Phantom Blade Zero Human-Faced Banyan Trees: Locations and Trials

This trial was cleared on PS5 for Map Master on the same save that beat Jing Ye in the story, and the Phantom Blade Zero guide hub for every region follows the quest chain around it. The reward is a Banyan’s Heart, a rare skill currency you’d otherwise have to buy at a steep price.

Reaching the Phantom Blade Zero Human-Faced Banyan Tree: Below the Parting Mists Bell

The tree is reported to stand on an island below the Parting Mists Bell, so ring that Bell, drop down, and cross the swamp. The way opens after Stone Hand Iron Fever, the mandatory boss on the plateau south of the Mirrorwood Entrance Bell, which puts this trial near the end of a Crimson Forest sweep.

Start the quest before you go. Heart of the Banyan begins when you ask Lady Inanis about ability training, and the Heart of the Banyan quest steps follow it from that talk to the tree. The Lady Inanis and other Phantom Blade Zero NPCs list where to find her.

Phantom Blade Zero Human-Faced Banyan Tree Trial: Waves First, Jing Ye Last

The tree is reported to pull Soul into a trial realm. Treat the two waves as the opening of the boss fight rather than a warm-up, because every hit you take there is health you won’t have when Jing Ye arrives. Parry what you can and keep your Phantom Edge charges for him.

This is the same Jing Ye from the story, mounted first and then on foot behind a shield. Spend the Dread Axe’s charges on the shield once he dismounts, and the Jing Ye, The Outlaw boss strategy covers both phases. Dying here costs nothing, so a failed run only means touching the tree again.

What the Phantom Blade Zero Human-Faced Banyan Tree Gives You: Banyan’s Heart

Each Banyan’s Heart is reported to unlock skills such as Fluid Form level 2, Quick Remedy, and Opening Strike, and some Boundless Capacity skills that add accessory slots are reported to need one too. Soul starts with only two accessory slots, so that choice matters early.

Spend this first Heart on Boundless Capacity if you’re short on slots. One more slot lets you wear another of the accessories and their effects for the rest of the game, while the combat skills can wait for the Hearts that come later.

Phantom Blade Zero Human-Faced Banyan Trees Beyond Crimson Forest

Five trees are reported across the game, with the others in Pangzhen, near the Mandate Encampment, on an island in Meigu Lake, and in the Mountain of Imprisonment. Each one is reported to end in its own trial, so the Crimson Forest tree is the first of a set rather than a one-off.

Quick Hand Zhang is reported to sell spare Hearts for 100,000 Remnant Dust each, about eight times the 12,480 Dust his whole Forged Metal stack costs. The Quick Hand Zhang shop and its prices cover the rest of his stock, and that price is why every tree you clear yourself is the cheapest Heart you’ll get.