The Mandate Encampment is an optional region that opens after you beat Gu Wanyue in Pangzhen: the key is in the well and opens the northeast gate of the Village of Lu. It has six optional bosses and a piece of the Illusory Pipa.
The region in the walkthrough
Position on the route (in red, the point of no return) and items it contains
- Valleych. 1
- Crimson Forestch. 2
- Village of Luch. 3
- Pangzhench. 4
- Encampmentoptional
- Meigu Lakech. 6
- Mountain of Imprisonmentoptional
- Mirage Estatech. 8
- Soulrendfinale
What you’ll find in the region
Item count according to the Vandal guide (in Spanish); bars relative to Pangzhen, the largest region.
Step-by-step walkthrough
- AccessAfter Gu Wanyue, jump into the well: the Mandate Encampment Outer Gate Key is in the puppet room.
- Xue and Wan JunXue in the Mass Grave; Wan Jun after you break the chains next to Beneath the Watchtower (he gives you the Bashpole).
- RedOn the Dovecote rooftop. Don’t kill her: let her escape or “Daughter of the Dark Sect” will fail.
- Seven StarsThe Chief Disciple and his formation, from Three Towers.
- Wu Lengshuang and YubiIn the northeast. Behind Yubi is the Illusory Pipa Backplate.
At the Dovecote, don’t defeat Red: before you empty her health, leave the fight along the roof chain. If you take all her health, even if she leaves with a “we’ll meet again”, the game counts it as a victory: she doesn’t come back in the Seven Stars Disciple fight and you lose the “The Mandate’s Decision” petal and the Twin Fish Pendant (verified in our playthrough).
Bosses in the region
Xue, Wan Jun, Red, Chief Disciple of the Seven-Star Formation, Wu Lengshuang and Yubi, plus the Stone Hand rematch with Iron Fiend. You have the strategy for each one in the bosses section.
Weapons, Phantom Edges and key items
Bashpole, Swordsman’s Summon, Soft Snake Sword, Baishan Stormswords, Broken Vessel and the Illusory Pipa Backplate.
Follow the rest of the game in the full Phantom Blade Zero walkthrough.
How to get there and unlock it
- How to enter the Mandate Encampment
- The Herald’s Illusion: the 3 portals of the Three-Eyed Puppet
- How to get and repair the Illusory Pipa
