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title: 'Phantom Blade Zero: How to Upgrade Weapons, Medicines, and Trinkets'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=Bun9trYjK1Y'
video_id: 'Bun9trYjK1Y'
date: 2026-10-29
duration_sec: 378
channel: 'IGN'
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# Phantom Blade Zero: How to Upgrade Weapons, Medicines, and Trinkets

> Source: [Phantom Blade Zero: How to Upgrade Weapons, Medicines, and Trinkets](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Bun9trYjK1Y)

## Summary

This video is a comprehensive guide to upgrading weapons, medicines, and trinkets in Phantom Blade Zero. It covers the essential materials like Remnant Dust, Solvent, and Forged Metal, and highlights the key NPCs like Forge and Quickhand Jang who play a role in the upgrading process. The guide also explains how to enhance healing items and where to find them.

### Key Points

- **Combat is Tough and Upgrades are Essential** [00:02] — Phantom Blade Zero is action-packed, combat is intense and unforgiving. Missing a dodge or parry can be game over. The video shows how to upgrade weapons, medicines, and trinkets to have the upper hand.
- **Gather Key Upgrade Materials** [00:34] — Remnant Dust is the main currency, along with materials like Solvent and Forged Metal. You collect them as you explore and progress through areas.
- **Meet the Blacksmith Forge** [00:47] — To start upgrading, meet Forge the blacksmith at the beginning area. She gives the Sanguin Reach, a two-handed weapon, and expands the bell menu to include equipment upgrading and a store for materials.
- **How to Upgrade and Reforge Weapons** [01:16] — Activate a bell, choose 'Upgrade Equipment', and select what to upgrade. You can revert and refund materials later. After level 10, you need a Weapon Reforge Talisman to reset to initial level and get materials back. Phantom Edges need Phantom Reforge Talismans.
- **Unlock the Trinket Collector for Materials** [01:56] — For more materials, find Quickhand Jang, a trinket collector, captured in Crimson Forest north of the Trail of Cages bell. Free him with a crank to unlock his store.
- **Enhance Healing with Medicines and Upgrades** [02:24] — Healing is crucial. You start with a healing gourd with two uses. Collect 5,000 remnant dust to buy the upgrade 'Healing Art' which increases medicine uses by one. You can also find healing items like the Focus Pill, which reduces Shachi consumption by 30% and restores HP.
- **Medicine Upgrades at the Great Serpent House** [03:47] — To upgrade medicines further, go to Pong Jin and find the Great Serpent House. Upgrades can increase healing percentage and number of uses. You can also upgrade medicines from the bell menu anytime.
- **Boost Health and Equip Helpful Accessories** [04:14] — Increase health bar by collecting blue memory flowers. Completing a memory increases max HP by 5-10%. Equip accessories like 'Jewels Not' to boost health or 'Medicine Case' to improve healing percentage.
- **Upgrade Accessories with Jewel** [04:52] — Find Jewel, Forge's younger sister, in the village of Lou. She polishes and refines accessories, e.g., polishing Battle Wraps increases damage from 5% to 10%. You can upgrade accessories from any bell after meeting her.
- **Fix Trinkets with Mist and Soultempering** [05:28] — To fix broken trinkets, go to Mist, the third sister, located in Pong Xen. Use a crank to open a secret door to her tavern. She restores the Peipa and offers Soultempering, which extracts memories from objects to enhance weapons.
- **Exploration is Key for Preparation** [06:05] — Exploration is key to finding materials for upgrades. The video encourages exploring thoroughly to be prepared for challenges and mentions the IGN wiki for more information.

