“Four Fierce Axes” starts in Weeping Creek Valley when you pick up the first file of The Four Axes Case, next to the Broken Puppet Valley bell, or when you talk to the disciple hiding at the Mandate Outpost. Gather 7 pieces of evidence (two depend on “Festering Secret” and “Leave None Alive”) and take them to the Niño de la Revelación (the Child of Revelation), on the rooftop of the Pavilion of Knowledge in Pangzhen. It gives the Blood Oath Dagger. Missable: file 6 depends on a tale that fails with Bai Chilian.
Where does Four Fierce Axes start?
- Region: Weeping Creek Valley, chapter Against the Flow.
- Nearest bell: Broken Puppet Valley. The first file is next to a corpse and an altar, beside a fallen tree (Fextralife and KeenGamer).
- NPC: not needed. Vandal (Spanish guide) triggers it by talking to the man hiding in the storehouse on the hill at the Mandate Outpost, who tells you about Peng Meng; Fextralife calls him a terrified Mandate disciple.
- Requirement: none to start. To finish you need the Dread Axe, the Hunter’s Chain Sickle and to reach Pangzhen.
Step by step
Book and petal titles are translated from the Spanish version of the game; the in-game English wording may differ.
- First fileNext to the altar by the fallen tree, near the Broken Puppet Valley bell.
- Second fileOn the table in the house opposite Broken Puppet Valley.
- Third fileInside a house next to the Outpost Courtyard bell, past the Rustblade Pavilion.
- Talk to the hiding discipleAt the Mandate Outpost, in the house next to the old archer’s roof, behind some crates. Exhaust the dialogue: Peng Meng has become one of the masked.
- Beat Peng MengPeng Meng, the Axemaster, at the top of the Outpost. He drops the Dread Axe and the objective changes to “gather 7 pieces of evidence”.
- Captain Wu’s last letterBreak the chains with the Dread Axe and go to The Axemaster’s Holding Cell bell. It’s on the table next to the bell.
- The Lady’s Cave fileBreak the chains at the cave entrance (The Lady’s Cave bell), go through the tunnel and grapple onto the wooden ledge.
- Tower base documentAfter beating The Hunt, use the Hunter’s Chain Sickle to grab the key to the base camp gate and pick up the document at the base of the Sha-Chi Tower.
- File 6It comes from “Festering Secret“: Gu Lingran’s letter.
- File 7With “Leave None Alive” active (Village of Lu), go back to The Lady’s Cave: strategist Xu Feng’s secret letter is on the platform past the bell.
- Rooftop keyIn Pangzhen, go to Pavilion of Knowledge Crossroads. Climb the stairs to the north, turn right, enter the Pavilion and go up to the top floor. Beat the enemies: one drops the rooftop key.
- Talk to the childOpen the rooftop door and look for him on the left. Hand over the evidence to close the tale.
The texts of the files are in Phantom Blade Zero books.
Rewards
| Reward | What it’s for |
|---|---|
| Blood Oath Dagger | Material to temper the Dread Axe (Soul Temper) |
| Dread Axe (from Peng Meng, during the tale) | Phantom Edge that breaks chains, shields and armor (destruction Phantom Edges) |
File 6 comes from “Festering Secret”, which KeenGamer says to finish before beating Bai Chilian. If it fails, you’re left one of the 7 pieces of evidence short. Also, hand everything to the child before climbing the stairs behind the Green Serpent House: Vandal doesn’t include this tale among the ones that survive that point. See points of no return.
Why won’t it progress?
- I’m missing evidence in the Valley: two depend on other tales. Number 6 on “Festering Secret” and number 7 on “Leave None Alive”, which doesn’t show up until the Village of Lu.
- I can’t open the rooftop: the key is dropped by one of the enemies on the top floor of the Pavilion of Knowledge.
Frequently asked questions
How many files are there in Four Fierce Axes?
The objective asks for 7 pieces of evidence. Several are in the Valley, one comes from “Festering Secret” and another from “Leave None Alive”.
Where is the child who closes the tale?
On the rooftop of the Pavilion of Knowledge, in Pangzhen, near the Pavilion of Knowledge Crossroads bell.
What is the Blood Oath Dagger for?
It’s the material to temper the Dread Axe.
