Phantom Blade Zero Long Pillar Locations and the Gold-Masked One

The valley and forest duels were both won on PS5 for Map Master, and the Phantom Blade Zero true ending maps and region guides follow the regions where the rest wait. Five pillars are reported across the game, and the true ending is reported to need every one.

What a Phantom Blade Zero Lóng Pillar Starts: Bloodline Awakening and the Gold-Masked One

Touching a pillar starts or advances Bloodline Awakening and pulls you straight into the fight, so arrive rested. The Gold-Masked One returns at each pillar, and the Gold-Masked One and the rest of the boss list places his duels among the game’s other fights.

The pillars count for more than their rewards. Clearing all five is reported to count toward the true ending and the With Heart and Blood trophy, and the true ending trophies and their requirements cover the rest of that list. The Blizzard outfit is reported to be tied to the pillar challenges as well.

Parry, Dodge, Break: Fighting the Gold-Masked One at a Phantom Blade Zero Lóng Pillar

Your openings come from defense, not from trading blows. Parry his blue attacks and perfect dodge his red ones to drain his Sha-Chi, then hit as hard as you can before it recovers. His health pool is large, so every duel is a long cycle of defense and short bursts of damage.

Each pillar is reported to test a different part of combat, and the valley’s is all about parrying. Jagged Steel is reported to suit these duels because he’s open to bleed, and the bleed blades and other main weapons compare your options. A loss costs nothing, so treat early attempts as practice.

Phantom Blade Zero Lóng Pillar in Weeping Creek Valley: After The Hunt

The valley’s pillar stands in the clearing on its eastern side, and the route is reported to run through the Sha-Chi Tower Base Camp gate. That gate’s key waits on the tower forge roof and needs the Hunter’s Chain Sickle, so this duel comes after The Hunt, and the Base Camp Gate Key and the valley’s other locks cover the climb up.

Rest at the Lóng Pillar Overlook Bell first, the closest checkpoint to the duel. A win is reported to earn the Countstrike Bracers, which raise your damage by 20% for two seconds after a parry, so the reward suits the very skill this pillar trains, and the Countstrike Bracers and other wearable buffs compare it with the rest.

Phantom Blade Zero Lóng Pillar in Crimson Forest: Through the Southern Mirrorwood Cave

The forest’s pillar waits at the end of the eastern clearing, reached through the southern Mirrorwood Cave Entrance. It’s reported to be just off the main path past Stone Hand Iron Fever’s arena, with a Chain Sickle grapple on the way, and the Crimson Forest progress map for Phantom Blade Zero pins it.

This duel is reported to reward the Miraculous Scabbard. The same cave entrance also leads to the clearing with a chest of six Forged Metal, so one trip covers both, and the Forged Metal chest past the Mirrorwood Cave belongs on that route before you move on toward Bai Chilian.

Phantom Blade Zero Lóng Pillars Later in the Game and the True Ending

The other three are reported in Meigu Lake and Mirage Estate. One stands on an island at the lake’s eastern edge, reached by boat and grapple, one is inside the Phantom Illusionist Ruins, which open after you find every Acolyte Mask and need the Dread Axe, and the last is past the Green Serpent House in Mirage Estate.

There’s no rush to win the first time you find a pillar. More health, Sha-Chi, weapon levels, and polished accessories all make the duel easier, so coming back after the next region is a sound plan, as long as every pillar is done before the finale. The later ones are reported to give Soul Tempering materials for some of the best weapons.