Each weapon and shield has a reinforcement path, allowing you to upgrade its stats in exchange for certain materials and souls. To perform reinforcement, visit Blacksmith Andre in Firelink Shrine.
Regular
Regular reinforcement goes up to +10, and applies to most normal weapons (i.g. Long Sword) or normal shields (i.g. Knight Shield).
This path uses the following materials:
| Level | Cost |
|---|---|
| +1 | 2 Titanite Shard |
| +2 | 4 Titanite Shard |
| +3 | 6 Titanite Shard |
| +4 | 2 Large Titanite Shard |
| +5 | 4 Large Titanite Shard |
| +6 | 6 Large Titanite Shard |
| +7 | 2 Titanite Chunk |
| +8 | 4 Titanite Chunk |
| +9 | 6 Titanite Chunk |
| +10 | 1 Titanite Slab |
Unique
Unique reinforcement goes up to +5, and applies to weapons (i.g. Black Knight Greataxe) or shields (i.g. Black Knight Shield) with more unique elements, or which drop from special enemies.
This path uses the following materials:
| Level | Cost |
|---|---|
| +1 | 1 Twinkling Titanite |
| +2 | 2 Twinkling Titanite |
| +3 | 4 Twinkling Titanite |
| +4 | 8 Twinkling Titanite |
| +5 | 1 Titanite Slab |
Boss
Boss reinforcement goes up to +5, and applies to weapons (i.g. Yhorm's Great Machete) or shields (i.g. Yhorm's Greatshield) that are transposed from boss souls.
This path uses the following materials:
| Level | Cost |
|---|---|
| +1 | 1 Titanite Scale |
| +2 | 2 Titanite Scale |
| +3 | 4 Titanite Scale |
| +4 | 8 Titanite Scale |
| +5 | 1 Titanite Slab |
Upgrade Mechanics
Each upgrade increases the damage by a set percentage of the base damage.
For regular weapons upgraded using titanite the damage can be calculated by:
BaseDamage * (1 + UpgradeLevel / 10)
So when fully upgraded the weapon does twice the damage.
