Healing guide

Phantom Blade Zero Best Medicine: Gourd & Remedies

Short answer: The best medicine setup in Phantom Blade Zero is the Healing Gourd as your main heal plus the Medicine Case accessory, which adds 20% healing. The Gourd is a starting item, has the most uses and costs the least to max. Add Merciful Dew as a cheap second slot, or Longevity Tonic for the strongest heal. Vessel Restorative is disputed.

Updated October 30, 2026·By the Phantom Blade Atlas team·How we write guides

待验证Some details here come from a single source. We'll update this page as more players confirm them.

Best medicine: the short answer

No source names one definitive best medicine, but the guides agree on a core: the Healing Gourd as your main heal and the Medicine Case accessory, which adds 20% healing from medicines. The Gourd starts in your kit, has the most uses, and is the cheapest to max (27,000 Remnant Dust in total to Lv7).

For a second slot, Merciful Dew is the cheap strong pick: 60% HP over 10 seconds at Lv1 and 80% at Lv7, for the same 27,000. Longevity Tonic is the strongest heal (it restores all HP) but costs the most, 48,600.

Vessel Restorative is disputed. Grindnstrat suggests it as an early second slot next to the Gourd, while allthings.how advises against heavy investment because it has only one use.

· Core: Healing Gourd plus Medicine Case.
· Second slot, cheap: Merciful Dew.
· Second slot, strongest: Longevity Tonic.
· Defensive boss fights: Kuye Dew (damage reduction plus heal).
· Emergency: Phantom Brew, the only remedy that gives immunity.

All remedies compared

Costs are in Remnant Dust. Effects are Lv1 first, with Lv7 where the sources give it. See Accessories for the full accessory list.

Name	Effect	How to get it and upgrade cost
Healing Gourd	Lv1 restores 40% HP at once. Lv7 restores 50% HP, +15% when below 20% HP, with 4 uses (allthings.how). Grindnstrat lists 3 uses at base.	Starting item. Upgrade: 27,000 Remnant Dust total to Lv7.
Merciful Dew	Lv1 restores 60% HP over 10s. Lv7 restores 80% HP and gives +150% natural Sha-Chi recovery for 10s.	Nearest bell: Pond of Fading Song. Upgrade: 27,000.
Longevity Tonic	Restores all HP. At Lv7 also +20% damage while HP is full.	Reward for the Kin Against Kin Tale (Meigu Lake); bell Meigu Village East Dock. Upgrade: 48,600.
Vessel Restorative	Lv1 restores 70% HP, Lv7 restores 100%. One use only.	Bell: Valley Sha-Chi Tower Base. Upgrade: 37,800.
Kuye Dew	-20% damage taken for 15s and heals 40% over 10s. At Lv7: -40% and 60%. 4 uses.	Location not found. Upgrade: 37,800.
Phantom Brew	Restores 50% HP and gives 1s of Intangible. Lv7: 70% HP and 3s.	Location not found. Upgrade: 37,800.
Phantom Remedy	About 60% HP and Sha-Chi over 6s. Lv7: 80% of each. Getting hit interrupts it.	Bell: Battlefield Ruins. Upgrade: 37,800.
Focus Pill	-30% Sha-Chi cost for 15s and 30% HP over time. Lv7: -40%, 20s, 50%.	Chest in Weeping Creek Valley; bell The Axemaster's Holding Cell. Upgrade: 48,600.
Simmering Brew	Sha-Chi generation for 15s and 30% HP over time. Lv7: 25s, +100% recovery, 50% HP.	Bell: Pangzhen Bridge Overlook. Upgrade: 37,800.
Spirit-Returning Broth	+10% Guard Break for 30s and 20% HP. Lv7: +15%, 40s, 40% HP.	Bell: Well of the Three Puppets. Upgrade: 37,800.
Forbidden Concoction	+10% Phantom Edge damage for 15s and 20% HP. Lv7: +20%, 40% HP.	Bell: Zhang's Hideout (Village of Lu). Upgrade: 48,600.
Everflow	20% HP; a kill refills one use.	Nearest bell listed by allthings.how. Upgrade: 37,800.
Green Serpent Brew	Clears status effects.	Nearest bell listed by allthings.how.
Sha-Chi Blood Catalyst	Boosts heavy combo damage but ignites you.	Meigu Lake treasure reward (Quick Hand Zhang).
Lament Draught	+10-20% damage.	Nearest bell listed by allthings.how. Upgrade: 48,600.
Miracle Remedy	30-50% HP, with a bonus below 35% HP.	Nearest bell listed by allthings.how. Upgrade: 48,600.
Ritual Wine	Status buildup.	Nearest bell listed by allthings.how. Upgrade: 48,600.
Medicine Case (accessory)	+20% healing from medicines. One search snippet says refining it adds Super Armor.	Apprentice Healer quest, see below.
Calming Gourd (accessory)	When you use medicine, you recover from guard break and Sha-Chi use is free for 3s.	A Healer's Mercy quest, see below.

