Phantom Blade Zero Chinese name: 影之刃零

The Chinese name is 影之刃零, listed on the Chinese Steam store page. In pinyin it is Yǐng zhī rèn líng. Phantom Blade Zero in Chinese is 影之刃零. The English name of 影之刃零 is Phantom Blade Zero.

People, sects and titles

These pairs are the ones a store page or the launch game’s own text already gives. The longer list below keeps every name, including the ones only one language has so far.

People, sects and titles, English beside Chinese
Kind	English	Chinese
Person	Soul, the protagonist	魂
Person	Mó Yuan, Soul’s father	魔渊
Person	Zuo Shang	左殇
Person	Mu Xiaokui	沐小葵
Person	The Hunt	追命
Sect	The Wulin	武林
Sect	The Discordance	里武林
Sect	Bastion of Mó	暗魔天堡
Sect	The Mandate	正道联盟
Sect	The Seven-Stars Formation	七星剑阵
Sect	The Eleven	十一人阁
Sect	Red Serpent House	赤蛇屋
Sect	Shadow Edict	冥使
Title	Chief Disciple, eldest disciple	大师兄, in 七星剑阵：大师兄
Title	Commander Cleave	横刀队长. 队长 is the title in that name.
Title	Flame, the Mask-Bound Lion Dance Grandmaster	被面具控制的舞狮尊主：烈焰. 尊主 is the title in that name.
Title	Jade Dancer, Young Mistress’s Guardian	少主护卫：玉妖. 少主 is the title in that name.

130names so far

43one source states

29our matches

58one language only

On this page 13 sections

People, sects and titles
What the launch game settled
How to read the groups
1. Pairings one source states (43)
2. Our matches (29, unconfirmed)
3. Names in one language only (58)
Boss names: where each one comes from
Weapon names: where each one comes from
Character, faction and place names
Terms that changed from the older English localisation
How the pairings will be settled
What is not yet known
Phantom Blade Zero Chinese name FAQ

The names are in three groups: pairings that one source states, pairings we matched ourselves, and names that exist in one language only.

What the launch game settled

The launch game’s own English and Chinese text settles 45 of the names below: 10 of our matches are right, 13 names are written differently in the game, 8 Chinese-only names now have an English name and 14 English-only names now have a Chinese one. The other names stay in their groups until we check them in the game.

Our matches the game confirms (10)
We matched	The game has
Flaming Mane	Flaming Mane 烈焰狮头
Dread Axe	Dread Axe 巨凶斧
The Hunt	The Hunt 追命
Zuo Shang	Zuo Shang 左殇
Mu Xiaokui	Mu Xiaokui 沐小葵
Mu Tianmiao	Mu Tianmiao 沐天邈
The Order	The Order 组织
The Discordance	The Discordance 里武林
Pangzhen	Pangzhen 庞镇
Commander Cleave	Commander Cleave 横刀队长

Names the launch game writes differently (13)
We listed	The game has
Night Owl	Feather Bow 羽弓
Nightwatch	Featherbow Archer 羽弓客
Red Wraith	Red, the Mysterious Swordswoman 红衣女剑客
Drunken Sword	The Fanatic’s Drunken Sword 痴者醉剑
Tie Sha	Iron Butcher, the Frenzied Brute 癫狂暴徒：铁杀
Wan Jun “Coppermaul”	Wan Jun, the Coppermaul 巨锤客：万钧
Chief Disciple of the Seven Stars	Chief Disciple of the Seven-Stars Formation 七星剑阵：大师兄
Chief Disciple’s Fallen Hope	Chief Disciple, Sword of Despair 大师兄的绝望剑意
Lion Dance Grandmaster	Flame, the Mask-Bound Lion Dance Grandmaster 被面具控制的舞狮尊主：烈焰
Huangxing	Huangxing, the Kunlun Renegade 昆仑叛教者：荒行子
Allied Justice	The Mandate 正道联盟
The Seven Stars	The Seven-Stars Formation 七星剑阵
Lu’s Village	Village of Lu 陆家村

Chinese-only names that now have an English name (8)
Chinese name we had	English name in the game
墨血无痕	Ink Cut
血滴子	Flying Guillotine
玉面郎君	Jade-Face
十一人阁	The Eleven
蛇屋	Serpent Houses
赤蛇屋	Red Serpent House
冥使	Shadow Edict
炼邪	Forge

English-only names that now have a Chinese name (14)
English name we had	Chinese name in the game
Outlaw Warblade	亡命斩马刀
Armybreaker	破军
The Fanatic’s Broken Blade	痴者残剑
Flying Dagger	妙手飞刀
Heartrend Pipa	催心琵琶
Iron Gauntlets	铁拳套
Jade Dancer, Young Mistress’s Guardian	少主护卫：玉妖
Zhuo Bi, the Gatekeeper	守门人拙壁
Blizzard Blademaster	风雪刀客
The Flesh Sculptor	鬼手
Sister Wen	雯师姐
Xie Huichun	谢回春
Yu’er	玉儿
Baishan Sect	白山派

How to read the groups

Group 1 holds pairings that a single source states: one article that prints both names, or one official text published in English and in Chinese, where the two names sit in the same sentence or the same list slot; or, since 14 October 2026, the game’s own screens in English and Chinese. Group 2 holds pairings we made ourselves. Each row says “likely” or “weak” and gives the basis: same romanisation, literal translation, matching description, or derived from another pairing. No source gives both names for any row in group 2. Group 3 holds names that exist in one language only so far. Where a row covers the earlier games rather than this one, it says so.

The same states appear as seals on the other pages: white characters cut into solid red for group 1, red characters inside a red border for a likely match of ours or a Chinese name only the press reports, and no seal where there is no Chinese name or only a weak candidate. For the earlier games’ cast and factions, see the Rainblood story so far; for this game’s characters, see characters and factions.

1. Pairings one source states (43)

One source gives both names in each row. “Both versions” means the English and the Chinese version of the same official text, read on 11 October 2026. Since 14 October 2026 the group also holds 16 pairings from the game’s own screens: the same item panel or name plate in the English and the Chinese build of the 2025 demo, the English build as recorded by the official channel and the Chinese build in players’ recordings on Bilibili (we cite those and never show their frames). A name seen in a demo may change in the launch build.

Pairings one source states, with the source that states them

English: Phantom Blade Zero Chinese: 影之刃零

Where it appears: This game; in pinyin Yǐng zhī rèn líng Level and basis: Official. The Steam store lists the game under both names. Sources: Steam store, Chinese version

English: Soul Chinese: 魂

Where it appears: This game: the protagonist. A fan compilation of the earlier games also gives 魔魂. Level and basis: Official. Both versions of the Steam pre-order announcement. Sources: Steam announcement, Chinese version, PlayStation Blog, 2023

English: Mó Yuan Chinese: 魔渊

Where it appears: This game: leader of the Bastion of Mó and Soul’s father; a hidden boss Level and basis: Official. The same announcement: “Mó Yuan, Leader of the Bastion of Mó” and 暗魔天堡之主“魔渊”. Sources: Steam announcement, Chinese version, PlayStation Blog, 2026

English: Bastion of Mó Chinese: 暗魔天堡

Where it appears: This game: the house Mó Yuan leads. A fan wiki gives the older English “Dark Castle of Mo”. Level and basis: Official. The same announcement, both versions. Sources: Steam announcement, Chinese version

English: Phantom World Chinese: 影境

Where it appears: This game: the setting Level and basis: Official. Both versions of the Steam store text and of the announcement. Sources: Steam store, Chinese version, PlayStation Blog, 2023

English: The Wulin Chinese: 武林

Where it appears: This game: the martial world Soul travels Level and basis: Official. The store text pairs “the Wulin and the Discordance” with 表里武林; the part 武林 appears unchanged. Sources: Steam store, Chinese version, PlayStation Blog, 2026

English: Memory Flowers Chinese: 记忆之花

Where it appears: This game: blue flowers that raise maximum health Level and basis: Official. First of five terms in the same store sentence, both versions. Sources: Steam store, Chinese version, DualShockers

English: Transcension Chinese: 杀气改造

Where it appears: This game: body-altering Sha-Chi modification. A fan wiki gives the older English “Sha-Chi Mod”. Level and basis: Official. Third of five terms in the same store sentence. Sources: Steam store, Chinese version, PC Gamer

English: The Lady of the Veil Chinese: 圣母娘娘

Where it appears: This game: named in the store text only; what it refers to is not stated Level and basis: Official. Fourth of five terms in the same store sentence. Sources: Steam store, Chinese version

English: Inanis’ Dreamscape Chinese: 虚空梦境

Where it appears: This game: named in the store text Level and basis: Official. Fifth of five terms in the same store sentence. Sources: Steam store, Chinese version

English: Inanis Chinese: 虚空

Where it appears: This game: named in the store text. Earlier games: an illusionist of The Order. Level and basis: Official (store text). 虚空 appears unchanged in the official pairing Inanis’ Dreamscape / 虚空梦境, as 武林 does in 表里武林. Sources: Steam store, Chinese version, fan compilation on Gamersky

English: Phantom Edges Chinese: 奇诡武装

Where it appears: This game: the secondary weapons Level and basis: Official. The same store sentence: “more than 20 unique Phantom Edges” and 二十多门奇诡武装. Chinese press writes 影之武装 (group 2). Sources: Steam store, Chinese version

English: primary weapons Chinese: 主武器

Where it appears: This game: the two main weapons you carry Level and basis: Official. The same store sentence: “over 30 primary weapons” and 三十余种主武器. The PlayStation Blog says “main weapons”. Sources: Steam store, Chinese version

English: Remnant Dust Chinese: 意识尘埃

Where it appears: This game: a currency or resource Level and basis: Store data. The same line of the pre-order text in the English and Chinese store pages. Sources: PlayStation Store, Chinese page

English: Treasure Basin Chinese: 聚宝盆

Where it appears: This game: pre-order accessory Level and basis: Store data. The same line of the pre-order text, both pages. Sources: PlayStation Store, Chinese page

English: Legacy Chinese: 传承

Where it appears: This game: pre-order outfit Level and basis: Store data. The same line of the pre-order text, both pages. Sources: PlayStation Store, Chinese page

English: Wulin Legend Chinese: 武林传说

Where it appears: This game: Digital Deluxe outfit Level and basis: Store data. The same slot of the Digital Deluxe contents list, both pages. Sources: PlayStation Store, Chinese page

English: Blood-Steel Form Chinese: 机械魔躯

Where it appears: This game: Digital Deluxe outfit Level and basis: Store data. The same slot of the Digital Deluxe contents list, both pages. ifanr prints 机械魔驱. Sources: PlayStation Store, Chinese page, ifanr

English: Standard Edition Chinese: 标准版

Where it appears: This game: the base edition Level and basis: Store data. The same edition slot, both pages. Sources: PlayStation Store, Chinese page

English: Digital Deluxe Edition Chinese: 数字豪华版

Where it appears: This game: the larger edition Level and basis: Store data. The same edition slot, both pages. Sources: PlayStation Store, Chinese page

