Phantom Blade Zero Phantom Edge Locations and How to Unlock Them

Every Edge with full stats here was earned on PS5 for Map Master, and the Phantom Blade Zero weapons wiki and region maps follow the rest into later regions. Edge traversal powers work even when the Edge isn’t equipped, so you never have to swap Edges to break a chain, grapple a ledge, or shoot down a hanging object.

Phantom Blade Zero Phantom Edge Types, Controls, and Spark Charges

Phantom Edges are reported to come in five types, Martial, Ranged, Destructive, Artifice, and Summoning, with 25 reported across the game. The controls change by Edge: tap R2 for up to three hits with the Sickle, Gauntlets, or Flying Dagger, keep it pressed to charge the Dread Axe or Feather Bow, or to raise Bastion’s shield.

Most Edges are reported to spend Spark Charges that refill at every Bell, but Bastion drains Sha-Chi while raised and more for every block, and it shatters when Sha-Chi runs out. Each type also upgrades with its own material, like the Darkfire Charcoal behind Destructive upgrades, so a new type means a new stockpile.

Weeping Creek Valley Phantom Edges in Phantom Blade Zero: Dread Axe, Feather Bow, and Chain Sickle

The Dread Axe hits hardest of every Edge with stats on this page, at 309 damage. It drops from Peng Meng, the valley’s sixth boss, charges in two stages, and breaks the iron chains that block your path; the Peng Meng, The Axemaster boss guide covers how to earn it.

The Feather Bow comes from Purge the Sect; once you bring the Brooding Old Archer the Broken-String Bow, and it deals bonus damage to enemies at full HP. The Sickle drops from The Hunt, the seventh boss, and its chain deals only 30% of the blade’s damage, so aim with the blade end. The Purge the Sect Tale for the Feather Bow is reported to fail after Bai Chilian.

Crimson Forest Phantom Edges in Phantom Blade Zero: Iron Gauntlets and the Flying Dagger

The Iron Gauntlets have the highest Guard Break on this page, at 223, and each hit builds Fist Focus, raising all damage from your main weapon for eight seconds. They drop from Stone Hand Iron Fever on the plateau south of the Mirrorwood Entrance Bell, as the Phantom Blade Zero Crimson Forest map with the Mirrorwood Entrance shows.

The Flying Dagger is Quick Hand Zhang’s reward for Quick Hand’s Request, a Ranged Edge that throws up to three volleys and builds Poison. At 251 damage it hits 39% harder than the Feather Bow’s 180 and shoots down hanging objects too, and the Quick Hand’s Request quest for the Flying Dagger covers how to earn it.

Phantom Blade Zero Phantom Edges in the Village of Lu, Pangzhen, and the Mandate Encampment

Bastion is an Artifice shield that drops from Zhuo Bi, the Gatekeeper, and it blocks every attack while raised. Press L1 to shove enemies away, and release R2 before your Sha-Chi runs out for a shockwave that grows with the damage you absorbed. The village also has the Heartrend Pipa, Puppeteer’s Bell, and Kuye Temple Prayer Beads, and the Phantom Blade Zero Village of Lu map around the Covered Bridge lists all four.

Pangzhen & Mirage Estate adds Fire Meteor, Wolfjaw, You Loong’s Deluge, Flaming Mane, Goldblaze, and Thunder Spear, and the Phantom Blade Zero Pangzhen & Mirage Estate map to the Green Serpent House places them. Bashpole comes from the Mandate Encampment, and the Phantom Blade Zero Mandate Encampment map of the camp grounds pins it.

Upgrading Phantom Edges in Phantom Blade Zero: Materials, Soul Tempering, and Resets

Edge upgrades are reported to skip Solvent, so the Edge’s own material and Remnant Dust are the whole cost, with new arts reported at levels 5 and 10. Levels under 10 are reported to refund for free, but past that a reset is reported to need a Phantom Reforge Talisman for Edge resets past 10, sold by Quick Hand Zhang for 2,000 Dust.

Soul Tempering is reported to unlock through Myst in Pangzhen and to need a special item for each Edge, like the Blood Oath Dagger for the Dread Axe and the Alloyed Scythe Blade for the Sickle. Tempering is reported to be permanent, so save it for the Edge you plan to finish the game with.

Best Early Phantom Edge Pair in Phantom Blade Zero

Pick your Edges for combat alone, since their traversal powers work from your inventory. The Dread Axe and the Sickle make a strong valley pair, with the Axe cracking shields and the Sickle hitting from range, and in Crimson Forest the Iron Gauntlets beat the Sickle on damage and Guard Break while boosting your main weapon.

Collect every Edge you can, even the ones you won’t use. The Phantom Arsenal trophy is reported to need 10 Phantom Edges Soul Tempered after you meet Myst in Pangzhen, and the Phantom Arsenal and the other upgrade trophies cover the rest of that list. The Feather Bow is the valley Edge you can lose, so finish Purge the Sect before Bai Chilian.