Seven-Stars Formation: All 6 Memory Flower Locations

What Is the Seven-Stars Formation Quest in Phantom Blade Zero?

The Seven-Stars Formation is one of Phantom Blade Zero’s five Memory Flower collectible quests. Its objective: collect the Memory Flowers of the Seven-Stars Disciples, and all six targets lie in the Mandate Encampment — the ashen war zone where the alliance camps against the Maskwalkers. Method.gg’s guide confirms the set pays a permanent +10% maximum HP, and TechWiser’s quest register places the quest squarely in the region.

The set works as the emotional footnote to the region’s showcase boss fight. The disciples whose memories you gather are the six puppets who fight beside the Chief Disciple of the Seven-Stars Formation — seven swordsmen who, per Game8’s in-game dossier, “wield their swords as one, arrayed in the shape of the Northern Dipper.” In life they were righteous Mandate disciples. Their downfall was the Chief Disciple’s love for a woman from an evil sect, a scandal the alliance’s upper ranks never forgave; consumed by resentment, the seven underwent Perfect Transcension and were expelled. The flowers replay what the formation fight leaves silent.

All 6 Seven-Stars Disciple Memory Flower Locations

Method.gg’s numbered route and GameSpot’s regional breakdown agree on all six placements:

1. Cliffside Walkway Entrance bell — instead of entering the cave inside the cliff, climb the ladder beside it. Defeat the enemies on the platform above and the first flower is yours.
2. After the cliffside platforms — cross the wooden platforms, deal with the archers, and pick up the Mandate Valley Gate Key. Cut the nearby chain, swing across the gap, and the second flower waits on the far side.
3. Beneath the Watchtower bell — before you use the Dread Axe to smash the barricade toward the boss beyond, head left of the bell and up onto the raised wooden platforms.
4. The ravine barricade — from the Beneath the Watchtower bell, backtrack through the battlefield stacked with dead bodies and down into the valley. On this side of the barricade — the one near the friendly NPC by the Cliffside Walkway Entrance — the fourth flower sits on the ground.
5. Behind the Dovecote — from the Dovecote bell, walk all the way around the tower. The fifth flower hides in the narrow space behind it.
6. The Dovecote cavern — after the Red choice at the top of the tower, swing across on the chain, then use the newly acquired Bashpole Phantom Edge to enter the cave in the nearby cliff. Platform across the wooden panels inside to reach the final petal.

Route Strategy: One Expedition, Boss Included

The smartest way to run the set is to treat it as the first half of the Chief Disciple expedition. Rest at the Three Towers bell, sweep flowers one through four along the cliffside and through the watchtower valley, then continue to the Dovecote for flower five and the Red, the Mysterious Swordswoman encounter — sparing her pays off later, since she crashes the Chief Disciple’s second phase as an ally. The Bashpole you need for the sixth flower’s cavern is acquired in this same stretch of the region, so no backtracking is required.

The set also ties into the Encampment’s wider quest web. The Purple-Robed Wolf Leader in Myst’s Tavern tasks you with beating the Seven-Stars formation for The Undying Heroic Spirit, and that chain’s Shattered Hero’s Courage item gates the Memory Flower of Mandate Leaders petals scattered across Pangzhen and the Encampment. If you are chasing the region’s optional content in one pass, our Chief Disciple of the Seven Stars boss guide covers the formation techniques — Jump Pad, Staircase, and the insta-kill Synced Strike — waiting at the end of the road.

Is the Seven-Stars Formation Set Worth Detouring For?

Yes, for two reasons. The +10% HP is the largest single-set bonus tier in the game, on par with the Crimson Forest’s six-petal Inanis set, and every flower except the cavern petal lies within a short walk of a bell you will rest at anyway. More quietly, the petals recontextualize the boss: the formation you dismantle in the arena is the same brotherhood whose expulsion you watch flower by flower, which makes the Chief Disciple’s hanging marionette phase land harder. Collect them on the approach, and the fight plays like a tragedy instead of a spectacle.

FAQ

How many Memory Flowers are in the Seven-Stars Formation quest?

Six. Method.gg and GameSpot both track six disciple flowers, and Method.gg confirms a permanent +10% maximum HP bonus for the completed set.

Do you need to beat the Chief Disciple of the Seven Stars first?

No. The flowers sit on the approach to the arena. The natural route collects all six and then forks into the boss fight, which is itself optional.

Where is the last Seven-Stars Formation Memory Flower?

Inside the cavern behind the Dovecote: chain-swing from the tower top, Bashpole into the cliff cave, and platform across the wooden panels.

What is the story of the Seven-Stars disciples?

Righteous Mandate disciples who fought as one in the Northern Dipper formation, expelled after the Chief Disciple’s love for a woman from an evil sect drew the alliance’s wrath; resentment drove all seven to Perfect Transcension.

Sources

• Method.gg — Phantom Blade Zero: The Seven-Stars Formation Memory Flower Locations
• GameSpot — All Memory Flowers In Phantom Blade Zero (Memory Flower of the Seven Stars set)
• TechWiser — Phantom Blade Zero: All Main and Tale Quests
• AllThingsHow — All Phantom Blade Zero Tales and Side Quests
• Game8 — Chief Disciple of the Seven-Stars Location and How to Beat
• Wikily — Resonant Strings quest journal (sidebar listing: The Seven-Stars Formation, ‘Together through fire and water’)