English: Rainblood (series) Chinese: 雨血

Where it appears: Earlier games: the series Level and basis: Unconfirmed (wiki). Chinese Wikipedia prints both names together. Sources: zh.wikipedia

English: Rainblood: Town of Death Chinese: 雨血1：死镇 (also 雨血之死镇)

Where it appears: Earlier games: 2010 release Level and basis: Unconfirmed (wiki). Chinese Wikipedia prints “Rainblood 1: Town of Death” beside the Chinese title. Sources: zh.wikipedia, Fandom

English: Rainblood 2: City of Flame Chinese: 雨血2：烨城

Where it appears: Earlier games: 2011 release Level and basis: Unconfirmed (wiki). Chinese Wikipedia prints both names together. Sources: zh.wikipedia, Fandom

English: Rainblood Chronicles: Mirage Chinese: 雨血前传：蜃楼

Where it appears: Earlier games: 2013 prequel. Steam lists it as “Rain Blood Chronicles: Mirage”, released 11 November 2013. Level and basis: Unconfirmed (wiki). Chinese Wikipedia pairs the Chinese title with a third English form, “Rainblood Prequel: Castle of Mirage”, and gives the same Steam date. Sources: zh.wikipedia, Steam search

English: Phantom Blade: Executioners Chinese: 影之刃：断罪者

Where it appears: Earlier games: 2023 free-to-play side-scroller built on 影之刃3 Level and basis: Press-reported. 3DM prints both names together. Sources: 3DM, English Wikipedia

English: Sanguine Chinese: 黑伤

Where it appears: 2025 demo; the default long sword Level and basis: Official (the game’s own menus). The same item panel names it in the English and the Chinese menu of the 2025 demo; see the weapon block. The launch game keeps the name, in English and Chinese. Sources: IGN, fan list on Gamersky, official 2025 demo walkthrough, player’s Chinese recording (BV1228tzSEyp)

English: Seamless Death Chinese: 玉双环

Where it appears: 2025 demo; a pair of throwable ring blades Level and basis: Official (the game’s own menus). The same item panel names it in the English and the Chinese menu of the 2025 demo; see the weapon block. The launch game keeps the name, in English and Chinese. Sources: IGN, PC Gamer, gcores, official 2025 demo walkthrough, player’s Chinese recording (BV1228tzSEyp)

English: Jagged Steel (on the game’s menus; the press also prints “Jagged Blade” and “Jagged Edge”) Chinese: 残钢刃

Where it appears: 2025 demo; chapter 1 of the final build Level and basis: Official (the game’s own menus). The same item panel names it in the English and the Chinese menu of the 2025 demo; see the weapon block. The launch game keeps the name, in English and Chinese. Sources: The Outerhaven, CGMagazine, IGN, gcores, official 2025 demo walkthrough, player’s Chinese recording (BV1228tzSEyp)

English: Soft Snake Sword Chinese: 灵蛇软剑

Where it appears: 2025 demo; State of Play Level and basis: Official (the game’s own menus). The same item panel names it in the English and the Chinese menu of the 2025 demo; see the weapon block. The launch game keeps the name, in English and Chinese. Sources: Wccftech, PC Gamer, gcores, official 2025 demo walkthrough, player’s Chinese recording (BV1228tzSEyp)

English: White Serpent and Crimson Viper Chinese: 白蟒赤练

Where it appears: State of Play; a long and a short blade Level and basis: Official (the game’s own menus). The same item panel names it in the English and the Chinese menu of the 2025 demo; see the weapon block. The launch game keeps the name, in English and Chinese. Sources: Wccftech, gcores, official 2025 demo walkthrough, player’s Chinese recording (BV1228tzSEyp)

English: Juggernaut Chinese: 荡寇凶刃

Where it appears: 2025 demo; a polearm blade Level and basis: Official (the game’s own menus). The same item panel names it in the English and the Chinese menu of the 2025 demo; see the weapon block. The launch game keeps the name, in English and Chinese. gcores’s 2024 name 荡寇横刀, won from Commander Cleave, may be an earlier name of the same weapon; no source says so. Sources: PC Gamer, gcores, official 2025 demo walkthrough, player’s Chinese recording (BV1228tzSEyp)

English: Bashpole Chinese: 长柄金瓜

Where it appears: 2025 demo; the weapon of Wan Jun “Coppermaul” Level and basis: Official (the game’s own menus). The same item panel names it in the English and the Chinese menu of the 2025 demo; see the weapon block. The launch game keeps the name, in English and Chinese. Sources: IGN, fan list on Gamersky, official 2025 demo walkthrough, player’s Chinese recording (BV1HkqYBWEmR)

English: Night Owl Chinese: 羽弓

Where it appears: 2025 demo, equipment screen; the August 2026 character menu; a bow Level and basis: Official (the game’s own menus). The same item panel names it in the English and the Chinese menu of the 2025 demo; see the weapon block. The launch game renames it Feather Bow (same Chinese name). Sources: Fextralife, fan list on Gamersky, official 2025 demo walkthrough, player’s Chinese recording (BV1HkqYBWEmR)

English: Sanguine Reach Chinese: 长形黑伤

Where it appears: 2024 closed-door demo (as 长形黑伤, gcores); 2025 demo; a two-handed polearm form of Sanguine Level and basis: Official (the game’s own menus). The same item panel names it in the English and the Chinese menu of the 2025 demo; see the weapon block. The launch game keeps the name, in English and Chinese. Sources: gcores, official 2025 demo walkthrough, player’s Chinese recording (BV1228tzSEyp)

English: Sanguine Twin Chinese: 黑伤双刃

Where it appears: 2025 demo; twin short swords. A fan list labels them 黑伤双刀 Level and basis: Official (the game’s own text): the Chinese tutorial of the 2025 demo names 黑伤双刃 for the twin-blade slot whose English menu name is Sanguine Twin; see the weapon block. Sources: official 2025 demo walkthrough, player’s Chinese recording (BV1228tzSEyp), fan list on Gamersky

English: Chief Disciple of the Seven Stars Chinese: 七星剑阵：大师兄

Where it appears: 2025 demo; Year of the Snake trailer Level and basis: Official (the game’s own screens). The fight’s name plate in the English and the Chinese build of the 2025 demo; see the boss block. gcores prints the two parts separately, and 大师兄 is a title, “eldest disciple”. Sources: IGN, gcores

English: Wan Jun “Coppermaul” Chinese: 巨锤客万钧

Where it appears: 2025 demo; a giant with a warhammer. The Bashpole card calls him “Brute” Level and basis: Official (the game’s own screens). The fight’s name plate in the English and the Chinese build of the 2025 demo; see the boss block. Sources: IGN, player’s Chinese recording (BV1228tzSEyp)

English: Red Wraith Chinese: 红衣女剑客

Where it appears: 2025 demo; optional boss Level and basis: Official (the game’s own screens). The fight’s name plate in the English and the Chinese build of the 2025 demo; see the boss block. Chinese players had described her by the same words, “red-clad swordswoman”. Sources: IGN, player’s Chinese recording (BV1228tzSEyp)

English: Chief Disciple’s Fallen Hope Chinese: 大师兄的绝望剑意

Where it appears: 2025 demo; second phase of the Chief Disciple fight, a marionette Level and basis: Official (the game’s own screens). The fight’s name plate in the English and the Chinese build of the 2025 demo; see the boss block. Sources: IGN, player’s Chinese recording (BV1228tzSEyp)

English: Nightwatch Chinese: 羽弓客

Where it appears: 2025 demo; the archer who owned the bow Night Owl Level and basis: Official (the game’s own menus): the Night Owl card names its owner in both menus; see the block. The Chinese recording’s build date is not confirmed. Sources: official 2025 demo walkthrough, player’s Chinese recording (BV1HkqYBWEmR)

English: Forge Chinese: 炼邪

Where it appears: 2025 demo; the maker of Sanguine Twin and Sanguine Reach Level and basis: Official (the game’s own menus): the Sanguine Reach panel names the maker in both menus; see the block. The text does not say whether Forge is a person or a workshop. Sources: official 2025 demo walkthrough, player’s Chinese recording (BV1228tzSEyp)

English: Mandate Encampment Chinese: 正道大营

Where it appears: One of the nine regions Level and basis: Official (map screen and the game’s Chinese text). Sources: State of Play, 7:09

English: Mountain of Imprisonment Chinese: 枷笼山

Where it appears: One of the nine regions Level and basis: Official (map screen and the game’s Chinese text). Sources: State of Play, 7:12

2. Our matches (29, unconfirmed)

We paired these names ourselves. No source gives both names for any row. “Likely” rows are shown as dashed red seals on the other pages; “weak” rows are not shown as seals at all.

Our matches, with the basis of each

English: Drunken Sword Chinese: 醉剑

Where it appears: State of Play Basis and note: Likely. Literal translation. The fan list writes of the drunken sword of a figure it calls 花千笑. Sources: Wccftech, fan list on Gamersky

English: Tiger Cannon Chinese: 虎炮 / 雷当虎炮

Where it appears: State of Play; breaks formations at range Basis and note: Likely. Literal translation. gcores writes 虎炮; a fan list writes 雷当虎炮. Sources: Wccftech, gcores, fan list on Gamersky

English: Flaming Mane Chinese: 烈焰狮头

Where it appears: 2025 demo; a flame-spewing lion mask Basis and note: Likely. Matching description. Sources: IGN, gcores

English: Dread Axe Chinese: 巨凶斧

Where it appears: Chapter 1 of the final build; unlocked by beating Peng Meng Basis and note: Likely. Matching description. Sources: CGMagazine, gcores

English: Reforging Talisman (item) Chinese: 逆炼符

Where it appears: Resets a weapon and refunds its materials Basis and note: Likely. Matching description. Sources: Wccftech, Gamersky

English: Tie Sha Chinese: 癫狂暴徒铁杀

Where it appears: 2024 demo; the introductory fight. English name as excerpted from GamerBraves in search results. Basis and note: Likely. Same romanisation. Sources: GamerBraves, gcores

English: Commander Cleave Chinese: 横刀队长

Where it appears: 2024 demo; a mid-boss. English name as excerpted from GamerBraves in search results. Basis and note: Likely. Same position in the same demo. Sources: GamerBraves, gcores

English: Huangxing Chinese: 昆仑叛教者：荒行子

Where it appears: 2024 demo; the area boss. English name official: the State of Play name plate, 11:23. Basis and note: Likely. Near-identical romanisation. The English name is official: the plate reads “Huangxing, the Kunlun Renegade”. Sources: State of Play 11:23, GamerBraves, gcores

English: Peng Meng, the Axemaster Chinese: 斧老大

Where it appears: Chapter 1 of the final build Basis and note: Likely. Matching description and timing. Sources: CGMagazine, Gamersky preview

English: The Hunt Chinese: 追命

Where it appears: Pre-order trailer; a former comrade Soul fights Basis and note: Likely. Meaning and timing. Sources: PlayStation Blog, 2026, Gamersky preview

