Phantom Blade Zero boss order: all 63 fights by region and chapter
The launch build has 63 boss fights under 75 names across eight regions, starting with Peng Meng, the Axemaster in Weeping Creek Valley and running through Pangzhen, the Mandate Encampment, Meigu Lake, Mirage Estate, the Mountain of Imprisonment and Mount Soulrend.
Weeping Creek Valley and Crimson Forest
Peng Meng, the Axemaster is the first major boss fight in Chapter 1, Weeping Creek Valley, after the prologue pursuit. Defeating him earns the achievement The Axe’s Grudge. From the valley’s Sha-Chi Tower and Crimson Manor the road climbs into the Crimson Forest toward the bridge to Pangzhen.
| Boss | Where | How it fights and achievement |
|---|---|---|
| Peng Meng, the Axemaster 斧老大：彭猛 | Weeping Creek Valley | A huge Transcended axeman: every swing of the great axe can split stone, so read the wind-up and never trade blows head-on. Unlocks The Axe’s Grudge. |
| Hua, Deadly Betrothed 新娘阿花 | Weeping Creek Valley, a wedding hall under the Sha-Chi Tower | A puppet bride with the Scarlet Wraithblade, fought among the spider lilies; beating her is its own achievement, Scarlet Wraithblade. |
| The Hunt, Hunter of the Order “组织”猎杀者：追命 | Weeping Creek Valley cliffs | The Order’s traitor-hunter: two chained sickles, fast swings across cliff faces, and kill strikes the moment he closes in. |
| The Hunt, Sixfold Scythe 追命：六绝凶镰 | Weeping Creek Valley | The Hunt again, with two steel arms and four chain sickles that strike in turn or fly out all at once with no fixed rhythm. Unlocks The Hunt. |
| The Puppet Scavenger 活人偶清道夫 | Beneath Crimson Manor | A failed living puppet with a scythe arm; slow and clumsy, it chops and rolls its huge body forward to crush you. Unlocks Nothing Goes to Waste. |
| Jagged Steel, the Frenzied Brute 痴狂暴徒：残钢 | Rustblade Pavilion | A witless brute whose rusted blade, Jagged Steel, opens wounds; the same blade later makes enemies bleed in your hands. |
| Hua Qianxiao, the Sword Fanatic 剑痴：花千笑 | The bridge on the road to Pangzhen | A drunk swordsman with a broken blade who laughs harder the more it breaks; beating him unlocks the Fanatic’s Broken Blade and A Thousand Cups Drained. |
| Stone Hand Iron Fever 拳痴：铁狂 | Crimson Forest | A hulking fist master with iron fists and an unpredictable rhythm: don’t trade blows, keep moving and punish the gaps. |
| Jing Ye, the Outlaw 亡命徒：荆野 | Outlaw Trap, Crimson Forest | A mounted raider on a spiked blood-red warhorse; horse and rider charge together at full speed. Cut-off point for the Apprentice Healer side quest. |
Pangzhen
Pangzhen is the fourth region on the walkthrough’s route and one of the densest boss hubs in the game. Its backstreets, docks, waterways, Sha-Chi Tower furnace and ruined lion dance hall hold ten boss fights, including two of the three elite Shadow Wardens, the first fight against You Loong, and the optional fire blademaster Zhu Yuan.
