Phantom Blade Zero Traversal Talisman Locations and Fast Travel

Each Talisman here was picked up on PS5 for Map Master, and the Phantom Blade Zero travel wiki and region maps show every Bell you can send yourself to. Quick Hand Zhang is reported to sell them for 2,000 Remnant Dust, so the forest’s five would cost 10,000 Dust at that price.

How Traversal Talismans Work in Phantom Blade Zero, and How They Differ From Bell Travel

Bell travel is free but limited. Traverse unlocks at the second Bell, First Meeting with Yu’er, and it only works while you’re standing at a Bell, only to Bells you’ve rung, only within your current region, and never during combat. The Bells that Traverse and Talismans both use are the network either way.

A Talisman skips the walk back to a Bell. Its description says shattering it opens a path through the Discordance, and its item text says to use it when away from a Bell to reach any Bell you’ve rung, so it’s the way out of a long dead end. Whether it also gets around the region and combat limits isn’t stated, so plan as if it doesn’t.

Weeping Creek Valley Traversal Talismans in Phantom Blade Zero: Scaffolding, Canyon, and Crates

The valley’s Talismans reward the side paths. One waits at the end of the mountain path past the southern scaffolding, one in the lower river canyon in front of a Brute, another near the large pipe in the lower river valley, and one behind the Madwoman at the end of the upper plateau, so expect fights for some of them.

Two more are easy to miss. One is behind breakable crates on the wooden platform north of the Axemaster’s Holding Cell area, and another is near a broken shrine on the upper path toward Crimson Forest, and the Phantom Blade Zero Weeping Creek Valley map from the scaffolding to the canyon places each one.

Crimson Forest Traversal Talismans in Phantom Blade Zero: The Wall Climb and the Lower Path

Climb the wall in Crimson Forest for the five-Talisman pickup, the largest Talisman find on the map, on top of the ledge at the end of the climb. A second forest Talisman lies on the corpse resting against a stone on the lower forest path.

Pick up the five early. Bell Traverse needs you to stand at a Bell, out of combat, while a Talisman only needs you away from one, so the forest’s five are best saved for spots where the nearest rung Bell is a long walk back, such as the end of a side path or the top of a long climb.

Village of Lu and Later Traversal Talismans in Phantom Blade Zero

The Village of Lu puts one on the upper plateau next to Jewel’s Shop, beside the cliff where the Tainted Crystal Shard by Jewel’s Shop waits, so one stop covers both. Others lie on the tree log at the end of the river and on a box in front of the small waterfall, and the Phantom Blade Zero Village of Lu map by Jewel’s Shop places them.

Pangzhen & Mirage Estate gives Talismans in twos and threes, and the Mandate Encampment adds pairs, as the Phantom Blade Zero Pangzhen & Mirage Estate map across the docks and the Phantom Blade Zero Mandate Encampment map by the arenas show.

When to Use or Buy a Traversal Talisman in Phantom Blade Zero

Use one when the reward is behind you and no Bell is near, like after reaching a far ledge or finishing a side path, and save the free Bell Traverse for trips within a region. The item text only promises travel when you’re away from a Bell, so treat it as an exploring tool rather than a way out of a fight.

Find before you buy. At 2,000 Dust each, Zhang’s Talismans cost as much as a Phantom Reforge Talisman, the other 2,000-Dust talisman, so pick up every free one first, and the Quick Hand Zhang shelf with Traversal Talismans is for when you run dry.