Training Grounds (Mirage Estate) at a Glance
- Boss: Yuding, No. 12, Crescent Blade Puppet, waits close to the Training Grounds bell and leaves behind the Crescent Blade.
- Opera Ticket: found on an altar at the area's north side, it unlocks the Opera House gate.
- Many Memory Flowers: the Aberrant Three-Faced Puppet, Yu'er and Patron Gao each have one in this spot.
- Quick Hand treasure: the General's Bronze Mirror sits in the building in which the Herald shows up.
Overview
Late in the game, the Training Grounds in Mirage Estate serve as a place for both fighting and gathering. Here Yuding, No. 12, Crescent Blade Puppet, must be fought; beating him grants the Crescent Blade and makes available the Opera Ticket, which the next section of the estate requires.
It should not be confused with the Training Grounds of the Mandate Encampment, a separate place with bells of its own.
Closer look
Things to pick up
Once the fight is over, cover the area following this sequence.
- Memory Flower of the Aberrant Three-Faced Puppet, "1. The Wandering Healer": placed on an upper platform on the area's east side, beside a chest. Picking it up begins the following stage of the Triple-Threat quest, in which the puppet's three Memory Flowers in the estate must be gathered.
- Opera Ticket: lying on an altar at the Training Grounds' north side.
- Sha-Chi Amber Fragment: head north from the bell until the Herald addresses you once more, then go west followed by south; a chest sits in a tiny nook off the path.
- General's Bronze Mirror: after wiping out the wave attacking you in the unroofed arena, enter the huge building that stands northward, where the Herald was positioned. Past the doorway take a right turn, and the chest rests inside the east room at ground level. It is among the treasures Quick Hand Zhang asks for.
- "2. The Radiant Heart Experiment", the Memory Flower of Yu'er: it is upstairs in the same building, on the balcony the Herald occupied.
- Patron Gao's Memory Flower, "2. Criticism": on the upper floor, cross the bridge and check the table inside the next building.
Flowers belonging to the Three-Faced Puppet
This is where the first flower lies; the puppet is initially encountered in Weeping Creek Valley, and the whole set is collected across the estate. Mourning Hall, after Qiu Feng, holds the second, "Frost and Chaos", while Leng Tu's Study holds the third, "Three Souls as One".
Foes and fights
Fighting Yuding
An arena along the route to the Training Grounds bell is where Yuding is fought. Beating him earns the Crescent Blade, and afterwards you light the Training Grounds bell.
Connected Entries
Nearby locations
Weeping Creek Valley · Pangzhen · Mandate Encampment · Mirage Estate · Opera House · Mourning Hall
Characters
Yu'er · Patron Gao · Qiu Feng · Yuding
Weapons
More Mirage Estate
Back Hill
Bell in Mirage Estate offering the Nuo Mask Fragment: Sorrow, plus a Sha-Chi Amber Fragment found on the northern bridge.
View location ↗Covered Corridor
Rest spot within Mirage Estate along the route to the last Long Pillar, with a Blackstone Fragment lying to the west of the bell.
View location ↗Leng Tu’s Study
Two Memory Flowers sit inside this Mirage Estate building, plus a concealed route toward the chest with the Golden Cloud-Moon Hairpin.
View location ↗Frequently Asked Questions
Where can the Opera Ticket be found?
It sits on an altar in the Training Grounds' north, which you discover once Yuding is beaten.
What weapon does Yuding leave behind?
The Crescent Blade.
Does this refer to the Training Grounds of Mandate Encampment?
It does not. Mandate Encampment has a different Training Grounds and Training Grounds Depths, each with its own bells.