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Materials support equipment upgrades and character progression in Phantom Blade Zero. Main weapons and Phantom Edges use different upgrade material groups, while Reforge Talismans and Soul Tempering materials serve separate equipment systems.

Main weapon upgrade materials

These materials are listed for upgrading main weapons. Upgrades improve stats and can unlock additional techniques. Check the selected weapon before spending materials; this list does not set a universal per-level recipe.

Image	Material
	Broadplate Metal
	Flawless Broadplate Metal
	Flawless Forged Metal
	Forged Metal
	Polished Broadplate Metal
	Polished Forged Metal
	Solvent
	Twinned Metal

Phantom Edge upgrade materials

These are the listed upgrade materials for Phantom Edges. Merchant inventories and exploration can supply some of them; a material group does not establish one shared vendor or acquisition route for every entry.

Image	Material
	Ancient Timber
	Blazing Darkfire Charcoal
	Camphor Timber
	Darkfire Charcoal
	Exotic Copper Ingot
	Illusory Incense Ash
	Incense Ash
	Otherworldly Copper
	Precision Mechanical Gear

Progression and Reforge materials

Image	Material
	Blackstone
	Blackstone Fragment/Blackstone Shard
	Phantom Reforge Talisman
	Sha-Chi Amber
	Sha-Chi Amber Fragment/Sha-Chi Amber Shard
	Weapon Reforge Talisman

Blackstones and Sha-Chi Ambers are character progression resources that can be found whole or as fragments. Weapon Reforge Talismans and Phantom Reforge Talismans belong to the equipment reset system.

Soul Tempering materials

Image	Material
	Dancer's Ribbon
	Fanatic's Fragment: Fixation

Soul Tempering uses a material tied to the particular weapon together with Remnant Dust. It is separate from an ordinary upgrade and is irreversible. The two listed materials are examples in this catalog, not a universal recipe that works on any weapon.

Finding and recovering materials

Search treasure chests, optional routes and merchant inventories. Some rarer materials are tied to powerful enemies. Availability depends on the individual material.

Reforging resets equipment upgrades and recovers the invested materials so they can be used on another weapon. This does not establish an additional currency refund, a fee, or a return of a Soul Tempering investment.