Slayers 2 Stone Breathing Guide — Trainer and Weapons

How do you unlock Stone Breathing in Slayers 2?

Stone Breathing unlocks at level 25 from Gyorei, the Stone Trainer who stands against the side wall of the wooden dojo at the Stone Sanctuary. You need the Axe and Mace weapon equipped, a stack of Beast Cores, and Wall Climb to reach him at all.

The unlock is a short quest chain rather than a single purchase. Once your level and materials are in place, the trainer runs you through six training steps, which the most detailed community walkthrough lists as Meditation, Push-ups, Boulder Push, Boulder Split, the Parkour Dungeon and finally the Stone Trainee fight. Clear all six and the style is yours.

Nothing is granted automatically after that. You still open the skill tree with M and buy the individual moves with Skill Points, which is why players who rush level 25 with an empty tree sometimes think the unlock failed. Our skill tree guide covers the point order that keeps Wall Climb, Double Jump and your new breathing moves affordable at the same time.

Where is the Stone Breathing trainer in Slayers 2?

Gyorei stands against the side wall of the large wooden dojo on the raised platform at the Stone Sanctuary, not in the open courtyard beneath it. The final approach is a cliff face, and without Wall Climb the trainer is effectively invisible to a level 25 character.

The route that works, described landmark by landmark:

1. Start from the Bear Area, the level 13 to 20 hunting ground, and follow the cliffside path along the edge instead of dropping into the trees below.
2. Walk until the trail splits. Take the left, lower branch, which keeps descending toward the sanctuary.
3. Ignore the upper branch. Community guides place the Thunder trainer’s climb on that line, and the right-hand split is the one that sends players wandering.
4. When the dojo appears on its platform, climb the rock wall with Wall Climb rather than looking for stairs. There is no ramp.
5. Land on the platform, then circle the building. Gyorei is tucked along the side wall, so a quick lap around the dojo finds him faster than scanning the courtyard.

If you arrive and a huge, statue-like enemy starts a fight instead of showing a chat prompt, you have walked into the world boss described in the next section. Back off and look for the dojo wall.

Is the Stone trainer Gyorei or Kore?

Both names refer to the same NPC, and the difference comes from where you read it. The floating nameplate and the interaction prompt read Stone Trainer Gyorei, while the dialogue window itself has shown Kore. This is a display inconsistency inside the game, not a mistake on fan sites.

The reconciliation matters because the two spellings split the guide ecosystem. One long-form walkthrough writes the trainer as Kore from start to finish, while the mainstream location lists and the in-game chat prompt use Gyorei. Readers who only saw one spelling assume the other is invented, then doubt the whole route.

In practice, treat Gyorei as the name to search with and Kore as the name the game may print at you. If a video guide says Kore, it is describing the same trainer at the same dojo. This pattern is not unique to Stone: the Serpent trainer has a comparable identity trap, and the breathing trainer locations hub collects the names that double up across the map.

Is Gyorei the Stone Trainer the same as the Gyorei world boss?

No, and mixing them up is the most expensive mistake on this page. Gyorei the Trainer is a fixed quest NPC with a chat prompt on the sanctuary platform. A separate world boss lives in the same region under community names such as Gyorei World Boss and Stone Buddha Gyorei.

How to tell them apart in five seconds: the trainer never attacks first and always shows the interaction prompt when you stand close, while the boss fights back and carries its own encounter behaviour. Community write-ups put that boss far above the level 25 band this guide is aimed at, so a fresh Stone candidate should not test it.

We deliberately print no health or level figure for that boss. The numbers circulating online are attached to different things in different articles, and this site does not repeat boss stats that no reliable source agrees on. If you want the fights that are actually tuned for your level, the bosses and raids guide is the safer starting point.

What do you need to bring to Gyorei?

Bring the Axe and Mace equipped, five Beast Cores as a buffer, and enough Wen for whatever fee your dialogue shows. The Axe and Mace is a random drop from the Stone Trainee, so the honest answer is that a Stone run starts with a grind rather than a purchase.

The number that deserves the most scepticism is the Beast Core count. One guide recorded the same quest line showing four cores on one run and five on another, which is why the honest instruction is to carry five and then believe the dialogue in front of you. The same rule applies to the Wen fee: no official channel has ever published a price list, and trainer dialogue numbers have shifted between patches.

The Axe and Mace is the one hard gate. It is not sold by the trainer and cannot be claimed as a quest reward, so the practical sequence is to farm the Stone Trainee first and only then start the training steps. One guide lists the Stone Trainee at roughly 600 HP, which makes repeat attempts cheap for a level 25 character with a decent weapon.

