Quick answer: The Delta Force x Phantom Blade Zero collab went live with Season Aurora on November 10, 2026. The headline reward, the legendary Seven-Star Sword - G3 appearance, is free. You earn it by building up in-match survival time in Operations, Warfare or Detonation until you clear the event milestones, and the event ends on December 3, 2026. A second free event (cosmetics, emotes, a calling card) runs to December 10. The Sanguine melee weapon is not free. It comes from a separate lucky draw with a guaranteed result within 90 draws. The White Serpent & Crimson Viper draw opens in the store today, November 13.
Key takeaways
- Free legendary skin: Seven-Star Sword - G3 comes from the Collab Legendary Gift event (Nov 10 – Dec 3). Survival time in any of the three modes (Operations, Warfare, Detonation) counts.
- Free cosmetics: the Phantom Blade Zero Collab event (Nov 10 – Dec 10) gives a charm, a calling card, an avatar, a spray and 4 collab actions.
- Free collectible: the Soul · Roaming Blade figurine can drop from Bird Nests on every Operations map until January 25, 2027.
- Paid: Sanguine (melee + AKM + SCAR-H appearances) and White Serpent & Crimson Viper (K437, P90, QJB201) are lucky draws in the store.
- Deadline order: G3 closes first (Dec 3), then the collab cosmetics (Dec 10), then White Serpent & Crimson Viper (Dec 12), then Sanguine and the figurine (Jan 25).
Phantom Blade Zero is S-GAME's martial-arts action RPG. Team Jade first teased the crossover at the 2nd anniversary and showed it in full in the Season Aurora Developer Preview on October 30. The full event list is in the official Season Aurora event post on the Delta Force Steam news page, dated November 8, 2026. Everything below comes from that post unless we say otherwise.
What's in the Delta Force x Phantom Blade Zero collab?
The collab is five separate events, and they don't share rewards or end dates. That's the main reason players miss things. Here's the full list.
| Event | Where to find it | Dates (2026–27) | Cost | Main rewards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collab Legendary Gift | Events, all modes | Nov 10 – Dec 3 | Free | Seven-Star Sword - G3, Tactical Armament Vouchers |
| Phantom Blade Zero Collab | Events, all modes | Nov 10 – Dec 10 | Free | Charm - Flaming Mane, Calling Card, Avatar - Lion Dance, Spray Paint - Red Threads, Action - Boundless Thirst + 4 collab actions |
| Collab Limited Red | Operations, Bird Nests | Nov 10 – Jan 25 | Free (random drop) | Collectible - Soul · Roaming Blade |
| Sanguine Series Appearance Lucky Draw | Store | Nov 10 – Jan 25 | Paid draws | Melee Weapon - Sanguine, Sanguine - AKM, Sanguine - SCAR-H + extras |
| White Serpent & Crimson Viper Appearance Lucky Draw | Store, Top Pick | Nov 13 – Dec 12 | Paid draws (first draw 10 Delta Coins/Tickets) | K437, P90 and QJB201 appearances + extras |
Three of the five are free. If you only care about free stuff, focus on the first two rows and pick up the figurine whenever you're already running Operations.
How do you get the free Seven-Star Sword G3?
The G3 skin is the Collab Legendary Gift. Here's the official description, word for word:
"During the event, accumulate in-match survival time in Operations, Warfare, or Detonation to earn event points and advance milestone progress. Claim the Limited Collab Legendary Firearm Appearance Seven-Star Sword - G3 and a massive amount of Tactical Armament Vouchers for free." — Delta Force Team, Season Aurora event post (Steam, Nov 8, 2026)
In practice, it works like this:
- Open the Events tab and find Collab Legendary Gift. The milestone track and your current points are shown there.
- Play any of the three modes. Operations, Warfare and Detonation all count. The points come from time spent alive in a match, and the event also lists active missions, so check the panel for those too.
- Stay alive longer. Survival time is what you're farming, so a Warfare round where you survive most of the match does more than a quick death and redeploy.
- Claim each milestone as it unlocks. The G3 appearance and the vouchers are milestone rewards, so check the panel after a session.
- Finish before December 3. This is the shortest collab event. Once it closes, the G3 stops being free.
