Fast travel in Phantom Blade Zero runs through bells: ring one to make it a checkpoint and a travel point, then travel between any bells you have found. A thin red thread near Soul points toward the nearest undiscovered bell.
How to unlock fast travel
- Find a bell and ring it. It becomes your checkpoint and joins your travel points.
- Near an undiscovered bell, a thin red thread links to Soul and shows the way.
- Ringing a bell also reveals part of the region's ink map.
- From a bell, Traverse takes you to any bell you have rung, across regions.
- Travelling straight from the map, away from a bell, needs a Traversal Talisman. With none, the game answers "Not enough Traversal Talismans. Cannot traverse."
- The Traversal Talisman is a cracked wooden charm that opens a path through the Discordance when shattered. Use it away from a bell to reach any bell you have already rung.
- Dying sends Soul back to the last bell you touched.
What resting at a bell does
- Restores your health.
- Refills your potion charges.
- Refills the Remnant Sparks your Phantom Edges spend.
- In 66 Days mode, touching a bell is also the only way the game saves.
Resting does not bring enemies back. The director confirmed in October 2026 that defeated enemies never respawn: the team wants every encounter to be new, so stronger weapons come from exploring places you have not been yet, not from farming.
How many bells are there?
Bells are one of the seven columns of each region's collection tracker. Mandate Encampment's tracker, the one shown in full, lists 18 bells. The per-region list is on the bells locations page.
The bell menu
Resting at a bell in the finished game opens six options: Traverse (fast travel), Upgrade Equipment, Store, Train Abilities (the skill tree), Save and Leave. Store, the merchant, does not show at every bell.
The menu grows as you go. The first bell, The Beginning, offers only Train Abilities, Save and Leave, and Traverse joins from the second one, First Meeting with Yu'er. Save keeps up to 20 manual saves.
Bell names read in launch-review footage include Mandate Encampment Outer Gate, Behind the Encampment Waterfall, Outlaw Trap, Covered Bridge, Mirrorwood Entrance and Mirrorwood Lóng Pillar. Launch-day guides put Outlaw Trap and the two Mirrorwood bells in Crimson Forest, Covered Bridge and the Outer Gate in Village of Lu, and Behind the Encampment Waterfall in Mandate Encampment.
FAQ
How do you fast travel in Phantom Blade Zero?
Ring bells as you find them, then choose Traverse at any bell to reach another one. Travelling from the map without standing at a bell costs a Traversal Talisman.
Where do you find Traversal Talismans?
Some sit in breakable piles of crates and planks: one turns up when you smash a pile in the Mandate outpost of Weeping Creek Valley.
What are the statues or checkpoints in Phantom Blade Zero?
They are bells. Ringing one sets your checkpoint, refills potions and Remnant Sparks, reveals part of the map and unlocks it for fast travel.
How do you find bells?
Follow the thin red thread that appears near Soul when a bell is close, and check the region's collection tracker for how many are left.
By Edwin Galibert · Last checked Oct 29, 2026 · How we source · Report an error