In video games, you will often find certain quests to be more rewarding than just pure storytelling. While Phantom Blade Zero offers many side quests that do act like an emotional roller coaster, some of them are tied to rewarding you with the best weapon or other set of bonuses. In this guide, we will take a look at the side quest Undying Heroic Spirit Tale, where the tasks are a lot, but completing them will award you with a whopping +15% boost to HP.
In this guide, I will help you track down the location of all six Memory Flowers of Mandate Leaders and two additional flowers in the game to help you complete the entire “Undying Heroic Spirit Tale” quest in Phantom Blade Zero. Unlike many common quests, this one will be a bit longer, but the end reward makes the entire ordeal worth going through.
Location For All 6 Memory Flowers of Mandate Leaders
All 6 Memory Flowers of Mandate Leaders are tied to the Undying Heroic Spirit Tale quest. When you are running through the quest, you will encounter 8 Memory Flowers. Two of them are in the first phase of the quest; the final six are tied to the second phase. Unlocking the first two grants us a +5% HP increase, and then getting all six Memory Flowers from Mandate Leaders grants an additional +10% HP increase. In total, we are looking at a +15% HP increase by the time we complete the “Undying Heroic Spirit Tale” quest, collecting 8 Memory Flowers.
Start The “Undying Heroic Spirit Tale” in Myst’s Tavern in Pangzhen. Travel to the Myst’s Tavern bell, follow the narrow corridor to find the small play stage, and talk to the Purple-Robed ‘Wolf’ leader on the chair. After exhausting all the dialogue, you will get the quest Undying Heroic Spirit, where our first objective is “Meet the Seven-Star Formation leader, then speak with Wolf the Leader at the Order’s Tavern.”
Here, our task is simple: we must find the Seven-Star Formation Leader and then talk to the Purple-Robed Wolf Leader at Myst’s Tavern again to start the rest of the quest. The Seven-Star Formation Leader is found inside the Mandate Encampment area. You will find the door leading to the Mandate Encampment inside the Village of Lu, but it’s locked. The key for the Mandate Encampment is found inside Pangzhen. Here is a short breakdown of all the objectives in this guide:
- Getting to the Mandate Encampment
- Memory Flower: The Search | A Lover’s Call
- Memory Flower: The Search | Together
- Unlocking the Doors to Mandate Encampment
- Location for All Six Memory Flowers for Mandate Leaders
- Leader #1 | Agonized Twinblade Swordman | Parting Flower
- Leader #2 | Steadfast Twinblade Swordsman | Extraordinary Means Flower
- Leader #3 | Resolute Purple-Robed Guard | Self-Sacrifice Flower
- Leader #4 | Defiant Purple-Robed Guard | Desperate Straits Flower
- Leader #5 | Defiant Baishan Guardian | Dead End Flower
- Leader #6 | Defiant Baishan Guardian | The Golden Days Flower
The first task is to find the key for Mandate Encampment. On our way, we will find two Memory Flowers, both in the Pangzhen region. The rest of the six unlock after we unlock Mandate Encampment.
Getting to Mandate Encampment
The primary goal for the quest is to meet with the Seven-Star Formation Leader, but for that to happen, we need access to the Mandate Encampment region. This section covers the way to get the Key for Mandate Encampment and then the location information leading to the Seven-Star Formation Leader.
Since we are going to find Memory Flower: The Search (2/2) flowers on our path, I’ve added the next heading to focus on the memory flowers.
Memory Flower: The Search | A Lover’s Call(I/II)
Now head to the Pond of Fading Song, and you will find a well leading to the bottom of the ground out in the open, marked on the image above. You will find “People of Pangzhen” near the stairs to the well. Drop all the way down the well, and you will find the “Memory Flower: The Search” (A Lover’s Call).
Memory Flower: The Search | Together (II/II)
After grabbing the “Memory Flower: The Search” (A Lover’s Call) flower off the ground, take the stairs in the area and follow the route. The path is linear; at the end, you will find yourself in a combat encounter. Defeat the enemy, and you will find the second flower, “Memory Flower: The Search” (Together) on the ground.
Once you get the second Memory Flower: The Search, HP will be increased by +5 %. After grabbing the flower, get the “Mandate Encampment Outer Gate Key” lying next to the memory flower on the floor.
Unlocking the Doors to Mandate Encampment
Travel to the Mandate Encampment Outer Gate bell located east of the Village of Lu. Head up the stairs, and then interact with the locked door near the bell. Once the door is open, you will meet with nothing but stairs, just as seen in the image above. The only way to move forward is to take the stairs, and soon you will find yourself in a cave.
The route inside the cave is also linear, so keep following the path until you are outside. A cutscene will soon trigger; after it’s over, ring the bell near the location to activate the first bell, Sunset Path in Mandate Encampment.
Now head to the Three Towers Bell in Mandate Encampment and meet with the Seven-Star Formation Leader. You must defeat the Chief Disciple of the Seven-Stars Formation boss by completing its two phases. After you have successfully defeated the boss, head back to Myst’s Tavern to talk to the Purple-Robed Wolf Leader, and you will get Shattered ‘Hero’s Courage‘. This item is needed for the memory flowers that spawn after killing mandate leaders.
Note: The Purple-Robed Wolf Leader will begin repeating the same dialogue as before, but once Soul or your character mentions the meeting with the Seven-Star Formation Leader, he will ask you to give peace to all of his fellow warriors who are struggling.
