How to Upgrade Medicine in Phantom Blade Zero

That memory was earned on PS5 for Map Master, and the Phantom Blade Zero strategy guide and region maps follows the route from Crimson Forest to the healer who uses it. Upgrades are reported to stay locked until Pangzhen, the fourth region, so expect to keep this memory unused through the whole Village of Lu.

How Medicine Upgrades Work in Phantom Blade Zero: Three Tiers of Healer’s Memory

Each tier of memory is reported to cover a different stretch of levels. The Apprentice Healer’s Memory brings a medicine to Lv. 2, the Skilled Healer’s Memory is reported to cover upgrades through Lv. 4, and the Master Healer’s Memory is reported to be needed past that. Every level is also reported to cost Remnant Dust to pay for each medicine level.

Each medicine levels up on its own, so a memory spent on one does nothing for the rest. Upgrades are reported to raise healing, damage negation, or Sha-Chi recovery depending on the medicine, and the Healing Gourd is reported to go from 40% to 45% at Lv. 2. The medicines you can level up list each base effect.

Unlocking Phantom Blade Zero Medicine Upgrades at the Green Serpent House

The upgrade system is reported to open after Xie Qiudong, The Divine Healer, in Pangzhen’s second chapter. Past that fight, follow the street on the west side to the house with green banners and talk to the Apprentice Healer there, and the Xie Qiudong, The Divine Healer boss fight covers how to get through him first.

Your first visit is reported to also give you the Green Serpent Brew, a medicine that removes status effects. After that, upgrades are reported to run through Upgrade Equipment at a Bell, under the Medicines tab, where each level lists its materials before you confirm, and the Green Serpent House Bell and other checkpoints show where to rest nearby.

The First Phantom Blade Zero Medicine Upgrade Material: Apprentice Healer’s Memory

Clear every enemy in that clearing rather than slipping past, since only the final kill drops the memory. It’s the first medicine upgrade material you’ll find, and its description recalls a healer’s vow to ease the suffering of countless souls with nothing but their hands.

Don’t confuse it with Apprentice Healer, Yu’er’s Tale in Weeping Creek Valley. That quest gives the Medicine Case, which adds 20% to healing from medicine, and the Apprentice Healer Tale and Yu’er’s three herbs cover it. More memories are reported for sale at Quick Hand Zhang hideouts that stock Healer’s Memories.

Which Phantom Blade Zero Medicine to Upgrade First

Spend your first memory on the Healing Gourd. You start with three of them, and later Gourd levels are reported to add extra healing at critically low HP and more uses, so the upgrade helps every fight instead of one build. Splitting early memories across several medicines leaves each one barely stronger.

Pick your second medicine by how you play. The Vessel Restorative’s 70% heal suits a cautious run, while Kuye Dew’s damage cut suits long boss phases, since damage negation is reported to improve with level. The Medicine Case and other healing accessories boost the healing side of whichever one you choose.