Phantom Blade Zero: Tiger Cannon, Fiend Saws and Every Weapon Source

30-second quick start (TL;DR)

• Tiger Cannon: beat Lei Dang in Mirage Estate. Hold R2 to charge up to three stages.
• Fiend Saws: touch all five ribbons in Village of Lu, then beat Mu Xiaokui and the secret extra phase against Jade Dancer.
• Wild Oriole Sword: at the dock straight after that fight. Do not leave without it.
• Upgrades: meet the Forge at the Outpost in Weeping Creek Valley. After that, every Bell upgrades weapons.
• Early favourites: players who finished lean on the Outlaw Warblade and Jagged Steel.

What this guide helps you do

Phantom Blade Zero launched on October 29, 2026 on PS5 and PC (Steam and Epic). Before launch the director said there would be about 30 main weapons and a little over 20 secondary weapons, all earned from bosses. This guide covers the Tiger Cannon and the Fiend Saws, where every primary weapon and Phantom Edge comes from, how upgrades work, and which weapons players use.

It is written for the launch version with the day-one patch. Sources backed by only one report are marked. The “best” picks are what finished players use, not tested rankings.

You carry two primary weapons and two Phantom Edges

Your loadout is two primary weapons, two Phantom Edges, two medicines and your accessories. You can swap weapons in the middle of a fight, and that matters: each primary weapon has its own Sha-Chi bar, the guard meter. When one runs low, swap and you have a full bar again. Players break a guard with one weapon, then swap and burst with the other.

Phantom Edges are secondary weapons in their own slots. They use a charge resource called Remnant Sparks, refilled at Bells. Several double as exploration keys:

• Dread Axe breaks giant chains.
• Tiger Cannon breaks weakened stone walls.
• Feather Bow shoots bow targets.
• Illusory Pipa clears fog.
• Flaming Mane burns brambles.

The director has said enemies do not respawn and map resources are finite, so the refund option below matters.

The Tiger Cannon drops from Lei Dang in Mirage Estate

The Tiger Cannon is a Destructive Phantom Edge and one of the last you will find. It is the reward for beating Lei Dang, a two-phase boss in Mirage Estate. One guide places him at the Perfect Vessel Pond Bell. Reports title him either “the Tiger Cannon” or “the Order’s Envoy”.

Mirage Estate opens only after the Serpent Door in Pangzhen, which is the first point of no return for the true ending. Read the true ending guide before you go through.

How it works, per one detailed item listing:

• Charge: hold R2 to charge up to three stages. Each shot costs one Remnant Spark. Base damage is listed as 310.
• Firearm: shots ignite explosives and shatter frozen enemies, though not elites.
• Stone-Clearing Shot: breaks weakened stone walls, even when the cannon is not equipped.
• Arts: Full Blast (Soul Temper, level 5, L1 and R2, two Sparks), Tiger Step (level 10), Spreading Blaze Lv. 1 (level 15), Double Roar (level 25), and Tooth for Tooth, a counter to red and blue flash attacks for one Spark.

The Fiend Saws need all five ribbons before the Mu Xiaokui fight

The Fiend Saws are a dual-wield primary weapon, and they are missable. They come from Mu Xiaokui, Young Mistress of the Order, the chapter boss at Lakeside in Village of Lu. The normal fight runs through her and then Iron Fiend and Jade Dancer. The saws only drop from a secret extra phase against Jade Dancer.

To open that phase, interact with all five ribbons in the village, which is the Young Mistress quest. Do this before you start the fight. The same win also awards Puppet No. 44’s Eye and Fist Fragment: Core.

Straight after, the Wild Oriole Sword is waiting at the dock. If you leave the area without it, it is gone.

One listing gives these numbers:

Every primary weapon comes from a boss or a rack

Here is where each primary weapon has been found so far, in rough story order. Rows marked “one report” have not been backed up yet.

Sources for the Shadowless Edge and The Fanatic’s Drunken Sword have not been published yet.