## Transcript

Phantom Blade Zero is action-packed with combat that is intense and exciting, unforgiving. You miss a dodge or parry, and it may be all over. Boss encounters not prepared with the right tools and upgrades, but we have you covered. In
this guide, we'll show you how to upgrade weapons, medicines, and trinkets have the upper hand and overcome the have the upper hand and overcome the challenge ahead.
Zero, you're going to need remnant dust, which is your main currency, along with materials such as solvent and forged metal. Remnant dust and upgrade world as you explore and progress through each area. In order to start
upgrading equipment, you'll first need to meet Forge, the blacksmith located at She'll introduce herself as well as mention her two sisters, Jewel and Mist, whom we'll talk about later. Forge will guide you with a tutorial on how to
you the Sanguin Reach, a two-handed weapon to add to your arsenal. You can Forge. But after you meet her, you'll notice that your bell menu will expand, equipment along with having access to the store where you can purchase
materials. To upgrade, simply activate a bell, choose upgrade equipment, and You can also revert and refund your materials if you decide to invest in a different weapon later. Note that after a weapon reaches level 10, you'll need
to use a weapon reforge talisman in order to restore a weapon to its initial level and get your spent materials back. The same goes for phantom edges, which are special weapons that consume remnant sparks and refill upon death. Similar to
a phantom edge to level 10, you'll need a phantom reforge talisman rather than the standard weapon reforge talismans to revert it back to its initial level. These talismans can be found by
exploring, but can also be purchased when resting at a bell in case you're in materials, look no further than Quickhand Jang, a trinket collector whom you'll find captured in Crimson Forest just north of the Trail of Cages bell
progress through the cave to find a crank that will free him. From then on, you'll have access to a store, also located in Crimson Forest, where you can purchase materials to upgrade your weapons even further. Maximizing your
challenges in Phantom Blade Zero. And there's a variety of ways to do so with items and upgrades that improve how you heal, as well as how much you heal. journey with a healing gourd that has two uses that refill upon death. Once
you collect 5,000 remnant dust, you'll want to snag the upgrade healing art, which increases medicine uses by one. You'll find this upgrade by resting at a bell, selecting train abilities, then scrolling to the bottom branch to select
and upgrade it. This will improve your healing gourd from two to three uses. As you progress in each area, you'll find a variety of healing items that can be added alongside your initial gourd and even replace it if you'd like. These
the healing gourd does through dying and reviving or at a bell. A good early game healing item to find is the focus pill, Valley after defeating Pong Mung and acquiring his dread axe. You'll use the
the path and then proceed up the dirt path to find the axe master's holding cell bell. From there, proceed through the wooden archway and then hang a left. axe, then head straight to the edge of the cliff where you'll find the focus
pill. The focus pill reduces Shachi consumption by 30% as well as gradually consumption by 30% as well as gradually restores 30% HP over the same duration, which can help immensely in battle. No matter which medicines you prefer,
you'll always have the benefit of carrying two of them at the same time. You can upgrade medicines as well. In order to upgrade, you'll need to Pong Jin, where you'll find the Great Serpent House. Here, you can upgrade
special items such as Apprentice by exploring the world. Upgrading medicines can increase the percentage they heal and even increase their number of uses as well. You'll also now be able
to upgrade medicines from your bell menu any time. As for increasing the size of your health bar, you can do so by collecting blue memory flowers. Each once enough are collected to complete the memory, your maximum HP will
increase by 5 to 10%. So, it's well worth the effort. And if you really want as possible, you can equip accessories that focus on health boosts, such as jewels not, which increases your health bar even further, or the medicine case,
which increases the percentage of the healing you get by using a medicine. Speaking of accessories and trinkets, these can be upgraded, too. To access the ability to upgrade, you'll first need to find Juul, Forge's younger
sister, located in the village of Lou. Jewel can polish and refine accessories and trinkets that you find in the world, upgrading them to help you further. For example, polishing the battle wraps will increase damage dealt to enemies from 5
to 10%. The amount of times you can upgrade depends on the accessory. Much like upgrading weapons with forge and expanding your bell menu, you'll now be able to upgrade accessories from any bell location after meeting Jewel. Note,
to carry up to six accessories, you'll need to upgrade and train your abilities in order to open more accessory slots. As for fixing broken trinkets or story items, such as the Peipa, Juul will explain that it is beyond her expertise
and to take the missing pieces to Mist, the third and final sister located in Pong Xen. You'll find Mist by using a crank that you'll find in the wine celler to open a secret door that will lead you down to her tavern. Not only
will Mist restore the broken Peipa, but she also specializes in soultempering, where she extracts lingering memories from objects attuned to a weapon and able to soultemper your main and phantom
materials to do so, as well as having the option to soultemper from the bell menu. As you may have learned from this video, exploration is key to finding all materials needed to upgrade weapons, medicines, and trinkets. So, be sure to
explore as much as possible so that you're prepared for the challenge ahead. For more on Phantom Blade Zero, check out our wiki over at ign.com. And for all things gaming, you're already in the right place.