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Phantom Blade Zero Difficulty Settings

Four settings: Wayfarer, Pathbreaker, Hellwalker, and 66 Days. Platinum is possible on Wayfarer in one run, unlike a soulslike that has no easy mode.

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Phantom Blade Zero has four difficulty settings: Wayfarer, Pathbreaker, Hellwalker, and 66 Days. Wayfarer can earn the platinum trophy in one run, so this is not a soulslike with no easy mode.

Last verified September 29, 2026

Verified Sep 29, 2026

What is confirmed

Phantom Blade Zero ships four difficulty settings: Wayfarer, Pathbreaker, Hellwalker, and 66 Days. Wayfarer is the easier, more direct preset. Pathbreaker sits in the middle. Hellwalker lets bosses leave a fixed pattern and react to where you stand. 66 Days uses Hellwalker intensity. Each defeat costs time, and reaching zero is described as permanent death in the official deep-dive video.

Push Square reports that the platinum trophy can be earned on Wayfarer in a single run, and that no trophy is tied to 66 Days. The August 2026 names replace the January 2025 labels Easy, Normal, Hard, and Extremely Hard.

Searches for easy mode, hard mode, is it easy, Hellwalker, Wayfarer, and Pathbreaker stay on this page. The 66 Days rules, including what a death costs, are on the 66 Days page. Published hour ranges are on how long it takes.

This is not a soulslike that offers no easy mode. A January 2025 studio comment said the team took some map ideas from those games and then stopped, because difficulty options exist. Is it a soulslike is answered here, not on a second URL. Named combat styles are on gameplay. The weapon count is on how many weapons.

What is not confirmed

GamingBolt says 66 Days opens after a Pathbreaker clear and suggests finishing Hellwalker first. Push Square says it opens after any one clear. Both wordings stay until a later source splits them. The full rules are on the 66 Days page.

A screenshot of the difficulty menu is not on this page. It will be added from our own capture or an official still. Generated art on this site is a style stand-in, not that menu.

Whether you can switch settings mid-run is not in the sources below.

Frequently asked questions

What difficulty settings does Phantom Blade Zero have?

Four: Wayfarer, Pathbreaker, Hellwalker, and 66 Days. Wayfarer is the easier preset. 66 Days is the post-clear mode and is explained on its own page.

Is Phantom Blade Zero a soulslike?

It has difficulty settings, including an easier Wayfarer preset that can earn platinum in one run. That is different from a soulslike with no easy mode.