What must you do before looking for the grave?
At the Outpost in Weeping Creek Valley, enter the nearby house and speak to the Petrified Mandate Disciple. This conversation begins the hidden Boulderguard objective. Talk to the available Outpost NPCs before pushing the main route so the prerequisite is not left behind.
Defeat Peng Meng, the Axemaster, to receive Dread Axe. Return to the Outpost, use Dread Axe to break the chain wall, clear the enemies and speak to the Petrified Mandate Disciple again. Released-build walkthrough evidence treats that second conversation as the step that advances the hidden objective.
Where is Boulderguard?
Continue along the main route to the Axemaster’s Holding Cell bell. In the small settlement around the bell, go behind the house to the stable and the unmarked grave. Interact with the grave after advancing the disciple’s objective to collect Boulderguard.
- Speak to the Petrified Mandate Disciple inside the Outpost house.
- Defeat Peng Meng, the Axemaster, and use Dread Axe to open the chained Outpost route.
- Return to the disciple and advance the hidden objective.
- Travel to the Axemaster’s Holding Cell and interact with the unmarked grave behind the house.
When does Boulderguard become missable?
Collect Boulderguard before defeating Bai Chilian at the end of the Crimson Forest route. That boss transition sends the story to the Village of Lu and changes the earlier Outpost NPC state; released-build walkthroughs warn that the disciple interaction and its reward can no longer be completed afterward.
If the grave does not award the accessory, return to the Outpost before that cutoff and confirm that you completed both disciple conversations. The route evidence does not establish a recovery method after the NPC has disappeared.
What does Boulderguard do?
The released English item text says Boulderguard ‘reduces damage taken by 15% while not Guard-Broken.’ The reduction stops while Soul is Guard-Broken, so the accessory rewards keeping the Sha-Chi guard state intact; it is not a permanent 15% reduction under every condition.
Evidence and accuracy boundary
PBZ Hub did not independently play this route, collect the accessory or test its damage calculation. The steps combine a Chinese released-build route video and GamerSky route entry with English released-build walkthrough and item-text observations. We link those sources and do not reproduce their screenshots, video frames or prose.
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Sources checked
- Gissimo — Boulderguard route from the wounded disciple to the grave, 00:10–01:50 (October 29, 2026; Chinese video)
- GamerSky — released-build Weeping Creek Valley route and grave pickup (October 30, 2026; Chinese)
- ShowGamer — Outpost prerequisite, Axemaster’s Holding Cell grave and story cutoff
- All Things How — released English Boulderguard name, location and 15% effect (October 30, 2026)