“Hero’s Lament” starts with Liu Yi, locked in a cage in the Hanging Cage Cavern (Mountain of Imprisonment). He asks you for Moji’s relic: get the Palanca desprendida de la jaula (the cage’s detached lever), use it to lower another cage and give him the Espada ensangrentada de Moji (Moji’s bloodstained sword). The reward is the Phantom Edge Ink Cut. It’s missable if you climb the stairs behind the Green Serpent House without closing it.
Where does Hero’s Lament start?
In the Hanging Cage Cavern on the Mountain of Imprisonment. After going through the tunnel and clearing the enemy camp, climb the stairs at the back and pull the lever on the right: it lowers Liu Yi‘s cage. Talk to him and exhaust the dialogue. The mountain opens with the Illusory Pipa (see how to get to the Mountain of Imprisonment).
Step by step
- Talk to Liu YiHe asks you to find Moji’s relic.
- The cage leverGo to the Commander’s Platform bell, climb the ladder to the watchtower and drop through the broken roof of the house on the left. The lever is next to the candles.
- Reach the cage mechanismPush on to the camp where you get the Llave de la puerta del santuario (shrine gate key; Cui’s tale also progresses there). Take out the enemies, climb the longest ladder and use the lever on the mechanism at the back. Fextralife places this spot up the hill from the Cavern Passage bell.
- Moji’s bloodstained swordThe mechanism lowers a cage into the gorge: open it and take the sword.
- Give it to Liu YiIf you head the opposite way from the cages you’ll find a tunnel and a wall you can climb straight down to him. Giving him the sword completes the tale.
The prisoner from The Broad Saber is in the same cavern.
Rewards
Ink Cut: martial art Phantom Edge. You have it with the rest in the martial art Phantom Edges.
According to Vandal (Spanish guide), when you climb the stairs behind the Green Serpent House (Pangzhen) almost every pending tale fails, and this one isn’t spared. Hand in the sword before that. More in the points of no return.
Frequently asked questions
Where is the cage lever?
Next to the Commander’s Platform bell: climb to the watchtower and drop through the broken roof on the left. It’s next to the candles.
Where is Moji’s sword?
In a cage you lower into the gorge with the lever, from the mechanism you reach via the longest ladder in the camp.
What does Hero’s Lament give?
Ink Cut, a martial art Phantom Edge.
