Phantom Blade Zero contains 61 bosses you fight across its seven interconnected regions. 31 of these targets drive the main story path you encounter as main bosses, while the rest are optional hunts from side quests, scarecrow altars, and secret tunnels. Beating them all nets you a huge stash of primary weapons, Phantom Edges, mask upgrades, and progression keys.
Tracking down every boss in chronological sequence requires you to know which fights to take right as they come and which overleveled foes to bypass until late-game upgrades are secured. Below is the complete boss list in the order they appear in the campaign, followed by combat fundamentals and nearby Bell checkpoints.
All Bosses in Phantom Blade Zero
| # | Boss | Region | Nearest Bell Checkpoint | Encounter Type | Rewards & Unlocks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zuo Shang | Prologue | None (Prologue) | Main Story | None |
| 2 | The Hunt, Hunter Of The Order (1) | Prologue | None (Prologue) | Main Story | None |
| 3 | Jagged Steel, The Frenzied Brute | Weeping Creek Valley | Red Thread Barrier | Main Story | Jagged Steel |
| 4 | Aberrant Three-Faced Puppet | Weeping Creek Valley | The Lady’s Rift | Optional | Three-Headed Doll |
| 5 | Peng Meng, The Axemaster | Weeping Creek Valley | Outpost | Main Story | Dread Axe |
| 6 | Hua, Deadly Betrothed | Weeping Creek Valley | Valley Sha-Chi Tower 1st Floor | Optional | Scarlet Wraithblade, Twin Flesh Lilies |
| 7 | The Hunt, Hunter Of The Order (2) | Weeping Creek Valley | Great Waterfall | Main Story | Hunter’s Chain Sickle |
| 8 | The Gold-Masked One (1) | Weeping Creek Valley | Weeping Creek Lóng Pillar | Optional | Counterstrike Bracers |
| 9 | Hua Qianxiao, The Sword Fanatic | Crimson Forest | Pangzhen Bridge Overlook | Main Story | The Fanatic’s Broken Blade |
| 10 | Jing Ye, The Outlaw | Crimson Forest | Outlaw Trap | Main Story | Outlaw Warblade |
| 11 | Stone Hand Iron Fever | Crimson Forest | Mirrorwood Entrance | Main Story | Iron Gauntlets |
| 12 | The Gold-Masked One (2) | Crimson Forest | Mirrorwood Lóng Pillar | Optional | Miraculous Scabbard |
| 13 | Bai Chilian, Lady Of The Twin Serpents | Crimson Forest | Threadbound Great Tree | Main Story | White Serpent & Crimson Viper, Resonance Talisman |
| 14 | Yucong, No. 34 Twisted Puppet | Crimson Forest | Threadbound Great Tree | Optional | Freezing Chaos |
| 15 | Zhuo Bi, The Gatekeeper | Village of Lu | Young Master Lan’s Hideout | Main Story | Bastion |
| 16 | Master Bi Yuan Of The Tianxuan Sect | Village of Lu | Statue Grounds Entrance | Main Story | Tianxuan Bronze Sword |
| 17 | Master Bi Hai Of Kuye Temple | Village of Lu | Smuggler’s Tunnel Entrance | Main Story | Kuye Temple Prayer Beads |
| 18 | Dusk, The Puppeteer | Village of Lu | Broken Puppet Pit Entrance | Optional | Puppeteer’s Bell, Illusory Pipa Head |
| 19 | Acolyte Yanru | Village of Lu | Terraces | Optional | Yanru’s Blazing Mask |
| 20 | Yuzan, No. 3 Musician Puppet | Village of Lu | Beneath the Well | Main Story | Heartrend Pipa |
| 21 | Mu Xiaokui, Young Mistress Of The Order | Village of Lu | Puppet Testing Grounds | Main Story | Wild Oriole Sword, Fiend Saws, Fist Fragment: Core, Puppet No. 44’s Eye |
| 22 | Blaze, Shadow Warden Captain | Pangzhen | South Gate Bridge | Main Story | Fire Meteor, Crimson Flesh Lily |
| 23 | Cavalrybane, Elite Shadow Warden | Pangzhen | Pavilion of Knowledge Crossroads | Main Story | Armybreaker |
| 24 | Wu Xuan, The Fallen General | Pangzhen | Backstreet Archway | Main Story | Wolfjaw |
| 25 | Gu Wanyue, The Wailing Wraith | Pangzhen | Pond of Fading Song | Main Story | Fanatic’s Fragment: Fixation |
| 26 | Xie Qiudong, The Divine Healer | Pangzhen | Well of Wei Sanchuan | Main Story | Everflow |
| 27 | You Loong, Leader Of The Blackwater Crew | Pangzhen | Green Serpent House | Optional | You Loong’s Deluge |
| 28 | Chang Hong, The Thunder Spear | Pangzhen | Ancestral Shrine Square | Main Story | Thunder Spear |
| 29 | Flame, The Mask-Bound Lion Dance Grandmaster | Pangzhen | Lion Dance Hall Depths | Main Story | Dormant Flaming Mane |
| 30 | Acolyte Lei Ting | Pangzhen | Old Man Gen’s House | Optional | Leiting’s Thunder Mask |
| 31 | Soulclaimer, Elite Shadow Warden | Pangzhen | Dockside Warehouse | Main Story | Parting Hooks |
| 32 | Corpse-Eating Xue | Mandate Encampment | Mass Grave | Optional | Missing Items Quest Trigger |
| 33 | Wan Jun, The Coppermaul | Mandate Encampment | Battlefield Ruins | Optional | Bashpole |
| 34 | Red, The Mysterious Swordswoman | Mandate Encampment | Dovecote | Optional | None |
