All unique armors are upgraded with Twinkling Titanite, up to a level of +5.

This means no colored Titanite is needed.

All normal armors are upgraded with normal Titanite, up to a level of +10.

Armor Upgrades can also be done at a Bonfire after buying an Armor Smithbox.

Upgrading a shield in an elemental path will increase its damage reduction for that element, to varying degrees depending on the shield, at the cost of stability.Īll blacksmiths can upgrade Armor.

Blacksmith Vamos: Ascend Fire & Chaos weapons.

Giant Blacksmith: Ascend Lightning, Crystal, & Unique ( created with Boss Souls) weapons.

Blacksmith Rickert of Vinheim: Ascend Magic & Enchanted weapons.

Blacksmith Andre: Ascend Normal, Raw, Divine, & Occult weapons.

Weapon Smith box: Weapon reinforcement available at bonfires (can be purchased from Blacksmith Andre).

Once ascended, reinforcement can be continued at any blacksmith (or bonfires provided you have the Weapon Smithbox).

Blacksmiths also give the option to downgrade or descend a weapon back to an unmodified state. Weapon ascension cannot be done at bonfires. Only blacksmiths can ascend a weapon and they need to have the appropriate Ember.

Depending on what type and state of weapon you are reinforcing will determine how many souls are needed and what type and quantity of Ore is required.Īscension is the process of changing the weapon state entirely whether that is to raw, divine, enchanted, lightning, etc. These incremental upgrades can be performed at any blacksmith (or bonfires provided you have the Weapon Smithbox). Reinforcement refers to incremental upgrades of a weapon state whether that is normal, raw, divine, fire, etc. There are two terms used when referring to weapon upgrades: Reinforcement and Ascension.

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