English: Zuo Shang (Wikipedia spells “Zuoshang”) Chinese: 左殇

Where it appears: This game: Soul’s childhood friend and rival Basis and note: Likely. Same romanisation. The Chinese is from a fan compilation of the earlier games. The launch game’s own text confirms the pairing, so both names are now official. Sources: DualShockers, English Wikipedia, fan compilation on Gamersky

English: Mu Xiaokui Chinese: 沐小葵

Where it appears: This game: named in the cast notes on English Wikipedia. Earlier games: the patriarch’s daughter. Basis and note: Likely. Same romanisation. The fan compilation prints only 小葵. The launch game’s own text confirms the pairing, so both names are now official. Sources: English Wikipedia, fan compilation on Gamersky

English: The Order Chinese: 组织

Where it appears: This game: Soul’s former organisation Basis and note: Likely. Literal translation. The launch game’s own text confirms the pairing, so both names are now official. Sources: PlayStation Blog, 2023, Gamersky preview

English: The Discordance Chinese: 里武林

Where it appears: This game: hidden counterpart of the Wulin. A fan wiki gives the older English “ParaWulin”. Basis and note: Likely. Our reading of the official pairing “the Wulin and the Discordance” / 表里武林 as the outer and the inner Wulin. The launch game’s own text confirms the pairing, so both names are now official. Sources: Steam store, Chinese version, Fandom

English: Pangzhen (spelled “Pang Town” on this site before 14 Oct) Chinese: 庞镇

Where it appears: This game: the town at the heart of the story Basis and note: Likely. Same romanisation. The English spelling is official since 14 Oct 2026: the State of Play title card and map read “PANGZHEN”. Before, the spelling came from a fan wiki’s list of trailer titles; Wccftech prints “Pengcheng” and Wikipedia “Pangzhen”; see the block. The launch game’s own text confirms the pairing, so both names are now official. Sources: Fandom, Wccftech, Gamersky preview, State of Play, 4:52

English: Mu Tianmiao (older English localisation) Chinese: 沐天邈

Where it appears: Earlier games: founder and first leader of The Order. The launch game’s text names him too. Basis and note: Likely. Same romanisation. English from a fan wiki, Chinese from a fan compilation. The launch game’s own text confirms the pairing, so both names are now official. Sources: Fandom, fan compilation on Gamersky

English: Xuanyu Chinese: 玄玉

Where it appears: Earlier games only: intelligence chief who founds the 酒馆 network and fakes her death Basis and note: Likely. Same romanisation. English from a fan wiki, Chinese from a fan compilation. Sources: Fandom, fan compilation on Gamersky

English: Phantom Blade 1–3 Chinese: 影之刃, 影之刃2, 影之刃3

Where it appears: Earlier games only: mobile, China, from 2014 Basis and note: Likely. Derived from the paired titles Phantom Blade Zero / 影之刃零 and Phantom Blade: Executioners / 影之刃：断罪者 in group 1. One wiki lists the English titles and another the Chinese ones. Sources: English Wikipedia, zh.wikipedia template

English: Sha-Chi Chinese: 杀气

Where it appears: The second meter beside health Basis and note: Likely. Same romanisation. The official store text has 杀气改造 for Transcension. Sources: IGN, gcores

English: Ghostep (also printed as “Ghoststep”) Chinese: 鬼步

Where it appears: The move that follows a correct answer to a Brutal or Killer Move Basis and note: Likely. Literal translation; the Chinese preview uses 鬼步 for the same moment. Sources: IGN, PC Gamer, Gamersky preview

English: Bells Chinese: 铃铛

Where it appears: This game: the checkpoint and fast-travel point Basis and note: Likely. Literal translation. Sources: IGN, Gamersky preview

English: Phantom Edges Chinese: 影之武装

Where it appears: This game: the secondary weapons, as Chinese press writes them Basis and note: Likely. The term gcores and Gamersky use; the official Chinese store text says 奇诡武装 (group 1). Sources: gcores, Gamersky preview

English: Parry Chinese: 精防 / 完美格挡

Where it appears: A block at the moment of impact Basis and note: Weak. Chinese fan and press wording for the action, not a game term. Sources: IGN, fan explainer on Gamersky, gcores

English: Brutal Moves Chinese: 蓝光攻击

Where it appears: Enemy attacks flashed blue Basis and note: Weak. Chinese fan wording (“blue-light attack”), not a game term. Sources: PC Gamer, RPGFan

English: Killer Moves Chinese: 红光攻击

Where it appears: Enemy attacks flashed red Basis and note: Weak. Chinese fan wording (“red-light attack”), not a game term. Sources: PC Gamer, The Outerhaven

English: Allied Justice Chinese: 正道联盟

Where it appears: This game: the alliance of Justice Camp in the 2025 demo; a faction the Chinese preview says returns Basis and note: Our match (14 Oct 2026). The same weapon, Jagged Steel, was “stolen from Allied Justice” in the English menu and taken from 正道 in the Chinese one (different builds); see the block. The launch game’s own text pairs 正道联盟 with “The Mandate”; both names are now official. Sources: Gamersky preview, official 2025 demo walkthrough

English: Jagged Steel, the Frenzied Brute Chinese: 痴狂暴徒残钢

Where it appears: 2024 closed-door demo (gcores); chapter 1 of the final build (Game Rant). gcores says he gives the weapon 残钢刃, which builds a bleed gauge Basis and note: Our match. English name from Game Rant’s preview of 8 Oct 2026; no source gives both names; see the boss block. Sources: gcores, Game Rant

English: Lion Dance Grandmaster Chinese: 舞狮尊主烈焰

Where it appears: Trailers; October 2026 previews. RPGFan calls it “the Dancing Lion”, so outlets differ Basis and note: Our match by meaning: gcores’s six-hour hands-on names a boss 舞狮尊主烈焰; no source gives both names; see the boss block. Sources: The Outerhaven, RPGFan, gcores

English name: Official nameplate, 2024 trailer 1:10.55
Chinese name: Chinese name, not yet confirmed: 横刀队长Our translationposition match, gcores

Name plates in official video

Name plate on screen: “Commander Cleave”. Frame from the official “The Blade is Drawn” gameplay trailer, PlayStation on YouTube, b68WE-eZ-Cc, 1:10.55 · © PARAWULIN PRODUCTION LIMITED / S-GAME
Name plate on screen: “Commander Cleave”. 2024 world tour demo trailer, the official channel on Bilibili, BV14x4y1b77U part 1, Jun 2024, 1:06 (the same footage as the “The Blade is Drawn” trailer, uploaded with Chinese subtitles, about 3 s later)

Status of this information. Matched by position: gcores lists a small boss Chinese name, not yet confirmed: 横刀队长 between the first named fight and the final boss of the same demo. No source gives both names.

Sources for what the entry says about the fight Unconfirmed GamerBraves, as excerpted in search results; the article itself could not be opened. Chinese candidate from gcores.

Huangxing

English name: Official nameplate, State of Play 11:23
Chinese name: Chinese name, not yet confirmed: 荒行子Our translationromanisation match, gcores

Name plates in official video

Name plate on screen: “Huangxing, the Kunlun Renegade”. Frame from the official State of Play gameplay deep dive, PlayStation on YouTube, blh1v1dGJ2s, 11:23 · © PARAWULIN PRODUCTION LIMITED / S-GAME

Status of this information. Near-identical romanisation of Chinese name, not yet confirmed: 荒行子. gcores names the demo’s final boss 昆仑叛教者：荒行子 and reports that he had a second phase in the demo’s hardest mode. No source gives both names.

Sources for what the entry says about the fight Unconfirmed GamerBraves, as excerpted in search results; the article itself could not be opened. Chinese candidate from gcores.

Tie Sha

English name: Official nameplate, 2024 trailer 0:52
Chinese name: Chinese name, not yet confirmed: 铁杀Our translationromanisation match, gcores

Name plates in official video

Name plate on screen: “Tie Sha the Frenzy”. Frame from the official “The Blade is Drawn” gameplay trailer, PlayStation on YouTube, b68WE-eZ-Cc, 0:52 · © PARAWULIN PRODUCTION LIMITED / S-GAME
Name plate on screen: “Tie Sha the Frenzy”. 2024 world tour demo trailer, the official channel on Bilibili, BV14x4y1b77U part 1, Jun 2024, 0:49 (the same footage as the “The Blade is Drawn” trailer, uploaded with Chinese subtitles, about 3 s later)

Status of this information. Same romanisation as 癫狂暴徒铁杀, the first named fight in gcores’s account of the same demo. No source gives both names.

Sources for what the entry says about the fight Unconfirmed GamerBraves, as excerpted in search results; the article itself could not be opened. Chinese candidate from gcores.

Jade Dancer

English name: Official nameplate, 2024 trailer 1:24.02
Chinese name: Unknownno Chinese name yet

Name plates in official video

Name plate on screen: “Jade Dancer”. Frame from the official “The Blade is Drawn” gameplay trailer, PlayStation on YouTube, b68WE-eZ-Cc, 1:24.02 · © PARAWULIN PRODUCTION LIMITED / S-GAME
Name plate on screen: “Jade Dancer”. 2024 world tour demo trailer, the official channel on Bilibili, BV14x4y1b77U part 1, Jun 2024, 1:21 (the same footage as the “The Blade is Drawn” trailer, uploaded with Chinese subtitles, about 3 s later)

Status of this information. The English name is on screen in official video. No source gives a Chinese name.

Sources for what the entry says about the fight Official name plates in two official 2024 trailers.

Jagged Steel, the Frenzied Brute

English name: Reported nameGame Rant preview, 8 Oct 2026
Chinese name: Chinese name, not yet confirmed: 痴狂暴徒残钢Reported namegcores, 2024 demo

No official frame with this name on screen yet

English name, 14 Oct 2026. Game Rant’s preview of 8 Oct 2026 names a boss “Jagged Steel, the Frenzied Brute”, a soldier with a gigantic serrated sword whose own bleed weapon the writer was awarded. We match it to Chinese name, not yet confirmed: 痴狂暴徒残钢 by meaning: the two parts of the Chinese name mean roughly “frenzied brute” and “jagged steel”, and gcores says that boss drops a weapon that builds a bleed gauge. The pairing is ours; no source gives both names.

Status of this information. gcores names this boss only in Chinese. Game Rant’s preview of 8 Oct 2026 prints the English name “Jagged Steel, the Frenzied Brute”; the pairing of the two is ours. No source gives both names.

Sources Press-reported gcores (Chinese name, drop); Game Rant (English name)

Chinese name, not yet confirmed: 玉面郎君Unnamed in English · a three-person bounty

English name: Unknownno English name yet
Chinese name: Reported namegcores, 2024 demo

No official frame with this name on screen yet

Status of this information. Known only by the Chinese name in the sources we read. No English name has been published.

