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How to get the Hunter's Chain Sickle

Defeat The Hunt in Weeping Creek Valley and the sickle is your reward. Three outlets agree on the boss and the region. Reported · PowerPyx

The hero slashes through teal wind and rain against a glowing-masked jiangshi-style foe on a ruined wooden bridge.
The hero mid-slash on a ruined bridge, from the Steam store page. Shown for atmosphere; it is not the sickle. Image: S-GAME / Steam store page
Hunter's Chain Sickle · sources
How to get it
The Hunter's Chain Sickle is the reward for defeating The Hunt in Weeping Creek Valley. PowerPyx calls it story-related; Game8 lists the boss as 'The Hunt (2nd Encounter)' in that region; Game Informer lists it under Weeping Creek Valley as the reward for The Hunt.
Reported · PowerPyx
Weapon or Phantom Edge?
Most sources class it as a Phantom Edge: PowerPyx files it as Phantom Edge #40 and Game8's early loadout lists it with the Phantom Edges.
Reported · PowerPyx
What it unlocks
Once you have it, it can grapple to distant anchor points even when it is not equipped. PowerPyx uses it to reach a chest platform near The Beginning Bell and to climb the Valley Sha-Chi Tower Summit for the Sha-Chi Tower Base Camp Gate Key; Game Informer likewise says it reaches an area that unlocks a key.
Reported · PowerPyx
Its moves
Game8 lists its skills as Grappling Traverse, Shadow Bound (after a combo, pull the locked-on enemy to you), Chain-Sickle Traverse (R2 while dodging or sprinting to vault to a wall or the ground), Coiling Chain (L1 + R2 to pull the locked-on enemy; large enemies pull you instead) and Relentless Pursuit Lv. 1 (a small damage boost against burning, frozen, paralyzed, poisoned or bleeding enemies).
Reported · Game8

Getting it

PowerPyx lists The Hunt as a required boss at the end of Weeping Creek Valley, so the sickle sits on the main path. We have a boss guide for The Hunt. It is the second time you fight him: the first fight, on the carriage, ends Reckless Pursuit, and Game8 labels the waterfall fight as the second encounter. Reported · PowerPyx

Using it

Grappling works even when the sickle is not equipped. That is how guides reach the Sha-Chi Tower Base Camp Gate Key, and it is why PowerPyx lists it as story-related: expect to come back for chests you could not reach before. Reported · PowerPyx

In combat, Game8 recommends pairing it with Jagged Steel, since the sickle adds damage against bleeding enemies, and suggests upgrading it to Level 5 early. Our best weapons and combos page lists who recommends what. Reported · Game8

Questions

How do you get the Hunter's Chain Sickle?

Defeat The Hunt, the boss at the end of Weeping Creek Valley. PowerPyx, Game8 and Game Informer all list the sickle as that fight's reward, and PowerPyx calls it story-related.

Reported · PowerPyx
Is the Hunter's Chain Sickle a weapon or a Phantom Edge?

Most sources treat it as a Phantom Edge, which uses sparks rather than sitting in a main weapon slot. Game8's own sickle page words it both ways, so we are checking the equipment menu.

Reported · PowerPyx
What is the Hunter's Chain Sickle used for?

Grappling. It can latch onto distant anchor points, and PowerPyx uses it to reach the Sha-Chi Tower Base Camp Gate Key. In a fight it pulls enemies toward you and Game8 recommends it with Jagged Steel for bleed damage.

Reported · PowerPyx

Sources and checks

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