Wild Oriole Sword Phantom Blade Zero

What Is Wild Oriole Sword Phantom Blade Zero?

The Wild Oriole Sword is what Mu Xiaokui leaves behind: a fast one-handed main weapon rather than a two-handed bruiser, so its damage per swing sits low and its speed carries the weapon. The table below puts the type, the unlock and the first numbers in one place.

Two numbers matter more than the rest for a first read: 295 damage and 104 Guard Break at the start, then 560 damage and 198 Guard Break at level 10. Everything between those points is left out by the guides, so this page does not fill it in.

How Do You Get the Wild Oriole Sword?

Beat Mu Xiaokui in the Village of Lu, then stay in the arena and lift the sword off the dock before you leave. Game8 puts the fight in the Heartless Remnant chapter, and the other guides name the same arena, so the pickup is mostly a matter of not walking out early.

Timing is where every guide agrees. PowerPyx says the sword sits straight ahead after the Mu Xiaokui fight, itemlevel describes a wooden dock or bridge to check on the way out, and Method repeats the warning about leaving the area first.

• Reach the Village of Lu during Heartless Remnant.
• Beat Mu Xiaokui — the Mu Xiaokui boss page covers her phases if the fight stalls.
• Stay on the arena dock and pick the sword up.
• Walk out afterwards; the weapon list shows what else drops nearby.

Where Is the Sword in the Village of Lu?

The sword sits on the dock inside the arena, straight ahead once Mu Xiaokui is down. All Things How adds a landmark for the village itself, the Puppet Testing Grounds bell, so the area is easy to place before the fight rather than after it.

The locations pages carry the region order if the Village of Lu name means nothing to you yet, and they put the chapter in sequence with the rest of the map.

What Are the Wild Oriole Sword Stats?

The starting line is 295 damage and 104 Guard Break, and the far end of the listed curve is 560 damage and 198 Guard Break at level 10. One more listing gives 317 damage and 166 Guard Break with no level attached, so here are all three pairs side by side.

The 560 damage and 198 Guard Break at level 10 come from the Fextralife fan wiki, the only late-game pair any of these guides prints. Game8 stops at the starting values, and the Phantom Blade Zero Help entry gives 317 and 166 without a level, so treat that pair as one site's own read on the weapon.

What Does Oriole Song Do?

Oriole Song is the sword's named effect. All Things How describes the weapon as a fast one-hander whose heavy attacks launch blade waves, which gives the heavy swing reach on top of damage. None of the guides here names a second ability for the sword.

Ranged heavy swings change how you open a fight, so test the reach on a normal enemy before you spend a boss attempt on it. The weapons list shows the other blades on the site if you want a heavier option next to it.

Which Boss and Chapter Does It Come From?

Mu Xiaokui, the Lu Family Village chapter boss, is the only source of the sword. Phantom Blade Zero Help places it on the main path rather than behind an optional door, and Game8 ties that fight to the Heartless Remnant chapter.

That makes the sword hard to miss: the drop sits on the main path rather than behind an optional door, and the arena is where the chapter's fight ends. Leaving before the pickup costs you the blade for good, because no second source for Wild Oriole Sword Phantom Blade Zero is listed anywhere. The boss list shows which encounter comes next in the region order.

Is the Wild Oriole Sword Worth Using?

Our take: pick it up even if you never equip it, because the sword comes free with a main-path boss and the pickup window ends when you leave the arena. Whether it suits your hands is a separate question: a fast one-hander, or a heavier blade with more damage per swing.

The numbers back that trade. 295 damage at the start is low, 560 at level 10 is not, and the reach a blade-wave heavy attack buys is the reason to keep the sword in a second slot rather than selling it off.

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