| 35 | Chief Disciple Of The Seven-Stars Formation | Mandate Encampment | Three Towers | Optional | Swordsman’s Summon, Training Grounds Key |
| 36 | Wu Lengshuang, The Soft Sword | Mandate Encampment | The Confinement | Optional | Soft Snake Sword |
| 37 | Yubi, No. 21 Swordfighter Puppet | Mandate Encampment | Training Grounds | Optional | Baishan Stormswords, Broken Vessel, Illusory Pipa Backplate |
| 38 | Zhu Yuan, The Searing Blade | Pangzhen | Pangzhen Sha-Chi Tower Furnace | Optional | Scorching Flames |
| 39 | Yan Qiansui, The Zither Maiden | Meigu Lake | Meigu Songhouse Dock | Optional | Illusory Pipa Strings, Fanatic’s Fragment: Attachment |
| 40 | Acolyte Guhe | Meigu Lake | Meigu Village East Dock | Optional | Guhe’s Venom Mask |
| 41 | Grief-Stricken Jin | Meigu Lake | Village of Lu Shallows Dock | Optional | Embroidered Shoes |
| 42 | The Gold-Masked One (3) | Meigu Lake | Midlake Lóng Pillar Dock | Optional | Flaming Grip / The Quenched Flaming Grip |
| 43 | One-Eyed Archer | Meigu Lake | One-Eyed Isle Dock | Optional | One-Eyed Bow |
| 44 | Heartpiercer, Elite Shadow Warden | Meigu Lake | White Serpent House | Main Story | Sundering Dual Axes |
| 45 | You Loong, The Frenzied Blackwater Crew Leader | Meigu Lake | Blackwater Crew Dock | Optional | Loong Trident, High-Power Pump |
| 46 | Iron Butcher, The Frenzied Brute | Mountain of Imprisonment | The Lady’s Path | Optional | Iron Butcher Mask |
| 47 | Bi Feng, Giant Saber Commander | Mountain of Imprisonment | Cavern Passage | Optional | Juggernaut |
| 48 | Kui Yanyan, The Deranged | Mountain of Imprisonment | Shrine Outer Gate | Optional | Missing Lift Crank |
| 49 | Jade-Face | Mountain of Imprisonment | The Lady’s Shrine | Optional | Seamless Death |
| 50 | Huangxing, The Kunlun Renegade | Mountain of Imprisonment | The Lady’s Shrine | Main Story | Flying Guillotine, Inanis’ Radiant Fan |
| 51 | The Puppet Scavenger & Acolyte Hansui | Weeping Creek Valley | Scavenger Pens | Optional | Hansui’s Frost Mask, Alloyed Scythe Blade, Crystal Puppet Eye [Yang] |
| 52 | The Gold-Masked One (4) | Meigu Lake | Phantom Illusionist Ruins (3rd Bell) | Optional | Chaos Iron Fragment I |
| 53 | Blizzard Blademaster | Meigu Lake | Forbidden Path | Optional | Whiteshadow |
| 54 | Qiu Feng, The Crimson Boneblade | Mirage Estate | Mourning Hall | Main Story | Wraith Mask |
| 55 | Yuding, No. 12 Crescent Blade Puppet | Mirage Estate | Training Grounds | Main Story | Crescent Blade |
| 56 | Mó Yuan, Leader Of The Bastion Of Mó | Mirage Estate | Mirage Estate Lóng Pillar | Main Story | Bastion of Mó Mask |
| 57 | Lei Dang, The Tiger Cannon | Mirage Estate | Perfect Vessel Pond | Main Story | Tiger Cannon |
| 58 | The Crusher And The Saw | Mount Soulrend | The Giant’s Lair | Main Story | Bonesaw, Baishan Headband |
| 59 | Leng Tu, Herald Of The Veil | Mount Soulrend | The Last Chance | Main Story | None |
| 60 | Meng Hua, The Merciful Lady Of The Blossom Veil | Mount Soulrend | Soulrend Cliff | Main Story | The Lady’s Fan, The Lady’s Crown, Herald’s Lingering Threads |
| 61 | Zuo Shang, The True Lóng | Mount Soulrend | Soulrend Cliff | Main Story | Aureate, Broken Lóng Body, Radiant Heart |
Winning boss fights comes down to watching visual flash cues and managing your stamina. Red flash means bosses are about to perform lethal grabs or unblockable crush attacks. Blocking or deflecting these breaks your posture right away, so you must time a dodge straight through the attack to trigger a Ghoststep evasion, which leaves the enemy open for a punish combo.
When you see a bright blue flash, be prepared for a power strike that will have you suffer a lot if you’re not careful. Deflecting these at the split-second of impact triggers Ghoststep, dealing immense Sha-Chi depletion that rushes the enemy to a guard break.
Sha-Chi meter in Phantom Blade Zero serves double duty as Soul’s action resource and the enemy guard gauge at the same time. If you perform deadly strikes, you’ll drain the target’s Sha-Chi, and once it’s hollowed out, executing a finisher shears off massive chunks of the boss’s health bar.
Note: You can instantly refill your Sha-Chi by switching to a secondary weapon in the middle of a combo. Cycling through different weapon types keeps consistent pressure on the enemy so you never run out of stamina.
Power Surge weapon arts become available only after you build up sustained hit chains. Never commit a Power Surge while a boss has active hyper armor; save it only for guard-broken stagger cases where you can pounce on the opportunity to get maximum damage output.
