Quick answer: The Female Sword Puppet has five moves and her shield soaks up plain strikes, so deflect her attacks, especially the blue-flash lunges, then land red counters, which bring her down quickly.
Female Sword Puppet at a glance
- A light-colored marionette holds a blade in one hand and a circular red shield in the other.
- She has no partner. Her health meter is small and floats above her head; no boss meter appears at the bottom of the screen.
- The fight takes place on the cellar floor, in a dim room washed in red light from candles and fires. Crates, statues, and two chests stand at the far end.
- She waits beside the first chest and rushes you the moment you descend the cellar ladder.
How to reach the Female Sword Puppet in the Smuggler’s Treasure Cellar
You need the Village of Lu Cellar Key in your inventory. The door it opens uses it up.
Rest using the Smuggler’s Treasure Cellar bell to replenish your health and healing before the fight.
Walk off the edge beside the long ladder. You drop roughly 12 m to the ladder’s base without taking damage.
At the ladder’s base, press E to use the barred door. The Village of Lu Cellar Key unlocks it and is removed from your inventory.
Follow the passage to the cellar ladder and press Space to climb down. The Female Sword Puppet is on the cellar floor below and comes for you right away.
Female Sword Puppet moveset and how to answer each attack
The names below describe what each move looks like. They are not in-game names.
Running slash
From roughly 6 m away, she rushes in and slashes as she reaches you. The hit costs only a little health, but connects as soon as you land on the cellar floor. Prepare during the final part of the climb, then guard or deflect her approach.
Shield guard
Plain strikes bounce off her round shield in a shower of sparks, with a guard bubble around her. Stop swinging into it. Wait for the opening that follows one of her own attacks.
Leaping slash
She springs into the air with her sword raised and slashes on the way down. Deflect as she lands, and she opens up to a red counter.
Blue flash, then dashing slash
A blue flare signals the move: she retreats, then lunges with a slash from roughly 5 m away. This is her most damaging attack. When the flare appears and she withdraws, prepare to deflect her lunge.
Blue flash, then shield lunge
She lifts the shield, pulls her sword back, flashes blue and lunges in behind the shield. Deflect the lunge, then counter.
Beating the Female Sword Puppet with deflects
A blue flash appears on the Female Sword Puppet just before each of her big strikes. Deflect every flashing strike, then hit back with a counter.
A clean deflect on a flash strike leaves her open to a red counter. Do your damage there. Attacking into her shield at any other time just gets soaked up.
She goes down quickly once the counters start landing. You know the fight is over when her small health bar empties and she drops Remnant Dust.
Female Sword Puppet rewards and cellar loot
With her gone, the cellar floor is yours to loot.
| Source | Contents |
|---|---|
| Female Sword Puppet | Remnant Dust |
| First chest | 2,107 Remnant Dust, 9 Incense Ash |
| Ornate chest | Remnant Spark Cage accessory |
| Purple pickup by the first chest | Phantom Reforge Talisman |
Both chests sit at the far end of the cellar. The purple pickup lies on the floor next to the first one, where she stood before the fight.
