All Bosses in Order — Phantom Blade Zero 61-Boss List

How Many Bosses Are in Phantom Blade Zero, and in What Order?

Rock Paper Shotgun counts 61 boss encounters across seven maps — the full boss order, from the prologue duel to Mount Soulrend. Story gates progression, Optional can wait, Hidden sits behind side chains. Levels are verified first-playthrough data; a dash means community mapping in progress. Our all bosses roster profiles the five hidden bosses in strategic depth; this page is the checklist.

Prologue

Weeping Creek Valley

Crimson Forest

Village of Lu

Pangzhen

Mandate’s Encampment

Pangzhen Revisited

Meigu Lake

Mountain of Imprisonment

Crimson Manor Revisited

Meigu Lake Revisited

Mirage Estate

Mount Soulrend

* Mu Xiaokui is a story boss, but her third bonus phase is missable — finish the Young Mistress ribbon chain before the Puppet Testing Grounds, or the phase-three duel never happens. † Yan Qiansui’s 19 is a community estimate, not archive data; all other numbers are verified.

Which Bosses Can You Skip — and Which Will Not Wait?

RPS’s warning applies to half this table: the Aberrant Three-Faced Puppet hits far above its slot to teach you that walking away and returning stronger is valid. Every Optional row works that way. Four chains deserve front-loading:

• The Gold-Masked One fights at all five Long Pillars, paying a unique accessory each time — see the Long Pillar locations guide.
• Mu Xiaokui’s ribbons must be collected before the Puppet Testing Grounds finale; miss them and her hidden phase — plus the Fiend Saws — is gone for that run.
• Dusk waits behind six Firefly Memory Flowers at the Broken Puppet Pit, holding the Illusory Pipa Head — the Memory Flowers guide keeps the count honest.
• The Puppet Scavenger duo in the Crimson Manor guards the Yang Crystal Puppet Eye and the Alloyed Scythe Blade — true-ending repair and Chain Sickle temper in one fight.

The secret bosses guide covers unlock conditions; points of no return flags quests that can strand a chain.

What Does the Level Curve Look Like Across the Boss Order?

Verified data sketches a forgiving ramp: Peng Meng, level 3, opens the checks; Cavalrybane, 11, and Chang Hong, 14, pace Pangzhen; Soulclaimer, 18, closes the warden trio; Meigu Lake — One-Eyed Archer, Yubi, Heartpiercer at 20 — assumes a level-20 Soul. The Mountain and Mirage Estate run 22–23 (Jade-Face, Blizzard Blademaster, Yuding 23; Kui Yanyan 22), and Mount Soulrend peaks at 25. Enemy level is a floor, not a wall: under-leveled play survives on Wayfarer with clean parries, and over-leveling never trivializes late pools. Unlisted bosses stay community mapping in progress.

FAQ

How many bosses are in Phantom Blade Zero, and in what order do they appear? 61 encounters across seven maps, from the prologue’s Zuo Shang to the True Long on Mount Soulrend, in Rock Paper Shotgun’s verified order.

Which bosses in Phantom Blade Zero are optional or can be skipped? Every row marked Optional — roughly half the roster — can be skipped or deferred. Only Story rows gate progression, though the Hidden bosses feed the true ending.

What level should you be for Phantom Blade Zero’s bosses? Verified anchors: level 3 Peng Meng, 11 Cavalrybane, 14 Chang Hong, 18 Soulclaimer, 20–23 through the lake and mountain, and 25 for the Mount Soulrend finale.

What is the recommended boss order for the true ending? Follow the numbered order but finish the four chains early: Gold-Masked One’s five duels, Mu Xiaokui’s ribbons, Dusk’s six flowers, and the Crimson Manor duo.

Sources

• Rock Paper Shotgun — All 61 Phantom Blade Zero bosses in order
• Game8 — List of All Bosses
• Game8 — All Main Story Bosses
• Game8 — All Optional Bosses
• AllThingsHow — All Phantom Blade Zero Bosses in Order

RPS counts 61 encounters; AllThingsHow counts 74 by splitting phase variants — this page follows the encounter count. Type marks per Game8’s main/optional lists, cross-checked against our boss guides.