Hunter's Chain Sickle: Phantom Blade Zero Phantom Edge Guide

Q: What upgrades the Hunter's Chain Sickle?

Exotic Copper Ingot and Remnant Dust in the early levels, Otherworldly Copper past level 10: 640 Remnant Dust for level 2, 1,920 for level 6 and 4,480 for level 14. Reverting it from level 10 returned 17,280 Remnant Dust and 26 Exotic Copper Ingot.

A Martial Phantom Edge on a chain, the reward for the rematch against The Hunt at the Great Waterfall in Weeping Creek Valley. Pressing R2 repeatedly throws up to three slashes at mid-to-long range; the blade does the damage, the chain only 30% of it.

Type: Phantom Edge
Class: Martial
Opens: Distant anchor points
Resource: Remnant SparksR2

Opens the way

Distant anchor points

Grappling Traverse. Once obtained, the Hunter's Chain Sickle can grapple onto distant anchor points for traversal, even when not equipped.

Spots that need a Phantom Edge are marked on the map automatically, and a marker turns green once you own the matching one.
Phantom Edges are the two secondary weapons on R2.
Beat The Hunt in the rematch at the foot of the Great Waterfall, at the end of Weeping Creek Valley, during the main quest Steel and Steam. Its card appears when he falls, and a tutorial then explains how it pulls Soul across gaps. The fight also pays 20,000 Remnant Dust.

Moves & inputs

repeatedly
Phantom Edge attack
Phantom Edge
Up to a 3-hit slashing combo at mid-to-long range. The sickle blade deals the most damage; the chain deals only 30% of the blade's damage. A full combo consumes 1 Remnant Spark.
1 Remnant Spark per full combo required

Passives

Lv.not shown
Grappling Traverse
Once obtained, the Hunter's Chain Sickle can grapple onto distant anchor points for traversal, even when not equipped.
Lv.1
Relentless Pursuit
Slightly increases Chain Sickle damage against enemies that are Burning, Frozen, Paralyzed, Poisoned, or Bleeding.
Weapon Lv.15
Chain-Sickle Traverse
Hurls the Chain Sickle at the ground or a wall and vaults Soul to that point.
The button and the Remnant Spark cost read differently in two pieces of footage, so we leave them out until the game confirms them.

Stats

How upgrades work

Lv14

Damage: 568
Guard Break: 490

10 readings, Lv 1 to 14

DamageGuard Break

Readings by weapon level
Level	Damage	Guard Break
1	247	213
2	272	234
5	346	298
6	371	320
7	395	341
8	420	362
11	494	426
12	519	447
13	543	469
14	568	490

How to get Hunter's Chain Sickle

Beat The Hunt in the rematch at the foot of the Great Waterfall, at the end of Weeping Creek Valley, during the main quest Steel and Steam. Its card appears when he falls, and a tutorial then explains how it pulls Soul across gaps. The fight also pays 20,000 Remnant Dust.

Boss page: The Hunt, Hunter of the Order

Region: Weeping Creek Valley

Hunter's Chain Sickle FAQ

How do you get the Hunter's Chain Sickle?

Beat The Hunt a second time, at the Great Waterfall in Weeping Creek Valley. The fight has two bars, Hunter of the Order then Sixfold Scythe, and the Phantom Edge is yours when it ends. At level 1 its card reads Damage 247 and Guard Break 213.

Do you need to equip the Hunter's Chain Sickle to reach anchor points?

No. Its Grappling Traverse works from the moment you own it, even when it is not in one of your two Phantom Edge slots. The map marks the spots that need it as Hunter's Chain Sickle passages.

What upgrades the Hunter's Chain Sickle?

Exotic Copper Ingot and Remnant Dust in the early levels, Otherworldly Copper past level 10: 640 Remnant Dust for level 2, 1,920 for level 6 and 4,480 for level 14. Reverting it from level 10 returned 17,280 Remnant Dust and 26 Exotic Copper Ingot.

What Hunter's Chain Sickle does

Owning it is also a key: it pulls Soul to distant anchor points even when it is not equipped. Upgrades add bonus damage against enemies that are Burning, Frozen, Paralyzed, Poisoned or Bleeding.

Coiling, pulling, reaping. As precise as an extension of its master's arm. It strikes from mid-to-long range and can grapple onto distant anchor points for traversal.