How to get the Medicine Case and Calming Gourd

Both come from healer quests in the early game and can be missed.

01Medicine CaseWeeping Creek Valley to Crimson Forest
- · Start: talk to Yu'er at the Outpost after you beat Peng Meng. The quest is Apprentice Healer.
- · Find 3 herbs: Blood-Stopper Vine, Congealeaf and Blemish Goldweed (one source spells it Goldleaf).
- · You need the Hunter's Chain Sickle to reach them.
- · Missable: finish it before the Crimson Forest main objectives end, and before you defeat Jing Ye.
02Calming GourdCrimson Forest
- · Quest: A Healer's Mercy. You tend 4 wounded thieves in Crimson Forest.
- · Missable: do it before the Crimson Forest main objectives end, and before Bai Chilian.
- · Effect: after you use medicine, you recover from guard break and Sha-Chi use is free for 3s. The Healing Gourd and Merciful Dew stay your main heals; this is a helper if guard breaks keep killing you.

Tips

· Equip two medicines at once. Resting at a bell refills medicine uses.
· Upgrades cost Remnant Dust. The Healing Gourd and Merciful Dew are the cheapest to max.
· Sha-Chi builds: Focus Pill and Simmering Brew help with supply. Guard-break builds: Spirit-Returning Broth.
· Pair medicine with the right accessory. Accessories and Builds cover the rest of the loadout.

Where guides disagree

· Vessel Restorative: Grindnstrat suggests it as an early second slot. Allthings.how says not to invest heavily because it has one use.
· Healing Gourd uses: Grindnstrat lists 3, allthings.how lists 4 at Lv7. That is probably base versus upgraded.
· Goldweed vs Goldleaf: the third herb for the Medicine Case is spelled both ways.
· Medicine Case refining adding Super Armor comes from one search snippet only.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best healing item in Phantom Blade Zero?＋

The guides do not name one, but they agree on the Healing Gourd as the core heal plus the Medicine Case accessory. Merciful Dew is the cheap second slot, and Longevity Tonic is the strongest.

How do I get the Medicine Case?＋

Do the Apprentice Healer quest for Yu'er at the Outpost after Peng Meng. You find 3 herbs with the Hunter's Chain Sickle. Finish it before the Crimson Forest main objectives end.

How do I get the Calming Gourd?＋

Complete A Healer's Mercy by tending 4 wounded thieves in Crimson Forest, before the Crimson Forest main objectives end.

How do I upgrade the Healing Gourd?＋

With Remnant Dust. It takes 27,000 in total to reach Lv7, which is the lowest of any remedy.

Does resting restore my medicine?＋

Yes. Resting at a bell refills your medicine uses.

Is Vessel Restorative worth using?＋

It heals a lot (70% at Lv1, 100% at Lv7) but has one use. Guides disagree: one suggests it as an early second slot, another advises against heavy investment.

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