The trophy list is generous on paper and unforgiving in practice: 36 PS5 trophies (1 Platinum, 3 Gold, 14 Silver, 18 Bronze) and 66 Steam achievements, with a Platinum that asks for one full playthrough on any of the first three difficulties. Nothing demands a second run, but seven achievements sit behind quest deadlines that close without warning, and the true-ending flags feed directly into two of them. This guide maps the counts, the missables, and a route that clears the list in a single pass.
The Counts, and Why Steam Shows 66
The PS5 list is the baseline: 36 trophies, including Defy Destiny for the Platinum. Steam adds 30 PC-only achievements on top of the same 36, producing the 66 total. The extra 30 are not documented individually in the sources used here, so treat any Steam-specific checklist as incomplete until a full list is verified.
| Platform | Total | Breakdown |
|---|---|---|
| PS5 | 36 | 1 Platinum, 3 Gold, 14 Silver, 18 Bronze |
| Steam | 66 | The 36 PS5 trophies plus 30 PC-only achievements |
The Platinum is rated 4/10 on Easy and 6/10 on Normal by PowerPyx, with a 30–40 hour completion window. No trophy requires the 66 Days mode, and no trophy requires a difficulty above the first three settings — Wayfarer counts.
The Seven Missable Achievements
PowerPyx flags seven achievements as missable: With Heart and Blood, Forbidden Arts Beneath the Lake, The Last of Baishan, Together Till the End, A Wanderer’s Honor, Spectral Blade, and The Healer’s Legacy.
The deadlines behind those seven map onto specific gates:
- Spectral Blade — the first Mindseal stone in A Severed Mindseal must be handed in before leaving Weeping Creek Valley.
- The Healer’s Legacy — Flesh Lily’s flower hand-in closes before Bai Chilian.
- The Last of Baishan — Secrets of the Baishan Sect must be accepted before Bai Chilian, and Bi Taotao inspected before Yubi.
- A Wanderer’s Honor — The Journey Home must be reported before the Pangzhen transition.
- Together Till the End — Young Master Lan’s first conversation must happen before Pangzhen.
- Forbidden Arts Beneath the Lake — Secrets at the Heart of the Lake closes before Mirage Estate.
- With Heart and Blood — the true-ending achievement, gated by the Violet Blossom and Bloodline Awakening flags.
Boss, Story, and Side-Quest Groups
The 36 PS5 trophies split into five functional groups. Knowing which group a missing trophy belongs to tells you whether to replay a fight or revisit a region.
| Group | Count | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Story | 14 | The Heart’s Journey; With Heart and Blood; All Dreams Must End |
| Bosses | 18 | The Axe’s Grudge; The Hunt; The Two Blade Masters; Turning the Tide |
| Side quests | 9 | Spectral Blade; The Healer’s Legacy; Lost and Found; Even Trees Know Sorrow |
| Gear / collecting | 8 | A Tempered Ten; Listen to Every Flower; Phantom Arsenal |
| Combat | 16 | Way of the Phantom; Bloodless Victory; Heavenfall Strike |
The boss group is the largest and the least missable — every named encounter resolves on the critical path or through a quest that has no hard cutoff. The side-quest group is where the seven missables live, and the gear group is pure post-credits cleanup.
Collectible Trophies and Their Thresholds
Three collecting trophies have concrete thresholds worth planning around. Listen to Every Flower unlocks at any 10 Memory Flowers, not the full set — the full set is 37 flowers and 129 petals by PowerPyx’s count, though Game8 says 130 and Fextralife lists 34 Pangzhen entries against a stated 33. The mechanic is high-confidence; the totals are medium-confidence.
Even Trees Know Sorrow comes from Heart of the Banyan, five trees. Lost and Found comes from Quick Hand’s Request, all 16 Lost Treasures — Crimson 3, Lu 3, Pangzhen 4, Meigu 3, Mirage 3. The last three treasures sit in Mirage Estate, so this one cannot close early.
For the full collectible map, see the collectibles checklist and the dedicated Memory Flowers guide.
The Efficient Platinum Roadmap
This route assumes one playthrough on Wayfarer or Normal, with a manual save at the Green Serpent House door and another at The Last Chance.
