Purple quests are the ones whose objective shows in purple in the journal, and they decide the ending. There are 11. For the true ending, ten must be completed before you go through the Green Serpent House toward the Mirage Estate. The eleventh, Bloodline Awakening, ends with the duel against Mo Yuan inside the Estate and must be closed before The Last Chance bell.
What are purple quests?
In Phantom Blade Zero, the journal uses three colors: gold for the main story, black for tales (the side quests) and purple for the quests that change the ending. Each purple quest has several parts spread across chapters (Vandal, a Spanish guide, counts about 42 entries in total) and some take dozens of hours to close. Most of them appear on the map with tracking.
- With all of them: true ending, Final Battle.
- With most but not all (for example, without the Long Pillars): Long Roar ending.
- With none: Annihilation ending.
You have the four endings in all endings.
The 11 purple quests in order
This is the order in which it is best to close them, from the first one you can finish to the last. Several overlap: the Illusory Pipa, Pillars of Kunlun and Whence the Weeping close almost at the same time between Meigu Lake and the Mountain of Imprisonment. Tick each one when you see it as completed in the journal.
| ✓ | # | Quest | Region | Where it starts | Reward | Deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ☐ | 1 | Deep in the Valley | Weeping Creek Valley | Mandate soldier next to the Creek Valley Plains Entrance bell | Llave del campamento base de la torre del Sha-Chi | Mirage Estate |
| ☐ | 2 | Illusion of Inanis | Crimson Forest | On its own, at the first bell of the Crimson Forest | Passage through the mist toward Parting Mists | Mirage Estate |
| ☐ | 3 | Sha-Chi Powered Boat | Pangzhen | Myst, in her tavern | Access to Meigu Lake | Mirage Estate |
| ☐ | 4 | Allure of Vanity | Meigu Lake | First petal of the Yan’er flower | Illusory Pipa Strings (Yan Qiansui) | Mirage Estate |
| ☐ | 5 | Illusory Pipa | Village of Lu, Pangzhen, Mandate Encampment and Meigu Lake | Illusory Pipa Head from Dusk, the Puppeteer (Village of Lu) | Illusory Pipa Edge: opens the Mountain of Imprisonment | Mirage Estate |
| ☐ | 6 | Pillars of Kunlun | From the Valley to the Mountain of Imprisonment | Mandate soldier in the Sha-Chi Tower | Flying Guillotine (Huangxing) | Mirage Estate |
| ☐ | 7 | Whence the Weeping | From the Valley to the Mountain of Imprisonment | On its own, at the start of the Valley | Inanis’ Radiant Fan | Mirage Estate |
| ☐ | 8 | The Herald’s Illusion | Village of Lu, Mandate Encampment and Mountain of Imprisonment | Three-Eyed Puppet at the Puppet Testing Grounds | Puppet’s Tongue and Crystal Puppet Eye [Yin] | Mirage Estate |
| ☐ | 9 | Crimson Manor | Weeping Creek Valley | Lift below the Valley Sha-Chi Tower | Crystal Puppet Eye [Yang] and Hansui’s Frost Mask | Mirage Estate |
| ☐ | 10 | Secrets at the Heart of the Lake | From the Village of Lu to the Phantom Illusionist Ruins | First petal of the Firefly flower (Village of Lu) | The 4 acolyte masks and the Forbidden Arts Beneath the Lake trophy | Mirage Estate |
| ☐ | 11 | Bloodline Awakening | 5 Long Pillars (Valley, Crimson Forest, Meigu Lake, Ruins and Mirage Estate) | When you touch the first Long Pillar (Long Pillar Overlook) | Counterstrike Bracers, Bastion of Mó Mask and the Phantom and Blade trophy | Pillars 1-4: Mirage Estate · 5th: The Last Chance |
The door from the Green Serpent House (Pangzhen) to the Mirage Estate locks the first ten quests and Long Pillars 1 to 4. According to SoloJugadores, the game warns you if you have purple quests left, but it lets you continue. Save to a manual slot before crossing. After that, The Last Chance bell (Mount Soulrend) locks the duel with Mo Yuan: from there you cannot leave until you see an ending. All the cut-off points are in the area order and points of no return.
What you need besides the purple quests
- Quick Hand’s Request (Zhang’s relics): it is not purple, but SoloJugadores lists it among the requirements and, according to Vandal, the community also says it is needed. Vandal did not verify it, but recommends doing it. Free Zhang on the Trail of Cages before you move on from that bell.
- The Mountain of Imprisonment and the Crimson Manor are optional areas, but four of the eleven purple quests close there (Pillars of Kunlun, Whence the Weeping, The Herald’s Illusion and Crimson Manor). Do not skip them.
- The four acolyte masks open the Four Guardians’ Mirror, where the 4th Long Pillar and the end of Secrets at the Heart of the Lake are.
If you prefer to follow them chapter by chapter, you have the 42 entries sorted by chapter in the true ending guide.
Frequently asked questions
How many purple quests does Phantom Blade Zero have?
Eleven. Some guides say “ten” because they count Bloodline Awakening separately, since it has a different deadline: it is finished inside the Mirage Estate.
What happens if I cross into the Mirage Estate with a purple quest pending?
That quest fails and you lose the true ending in this playthrough. Load an earlier manual slot or redo them in New Game Plus, which resets the quests.
Which purple quest is the easiest to miss?
The ones that depend on the Illusory Pipa: without the Strings from Allure of Vanity you cannot reach the Mountain of Imprisonment, and that is where Pillars of Kunlun, Whence the Weeping and The Herald’s Illusion close; the last one also opens the Crimson Manor.
How do I know if it is already completed?
In the journal. A quest only shows as “Failed” when it can no longer be finished; if it does not show as completed, it is still open. Careful: if you close a step wrong, it can show as completed but without the reward.
