Follow the Phantom Blade Zero boss order by region, with key rewards, hidden fight unlocks and Tales to finish before you advance.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8859,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[933],"tags":[],"blog_tag":[],"class_list":["post-8856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-phantom-blade-zero"],"acf":{"redactor":[{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"
Follow the main boss route from the opening pursuit to Mount Soulrend. The table covers key encounters and their rewards, with detours for bosses locked behind Memory Flowers, Tales or L\u00f3ng Pillars. Late-game boss names appear below.<\/p>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"
TL;DR<\/p>
Use this regional route to place the fights below. Within a region, a side fight can open on a later visit.<\/p>\n
Mandate Encampment, Mountain of Imprisonment and Crimson Manor contain side-route fights. Work them into your run if you are following the linked ending checklist. See the regional boss index<\/a> and trophy roadmap<\/a> for more encounters.<\/p>\n Patch 1.0302256.<\/strong> S-Game reduced Hua, Deadly Betrothed\u2019s grab frequency on Wayfarer and Pathbreaker. The studio says the other difficulty settings are unaffected. Official patch notes<\/a>.<\/p>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"Key Bosses and Rewards","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":" These are selected encounters, grouped by their area. The reward column highlights useful drops. A Tale can change what becomes available during or after an encounter.<\/p>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"table","headers":[{"header_text":"Boss"},{"header_text":"Region"},{"header_text":"Main or optional"},{"header_text":"Reward"}],"rows":[{"cells":[{"cell_text":"The Hunt, Hunter of the Order (first fight)"},{"cell_text":"Opening pursuit (moving cart)"},{"cell_text":"Story"},{"cell_text":"No item drop"}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Jagged Steel, the Frenzied Brute"},{"cell_text":"Weeping Creek Valley"},{"cell_text":"Story"},{"cell_text":"Jagged Steel weapon"}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Peng Meng, the Axemaster"},{"cell_text":"Weeping Creek Valley"},{"cell_text":"Story"},{"cell_text":"Dread Axe"}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Hua, Deadly Betrothed"},{"cell_text":"Weeping Creek Valley"},{"cell_text":"Optional"},{"cell_text":"Scarlet Wraithblade. Collect the Flesh Lily for Yu\u2019er."}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"The Hunt, Sixfold Scythe"},{"cell_text":"Weeping Creek Valley"},{"cell_text":"Story"},{"cell_text":"Hunter\u2019s Chain Sickle"}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Aberrant Three-Faced Puppet"},{"cell_text":"Weeping Creek Valley"},{"cell_text":"Optional"},{"cell_text":"Three-Headed Doll (story item)"}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Hua Qianxiao, the Sword Fanatic"},{"cell_text":"Crimson Forest"},{"cell_text":"Story"},{"cell_text":"The Fanatic\u2019s Broken Blade"}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Stone Hand Iron Fever"},{"cell_text":"Crimson Forest"},{"cell_text":"Story"},{"cell_text":"Iron Gauntlets (Phantom Edge)"}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Jing Ye, the Outlaw"},{"cell_text":"Crimson Forest"},{"cell_text":"Story"},{"cell_text":"Outlaw Warblade"}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Yucong, No. 34 Twisted Puppet"},{"cell_text":"Crimson Forest (return for Triple Threat)"},{"cell_text":"Optional"},{"cell_text":"Freezing Chaos"}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Yuzan, No. 3 Musician Puppet"},{"cell_text":"Village of Lu"},{"cell_text":"Story"},{"cell_text":"Heartrend Pipa (Phantom Edge)"}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Dusk, the Puppeteer"},{"cell_text":"Village of Lu"},{"cell_text":"Optional"},{"cell_text":"Puppeteer\u2019s Bell and Illusory Pipa Head"}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Blaze, Shadow Warden Captain"},{"cell_text":"Pangzhen (South Gate Bridge)"},{"cell_text":"Story"},{"cell_text":"Fire Meteor"}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Soulclaimer, Elite Shadow Warden"},{"cell_text":"Pangzhen (Dockside Warehouse)"},{"cell_text":"Story"},{"cell_text":"Parting Hooks"}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Wan Jun, the Coppermaul"},{"cell_text":"Mandate Encampment"},{"cell_text":"Optional"},{"cell_text":"Bashpole (Phantom Edge)"}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Heartpiercer, Elite Shadow Warden"},{"cell_text":"Meigu Lake (White Serpent House)"},{"cell_text":"Story"},{"cell_text":"Story progression"}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Yan Qiansui, the Zither Maiden"},{"cell_text":"Meigu Lake"},{"cell_text":"Optional"},{"cell_text":"Illusory Pipa Strings, Fanatic's Fragment: Attachment"}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Commander Bi Feng"},{"cell_text":"Mountain of Imprisonment"},{"cell_text":"Optional story