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  • How To Upgrade Weapons in Elden Ring

    By Dean2022-05-02

    Elden Ring is the most popular game and has started for a long time, It's full of strong monsters, and players need to level up their characters to become stronger to fight the bosses. To upgrade a weapon is the most important way to become powerful. You can get a higher damage output by upgrading your weapon.  

     

    However, upgrading your weapon requires collecting materials and visiting the smithing table. And the weapon upgrade system is not very easy to understand. So we made a guide here to explain how it works.

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    How to upgrade weapons in Elden Ring

     

    To upgrade your weapon, you need to find a smithing stone. You can find the first smithing table at the Church of Elleh. To interact with it, you can visit the weapon upgrade system UI. But please notice that from here, you can only upgrade weapons from 1-3, so if you want to upgrade your weapon higher. You need to visit Smithing Master Hewg at the Roundtable Hold. From here, you can upgrade your weapon to the max level.

     

    Smithing Master Hewg at the Roundtable Hold

     

    There are two weapon types in Elden Ring: special weapons and normal weapons. Special weapons can upgrade to level 10, and normal weapons can upgrade to level 25. To upgrade them, you will need Elden ring runes, as well as different tiers of smithing stones.

     

    Normal weapon:

     

    Upgrade normal weapons need different tiers of smithing stones. The table below shows different tiers of smithing stones that  require for each upgrade level:

     

    Smithing Stone tier

    Upgrade level

    Smithing Stone (1)

    Reinforces weapons to +3

    Smithing Stone (2)

    Reinforces weapons to +6

    Smithing Stone (3)

    Reinforces weapons to +9

    Smithing Stone (4)

    Reinforces weapons to +12

    Smithing Stone (5)

    Reinforces weapons to +15

    Smithing Stone (6)

    Reinforces weapons to +18

    Smithing Stone (7)

    Reinforces weapons to +21

    Smithing Stone (8)

    Reinforces weapons to +24

    Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone

    Reinforces weapons to +25

     

     

    Special weapon:

     

    Upgrade special weapons need different tiers of Somber Smithing Stones. This table below shows different tiers of somber smithing stones that require for each upgrade level:

     

     

    Somber Smithing Stone tier

    Upgrade level

    Somber Smithing Stone (1)

    Reinforces special weapons to +1

    Somber Smithing Stone (2)

    Reinforces special weapons to +2

    Somber Smithing Stone (3)

    Reinforces special weapons to +3

    Somber Smithing Stone (4)

    Reinforces special weapons to +4

    Somber Smithing Stone (5)

    Reinforces special weapons to +5

    Somber Smithing Stone (6)

    Reinforces special weapons to +6

    Somber Smithing Stone (7)

    Reinforces special weapons to +7

    Somber Smithing Stone (8)

    Reinforces special weapons to +8

    Somber Smithing Stone (9)

    Reinforces special weapons to +9

    Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone

    Reinforces special weapons to +10

     

     

    Upgrade weapon will help you beat bosses in Elden Ring more easily and also necessary in PVP. However, the smithing stones are hiding all over the Elden Ring world, and it's not that easy to find. Also, you can only get a limited number of Ancient Dragon Smithing Stones and Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone, which means you can only upgrade a limited number of weapons upgraded to the max level. So, if you are bored with this, you can try our Elden Ring Boost Service(Currently only available for PC). We will get a max-level weapon for you fast. Also, if you want to have more weapons upgraded to the max level, you can try our Elden Ring Items Service. We are providing all max-level weapons!

     

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