Crimson Forest
The second region of the story, a forest of red leaves that the chapter Snake's Reflection opens. Hua Qianxiao, the Sword Fanatic, waits at its start on a bridge deck by the Pangzhen Bridge Overlook bell.
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Bells
All bells →Outlaw Trap
The bell nearest the fight with Jing Ye, the Outlaw, on the Crimson Forest map. The first of Quick Hand Zhang's three treasures lies in the tunnel past the trapdoor of this area.
Nearby: Kuye Dew (Medicine), Jing Ye (boss)
No map position yetCliffside Lodge
Bell at the house on the rock. The basement door below it is marked "Does not open from this side": during Secrets of the Baishan Sect, the Crimson Forest Cellar Crank from the enemies around the lodge opens the cellar from the ledge above.
Nearby: On Perfect Transcension, IV. The Means to Resist, Blackstone Fragment
No map position yetMirrorwood Entrance
The bell nearest the fight with Stone Hand Iron Fever. The way to his arena passes the Mirrorwood shrine with red candles.
Nearby: Stone Hand Iron Fever (boss)
No map position yetThreadbound Great Tree
The bell nearest Bai Chilian's meadow of blue flowers under a giant dead tree hung with ropes, at the end of Crimson Forest. The quest Whence the Weeping points here: "Search the depths of the forest".
Nearby: Bai Chilian (boss)
No map position yetPangzhen Bridge Overlook
A bell next to the wooden bridge deck where Hua Qianxiao, the Sword Fanatic, is fought, at the start of Crimson Forest. Its menu offers Traverse, Upgrade Equipment, Train Abilities, Save and Leave.
Nearby: Hua Qianxiao (boss)
No map position yet
Crimson Forest (bell)
Bell at the southern edge of the Crimson Forest map, next to the way back to Weeping Creek Valley.
No map position yetAbandoned Main Road
The south-western bell of the map, south of the Pangzhen Bridge Overlook bell.
Nearby: Pangzhen Bridge Overlook bell
No map position yetTrail of Cages
North-east of the Pangzhen Bridge Overlook bell. Quick Hand Zhang is held in a wooden cage just north of it, at the end of a cave: turn the crank to free him, or his Quick Hand Pendant is lost.
No map position yetThieves' Camp
Bell at the thieves' camp in the north of the map, north-east of the Outlaw Trap bell. Once freed, Quick Hand Zhang moves into a cave here and trades the Flying Dagger for the forest's three treasures; after Apprentice Healer, Yu'er waits here with A Healer's Mercy.
Nearby: Outlaw Trap bell
No map position yetRed Serpent House
In the north of the map, just north of the Thieves' Camp bell.
Nearby: Thieves' Camp bell
No map position yetCliff of Longing
The northernmost bell of the map, north-east of the Red Serpent House bell.
Nearby: Red Serpent House bell
No map position yetBurial Grounds
East of the Mirrorwood Entrance bell, in the eastern half of the map.
Nearby: Mirrorwood Entrance bell, The Gold-Masked One, second fight (boss)
No map position yetMirrorwood Lóng Pillar
Bell by the forest's Lóng Pillar, east of the Cliffside Lodge bell. The Gold-Masked One is fought here a second time, and beating him gives the Miraculous Scabbard.
Nearby: Cliffside Lodge bell, Miraculous Scabbard
No map position yetParting Mists
A lone bell in the south-east corner of the map, far south of the Burial Grounds bell.
Nearby: Burial Grounds bell, Jing Ye (boss)
No map position yetMirrorwood Depths
Deep in the Mirrorwood, east of the Mirrorwood Lóng Pillar bell and south of the Threadbound Great Tree bell.
Nearby: Threadbound Great Tree bell, Mirrorwood Lóng Pillar bell
No map position yetLakeside Arch Bridge
A bell named in launch-day guides. Its spot is not confirmed: the likeliest is the bell without a name between the Thieves' Camp and Mirrorwood Entrance bells.
No map position yet
3 more are in the region's tracker but not located yet.
Accessories & Potions
All accessories & potions →Shieldbreaker Talisman
In a chest at a bandit camp early in Crimson Forest, on the way to Jing Ye. An Offensive accessory: increases damage dealt to Shield Durability by 50% and reduces damage taken from Spiked Shields by 30%, worth wearing for Jing Ye's spiked shield.
Nearby: Jing Ye (boss)
No map position yetKuye Dew (Medicine)
In the outlaw hideout under Crimson Forest. The door opens with the Crimson Forest Tunnel Crank, found in the cave near the Outlaw Trap bell where a brute and his dogs guard Preservation Talisman Fragment II. Reduces damage taken by 20% for 15 seconds and restores 40% HP over 10 seconds; 4 uses. Its card calls it a treasured remedy of Kuye Temple.
