Phantom Blade Zero Concentrated Solvent Locations

These stacks were opened chest by chest on PS5 for Map Master, and the Phantom Blade Zero maps and gear upgrade guides follow the other refined materials. Concentrated Solvent pairs with the Polished metals, and of the two, the metal is usually the one that runs short.

Phantom Blade Zero Concentrated Solvent: The Solvent for Levels Past 10

Regular Solvent covers the early levels, and taking a weapon from level 9 to 10 is reported to cost 8 Forged Metal, 4 Solvent, and 5,400 Remnant Dust. Past that point, Concentrated Solvent is reported to take over, and the regular Solvent that every weapon starts with stops being the bottleneck.

Refined levels use a lot of both materials. Reverting a level 18 dual-wield weapon is reported to return 57 Polished Twinned Metal and 19 Concentrated Solvent, roughly three metal for every Solvent, and one-handed blades follow the same pattern with Polished Forged Metal.

Concentrated Solvent in the Village of Lu: Barn Chest and Big Stacks

The Village of Lu’s Concentrated Solvent comes in stacks of eight and nine, and one stack of eight is in the wooden chest in the large barn. That’s the moment your main weapon can start its refined levels without buying anything, as long as you have the Polished metal to match.

Put the village’s Concentrated Solvent into one weapon, the one you’ve decided to keep. Spreading it across several blades leaves each of them short of the next level, and later regions keep adding stacks once your build is settled, so choose the blade before you spend a single stack.

Pangzhen Concentrated Solvent in Phantom Blade Zero: Stacks From Five to Ten

Pangzhen’s stacks range from five to ten pieces, and the Pangzhen interactive map for Phantom Blade Zero places each one across the city and the estate. With stacks this size, Polished metal is the material you’ll be hunting rather than Solvent.

Universal Solvent is the tier after this one, and the Universal Solvent locations guide covers where it appears. Keep any spare Concentrated Solvent rather than selling it, since a second weapon you raise later needs the same refined levels and the stacks don’t come back.

Buying and Saving Concentrated Solvent in Phantom Blade Zero

Quick Hand Zhang is reported to sell Concentrated Solvent for 992 Remnant Dust each, a little more than regular Solvent’s 832. The Quick Hand Zhang and Peddler stock lists cover his other refined materials, and with big stacks in the field, buying is only for topping up a single level.

Past level 10, resetting a weapon is reported to take a Weapon Reforge Talisman, which Zhang sells for 2,000 Dust. The reset is reported to return the Concentrated Solvent too, so trying a refined build is a talisman’s cost, not the cost of every stack you put in.