Phantom Blade Zero Points of Interest

Points of Interest in Phantom Blade Zero are the spots you can inspect, and many of them are barriers that tell you which Phantom Edge or fight you still need. In Weeping Creek Valley, start with the Stone Carving by the campfire where you fight the first Madwoman, then the Red Thread Barrier beside its own Bell on the southern side. The Phantom Blade Zero Weeping Creek Valley map from the mountain wall pins each one.

Phantom Blade Zero Point of Interest guide location screenshot


Every spot here was inspected on PS5 for Map Master, and the Phantom Blade Zero exploration wiki and region maps tie them to the stories they hint at. Chains need the Dread Axe, weak rock walls the Tiger Cannon, brambles the Flaming Mane, and crossbow traps Bastion, so a blocked path usually means you’ll be back with a new Edge.


Phantom Blade Zero Points of Interest That Need a Phantom Edge: Chains, Brambles, Walls, and Traps


Chain Barriers and the Ironchain Gate fall to the Dread Axe. You’ll find them on the north side of Peng Meng’s courtyard, at the end of the hill path, past the stone bridge east of the Axemaster’s Holding Cell Bell, inside the Loong Cave, and by the three shrines in the Village of Lu, and the Dread Axe and the Edges that clear each barrier list the rest.


Brambles burn away with the Flaming Mane, a Pangzhen Edge. It’s reported to come broken from the Lion Dance Grandmaster and to need repairs from Lei Dang, and it works from your inventory. The Red Serpent House patch in Crimson Forest and the Black Serpent House patch in the Village of Lu are both late backtracks, and a third is reported near the Pangzhen docks.


Weak Rock Walls need the Tiger Cannon, reported from Lei Dang, The Tiger Cannon, in Mirage Estate, so the Cliffside Lodge basement wall and the valley cave wall wait until late in the game. The Crossbow Traps past the Thieves’ Camp Dungeon Door need Bastion, whose Bolt Ward stops their bolts even when it isn’t equipped.


How to Remove a Red Thread Barrier and Other Phantom Blade Zero Point of Interest Locks


A Red Thread Barrier is reported to resist any attack, so follow the floating red thread to the enemy bound to it. The valley’s lifts with the Thorn Brute and is reported to lead on to Jagged Steel, while the Village of Lu’s, over the bridge northeast of the Covered Bridge Bell, lifts with the Puppet Spearman by the northern river. The Thorn Brute and the other barrier fights cover both.


Two more wait on progress elsewhere. The valley Barricade behind the two guards opens once you start Old Man Gen’s Leave None Alive Tale that opens the Barricade, and the Mist Barrier behind the Temple of Blue Fireflies clears after you find every petal of Firefly’s Memory Flower behind the Mist Barrier.


Crimson Forest Points of Interest in Phantom Blade Zero: Rifts, Caves, and Shortcuts


The Mirrorwood Depths Rifts are portals you step through in a set order to move the story on, with Tree Engravings around the grove, one beside the Memory Flower and one in front of a Rift. The Phantom Blade Zero Crimson Forest map with Mirrorwood Depths places the western, northern, and eastern portals.


Some forest entrances are shortcuts, and one goes nowhere. The Thieves’ Camp cave links the end of the ramp to a spiked hole near the camp, while approaching the root at the plateau’s edge plays a cutscene that drops Soul on the canyon’s southern side near the Mirrorwood Entrance. One Tunnel Entrance at the end of a path leads only to a dead end.


Weeping Creek Valley Story Points of Interest in Phantom Blade Zero


The Flesh Lily Fields tell Hua’s story before you meet her. Hui’s Grave and the Dark Red Liquor Pot stand on the clearing’s west side, Hui’s Worn Cloth Bundle lies by the northern cage, and the Groom Invitation waits by Hua’s altar. Inside the Valley Sha-Chi Tower Base, the Transcension Research Records on the fourth floor follow the device and bearing on the floors below.


The Hastily Piled Together Graves hide an accessory. Talk to the Petrified Mandate Disciple after Peng Meng falls, then search the graves northwest of the Axemaster’s Holding Cell Bell for the Boulderguard and the valley’s other accessories. Words in Blood, scrawled along the upper path toward Crimson Forest, pick up again in the forest’s caves.


