Where to Find Mechanical Gear in Phantom Blade Zero (Artifice Phantom Edge Upgrade Material)

Quick answer: Mechanical Gear is in a chest on a wooden scaffold on the cliff near the Red Serpent House bell in Crimson Forest. You reach it from above by the plank road and a ladder. Quick Hand Zhang also sells it for 1,040 Remnant Dust.

What Mechanical Gear does

Mechanical Gear sits under the “Phantom Edge Upgrade Materials” category. Its item card reads: “A gear connected to a bearing. Its teeth interlock like a woven pattern, turning smoothly in unison. A fundamental component of Engine Art. Upon this foundation, countless mechanisms can be created, making it highly suited for Artifice weapons and devices.” The effect line reads: “Required to upgrade Artifice-type Phantom Edges to Lv. 10.”

Mechanical Gear item card, required to upgrade Artifice-type Phantom Edges to Lv. 10 in Phantom Blade Zero

At a bell, choose Upgrade Equipment to improve Phantom Edges, the same screen used to upgrade weapons. Their individual material requirements apply through Lv. 10.

Phantom Edge type	Material up to Lv. 10
Martial	Exotic Copper Ingot
Destruction	Darkfire Charcoal
Artifice	Mechanical Gear
Ranged	Ancient Timber

Where to find Mechanical Gear

The chest is in Crimson Forest during Chapter 1. You can’t reach it from the road below. The only way in is from above, by the plank road, the plateau and a ladder.

Go to the Red Serpent House bell. It’s the red-lit wooden cross on the road just past the low-road double gate, which the Forest Outpost Courtyard Key opens.

From the road by the bell, look upward. A wooden scaffold platform is attached to the pale cliff around 5 metres overhead, and a ladder climbs the rock from the platform. The vine-covered wall below can’t be climbed by pressing Space, so don’t attempt it.

Wooden scaffold platform with the Mechanical Gear chest on the cliff above the road near the Red Serpent House bell in Phantom Blade Zero

Follow the dirt road away from the bell. You’ll pass the roadside heap that holds Ancient Timber before reaching a small wooden cart bridge.

Head uphill from the bridge along the stone path, then climb the long plank road bordered by wooden fences. A Butcher and three dogs guard the road and the plateau beyond; the dogs may charge down the planks toward you. Lure the dogs away and take them out before the Butcher gets involved.

Fenced plank road climbing to the plateau above the Red Serpent House bell in Phantom Blade Zero

Plateau with stone stairs and a lantern at the top of the plank road in Crimson Forest in Phantom Blade Zero

The top opens onto a plateau containing stone stairs, a lantern and several clay jars. At the edge beside the jars, a small plank ledge extends over the drop, with the ladder’s top there. Wait on the ledge for the “Space” prompt and press Space. You’ll descend the ladder in less than a second and reach the scaffold platform.

Space prompt on the plank ledge at the top of the ladder down to the scaffold chest in Phantom Blade Zero

Once you reach the ladder’s bottom, stop moving backwards. Stepping backward off the platform sends you down to the road without causing damage, but you’ll need to repeat the entire loop. Turn left instead and follow the plank walkway for about 6 metres.

Soul at the foot of the ladder on the cliff scaffold with the plank walkway ahead in Phantom Blade Zero

Open the wooden chest beside the two stone bowls by pressing E. It holds three Phantom Edge upgrade materials: Incense Ash, Mechanical Gear and Darkfire Charcoal. Each item card pops up in turn. Press Space to confirm each one, and the MECHANICAL GEAR card confirms the pickup.

Chest beside two stone bowls on the cliff scaffold with the E prompt in Phantom Blade Zero

Buying Mechanical Gear from Quick Hand Zhang

Quick Hand Zhang‘s Crimson Forest hideout stocks Mechanical Gear in the Buy tab for 1,040 Remnant Dust each, with 6 in stock. Select it and hold Space to buy. He also carries it at his Village of Lu, Pangzhen and Meigu Village hideouts. Earn the Remnant Dust for it from enemies and pickups.

Quick Hand Zhang Buy tab with Mechanical Gear for 1040 Remnant Dust in Phantom Blade Zero

Precision Mechanical Gear and Ying Mechanical Gear

Mechanical Gear only takes Artifice-type Phantom Edges as far as Lv. 10. Two more gears cover the rest of the climb.

Material	Artifice-type levels	Quick Hand Zhang price
Mechanical Gear	Up to Lv. 10	1,040
Precision Mechanical Gear	Lv. 10-20	1,240 (Pangzhen, Meigu Village)
Ying Mechanical Gear	Lv. 20 to max	Not in his stock

The PRECISION MECHANICAL GEAR card reads: “Carriage drivers use it to adjust wheel spacing, weavers to alter gear ratios, farmers to draw water, and merchants to weigh their goods. Drawing on the ingenuity of countless trades, this precise and practical device came to be.” Its effect: “Required to upgrade Artifice-type Phantom Edges from Lv. 10-20.”

The YING MECHANICAL GEAR card reads: “For generations, the Ying lineage has studied Engine Arts, devoting itself to mechanical weapons and armor. Gears made by their methods house delicate mechanisms within tough, sharpened rims, adjusting their motion to attack, defend, or turn an enemy’s force to their advantage.” Its effect: “Required to upgrade Artifice-type Phantom Edges from Lv. 20 to max level.”