Quick answer: Pick up the three Heroes’ Belongings scattered across the Mandate Encampment. Then give them to the Child of Insight on the Pavilion of Knowledge roof walk in Pangzhen to get the Sha-Chi Headscarf.
How Xue, Admirer of Heroes starts
Defeat Corpse-Eating Xue to begin the quest. The battle happens in the burial-ground clearing, down in the pit beneath the Mass Grave bell in the Mandate Encampment. For directions to the clearing or details on her attacks, see the Corpse-Eating Xue boss fight guide.
Once the fight ends, you receive a book called Wulin Tales: Xue’s Item List, and the quest log adds the objective “Collect the Heroes’ Belongings from Xue (0/3)”. The book is Xue’s own record of what she took, with one line for each item.
- “Broken Iron Sword” (“It’s Master Liu’s sword! He always looks angry, but he’s actually a nice person!”)
- “Heroine’s Hairpin” (“This is Sister Wan’s favorite hairpin. One day, I’ll be as brave as she is!”)
- “Pitch-Black Scabbard” (“It must belong to The Shadowless Traveler. But I only managed to find the scabbard…”)
The book closes by telling you where the items should go. “The Traveler said the Child of Insight knows everything about the heroes, and will happily accept their possessions. But won’t the heroes be upset if they came back and all their stuff was gone?”
Xue’s clearing contains none of the three keepsakes. Search elsewhere in the Mandate Encampment for each orange glint on the ground, then press E to collect it. Pick them up in any sequence; every one you collect adds one to the quest counter.
Heroes’ Belongings locations in the Mandate Encampment
Two of the three items appear in your inventory under different names than the ones in Xue’s list. The steps below use the inventory name and give Xue’s name alongside it.
Plain Hairpin (Heroine’s Hairpin)
Travel to the bell labeled “Road to the Training Grounds” on screen and rest there. Walk about 5 m to a mossy rock next to a tree, where the hairpin glints orange, and press E. Choose the bell carefully when you travel. The map icon named “Training Grounds” takes you to a different bell, about 61 m away behind ledges.
The card describes it as “A simply fashioned hairpin.” and the quest counter increases by one.
Broken Iron Sword
Rest at the Mandate Encampment’s Tower Rear Exit bell, then cover about 74 m to reach a tight, mossy gap between big rocks. Inside, find the sword’s orange glint on the ground and press E to collect it. The item card opens with “An iron sword broken in two.”
Black Scabbard (Pitch-Black Scabbard)
About 156 m from the Mass Grave bell, the scabbard lies in the same pit where the quest started. Find a tall rock with wooden scaffold planks propped against its face; at the top, the scabbard shines orange on a broken plank deck. A Mad Arsonist that hurls fire protects the spot, so be ready to fight. Press E to take the scabbard.
Its card ends with “What weapon, then, left those parallel scars on the scabbard?” When you pick up the third item, the objective changes to “Give the Heroes’ Belongings to the Child of Insight in Pangzhen”.
Giving the belongings to the Child of Insight in Pangzhen
He examines the keepsakes and identifies them as belongings of great masters of the southern clans. Then he says, “By the rules, what their clans left in my care is now yours!” He keeps all three items. The objective “Give the Heroes’ Belongings to the Child of Insight in Pangzhen” is marked done, and the quest is complete.
Sha-Chi Headscarf reward
For turning in the items, you receive a single reward: the Sha-Chi Headscarf, which is a Support accessory. The item card says “Increases Sha-Chi recovery rate by 15%.” You can equip it immediately when the game prompts, “Equip the new Accessory now?” The Child of Insight takes the three keepsakes, removing them from your inventory.
For the rest of the optional quests and their objectives, check the full list of Phantom Blade Zero side quests.
