
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 Tree | Material (Permanent Bonus) | Focus | Standout Skills |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackstone | 4 fragments = 1 Blackstone (+10% Attack & Guard Break) | Offense | Fluid Form, Redirect Force |
| Sha-Chi Amber | 4 fragments = 1 Amber (+10% max Sha-Chi) | Resources | Still Depths, Shadowless Form |
| Memory Flower | Full set = 1 Flower (+10% max HP) | Survival | Healing Art, Unyielding Will |
| Banyan’s Heart | Banyan Tree trials (no bonus) | Late game | Against All Odds, Flow Like Water |
Skills are trained at any Bell (rest point) via the Train Abilities menu:
Materials also grant permanent stat boosts automatically, so grab every fragment. Wrong picks don’t matter — Reset refunds all your Dust.
| Skill | Cost | What It Does |
|---|---|---|
| Fluid Form Lv. 1 | Free | Perfect Dodge, Parry, Guard Break, or kill: dash to distant enemies |
| Boundless Capacity Lv. 1 | 10,000 | +1 accessory slot |
| Endless Renewal Lv. 1 | 20,000 · 1 Blackstone | Assassinations/Executions restore HP and Sha-Chi |
| Masterful Flow Lv. 1 | 30,000 · 1 Blackstone | Swap cooldown −2 seconds |
| Redirect Force | 40,000 · 2 Blackstones | Parries and dodges restore Sha-Chi |
| Masterful Flow Lv. 2 | 60,000 · 4 Blackstones | Swap cooldown −2 more seconds |
| All or Nothing | 80,000 · 6 Blackstones | +25% crit damage; hits taken raise incoming damage 15% for 5s |
| Keen Edge | 535,550 · 8 Blackstones · 1 Banyan’s Heart | Cycle skill (NG+) |
| Skill | Cost | What It Does |
|---|---|---|
| Steady Composure | 5,000 | After a dodge/parry, next Square attack interrupts more reliably |
| Flowing Chi | Free | Certain Phantom Edge counters cost no Remnant Spark |
| Endless Renewal Lv. 2 | 20,000 · 1 Amber | Executions may restore Remnant Spark |
| Still Depths Lv. 1 | 30,000 · 1 Amber | +1 max Remnant Spark |
| Boundless Capacity Lv. 2 | 40,000 · 2 Ambers | +1 accessory slot |
| Still Depths Lv. 2 | 60,000 · 4 Ambers | +1 max Remnant Spark |
| Shadowless Form | 80,000 · 6 Ambers | Perfect Dodge leaves a taunting afterimage for 2s |
| Focused Mind | 535,550 · 8 Ambers · 1 Banyan’s Heart | Cycle skill (NG+) |
| Skill | Cost | What It Does |
|---|---|---|
| Healing Art | 5,000 | +1 Medicine use |
| Thousand-Mile Stride | 10,000 | Sprint 2s to enter high-speed sprint |
| Blood Remedy | 20,000 · 1 Flower | Enemies may drop Medicine |
| Ascendance Lv. 1 | 30,000 · 1 Flower | +1 max Sha-Chi Essence |
| Unyielding Will | 40,000 · 2 Flowers | Keep Sha-Chi Essence when you die |
| Ascendance Lv. 2 | 60,000 · 4 Flowers | +1 max Sha-Chi Essence |
| Boundless Capacity Lv. 4 | 80,000 · 6 Flowers | +1 accessory slot |
| Fortified Body | 535,550 · 8 Flowers · 1 Banyan’s Heart | Cycle skill (NG+) |
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:
The three cycle skills (Keen Edge, Focused Mind, Fortified Body) gain 5 ranks per Cycle up to NG+6 — 30 total.
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.
32, across the Blackstone, Sha-Chi Amber, Memory Flower, and Banyan’s Heart trees. Three cycle skills only unlock in New Game+.
Yes — Reset in Train Abilities at any Bell refunds all Dust for free.
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.
Fluid Form, Healing Art, Steady Composure, Boundless Capacity Lv. 1, and Thousand-Mile Stride — 30,000 Dust combined for healing, slots, counters, and travel.