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SoulframeThe Gold-Masked One
The Gold-Masked One is an optional early Phantom Blade Zero boss, fought first through the cave across the bridge at Long Pillar Overlook in Weeping Creek Valley, then at the Mirrorwood Long Pillar in Crimson Forest. Game8 ranks him the hardest boss and advises coming back with the Outlaw Warblade.
The Gold-Masked One is an optional boss found through the cave across the bridge at Long Pillar Overlook in Weeping Creek Valley, and Game8 advises coming back with the Outlaw Warblade from Jing Ye, since you meet him early but are not ready. He tops Game8's hardest bosses and its readers' vote. Each Long Pillar fight belongs to Bloodline Awakening, which the True Ending needs (Endings).
Quick facts
| First fight | Past Long Pillar Overlook, Weeping Creek Valley; drops Counterstrike Bracers |
| Second fight | Mirrorwood Long Pillar, Crimson Forest; drops Miraculous Scabbard |
| Weapons | Outlaw Warblade, Jagged Steel |
| Phantom Edges | Dread Axe, Hunter's Chain Sickle |
| Accessories | Shenji's Ring, Resonance Talisman, Hunter's Insight |
How to beat him
- Play defensively nearly the whole fight. His moves mix heavy parryable hits with unblockable strikes.
- Shenji's Ring cuts the Sha-Chi that blocking costs, and the Resonance Talisman enlarges the bar.
- The Warblade's guard break and lifesteal pay for your mistakes.
- Parry blue, dodge red (Beginner's Guide).
Frequently asked questions
Where is the Gold-Masked One? First through the cave across the bridge at Long Pillar Overlook, Weeping Creek Valley, off the main route; second at the Mirrorwood Long Pillar, Crimson Forest.
Do you have to beat the Gold-Masked One? Not for the main story, but the Long Pillars count toward the True Ending.
Sources
- The Gold-Masked One, Game8, read Oct 31, 2026
- Global achievements, Steam, read Oct 31, 2026
Related
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Chief Disciple of the Seven StarsThe Chief Disciple of the Seven Stars leads the Seven-Star Sword Formation, the Phantom Blade Zero boss of S-Game's Year of the Snake trailer (Jan 21, 2025) and of its 2025 S-Party demo. Seven swordsmen fight as one, then the surviving disciples hang their leader on crimson threads like a marionette for a second phase, the Chief Disciple's Fallen Hope, which the Red Wraith joins if Soul spared her earlier.
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HuangxingHuangxing (Huangxingzi, 荒行子) is a Phantom Blade Zero boss, the robed, pyramid-helmeted flail fighter of the 2023 reveal trailer, who was the final boss of the 2024 World Tour Demo as "Huangxing, the Sunken Pillar of Kunlun" and returns in the final game with a second, rampaging phase. Soulframe Liang names him as a villain who once upheld chivalry before he fell.
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CharactersThe main character of Phantom Blade Zero is Soul, once the Order's most feared blade, framed for his leader's murder and left with 66 days to live; the stage actor Yucheng gave him his likeness and motion capture. Around him are his father Mó Yuan (Donnie Yen), his blood brother Zuo Shang, Mu Xiaokui, the Flesh Sculptor and The Hunt. [Roger Craig Smith voices Soul in English](https://game8.co/articles/latest/phantom-blade-zero-casts-sonic-va-roger-craig-smith-as-protagonist-soul), replacing Jay Maksenuk, and Donnie Yen recorded Mó Yuan's lines, Game8 reports; S-Game had not published a full cast by Oct 31, 2026.
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Mó YuanMó Yuan (魔渊) is the Leader of the Bastion of Mó and the father of Soul, the protagonist of Phantom Blade Zero, played by Donnie Yen through facial and motion capture (and his voice, according to Game Informer and Soulframe Liang). He is the masked man fighting with a baby in the trailers, and Soul fights him several times.
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Zuo ShangZuo Shang (左殇) is Soul's childhood blood brother in Phantom Blade Zero, who drives a blade through Soul's heart in the final duel that opens the story. Zhang Xince, a Shanghai University film student, gave the character his face, and Soulframe Liang describes a sickly, cold, white-haired form of him.
See also
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EndingsPowerPyx's guide finds two endings in Phantom Blade Zero, Normal and True, against the eight director Soulframe Liang promised before launch. The True Ending needs every purple-icon quest done, ten of them before you enter Mirage Estate, and leads to a hidden last boss after Meng Hua.
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- Hua, Deadly BetrothedHua, Deadly Betrothed is an optional Phantom Blade Zero boss in the Flesh Lily Fields under the Valley Sha-Chi Tower in Weeping Creek Valley. Bleed does not work on her, so fight defensively with the Sanguine Twin and Dread Axe, parry her blade, and dodge her red-flash grab and lilies. She drops the Scarlet Wraithblade.
- Peng MengPeng Meng the Axemaster is Phantom Blade Zero's required boss of Weeping Creek Valley in Chapter 2. Stay close, block and parry, use Jagged Steel's bleed, and dodge his grab after the Battle Cry. He drops the Dread Axe.
- The HuntThe Hunt is a required Phantom Blade Zero boss fought twice: on the wagon after the prologue, then in two phases at the Great Waterfall in Weeping Creek Valley before Crimson Forest. Parry blue flashes, dodge red ones and his hook, and in the rematch use the Scarlet Wraithblade and Jagged Steel. He drops the Hunter's Chain Sickle.