| Boss | Where | How it fights and achievement |
|---|---|---|
| Cavalrybane, Elite Shadow Warden 鬼差高手：斩骑 | The streets of Pangzhen | An elite Shadow Warden in black with the two-edged Armybreaker, broad and powerful swings. Counts toward Three Wardens Fall. |
| Soulclaimer, Elite Shadow Warden 鬼差高手：勾魂 | The docks of Pangzhen | An elite Shadow Warden with the Parting Hooks, which spin like rings, fighting beside two Baishan disciples. Counts toward Three Wardens Fall. |
| Xie Qiudong, the Divine Healer 神医：谢秋冬 | The backstreets of Pangzhen | A healer in a coin-studded mask, the most skilled of the deranged healers. |
| You Loong, Leader of the Blackwater Crew 水行帮主：游龙 | The waterways of Pangzhen | The Blackwater Crew leader rises and sinks beneath the water and turns waves on you with a fishing spear. First of his two fights for Turning the Tide. |
| Wu Xuan, the Fallen General 堕落将军：武轩 | The backstreets of Pangzhen | A fallen general in heavy armour with a spiked club and a rabid wolf’s bloodlust. |
| Gu Wanyue, the Wailing Wraith 女妖骨婉约 | Beside a dry well | A woman in white whose sleeves cut like blades and whose Phantom Arts trap you in darkness. |
| Zhu Yuan, the Searing Blade 火刀：祝原 | Sha-Chi Tower furnace, Pangzhen | A fire swordsman whose blade lights itself: every sweep leaves a wall of flame. Beat him and Bi Feng for The Two Blade Masters and the True Ending. |
| Flame, the Mask-Bound Lion Dance Grandmaster 被面具控制的舞狮尊主：烈焰 Later form: The Lion Dance Grandmaster’s Final Dance | The ruined lion dance hall | A lion dance on burning Plum Blossom Stakes, with a partner as the tail; at the height of the fight he calls his disciples in to dance with him. Unlocks The Lion’s Spirit Lives On. |
| Mu Xiaokui, Young Mistress of the Order “组织”少主：沐小葵 Later form: Mu Xiaokui, Queen of Iron and Jade | The Order’s training ground | The Young Mistress of the Order: ten strikes in an instant with the Wild Oriole sword, then a second form that fights with her guardians’ techniques. Unlocks Will We Meet Again? |
| Iron Fiend, Young Mistress’s Guardian 少主护卫：铁鬼 · Jade Dancer, Young Mistress’s Guardian 少主护卫：玉妖 | The Order’s training ground | Mu Xiaokui’s two guards: Iron Fiend in Iron Gauntlets, firm as a mountain, and Jade Dancer driving a long Fiend Saw blade under each foot, quick as lightning. |
Mandate Encampment and Mirrorwood
Across the mirror illusions of Mirrorwood and the ruined Mandate Encampment, you face the Twin Serpents boss Bai Chilian (an important side-quest cutoff), the Seven-Stars Formation, the Baishan Sect’s senior disciple and master puppet, and old friends from the Order.
| Boss | Where | How it fights and achievement |
|---|---|---|
| Bai Chilian, Lady of the Twin Serpents 双蛇夫人：白赤练 Later form: Bai Chilian, the Sacrificial Serpent | Mirrorwood | Twin serpent swords and uncanny strikes; in her second form her silks become four great pythons that rear, spin and burst out of the ground. Unlocks The Shattered Mirror. |
| Yucong, No. 34 Twisted Puppet 卅四号·混沌魔偶：“玉琮” Later forms: Steel Yucong · Frost Yucong · Chaos Yucong | Mirrorwood, sealed in ice | Puppet No. 34 fights in three forms, steel, frost and chaos flame, each a different sister’s art. One of the Four Great Puppets for The Four Freed. |
| Corpse-Eating Xue 吞噬尸体的小雪 | A barren graveyard | A starving girl with a rake who summons shadowy copies of herself. |
| Wan Jun, the Coppermaul 巨锤客：万钧 | The Mandate Encampment | A slow, scarred hammer giant whose Bashpole shatters stone and shakes the ground on every blow. |
| Red, the Mysterious Swordswoman 红衣女剑客 | Atop the Dovecote tower | A swordswoman in red, light and graceful, who holds back in the fight as if waiting for someone else. |
| Chief Disciple of the Seven-Stars Formation 七星剑阵：大师兄 Later form: Chief Disciple, Sword of Despair | The Mandate Encampment | Seven swordsmen moving as one in the shape of the Northern Dipper; in the second phase he hangs from red threads and sprays razor threads. Unlocks Sword Against the Seven-Stars. |
