The Broad Saber Phantom Blade Zero Walkthrough & Rewards

The Broad Saber is one of the last tales most players meet in the Mountain of Imprisonment, and one of the most efficient in the game: a rescue, a boss duel, and a report-back that pays the final piece of the Juggernaut heavy saber’s Soul Tempering material. No fetch chain, no cross-region backtracking — just one imprisoned soldier, one corrupted commander, and the sword that still remembers him. This page walks the full route; the wider region context lives in the Mountain of Imprisonment walkthrough.

How Do You Start The Broad Saber in Phantom Blade Zero?

The tale lives in Hanging Cage Cavern, the cave that follows Iron Butcher’s Camp along the region’s cliff-side path. Its entrance bell stands at the mouth of the cave, and inside is a large chamber where enemies guard rows of prison cells. Clear the room first — the mob pack blocks the passage, and Exputer notes a Blackstone Fragment pays out for defeating every enemy in the cavern. Only then is it safe to talk.

The prisoner is a Wulin Fighter locked in one of the cages. AllThingsHow measures his cell at roughly 55 meters from the Cavern Passage bell, about 15 meters below it. He explains his story: he and the Maskwalkers once served as brothers in the Mandate, but when Huangxing ordered every survivor to undergo Transcension, he refused — and was thrown in a cage for it. His former commander, once renowned for wiping out sixty-four bandit camps with a heavy saber called the Juggernaut, accepted the procedure and became a corrupted Maskwalker. The fighter asks you to defeat the Old Commander officially, which starts the tale.

Where Is Bi Feng, the Giant Saber Commander?

Before hunting, set up the return trip. Exit the cavern up the wooden steps, then head west and ring the Cavern Passage Bell — KeenGamer’s all-tales table sequences it exactly this way, so the report-back at the end is a fast-travel hop instead of a second cave crawl.

From the Cavern Passage Bell, go west and jump down the ledge into an open arena. The fog door to the duel sits about 19 meters from the Commander’s Platform bell per AllThingsHow. Step through and the Old Commander reveals himself on screen as Bi Feng, Giant Saber Commander — the tale’s sole boss. Everything about the fight, from his giant saber arcs to the parry-and-Ghoststep rhythm the Maskwalkers teach, is covered in the dedicated Bi Feng boss guide.

Win and two things happen. First, the Juggernaut heavy saber drops straight away — Game8, AllThingsHow, and PowerPyx all agree the weapon comes from the kill itself, not the quest turn-in. Second, the nearby Commander’s Platform Bell activates, wiring the arena into the fast-travel network.

How Do You Complete the Tale?

Ride the Commander’s Platform Bell back to Cavern Passage, re-enter Hanging Cage Cavern, and speak to the fighter again. Report the commander’s defeat and he is overjoyed — he tells you to put the Juggernaut to good use and hands over Ritual Cauldron Fragment III, saying he will make his own way down the mountain. The tale closes on the spot.

The fragment’s item card reads:

“A fragment of the Ritual Cauldron, carefully wiped clean. Whoever cleaned it could not bear to see this ceremonial vessel, once used by the great orthodox sects of old in rites honoring gods and Buddhas, disappear into the dust and smoke.”

Someone in that cavern still cared about old rites. Given what the region does to people, it lands harder than most flavor text.

What Is the Restored Ritual Cauldron For?

Fragment III is the third of three. The other two Ritual Cauldron Fragments are also in the Mountain of Imprisonment — AllThingsHow marks them among the region’s collectibles, and the Soul Temper materials index tracks all three. Hold the full set and they combine into the Restored Ritual Cauldron, the designated Soul Tempering material for the very Juggernaut you took off Bi Feng.

The tempered art is Unfading Sunset: “Crimson Wheel Slash no longer consumes Red Edge when it hits an enemy marked with Bandit-Slayer Mark.” In practice, the Juggernaut’s cash-out stops spending its own buff resource on marked targets, so the Red Edge loop feeds itself in extended fights. Tempering is irreversible and charges the standard 5,000 Remnant Dust on top of the material, so read the Soul Tempering system guide before committing.

Is The Broad Saber Missable?

No — and it is structurally protected. The Mountain of Imprisonment only opens after the late-game mist clear, well past every early cutoff, and PowerPyx’s missable-quest sweep does not flag the tale. The one genuine loss condition is never reaching the region at all: entry requires repairing the Illusory Pipa to clear the Meigu Lake mist wall, a chain documented in the region walkthrough. Once you are inside, the fighter, the boss, and the fragment all wait indefinitely.

Also worth knowing: Bi Feng must be defeated anyway for the Two Blade Masters trophy and the True Ending route, so the duel at the heart of this tale is on a completionist’s critical path regardless. Clearing the cavern cell room first also starts Hero’s Lament at the same site via the hanging-cage lever outside — pair the two tales in one visit, as our all-tales roster recommends.

FAQ

How do you start The Broad Saber in Phantom Blade Zero?

Clear the Hanging Cage Cavern cell room in the Mountain of Imprisonment and speak to the Wulin Fighter locked in a cage about 55 meters from the Cavern Passage bell. His request to defeat the corrupted Old Commander starts the tale.

What is the reward for The Broad Saber?

Ritual Cauldron Fragment III, received when you report Bi Feng’s defeat. The Juggernaut heavy saber itself drops from the boss fight, separate from the quest reward.

Is The Broad Saber missable?

No. It opens late, has no dialogue cutoff, and the region stays accessible. You only lose it by never unlocking the Mountain of Imprisonment.

Where do the Ritual Cauldron fragments come from?

All three are in the Mountain of Imprisonment: Fragment III from this tale, and the other two from the region’s collectible set. Together they form the Restored Ritual Cauldron, the Juggernaut’s Soul Temper material.

Sources

• Game8 — The Broad Saber Walkthrough and Rewards
• AllThingsHow — The Broad Saber Quest in Phantom Blade Zero
• KeenGamer — All 33 Tales and Side Quests Walkthrough
• Exputer — Hanging Cage Cavern
• PBZ Builds — The Broad Saber Side Tale (PowerPyx data)