Weeping Creek Valley in Phantom Blade Zero: full guide, bosses and items

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Weeping Creek Valley is the first region. You head up the river after the prologue, meet Forge and Yu’er, defeat Jagged Steel, Peng Meng and The Hunt and get your first Phantom Edges: the Dread Axe and the Hunter’s Chain Sickle.

The region in the walkthrough

Position on the route (in red, the point of no return) and the items it contains

  1. Valleych. 1
  2. Crimson Forestch. 2
  3. Village of Luch. 3
  4. Pangzhench. 4
  5. Encampmentoptional
  6. Meigu Lakech. 6
  7. Mountain of Imprisonmentoptional
  8. Mirage Estatech. 8
  9. Soulrendfinal

What you will find in the region

  • Accessories9
  • Weapons6
  • Phantom Edges3
  • Memory Flowers0
  • Medicines3

Item count according to the Vandal guide (Spanish); bars relative to Pangzhen, the largest region.

Step-by-step walkthrough

  1. The BeginningHead up the river collecting Remnant Dust. Next to the broken carriage, “Whence the Weeping” begins.
  2. Yu’er and the Sanguine TwinAfter meeting Yu’er, cross the rope and the bridge: the Sanguine Twin is there.
  3. Jagged SteelMini-boss behind the Rustblade Pavilion. He drops the Jagged Steel weapon (bleed).
  4. Mandate OutpostForge teaches you how to upgrade weapons. Behind him is the Sanguine Reach.
  5. Peng MengTo the northwest, past the torii gate. He gives you the Dread Axe.
  6. Steel and SteamFrom the Creek Valley Plains Entrance, climb the Sha-Chi Tower, clear out the archers and get the Feather Bow with “Purge the Sect”.
  7. Hua, Deadly BetrothedSecret boss below the tower.
  8. The Hunt at the Great WaterfallPast the Waterfall Bridge. He gives you the Chain Sickle; with it you reach the Long Pillar Overlook and head out to the Crimson Forest.
Do not miss it

Before defeating Bai Chilian (Crimson Forest), close the Mandate Outpost tales, and hand Yu’er the “Apprentice Healer” herbs before Jing Ye.

Bosses in the region

Jagged Steel, Peng Meng the Axemaster, The Hunt (Sixfold Scythe) and, as secret bosses, the Aberrant Three-Faced Puppet, Hua, Deadly Betrothed, The Gold-Masked One (1) and The Puppet Scavenger (Crimson Manor). You have the strategy for each one in the bosses section.

Notable weapons, Edges and items

Sanguine Twin, Jagged Steel, Sanguine Reach, Dread Axe, Feather Bow, Scarlet Wraithblade, Hunter’s Chain Sickle, Traversal Talisman, Hunter’s Insight, Weapon Reforge Talisman and Token of Pursuit.

Follow the rest of the game in the full Phantom Blade Zero walkthrough.

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  • Release29 Oct 2026
  • PlatformsPS5 · PC
  • StudioS-GAME

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