69 missions in all, split into 4 Training, 8 D-rank, 23 C-rank, 20 B-rank, 9 A-rank and 5 S-rank missions.

Your very first one is the Entrance Exam, a Training mission where you play as Naruto alongside Sasuke, Sakura and Kakashi against Pain, Konan, Itachi and Kisame. The wiki notes that after you finish it you can choose any character or class.

Three rules from PowerPyx's guide matter more than anything else:

• Return to the giver. After you finish a mission, go back to the villager who gave it to complete it and unlock the next step.
• It must be your mission. Solo and co-op both count, but only if you unlocked the mission yourself. Joining someone else's session for a mission you have not unlocked does not advance your progress.
• Your level and master do not matter. PowerPyx notes that all quests come from villagers regardless of either.

The 21 Story Missions in Unlock Order

This is the order PowerPyx lists, with the villager who gives each mission and where to find them:

1. Bell-Stealing Exercise: Sakura, the shopkeeper on the left side.
2. Protect the Village Gate!: Sakura, same spot.
3. Free Practice of Passionate Youth!: Rock Lee, left of the stairs to the PvP arena.
4. Steal the Forbidden Scrolls!: Rock Lee, same spot.
5. Gamabunta in Peril!: Gaara, right side, left of the stairs to the VR arena.
6. Destruction of the Leaf: Boruto, in the right-side garden by a stone shrine.
7. Protect the Village Gate! (next difficulty): Boruto, same spot.
8. A Tense Pursuit: Shikamaru, the PvP manager at the top of the Hokage's estate stairs.
9. Welcome to My Art Exhibit!: Choji, on the road under the big red gate.
10. The White Army's Assault: Choji, same spot.
11. Hidden Leaf Forest Night Terrors: Sai, partway up the left side of the PvP arena stairs.
12. Run! Choji Express: Sai, same spot.
13. Storming the Akatsuki Fortress: Mitsuki, in the market square to the right of Sasuke.
14. The Inescapable Water Prison: Tenten, the shopkeeper on the left of the market square.
15. Team 7 Battle: Tenten, same spot.
16. Byakugan: Hinata, at the left garden entrance under the tall red gate.
17. Akatsuki Battle: Hinata, same spot.
18. Checka-Checka-Check It Out!: Sarada, in the market square left of Tenten.
19. Kurama Battle: Sarada, same spot.
20. Uchiha Power: Sasuke, the Ninjutsu Library shopkeeper in the market.
21. It's Training Time!: Naruto, who replaces Shikamaru as the PvP manager at the Hokage's estate.

The wiki's mission page adds the payoff for the last one: It's Training Time! is an A-rank and S-rank mission worth 1,100 and 2,000 Ryo, with the Nine Tails Chakra Tail accessory as its scroll reward.

After Chunin: The Remaining Missions

Once It's Training Time! is done, PowerPyx says the story ends and the remaining missions unlock automatically. The wiki's list shows what fills in:

• C-rank battles: boss fights against Gamakichi, Gamabunta, Kurama, Kurama Link Mode Naruto, Gyuki, Shukaku, the Giant Snake and Perfect Susano'o.
• B-rank showdowns: harder versions of the same bosses, plus Run! Choji Express, Team 7 Battle and Akatsuki Battle.
• A-rank: Destruction of the Leaf, Uchiha Power, It's Training Time!, Samurai Rescue Mission, Protect the Village Gate!, Steal the Forbidden Scrolls!, The White Army's Onslaught, Dash! Choji Express and Ultimate Showdown.
• S-rank: It's Training Time!, Protect the Village Gate!, Team 7 Showdown, Akatsuki Deathmatch and Ultimate Showdown.

The fifth S-rank mission stays locked until you clear every other mission, according to PowerPyx. Ultimate Showdown is the capstone. The wiki describes the A-rank version as defeating Gamabunta, Kurama Link Mode Naruto and Gyuki between waves of enemies in the Hidden Cloud Village, and the S-rank version as Perfect Susano'o, Shukaku and the Giant Snake alongside Gaara and Mitsuki. It pays 1,900 Ryo at A-rank and 3,100 Ryo at S-rank, with Momoshiki's Horns as its scroll reward.

