🎯 Beginner Guide

Phantom Blade Zero Beginner Guide

You play as Soul, an elite assassin betrayed and left for dead, resurrected with only 66 days to live. Before you dive in, learn these core systems first.

1. Your loadout is two primary weapons + two Phantom Edges

You carry two primary weapons and two Phantom Edges at once. Primary weapons are all blades — One-Handed, Dual-Wield, or Two-Handed. Phantom Edges are your off-hand tools (bows, hand cannons, axes, hammers), and they have a limited number of uses that refill at checkpoints.

2. Switch weapons mid-combat

Switching your primary weapon triggers a quick attack and starts a short weapon-switch cooldown. Each primary weapon has its own independent stamina bar, so switch instead of waiting on one weapon to recover.

3. Learn each weapon's signature move

Every weapon has its own moves. Seamless Death throws a chakram on its heavy attack, Juggernaut charges up while blocking then sweeps, and The Fanatic's Drunken Sword uses evade-and-counter moves. Try a few to find what clicks.

4. Bosses drop weapons

Some weapons come from bosses: Hua, Deadly Betrothed drops the Scarlet Wraithblade, and Wan Jun "Coppermaul" drops the Bashpole Phantom Edge. You'll pick these up as you move through the regions.

5. The world is split into seven regions

Bosses are organized across the Prologue, Weeping Creek Valley, Crimson Forest, Village of Lu, Pangzhen, Mandate Encampment, and Meigu Lake. Roughly 50 bosses appear across the game — see the full list on the Bosses page.

Related Pages

All Weapons Database

The full list of 30 primary weapons and 24 Phantom Edges.

Sha-Chi Combat System

How Sha-Chi ties into weapons, parries, and power attacks.

Loadout Guides

How to pair two primary weapons and two Phantom Edges.