Outlaw Trap.

Outlaw Trap is a Crimson Forest lair of brigands. Starting from Quick Hand Zhang, you skirt the precipice, walk by a grotto and traverse a span. A hulking foe stands in front of the bell, which hangs off to the left. Grottos nearby shelter two wounded robbers and a needed tunnel item, along with a coffer containing a single treasure out of Quick Hand Zhang's three.

Jing Ye, the Outlaw, is fought close by. A few things here are linked to tales that fail when the final boss of the region is beaten, so finish them before proceeding.

How to arrive

Start at Quick Hand Zhang and hug the cliff, going by the cave and over the bridge. Beyond a big enemy, the bell sits to the left. Should you have released Quick Hand Zhang from his cage en route, extra collectibles in the area become available afterwards.

Near the bell

Facing the horseback enemy with your back to the bell, you will see a Memory Flower at your right. Two important items, Preservation Talisman Fragment I and the Crimson Forest Tunnel Crank, are stored in the cave opposite the flower.

Exit the cave and ascend the rise in front of you to find a campfire. Beating the enemy next to it launches the tale Honor Among Thieves and hands over the Nimble Thief's Blood Letter.

Under the hideout: the tunnel

Apply the Crimson Forest Tunnel Crank to the floor grate by the bell, jump down, then climb down the ladder. Walk over the wooden bridge and kill the second butcher along with the dogs.

1. Pass over the bridge on your right to collect Preservation Talisman Fragment II. Possessing both fragments combines them into the Preservation Jar.
2. Follow the cave in front of you to a chest containing the Sect Leader's Snuff Bottle, among the three treasures of Quick Hand Zhang.
3. Walk back across the cave toward the far side and go through the door; a Sha-Chi Amber Fragment waits in the chest there.
4. Descend the stairs and look among the corpses for Kuye Dew.

Injured thieves

Yu'er, found by the Thieves' Camp Bell, gives out A Healer's Mercy, which tasks you with tending four injured thieves. Outlaw Trap houses two of them.

Elsewhere, the last two are hiding around Cliffside Lodge and in the Thieves' Camp Dungeon, which is locked.

• Look for the first thief inside the tiny cave that also had the Memory Flower.
• The other rests against the wall in the bigger cave, close to the chest with the Sect Leader's Snuff Bottle.

Boss: Jing Ye, the Outlaw

Beating Jing Ye, the Outlaw, close to Outlaw Trap yields the Outlaw Warblade. Caution: while the Apprentice Healer tale remains unfinished, killing the following boss makes it fail. Once the fight ends, go left and drop off the small wooden bridge on the right to find one more Memory Flower. Lanlan stands on the huge wooden bridge up ahead and begins Secrets of the Baishan Sect; that bridge connects to Thieves' Camp.