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How to Get Border Banner in Phantom Blade Zero

Where the Border Banner comes from, and how it Soul Tempers the Bastion into Fierce Reprisal for 5,000 Remnant Dust.

Where the Border Banner comes from, and how it Soul Tempers the Bastion into Fierce Reprisal for 5,000 Remnant Dust.

Border Banner and Bastion, Phantom Blade Zero

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Quick answer: Border Banner is in a chest about 75 m from the Young Master Lan’s Hideout bell, in the Village of Lu. It Soul Tempers the Bastion.


Where to get Border Banner

Border Banner is in a chest about 75 m from the Young Master Lan’s Hideout bell, about 14 m below it. The Village of Lu collectibles page covers the rest of the region.


Border Banner item description

The item card reads:

A battle standard that once snapped in the wind and sand along the border.

Yet why did the lands beneath its protection know neither peace nor prosperity?

Its effect line reads: “Used to Soul Temper the Bastion.”

Border Banner item card, Phantom Blade Zero

What Border Banner does

Border Banner Soul Tempers the Bastion and no other weapon. It is one of several Soul Tempering materials, and each is tied to its own weapon.

The upgrade costs 5,000 Remnant Dust plus the Border Banner. You do the work with Myst in the Order’s underground tavern in Pangzhen. For the full process, read up on how to Soul Temper.

Pick up the Border Banner in the Village of Lu.
Hold at least 5,000 Remnant Dust.
In Pangzhen, go to the Order’s underground tavern and have Myst Soul Temper the Bastion.

The finished upgrade is Fierce Reprisal. Its effect reads “Reprisal Shockwave unleashes one additional shockwave.”