Getting the Freezing Chaos
Defeat Yucong, No. 34 Twisted Puppet — an optional boss — and the Freezing Chaos is dropped. The sources disagree on where it waits: IGN's weapons table and beebom both list Mirage Estate, while GamesDB.gg puts it in the Crimson Forest, with the weapon pin near the Threadbound Great Tree bell. No level, quest or region requirement beyond that optional fight is recorded.
It counts as a One-Handed Blade on the Blade roster.
What it does in a fight
The community database figures for the launch build, current as of 2026-11-05:
| Level 1 | |
|---|---|
| Damage | 324 |
| Status effect | 144 |
This Blade's second stat is Status Effect, not guard break, and 144 is the highest status value in the game. It also has the joint-highest starting damage among the one-handers, so the numbers are top of the class. The difficulty is in driving it.
That difficulty is the stance. Threefold Shift (L1 + Triangle) spends Sha-Chi to switch between three stances and deliver a powerful strike, and each stance changes what the Blade does:
- Steel — the highest attack and guard break of the three.
- Chaos — attacks apply Chaotic Flame, which burns the enemy and drains its health and Sha-Chi, and any attack spawns Floating Chaotic Flames.
- Frost — attacks apply Chill, which accumulates until the enemy is frozen.
Moves: Standard Combo, Sha-Chi Combo. The Power Surge is Chaos Erosion — L2 spends 1 Sha-Chi Essence on a continuous assault that uses the Steel, Frost and Chaos stances in turn, and it cannot be blocked.
Taking it to level 30
| Level | Perk |
|---|---|
| Lv. 5 (+4) | Steel-Shattering Thrust |
| Lv. 10 (+9) | Bone Deep Lv. 1 |
| Lv. 15 (+14) | Iceberg |
| Lv. 20 (+19) | Bone Deep Lv. 2 |
| Lv. 25 (+24) | Blackflame Whirlwind |
| Lv. 30 (+29) | Bone Deep Lv. 3 |
Steel-Shattering Thrust charges a long-range thrust in Steel stance that heavily cuts an enemy's Sha-Chi, and Iceberg charges a shattering flurry in Frost stance: frozen enemies take more damage and weak ones are shattered outright. Blackflame Whirlwind is the Chaos payoff — charge it to absorb every Floating Chaotic Flame on the field and release a heavy strike, and at 13 or more absorbed flames it becomes a sustained whirlwind, up to 60 flames. Bone Deep Lv. 1, Lv. 2 and Lv. 3 raise the Sha-Chi you recover after switching stance, slightly, moderately and greatly, for 3 seconds at a time.
Maxroll puts the Blade on the situational list not for lack of power but because it is "hard to move": the best results need constant stance swapping — Chaos to lay down Chaotic Flame, then Steel for the raw damage bonus, or Frost to freeze a boss and stop it acting for a few seconds. Treat it as a late-game weapon rather than an early one, and the Sha-Chi guide covers the bar that every stance switch and every Power Surge spends.
What the upgrade ladder costs
The track runs 59 steps from level 1 to level 60 and costs Remnant Dust plus a metal and a solvent:
| Metal | Solvent |
|---|---|
| Forged Metal | Solvent |
| Polished Forged Metal | Concentrated Solvent |
| Flawless Forged Metal | Universal Solvent |
The published figures for this Blade name those three metal and solvent tiers but not the Remnant Dust price of each band, so check the cost on the upgrade screen before you spend.
Soul Tempering
Threefold Resonance — a Primordial Chaos Vessel and 5,000 Remnant Dust. After a Threefold Shift, damage and Sha-Chi reduction are greatly boosted for 5 seconds. Soul Tempering unlocks at Chapter 4 and happens at Myst in the Order's underground tavern in Pangzhen, and it cannot be undone.
Where to go next
- The Blade roster — every Blade, its class and where it comes from.
- Best weapons — the picks for bosses, crowds and shields.
- Sha-Chi — the bar that stance switching spends.
- Phantom Edges — the two second-slot weapons that go with your Blades.