Nearby: Outlaw Trap bell
No map position yetSilent Wrap
The reward of Honor Among Thieves: answer the Gentle Thief's three questions about his brother's blood letter. A Support accessory: reduces noise from footsteps and Assassinations by 50%.
No map position yetQuick Hand Pendant
Quick Hand Zhang's thanks for freeing him from his wooden cage just north of the Trail of Cages bell, which starts his tale The Wily Hare's Three Dens. Leave him caged and the pendant is lost. An Offensive accessory: One-Handed weapons deal 10% more damage.
Nearby: Trail of Cages bell
No map position yetMiraculous Scabbard
The reward for beating The Gold-Masked One a second time, by the Mirrorwood Lóng Pillar bell. A Defensive accessory: switching main weapons grants Super Armor and 25% damage reduction for 2 seconds.
Nearby: Mirrorwood Lóng Pillar bell
No map position yet
9 more are in the region's tracker but not located yet.
Blackstone Shards
All blackstone shards →Blackstone Fragment
In a chest behind bars in the same poisoned tunnel under the Cliffside Lodge, on the way to the Thieves Camp Dungeon Key.
Nearby: Cliffside Lodge bell
No map position yet
5 more are in the region's tracker but not located yet.
Memory Flowers
All memory flowers →Stone Hand Iron Fever's Memory Flower: The Legacy
A blue Memory Flower by a stone wall on the way to Stone Hand Iron Fever, past the Mirrorwood shrine with red candles. Two remnants; together they add +5% HP. The memory is Iron Fever arguing with his senior brother over their master's legacy and the Iron Fist Sect.
Nearby: Stone Hand Iron Fever (boss)
No map position yetOn Perfect Transcension, IV. The Means to Resist
In the poisoned tunnel under the lodge by the Cliffside Lodge bell, opened with the Crimson Forest Cellar Crank during Secrets of the Baishan Sect. It is remnant 3 of 4 of a flower worth +7% HP.
Nearby: Cliffside Lodge bell
No map position yet
16 more are in the region's tracker but not located yet.
More about Crimson Forest
A quest banner asks you to collect all the treasures in the Crimson Forest for the merchant Quick Hand Zhang.
Launch-day boss footage places the next three fights: Jing Ye by the Outlaw Trap bell, Stone Hand Iron Fever by the Mirrorwood Entrance bell, then Bai Chilian by the Threadbound Great Tree, where the region ends and Soul wakes in the Village of Lu. Launch-day guides call that last fight a point of no return: the Mandate outpost and the Thieves' Camp turn hostile after it.
Its tracker counts 19 bells, three of them at a Sha-Chi Tower you reach only after Mirage Estate, 6 weapons and Phantom Edges, 14 accessories and Medicines, two challenges, six Sha-Chi Amber Fragments, six Blackstone Fragments and 18 Memory Flower remnants.
Bosses here
- Hua QianxiaoHua Qianxiao, the Sword Fanatic, is a drunken-swordplay master and the opening boss of Crimson Forest, the second region.story
- Jing YeA mounted outlaw who fights from horseback with a polearm in a forest of red leaves.story
- Stone Hand Iron FeverA bare-chested colossus with stone fists and a purple aura who hurls boulders, fought in a rocky arena of red leaves and on a plank floor in an autumn forest.story
- Bai ChilianThe swordswoman behind the White Serpent & Crimson Viper blades, fought in a meadow of blue flowers under a giant dead tree hung with ropes.story
- The Gold-Masked One, second fightThe second Lóng Pillar trial guarded by The Gold-Masked One, this time in Crimson Forest.optional
Weapons found here
- White Serpent & Crimson ViperDefeat Bai Chilian at the end of a chapter: the swords are yours when you wake up in the Village of Lu. The fight is by the Threadbound Great Tree bell in Crimson Forest, and the same reward also holds the Resonance Talisman and the Broken Illusory Pipa.Weapon
- Iron GauntletsDropped by Stone Hand Iron Fever, the boss near the Mirrorwood Entrance bell in Crimson Forest: the card appears when he falls.Phantom Edge
- Outlaw WarbladeDropped by Jing Ye, the Outlaw, a boss who fights on horseback in a forest of red leaves. The fight is at the Outlaw Trap bell in Crimson Forest, the second region.Weapon
- The Fanatic's Broken BladeDropped by Hua Qianxiao, the Sword Fanatic: its card appears over his body when the fight ends, on a bridge deck by the Pangzhen Bridge Overlook bell, at the start of Crimson Forest, the second region.Weapon
- Flying DaggerQuick Hand Zhang's reward for Quick Hand's Request in Crimson Forest: "Collect all the treasures in the Crimson Forest". Free him from his cage with the crank at the end of a cave, then bring the three treasures to his cave at the Thieves' Camp. The game marks none of the three green chests on the map.Phantom Edge
By Edwin Galibert · Last checked Oct 29, 2026 · How we source · Report an error