“Dahuang” in Phantom Blade Zero: how to complete the tale step by step

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Quick answer

“Dahuang” starts in the Village of Lu, near the Survivors’ Courtyard bell: a sleeping hunter with a flower mask tells you about his dog and gives you a bell. It ends in Pangzhen, near the Pond of Fading Song bell, when you find Dahuang’s body. No source mentions a reward. It is missable if you climb the stairs behind the Green Serpent House without finishing it.

Village of Lu→ Pangzhen
3steps
—no documented reward
Yesmissable

Where does Dahuang start?

In the Village of Lu, during Heartless Remnants. From the Survivors’ Courtyard bell, leave the courtyard and look northeast: there is a house with red lanterns that you climb up to. Inside, at the back on the right, is the sleeping hunter with a flower mask. He tells you Dahuang’s story and gives you a bell (in English, Hunter’s Dog Bell), which triggers the tale.

Step by step

  1. Talk to the hunterIn the house with red lanterns next to the Survivors’ Courtyard. You receive the bell.
  2. Advance the story to PangzhenAccording to Fextralife, the end of the tale is done in the chapter The Heart’s Trail.
  3. Look for DahuangIn Pangzhen, go to the Pond of Fading Song bell and head east to a gate with a red banner on each side. Go in, open the cages and examine the dead dog in the courtyard where the Memory Flower is. That completes the tale.

Rewards

Neither Vandal (Spanish guide) nor Fextralife mentions a reward for finishing it; the only thing you receive is the hunter’s bell at the start.

Missable

According to Vandal, when you climb the stairs behind the Green Serpent House (Pangzhen) almost every pending tale fails, and this one is not among those that survive. Look for Dahuang before then. More in the points of no return.

Frequently asked questions

Where is Dahuang’s hunter?

Asleep in a house with red lanterns northeast of the Survivors’ Courtyard, in the Village of Lu. You have to climb to get in.

Where is Dahuang?

In Pangzhen: from the Pond of Fading Song bell, to the east, behind a gate with two red banners. Open the cages and examine the dog in the courtyard.

What does Dahuang give?

No source documents a reward for finishing it.

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  • Release29 Oct 2026
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