Quick answer: Desperate Stand is in a chest in Mountain of Imprisonment, near The Lady’s Shrine bell. The lower your HP, the more damage you deal, up to 25%.
Where to find Desperate Stand
Desperate Stand item card: Effect and description
Desperate Stand is an “Offensive” accessory. Here is its effect line in the game:
“The lower your HP, the greater your damage increase, up to 25%.”
Its description reads:
“Red threads creep into bare bone, while dried blood feeds the will to kill. Only those willing to wager their broken bodies against death can unleash a strike with no turning back.”
How to polish Desperate Stand
Polishing is done at Jewel. Desperate Stand’s polish raises its damage cap from 25% to 40%. Nothing else about the accessory changes.
| Level | Effect | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Base | “The lower your HP, the greater your damage increase, up to 25%.” | None |
| Polish 1 | “The lower your HP, the greater your damage increase, up to 40%.” | 28,800 Remnant Dust + Tainted Crystal Shard |
Quick Hand Zhang sells the Tainted Crystal Shard for 7,440 Remnant Dust. If you buy the shard instead of finding one, the full polish costs that on top of the 28,800. You can also find a Tainted Crystal Shard out in the world.
What Desperate Stand is good for
Desperate Stand increases your damage as your health dwindles, reaching 25% normally and 40% after polishing. It’s a high-risk choice for players who can handle fighting close to death. Before relying on it, learn how healing works. For other ways to hit harder, see the additional damage boosts in Phantom Blade Zero.
You start with three accessory slots, so you can equip Desperate Stand as soon as you obtain it. The complete accessories list covers the effect and location of every other accessory.
