Already playing: choose a combat or progression task
Start with the beginner framework if you want to connect difficulty choice, weapon rotation and exploration. Use the difficulty page to distinguish confirmed mode descriptions from unknown rules, and the weapons page for the sourced roles of main weapons and Phantom Edges. If platinum is your goal, read the trophy warnings early: the checklist and route summary are planning aids, not a replacement for verifying a story choice before proceeding. Evidence checked 2026-10-29; each guide carries its own sources and scope.
- Beginner guide: where to start →
- Difficulty, assists and trophy requirements →
- Weapons, swapping and materials →
- Trophy checklist and missable warnings →
- Flesh Lily: Cave Route, Hua and Yu’er Handover →
- Hua Boss Guide: Flowers, Grabs and Safe Openings →
- Boss Index: Hua, Peng Meng and Optional Encounters →
- Keys and Locked Doors: Three Sourced Routes →
- Bai Chilian: Two-Phase Boss Guide →
- Crimson Forest: Routes and Quest Checks →
- How to Enter Crimson Manor: Puppet's Tongue and Three Portals →
- Accessories Guide: Slots, Polishing and Reflex Device →
Plan your setup and available play time
For display modes or frame-rate concerns, use performance guidance qualified by platform and test conditions instead of assuming PS5 Pro observations apply to every console or PC. For scheduling, keep main-story, platinum and full-completion estimates separate: a platinum estimate is not a main-story promise. Browse the linked guides by objective. They cover selected missions, collectibles and encounters, not the entire game.
Quest index: find your next objective
PCGamesN’s October 29 quest list groups objectives into main story, secondary story, Tales/side quests and collectible quests. Main-story names run from Against The Flow to A Soul’s Worth; secondary entries include Illusory Pipa and Whence The Weeping. Use these as journal lookup names, not a mandatory order. This single-source list has category/count ambiguities and does not establish an official quest total. English quest and location names below match the sources, not verified localized game labels.
- Honor Among Thieves: Three Quiz Answers →
- Whence the Weeping — Early crying: Weeping Creek Valley, Crimson Forest and Jewel →
- Missable trophies and save planning — warnings, not quest walkthroughs →
- NG+ carryover — plan before starting another run →
| English journal name | Category (PCGamesN) | Next planning step |
|---|---|---|
| A Severed Mindseal | Tales / side quests | Before advancing, check the missable/save warning below for Spectral Blade. |
| Apprentice Healer | Tales / side quests | Before advancing, check the missable/save warning below for The Healer’s Legacy. |
| A Healer's Mercy | Tales / side quests | Before advancing, check the missable/save warning below for The Healer’s Legacy. |
| Flesh Lily | Tales / side quests | Before advancing, check the missable/save warning below for The Healer’s Legacy. |
| Secrets of the Baishan Sect | Tales / side quests | Before advancing, check the missable/save warning below for The Last of Baishan. |
| The Journey Home | Tales / side quests | Before advancing, check the missable/save warning below for Together Till the End. |
| Young Master Lan | Tales / side quests | Before advancing, check the missable/save warning below for A Wanderer’s Honor. |
| Whence the Weeping | Secondary story | Read the Whence the Weeping guide for the next objective; no trophy or missability claim is established here. |
New Game Plus: unlock and carry-over checklist
According to PCGamesN’s October 29 NG+ guide, after the credits you can travel from any bell to the Puppet Cell in the Mountain of Imprisonment and speak to Inanis to start a new adventure. Before confirming, review what carries over: equipment, progression items, ability training and archives. This is a single-source summary, not our own tested save transfer.
Before NG+: reset checklist and unresolved rules
PCGamesN says quests, maps, key items and remaining days reset. Review unfinished quests and record your current objectives before starting again; do not assume quest progress transfers with equipment. The source describes a harder journey but gives no numerical scaling, and does not explain how the days reset relates to Sixty-Six Days mode. Mode-specific reset rules and recovery of failed quests remain unconfirmed.
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