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All Character Skills in Phantom Blade Zero

All Character Skills in Phantom Blade Zero (November 2026) Best Ones to Unlock

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Phantom Blade Zero gives its lone playable character, Soul, 32 character skills across four trees: Blackstone, Sha-Chi Amber, Memory Flower, and Banyan’s Heart. All are passive boosts to damage, healing, and resources. Every skill’s Remnant Dust cost, materials, and my recommended unlock order are below:

Skill TreeMaterial (Permanent Bonus)FocusStandout Skills
Blackstone4 fragments = 1 Blackstone (+10% Attack & Guard Break)OffenseFluid Form, Redirect Force
Sha-Chi Amber4 fragments = 1 Amber (+10% max Sha-Chi)ResourcesStill Depths, Shadowless Form
Memory FlowerFull set = 1 Flower (+10% max HP)SurvivalHealing Art, Unyielding Will
Banyan’s HeartBanyan Tree trials (no bonus)Late gameAgainst All Odds, Flow Like Water

How to Unlock Skills in Phantom Blade Zero?

Skills are trained at any Bell (rest point) via the Train Abilities menu:

  1. Collect fragments from guarded chests — four make one Blackstone or Sha-Chi Amber; Memory Flowers come as sets.
  2. Meet the target: a node needing 4 Blackstones requires 16 total fragments, plus the previous node in that row.
  3. Pay the Remnant Dust cost.

Materials also grant permanent stat boosts automatically, so grab every fragment. Wrong picks don’t matter — Reset refunds all your Dust.

Blackstone Skills (Offense)

SkillCostWhat It Does
Fluid Form Lv. 1FreePerfect Dodge, Parry, Guard Break, or kill: dash to distant enemies
Boundless Capacity Lv. 110,000+1 accessory slot
Endless Renewal Lv. 120,000 · 1 BlackstoneAssassinations/Executions restore HP and Sha-Chi
Masterful Flow Lv. 130,000 · 1 BlackstoneSwap cooldown −2 seconds
Redirect Force40,000 · 2 BlackstonesParries and dodges restore Sha-Chi
Masterful Flow Lv. 260,000 · 4 BlackstonesSwap cooldown −2 more seconds
All or Nothing80,000 · 6 Blackstones+25% crit damage; hits taken raise incoming damage 15% for 5s
Keen Edge535,550 · 8 Blackstones · 1 Banyan’s HeartCycle skill (NG+)

Sha-Chi Amber Skills (Resources)

SkillCostWhat It Does
Steady Composure5,000After a dodge/parry, next Square attack interrupts more reliably
Flowing ChiFreeCertain Phantom Edge counters cost no Remnant Spark
Endless Renewal Lv. 220,000 · 1 AmberExecutions may restore Remnant Spark
Still Depths Lv. 130,000 · 1 Amber+1 max Remnant Spark
Boundless Capacity Lv. 240,000 · 2 Ambers+1 accessory slot
Still Depths Lv. 260,000 · 4 Ambers+1 max Remnant Spark
Shadowless Form80,000 · 6 AmbersPerfect Dodge leaves a taunting afterimage for 2s
Focused Mind535,550 · 8 Ambers · 1 Banyan’s HeartCycle skill (NG+)

Memory Flower Skills (Survival)

SkillCostWhat It Does
Healing Art5,000+1 Medicine use
Thousand-Mile Stride10,000Sprint 2s to enter high-speed sprint
Blood Remedy20,000 · 1 FlowerEnemies may drop Medicine
Ascendance Lv. 130,000 · 1 Flower+1 max Sha-Chi Essence
Unyielding Will40,000 · 2 FlowersKeep Sha-Chi Essence when you die
Ascendance Lv. 260,000 · 4 Flowers+1 max Sha-Chi Essence
Boundless Capacity Lv. 480,000 · 6 Flowers+1 accessory slot
Fortified Body535,550 · 8 Flowers · 1 Banyan’s HeartCycle skill (NG+)

Banyan’s Heart Skills (Late Game)

After Inanis’s Heart of the Banyan quest, Banyan Tree trials award eight Banyan’s Hearts per playthrough — Quick Hand Zhang sells extras for 100,000 Dust:

  • Offense chain (157,500 Dust): Flow Like Water (blocking/dodging never breaks combos), Opening Strike (swap becomes a special attack), Flash Step (Sha-Chi instant dodge), Boundless Capacity Lv. 3.
  • Defense chain (220,000 Dust): Still Mind (i-frames on Power Surge), Quick Remedy (uninterruptible healing), Cicada’s Escape (auto-retreat when Guard Broken), and Against All Odds — once per battle, it blocks a hit that would drop you below 10% HP, the game’s best safety net.

The three cycle skills (Keen Edge, Focused Mind, Fortified Body) gain 5 ranks per Cycle up to NG+6 — 30 total.

Best Skills to Unlock First

Enemies don’t respawn, so Dust stays scarce early. My first 30,000: Fluid Form (free), Healing Art (5,000), Steady Composure (5,000), Boundless Capacity Lv. 1 (10,000), Thousand-Mile Stride (10,000). Then save for Redirect Force and Unyielding Will. Skip shop materials — regions supply plenty — and re-spec freely. More in our Phantom Blade Zero weapon tier list.

FAQs

How many character skills are in Phantom Blade Zero?

32, across the Blackstone, Sha-Chi Amber, Memory Flower, and Banyan’s Heart trees. Three cycle skills only unlock in New Game+.

Can you reset skills in Phantom Blade Zero?

Yes — Reset in Train Abilities at any Bell refunds all Dust for free.

How do you get Banyan’s Hearts?

Clear Banyan Tree trials after Inanis’s Heart of the Banyan quest (eight per playthrough), or buy from Quick Hand Zhang for 100,000 Dust each.

What are the best skills to unlock first?

Fluid Form, Healing Art, Steady Composure, Boundless Capacity Lv. 1, and Thousand-Mile Stride — 30,000 Dust combined for healing, slots, counters, and travel.

Oliver Bennett

Oliver tests gaming peripherals, GPUs, and performance setups with a hands-on, benchmark-driven approach. He translates complex specs into straightforward buying advice.

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