Tiger Cannon Guide: How to Get and Break Every Wall

The Tiger Cannon is the siege engine of Phantom Blade Zero’s Phantom Edge roster — a shoulder-mounted cannon whose job is less “duel tool” and more “demolition charge.” It shares its name with the boss who drops it, Lei Dang, the Tiger Cannon, so searches for “tiger cannon phantom blade zero” can mean two things: the fight, or the reward. This page is the reward — how to get it, what it destroys, and why it is worth backtracking the whole map for.

Overview

The Tiger Cannon is a Destructive-class Phantom Edge, per Game8’s subtype table. Its card text reads: “A powerful cannon whose thunderous blast echoes like a tiger’s roar. Lei Dang’s final gift to an old friend.” Launch stats are 310 Damage and 208 Status Effects at Rank I, and it upgrades on the standard Phantom Edge track at any blacksmith — Reforge Talismans refund your materials if you change your mind. The defining line on the card is its passive: Stone-Clearing Shot — “Once obtained, Tiger Cannon can shatter weakened stone walls, even when not equipped.” In a game where several regions hide sealed shortcuts and chest rooms behind cracked masonry, that passive alone earns the slot in your all Phantom Edges collection.

How to Get: Defeat Lei Dang at the Mirage Estate

The acquisition is one line — beat the boss — but the boss is one of the last walls before the finale. Per Rock Paper Shotgun’s boss index, Lei Dang, the Tiger Cannon is entry #57 of 61, fought in the Mirage Estate with the Perfect Vessel Pond as the nearest Bell, and his second health bar re-titles him Lei Dang, One-Armed Tiger. Rock Paper Shotgun’s reward field confirms it plainly: Reward(s): Tiger Cannon.

Getting there takes most of the game. Collect the three serpent pieces from the White, Black, and Red Serpent Houses during the Pangzhen chapters, open the door at the back of the Green Serpent House, and climb the red-lantern stair. You have met this man before — he is the NPC at Jingyang Hall who repairs the Flaming Mane after you beat Flame — and his arena-wide cannon wave, the one attack you answer by hiding behind the scattered stones, is why our Lei Dang boss guide treats positioning as the real mechanic. When the second bar falls, the Edge card appears immediately; there is no missable chest or follow-up dialogue.

Combat: The Three-Stage Shell

In combat, the Tiger Cannon is a charged nuke:

1. Hold the Phantom Edge input to charge, up to three stages.
2. Release to fire a shell. Higher charge stages deal more damage, per Game8’s skill table.
3. Spend Remnant Sparks wisely — the full three-stage blast is a finisher, not poke. Exact per-stage scaling is community mapping in progress, but launch testing puts a fully charged shell among the hardest single hits any Phantom Edge lands.

Two properties shape how you use it. First, it destroys frozen enemies — enemies locked in ice by Frost applications shatter on impact, which pairs naturally with a Frost main weapon or the Freezing Chaos Edge if you are building around perma-freeze. Second, like every Edge swing, it grants super armor during the animation, so you can absorb a light hit to force a charge release through a boss’s pressure window. The counterplay is the wind-up: a three-stage charge is a commitment, and bosses with red-flash interrupts will punish greed. Fire at two stages into recovery animations and you will land far more shells than you whiff.

Exploration: Stone-Clearing Shot and the Backtrack Payday

Here is the Tiger Cannon’s quiet superpower: the wall-breaking works even while the Edge sits in your second slot unequipped, and it applies retroactively to cracked walls you walked past twenty hours ago. You almost certainly saw your first weakened stone wall in Weeping Creek Valley; by the time the cannon is yours, every region has at least one. Rest at a Bell, open the region tracker, and sweep.

The loot behind these walls is not trivial — accessory slots, upgrade materials, and in some regions quest continuations. Because the passive needs no charge, no Sha-Chi, and no equipping, the Tiger Cannon is the lowest-maintenance environment key in the game: unlike chained paths that demand a specific Edge drawn mid-route, walls simply break when you strike them. The community consensus in the best Phantom Edges guide ranks it below traversal kings like the Chain Sickle for speedruns, but for completion percentage it is non-negotiable.

Soul Tempering: Full Blast

Game8’s upgrade page and AllThingsHow’s material guide agree on the endgame upgrade: Golden Ammunition, found roughly 66 meters from the Lakeside bell, Soul Tempers the Tiger Cannon at Myst’s underground tavern in Pangzhen for 5,000 Remnant Dust plus the material. The tempered art, Full Blast, reads: “Press Block+Phantom Edges to launch Tiger Cannon itself forward, dealing massive damage. Consumes 2 Remnant Spark.” You fire the entire cannon as the projectile. It is theatrical, expensive, and exactly the button for the final stretch of a boss’s last health bar. Full details live in our Soul Tempering guide.

Verdict

The Tiger Cannon is two Edges in one slot: a top-tier single-target nuke with a three-stage charge, and a zero-maintenance demolition pass that pays out the whole back catalog of sealed rooms the moment you own it. Beat Lei Dang — you must anyway — slot the cannon, and never think about cracked walls again.

FAQ

Does the Tiger Cannon need to be equipped to break walls?

No. Stone-Clearing Shot is a passive property of ownership: the card states it works even when the Edge is not equipped. You do need to strike the wall itself.

What is the Tiger Cannon’s best pairing?

A Frost build. Freezing an enemy and then landing a shell — or any follow-up hit — shatters them for bonus damage. Outside Frost, treat it as a burst finisher into guard-broken bosses.

Is Lei Dang missable?

No. He is a mandatory story boss in one of the final main quests; the Mirage Estate itself is the point-of-no-return territory, so finish regional Tales before entering.

How much does Full Blast cost to use?

Two Remnant Sparks per activation, on top of the 5,000 Remnant Dust and Golden Ammunition Soul Tempering price. Save it for phase transitions and final bars.

Sources

• Game8 — How to Get Tiger Cannon (subtype, charge skill, launch stats, Reforge)
• Rock Paper Shotgun — All 61 Phantom Blade Zero bosses in order (#57 Lei Dang, Mirage Estate, Perfect Vessel Pond, reward cross-check)
• AllThingsHow — How to Get Tiger Cannon in Phantom Blade Zero (card text, Stone-Clearing Shot)
• AllThingsHow — How to Get Golden Ammunition (Soul Temper: Full Blast, 5,000 Remnant Dust)
• All Phantom Edges — internal reference

Cross-checked November 8, 2026. Launch stats per Game8; per-stage charge scaling is community mapping in progress.