| Chang Hong, the Thunder Spear “雷枪”：长鸿 Later form: Chang Hong, the Thunder Lancer | The Mandate Encampment | An old friend of Soul’s and a master of the spear; in his second form he fights on horseback with lightning. |
| Wu Lengshuang, the Soft Sword 软剑：乌冷霜 | The Confinement | The Baishan Sect’s senior disciple with a soft sword, supple and graceful, fighting a mask that is already cracking. |
| Yubi, No. 21 Swordfighter Puppet 廿一号·剑偶：“玉璧” | Training Grounds, Mandate Encampment | Puppet No. 21: bladed legs, a pair of Stormswords, wind and thunder on every strike. One of the Four Great Puppets for The Four Freed. |
| Blaze, Shadow Warden Captain 鬼差队长：火流星 Later form: Blaze, Phosphor Consciousness | The Mandate Encampment | The Shadow Warden captain with two phosphor chain hammers: the powder sets you alight, and a ground slam rains fire around him. |
Village of Lu and Mountain of Imprisonment
The Village of Lu and the climb up the Mountain of Imprisonment house the puppet disposal pits, the testing grounds, the statue grounds, and the mountain path bosses first previewed in the 2024 demo, culminating in Huangxing at the summit temple.
| Boss | Where | How it fights and achievement |
|---|---|---|
| Zhuo Bi, the Gatekeeper 守门人拙壁 | The Village of Lu | A heavy-armoured gatekeeper with a beast-faced shield: crushing blows, wide sweeps, and a slam that throws up dust. |
| Dusk, the Puppeteer 操偶师：荡秽 | Broken Puppet Pit | A puppeteer in a bronze mask who rings the Puppeteer’s Bell to bring puppets and giant severed limbs into the fight, and summons doubles. |
| Wu-wu, the Mournful Girl 幽怨女娃：呜呜呜 | Village of Lu | A girl in a half-smiling, half-weeping doll head who fights alongside the puppets she calls her friends. |
| Yuzan, No. 3 Musician Puppet 三号·乐师偶：“玉瓒” | The puppet testing grounds | Puppet No. 3 plays a pipa whose notes become blades; parry her blue sound blades precisely and they strike back at her. One of the Four Great Puppets. |
| Aberrant Three-faced Puppet 三张脸的诡异魔偶 | An abandoned manor beyond the Lady’s statue | A puppet whose three masks seem to hold three separate minds. |
| Master Bi Hai of Kuye Temple 苦叶寺：碧海大师残躯 | Beyond the Smuggler’s Tunnel | A fallen master shielded by a golden qi bell, with three Bronze Men who keep attacking until destroyed. |
| Master Bi Yuan of the Tianxuan Sect 天玄派：毕远掌门残躯 | The statue grounds | A fallen sect master with a heavy bronze sword who scatters blades of sword chi. |
| Iron Butcher, the Frenzied Brute 癫狂暴徒：铁杀 | Iron Butcher’s Camp, Mountain of Imprisonment | A frenzied brute with a broad axe in one hand; heavy, mad, and brutal on every downswing. |
| Bi Feng, Giant Saber Commander 横刀：毕峰 | Commander’s Platform, Mountain of Imprisonment | Huangxing’s elite swordsman under a straw hat; the Juggernaut blade falls like a mountain on every sweep. Counts toward The Two Blade Masters. |
| Kui Yanyan, the Deranged 疯婆子奎艳艳 | The mountain paths, Mountain of Imprisonment | A madwoman with a heavy spiked club, swinging in a frenzy with no technique you can read. |
| Jade-Face 玉面郎君 | The mountain path | A taunting Maskwalker who fights with two doubles: Jade Mask with rings, Gold Mask with a sword, Iron Mask with a blade. |
| Huangxing, the Kunlun Renegade 昆仑叛教者：荒行子 Later form: Huangxing, the Whirling Executioner | The temple at the summit, Mountain of Imprisonment | A mechanical left arm: the Flying Guillotine at range, a sword up close; in his second form a ghost-faced saw wheel bursts from his body. Unlocks Crossroads of Blood. |
Meigu Lake
Meigu Lake spans islands, songhouse docks, the White Serpent House and the shallow-water docks. Three of its fights—You Loong’s frenzied rematch, Yan Qiansui and the One-Eyed Archer—form the regional boss achievement Master of the Misty Waters, while Heartpiercer completes Three Wardens Fall.