Sources Press-reported gcores

Wan Jun “Coppermaul”

English name: Official nameplate, 2025 demo 7:31
Chinese name: Official Chinese name: 巨锤客万钧Official nameplate 巨锤客万钧, Chinese demo, player recording 24:15

Name plates in official video

Name plate on screen: “Wan Jun "Coppermaul"”. Frame from the official 2025 S-Party demo walkthrough, Phantom Blade Zero on YouTube, kwVgxmwgkfI, 7:46 · © PARAWULIN PRODUCTION LIMITED / S-GAME
Name plate on screen: “Wan Jun "Coppermaul"”. 2025 S-Party demo walkthrough, Phantom Blade Zero on YouTube, Jul 2025, 7:31

Status of this information. The in-game name plate of this fight reads “Wan Jun "Coppermaul"” in the English build (2025 S-Party demo walkthrough, Phantom Blade Zero on YouTube, 7:31) and 巨锤客万钧 in the Chinese build of the same 2025 demo (a player’s recording on Bilibili, BV1228tzSEyp, 24:15). The same game text in the game’s English and Chinese interface counts as one official source on this site, so the Chinese name is marked official. Names seen in a demo may change in the launch build. IGN’s 2025 preview printed the English name first and is the source for what this entry says about the fight.

Sources for what the entry says about the fight Press-reported IGN

Red Wraith

English name: Official nameplate, 2025 demo 15:35
Chinese name: Official Chinese name: 红衣女剑客Official nameplate 红衣女剑客, Chinese demo, player recording 36:55

Name plates in official video

Name plate on screen: “Red Wraith”. Frame from the official 2025 S-Party demo walkthrough, Phantom Blade Zero on YouTube, kwVgxmwgkfI, 15:58.60 · © PARAWULIN PRODUCTION LIMITED / S-GAME
Name plate on screen: “Red Wraith”. 2025 S-Party demo walkthrough, Phantom Blade Zero on YouTube, Jul 2025, 15:35

Status of this information. Chinese players describe her as 红衣女剑客, “red-clad swordswoman”. The Chinese demo uses the same words as her name. The in-game name plate of this fight reads “Red Wraith” in the English build (2025 S-Party demo walkthrough, Phantom Blade Zero on YouTube, 15:35) and 红衣女剑客 in the Chinese build of the same 2025 demo (a player’s recording on Bilibili, BV1228tzSEyp, 36:55). The same game text in the game’s English and Chinese interface counts as one official source on this site, so the Chinese name is marked official. Names seen in a demo may change in the launch build.

Sources for what the entry says about the fight Press-reported IGN

Chief Disciple of the Seven Stars

English name: Official nameplate, Snake trailer 0:42
Chinese name: Official Chinese name: 七星剑阵：大师兄Official nameplate 七星剑阵：大师兄, Chinese demo, player recording 44:05

Name plates in official video

Name plate on screen: “Chief Disciple of the Seven Stars”. Frame from the official Year of the Snake gameplay trailer, Phantom Blade Zero on YouTube, Ogm8X8SSyxs, 0:40 · © PARAWULIN PRODUCTION LIMITED / S-GAME
Name plate on screen: “Chief Disciple of the Seven Stars”. Frame from the official 2025 S-Party demo walkthrough, Phantom Blade Zero on YouTube, kwVgxmwgkfI, 17:08 · © PARAWULIN PRODUCTION LIMITED / S-GAME
Name plate on screen: “Chief Disciple of the Seven Stars”. Year of the Snake gameplay trailer, Phantom Blade Zero on YouTube, Jan 2025, 0:42

Status of this information. The in-game name plate of this fight reads “Chief Disciple of the Seven Stars” in the English build (2025 S-Party demo walkthrough, Phantom Blade Zero on YouTube, 17:08) and 七星剑阵：大师兄 in the Chinese build of the same 2025 demo (a player’s recording on Bilibili, BV1228tzSEyp, 44:05). The same game text in the game’s English and Chinese interface counts as one official source on this site, so the Chinese name is marked official. Names seen in a demo may change in the launch build. Supporting press: gcores describes the trailer fight as the 七星剑阵, seven disciples whose core is the 大师兄 (“eldest disciple”, a title).

Sources for what the entry says about the fight Press-reported IGN. The formation described in Chinese by gcores.

Chief Disciple’s Fallen Hope

English name: Official nameplate, Snake trailer 3:16
Chinese name: Official Chinese name: 大师兄的绝望剑意Official nameplate 大师兄的绝望剑意, Chinese demo, player recording 47:45

Name plates in official video

Name plate on screen: “Chief Disciple’s Fallen Hope”. Frame from the official Year of the Snake gameplay trailer, Phantom Blade Zero on YouTube, Ogm8X8SSyxs, 3:16 · © PARAWULIN PRODUCTION LIMITED / S-GAME
Name plate on screen: “Chief Disciple's Fallen Hope”. Frame from the official 2025 S-Party demo walkthrough, Phantom Blade Zero on YouTube, kwVgxmwgkfI, 21:39 · © PARAWULIN PRODUCTION LIMITED / S-GAME
Name plate on screen: “Chief Disciple's Fallen Hope”. 2025 S-Party demo walkthrough, Phantom Blade Zero on YouTube, Jul 2025, 18:51

Status of this information. The in-game name plate of this fight reads “Chief Disciple’s Fallen Hope” in the English build (2025 S-Party demo walkthrough, Phantom Blade Zero on YouTube, 18:51) and 大师兄的绝望剑意 in the Chinese build of the same 2025 demo (a player’s recording on Bilibili, BV1228tzSEyp, 47:45). The same game text in the game’s English and Chinese interface counts as one official source on this site, so the Chinese name is marked official. Names seen in a demo may change in the launch build. IGN’s 2025 preview printed the English name first and is the source for what this entry says about the fight.

Sources for what the entry says about the fight Press-reported IGN

Lion Dance Grandmaster

English name: Official nameplate, State of Play 13:39
Chinese name: Chinese name, not yet confirmed: 舞狮尊主烈焰Reported namegcores hands-on, our match by meaning

Name plates in official video

Name plate on screen: “Flame, the Mask-Bound Lion Dance Grandmaster”. Frame from the official State of Play gameplay deep dive, PlayStation on YouTube, blh1v1dGJ2s, 13:39 · © PARAWULIN PRODUCTION LIMITED / S-GAME

Status of this information. The Outerhaven prints “Lion Dance Grandmaster” and RPGFan “the Dancing Lion”, so the English name differs between outlets. gcores’s six-hour hands-on (October 2026) names a boss Chinese name, not yet confirmed: 舞狮尊主烈焰, fought from a late-game save; we match it to this name plate by meaning (the first four characters mean roughly “lion-dance grandmaster”, the last two “flame”). No source gives both names.

Sources for what the entry says about the fight Press-reported The Outerhaven, RPGFan. Chinese name from gcores.

The Hunt

English name: Official nameplate, pre-order trailer 3:01
Chinese name: Chinese name, not yet confirmed: 追命Our translationmeaning + timing match, Gamersky

Name plates in official video

Name plate on screen: “The Hunt, Hunter of the Order”. Frame from the official pre-order trailer, Phantom Blade Zero on YouTube, hXyPbvj7A7w, 3:01 · © PARAWULIN PRODUCTION LIMITED / S-GAME

Status of this information. Matched by meaning and timing: a Chinese preview of chapter 1 names a boss Chinese name, not yet confirmed: 追命, who attacks in long strings. No source gives both names.

Sources for what the entry says about the fight Official PlayStation Blog, 11 August 2026. Chinese candidate from the Gamersky preview.

Mó Yuan

English name: Official nameSteam, PlayStation Blog
Chinese name: Official Chinese name: 魔渊Official nameSteam announcement, Chinese

Name plates in official video

Title card on screen: “DONNIE YEN · Creative Consultant · Facial & Motion Capture Actor for Mó Yuan”. Frame from the official pre-order trailer, Phantom Blade Zero on YouTube, hXyPbvj7A7w, 10:39 · © PARAWULIN PRODUCTION LIMITED / S-GAME

Status of this information. Both names are official. The English and Chinese versions of the same Steam announcement name him “Mó Yuan, Leader of the Bastion of Mó” and 暗魔天堡之主“魔渊”.

Sources for what the entry says about the fight Official Steam announcement, its Chinese version, PlayStation Blog, 11 August 2026

Zhuobi, the Gatekeeper

English name: Official nameplate, State of Play 9:22.08
Chinese name: Unknownno Chinese name yet

Name plates in official video

Name plate on screen: “Zhuobi, the Gatekeeper”. Frame from the official State of Play gameplay deep dive, PlayStation on YouTube, blh1v1dGJ2s, 9:22.08 · © PARAWULIN PRODUCTION LIMITED / S-GAME

Status of this information. The English name is on screen in official video. No source gives a Chinese name.

Sources for what the entry says about the fight Official name plate in the State of Play gameplay deep dive.

Blizzard Blademaster

English name: Official nameplate, State of Play 12:08.08
Chinese name: Unknownno Chinese name yet

Name plates in official video

Name plate on screen: “Blizzard Blademaster”. Frame from the official State of Play gameplay deep dive, PlayStation on YouTube, blh1v1dGJ2s, 12:08.08 · © PARAWULIN PRODUCTION LIMITED / S-GAME

Status of this information. The English name is on screen in official video. No source gives a Chinese name.

Sources for what the entry says about the fight Official name plate in the State of Play gameplay deep dive.

The Lion Dance Grandmaster’s Final Dance

English name: Official nameplate, State of Play 15:25.08
Chinese name: Unknownno Chinese name yet

Name plates in official video

Name plate on screen: “The Lion Dance Grandmaster's Final Dance”. Frame from the official State of Play gameplay deep dive, PlayStation on YouTube, blh1v1dGJ2s, 15:25.08 · © PARAWULIN PRODUCTION LIMITED / S-GAME

Status of this information. The English name is on screen in official video. No source gives a Chinese name.

Sources for what the entry says about the fight Official name plate in the State of Play gameplay deep dive.

Peng Meng, the Axemaster

English name: Reported nameCGMagazine preview
Chinese name: Chinese name, not yet confirmed: 斧老大Our matchdescription match, Gamersky

No official frame with this name on screen yet

Status of this information. Matched by description and timing: a Chinese preview of chapter 1 describes a boss called Chinese name, not yet confirmed: 斧老大, slow and lethal with a giant axe. No source gives both names.

Sources Press-reported CGMagazine. Chinese candidate from the Gamersky preview.

Weapon names: where each one comes from (22)

Every weapon on the weapons page, with the evidence for its English and Chinese name: where the name is on screen, which source printed it first, and how a Chinese name was matched.

Ten Chinese weapon names are official since 14 Oct 2026: the 2025 demo was recorded in English by the official channel and in Chinese by players, and the same item panels carry both names. The recordings are cited in each block; the two Chinese ones are third-party, so we cite them and never show their frames.