- Weeping Creek Valley. Hand in the first Mindseal stone before leaving the valley. Complete Apprentice Healer before Jing Ye. Complete Purge the Sect and Festering Secret before Bai Chilian.
- Crimson Forest, before Bai Chilian. Finish Flesh Lily, A Healer’s Mercy, and Honor Among Thieves. Accept Secrets of the Baishan Sect. Collect all six Inanis Memory Flowers — the Chord drains Bai Chilian’s Sha-Chi in phase 2.
- Village of Lu. Report The Journey Home and speak to Lan Shaodi before the Pangzhen transition. Collect all five of Mu Xiaokui’s ribbons before her fight. Collect all six Firefly flowers to clear the poison mist at Broken Puppet Pit Entrance and unlock Dusk, the Puppeteer.
- Pangzhen. Complete the ten purple Mysteries and the pre-Mirage Tales. You should already have Long Pillars 1–2; leave the rest for Meigu. Manual save at the Green Serpent door; do not open it yet.
- Meigu Lake and Mountain of Imprisonment. Collect the four Acolyte Masks and both Crystal Puppet Eyes. Clear the Illusory Pipa chain, Phantom Illusionist Ruins, and Long Pillars 3–4. Complete Secrets at the Heart of the Lake before Mirage.
- Mirage Estate. Claim the fifth Lóng Pillar for Bloodline Awakening. Collect the last three Quick Hand treasures. Finish any remaining purple Mysteries.
- Mount Soulrend. Manual save at The Last Chance. Talk to Inanis and complete the true-ending checklist. Beat Leng Tu, then Meng Hua, then Zuo Shang’s two forms.
- Post-credits cleanup. Temper every new weapon and Phantom Edge at least once, push one of each to 30, and sweep remaining non-missable collectibles.
True-Ending Flags and the Two Achievements They Control
With Heart and Blood and All Dreams Must End are the two ending achievements, and they are mutually exclusive in a single run. The clean model uses two flags: A is the Violet Blossom, earned by finishing all ten pre-Mirage purple Mysteries and speaking to Inanis in the Realm of Mirage at the end of The Lake. B is Bloodline Awakening, earned by completing all five Lóng Pillars.
| Ending | Flags | Achievement |
|---|---|---|
| Final Battle (true) | A + B | With Heart and Blood |
| Long’s Roar | A only | All Dreams Must End |
| Annihilation | A missing | All Dreams Must End |
| Undying Grudge | 66 Days counter at 0 | None |
The four-outcome model comes from KeenGamer and wikily; PowerPyx’s launch guide describes only two endings, and S-GAME pre-launch claimed eight. Treat the count as medium-high confidence. The true ending checklist covers the flag requirements in full.
What Is Confirmed and What Is Guide-Derived
Confirmed by two or more independent sources: the 36/66 trophy split, the Platinum name and requirements, the five functional groups, the 10-flower threshold for Listen to Every Flower, the four-outcome ending model, and the two points of no return.
Guide-derived or single-source: the seven-missable list (PowerPyx, contested by Kungfupunk), the 37-flower and 129-petal totals (PowerPyx against Game8 and Fextralife), the strict flag status of the Zhu Yuan and Bi Feng kills, and whether all 16 Quick Hand treasures are required for the true ending. The 30 PC-only Steam achievements are not individually documented in the sources used here.
Sources & confidence
Primary sources are PowerPyx’s trophy guide and launch documentation, cross-checked against KeenGamer, wikily, Game8, Fextralife, and the PBZ Wiki, with Kungfupunk’s quest-data read noted where it conflicts. The biggest uncertainty is the missable list: PowerPyx names seven achievements with deadlines, while a quest-data read claims only one deadline exists, and that dispute is unresolved. The second-largest is the Memory Flower total, where three sources disagree by a small margin.
Sources & further reading
- Steam store page — Valve
- Phantom Blade Zero review — IGN
- Trophy guide and roadmap — PowerPyx
- PC performance review — Wccftech
We link to the primary source for every hard number. If a source conflicts, we say so in the text.
By the PBZ Guide Team · Reviewed by the editorial desk This page was translated with editorial review. Spot an error? Tell us. We link to the primary source for every hard number. If a source conflicts, we say so in the text.