Team Jade hasn't published the exact point or minute thresholds for each milestone, so we won't make up a number. The in-game panel shows your real progress. During the Developer Preview the team described it as logging in and completing "a few simple in match tasks", so you shouldn't need much grinding. A few sessions a week until early December should cover it.
Which mode is fastest? Nobody has posted a timed comparison yet. Logically, Warfare gives you the most guaranteed time in a match, because a round lasts until the objectives fall, and redeploying doesn't end your session. In Operations a bad fight can end your raid in two minutes. If you just want the skin with minimal risk, Warfare is the safe bet. If you play Operations anyway, use those raids too. Our extraction guide covers how to stay alive long enough to get out.
What does the G3 skin look like? It's a polished silver G3 battle rifle wrapped in red thread, with a drum magazine and a suppressor in the official art. It's a cosmetic appearance only. It doesn't change the G3's stats in either mode.
The Tactical Armament Vouchers that come with it are worth taking seriously too. Season Aurora hands them out in a lot of events. If you're unsure how they work, our Tactical Armament Voucher guide explains the draw and the guarantee.
What free rewards does the Phantom Blade Zero collab event give?
The second free event is simply called Phantom Blade Zero Collab, and it runs a week longer, from November 10 to December 10. According to the official post, you "take part in collab-related modes and active missions across all modes to unlock a variety of limited Chinese martial arts-inspired appearances and exclusive collab appearances for free."
The official reward list:
- Charm - Flaming Mane
- Calling Card - Delta Force × Phantom Blade Zero
- Avatar - Lion Dance
- Spray Paint - Red Threads
- Action - Boundless Thirst
- Collab actions: Drunken Sword (solo), Lion Dance (solo), Fish Flip (duo) and Ratty Action Response
The missions are listed in the event panel, so read each one before you queue. A lot of it should overlap with your G3 sessions, but the event also mentions "collab-related modes", so some missions may need a specific mode.
Where do you find the Soul · Roaming Blade figurine?
The collab also adds a red-tier collectible. The official event is Collab Limited Red, and the text is short: "During the event, Bird Nests across all maps have a chance to drop the Collectible - Soul · Roaming Blade." It's listed under the Operations events and runs until January 25, 2027, tied with the Sanguine draw for the longest window of any collab item.
The figurine is a random drop, not a mission reward. There's no published drop rate, so don't expect one in every raid. Two tips:
- Search every Bird Nest you pass. Our Bird Nest locations guide maps 72 community-found nests across Zero Dam, Layali Grove, Brakkesh and Space City. We wrote it for the Halloween Vlindflower event. Brakkesh was reworked for Season Aurora, so some of its nests may have moved.
- Extract with it. A collectible only counts once you get out. If you find it early, think twice before taking a risky fight.
Is the Sanguine melee weapon free?
No. This is the biggest mix-up around the collab. Sanguine is the blade from Phantom Blade Zero, and in Delta Force it's the Melee Weapon - Sanguine appearance. It isn't part of any free event. It's the grand prize of the Sanguine Series Appearance Lucky Draw in the store (Nov 10, 2026 – Jan 25, 2027).
How that draw works, from the official notes:
- Every draw gives a reward and adds to a draw progress bar.
- Progress milestones unlock the Sanguine series pieces. At 100% you get the Sanguine appearance itself.
- Any single draw can jump straight to 100% and unlock all the Sanguine series appearances at once.
- All event rewards are guaranteed within 90 draws.
- The series includes Melee Weapon - Sanguine, Sanguine - AKM Assault Rifle and Sanguine - SCAR-H Battle Rifle, plus a charm, avatar, calling card, spray paint, a TurBrick, a Weapon EXP Token and a Draw Ticket.
Team Jade's press release for Season Aurora called Sanguine the "first two-handed melee weapon" in Delta Force, and during the Developer Preview the team said it worked on the design with S-GAME in person. The official notes don't list any combat stats for it, so treat it as a cosmetic for your melee slot.
Before you spend, know the 90-draw cap. It's a ceiling, not an average, but it tells you the worst case. If you're paying with Delta Coins, remember they're bought with real money, while Delta Tickets can be earned in game. Our Delta Coins vs Delta Tickets guide explains the difference, and it's the most common economy mistake players make.
What is the White Serpent & Crimson Viper draw?
