The Fanatic's Broken Blade: Phantom Blade Zero Weapon Guide

Q: What does The Fanatic's Broken Blade cost to upgrade?

Forged Metal, Solvent and Remnant Dust, the same per step as Jagged Steel: 1,080 Remnant Dust for level 2, 3,240 for level 6. Taking it from level 2 to 7 in one go cost 26 Forged Metal, 13 Solvent and 13,500 Remnant Dust.

A broken sword severed by the Order that wakes up when Soul drinks, also called the Drunken Sword before launch. While he is Tipsy or Drunk its standard combo becomes a ranged attack that flies at distant foes, with damage falling off over distance.

Type: Primary weapon
Class: One-Handed
Tier: A tier
Resource: Sha-Chi EssenceL2

The drunken style as shown before launch: Soul sways and staggers with every strike. State of Play, 8:35 ↗

Why A tier: weapon tier list →

Moves & inputs

Sha-Chi Combo
Combo · 3 hits
Can be unleashed after any swing during a Standard Combo. With enough Sha-Chi, it becomes an enhanced attack with greater damage and stronger guard-breaking power. While Tipsy or Drunk, the attack becomes ranged.

Additional moves

Standard Combo
Becomes a ranged attack while Tipsy or Drunk.

Perks & passives

Lv.not shown
Bottomless Drink
Drink to restore Sha-Chi and enter the Tipsy state.
Weapon Lv.5
Boundless Thirst
Increases the amount of Sha-Chi restored by [Drink] and increases [Drink] speed.
Weapon Lv.10
Drunken Clarity Lv. 1
Extends the duration of the Tipsy state by 5 seconds.
Weapon Lv.15
Drunken Counter
While Drunk, press L1 just before a blockable attack lands to evade it while taking a [Drink]. The rest of the card was cut off on screen.

Stats

How upgrades work

Lv16

Damage: ≈680

7 readings, Lv 1 to 16

DamageGuard Break

Readings by weapon level; ≈ marks a value read off a blurred frame
Level	Damage	Guard Break
1	272	142
2	299	156
3	326	170
5	381	199
6	408	213
7	435	227
16	≈680	not read

How to get The Fanatic's Broken Blade

Dropped by Hua Qianxiao, the Sword Fanatic: its card appears over his body when the fight ends, on a bridge deck by the Pangzhen Bridge Overlook bell, at the start of Crimson Forest, the second region.

Boss page: Hua Qianxiao, the Sword Fanatic

Region: Crimson Forest

The Fanatic's Broken Blade FAQ

Where do you get The Fanatic's Broken Blade?

From Hua Qianxiao, the Sword Fanatic. He opens Crimson Forest, the second region: beat him on the bridge deck by the Pangzhen Bridge Overlook bell and the weapon card appears over his body.

Is The Fanatic's Broken Blade the Drunken Sword?

Yes, as far as launch footage shows. Drunken Sword was the pre-launch name for the drunken-swordplay master's blade. In the released game that master, Hua Qianxiao, drops this one, which also runs on drinking, and one launch review calls it the Fanatic's Drunken Sword.

How does drunken mode work?

Drinking puts Soul in the Tipsy state, then Drunk. Before launch the director described it this way: wine charges a drunken meter, and when it is full every movement slows, Soul floats in mid-air as he swings, and he can dodge "in the illusion". He calls it Jackie Chan's Drunken Master pushed into kung fu punk, deliberately not realistic.

Is the drunken style a separate stance?

No. Styles are bound to weapons in Phantom Blade Zero: equip The Fanatic's Broken Blade and Soul fights drunk, swap to another blade and he fights that blade's way.

What does The Fanatic's Broken Blade cost to upgrade?

Forged Metal, Solvent and Remnant Dust, the same per step as Jagged Steel: 1,080 Remnant Dust for level 2, 3,240 for level 6. Taking it from level 2 to 7 in one go cost 26 Forged Metal, 13 Solvent and 13,500 Remnant Dust.

What The Fanatic's Broken Blade does

A broken sword severed by the Order. Drinking liquor awakens its true power, allowing it to fly through the air and strike distant foes. Damage decreases with distance.