| Boss | Where | How it fights and achievement |
|---|---|---|
| Heartpiercer, Elite Shadow Warden 鬼差高手：断肠 | Outside the White Serpent House | An elite Shadow Warden with the spinning Sundering Dual Axes; one of the three Wardens in the Three Wardens Fall achievement. |
| Yan Qiansui, the Zither Maiden 琴女烟千岁 | A ruined songhouse, Meigu Lake | A zither player whose ringing notes carry her rage across the whole arena. Counts toward Master of the Misty Waters. |
| One-Eyed Archer 独眼弓客 | The island east of Meigu Lake | A wounded archer, master of bow and sword, with crimson eyes growing between him and his bow. Counts toward Master of the Misty Waters. |
| You Loong, the Frenzied Blackwater Crew Leader 发狂的水行帮主：游龙 | An island in northern Meigu Lake | You Loong again, frenzied, with the Loong Trident; beat him both times for Turning the Tide and Master of the Misty Waters. |
| Grief-Stricken Jin 悲痛欲绝的阿瑾 | The shallow-water docks | A wailing Maskwalker in red whose cries send the six beside him mad; seven fights in one. |
Mirage Estate and The Discordance
Mirage Estate and the realm of The Discordance hold the Crescent Blade Puppet Yuding, the Thread-Binding assassin Qiu Feng, and the High Elder’s four elemental Acolytes whose masks open the Forbidden Ruins during Secrets at the Heart of the Lake.
| Boss | Where | How it fights and achievement |
|---|---|---|
| Yuding, No.12, Crescent Blade Puppet 十二号·偃月刀偶：“玉鼎” | The training ground, Mirage Estate | Puppet No. 12 with a heavy Loong-carved long blade: cleaves, sweeps, blocks and thrusts. One of the Four Great Puppets for The Four Freed. |
| Qiu Feng, the Crimson Boneblade 赤影骨刃：囚锋 | The mourning hall, Mirage Estate | A Thread-Binding killer in a straw cape with the twin-bladed Crimson Boneblade. |
| Acolyte Yanru 灭法之法：炎茹 | The Discordance | One of the High Elder’s four Acolytes: fire from a fly whisk, leaps, and doubles. |
| Acolyte Guhe 灭法之法：蛊鹤 | The Discordance | One of the four Acolytes: poison mist from a fly whisk that eats into your martial arts. |
| Acolyte Lei Ting 灭法之法：雷婷 | The Discordance | One of the four Acolytes: pillars of lightning from above, and she moves with them. |
| Acolyte Hansui 灭法之法：寒岁 | The Discordance | One of the four Acolytes: glaciers and rows of ice spikes burst from the ground. |
Mount Soulrend and Lóng Pillars
In the snowfields of Mount Soulrend and the Phantom Illusionist Ruins, you face three major trophy bosses—Lei Dang, The Crusher and the Saw, and the Blizzard Blademaster—while the five Lóng Pillars scattered across the regions pit you against The Gold-Masked One during Bloodline Awakening.
