Where you fight: About 16 m north-east of the Dovecote Bell (Mandate Encampment), about 25 m above it
Nearest Bell: DovecoteApproximate: distances are estimated from the game data, and the map painting is not to scale.Open this spot on the map →
In the frame above A small figure stands on the tip of a roof spire against a hazy amber sky; birds scatter around it.
How to beat this fight
- She comes out on a roof in the Encampment. There is little room, and the fight is short.
- Watch her when she jumps to the spire. After she grabs you with thread, a red attack follows.
- She drops nothing. She is not using her full strength, and she says she will see you again.
Attacks & how to counter
Attacks seen 5
These labels are our plain descriptions; the game has published no move names.
- Longsword and thrown blade Attacks at once with a longsword and a thrown blade.
- Red flare A red flare flashes across the top of the screen as she attacks (max-difficulty demo). From a player’s recording of the demo (Bilibili BV1228tzSEyp, 37:05).
- Diving red slash She dives at the player in a burst of red. From a player’s recording of the demo (Bilibili BV1228tzSEyp, 37:20).
- High leap She leaps high into the sky above the roof. From a player’s recording of the demo (Bilibili BV1228tzSEyp, 37:32).
- Red streaks along the roof Long red streaks shoot along the roof tiles toward the player. From a player’s recording of the demo (Bilibili BV1228tzSEyp, 37:44).
How to counter 3
- One writer found that Ghosteps break her guard quickly.
- Leaving her has a cost: she returns during the final boss's last phase.
- When she returns, the writer finally beat her with a leaping finisher from Seamless Death.
Location, drops & connected quests
- On the roof of a round building in a village, standing on the central spire; no cutscene or gate.
- Optional: Soul offers to leave her.
- Drops Nothing.
- Right after the rooftop fight the Chinese demo’s interface shows the item Blackstone Fragment, our translation “Blackstone Shard” (“Blackstone Shard” is the official English term, State of Play 7:52). Not stated whether she drops it. From a player’s recording of the demo (Bilibili BV1228tzSEyp, 38:08).
Where, in detail
- In the walkthrough the rooftop is a steep tiled roof with a central spire, cliffs and pines around it and a wooden village far below.
Phases and mechanics
- Fight left unfinished in the walkthrough. Her plate is still on screen while she is out of view; the walkthrough moves on, and her plate returns beside Chief Disciple's Fallen Hope at 19:59. Seen in the 2025 demo walkthrough at 16:09.
- Her line when she returns. Subtitle: "Red Wraith — Nothing can separate us. Not even in death.". On screen in the 2025 demo walkthrough, 19:59.
- Rooftop close quarters. The fight is on a steep tiled roof; she and the player trade blows at close range. Seen in the 2025 demo walkthrough at 15:35.
Watch the full fight
Her first fight starts at 15:26 in the official 2025 S-Party demo walkthrough (Phantom Blade Zero on YouTube): about 40 seconds on the roof, which the player then leaves. She returns at 19:56 in the same video. YouTube loads only when you press play.
Third-party demo recording by IGN China, Bilibili BV1BJ8xz8EN1 · 15:30
Frame by frame
The walkthrough never finishes the rooftop fight, so the frames follow her first appearance and then her return beside Chief Disciple’s Fallen Hope. No official names for her moves have been published. Lines in brackets are the player character’s thoughts, as the subtitles print them.
15:462025 demo walkthrough · Phantom Blade Zero
- Seen Her plate is up and she comes down off the spire at the player.
- Dialogue Soul:
(She's holding back, even under that sanity-breaking Sha-Chi surge...)
- Reported IGN: she “immediately presses the attack with her longsword and some sort of thrown blade”.
- Counter IGN’s writer found that Ghosteps broke her guard quickly.
Official frame at 15:46.80, YouTube kwVgxmwgkfI · © PARAWULIN PRODUCTION LIMITED / S-GAME
16:032025 demo walkthrough · Phantom Blade Zero
- Seen Close fighting on the roof slope. Her plate is still up when the question comes; at about 16:11 the walkthrough leaves the roof with the fight unfinished.
- Dialogue Soul:
(Should I leave her be and push on for now?)
- Counter Leaving her is the choice that brings her back later (see 19:59 below); IGN’s writer called it “my decision to be merciful earlier haunting me”.
Official frame at 16:03.00, YouTube kwVgxmwgkfI · © PARAWULIN PRODUCTION LIMITED / S-GAME
19:592025 demo walkthrough · Phantom Blade Zero
- Seen She is back: her plate appears beside the Fallen Hope plate at about 19:57, and her line follows.
- Dialogue Red Wraith:
Nothing can separate us. Not even in death.
- Counter IGN’s writer struck her down first, with a leaping finisher from Seamless Death, and only then dealt with the Fallen Hope.
Official frame at 19:59.87, YouTube kwVgxmwgkfI · © PARAWULIN PRODUCTION LIMITED / S-GAME
20:362025 demo walkthrough · Phantom Blade Zero
- Seen Both plates stay up for about a minute and a half; the two attack from the ground and from the threads at the same time.
- Reported IGN: “the combined fury of both bosses was more than I could handle.”
Official frame at 20:36.90, YouTube kwVgxmwgkfI · © PARAWULIN PRODUCTION LIMITED / S-GAME
Launch-build boss dossier (29 October 2026)
“A mysterious woman in red who once appeared atop the Dovecote tower. Her swordplay is light and graceful, yet Sha-Chi has already burned her face into a twisted hollow. A thread of reason remains. She stays atop the tower as if waiting for someone important. Thus, when she fought Soul, she had no intention of giving it her all. Driven by Sha-Chi, she could barely control herself. She came from an evil sect, yet fell in love with the Chief Disciple of a Mandate sect. The Mandate's upper ranks could never tolerate the sect she came from, and their love became an excuse to persecute her. They subjected her to humiliation after humiliation, then hypocritically spared her life. How absurd. Those same leaders had no desire to stand against inhuman creatures, yet were willing to go to great lengths to deal with a small sect living in seclusion. They proclaimed themselves the righteous path, yet possessed not a fraction of the courage and integrity of the disciples beneath them. To survive, and to seek revenge, she underwent Transcension. But as she stands atop the tower, looking down upon the ruined Mandate Encampment, does she wonder if it was all for nothing? Or perhaps, when it comes to the love and hatred of her life, she has no regrets.”
Red, the Mysterious Swordswoman — Phantom Blade Zero in-game boss dossier
Key facts
Boss · Bounty
Red Wraith
An optional boss. Leave her unfinished and she returns to join the last phase of the demo’s final boss.
First shown: The 2025 demo.
- Gamer Guides: “Some bosses you defeat may change the makeup of other battles, like Red Wraith here.”