Phantom Blade Zero: Challenge Locations — Banyan Trees & Long Pillars
Find Banyan Trees, Long Pillars and special challenge encounters across Phantom Blade Zero.
Use the table below to find challenge locations in Phantom Blade Zero. Each entry includes its region and directions from a nearby checkpoint or landmark. The table is grouped by region to make the route easier to follow.
Challenge route: The table covers Banyan Tree fights, Long Pillar challenges and reported acolyte/scarecrow encounters. Challenge classification varies across in-game records.
1. Location table
| # | Region | Item / location | Nearest Bell | How to get it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Weeping Creek Valley | Lóng Pillar — valley | Weeping Creek Long Pillar | From the Weeping Creek valley’s river route, reach the Long Pillar overlook and enter the pillar trial. |
| 2 | Weeping Creek Valley | Scarecrow / acolyte mask encounter — Crimson Manor | Crimson Manor | Enter the Crimson Manor route and complete its acolyte scarecrow encounter toward the Four Guardians’ Mirror requirement. |
| 3 | Crimson Forest | Banyan Tree — Burial Grounds | Burial Grounds | Travel south from Burial Grounds. After Inanis’s vision, find the tree on the continued trail. Final fight: Jing Ye and bandits. |
| 4 | Crimson Forest | Lóng Pillar — Mirrorwood | Mirrorwood Lóng Pillar | Progress past Stone Hand Iron Fever, then head down the creek from Mirrorwood Entrance to the pillar. |
| 5 | Village of Lu | Scarecrow / acolyte mask encounter — Village of Lu | Temple of Blue Fireflies | Explore the region’s acolyte scarecrow route, needed for the four-mask lake sequence. |
| 6 | Pangzhen | Banyan Tree — western city | Green Serpent House | Go beyond Green Serpent House toward You Loong’s western-water encounter, or follow the northwestern route near Lion Dance Hall. Final fight: Master Bi Yuan. |
| 7 | Pangzhen | Lóng Pillar — city | Pangzhen Slums | Track the city’s Long Pillar marker during Bloodline Awakening; access it after opening the relevant city route. |
| 8 | Mandate Encampment | Banyan Tree — upper slope | Sunset Path | From Sunset Path, climb the steps and grapple to the cliff on your right. The tree is in the clearing. Final fight: Stone Hand and Iron Fiend. |
| 9 | Meigu Lake | Banyan Tree — southeast island | Lake Banyan Dock | Take the boat to the southeastern island and walk inland toward the giant tree. Final fight: Cavalrybane and Soulclaimer. |
| 10 | Meigu Lake | Lóng Pillar — midlake | Midlake Lóng Pillar Dock | Dock at Midlake Lóng Pillar Dock and enter the pillar from the shoreline. |
| 11 | Meigu Lake | Lóng Pillar — Phantom Illusionist Ruins | Phantom Illusionist Ruins Bell #3 | After entering the mask-gated hidden snowy realm, continue through the ruins and find the Long Pillar challenge. |
| 12 | Meigu Lake | Scarecrow / acolyte mask encounter — lake | Frozen Lake Dock | Seek the acolyte encounter in the frozen-lake area before trying to unlock the Four Guardians’ Mirror. |
| 13 | Mountain of Imprisonment | Banyan Tree — Shrine Outer Gate | Shrine Outer Gate | Open the shrine gate and cross the rope bridge; the Banyan challenge waits on the far side. Final fight: Iron Butcher and Jagged Steel. |
2. What to know before collecting
Banyan Trees have multi-wave rematches. Bloodline Awakening requires five Long Pillars; these challenges need not be completed in story order.