| Boss | Where | How it fights and achievement |
|---|---|---|
| Lei Dang, the Tiger Cannon “虎炮”：雷当 Later form: Lei Dang, One-Armed Tiger | Mount Soulrend | An old comrade with a Tiger Cannon for an arm; in his second form he drops it and fights one-armed. Unlocks All Return to Dust. |
| The Crusher and the Saw 力者和锯者 Later form: The Crusher, Earthshattering Form | Mount Soulrend | A hammer-chained giant ridden by the Saw; knock the Saw off and the Crusher only gets more savage. Unlocks Saw It Through. |
| Blizzard Blademaster 风雪刀客 | The Phantom Illusionist Ruins | A white-clad bladesman in wind and snow, swift as a wraith; beating him is the achievement The White Shadow. |
| The Gold-Masked One 金面具黑衣人 | Through a Lóng Pillar | A master in black with a vivid red blade who slips every attack and uses the fight to teach you. |
Late-game and final bosses
The six fights below sit in the prologue flashback, the Lóng Pillar culmination, and the final chapters on Mount Soulrend. Because their names give away the story and the four endings, they stay inside a spoiler fold.
6 late-game and final bosses (story spoilers)
| Boss | Where | How it fights |
|---|---|---|
| Zuo Shang 少年左殇 | Prologue flashback | Zuo Shang as a youth, light and graceful even with a wooden sword. |
| Leng Tu, Herald of the Veil 梦差：冷荼 | Late game | The Herald of the Veil, the man behind the puppets. |
| Meng Hua, The Merciful Lady of the Blossom Veil 救苦救难梦华圣母娘娘 | Late game | The Lady of the Blossom Veil’s puppet vessel, red thread for hair. |
| Mó Yuan, Leader of the Bastion of Mó 暗魔天堡之主：魔渊 | Bloodline Awakening finale | The master in black, under his own name. |
| Zuo Shang, the Order’s Shadow Sovereign “组织”冥主：左殇 | Soulrend Cliff finale | The Order’s new Shadow Sovereign with Aureate, commanding a storm of weapons with Sha-Chi. |
| Zuo Shang, the True Lóng 左殇：真龙之躯 | Final Battle (True Ending) | Zuo Shang in a body of pure gold with a Loong head. |
4 boss group achievements
Four boss groups award multi-boss trophies: The Four Freed (the Four Great Puppets: Yuzan, Yubi, Yuding and Yucong), Three Wardens Fall (Cavalrybane, Soulclaimer and Heartpiercer), The Two Blade Masters (Zhu Yuan and Commander Bi Feng), and Master of the Misty Waters (You Loong, Yan Qiansui and the One-Eyed Archer in Meigu Lake, plus Turning the Tide on Steam for beating You Loong twice).
| Achievement | Bosses required | Where you find them |
|---|---|---|
| The Four Freed 四释“玉”囚 ACH_029 · Silver | Yuzan, No. 3 Musician Puppet (玉瓒) · Yubi, No. 21 Swordfighter Puppet (玉璧) · Yuding, No.12, Crescent Blade Puppet (玉鼎) · Yucong, No. 34 Twisted Puppet (玉琮) | Yuzan at the puppet testing grounds; Yubi at the Mandate Encampment; Yuding at the Mirage Estate training ground; Yucong in Mirrorwood sealed in ice. |
| Three Wardens Fall 力挫三差 ACH_031 · Silver | Cavalrybane, Elite Shadow Warden (斩骑) · Soulclaimer, Elite Shadow Warden (勾魂) · Heartpiercer, Elite Shadow Warden (断肠) | Cavalrybane in the streets of Pangzhen; Soulclaimer at the docks of Pangzhen; Heartpiercer outside the White Serpent House at Meigu Lake. |
| The Two Blade Masters 刀冠双绝 ACH_030 · Silver · True Ending requirement | Zhu Yuan, the Searing Blade (火刀：祝原) · Bi Feng, Giant Saber Commander (横刀：毕峰) | Zhu Yuan in the Sha-Chi Tower furnace in Pangzhen; Bi Feng at Commander’s Platform on the Mountain of Imprisonment. |
| Master of the Misty Waters 独步烟波 ACH_028 · Silver (+ ACH_062 Turning the Tide) | You Loong, the Frenzied Blackwater Crew Leader (游龙) · Yan Qiansui, the Zither Maiden (琴女烟千岁) · One-Eyed Archer (独眼弓客) | You Loong first in the waterways of Pangzhen and second on an island in northern Meigu Lake; Yan Qiansui in a ruined songhouse at Meigu Lake; One-Eyed Archer on the island east of Meigu Lake. |
Boss order in the 2024 demo
- Tie Sha (Iron Butcher, the Frenzied Brute)The introductory fight at Iron Butcher’s Camp.