The 25 Phantom Edges fall into five types

The official count is 25 Phantom Edges. One full list sorts them like this:

Known sources so far:

• Dread Axe: Peng Meng, the Axemaster, Weeping Creek Valley.
• Feather Bow: the Purge the Sect Tale. See how to get the bow.
• Flaming Mane: Flame, the Lion Dance Grandmaster, Pangzhen.
• Bashpole: Wan Jun “Coppermaul”, Mandate Encampment.
• Swordsman’s Summon: Red, Chief Disciple of the Seven-Stars, Mandate Encampment.
• Illusory Pipa: three parts, repaired by Myst at the Pangzhen tavern.
• One-Eyed Bow: the One-Eyed Archer, One-Eyed Isle Dock, Meigu Lake.
• Loong Trident: You Loong, the Frenzied Blackwater Crewleader, Blackwater Crew Dock (one report).
• Flying Guillotine: Huangxing, the Kunlun Renegade, Mountain of Imprisonment.
• Tiger Cannon: Lei Dang, Mirage Estate.

Players also notice that some Phantom Edges give a free follow-up attack called Flowing Chi. They have seen it on the Dread Axe, Iron Gauntlets, Fire Meteor, daggers and a spear. The game does not list which ones do.

Upgrades start at the Forge and go to level 30

You meet the NPC called Forge at the Outpost in Weeping Creek Valley. Once you have, weapon upgrades are available at every Bell. The cap is level 30, and new perks and arts unlock at levels 5, 10, 15 and 25. The materials for the top levels arrive near the end of the game.

The director has confirmed you can reset a weapon’s upgrades to get the materials back. One guide adds that resetting from level 10 or higher costs a Weapon Reforge Talisman, sold by merchants, with enough around for about a dozen resets.

Soul Tempering with Myst in Pangzhen transforms some weapons, per one report: the Sanguine Reach becomes the Blazing Edge (it needs Scorching Flame fragments), and the Sanguine becomes the Infernal Rouge. That is why some players keep their starting Sanguine upgraded.

Upgrades, skills and accessories all cost Remnant Dust, and players report running short around 15 hours in.

The Outlaw Warblade and Jagged Steel are what players use early

No one has published tested damage rankings. These are the weapons players who finished the game keep coming back to.

• Outlaw Warblade: your hits heal you, and its Sha-Chi combo spends HP instead. The most used early pick.
• Jagged Steel: every hit builds Bleed. Available about an hour in.
• The Fanatic’s Broken Blade: drinking makes you Tipsy and opens ranged combos.
• White Serpent & Crimson Viper: 312 damage and 164 guard break at level 1.

For later, one guide calls the Baishan Stormswords arguably the strongest, and also rates the Fiend Saws, Parting Hooks (for counters), Wild Oriole Sword and Soft Snake Sword (for parrying).

One warning: Bleed and lifesteal are weak against Puppets, Phantoms and “Golden Bodies” unless you wear the Livingwood Talisman, which players say brings them to 70% effectiveness at +1. That matters for the Outlaw Warblade and Jagged Steel.

For Phantom Edges, nobody has a ranking. Player favourites include the Hunter’s Chain Sickle (its level 15 pull-cancel saves charges), Flying Guillotine, Ink Cut, Iron Gauntlets and Bashpole.

Step-by-step: Fiend Saws, then Tiger Cannon

Tick these off as you go. Your progress stays on this device.

1. 1Mark step 1 done

   Meet the Forge

   At the Outpost in Weeping Creek Valley. Grab the Sanguine Reach from the rack behind it.

2. 2Mark step 2 done

   Find all five ribbons

   Interact with every ribbon in the village to complete the Young Mistress quest.

3. 3Mark step 3 done

   Fight Mu Xiaokui at Lakeside

   Win through to the secret extra phase against Jade Dancer for the Fiend Saws.

4. 4Mark step 4 done

   Take the Wild Oriole Sword

   It is at the dock right after. Do not leave first.

5. 5Mark step 5 done

   Open Mirage Estate

   Finish your Tales, then go through the Serpent Door at the Green Serpent House in Pangzhen.

6. 6Mark step 6 done

   Beat Lei Dang

   Near the Perfect Vessel Pond Bell. He has two phases. The Tiger Cannon is yours.

Troubleshooting and common mistakes

• Mistake: Fighting Mu Xiaokui before the ribbons. Fix: Without all five, the extra phase never starts and the Fiend Saws are lost.
• Mistake: Leaving the dock after the Lakeside fight. Fix: Pick up the Wild Oriole Sword first. It is missable.
• Mistake: Upgrading every weapon a little. Fix: Remnant Dust runs short. Commit to two, and reset if you change your mind.
• Mistake: Fighting with one weapon only. Fix: Each primary has its own Sha-Chi bar. Swap when one runs low.

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