Human-Faced Banyan (Crimson Forest) at a Glance
- Tree of trials: the banyan carries you off to a realm of its own, and the prize is earned by killing the enemies inside.
- Reward: finishing the trial grants The Banyan's Heart, with which special abilities in the skill tree are unlocked.
- Bell: since the tree is near the Parting Mists bell, ignite that one beforehand.
- Later repeats: as Crimson Forest holds only the earliest of numerous banyans in the game, later ones follow the same pattern.
- Substitute: vendors stock Heart of the Banyan as well, meaning the tree is not the single place to get it.
Overview
The Human-Faced Banyan is an enormous tree rooted in water near the close of Crimson Forest. Touching it sends you to an independent realm of trials; once cleared, that realm gives The Banyan's Heart, a crafting material that opens special abilities in the skill tree.
Travelling through the region, you will hardly overlook it, yet since it can be skipped, check its reward before heading past.
Closer look
Locating the tree
Ignite the Parting Mists bell, jump down from it, and head across to the tree rooted in the water ahead. The path heads south beyond the dock, and the tree you want is the huge banyan bearing a human face. Walk up to it and press the interact prompt to start the trial.
The trial itself
Within the trial realm, you battle through the foes protecting the tree. Stages you complete stay completed, so losing never returns you to the beginning of the full trial. Completing it hands you The Banyan's Heart.
This tree counts among the banyans that the Heart of the Banyan quest directs you toward. The heart is consumed when you unlock certain special abilities on the skill tree, so it pays to grab the initial one prior to leaving the region.
Connected Entries
Crimson Forest
Phantom Blade Zero's next area after the first: a red-stained woodland full of broken roads, bandit hideouts and foggy mirror trails, where defeating the chapter boss shuts off a number of side tales.
View location ↗Parting Mists
Foggy Crimson Forest stop with a bell, plus a Banyan Tree trial of combat that closes on another duel against Jing Ye and pays out The Banyan's Heart.
View location ↗Frequently Asked Questions
Is a fight required to obtain the Heart of the Banyan?
Yes, if the tree is your source: you enter the realm within it and triumph in the combat there. Purchasing one off a vendor is the alternative.
Does the game contain only one Human-Faced Banyan?
No. Banyans in other regions behave identically: locate the human-faced tree, interact with it, win, then pick up what it drops.