The Order's hunter and one of Soul's former comrades, fought twice. The first fight is the second boss of the story: a running battle across a speeding wagon, with The Hunt switching between horseback and the cart while Soul holds the deck.
- Role
- Story boss
- Boss order
- #2
- Region
- Weeping Creek Valley
- Nearest bell
- Great Waterfall
- Phases
- 2
- Drops
- Hunter's Chain Sickle
How to reach The Hunt
Weeping Creek Valley mapThe second fight starts a few steps north of the Great Waterfall bell, on a meadow and pebble bank at the foot of the falls, during the main quest Steel and Steam. Ring that bell first: it is where you come back after a death.
Attacks to watch
Parry blue, dodge redEvery known attack 17 of 17 on video
Horseback pass
Rides beside the speeding wagon and strikes at the deck from the saddle.
Leap from the horse
Jumps from his horse high over the wagon and comes down on the deck beside you.
Red-flash strike
Red · dodgeStrikes from beside the wagon after a red flash. Dodge it.
Red leap slam
Red · dodgeLeaps onto the wagon after a red flash and slams down where you stand. Dodge toward the middle of the deck, not the edge.
Blue-flash swing
Blue · parryA blade swing on the wagon deck under a blue flash. Parry it and you stay where you are.
Blue-flash chain strike
Blue · parrySecond fight, first bar: a blue flash runs along his chain just before the strike. Parry it and the hit lands in a burst of sparks.
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Red-flash lunge
Red · dodgeSecond fight, first bar: a red flash, then a rush across the riverbank straight at you. Dodge it.
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Chain-sickle whirl
He swings the sickle on its full length of chain in wide arcs around you, taunting "Too slow! Still too slow! Faster!" Get out of its circle rather than wait inside it.
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Aerial scythe sweep
Blue · parrySixfold Scythe: he leaps, a blue flash shows in the air, and the chained scythes sweep down at you as he lands.
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Chain rain
Sixfold Scythe: huge rusted chains wrapped in violet light fall from the sky and stake the ground all around you, and he jumps into the middle: "Master Soul... nowhere to run!" No red or blue flash marks it.
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Dust whirl
Sixfold Scythe: he spins inside a column of grey dust while the scythes draw long white arcs around him. No flash warns of it, so keep your distance until it stops.
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Red-flash crossed scythes
Red · dodgeSixfold Scythe: a red flash between two crescent scythe arcs, right in front of you. Dodge it.
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Blade lock
On the wagon, your weapons lock face to face and a △ prompt appears between you before the clash bursts and his guard bar flares.
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Red-flash chain grab
Red · dodgeSecond fight, first bar: a red flash, a rush through the dust, and if it lands he wraps his chain around Soul's neck and hurls him down. Dodge on the flash.
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Leaping chain throws
Second fight, first bar: he leaps high over the riverbank and hurls the sickle down at you again and again from the air, in long white arcs. Keep moving sideways; one throw was parried in launch-day play.
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Spinning scythe throw
Sixfold Scythe: from range he hurls scythes that spin like white discs across the riverbank, often two in a row. They can be knocked aside.
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Blue-flash rushing strike
Blue · parrySixfold Scythe: a blue flash at mid range, then he rushes you along the ground. Parry on the flash.
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Phases
S-GAME, Pre-order trailer, 3:03 ↗ The Hunt, Hunter of the OrderFought on top of a moving wagon. Riders close in from both flanks while The Hunt leaps between his horse and the cart.
He strikes from the saddle, jumps onto the deck, and signals his slam with a red flash and his deck swing with a blue one.
Clip: GamingBolt The Hunt, Sixfold ScytheThe second phase of the rematch at the Great Waterfall. Once his first bar is down, a cutscene shows him corrupted, one eye red, scythes fanned out on chains: "No... limits... only... corruption!"
The bar comes back as The Hunt, Sixfold Scythe, and a red mist fills the riverbank.
This phase adds the chain rain, the dust whirl and the crossed scythes. When he falls, he asks how Soul still fights like that after Zuo Shang's fatal strike to the heart, and his last line is "Shadow Sovereign Zuo's been awfully attentive to you..."
How to beat The Hunt
The arena is the wagon deck: narrow, moving, and edged by a drop. Keep to the middle of the cart so dodges do not carry you off it.
The rematch is long: about ten minutes from the first bar to the last line in one launch-day run, with one death in the Sixfold Scythe phase. Keep Medicine for the second bar.
You fight him on the wagon with your starting kit. For a later meeting, previewers brought the Scarlet Wraithblade, which disrupts his Sha-Chi.
Parry rather than dodge where you can: a perfect parry costs you no Sha-Chi and drains his, and it keeps you on the deck instead of rolling toward the edge.
Rewards
得The Hunt FAQ
Who is The Hunt in Phantom Blade Zero?
A hunter for the Order and an old comrade of Soul. After Soul is framed for the murder of the Order's leader, the people he fought beside turn on him, and The Hunt is sent after him.
When do you fight The Hunt?
Twice. First on the wagon right after the prologue, at the end of the chapter Reckless Pursuit. Then fifth, after Jagged Steel and Peng Meng: the rematch at the Great Waterfall, during the main quest Steel and Steam.
Is The Hunt, Sixfold Scythe a separate boss?
No. It is the second health bar of the rematch at the Great Waterfall. The first bar reads The Hunt, Hunter of the Order; after a cutscene the fight goes on as The Hunt, Sixfold Scythe, in a red mist.
What does The Hunt drop?
The Hunter's Chain Sickle, after the rematch. Its card appears at the end of the fight, and owning it pulls Soul to distant anchor points even when it is not equipped.
Where is The Hunt fought?
First on a speeding wagon, the fight that opens the 11-minute pre-order trailer. The rematch is in Weeping Creek Valley, on the riverbank at the foot of the Great Waterfall, just north of the bell of the same name.
Who is The Hunt, Hunter of the Order?
Weeping Creek Valley mapThe rematch closes Weeping Creek Valley, after Peng Meng, at the foot of the Great Waterfall. It has two health bars in one fight, The Hunt, Hunter of the Order, then The Hunt, Sixfold Scythe, and beating it gives you the Hunter's Chain Sickle.
Between the two he keeps turning up in the valley: a cutscene at the Mandate outpost ("Too slow... far too slow!"), then a man cut down on a rope bridge ("Kill! Kill! ...Anyone who stands in my way dies!").
By Edwin Galibert · Last checked Oct 29, 2026 · How we source · Report an error