Where you fight: About 13 m west of the Commander’s Platform Bell (Mountain of Imprisonment)
Nearest Bell: Commander’s PlatformApproximate: distances are estimated from the game data, and the map painting is not to scale.Open this spot on the map →
How to beat this fight
- A launch-day account of Bi Feng, the Giant Saber Commander, matches this fight by the Juggernaut, the weapon this page already ties to Commander Cleave.
- After several swings that look ordinary, a red attack comes: perfect-dodge it. The blade projectiles can be parried. A leap straight up is also red.
- He drops the Juggernaut.
Attacks & how to counter
Attacks seen 2
These labels are our plain descriptions; the game has published no move names.
- Delayed, erratic swings Curved blade with delayed, erratic timing.
- Long one-handed lunge He lunges forward, thrusting the blade out at full arm's length toward the player. Seen in the official Bilibili upload of the 2024 trailer at 1:11.
Location, drops & connected quests
- Fought right after Tie Sha in the 2024 demo.
- Drops The
Juggernaut.
Where, in detail
- In the trailer the fight is in an open village yard in mist: a wooden watchtower, a tiled hall with a broken roof, sharpened stakes and scattered planks, with a rock face behind.
What beating it gives, in detail
- gcores’s report of the 2024 closed-door demo says this boss’s weapon turns its blade red after three perfect blocks, and that the weapon’s special skill then cuts deep into the enemy’s Sha-Chi. That boss is named only in Chinese; matching it to Commander Cleave is our own reading.
Phases and mechanics
- Number of phases: unknown. No source we read states it, and ten seconds of trailer show no phase change.
Watch the footage
About ten seconds of the Commander Cleave fight, from 1:05 in the official “The Blade is Drawn” gameplay trailer (PlayStation on YouTube, June 2024): a trailer cut, not the whole fight. The official Bilibili channel’s upload of the same footage, the 2024 world tour demo trailer, shows his plate at 1:06. YouTube loads only when you press play.
Frame by frame
With his name plate on screen the fight runs from about 1:06 to 1:16 of the trailer, which then cuts to another scene. In the same trailer Tie Sha the Frenzy’s plate comes before him, at 0:52, and Jade Dancer’s after, at 1:24; his clip is the middle one of three. His moves have no published names, so the steps are labelled with the trailer’s time codes.
1:08“The Blade is Drawn” trailer · PlayStation
- Seen Two seconds after the plate appears, the player’s upward cut lands on him and throws a spray of dark flecks into the air.
Official frame at 1:08.88, YouTube b68WE-eZ-Cc · © PARAWULIN PRODUCTION LIMITED / S-GAME
1:09“The Blade is Drawn” trailer · PlayStation
- Seen The next beat is a contact of blades: sparks fan across the whole frame while both stay on their feet.
Official frame at 1:09.68, YouTube b68WE-eZ-Cc · © PARAWULIN PRODUCTION LIMITED / S-GAME
1:13“The Blade is Drawn” trailer · PlayStation
- Seen The fight has moved across the yard to the watchtower; he has carried his weight forward and the player has passed him on the left.
- Reported The official Bilibili upload of the same footage shows him lunging with the blade held out at full arm’s length toward the player (1:11).
Official frame at 1:13.63, YouTube b68WE-eZ-Cc · © PARAWULIN PRODUCTION LIMITED / S-GAME
1:15“The Blade is Drawn” trailer · PlayStation
- Seen The last clear exchange before the trailer cuts away at about 1:17: a wide horizontal swing meets him as he turns.
Official frame at 1:15.65, YouTube b68WE-eZ-Cc · © PARAWULIN PRODUCTION LIMITED / S-GAME
Launch-build boss dossier (29 October 2026)
“An elite swordsman under Huangxing. His broad, low-hanging straw hat conceals the false face beneath it. He wields the Juggernaut, a rough and mottled blade whose every sweeping slash strikes with the force of a falling mountain. He once carried his blade across the wastelands, fighting Maskwalkers in bloody battles time and again. But while his blade could cut down every Maskwalker, it could not cut away the corruption and decay of the Mandate’s upper ranks. They withheld supplies, watched their disciples perish, and indulged themselves while corpses piled up on the front lines. The Mandate’s survival, ideals, and glory were nothing more than pawns in their schemes. With each disappointment, his zeal to defend the Mandate slowly faded. Until Master Huangxing, one of the Three Pillars of Kunlun, used an iron hand and sword to tear open the stench of corruption within the Encampment, leading his followers to cut away its deep-rooted ills. The fire in his heart, long dormant, burned anew. The Mandate could still be rebuilt, and that hope was not far away. It lay in the hands of the man he had chosen to follow: Master Huangxing.”
Bi Feng, Giant Saber Commander — Phantom Blade Zero in-game boss dossier
Connected weapon: Juggernaut. Trophy / achievement: The Two Blade Masters (Defeat Zhu Yuan and Commander Bi Feng).
Key facts
Boss · Bounty
Commander Cleave
A mid-boss of the 2024 demo.unconfirmed
First shown: The 2024 demo.
- Gamereactor, June 2024: “Mini bosses such as Tie Sha the Frenzy or Commander Cleave required better timing and strategy, with their more complex patterns and devastating blows.”