How to Unlock Abilities and Respec in Phantom Blade Zero

Character progression for Soul in Phantom Blade Zero centers on a straightforward skill system containing 32 Abilities arranged across five rows, according to GamingBolt. Unlocking every node in the Phantom Blade Zero Abilities grid depends on gathering Remnant Dust and specific collectibles rather than navigating complex branching trees.

The Abilities menu displays a five-row grid where nodes unlock strictly from left to right. Because players cannot skip ahead to save resources, the strongest skills in each category only become available near the endgame.

The first, third, and fifth rows govern Attack Power and Guard Break, Sha-Chi, and Health Abilities. Every node costs the standard Remnant Dust currency plus a category-specific resource, while the final node in each of the main groups also requires one Banyan's Heart.

• Attack Power and Guard Break Abilities (First Row): Located along the top row, these nodes demand an increasing quantity of Blackstones. Players must explore the game world to find four Blackstone Fragments to assemble each full Blackstone.
• Sha-Chi Abilities (Third Row): Acting as the game's equivalent to energy or stamina, this middle row requires Sha-Chi Embers. Each ember is crafted from four Sha-Chi Ember Fragments, which are typically found locked inside chests or earned by solving puzzles.
• Health Abilities (Fifth Row): Situated on the bottom row, these upgrades require Memory Flowers. Players obtain most of them by putting together Memory Flower Petals found inside containers or received as rewards from NPCs.

The second row of the grid sits between the Attack Power and Guard Break row and the Sha-Chi row. To unlock an Ability in this upper Banyan's Heart row, players must first unlock the two connected nodes in the adjacent rows and spend an additional Banyan's Heart.

The fourth row is positioned between the Sha-Chi row and the Health row. It operates under the exact same rule: players must unlock the linked nodes in the outer rows before purchasing the connected Ability with a Banyan's Heart.

A single playthrough contains exactly eight Banyan's Hearts, matching the number of Abilities they unlock. Players earn five of them by completing wave-based Banyan Tree combat encounters.

The remaining three Banyan's Hearts are sold by the merchant Quick Hand Zhang for 100,000 Remnant Dust apiece. Completing some of Quick Hand Zhang's own side quests grants large Remnant Dust payouts that help cover this high price.

Extra Banyan's Hearts collected during subsequent playthroughs in New Game Plus cycles go toward upgrading the final node of each of the three main Ability rows. Each of those final nodes has 30 upgrade levels, with only a range of five levels opening up per cycle.

Reaching the full 30-level cap requires replaying the game five additional times. In total, players need just over 12 playthroughs to gather enough Banyan's Hearts to completely max out every node.

Players can reset their unlocked Abilities at any point without any penalty:

1. Open the Train Abilities menu.
2. Press the Reset button located in the bottom right corner.All nodes are refunded in full, returning all spent Remnant Dust so it can be reallocated.

This article was written by AI.