How to Get Down the Crimson Manor Shaft to the Scavenger Pens in Phantom Blade Zero
The full route down the red thread nets below the Crimson Manor, how much each drop costs, the Otherworldly Copper on the way, the chest below the Pens and the way back up.
The full route down the red thread nets below the Crimson Manor, how much each drop costs, the Otherworldly Copper on the way, the chest below the Pens and the way back up.
by AllThingsHow Staff
Quick answer: Go through the red crystal cave and press “Space” at the broken plank end, then drop down the red thread nets to the rope. Drop twice more and press “Space” at the wall to slide to the Scavenger Pens bell.
The shaft under the Crimson Manor is mostly a test of where you step. Almost every wrong edge kills you outright. The right edges still take a large share of your health.
Fall damage in the shaft
Fall damage scales hard with height. These figures are for a character with 1,668 max health.
Drop height
Health lost
12 m or less
None
About 13.6 m
About 302
About 14.5-15 m
About 655-667
About 17 m
About 1,110-1,120
About 19 m or more
Fatal
Anything off the route below is a fatal drop. Since death does not restore your gourd, rest at the Crimson Manor bell before descending.
Watch out for two places where you can get stuck: the rocks immediately next to the cave entrance and the beam beside the first net. Avoid them both.
Leave the Crimson Manor bell through the inner hall, then head outside onto the gallery. Continue to the stairs leading down to the red crystal cave. Keep to the stairs; stepping off their side costs about 1,110 health.
After the rope deposits you on the net, cross it and drop from the opposite edge onto the net below. The fall costs about 655-667 health; heal once you land.
Find the edge of this net closest to the rock wall and descend from there. The drop is about 12 m, causes no damage, and lands you beside a body marked by a white glint.
The wall slide flows straight into a long, sloped slide, all in a single ride of about 20 seconds. Avoid making sharp steering movements during the ride.
When you reach the ledge, follow it for about 45 m. Take the single short descent of about 2 m along the way to arrive at the Scavenger Pens bell. No enemies appear on this route.
Ring the bell. Once it is rung, the descent is done, and you can Traverse out from the Pens bell as usual.
The chest under the Scavenger Pens and the way back up
From the bell shelf, drop onto the arena floor below; the fall causes no damage. Qing Daofu, The Puppet Scavenger, fights in this arena. The way into the manor itself is in the Crimson Manor guide.
Cross to the big rock at the far end of the arena. An “L CTRL” prompt appears at the top of it. Press it and Soul squeezes through to a chest that holds these items:
To climb back to the bell, go to the foot of the rope bridge at the arena’s edge and walk up it. Follow it until a “Space” prompt appears on the rope wall. Press it, and Soul runs up the wall to the bell shelf.
