“A Healer’s Mercy” in Phantom Blade Zero: how to complete the tale step by step

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“A Healer’s Mercy” is given by Yu’er at the Thieves’ Camp in the Crimson Forest, when you ask her about the wounded, or when you receive the Lista de los ladrones perdidos. Heal four thieves spread across the Outlaw Trap caves, the Cliffside Lodge cellar and the camp dungeon, and go back to her. She gives you the Calming Gourd. It is lost if you defeat Bai Chilian first.

Crimson Forestregion
4wounded thieves
CalmingGourd
Yeslost with Bai Chilian

Where does A Healer’s Mercy start?

  • Region: Crimson Forest, chapter Snake’s Reflection.
  • Nearest bell: Thieves’ Camp.
  • NPC: Yu’er, who has traveled on from the Valley. Ask her about the wounded in the forest.
  • Requirement: none confirmed. Our data from SoloJugadores indicates it appears after “Apprentice Healer“.

Step by step

  1. Accept the taleTalk to Yu’er next to the Thieves’ Camp bell and accept the Lista de los ladrones perdidos. It marks the wounded on the map.
  2. Thief in the small caveFrom the Outlaw Trap bell, at the entrance of a cave next to a patch of blue flowers (Vandal, a Spanish guide, places it to the west; Fextralife, to the north). No key needed.
  3. Thief in the big caveIn the underground area below the Outlaw Trap, which you reach through the trapdoor. Fextralife says you need the Crimson Forest Tunnel Crank.
  4. Thief in the Lodge tunnelTake the cellar crank from the Cliffside Lodge terrace, go down to the cellar and take the south exit through the tunnel. The door at the end leaves you next to the thief. This cellar also holds the Thieves’ Camp Dungeon Key (see “Secrets of the Baishan Sect“).
  5. Thief in the dungeonUse that key to open the locked door next to the Thieves’ Camp bell.
  6. Go back to Yu’erWith all four healed, talk to her to close the tale.

Rewards

RewardWhat it is for
Calming GourdAccessory tied to medicines (all accessories and upgrading medicines)
The Healer’s Legacy trophyTogether with “Flesh Lily” and “Apprentice Healer” (platinum guide)
Missable

Heal all four and go back to Yu’er before defeating Bai Chilian. Fextralife sums it up as failing if you advance to the Village of Lu. On the Steam forum, some players report losing Yu’er’s whole questline this way. See points of no return.

Why is it not progressing?

  • I cannot reach the third or fourth thief: you need the Cliffside Lodge cranks and the dungeon key, which come up in “Secrets of the Baishan Sect”.

The whole questline in order: Yu’er’s quests.

Frequently asked questions

Where are the four wounded thieves?

Two in the Outlaw Trap caves, one at the end of the tunnel under the Cliffside Lodge and another in the Thieves’ Camp dungeon.

Where is the Thieves’ Camp Dungeon Key?

In the Cliffside Lodge cellar, the same one you explore in “Secrets of the Baishan Sect”.

When does A Healer’s Mercy fail?

If you defeat Bai Chilian, the final boss of the Crimson Forest, without having gone back to Yu’er.

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  • Release29 Oct 2026
  • PlatformsPS5 · PC
  • StudioS-GAME

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