What are Stone Breathing’s moves and combos?

Stone Breathing uses the standard five-slot layout, with Volcanic Rock on Z, Seismic Burst on X, Upper Smash on C, Demolishing Blow on V and the ultimate on B. Only one source has published the full keybind list, so treat the names below as the community version rather than official wording.

The ultimate has three spellings in circulation: Ares of Justice, Arcs of Justice, and the same two names attached to the 53 Mastery requirement that one guide gives for the final slot. Because the earlier slot is listed at 14 Mastery by the same source, the safest reading is that the ultimate sits behind a long mastery climb and that its display name is inconsistent in-game. No official move list exists to settle it.

Two mechanical details survive cross-checking. Stone Breathing is locked to the Axe and Mace, and the Boulder Split training check simply will not fire when you are holding a katana, which is the most common reason a training step looks bugged. The style also leans on hyper armour, so its combos trade hits rather than weave out of them; the sensible ladder is a fast opener, the two mid slots while the opponent is still committed, and the ultimate as a finisher rather than an opener.

Where do you farm Beast Cores and the Axe and Mace?

Beast Cores come from Beast Born Demons, which spawn at night around Mistfall, the harbour area and the village near Tom. The Bear Area, the level 13 to 20 hunting ground, is the standard pre-breathing farm and sits directly on the path you take to the sanctuary.

Two habits make this faster. First, farm at night, because that is when the Beast Born Demons are reported to spawn, and do the daytime portion of your level grind separately. Second, run the Bear Area first and the sanctuary approach second, so a full inventory of cores and a possible Axe and Mace drop arrive in the same trip instead of two.

Demon Horns, the other breathing material, are not part of the Stone list according to the most detailed walkthrough, but every other style on this site uses them. If you plan to learn a second breathing style later, the Demon Horns and Beast Cores farming guide explains where the good night spawns are, and the leveling guide covers the route that gets you to 25 without skipping the material zones.

How strong is Stone Breathing after v0.110?

Two tier lists put Stone in different places: Beebom ranked it A on 2026-09-22 after the balance patch, while Destructoid had it at B on 2026-09-20, before that patch landed. Both describe the same core strength, which is hyper armour that lets you trade hits instead of dodging or spacing your combos.

That split is worth reading carefully rather than dismissing one list. Destructoid’s B grade was written before the balance pass that reshuffled several styles, so the newer A placement is the more current of the two. Neither is an official statement, and both are opinions about relative power rather than measured damage tables.

The v0.110 patch also changed something that matters more to Stone than to most styles: block now recharges while you are stunned, and the PC build added a recharge indicator in the bottom-left corner. For a style that wins by absorbing a hit and swinging through it, a guard metre that keeps refilling during stun is a genuine quality-of-life buff, even though the patch was not aimed at Stone.

Treat every strength claim on this page as dated. It reflects the balance state on 2026-09-23, roughly v0.110, and this game has shipped multiple breathing-wide adjustments in its first week. The breathing styles tier list tracks the two rankings side by side, and the patch notes page records which version each claim belongs to.

What should you do before you start the Stone run?

Buy Wall Climb and Double Jump in the skill tree before you leave for the sanctuary, because no amount of level grinding replaces them on that cliff. Then equip the Axe and Mace so the trainer recognises your build, and learn the cliffside route, because a death there sends you back.

A short checklist for the trip:

• Level 25 reached, not just close to it.
• Wall Climb purchased, with Double Jump as a comfort pick for the sanctuary platform.
• Axe and Mace equipped and visible in your weapon slot, not merely sitting in the Uncategorized Weapons page.
• At least five Beast Cores in the bag, so an inconsistent dialogue count never blocks the unlock.
• Enough Wen for the fee, or a farming plan if the dialogue asks for more than you carry.
• A note of where the world boss patrols, so you do not open the fight by accident.

If you are still deciding between styles, the Stone argument is simple: it is the most forgiving solo option when you are under-geared and the least dependent on landing perfect spacing. If you want range and area pressure instead, read the Sound Breathing guide next, and for a faster, more mobile playstyle compare Serpent Breathing.

What is this page based on?

This page is built from Community Verified sources: games.gg, sportsrant, progameguides, allthings.how and nerdschalk, cross-checked on 2026-09-23. The trainer name carries in-game evidence in the form of the Stone Trainer Gyorei chat prompt, but three claims here stay single-source: the Axe and Mace requirement itself, its drop rate, and the Wen fee.

Everything numeric on this page is a community report, not a published rule. Verify the Beast Core count, the Wen fee and the mastery requirements on your own trainer dialogue and skill tree before you commit materials, because this game has already changed breathing numbers twice in its first week.