Sanguine

English name: Official nameon an official screen
Chinese name: Official Chinese name: 黑伤Official namethe game’s own menus in English and Chinese

Name on screen in official video

Equipment screen: “SANGUINE”. Frame from the official State of Play gameplay deep dive, PlayStation on YouTube, blh1v1dGJ2s, 8:23 · © PARAWULIN PRODUCTION LIMITED / S-GAME
Equipment screen: “Sanguine”. Frame from the official 2025 S-Party demo walkthrough, Phantom Blade Zero on YouTube, kwVgxmwgkfI, 0:59 · © PARAWULIN PRODUCTION LIMITED / S-GAME

Chinese name, 14 Oct 2026. The English menu of the 2025 S-Party demo names it “Sanguine” (2025 S-Party demo walkthrough, Phantom Blade Zero on YouTube, 0:58.9), and the same panel in the Chinese menu names it 黑伤 (a player’s recording on Bilibili, BV1228tzSEyp, 3:15; offline demo, Chinese menu, published 26 Jul 2025). The game’s own text in English and Chinese counts as one official source on this site, so the Chinese name is marked official. A name seen in a demo may change in the launch build.

The Chinese panel of the same demo: 魂的武器。通体血红，材质成谜，似刀似剑，兼刀剑之能。 (“Soul’s weapon. Blood red throughout, of unknown material, like both a sabre and a sword”; our translation.) Bilibili BV1228tzSEyp, 3:15.

Status of this information, 14 Oct 2026. Official: the game’s own menus in English and Chinese give both names (see above).

Before 14 Oct. Matched by description: a fan list on Gamersky puts 黑伤 first among the demo’s one-handed swords, and a fan compilation of the earlier games gives 黑伤 as the name of Soul’s own weapon.

Sources for the name Press-reported IGN. Chinese candidate before 14 Oct from a fan list on Gamersky.

Sanguine Twin

English name: Official namein official text or video
Chinese name: Official Chinese name: 黑伤双刃Official namethe game’s own menus in English and Chinese

Chinese name, 14 Oct 2026. The English menu of the 2025 S-Party demo names it “Sanguine Twin” (2025 S-Party demo walkthrough, Phantom Blade Zero on YouTube, 1:02.7), and the Chinese tutorial of the same demo asks you to switch to 黑伤双刃, the twin-blade form of 黑伤; that matches the Sanguine Twin slot of the English menu (a match by slot: the tutorial prompt is not the item panel itself) (a player’s recording on Bilibili, BV1228tzSEyp, 0:55; offline demo, Chinese menu, published 26 Jul 2025). The game’s own text in English and Chinese counts as one official source on this site, so the Chinese name is marked official. A name seen in a demo may change in the launch build.

The Chinese tutorial prompt: 换成黑伤双刃并用两种任意连招击中敌人！ Bilibili BV1228tzSEyp, 0:55. A fan list on Gamersky labels the weapon 黑伤双刀; the game’s own tutorial writes 黑伤双刃. Gamereactor prints “Sanguine dual dagger”, Console Creatures “Sanguine Twins”.

Listed before 14 Oct as a Chinese-only name. Chinese name or fan label: 黑伤双刀. Where it is listed: The playable demos, per a fan list. What we know: Fan label for a paired weapon. Not a confirmed game name. Source and level: Unconfirmed Fan list on Gamersky

Sanguine Reach

English name: Official namein official text or video
Chinese name: Official Chinese name: 长形黑伤Official namethe game’s own menus in English and Chinese

Chinese name, 14 Oct 2026. The English menu of the 2025 S-Party demo names it “Sanguine Reach” (2025 S-Party demo walkthrough, Phantom Blade Zero on YouTube, 0:59.3), and the same panel in the Chinese menu names it 长形黑伤 (a player’s recording on Bilibili, BV1228tzSEyp, 9:25; offline demo, Chinese menu, published 26 Jul 2025). The game’s own text in English and Chinese counts as one official source on this site, so the Chinese name is marked official. A name seen in a demo may change in the launch build.

The Chinese panel: 炼邪仿制的长刃黑伤，较黑伤更为修长，需要双手握持。 (“A long-bladed Sanguine replicated by Forge, longer than Sanguine, held in both hands”; our translation). gcores’s 2024 list of the closed-door demo’s main weapons: 5把主武器：默认武器、长形黑伤、荡寇横刀、残钢刃、玉双环 gcores, 2024 demo.

Listed before 14 Oct as a Chinese-only name. Chinese name or fan label: 长形黑伤. Where it is listed: The 2024 closed-door demo. What we know: One of five main weapons in that demo, listed apart from the default weapon. A fan list on Gamersky has 黑伤长刃, possibly the same weapon. Source and level: Press-reported gcores

Soft Snake Sword

English name: Official nameon an official screen
Chinese name: Official Chinese name: 灵蛇软剑Official namethe game’s own menus in English and Chinese

Name on screen in official video

Title card on screen: “Weapon No.13 · SOFT SNAKE SWORD”. Frame from the official Year of the Snake gameplay trailer, Phantom Blade Zero on YouTube, Ogm8X8SSyxs, 5:29 · © PARAWULIN PRODUCTION LIMITED / S-GAME
Equipment screen: “Soft Snake Sword”. Frame from the official 2025 S-Party demo walkthrough, Phantom Blade Zero on YouTube, kwVgxmwgkfI, 1:00 · © PARAWULIN PRODUCTION LIMITED / S-GAME

Chinese name, 14 Oct 2026. The English menu of the 2025 S-Party demo names it “Soft Snake Sword” (2025 S-Party demo walkthrough, Phantom Blade Zero on YouTube, 1:00.3), and the same panel in the Chinese menu names it 灵蛇软剑 (a player’s recording on Bilibili, BV1228tzSEyp, 43:15; offline demo, Chinese menu, published 26 Jul 2025). The game’s own text in English and Chinese counts as one official source on this site, so the Chinese name is marked official. A name seen in a demo may change in the launch build.

The Chinese panel of the same demo ends with a line the English panel does not show: 敌人无法完全格挡软剑的攻击。 (“Enemies cannot fully block the soft sword’s attacks”; our translation.) Bilibili BV1228tzSEyp, 43:15. gcores (January 2025) names it, with White Serpent & Crimson Viper, as one of “two new main weapons” of that demo: 试玩版重点展示两把全新主武器「灵蛇软剑」与「白蟒赤练」 gcores.

Status of this information, 14 Oct 2026. Official: the game’s own menus in English and Chinese give both names (see above).

Before 14 Oct. Matched by meaning: 灵蛇软剑 reads “spirit-snake soft sword”. gcores names it as one of two new main weapons in the January 2025 Year of the Snake demo, and a fan list on Gamersky has it too.

Sources for the name Press-reported Wccftech, PC Gamer. Chinese candidate before 14 Oct from gcores and a fan list on Gamersky.

Seamless Death

English name: Official nameon an official screen
Chinese name: Official Chinese name: 玉双环Official namethe game’s own menus in English and Chinese

Name on screen in official video

Upgrade screen: “SEAMLESS DEATH”. Frame from the official State of Play gameplay deep dive, PlayStation on YouTube, blh1v1dGJ2s, 10:07 · © PARAWULIN PRODUCTION LIMITED / S-GAME
Equipment screen: “Seamless Death”. Frame from the official 2025 S-Party demo walkthrough, Phantom Blade Zero on YouTube, kwVgxmwgkfI, 1:04 · © PARAWULIN PRODUCTION LIMITED / S-GAME

Chinese name, 14 Oct 2026. The English menu of the 2025 S-Party demo names it “Seamless Death” (2025 S-Party demo walkthrough, Phantom Blade Zero on YouTube, 1:04), and the same panel in the Chinese menu names it 玉双环 (a player’s recording on Bilibili, BV1228tzSEyp, 9:30.5; offline demo, Chinese menu, published 26 Jul 2025). The game’s own text in English and Chinese counts as one official source on this site, so the Chinese name is marked official. A name seen in a demo may change in the launch build.

The Chinese panel adds: 当敌人残血时，可进行远距离处决。 (“When the enemy is near death, it can be executed from a distance”; our translation.) Bilibili BV1228tzSEyp, 9:30. Its 2024 source: 再比如击败3人Boss「玉面郎君」后获得的武器「玉双环」，可以打出远程的圆环攻击 gcores, 2024 demo.

Status of this information, 14 Oct 2026. Official: the game’s own menus in English and Chinese give both names (see above).

Before 14 Oct. Matched by description: gcores says 玉双环 throws ring attacks at range.

Sources for the name Press-reported IGN, PC Gamer. Chinese candidate before 14 Oct from gcores.

White Serpent & Crimson Viper

English name: Official nameon an official screen
Chinese name: Official Chinese name: 白蟒赤练Official namethe game’s own menus in English and Chinese

Name on screen in official video

Equipment screen: “WHITE SERPENT & CRIMSON VIPER”. Frame from the official State of Play gameplay deep dive, PlayStation on YouTube, blh1v1dGJ2s, 10:32 · © PARAWULIN PRODUCTION LIMITED / S-GAME
Title card on screen: “Weapon No.27 · WHITE SERPENT & CRIMSON VIPER”. Frame from the official Year of the Snake gameplay trailer, Phantom Blade Zero on YouTube, Ogm8X8SSyxs, 5:35 · © PARAWULIN PRODUCTION LIMITED / S-GAME
Equipment screen: “White Serpent & Crimson Viper”. Frame from the official 2025 S-Party demo walkthrough, Phantom Blade Zero on YouTube, kwVgxmwgkfI, 0:58 · © PARAWULIN PRODUCTION LIMITED / S-GAME

Chinese name, 14 Oct 2026. The English menu of the 2025 S-Party demo names it “White Serpent & Crimson Viper” (2025 S-Party demo walkthrough, Phantom Blade Zero on YouTube, 0:57.5), and the same panel in the Chinese menu names it 白蟒赤练 (a player’s recording on Bilibili, BV1228tzSEyp, 3:16.4; offline demo, Chinese menu, published 26 Jul 2025). The game’s own text in English and Chinese counts as one official source on this site, so the Chinese name is marked official. A name seen in a demo may change in the launch build.

The Chinese panel: 当敌人残血时，可进行远距离处决。 and [L2]：消耗1[图标] 发动一套双蛇配合的精妙连斩。 Bilibili BV1228tzSEyp, 3:16. On screen in English: “WHITE SERPENT & CRIMSON VIPER”; gcores once writes 白莽赤练.

Status of this information, 14 Oct 2026. Official: the game’s own menus in English and Chinese give both names (see above).

Before 14 Oct. Matched by meaning: gcores describes 白蟒赤练 as a long sword, 白蟒, in one hand and a short blade, 赤练, in the other, shown in the January 2025 Year of the Snake demo. A fan list writes it 白蟒赤炼.

Sources for the name Press-reported Wccftech. Chinese candidate before 14 Oct from gcores.