Masters Unlocked by Missions

Missions do more than raise your Ninja Rank. PowerPyx's VR master guide shows that half of the base game masters unlock through specific missions:

• Kakashi: complete the first D-rank mission, Kakashi's Special Mission.
• Rock Lee: Free Practice of Passionate Youth!
• Shikamaru: A Tense Pursuit.
• Hinata: Byakugan.
• Gaara: Gamabunta in Peril!
• Deidara: Welcome to My Art Exhibit!
• Kisame: The Inescapable Water Prison.
• Kabuto: Hidden Leaf Forest Night Terrors.
• Konan: Storming the Akatsuki Fortress.
• Mitsuki: Destruction of the Leaf.

Others unlock by reaching Mastery Level 2 with a related master, such as Boruto through Naruto and Sarada through Sakura. If you plan to skip master training with a paid set, remember those sets only cover masters you have unlocked; our guide to Top Secret Training sets explains the rules.

When a Mission Will Not Unlock

1. You did not report back. Return to the villager who gave the mission.
2. You played someone else's mission. Host it yourself, solo or with a party, so it counts.
3. The villager is missing. PowerPyx suggests restarting the game or playing offline so only NPCs are in the lobby, and some of its readers reported that going back to the title screen or playing a quick match made the mission appear.
4. The last S-rank is still locked. Something else is unfinished. Check each difficulty letter, because clearing a mission at one rank does not clear it at another.

Kakashi in particular can be confusing. PowerPyx says he was already unlocked after the first D-rank mission in its own run, while some readers reported he did not unlock that way, so if he is missing, finish more of the early missions before assuming something is wrong.

Planning the Hard Boss Missions

The later letters are where most players stall, and a little planning helps. The wiki notes that missions can be played alone or online, either with a party you form or with random players on the server, so the boss-heavy B, A and S missions are much easier with a full team. PowerPyx's warning about Perfect Susano'o is the one to take seriously: bring friends who can cover healing and pressure rather than four players on the same class.

It also pays to clear missions in letter order. Many missions repeat at several difficulties, and the wiki lists Protect the Village Gate! at D, C, B, A and S rank, so finishing the easier version first lets you learn the map before the harder one. The four Training missions (Basic Training, Kakashi's Special Training, Samurai Rescue Training and the Entrance Exam) are quick and count toward the total, so do not leave them for last. Our guide to every rank ladder in Shinobi Striker shows how this progress feeds Ninja Rank.

Rewards and Trophies Along the Way

Every mission pays Ryo that climbs with difficulty. Protect the Village Gate!, for example, pays 300 Ryo at D-rank and 1,800 at S-rank according to the wiki, and most missions also drop a Kakashi Scroll with a mission-specific accessory, such as the Hidden Leaf Anbu Mask (Cat) from that mission. Missions also pay EXP toward the level ranks covered in our Shinobi Striker prestige guide, though they do not award Battle Road points, which is one reason our Esoteric Scrolls guide points you to online play for scrolls.

For trophy hunters, PowerPyx lists To Greater Heights, a silver trophy for completing all VR Missions, as the hardest trophy in the game, and warns that boss fights such as Perfect Susano'o are very hard and need good teamwork. Fifteen bronze trophies are tied to individual missions, and trophies can be earned in co-op. Clearing the full set also raises your Ninja Rank to Jonin, which opens the top tier of Tenten's shop, including Jonin-only outfits covered in our guide to changing clothes in Shinobi Striker.

If You Would Rather Not Grind It Out

The store's Shinobi Striker modded save lists Unlock all including DLC, along with all clothes, max scrolls and infinite ultimate, ninjutsu and sub-weapons. The page does not spell out whether mission progress or Ninja Rank is part of that unlock, so confirm with the store before ordering if finishing the VR Missions is your goal.

This one is a PlayStation-only product, made for PS4 and PS5 profiles, so it will not work on Xbox or PC. The store applies it by signing in to your account, which must have active PlayStation Plus of its own, and you need to own the game separately. The other saves and the trophy service are listed on the Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker store page.

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