- Commander Cleave (Bi Feng, Giant Saber Commander)The mid-boss at Commander’s Platform.
- Huangxing, the Kunlun RenegadeThe demo’s area boss at the summit temple.
That three-boss climb on the Mountain of Imprisonment was the public 2024 demo order reported by GamerBraves and gcores. The closed-door 2024 demo counted five boss fights in all, adding Jagged Steel, the Frenzied Brute and Jade-Face (Yumian Langjun).
Boss order in the 2025 demo
Chief Disciple of the Seven-Stars Formation was the final boss of the 2025 Mandate Encampment demo, followed by his second phase, Chief Disciple, Sword of Despair. Red, the Mysterious Swordswoman (Red Wraith) was an optional fight atop the Dovecote tower; when IGN’s writer left that fight unfinished, she returned to join the last phase of the Chief Disciple fight. Wan Jun, the Coppermaul guarded the encampment gate in the same demo.
How many bosses there are
The launch game has 63 boss fights under 75 names across 58 entries in the game’s own boss list, with 12 names belonging to a boss’s later form. Before launch, director Soulframe Liang put the count at “at least 50” and said every weapon comes from a boss.
Every boss in the game—with its Chinese name and our one-line summary of its in-game boss note—is also listed in a single table on the bosses directory, alongside the 49 dedicated fight pages.
Phantom Blade Zero boss order FAQ
How many bosses are in Phantom Blade Zero?
The launch game has 63 boss fights under 75 names across 58 entries in the game’s own boss list, with 12 names belonging to a boss’s later form. Before launch, director Soulframe Liang put the count at “at least 50” and said every weapon comes from a boss.
Who is the first boss in Phantom Blade Zero?
Peng Meng, the Axemaster is the first major boss fight in Chapter 1, Weeping Creek Valley, after the prologue pursuit. Defeating him earns the achievement The Axe’s Grudge.
Which boss groups have their own trophies and achievements?
Four boss groups award multi-boss trophies: The Four Freed (the Four Great Puppets: Yuzan, Yubi, Yuding and Yucong), Three Wardens Fall (Cavalrybane, Soulclaimer and Heartpiercer), The Two Blade Masters (Zhu Yuan and Commander Bi Feng), and Master of the Misty Waters (You Loong, Yan Qiansui and the One-Eyed Archer in Meigu Lake, plus Turning the Tide on Steam for beating You Loong twice).
Sources for this page 6
- All sections Official The launch build’s own localization tables (
BossName_*,BossNameDes_*,Bell_*,Levelname_*andAchievement_*), read on 29 October 2026: all 63 fights under 75 names, their locations, boss notes and achievement conditions. - Walkthrough and region order Press-reported Game Rant, 26 October 2026: the eight regions and 21 main missions in play order.
- Weeping Creek Valley and Chapter 1 Press-reported Gamersky and CGMagazine, October 2026 previews of Chapter 1.
- Boss order in the 2024 demo Press-reported gcores and GamerBraves, 2024 demo accounts.
- Boss order in the 2025 demo Press-reported IGN, 2025 demo hands-on.
- How many bosses there are Press-reported Gamersky, October 2026, quoting director Soulframe Liang on “at least 50” bosses and every weapon coming from a boss.