Lian Xie

Lian Xie is the smith NPC in Phantom Blade Zero, handling equipment upgrades and crafting. She is the NPC the player goes to when a weapon needs to be made stronger.

Character overview

Lian Xie is a smith NPC in Phantom Blade Zero, responsible for upgrading and crafting equipment. She works with a whole table of tools laid out around her, and she is the NPC the player relies on to strengthen gear. Her forging is superb: she can build and improve any weapon or piece of armour the player brings her.

Background

Where Lian Xie comes from has never been explained. What is clear is that she is a smith of real skill, at home in both equipment forging and the enhancement techniques that go with it. In Phantom Blade Zero she travels in the company of Quick Hand Zhang and Old Carter, and she is one of the NPCs the player keeps meeting along the road. Her forging craft carries real weight in the game’s progression.

Personality

• A master of her craft, single-mindedly devoted to the forge
• Steady and sober in temperament, serious in everything she does
• A deep, practical understanding of equipment

Appearance

Lian Xie is fine-featured and neatly put together, dressed in a smith’s working clothes, tools never far from her hands. Her gaze is level and fixed, and it takes one look to see that she knows exactly what she is doing.

In-game functions

• Equipment upgrades — she upgrades the player’s weapons and armour
• Equipment crafting — she forges new weapons and armour
• Forging and reforging — the equipment reforge service

Relationships

Appearances

• Phantom Blade Zero