All Phantom Blade Zero Bosses in Order (Full List by Region with Rewards)

PCGamesN counts just over 60 bosses in Phantom Blade Zero, from tutorial duels to hidden rooftop fights. This list follows their order of appearance, grouped by region, and notes the key reward for each fight where the sources name one. Use it to gauge how far you are through the game or to check whether you skipped an optional boss. Spoilers are limited to boss names and rewards.

Prologue

• Zuo Shang (spelled Zho Shang by PCGamesN): a scripted tutorial fight whose outcome is fixed.

Weeping Creek Valley

• Jagged Steel, the Frenzied Brute: a tutorial for parry and perfect dodge.
• Peng Meng, the Axemaster: the first real boss; drops the Dread Axe edge. Guide.
• Aberrant Three-Faced Puppet: hidden and very tanky early on; PCGamesN suggests returning late in the game.
• Hua, Deadly Betrothed: under the first Sha-Chi tower; drops the Scarlet Wraithblade.
• The Hunt, Sixfold Scythe: chapter boss with two phases; drops the Hunter's Chain Sickle. Guide.
• The Gold-Masked One: the first of five optional Lóng Pillar duels. Locations.

Crimson Forest

• Hua Qianxiao, the Sword Fanatic: drops the Fanatic's Broken Blade. Guide.
• Ying Ye, the Outlaw: mounted then shielded; drops the Outlaw Warblade.
• Bai Chilian: two-phase chapter boss; drops the White Serpent and Crimson Viper swords. Guide.
• TechWiser also lists Stone Hand Iron Fever as an optional boss here, dropping the Iron Gauntlets edge.

Village of Lu

• Zhuo Bi, the Gatekeeper: shield fight; drops the Bastion edge.
• Master Bi Yuan of the Tianxuan Sect: drops the Tianxuan Bronze Sword.
• Master Bi Hai of Kuye Temple: drops the Kuye Temple Prayer Beads.
• Dusk, the Puppeteer: hidden behind Memory Flowers; drops the Puppeteer's Bell and Illusory Pipa Head.
• Yuzan, No. 3 Musician Puppet: in the well; drops the Heartrend Pipa.
• Mu Xiaokui: three-phase fight; drops Puppet No. 44's Eye. Guide.

Pangzhen (first part)

• Blaze, Shadow Warden Captain: two phases. TechWiser lists the Fire Meteor edge as his drop.
• Cavalrybane, Elite Shadow Warden: drops the Armybreaker.
• Wu Xuan, the Fallen General: drops the Wolfjaw edge.
• Gu Wanyue, the Wailing Wraith: drops Fanatic's Fragment: Fixation and leads to the Mandate Encampment key.

Mandate Encampment

• Corpse-Eating Xue: secret boss behind a locked door; starts a side quest.
• Wan Jun, the Coppermaul: drops the Bashpole edge.
• Red, the Mysterious Swordswoman: rooftop fight with no reward.
• Chief Disciple of the Seven-Stars Formation: drops the Swordsman's Summon edge.
• Yubi, No. 21 Swordfighter Puppet: drops the Baishan Stormswords.

Pangzhen (second part)

• Xie Qiudong, the Divine Healer.
• Chang Hong, the Thunder Spear: drops the Thunder Spear edge.
• You Loong, Leader of the Blackwater Crew: drops You Loong's Deluge; fight him before Flame.
• Flame, the Lion Dance Grandmaster: drops the Dormant Flaming Mane. Guide.
• Soulclaimer, Elite Shadow Warden: drops the Parting Hooks.

Meigu Lake

• Zhu Yuan, the Searing Blade: drops Scorching Flames.
• Grief-Stricken Jin: drops Embroidered Shoes.
• One-Eyed Archer: drops the One-Eyed Bow.
• You Loong, the Frenzied Blackwater Crewleader: hidden on an island; drops the High-Power Pump.
• Yan Qiansui, the Zither Maiden: drops the Illusory Pipa Strings. See Illusory Pipa quest.
• Heartpiercer, Elite Shadow Warden: drops the Sundering Dual Axes.

Mountain of Imprisonment

• Iron Butcher: drops the Iron Butcher Mask.
• Bi Feng, Giant Saber Commander: drops the Juggernaut.
• Kui Yanyan, the Deranged: drops the Missing Lift Crank.
• Huangxing, the Kunlun Renegade: drops the Flying Guillotine. Guide.

Acolytes, Crimson Manor and the frozen lake

• Four Acolytes: one per region; each drops a mask.
• The Puppet Scavenger and Acolyte Hansui (Crimson Manor): drops a puppet eye and a mask.
• Blizzard Blademaster: needs all four masks; drops the Whiteshadow. Guide.

Mirage Estate

• Qiu Feng, the Crimson Boneblade: drops the Wraith Mask accessory.
• Mo Yuan: the fifth Gold-Masked duel.
• Lei Dang, the Order's Envoy: PCGamesN's pick for the hardest fight; drops the Tiger Cannon. Guide.

Mount Soulrend

• The Crusher and the Saw: drops the Bonesaw.
• A gauntlet of returning bosses: the Puppet Scavenger, the Heartpiercer and Cavalrybane wardens, and the Yuding and Yubi puppets. Allies from finished side quests help here.
• Leng Tu, Herald of the Veil.
• Meng Hua: drops The Lady's Fan and The Lady's Crown. Guide.
• Zuo Shang (true ending only). See endings.

Nineteen of these fights have trophies; see the trophy guide.