The last collab item arrives today, November 13, and runs until December 12, 2026. In the Developer Preview it was described as "a legendary weapon skin bundle inspired by an iconic item from Phantom Blade Zero." In the game it's a lucky draw, not a fixed-price bundle. You'll find it under Store → Top Pick → White Serpent & Crimson Viper.
The rules, per the official post:
- It's a non-replacement draw: the prize pool has no duplicates, so each draw removes an item from the pool.
- The first draw costs only 10 Delta Coins/Delta Tickets.
- When you hit the grand prize in any round, you get one random White Serpent & Crimson Viper weapon appearance plus every reward from that round you hadn't collected yet.
- Once you've emptied a round, the next round unlocks automatically.
- The weapon appearances cover the K437 Assault Rifle, P90 Submachine Gun and QJB201 Light Machine Gun. The pool also has a series avatar, calling card, charm, spray paint, a TurBrick - Asgard and a Premium Weapon EXP Token.
The grand prize gives you one random skin out of the three, so if you only want the K437 version, you may need more than one round. The official post doesn't list per-draw prices after the first one. Check the price in the store before you commit.
Which collab rewards should you prioritize?
If you have limited time, go in this order:
- Seven-Star Sword - G3 (free, ends Dec 3). It's the only free legendary weapon appearance in the collab and it closes first. Do it before anything else.
- Phantom Blade Zero Collab missions (free, ends Dec 10). Many overlap with your G3 sessions. Check for any that need a specific mode.
- Soul · Roaming Blade (free, ends Jan 25). Check Bird Nests during your normal Operations raids. No need to farm it now.
- The paid draws. Only if you really want Sanguine or a specific White Serpent & Crimson Viper skin, and only once you've read the draw rules above.
Season Aurora is busy, and other events will compete for your time. The Season Aurora patch notes list everything else that went live on November 10, including the new operator. If you want to use the collab time to learn her, our Martelo abilities guide covers her kit. Team Jade also changed Martelo's Smoke Halo sound in the November 12 update (the sound attenuation range is now 50 meters with stronger fall-off past 30 meters, and the mechanical sound when you turn the camera is only heard by Martelo herself).
Players clearly like what they've seen so far. One r/DeltaForceGlobal post this week called a Phantom Blade collab sword skin "without a doubt, one of the best-looking ones I've ever seen in Delta Force". Just earn the skins on your own account. Team Jade publishes weekly enforcement bulletins, and during the previous season alone the developers said more than 185,000 accounts were banned, over 10,000 of them for 10 years.
FAQ
When does the Delta Force Phantom Blade Zero collab end? It depends on the reward. The free Seven-Star Sword G3 event ends on December 3, 2026, the free collab cosmetics end on December 10, the White Serpent & Crimson Viper draw ends on December 12, and the Sanguine draw and the Soul · Roaming Blade figurine stay until January 25, 2027.
Is the Seven-Star Sword G3 free? Yes. The official post says you can claim it "for free" from the Collab Legendary Gift event by building up in-match survival time in Operations, Warfare or Detonation.
Does Detonation count for the G3 skin? Yes. Detonation is one of the three modes listed for the survival-time points, along with Operations and Warfare.
Can you get Sanguine for free? No. Sanguine is the top prize of the paid Sanguine Series Appearance Lucky Draw. All rewards in that draw are guaranteed within 90 draws, and any single draw can unlock all the series appearances at once.
How much does the White Serpent & Crimson Viper draw cost? The first draw costs 10 Delta Coins or Delta Tickets. It's a non-replacement draw with no duplicates, and the official post doesn't list the price of later draws.
Where is the Soul · Roaming Blade figurine? It's a random drop from Bird Nests on every Operations map until January 25, 2027. There's no published drop rate, and you need to extract with it for it to count.
More Delta Force guides
- Season Aurora patch notes: every weapon, operator and map change
- Zenith Port guide: how the Riptide tsunami works
- Martelo abilities guide
- Bird Nest locations
- Tactical Armament Voucher guide
Applies to Season Aurora (S12), live November 10, 2026. Last verified on November 13, 2026. Event names, dates, rewards and draw rules come from the official Delta Force event post on Steam (app 2507950) dated November 8, 2026, and the November 12, 2026 update post. Sanguine and White Serpent & Crimson Viper descriptions also draw on the Season Aurora Developer Preview (October 30, 2026) and Team Jade's Season Aurora press release. Images are official Season Aurora event art.