Location for All Six Memory Flowers for Mandate Leaders
Now our goal is to slay the four mandate leaders and get the memory flower. Each mandate leader has their own name; the same goes for the memory flower that spawns after you eliminate them.
- Agonized Twinblade Swordman (Mandate Leader) | Parting (Memory Flower)
- Steadfast Twinblade Swordsman (Mandate Leader) | Extraordinary Means (Memory Flower)
- Resolute Purple-Robed Guard (Mandate Leader) | Self-Sacrifice (Memory Flower)
- Defiant Purple-Robed Guard (Mandate Leader) | Desperate Straits (Memory Flower)
- Defiant Baishan Guardian (Mandate Leader) | Dead End (Memory Flower)
- Defiant Baishan Guardian (Mandate Leader) | The Golden Days (Memory Flower)
To complete the Undying Heroic Spirit, you just need to eliminate four Mandate Leaders and collect four Memory Flowers. If you manage to slay all six Mandate Leaders and collect six Memory Flowers, you will gain a +10% HP increase.
Leader #1 | Agonized Twinblade Swordman | Parting Flower
Head to the Mass Grave bell in Mandate Encampment, drop down to the ground below, and follow the river to its left. And you will find the Agonized Twinblade Swordman mandate leader in a combat encounter with multiple enemies. Now take care of all the small enemies nearby to make the Agonized Twinblade Swordman bend his knees.
This is going to be a common theme of setup for the rest of the mandate leaders on the questline. Once you have defeated all the enemies around the mandate leaders, they will get down on their knees and ask you to eliminate them. Just kill them by attacking with your weapon to spawn the memory flower. After eliminating the Agonized Twinblade Swordsman, you will get the memory flower (Parting).
Bug Alert: This one, along with all the other mandate leaders on the kill list for the quest, is bugged; many players who failed to kill the mandate leaders while they were downed couldn’t get the flower to spawn in the game. So far, if you didn’t get the flower after killing any of the mandate leaders, you will be locked out of accessing the flower forever.
The best way to avoid this bug is by killing the mandate leaders as quickly as possible to avoid triggering the bug in the game. This bug is not tied to the Agonized Twinblade Swordsman; you will get the same bug with every one of the mandate leaders for the quest and outside the quest for the HP upgrade.
Leader #2 | Steadfast Twinblade Swordsman | Extraordinary Means Flower
From the Panghzen Slums bell, head down the slope and turn left to find the Steadfast Twinblade Swordsman mandate leader engaged with the enemy. Again, follow the same tactic: defeat all the smaller enemies first to make the special NPC, the Steadfast Twinblade Swordsman, get on his knees. Once the mandate leader is in the downed position, attack as fast as possible to kill him quickly before the bug triggers. Interact with the flower on the ground to get the Memory Flower of Mandate Leader Extraordinary Means.
Leader #3 | Resolute Purple-Robed Guard | Self-Sacrifice Flower
Head to the Three Towers bell in Mandate Encampment, and make your way southwest from the bell’s spot to find the mandate leader on the map. Same as every mandate leader encounter, you will find an already progressing combat session where a Resolute Purple-Robed Guard is fending off three armed guards. First, focus on the guards, then set your eye on the Resolute Purple-Robed Guard. Once he is in the downed position, quickly kill him.
Once you take him down, you will get Self-Sacrifice Memory Flowers of Mandate Leaders.
Leader #4 | Defiant Purple-Robed Guard | Desperate Straits Flower
Head to the Behind the Encampment Waterfall bell, northeast of Mandate Encampment. Now make your way southeast of the bell to the location filled with nothing but bamboo trees. Here, you will encounter a Defiant Purple-Robed Guard leader in combat with multiple enemies. Same rule as before: kill all the enemies first, then head to the Defiant Purple-Robed Guard. Kill him to spawn the memory flower Desperate Straits Flower.
Leader #5 | Defiant Baishan Guardian | Dead End Flower
Head to the Path of the Baishan’s Fall bell in Mandate Encampment, turn left, and follow the path east. Prepare to get ambushed by multiple enemies at the same time. Defeat them all and keep moving forward, and you will come across the same scene as before. Here you will find a Defiant Baishan Guardian mandate leader fending off three attackers simultaneously.
First, focus on taking out all three targets, same as before; then the Defiant Baishan Guardian mandate leader will take a knee and beg you to go for the kill. Make sure to kill the mandate leader quickly for the flower to spawn in the spot.
Leader #6 | Defiant Baishan Guardian | The Golden Days Flower
Make your way to the Pond of Fading Song in Pangzhen to find the very last mandate leader. The icon for the mandate leader won’t show up on the map; we have to carry out the tracking the old-fashioned way. Once you are in the spot, turn around and keep heading straight until you find the water section.
Now turn right and head to the spot marked on the image above to meet with the last mandate leader. Once you are in the spot marked on the map, kill the enemies and then go for the Defiant Baishan Guardian. Kill him as quickly as possible for the flower (The Golden Days) to spawn on the ground.
After completing 6/6 Memory Flowers of Mandate Leaders, you will get the +10% HP increase bonus in Phantom Blade Zero. Once you add the first +5% HP increase bonus from the first two Memory Flowers, you are looking at a +15% HP increase bonus for completing the entire quest.
