Quick answer: Ring the Scavenger Pens bell under the Crimson Manor, then drop into the flooded arena below. Acolyte Hansui joins partway through with ice attacks, so you end up fighting two bosses.
Puppet Scavenger location in Phantom Blade Zero
The arena sits beneath the Scavenger Pens bell, at the bottom of the Crimson Manor shaft.
If you die, the game sends you back to the Scavenger Pens bell. To climb out of the arena instead, use the rope bridge and the rope wall.
Boss health and Sha-Chi for both fighters
The fight opens with a single bar reading “THE PUPPET SCAVENGER”. Once Hansui arrives, a second bar reading “ACOLYTE HANSUI” appears beside it at the top of the screen.
| Boss | HP | Sha-Chi |
|---|---|---|
| The Puppet Scavenger | 155,200 | 37,240 (Pathbreaker), 18,620 (Wayfarer) |
| Acolyte Hansui | 62,080 | 9,310 |
Difficulty changes the Puppet Scavenger’s Sha-Chi bar a lot. On Wayfarer, it is exactly half as long as on Pathbreaker.
The arena floor is a broad sheet of shallow red water. Snow-covered rock ledges run around the edges.
The Puppet Scavenger’s moveset
Almost everything the Puppet Scavenger does is a wide blade attack with long reach.
Rolling attack. It folds its spiked body into a sphere and barrels over the water toward you, blades jutting out in all directions.
A giant cleaver swing. A huge cleaver passes at full arm’s length and fills the screen as it goes by.
A low crescent sweep. It crouches and drags a long curved blade flat across the water.
A blade slam. A broad blade drops straight down into the water next to you.
A rearing swing. It rises up on its blade legs and brings an attack down from above.
Acolyte Hansui’s ice attacks
Hansui enters midway through and attacks alongside the Puppet Scavenger, without taking turns. You may have to dodge incoming ice while avoiding a blade.
An ice spike line. A row of sharp spikes bursts up from the water and runs along the floor toward you.
Ice pillars. Tall blocks of ice rise around the arena and stay up for a while, which breaks the floor into sections.
Frost burst. At close range, ice shards erupt outward around him.
Preparing for the two-on-one fight
Expect a long fight. Two minutes of fighting from full health takes only a sliver off the Puppet Scavenger’s health bar, on Pathbreaker and on Wayfarer alike.
- Rest at the Pens bell first so you enter with a full gourd.
- Once Hansui joins, keep both bosses on screen.
- If you keep losing, upgrade your weapons before coming back, or switch to Wayfarer to halve the Puppet Scavenger’s Sha-Chi bar.
Puppet Scavenger and Acolyte Hansui rewards
The fight drops three items. Each one feeds into a different part of the game:
| Item | Used for |
|---|---|
| Alloyed Scythe Blade | Soul Tempering the Hunter’s Chain Sickle |
| Crystal Puppet Eye [Yang] | The eye Puppet No. 99 needs |
| The fourth Acolyte’s mask | Completing the mask set for the Four Guardians’ Mirror |
The mask matters most if you are working toward the Four Guardians’ Mirror, because it is the last piece of the set.
