Last updated: 5 September 2026

Phantom Blade Zero All Endings Guide — How to Unlock Every Ending

Phantom Blade Zero hasn't launched yet (it's out October 29, 2026), so this guide is built from what S-GAME's director, Soulframe Liang, and outlet interviews have actually confirmed rather than from datamined quest lists or a finished playthrough. What is confirmed: the game has eight distinct endings, and which one you reach is shaped by the pattern of side quests you complete and how you act within them — not by a single late-game binary choice. This guide walks through what's been confirmed about the system so far, what to prioritise on a first run, and what's still genuinely unknown until the game is out.

01How Many Endings and What Causes Them

Director Soulframe Liang confirmed the ending count directly in an interview with Game Rant: 'We have 8 different endings in the game, depending on how many side quests you complete.' That's the primary, developer-confirmed driver — side quest completion — but coverage of the same interview round also describes item checks: certain points in the story check whether you're carrying a specific item picked up from side content, and the plot branches differently depending on whether you have it.

S-GAME has separately said, via its official social channels, that the game does not have a formal 'honor system' or morality meter of the kind found in something like Red Dead Redemption 2. What it does have, per Liang, is side content that can meaningfully redirect the main story — he's described side quests as capable of steering Soul away from 'a grisly fate' rather than just being optional flavour content.

• Eight endings are confirmed by the director, tied to side quest completion.
• Some story beats are reported to act as item checks — having (or lacking) a specific item from side content can change how a scene plays out.
• S-GAME has explicitly denied a formal honor/morality meter, while confirming side quests still meaningfully influence the main story.
• Exactly how quest completion and item checks combine to select one of the eight specific endings has not been detailed publicly — treat any specific breakdown of 'ending requirements' you see elsewhere as unconfirmed until players can verify it after launch.

02The 66-Day Premise — What It Is and Isn't (Yet Confirmed to Be)

Soul's 66-day countdown is the story's central hook: a healer saves his life after he's framed and left for dead, but the cure only buys him 66 days to clear his name. It's worth being precise about what's actually confirmed here, because it's easy to over-read.

S-GAME has confirmed a separate, optional 66 Days difficulty mode that turns this premise into a literal permadeath mechanic — you get 66 lives, and every death costs one, with the run ending permanently at zero. That mode's existence is confirmed. What is not confirmed anywhere in developer or outlet coverage is that the same day-for-day mechanic runs during a normal playthrough on the game's other difficulty settings, or that it's tied to which of the eight endings you reach. On those settings, the 66 days reads as the story's framing device rather than a ticking mechanical clock — if that changes at launch, this guide will be corrected.

• The 66-day countdown is confirmed narrative framing for Soul's condition.
• A literal, mechanical 66-life countdown exists — but as part of the separate, optional 66 Days permadeath mode, not confirmed as the default way the story clock works.
• There's no confirmed link between the day count and which of the eight endings you reach — endings are tied to side quests and item checks, per the director.
• Verify this section against the released game; it's one of the easiest details for pre-release coverage to get muddled.

03Side Quests — Why They Matter More Than They Look

The clearest, most repeated piece of developer messaging around Phantom Blade Zero's story structure is that side quests are not busywork: they're described as telling the stories of other characters, and their outcomes feed back into the main narrative rather than staying self-contained. S-GAME's director has also said that a typical first playthrough is likely to show you only around 30% of the total game, precisely because so much of it is tied to optional content and choices you won't all see in one run.

The practical takeaway from this, going in blind pre-release, is simple: engage with side quests as they appear rather than assuming you can mop them up later. Coverage doesn't specify exactly when quest windows close, but the general framing — quests tied to specific characters and moments, in a story with hard beats and a countdown premise — makes it reasonable to expect that some content becomes unavailable once the story moves past it.

• Side quests are confirmed to feed into the main story's outcome, not just exist as optional detours.
• The director has said a first playthrough likely covers only about 30% of the total content — a strong signal that side content is both extensive and partly missable.
• Specifics on exactly when a given side quest's window closes haven't been published — until you can check this in the released game, the safe assumption is to do side content as it appears rather than saving it for later.

04Story Decisions Inside Quests — What's Actually Confirmed

Beyond simply completing side quests, S-GAME has said how Soul behaves within them can matter too. Director Soulframe Liang described this as a 'butterfly effect': acting with consistency in how you handle side encounters can ripple into the main story in ways a simple completion checklist wouldn't capture. Again, S-GAME has explicitly said this is not a tracked honor score — there's no meter to watch.

What this means in practice, based only on what's been said publicly: treat genuine in-quest choices — about who to help, and how — as potentially consequential, even without a visible score telling you so. Beyond that general framing, no outlet has published a confirmed list of specific choices and their exact ending outcomes, because the game hasn't released yet.

• No formal honor meter or morality score — confirmed absent by S-GAME's own statements.
• How you act within side quests, not just whether you complete them, is confirmed to have some narrative effect.
• Item checks at certain story points are reported to matter for how scenes play out.
• No specific choice-to-ending mapping has been published pre-release — anything that specific should be treated as guesswork until players can verify it after October 29, 2026.

05First Playthrough Strategy — What to Prioritise

Given what's confirmed, the most useful goal for a first run isn't chasing one specific ending — nobody outside S-GAME has confirmed what triggers each of the eight individually yet. It's engaging with the game the way it's designed to be played: alongside its side content, not through it.

1. Do side quests as they appear rather than saving them for a final sweep — the ~30% first-playthrough coverage figure suggests a lot is genuinely missable.
2. Pay attention to items you pick up from side content. With item checks reportedly affecting story branches, holding onto quest rewards rather than discarding them seems like reasonable pre-release advice, even without a confirmed list of which items matter.
3. Treat meaningful in-quest choices seriously, even without a visible morality meter — S-GAME has said these can matter beyond simple quest completion.
4. Don't expect to see everything in one run. The director's own '30% on a first run' framing suggests multiple playthroughs are part of the intended way to experience the full story.

• A first playthrough that engages consistently with side content is the best confirmed strategy going in blind.
• Hold onto side-quest item rewards rather than assuming they're just collectibles.
• Expect to miss content on your first run — that appears to be by design, not a sign you're doing something wrong.

06New Game Plus — What's Confirmed So Far

A New Game Plus mode is confirmed to exist, becoming available after you complete a playthrough — useful if you want to chase endings you missed. What it specifically carries over (weapon progress, upgrade materials, skill unlocks) has not been detailed in developer or outlet coverage as of this writing; when asked directly about additional NG+ content, coverage of the director's comments amounted to 'time will tell' rather than a confirmed answer.

Because of that, treat New Game Plus as a confirmed feature with unconfirmed specifics. If you're planning around it — assuming your loadout carries over, or that higher difficulties in NG+ improve drop rates — hold that loosely until you can verify it after launch, rather than building a strategy around details nobody has actually confirmed yet.

• New Game Plus exists and unlocks after finishing the story once.
• What it carries over is not confirmed pre-release — don't assume full weapon/skill carryover until you can check it yourself.
• The most reliable pre-release strategy for missed endings is simply: replay with the side-quest and item-check priorities above, rather than relying on unconfirmed NG+ mechanics.