Jagged Steel

English name: Official nameon an official screen
Chinese name: Official Chinese name: 残钢刃Official namethe game’s own menus in English and Chinese

Name on screen in official video

Equipment screen: “JAGGED STEEL”. Frame from the official State of Play gameplay deep dive, PlayStation on YouTube, blh1v1dGJ2s, 8:24 · © PARAWULIN PRODUCTION LIMITED / S-GAME
Equipment screen: “Jagged Steel”. Frame from the official 2025 S-Party demo walkthrough, Phantom Blade Zero on YouTube, kwVgxmwgkfI, 0:58 · © PARAWULIN PRODUCTION LIMITED / S-GAME

Chinese name, 14 Oct 2026. The English menu of the 2025 S-Party demo names it “Jagged Steel” (2025 S-Party demo walkthrough, Phantom Blade Zero on YouTube, 0:58.0), and the same panel in the Chinese menu names it 残钢刃 (a player’s recording on Bilibili, BV1228tzSEyp, 9:27.1; offline demo, Chinese menu, published 26 Jul 2025). The game’s own text in English and Chinese counts as one official source on this site, so the Chinese name is marked official. A name seen in a demo may change in the launch build.

The Chinese panel: 痴愚狂妄的暴徒爱不释手的大刃。这自正道处劫 [continues beyond the panel] (“the great blade a foolish, frenzied brute will not put down; seized from the righteous…”; our translation). Bilibili BV1228tzSEyp, 9:27. The English panel of the August 2026 build says “stolen from Allied Justice”: see Allied Justice.

Also printed as. “Jagged Blade” in CGMagazine and “Jagged Edge” in IGN’s 2025 preview. The game’s own menus, in the 2025 demo and the August 2026 build, print “Jagged Steel”.

Status of this information, 14 Oct 2026. Official: the game’s own menus in English and Chinese give both names (see above). The August 2026 menu labels Jagged Steel “One-Handed” (State of Play, 8:23), which is where a fan list on Gamersky files the Chinese name too; so the English and the Chinese name belong to one one-handed bleed weapon. IGN’s “enormous greatsword” is a writer’s description.

Before 14 Oct. Weak match: gcores describes a weapon 残钢刃 that builds a bleed gauge and is won from the boss 痴狂暴徒残钢; a fan list on Gamersky files 残钢刃 among one-handed blades, while IGN calls the English weapon an enormous greatsword.

Sources for the name Press-reported The Outerhaven, CGMagazine, IGN. Chinese candidate before 14 Oct (then a weak match) from gcores and a fan list on Gamersky.

Juggernaut

English name: Official nameon an official screen
Chinese name: Official Chinese name: 荡寇凶刃Official namethe game’s own menus in English and Chinese

Name on screen in official video

Equipment screen: “Juggernaut”. Frame from the official 2025 S-Party demo walkthrough, Phantom Blade Zero on YouTube, kwVgxmwgkfI, 0:59 · © PARAWULIN PRODUCTION LIMITED / S-GAME

Chinese name, 14 Oct 2026. The English menu of the 2025 S-Party demo names it “Juggernaut” (2025 S-Party demo walkthrough, Phantom Blade Zero on YouTube, 0:59.7), and the same panel in the Chinese menu names it 荡寇凶刃 (a player’s recording on Bilibili, BV1228tzSEyp, 9:29.7; offline demo, Chinese menu, published 26 Jul 2025). The game’s own text in English and Chinese counts as one official source on this site, so the Chinese name is marked official. A name seen in a demo may change in the launch build. This replaces 荡寇横刀, the Chinese name we showed before: gcores’s report on the 2024 closed-door demo names a weapon 荡寇横刀, won from the boss Commander Cleave, whose blade turns red after three perfect parries; it may be the 2024 name of the same weapon, which no source states.

The Chinese panel: 完美格挡时获得一层红色刀气，叠满后刀身变红，按[三角]可施展强力斩击。 Bilibili BV1228tzSEyp, 9:29.

Status of this information, 14 Oct 2026. Official: the game’s own menus in English and Chinese give both names (see above).

Before 14 Oct. Matched by description: gcores says the blade of 荡寇横刀 turns red after three perfect parries. A fan list on Gamersky has a 荡寇凶刃, possibly the same weapon.

Sources for the name Press-reported PC Gamer. Chinese candidate before 14 Oct from gcores.

Outlaw’s Warblade

English name: Official namein official text or video
Chinese name: Unknownno Chinese name yet

Full best reading of the cut line: “If no HP is restored within X seconds, or if damage is taken, any remaining [text continues, unreadable]”. “X seconds” is printed as such, a placeholder in this build.

Armybreaker

English name: Official namein official text or video
Chinese name: Unknownno Chinese name yet

The Fanatic’s Broken Blade

English name: Official namein official text or video
Chinese name: Unknownno Chinese name yet

On screen for about 0.2 s (State of Play 8:24.65–8:24.85), between Jagged Steel and Night Owl; the description panel is out of focus in every frame, so its text is our best reading. Not on any press list we read.

Drunken Sword

English name: Reported nameprinted by the press
Chinese name: Chinese name, not yet confirmed: 醉剑Our translationour match; basis below

Status of this information. Matched by meaning: 醉剑 reads “drunken sword”, from the same fan list. No source gives both names.

Sources for the name Press-reported Wccftech, DualShockers. Chinese candidate from a fan list on Gamersky.

Bashpole

English name: Official nameon an official screen
Chinese name: Official Chinese name: 长柄金瓜Official namethe game’s own menus in English and Chinese

Name on screen in official video

Item card: “Bashpole”. Frame from the official 2025 S-Party demo walkthrough, Phantom Blade Zero on YouTube, kwVgxmwgkfI, 9:17 · © PARAWULIN PRODUCTION LIMITED / S-GAME

Chinese name, 14 Oct 2026. The English menu of the 2025 S-Party demo names it “Bashpole” (2025 S-Party demo walkthrough, Phantom Blade Zero on YouTube, 9:15.9), and the same panel in the Chinese menu names it 长柄金瓜 (a player’s recording on Bilibili, BV1HkqYBWEmR, 28:15; offline demo, Chinese menu, published 16 Dec 2025; build date not confirmed). The game’s own text in English and Chinese counts as one official source on this site, so the Chinese name is marked official. A name seen in a demo may change in the launch build.

The Chinese card: 巨锤客万钧的长柄重锤，锤状如瓜，亮若小阳。 (“the long-handled hammer of the hammer-wielder Wan Jun, its head like a melon, bright as a little sun”; our translation) beside the English “Bright as a tiny sun and hitting like a loaded wagon, Brute’s signature weapon”. Bilibili BV1HkqYBWEmR, 28:15. So “Brute” is Wan Jun’s epithet; see Wan Jun “Coppermaul”.

Status of this information, 14 Oct 2026. Official: the game’s own menus in English and Chinese give both names (see above).

Before 14 Oct. Matched by description: a fan list on Gamersky files 长柄金瓜 among the power-type Phantom Edges of the demo, beside the heavy axe.

Sources for the name Press-reported IGN. Chinese candidate before 14 Oct from a fan list on Gamersky.

Tiger Cannon

English name: Official nameon an official screen
Chinese name: Chinese name, not yet confirmed: 虎炮Our translationour match; basis below

Name on screen in official video

Subtitle on screen: “The Tiger Cannon can blast apart”. Frame from the official State of Play gameplay deep dive, PlayStation on YouTube, blh1v1dGJ2s, 9:36 · © PARAWULIN PRODUCTION LIMITED / S-GAME

Status of this information. Matched by meaning: 虎炮 reads “tiger cannon”. gcores lists 虎炮 among the Phantom Edges of the 2024 demos, used for charged shots at range; a fan list on Gamersky writes 雷当虎炮. No source gives both names.

Sources for the name Press-reported Wccftech. Chinese candidate from gcores and a fan list on Gamersky.

Flaming Mane

English name: Official nameon an official screen
Chinese name: Chinese name, not yet confirmed: 烈焰狮头Our translationour match; basis below

Name on screen in official video

Equipment screen: “Flaming Mane”. Frame from the official 2025 S-Party demo walkthrough, Phantom Blade Zero on YouTube, kwVgxmwgkfI, 3:29 · © PARAWULIN PRODUCTION LIMITED / S-GAME

Status of this information. Matched by description: 烈焰狮头 reads “blazing lion head”. gcores lists it among the Phantom Edges of the 2024 closed-door demo, and a fan list on Gamersky has it too. No source gives both names.

Sources for the name Press-reported IGN. Chinese candidate from gcores and a fan list on Gamersky.

Man-Cutter

English name: Official nameon an official screen
Chinese name: Unknownno Chinese name yet

Name on screen in official video

Equipment screen: “Man-Cutter”. Frame from the official 2025 S-Party demo walkthrough, Phantom Blade Zero on YouTube, kwVgxmwgkfI, 4:24 · © PARAWULIN PRODUCTION LIMITED / S-GAME

Status of this information, 14 Oct 2026. No Chinese name is recorded. It may be the same weapon as the Dread Axe under an earlier name; that is our guess, not a source’s. Lead: in the 2025 demo the only axe-like Phantom Edge in the English menu is Man-Cutter, and the Chinese tutorial of the same demo asks you to switch to 巨凶斧 and charge it twice (Bilibili BV1228tzSEyp, 1:15). CGMagazine (October 2026) calls Peng Meng’s axe the Dread Axe. We keep the three apart until the launch build settles it.

Sources for the name Press-reported IGN, 2025 demo

Dread Axe

English name: Reported nameprinted by the press
Chinese name: Chinese name, not yet confirmed: 巨凶斧Our translationour match; basis below

gcores (January 2025): 巨凶斧是重型武器，攻速慢，伤害高，可蓄力。 gcores. The Chinese tutorial of the 2025 demo: 换成巨凶斧蓄力两次击中敌人！ Bilibili BV1228tzSEyp, 1:15. See Man-Cutter above for why the two stay apart.

Status of this information. Matched by description: gcores describes 巨凶斧 as a heavy, slow Phantom Edge that can be charged, shown in the January 2025 Year of the Snake demo. No source gives both names.

Sources for the name Press-reported CGMagazine. Chinese candidate from gcores.

Night Owl

English name: Official nameon an official screen
Chinese name: Official Chinese name: 羽弓Official namethe game’s own menus in English and Chinese

Name on screen in official video

Equipment screen: “NIGHT OWL”. Frame from the official State of Play gameplay deep dive, PlayStation on YouTube, blh1v1dGJ2s, 8:25 · © PARAWULIN PRODUCTION LIMITED / S-GAME
Equipment screen: “Night Owl”. Frame from the official 2025 S-Party demo walkthrough, Phantom Blade Zero on YouTube, kwVgxmwgkfI, 3:28 · © PARAWULIN PRODUCTION LIMITED / S-GAME

Chinese name, 14 Oct 2026. The English menu of the 2025 S-Party demo names it “Night Owl” (2025 S-Party demo walkthrough, Phantom Blade Zero on YouTube, 3:28.1), and the same panel in the Chinese menu names it 羽弓 (a player’s recording on Bilibili, BV1HkqYBWEmR, 5:20; offline demo, Chinese menu, published 16 Dec 2025; build date not confirmed). The game’s own text in English and Chinese counts as one official source on this site, so the Chinese name is marked official. A name seen in a demo may change in the launch build.

