Jagged Steel: moves, acquisition and upgrade gates

Acquisition or Soul Temper

Defeat Jagged Steel beyond the red-thread barrier; clear the brute at Broken Puppet Valley first.

Inputs and core loop

Standard Square route: ▢ ▢ ▢ ▢ ▢

Sha-Chi Triangle route: △ △ △

Bleed weapon; L2 spends one Essence for an unblockable bleed flurry. Biological immunity still applies.

Level gates and upgrade effects

Temper: bleed builds through blocks; 5: Triangle on broken target grants a 5s Blood Blade stack, max 3; 10: more bleed; 15: hold Triangle to charge up to 3 stacks; 25: L1+Triangle spends 15% current HP for 3 stacks lasting 15s.

Practice order

Start with a short Square chain to judge reach and recovery, then add Sha-Chi attacks and finally the special state or timed input. Swapping restores Sha-Chi but has a cooldown; executions may add a separate 15-second swap lock. Compare matching upgrade levels and change your damage plan when the target is immune.

Keep exploring

Source and version

Reviewed November 1, 2026. Values apply at the stated levels and conditions.

• https://phantombladezero.wiki.fextralife.com/Jagged_Steel

The accessory exception to biological immunity

Without Livingwood Talisman, puppets, phantom bodies and golden bodies resist the biological Bleed/life-drain effects described here. The base accessory enables 50% effectiveness; +1 enables 70%, still not full effectiveness.

Equipment-specific tempering materials

Look up the matching material, known routes and irreversible tempering conditions.

Catalogue panel and acquisition note

Jagged Steel

Damage 240 / Status Effects 124

Near the Rusted Pavilion Bell, defeat Jagged Steel, The Frenzied Brute.