Phantom Blade Zero Tales and Side Quests

Each Tale here was followed on PS5 for Map Master, and the Phantom Blade Zero side quest wiki and region maps pick up the chains in later regions. The game is reported to have 33 Tales, and several are reported to fail at a boss cutoff, so knowing the deadlines matters more than knowing the order.

Missable Phantom Blade Zero Tales: Boss Cutoffs to Know

Apprentice Healer has the earliest deadline. It can fail if you don’t finish it before entering Crimson Forest, and it’s also reported to fail once Jing Ye falls, so hand Yu’er her herbs in the valley. A Severed Mindseal is reported to need its first Primal Stone handed in before you leave the valley too.

Bai Chilian is the big cutoff. Purge the Sect, Festering Secret, Flesh Lily, Honor Among Thieves, and A Healer’s Mercy are reported to close after that fight, and Secrets of the Baishan Sect is reported to need accepting before it. In the Village of Lu, The Journey Home and Young Master Lan are reported to need a return visit before you enter Pangzhen.

Weeping Creek Valley Tales in Phantom Blade Zero: Yu’er, the Rift, and the Shadow Warden

Flesh Lily needs the lily from Hua, Deadly Betrothed. Defeat her, hand the lily to Yu’er, then speak to Old Man Gen in the Village of Lu and travel to Pangzhen to finish it. Once Peng Meng falls, Yu’er moves to the Outpost, where asking about herbs starts Apprentice Healer, reported to reward the Medicine Case, and her recipe asks for Blood-Stopper Vine, Blemish Goldweed, and Congeleaf.

A Severed Mindseal starts with the Watchful Shadow Warden on the Valley Sha-Chi Tower roof. Get the Sha-Chi Furnace Inspection Crank for A Severed Mindseal, use it in the Crank Slot, and bring the Primal Stone back to him. Triple Threat asks you to learn more about the Three-Faced Puppet, and Freezing Chaos is reported as its reward.

Outpost Tales in Phantom Blade Zero: Four Fierce Axes, Festering Secret, and Purge the Sect

Four Fierce Axes starts with any page of the Four Axes Case Files. Speak to the Petrified Mandate Disciple, defeat Peng Meng, gather every file, then deliver the evidence to the Child of Insight in Pangzhen, who is reported to give you the Blood Oath Dagger. The Four Axes Case Files and the other Lore Books track each page.

Festering Secret starts at the Ironchain Gate and runs from breaking its chains with the Dread Axe and defeating the Faceless Spearman to delivering the captain’s Written Order and exposing Gu Lingran. Purge the Sect starts with the Brooding Old Archer east of the Outpost Bell: clear his corrupted disciples at the Ruthless Archer Camp, then give him the Broken-String Feather Bow, reported to come back as the Feather Bow.

Crimson Forest Tales in Phantom Blade Zero: The Thieves’ Camp Chains

Honor Among Thieves starts with a Blood Letter from the thief by the campfire at the end of the upper path past the Outlaw Trap Bell. Deliver it to his brother, the Gentle Thief, and pass his test with three answers: stole a patron’s jade belt, Butterfly, and the letter didn’t mention the child. The Gentle Thief and the other Thieves’ Camp NPCs cover where each one stands, and the Silent Wrap is reported as the reward.

A Healer’s Mercy starts when you ask Yu’er about the wounded at the Thieves’ Camp, and the Record of the Lost Thieves points you to Li, Zhou, Zhen, and Gui, for a reported Calming Gourd. Secrets of the Baishan Sect starts with Ju and Lanlan on the bridge, then sends you to Junior Sister Meng at the mountain lodge, as the Phantom Blade Zero Crimson Forest map around the Thieves’ Camp bridge shows.

Village of Lu Tales in Phantom Blade Zero: Old Man Gen, Lan Shaodi, and the Puppets

Old Man Gen gives you two Tales from his porch. The Journey Home asks you to clear the Smuggler’s Tunnel and come back, and Leave None Alive sends you back to the Weeping Creek Valley Outpost and the Crimson Forest camp for the Prayer Beads and the Thief’s Manual, and starting it opens the valley Barricade and the Peddler’s back room. The Phantom Blade Zero Village of Lu map from Old Man Gen’s porch places both starts.

Young Master Lan starts when you agree to help Lan Shaodi, and also ends with a return visit after the Smuggler’s Tunnel. A Puppet’s Wooden Heart starts once the Songstress Puppet finishes her song, asks you to deliver her letter to Pei, and is reported to reward an accessory of the same name, listed with the Calming Gourd, Silent Wrap, and the other Tale accessories. Cui, Dahuang, and The Herald’s Illusion are village Tales too.

Phantom Blade Zero Tales in Pangzhen, the Mandate Encampment, and Meigu Lake

Pangzhen & Mirage Estate adds the Lion Dance Grandmaster, The Star Performer, Quick Hand’s Request, Kin Against Kin, A Brother Once More, and A Mother’s Heart, among others, and the Phantom Blade Zero Pangzhen & Mirage Estate map past the Lion Dance Hall follows them. Allure of Vanity waits in Meigu Lake.

The Mandate Encampment brings Xue, Admirer of Heroes, and Daughter of the Dark Sect, as the Phantom Blade Zero Mandate Encampment map inside the camp pins. Several Tales are reported to unlock trophies, such as The Last of Baishan, Together Till the End, and A Wanderer’s Honor, and the trophies that Tales unlock list the rest.