The Chinese card: 羽弓客所用的弓箭。柘木弓身，铜制箭镞，尾栽枭羽 (“the bow of the feather-bow archer; a mulberry-wood bow, bronze arrowheads, owl-feather fletching”; our translation) beside the English “Nightwatch’s trusted teak longbow, paired with arrows fletched with owl pinions”. Bilibili BV1HkqYBWEmR, 5:20. Before 14 Oct the English name came from a fan wiki: Fextralife.

Status of this information, 14 Oct 2026. Official: the game’s own menus in English and Chinese give both names (see above). The English name is on the game’s own screens: the 2025 demo’s equipment screen (3:28) and the August 2026 character menu (8:24). The Chinese recording is published December 2025 and its build date is not confirmed, but its cards match the 2025 demo in layout and text.

Before 14 Oct. The English name was then known to us only from fan wikis (Fextralife); a fan list on Gamersky has a bow called 羽弓 in the demos.

Sources for the name Unconfirmed Fextralife, a fan wiki. Chinese candidate before 14 Oct (then a weak match) from a fan list on Gamersky.

Flying Daggers

English name: Official namein official text or video
Chinese name: Unknownno Chinese name yet

The panel’s last paragraph, left out of the entry: “Long Range Shot: Once obtained, NIGHT OWL can shoot specific hanging objects from mid to long range. It does not need to be equipped.” It repeats the Night Owl text word for word, apparently placeholder text in this build.

Heartrend Pipa

English name: Official namein official text or video
Chinese name: Unknownno Chinese name yet

Iron Gauntlets

English name: Official namein official text or video
Chinese name: Unknownno Chinese name yet

Ink Cut

English name: Official namein official text or video
Chinese name: Unknownno Chinese name yet

Character, faction and place names: where each one comes from (32)

Every character, faction and place on the characters page, with the evidence for its English and Chinese name: where the name is on screen, which source printed it first, and how a Chinese name was matched.

Soul

English name: Official nameon an official screen
Chinese name: Official Chinese name: 魂Official namean official text gives both names

Name on screen in official video

Title card on screen: “SOUL”. Frame from the official State of Play gameplay deep dive, PlayStation on YouTube, blh1v1dGJ2s, 3:08 · © PARAWULIN PRODUCTION LIMITED / S-GAME

Status of this information. Both names are official. The English and Chinese versions of the Steam pre-order announcement name him Soul and 魂.

Sources Official PlayStation Blog, 2023, Steam announcement, its Chinese version

Zuo Shang

English name: Official nameon an official screen
Chinese name: Official Chinese name: 左殇Official namethe launch game’s own text in English and Chinese

Name on screen in official video

Title card on screen: “ZUOSHANG”. Frame from the official State of Play gameplay deep dive, PlayStation on YouTube, blh1v1dGJ2s, 3:28 · © PARAWULIN PRODUCTION LIMITED / S-GAME

The title card spells “ZUOSHANG” as one word (State of Play, 3:28); the subtitle two seconds earlier writes “Zuo Shang”. Console Creatures calls him “Zion Shang”, leader of “the Order’s Shadow Sovereign”, which conflicts with every other source; recorded here, not used on the entry.

Status of this information, 3 Nov 2026. Both names are official: the launch game’s own text gives “Zuo Shang” in English and 左殇 in Chinese for the same entry.

Sources Press-reported DualShockers; also English Wikipedia, a wiki. Chinese candidate from a fan compilation on Gamersky. Official The launch game’s own English and Chinese text.

Mó Yuan

English name: Official nameon an official screen
Chinese name: Official Chinese name: 魔渊Official namean official text gives both names

Name on screen in official video

Title card on screen: “DONNIE YEN · Creative Consultant · Facial & Motion Capture Actor for Mó Yuan”. Frame from the official pre-order trailer, Phantom Blade Zero on YouTube, hXyPbvj7A7w, 10:39 · © PARAWULIN PRODUCTION LIMITED / S-GAME

Wccftech prints “Mo Yen”; not used.

Sources Official Steam announcement, its Chinese version, PlayStation Blog, 11 August 2026

The Flesh Sculptor

English name: Official namein official text or video
Chinese name: Official Chinese name: 鬼手Official namethe launch game’s own text in English and Chinese

Status of this information, 3 Nov 2026. Both names are official: the launch game’s own text gives “The Flesh Sculptor” in English and 鬼手 in Chinese for the same entry.

Sources Press-reported RPGFan, CGMagazine Official The launch game’s own English and Chinese text.

The patriarch of The Order

English name: Official namethe launch game’s own text in English and Chinese
Chinese name: Official Chinese name: 沐天邈Official namethe launch game’s own text in English and Chinese

A gcores page (218346) that names him is flagged by gcores as a user submission with AI-generated text, so it is not used.

Status of this information, 3 Nov 2026. Both names are official: the launch game’s own text names the Order’s founder “Shadow Sovereign: Mu Tianmiao” in English and 冥主：沐天邈 in Chinese, and says that Shadow Sovereign Mu has died.

Sources Official PlayStation Blog, 2023, for his role. Earlier-games names from a fan compilation on Gamersky and a fan wiki, as read on 10 October 2026. Official The launch game’s own English and Chinese text.

Mu Xiaokui

English name: Official namethe launch game’s own text in English and Chinese
Chinese name: Official Chinese name: 沐小葵Official namethe launch game’s own text in English and Chinese

A Bilibili creator identifies a red-haired woman in a trailer as her and guesses she is a key figure; nothing on screen names her. Creator analysis, BV1gqmzB7EzQ, 7:49.

Status of this information, 3 Nov 2026. Both names are official: the launch game’s own text gives “Mu Xiaokui” in English and 沐小葵 in Chinese for the same entry.

Sources Unconfirmed English Wikipedia, a wiki, read 11 October 2026. Chinese candidate from a fan compilation on Gamersky. Official The launch game’s own English and Chinese text.

The Lady of the Veil

English name: Official namein official text or video
Chinese name: Official Chinese name: 圣母娘娘Official namean official text gives both names

Status of this information, 14 Oct 2026. Both names are official. The English and Chinese versions of the same store sentence list five terms in the same order; the fourth is “the Lady of the Veil” in English and 圣母娘娘 in Chinese. The 2025 demo’s English subtitle spells it “the Lady Behind the Veil” (2025 S-Party demo walkthrough, 9:58).

Sources Official Steam store, its Chinese version, read 11 October 2026

Inanis

English name: Official namein official text or video
Chinese name: Official Chinese name: 虚空Official namean official text gives both names

In the earlier games, a fan compilation describes an illusionist of The Order called 虚空.

Status of this information. Solid: the official store text pairs “Inanis’ Dreamscape” with 虚空梦境, and 虚空 appears unchanged in it, as 武林 does in 表里武林. No source gives the two names on their own.

Sources Official Steam store, for the English name. Chinese name from the store’s Chinese version and a fan compilation on Gamersky.

Yu’er

English name: Official namethe launch game’s own text in English and Chinese
Chinese name: Official Chinese name: 玉儿Official namethe launch game’s own text in English and Chinese

Status of this information, 3 Nov 2026. Both names are official: the launch game’s own text gives “Yu’er” in English and 玉儿 in Chinese for the same entry.

Gamersky: 从庞镇出来给父亲找药的苦命女孩 (“the luckless girl who came out of Pangzhen looking for medicine for her father”; our translation). Not named there; not stated to be Yu’er.

Sources Official The launch game’s own English and Chinese text.

Nightwatch

English name: Official namein official text or video
Chinese name: Official Chinese name: 羽弓客Official namethe game’s own menus in English and Chinese

Chinese name, 14 Oct 2026. The English menu of the 2025 S-Party demo names it “Nightwatch” (2025 S-Party demo walkthrough, Phantom Blade Zero on YouTube, 3:28.1), and the same item text in the Chinese menu names it 羽弓客 (a player’s recording on Bilibili, BV1HkqYBWEmR, 5:20; offline demo, Chinese menu, published 16 Dec 2025; build date not confirmed). The game’s own text in English and Chinese counts as one official source on this site, so the Chinese name is marked official. A name seen in a demo may change in the launch build.

Forge

English name: Official namein official text or video
Chinese name: Official Chinese name: 炼邪Official namethe game’s own menus in English and Chinese

Chinese name, 14 Oct 2026. The English menu of the 2025 S-Party demo names it “Forge” (2025 S-Party demo walkthrough, Phantom Blade Zero on YouTube, 0:59.3), and the same item text in the Chinese menu names it 炼邪 (a player’s recording on Bilibili, BV1228tzSEyp, 9:25; offline demo, Chinese menu, published 26 Jul 2025). The game’s own text in English and Chinese counts as one official source on this site, so the Chinese name is marked official. A name seen in a demo may change in the launch build.

The same panel in the Chinese menu says 炼邪仿制的长刃黑伤 (“a long-bladed Sanguine replicated by 炼邪”; our translation), where the English says “Created by Forge and modeled after the original Sanguine”. The text does not say whether Forge is a person or a workshop.

Alkaid

English name: Official namein official text or video
Chinese name: Unknownno Chinese name yet

Male (“his deal”). Not identified on screen with a name plate.

Sister Wen

English name: Official namein official text or video
Chinese name: Official Chinese name: 雯师姐Official namethe launch game’s own text in English and Chinese

Status of this information, 3 Nov 2026. Both names are official: the same document in the launch game’s own text reads “Baishan Sister Wen” in English and 白山派雯师姐 in Chinese.

Soul’s next lines (13:40) speak of “that floating healer” feeding off Baishan disciples, and the optional Red Wraith appears later in the demo; nothing states either is Sister Wen.

Sources Official The launch game’s own English and Chinese text.

Xie Huichun

English name: Official namein official text or video
Chinese name: Official Chinese name: 谢回春Official namethe launch game’s own text in English and Chinese

Status of this information, 3 Nov 2026. Both names are official: the same item text in the launch game names “Xie Huichun” in English and 谢回春 in Chinese.

Sources Official The launch game’s own English and Chinese text.

Nameless Survivor

English name: Official namein official text or video
Chinese name: Unknownno Chinese name yet

The Year of the Snake trailer’s opening card is signed “A Nameless Survivor” (0:04); the 2025 demo’s speaker label reads “Nameless Survivor” (10:18). That they are the same man is not stated.

Brute

English name: Official namein official text or video
Chinese name: Official Chinese name: 巨锤客万钧Official namean official text gives both names

“Brute” also appears in Game Rant’s boss name “Jagged Steel, the Frenzied Brute”, whose Chinese name also contains the word for brute; the Bashpole card ties this “Brute” to Wan Jun only.

The Order

English name: Official nameon an official screen
Chinese name: Official Chinese name: 组织Official namethe launch game’s own text in English and Chinese

Name on screen in official video

Name plate on screen: “The Hunt, Hunter of the Order”. Frame from the official pre-order trailer, Phantom Blade Zero on YouTube, hXyPbvj7A7w, 3:01 · © PARAWULIN PRODUCTION LIMITED / S-GAME

Status of this information, 3 Nov 2026. Both names are official: the launch game’s own text gives “The Order” in English and 组织 in Chinese for the same entry.