detour"},{"cell_text":"Juggernaut"}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Yuding, No.12, Crescent Blade Puppet"},{"cell_text":"Mirage Estate"},{"cell_text":"Story"},{"cell_text":"Crescent Blade"}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Lei Dang, the Order\u2019s Envoy"},{"cell_text":"Mirage Estate (Perfect Vessel Pond)"},{"cell_text":"Story"},{"cell_text":"Tiger Cannon"}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"The Saw and the Crusher"},{"cell_text":"Mount Soulrend (The Giant\u2019s Lair)"},{"cell_text":"Story"},{"cell_text":"Bonesaw"}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Meng Hua, the Merciful Lady of the Blossom Veil"},{"cell_text":"Mount Soulrend (Soulrend Cliff)"},{"cell_text":"Story"},{"cell_text":"The Lady\u2019s Fan"}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Zuo Shang, the True L\u00f3ng"},{"cell_text":"Mount Soulrend"},{"cell_text":"True-ending route only"},{"cell_text":"Aureate, Broken L\u00f3ng Body, Radiant Heart"}]}],"size":"default"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"Which Bosses Hide Behind a Condition","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":8864,"caption":"Blue Memory Flowers in Phantom Blade Zero. Gameplay still via PlayStation.","alt":"Soul standing beside glowing blue Memory Flowers"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":" Collect all six Firefly Memory Flowers<\/strong> in Village of Lu to lift the barrier at the Temple of Blue Fireflies. Drop down beyond the shrine to reach Dusk. He drops the Illusory Pipa Head.<\/p>\n For Yan Qiansui<\/strong>, collect all six of Yan\u2019er\u2019s Memory Flowers around Meigu Lake and return to the opera house by Meigu Songhouse Dock. She drops the Illusory Pipa Strings. Pick up the Backplate beyond the last fight in Mandate Encampment to finish the set. Pipa route with in-game screenshots<\/a>.<\/p>\n Enter the Challenge Rift by The Lady\u2019s Rift bell in Weeping Creek Valley for the Aberrant Three-Faced Puppet and its Three-Headed Doll. Yucong is a later fight tied to Triple Threat<\/strong>. Follow the Tale\u2019s Mirage Estate objectives, prepare the Soul Tempered Sanguine Reach, then return to the Threadbound Great Tree in Crimson Forest. Triple Threat quest objectives<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Final Battle route adds Zuo Shang\u2019s True L\u00f3ng form. For that route, check the purple Tales, Secrets at the Heart of the Lake and Bloodline Awakening, plus the two Blade Masters, Zhu Yuan and Commander Bi Feng. Reports differ on whether Quick Hand\u2019s Requests are a separate requirement. True-ending checklist and cutoff warnings<\/a>.<\/p>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"The Gold-Masked One and the L\u00f3ng Pillar Trials","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":8865,"caption":"The Gold-Masked One. Official Phantom Blade Zero trailer still from S-GAME.","alt":"The Gold-Masked One in Phantom Blade Zero"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":" Bloodline Awakening tracks five completed L\u00f3ng Pillar trials<\/strong>. Check the counter in your journal. You can visit accessible pillars in a different order while the encounters follow their own sequence, as described in the trophy roadmap<\/a>.<\/p>\n The five sites are Weeping Creek Valley, Crimson Forest, the eastern island in Meigu Lake, the Phantom Illusionist Ruins and Mirage Estate. The ruins require the Acolyte masks. The estate pillar becomes accessible during that part of the story.<\/p>\n Counterstrike Bracers and Miraculous Scabbard are the first two clear rewards. A documented run obtained the Scabbard at the snow pillar in the ruins and reached M\u00f3 Yuan, Leader of the Bastion of M\u00f3, on the fifth trial. Treat reward order and map location as separate fields when planning the route. Trial counter and reward screenshots<\/a>.<\/p>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"Why Boss Counts Differ Between Guides","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":" KeenGamer<\/a> lists 62 rows and All Things How<\/a> lists 74 entries. One fighter can produce several entries across repeat encounters or forms. For example, the two Hunt fights occur at different points in the story, and All Things How also separates Yucong\u2019s forms. Use the counts as the scope of each list. A studio total remains unverified.<\/p>\n For Crimson Forest rewards, the in-game reward evidence supports The Fanatic\u2019s Broken Blade<\/strong> from Hua Qianxiao and Outlaw Warblade<\/strong> from Jing Ye. See the Fanatic\u2019s Broken Blade pickup<\/a> and Outlaw Warblade reward screen<\/a>.<\/p>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"Before You Advance","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":" Trophy and Tale cutoff checklist<\/a>.<\/p>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"Village of Lu and Meigu Lake flower sets<\/h3>\n
Challenge Rift and the return to Mirrorwood<\/h3>\n
Mount Soulrend finale<\/h3>\n
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Sources and Confidence<\/h2>\n