Slayers 2 Stone Breathing Guide — How to Get It Fast

Stone Breathing is the tankiest style in Project Slayers 2, and unlocking it takes more prep work than almost any other breathing style in the game. If you want the Slayers 2 Stone Breathing style, you cannot just walk up to the trainer and learn it — you need level 25, a specific weapon drop, a stack of Beast Cores, and the patience to clear six training tasks in a row. This guide breaks down every requirement, every form, and the fastest route through each task so you are not running back and forth across the map.

Stone Breathing Requirements in Slayers 2

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Before the trainer Gyorei will even talk to you, you need to show up prepared. Here is the full checklist:

The Axe and Mace is the real bottleneck here. It drops from the Stone Trainee at a 15% rate according to the Slayers 2 wiki, though several players report it feeling closer to a 7% grind in practice. Either way, plan on killing him multiple times before it drops.

Where to Find Gyorei, the Stone Trainer

Gyorei stands right next to the boss spawn, in front of the stone temple. The area sits near the big mountain path — head downhill from the main hub and climb the mountain once you spot the temple structure. Pro Game Guides refers to this spot as the Stone Sanctuary.

If he tells you that "stone is not taught to empty hands," that is your cue that you are missing the Axe and Mace. Equip it from your inventory under the miscellaneous/uncategorized tab before trying again.

How to Farm Beast Cores Fast

Beast Cores drop from Beast Born Demons at roughly a 50% rate, so you need to kill about ten of them on average for five cores. The best farming spot is near Urokodaki's house — head down past the gate and you will find several Beast Born NPCs clustered together.

A few notes from player experience:

• If you have no breathing style yet, these fights are slow. Bring a friend or grind levels first.
• The demons respawn quickly, so you can loop the same route.
• Buy all five cores before visiting Gyorei — the walk back is long.

All Six Stone Breathing Training Tasks

Once you have the requirements, Gyorei hands you six tasks that unlock one at a time. The quest marker points you to each area, but here is what to expect so you are not caught off guard.

Meditation and Push Ups Tips

Both mini-games live in the Butterfly Mansion, in the big house to the right of the spawn crystal. Meditation is a timing bar — click every time the marker crosses the white line. Push Ups works the same way but with expanding rings; if your character stands up with a red aura, the set failed and you start over.

These two are the easiest tasks. If you keep failing, slow down and watch the marker instead of mashing.

Boulder Push and Boulder Split

The Boulder Push maze sits between Windy Peak and Mistfall Harbor. You have two minutes to push the boulder to the arrow marker, and the boulder can clip through some walls — use that to shave time off your route.

Boulder Split is simpler: two giant boulders sit in front of the maze with slider bars. Drag each slider to the far end of its line and the boulder cracks in half. No timer, no risk.

Parkour Dungeon Walkthrough

This is the task that filters people out. The dungeon has six obstacles and gives you three lives, though community reports say the devs bumped it to four lives and stopped platforms from dropping when you land on them.

Key advice:

• Always go for the side where the lever is first.
• Double Jump has a 4-second cooldown — do not waste it on easy gaps.
• Touch the blue flag at the end of each section to lock in progress.
• In the three-lever room, grab the two low levers, then double jump to the upper ledge for the third.

Beating the Stone Trainee

The final task is a rematch against the Stone Trainee. He hits hard but slow, with only around 600 HP. The winning pattern is simple: back away, let his attack animation finish, then step in and punish with M1s. Blocking works, but his shield breaks are heavy, so mobility beats turtling.

If you already have any other breathing style, this fight is trivial. If Stone is your first style, expect a longer grind — bring potions.

All Stone Breathing Forms and Mastery Costs

Stone Breathing has five forms, unlocked through the Skill Tree as you build mastery. Here is the full list with the mastery gates reported by the community:

A few form notes from testing:

• Volcanic Rock is a hold-and-release AoE that doubles as a shield breaker.
• Seismic Burst has two variations depending on whether you hold or tap it, and it has surprisingly long range.
• Upper Smash is a short-cooldown slash that combos well with M1s.
• Stone Wall is your defensive tool and pairs with Stone Skin mode.
• Arcs of Justice is the ultimate — a cinematic grab-and-slam that deals heavy burst damage.

Is Stone Breathing Good in Slayers 2?

Yes — it sits in A-tier on the aggregated Slayers 2 breathing tier list, and all five major outlets that rank it (Pro Game Guides, TechWiser, Destructoid, UrGameTips, and GAMES.GG) place it in A-tier as of early October 2026. It is one of only five styles in that tier.

Strengths:

• Stone Skin mode gives 10% damage reduction, 5% movement speed, 4% stamina regen, and 5% health regen.
• Enhanced Hearing marks enemies for 14 seconds and makes them take 25% more damage from you.
• Huge single-hit damage that shreds boss shields.
• Best-in-class for boss tanking and casual PvE.

Weaknesses:

• Slowest breathing style in the game.
• Easy for other players to dodge in PvP.
• Loses badly against Thunder and Insect styles.

If you want a full comparison against other options, check the official Project Slayers Trello board for current style data before committing your skill points.

Gyomei Clan Synergy and Boss Drops

Stone Breathing pairs naturally with the Gyomei-inspired clan, which is a mythic roll from the clan gacha. The clan grants Stone Skin mode and Enhanced Hearing as passives, plus Pain Resistance (no slowdown at low health) and Tactical Intellect (25% quest XP and a skill-damage-to-M1 damage bank).

If you are farming the Gyomei boss for drops, here is what you are chasing:

Community reports call the Herori and necklace two of the best damage accessories in the game, so the farm is worth it even if you already have the style unlocked.

Final Tips for New Stone Users

• Reset your breathing style before committing if you have ores — Stone needs the Axe and Mace equipped, and your katana mastery does not carry over.
• Do not dump skill points into a second style while leveling Stone. You will run out of points around Form 3.
• Farm mastery at Frost Veil Shrine with the Beast Born quest for fast XP and mastery gains.
• Use Stone Skin plus Enhanced Hearing before every boss fight — the 25% damage amp is free value.

Stone Breathing rewards patience. The unlock chain is long, the drop rates are stingy, and the style is slow — but nothing else in Project Slayers 2 tanks bosses and deletes shields quite like it.