Sources Official PlayStation Blog, 2023, for the English name. Chinese candidate from the Gamersky preview. Official The launch game’s own English and Chinese text.

Bastion of Mó

English name: Official namein official text or video
Chinese name: Official Chinese name: 暗魔天堡Official namean official text gives both names

Status of this information. Both names are official. The English and Chinese versions of the same Steam announcement give “Leader of the Bastion of Mó” and 暗魔天堡之主. A fan wiki says older English material used “Dark Castle of Mo”.

Sources Official Steam announcement, its Chinese version

Allied Justice

English name: Official namein official text or video
Chinese name: Official Chinese name: 正道联盟Official namethe launch game’s own text in English and Chinese

Status of this information, 3 Nov 2026. Both names are official: the launch game’s own text gives “The Mandate” in English and 正道联盟 in Chinese for the same entry. “Allied Justice” is the 2025 demo’s English name.

Sources Press-reported Gamersky preview Official The launch game’s own English and Chinese text.

The Seven Stars

English name: Official namein official text or video
Chinese name: Official Chinese name: 七星剑阵Official namethe launch game’s own text in English and Chinese

Status of this information, 3 Nov 2026. Both names are official: the launch game’s own text gives “The Seven-Stars Formation” in English and 七星剑阵 in Chinese for the same entry. “The Seven Stars” is the 2025 demo’s English name plate.

Sources Official The launch game’s own English and Chinese text.

Baishan Sect

English name: Official namein official text or video
Chinese name: Official Chinese name: 白山派Official namethe launch game’s own text in English and Chinese

Status of this information, 3 Nov 2026. Both names are official: the launch game’s own text gives “The Baishan Sect” in English and 白山派 in Chinese for the same entry.

Sources Official The launch game’s own English and Chinese text.

Official Chinese name: 蛇屋Serpent Houses · a house of the Order that makes its medicine

English name: Official namethe launch game’s own text in English and Chinese
Chinese name: Official Chinese name: 蛇屋Official namethe launch game’s own text in English and Chinese

The Chinese potion cards of the 2025 demo: “组织”行动标配的葫芦瓶，装着蛇屋秘药，可治愈伤势。 and 原为“组织”蛇屋制作 Bilibili BV1228tzSEyp, 43:16–43:18. The English potion panels are not shown in the 2025 demo walkthrough, so the demo gives no English name.

Status of this information, 3 Nov 2026. Both names are official: the launch game’s own text gives “Serpent Houses” in English and 蛇屋 in Chinese for the same entry. A loading tip: “The Serpent Houses are where the Order prepares its medicines.”

Sources Press-reported Gamersky preview Official The launch game’s own English and Chinese text.

Official Chinese name: 十一人阁The Eleven · a returning faction

English name: Official namethe launch game’s own text in English and Chinese
Chinese name: Official Chinese name: 十一人阁Official namethe launch game’s own text in English and Chinese

Status of this information, 3 Nov 2026. Both names are official: the launch game’s own text gives “The Eleven” in English and 十一人阁 in Chinese for the same entry.

Sources Press-reported Gamersky preview Official The launch game’s own English and Chinese text.

Phantom World

English name: Official namein official text or video
Chinese name: Official Chinese name: 影境Official namean official text gives both names

Name status. Official, both names: the English and Chinese versions of the store text and of the Steam announcement.

The Wulin

English name: Official namein official text or video
Chinese name: Official Chinese name: 武林Official namean official text gives both names

Name status. Official, both names: the store text pairs “the Wulin and the Discordance” with 表里武林.

The Discordance

English name: Official namein official text or video
Chinese name: Official Chinese name: 里武林Official namethe launch game’s own text in English and Chinese

Status of this information, 3 Nov 2026. Both names are official: the launch game’s own text gives “The Discordance” in English and 里武林 in Chinese for the same entry.

As listed before 14 Oct. The hidden counterpart of the Wulin. A fan wiki says older English material used “ParaWulin”. Chinese: likely 里武林.

Sources Official The launch game’s own English and Chinese text.

Pangzhen

English name: Official namein official text or video
Chinese name: Official Chinese name: 庞镇Official namethe launch game’s own text in English and Chinese

Status of this information, 3 Nov 2026. Both names are official: the launch game’s own text gives “Pangzhen” in English and 庞镇 in Chinese for the same entry.

Sources Official The launch game’s own English and Chinese text.

Mandate Encampment

English name: Official namein official text or video
Chinese name: Official Chinese name: 正道大营Official namein the game’s Chinese text

One of the three map names on screen in the State of Play (7:09); in the game it is one of the nine regions.

Mountain of Imprisonment

English name: Official namein official text or video
Chinese name: Official Chinese name: 枷笼山Official namein the game’s Chinese text

One of the three map names on screen in the State of Play (7:12).

Justice Camp

English name: Official namein official text or video
Chinese name: Unknownno Chinese name yet

Two English names in the same video: the map label “Righteous Camp” (3:06) and the quest “Justice Camp — Reach the deeper part of Justice Camp” (11:50). That they are one place is our reading.

Lu’s Village

English name: Official namein official text or video
Chinese name: Official Chinese name: 陆家村Official namethe launch game’s own text in English and Chinese

Status of this information, 3 Nov 2026. Both names are official: the launch game’s own text gives “Village of Lu” in English and 陆家村 in Chinese for the same entry. “Lu’s Village” is the 2025 demo’s spelling.

Sources Official The launch game’s own English and Chinese text.

Inanis’ Dreamscape

English name: Official namein official text or video
Chinese name: Official Chinese name: 虚空梦境Official namean official text gives both names

Name status. Official, both names: the fifth of five terms in the same store sentence.

Terms that changed from the older English localisation

A fan wiki records three older English terms from the earlier games that this game replaces. The table gives each old term and the new one.

Old English term and new English term
Old English term	New English term	Chinese	Level of the new term
Sha-Chi Mod	Transcension	杀气改造	Official, both names
ParaWulin	the Discordance	里武林	Official, both names
Dark Castle of Mo	Bastion of Mó	暗魔天堡	Official, both names

“Wills”, “Hands” and “Instruments” are older words for The Order’s ranks and have no new term. “Mu Tianmiao”, the older English for the patriarch of The Order, is also his English name in the launch game’s text.

Some names differ only in spelling between outlets. “Ghostep” and “Ghoststep”, “Jagged Steel”, “Jagged Blade” and “Jagged Edge”, and “Pang Town”, “Pangzhen” and “Pengcheng” are variants of the same name, not changes in the game’s terms. They are listed in the rows above. Since 14 October 2026 the game’s own screens settle two of them: the menus print “Jagged Steel” and the State of Play title card “PANGZHEN”.

How the pairings will be settled

Every row in group 2 is waiting for the game’s own text. The plan is to switch the game between English and Chinese and check each name in both languages. When the game confirms a row, it moves to group 1; when the game contradicts one, the row is corrected and the change is noted. On 14 October 2026, sixteen rows moved to group 1 on the 2025 demo’s own screens; they will be checked again in the launch build.

Release is set for 29 October 2026, which is 28 October in the US. We give no date for any update beyond that.

What is not yet known

English names for 花千笑 and 龙家Still open. The launch game’s English text names 玉面郎君 Jade-Face, 蛇屋 the Serpent Houses, 十一人阁 the Eleven and 正道联盟 the Mandate; 痴狂暴徒残钢 has a press-reported English name.
Chinese names for the other names known only in English (group 3)None in the sources we read before launch. The launch game’s Chinese text now gives 15 of them a Chinese name (see what the launch game settled), among them the Flesh Sculptor 鬼手, Sister Wen 雯师姐, Xie Huichun 谢回春, Yu’er 玉儿, the Baishan Sect 白山派 and Lu’s Village 陆家村, and it names the four difficulty modes 入阵者, 破局者, 逆天者 and 六十六天. Wan Jun “Coppermaul” and Red Wraith have official Chinese names from the demo’s name plates (group 1).
In-game spelling of Ghostep or GhoststepTo be checked in the game’s English text at launch. Jagged Steel and Pangzhen are now spelled on the game’s own screens.
Whether the 29 pairings in group 2 holdEach is our match. The launch game’s text confirms 10 of them and writes 6 differently (see what the launch game settled); the rest wait for a check in the game.
Whether the demo names in group 1 surviveThe 16 pairings from the 2025 demo’s screens may still change in the launch build.
The Chinese names for the chapter 1 sectionsAgainst The Flow and Steel And Steam have no Chinese name in the sources we read.

Phantom Blade Zero Chinese name FAQ

What is the Chinese name of Phantom Blade Zero?

The Chinese name is 影之刃零, listed on the Chinese Steam store page. In pinyin it is Yǐng zhī rèn líng.

What is Phantom Blade Zero in Chinese?

Phantom Blade Zero in Chinese is 影之刃零.

What is the English name of 影之刃零?

The English name of 影之刃零 is Phantom Blade Zero.

Sources for this page 14

What the launch game settled Official The launch build’s own English and Chinese text, read on 29 October 2026: each settled pair is the same text entry in both languages.
How the pairings will be settled Official Steam announcement of the move to 29 October 2026. Official PlayStation Blog, 17 August 2026, for the US date.
English: Forge Chinese: 炼邪 Official Game screens: the official 2025 S-Party demo walkthrough and the State of Play on YouTube, with players’ Chinese recordings of the same demo on Bilibili. Official Steam store text and Steam announcement, each in its English and Chinese version. Store data PlayStation Store listing, English and Chinese pages. Press-reported 3DM. Unconfirmed Wikipedia rows: a wiki states the pairing, so the level stays Unconfirmed.
English: The Seven Stars Chinese: 七星剑阵 Unconfirmed Every row here is our own match. The sources linked in each row give one name each, not both. GamerBraves could not be opened directly; its three boss names are as excerpted in search results.
Name: Lu’s Village Official PlayStation Blog for the difficulty names. Press-reported IGN, GamingBolt, RPGFan, CGMagazine, The Outerhaven, gcores and the Gamersky preview. Unconfirmed Fan compilations, fan lists and fan wikis.
Terms that changed from the older English localisation Official Steam store and the Steam announcement for the new terms. Unconfirmed The older English terms come from a fan wiki, as read on 10 October 2026, and have not been checked against the earlier games themselves.
People, sects and titles Official Steam store, English and Chinese. Each other row links to the pairing further down this page, where its source is named.
English: Phantom Blade Zero Chinese: 影之刃零 Official
English: Remnant Dust Chinese: 意识尘埃 Store data
English: Rainblood (series) Chinese: 雨血 Unconfirmed
English: Phantom Blade: Executioners Chinese: 影之刃：断罪者 Press-reported
English: Drunken Sword Chinese: 醉剑 Likely
English: Parry Chinese: 精防 / 完美格挡 Weak
English: Allied Justice Chinese: 正道联盟 Our match