Phantom Blade Zero Exotic Copper Ingot Locations

Behind crates, on stairs, and in a river cave, each ingot below was picked up on PS5 for Map Master, and the Phantom Blade Zero guides and interactive maps hub covers the other edge materials. Otherworldly Copper takes over past level 10, so this page covers the climb from level 1 to 10.

Phantom Blade Zero Exotic Copper Ingot Uses: Martial Edges From the Chain Sickle On

Exotic Copper Ingot upgrades Martial Phantom Edges and nothing else. The reported Martial edges are the Hunter’s Chain Sickle in Weeping Creek Valley, Iron Gauntlets in Crimson Forest, Fire Meteor and Thunder Spear in Pangzhen, and Ink Cut in the Mountain of Imprisonment, and the Hunter’s Chain Sickle and the other Martial edges compare their stats.

Edge upgrades are reported to skip Solvent, so only the ingot and Remnant Dust go in, and an upgraded edge’s Spark Charges refill at every Bell. Past level 10, Otherworldly Copper for Martial levels above 10 is reported to take over, so the two tiers never compete for the same level.

Weeping Creek Valley Exotic Copper Ingots in Phantom Blade Zero: Crates, Stairs, and a Grapple

Several valley ingots are open before you have the Sickle: a pair behind breakable crates in the barn north of the Outpost, a pair in front of the stairs to the main Ruthless Archer Camp building, a pair behind crates on the second-floor balcony of the Valley Sha-Chi Tower Base, and a single ingot on the lower river in the cave toward Crimson Forest.

The grapple chest waits until after The Hunt’s second fight, which is where the Sickle comes from, so the edge opens the path to its own upgrade. One more pair is in the back room of the Peddler’s Shop, which opens only once you start Old Man Gen’s Leave None Alive Tale in the Village of Lu.

Crimson Forest Exotic Copper Ingots in Phantom Blade Zero: Stacks of Six and the Iron Gauntlets

Every Crimson Forest stack is six ingots: at the edge of the mountain path beside a corpse, at the back of a camp, and in the river. Iron Gauntlets are reported to drop from Stone Hand Iron Fever, a mandatory Crimson Forest boss, so the forest supplies a second Martial edge and the copper for it, and the Crimson Forest online map for Phantom Blade Zero places each stack.

Quick Hand Zhang sells six more at 1,040 each, and the valley Peddler three at the same price, 9,360 Dust for both shelves. With six-ingot stacks lying around the forest, neither purchase is needed early, and the Peddler and Zhang shop inventories show what your Dust buys instead.

Village of Lu and Pangzhen Exotic Copper: Bigger Stacks and New Martial Edges

The Village of Lu’s Exotic Copper comes in stacks of seven and eight, a big step up from the forest, and the Village of Lu online map for Phantom Blade Zero places each one. With Iron Gauntlets from the forest in hand, this is where a second Martial edge can catch up to the Sickle.

Pangzhen adds stacks of three and six, and the city is reported to give you two more Martial edges: Fire Meteor, Blaze’s reported reward, and Thunder Spear. The Pangzhen & Mirage Estate online map places the stacks, so plan which edge gets them before you spend.

How to Spend Exotic Copper Ingot in Phantom Blade Zero: Sickle or Gauntlets

Spend the valley’s copper on the Hunter’s Chain Sickle only if you fight with it, since its grapple gets you across gaps at any level. The Dread Axe from Peng Meng competes for the other edge slot, and its shield-breaking is what the Jing Ye fight asks for, so a Sickle and Axe pair is the natural valley loadout.

Levels under 10 are reported to refund for free, so ingots in a valley Sickle can move to Iron Gauntlets in Crimson Forest at no lasting cost. The Sickle stays useful outside combat too, since one Four Fierce Axes case file is reported to need it to finish.