Quick answer: The Crimson Forest Cellar Crank lies on the balcony of the poison-filled shrine hall, upstairs in the cabin next to the Cliffside Lodge bell. Climb the ladder by the bell, cross the hall, and grab it fast.
Where the Crimson Forest Cellar Crank is
In Chapter 1 of Phantom Blade Zero, head to the Crimson Forest to retrieve the crank. It is on level two of the large wooden cabin on the slope, a storehouse beside the Cliffside Lodge bell. The upper floor contains a shrine hall decorated with red hanging lanterns, candles, and shelves of clay jars. Check the floor beside the hall’s open balcony, where a wooden railing runs past scattered corpses. The crank gives off an orange glint.
How to get the Crimson Forest Cellar Crank
It opens into the shrine hall, and poison hits you as soon as you step inside.
Once you have it, head out the same way you came in.
Surviving the poison in the shrine hall
Entering the hall immediately triggers poison damage, which removes a large amount of health in a short time. A healing gourd only buys a few seconds before the poison takes the health away again. Leave the hall and the poison subsides, allowing your health to recover.
Don’t explore the hall. Walk straight to the glint, pick up the crank, and walk straight back out.
Crimson Forest Cellar Crank item card
When that card appears, the crank is yours. It is a Story Item, and its card reads:
“A tiger-headed crank found on the second floor of a mountain cabin in the Crimson Forest. Traces of toxic gas still linger in its socket.”
“Corpses lie strewn about, while mournful cries never cease… What secrets lie in the cellar beneath the ruined cabin?”
Don’t confuse it with the Crimson Forest Tunnel Crank. That’s a separate item in the same region.