Village of Lu Points of Interest in Phantom Blade Zero: Shrines, Couplets, and the Weaver


The village’s spots cluster around its shrines and houses. Fresh scratches cover the statue outside the large house on the hill, the Lower Couplet lies in front of the Weaver’s House with the Weaver’s body inside, and the Bai Chilian Shrine stands by a fence northeast of the Smuggler’s Tunnel Entrance, as the Phantom Blade Zero Village of Lu map around the Weaver’s House shows.


The Tunnel Entrance near the waterfall is the way into Quick Hand Zhang’s hideout, and the treasure inside Quick Hand Zhang’s hideouts covers what you’ll find there. The Unattended Incense Burner and the Simple Painted Clay Figure Shrine are quick looks along the northwestern paths.


Phantom Blade Zero Points of Interest to Come Back For


Inspect every Stone Carving you pass. The one halfway up the valley’s mountain wall gives Remnant Dust, and others wait by Jagged Steel’s clearing, the Rustblade Pavilion stairs, and the Lady’s Cave tunnel, so a quick look costs nothing. The Remnant Dust from carvings and other pickups adds up across a region.


Plan your return trips by Edge. Bastion from the Village of Lu opens the Thieves’ Camp traps, while the Flaming Mane and the Tiger Cannon both arrive late, so save the brambles and weak walls for one sweep back through Crimson Forest and the valley. The Faded White Robe Corpse also waits on a wooden platform you can reach only with the Hunter’s Chain Sickle.

Name Details
Sha-Chi Channeling BearingWeeping Creek Valley

Found in the back of the second floor of the Valley Sha-Chi Tower Base.

Transcension DeviceWeeping Creek Valley

Found near the Powerkegs on the third floor of the Valley Sha-Chi Tower Base.

Transcension Research RecordsWeeping Creek Valley

Found on the fourth floor of the Valley Sha-Chi Tower Base. Check it out after you deal with the two Wardens.

Words in BloodWeeping Creek Valley

Found near the broken shrine on the upper path leading to the Crimson Forest.

Words in BloodWeeping Creek Valley

Found on the upper path leading to the Crimson Forest. Look on the ground in front of the broken shrine.


Words in BloodWeeping Creek Valley

Found on the upper path leading to the Crimson Forest. Look for it on the right side as you move up the hill.

Crimson Forest Transition PointWeeping Creek Valley

Follow the cave to enter Crimson Forest.

Weeping Creek Valley Transition PointCrimson Forest

Follow the cave to return to Weeping Creek Valley.

Fresh Wagon TracksCrimson Forest

Found in the middle of the road. Feel free to inspect them.

Forest PathCrimson Forest

Found on the right side of the main road. Don't forget to explore it.

Tunnel EntranceCrimson Forest

Found on the lower path, along the mountain. You'll discover it after falling from the Pangzhen Bridge.

Tunnel EntranceCrimson Forest

Found at the edge of the cliff.

Cave EntranceCrimson Forest

Found along the mountain path. Make sure you visit it while looking for the Crank to release Quick Hand Zhang from his cage.

BramblesPangzhen & Mirage Estate

Found on the southern side of the plaza, west of the South Gate Bridge Bell. To progress, you must find the Flaming Mane Phantom Edge.

Pavilion of Knowledge DoorPangzhen & Mirage Estate

Found at the end of the lower alley. It grants access to the Pavilion of Knowledge.

Words in BloodCrimson Forest

Found on the wall of the Crimson Forest tunnel on the upper path west of the Outlaw Trap Bell.

Locked DoorPangzhen & Mirage Estate

Found in the small plaza. You can inspect it, but you can't open it.

Locked DoorPangzhen & Mirage Estate

Found in the small plaza. You can inspect it, but you can't open it.

Dead RiderPangzhen & Mirage Estate

Found on the street alongside his horse.

Thieves' Camp Cave EntranceCrimson Forest

Found at the end of the ramp. After exploring the Thieves' Camp, continue through the cave. It connects to the northeast entrance.

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