Resonant Strings: All 6 Inanis Memory Flower Locations

What Is the Resonant Strings Quest in Phantom Blade Zero?

Resonant Strings is one of Phantom Blade Zero’s five Memory Flower collectible quests, filed under the Collectibles tab of the quest journal with the subtitle “A familiar melody returns.” Its single objective: collect the Memory Flowers of Inanis and the Chord. The “dual-protagonist” framing matters — the set replays the intertwined stories of Lady Inanis, the illusionist who greets Soul at the Crimson Forest entrance, and the Chord, the pipa player whose rescue drives the Illusion of Inanis tale.

All six petals sit in the Crimson Forest, most of them a short walk from a bell. Completing the set pays a permanent +10% maximum HP — on Pathbreaker difficulty AllThingsHow measured the jump from 935 to 1,020 HP. Do not confuse this set with the single Memory Flower Left by Inanis whole flower at the region’s first bell: that one pays its own +5% and does not count here.

All 6 Inanis Memory Flower Locations in Crimson Forest

Named petals, in collection order per Game8 and AllThingsHow:

1. I. The Performance — from the Mirrorwood Entrance bell, descend the ladders toward the Stone Hand Iron Fever clearing. Pass the pale tree at the base of the second ladder, take the shaded stone trail uphill into a rocky gorge, and after roughly 45 metres turn left: the flower bed lies beneath a huge twisted tree backed by a dry-stone wall.
2. II. Gravely Ill — about 35 metres from the Burial Grounds bell, in the clearing past the hanging bodies. Five enemies guard it (two Corrupted Arsonists, a Shield Brute, and two Corrupted Brutes), so clear the camp before you pick it up.
3. III. The Gilded Lotus — through the stone arch at the rear of the Burial Grounds, downhill past giant urns and broken machinery into the foggy forest. Follow the low path about 110 metres to a large rock with a small stone lantern; the petal is at its foot. Crows watch but never attack.
4. IV. An Uninvited Guest — the set’s outlier, in a clearing under a cliff two grapples from the Parting Mists bell. Walk off the edge beside the bell (the drop is safe), keep to the low ground to the stone lamp, then climb the rising road. At the high point, grapple the tree onto the ledge, kill the two Corrupted Arsonists, and continue up past the mossy rock for the second grapple.
5. V. Soul Displacement Scroll — cross the river downstream and look beside the stream near the Mirthwood Depths bell and its wooden pillar.
6. VI. New Life — through the gate between the two lantern-hung trees by the Mirthwood Depths bell; Game8 places the final petal inside the stone pillar itself, beside a child near the entrance.

What Do the Memories Reveal About Inanis and the Chord?

Each petal replays a fragment of Inanis’ past, and the arc is devastating. In The Performance, Inanis lets her dizzy young daughter skip pipa practice, cautioning only that she play for herself. Gravely Ill delivers the diagnosis: the girl is unwell, a mysterious voice declares the illness incurable, and Inanis vows to destroy Menghua — the one who put a Rift inside the child that devours her memories. The Gilded Lotus reveals that Inanis’ renowned Wulin pleasure house is sustained entirely by illusion, and that her daughter is the one reality she has left.

The quest title’s second name, the Chord, is the pipa player at the center of the region’s companion quest — Game8’s walkthrough notes that with Illusion of Inanis active, a cutscene fires at the cliff-edge stone lamp where the Illusion of Lady Inanis begs you to save her. The same stretch of road also starts Heart of the Banyan, so one sweep through the Mirrorwood advances three quests. Whether the girl in the petals and the Chord are the same person is left implicit by the game; community mapping of the exact relationship is still in progress.

Route Tips: Grapples, Enemies, and Backtracking

Five of six petals are trivial bell hops; petal IV is the wall. AllThingsHow’s difficulty testing found the two Corrupted Arsonists on the first ledge — retreating fire-bottle throwers that leave burning patches — capable of killing you outright on Pathbreaker, while the pair of Knife-Throwing Madwomen at the second grapple punishes low-health landings. Two rules of thumb: dead enemies stay dead when you respawn, but damaged ones reset to full, and you can change difficulty at any time from the System tab. There are no equipment-gated petals in this set, so unlike the Crimson Forest flower hunt nothing here demands a return trip — though the fight against Stone Hand, Iron Fever gates the road to petal I and drops the Iron Gauntlets on the way. One caution: loading an older save wipes petals collected after that save.

FAQ

How many Memory Flowers are in Resonant Strings?

Six. Both Game8’s walkthrough and AllThingsHow’s petal guide track six named petals. Game8’s headline count of seven folds in the separate Memory Flower Left by Inanis at the region’s first bell, which AllThingsHow confirms does not count toward this set.

What is the reward for finishing Resonant Strings?

A permanent +10% maximum HP increase — verified on Pathbreaker as 935 to 1,020. Game8’s table lists Iron Gauntlets, but that is the Stone Hand Iron Fever boss drop on the route; the quest itself pays the HP.

Where is the An Uninvited Guest Memory Flower?

In a clearing beneath a cliff, two grapples north of the Parting Mists bell. It is the only petal not a short walk from a bell; the full route runs past a stone lamp, a ledge with two Corrupted Arsonists, and a second grapple beyond the Knife-Throwing Madwomen.

Do you need to finish Illusion of Inanis first?

No. The quests share the same road, and starting Illusion of Inanis only adds a cutscene at the stone lamp. Resonant Strings completes independently the moment you touch the sixth petal.

Sources

• Game8 — Resonant Strings Walkthrough and Rewards
• AllThingsHow — All Inanis’ Memory Flower Locations in Phantom Blade Zero (Resonant Strings)
• TechWiser — Phantom Blade Zero: All Main and Tale Quests
• Wikily — Resonant Strings Quest | Phantom Blade Zero Wiki
• GameSpot — All Memory Flowers In Phantom Blade Zero (Inanis’ Memory Flower set)