Upgrading

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Many weapons and shields in Demon's Souls can be upgrade by a Blacksmith, but you will need Souls to pay the Blacksmith and a collection of Ores as well. There are 14 different Ores, which allow for 14 different upgrade paths, but some Ores can only be used on some weapons, some only on shields. There are also three upgrade types. The first type, which can be performed almost immediately by Blacksmith Boldwin is referred to as the basic and will improve the physical damage of a weapon. The second upgrade type is referred to as the advanced type and will have major changes to weapons attributes. With the exception of Clearstones, only Blacksmith Ed can perform the advance upgrades.

The third upgrade type is a Demon's Soul upgrade and comes in two flavors. The first Soul upgrade will convert an existing weapon into a Unique Weapon. This will require a particular weapon and a Demon's Soul. The second Soul upgrade type can only be performed on certain Unique Weapons using Colorless Demon's Souls. Again, only Blacksmith Ed can be perform Soul based upgrades.

A number of the advance and Soul upgrades can not be performed until a weapon has reached a certain basic level.

Contents 1 More details 2 Basic upgrades 3 Advance upgrades 4 Soul upgrades 5 Upgrade attributes table

More details

Check the upgrade attributes table below for an overview of what changes are performed on a weapon or shield depending on the Ore used.

The Ore based weapon and shield matrix can be used to check what Ores can be used on which weapons and the shields.

The individual Ore pages have a lot more details such as how many Shards and Chunks are required for a full upgrade, what level a weapon is required to be before the upgrade can start and where to find the Ores.

Finally, the Demon's Souls page has a matrix and overview of the uses of each major soul, including what weapon can be created from the soul.

Basic upgrades

The Hardstones and Sharpstones Ores are used on the basic weapon upgrades. Strength focused weapons can be upgraded with Hardstones, while Dexterity based weapons are upgraded with Sharpstones. Both Blacksmith Boldwin and Blacksmith Ed can perform basic upgrades. There are 10 upgrade steps on the basic upgrade line and a weapon or shield will have the current upgrade step added to the items name. For example, a Claymore +10 is a fully upgraded Claymore.

A fully upgraded Hardstone or Sharpstone weapon will have double the base weapons damage, while upgraded shields will take less of your Stamina with each blocked hit.

All weapons and shields except for the Club, Great Club, Broken Sword and all the Unique Weapons can be upgraded along one of the basic paths.

Upgraded basic weapons can be Enchanted with either spells or items.

Advance upgrades

With the advanced upgrades, attributes are changed that affect the behavior of the weapon or shield. A weapon is not simply improved, it is changed. These changes can be major like adding Fire or Magic damage, the chance to critically injure, to bleed or poison an enemy. A few upgrades will add HP or MP regeneration. Other changes may not appear like a step forward until the weapon is fully upgraded, like having a S stat bonus at full upgrade. A number of the upgrade paths suit the early stages of the game, like Clearstone and Dragonstone. Yet others suit the mid to late stages - depending on how you build your character and how you play.

With the exception of Clearstone upgrades, all advance upgrades are performed by Blacksmith Ed. All advance path upgrades go to a +5 level.

Consulting the Upgrade attributes table below will save you a lot of trial and error - not to mention time. Also check the relevant Ore page for full details.

Soul upgrades

Main article: Demon's_Souls

The first type of Soul upgrade is performed by Blacksmith Ed by combining a certain Demon's Soul and a particular weapon. This will then create a Unique Weapon. A complete break down of the weapon and Soul combination can be found on the Demon's Souls page, which also includes information about the other uses of a Demon's Soul and how to obtain them.

The second type of Soul upgrade is performed on a limited number Unique Weapons with a Colorless Demon's Soul. The supported weapons and shields can be upgraded to +5 with each upgrade costing one Soul. Each upgrade will improve certain aspects of the weapon, some of these upgrades are not very obvious, so check the relevant weapons' page before upgrading. More information and a complete list of weapons and shields, as well as how to obtain a Colorless Demon's Soul can be found on the main Demon's Soul page.

Upgrade attributes table

Icon	Ore	Damage			Attributes					Extra.	Notes
	Added Prefix	Phys.	Mgc.	Fire	Lvl.	Stg.	Dex.	Mgc.	Fth.
	Bladestone Sharp	Yes	-	-	+1 +5	E E	C S	- -	- -		Strong physical damage at +5. Upgrade starts at base level, except for Spike Shield.
	Clearstone Quality	Yes	-	-	+1 +5	D C	D C	- -	- -		High base physical damage, minor stat bonuses. Upgrade starts at +3
	Cloudstone Dark	-	38% 70%	-	+1 +5	- -	- -	- -	- -	HitRes reset.	Shields only. Improves Magic block, 38% at +1, 70% at +5. The HitRes (Stamina required per block) is reset to the default. All other attributes stay the same. Upgrade starts at +6
	Darkmoonstone Cresent	Yes	Yes	-	+1 +5	- -	- -	A A	- -	+1 MP/5sec +1 MP/3sec	Good base Magic damage, good stat bonus with Magic. Upgrade starts at +6
	Dragonstone Dragon	Yes	-	Yes	+1 +5	- -	- -	- -	- -		Strong Physical and Fire Damage, but all stat bonus damage removed. Upgrade starts at +3
	Faintstone Blessed	Yes	Yes	-	+1 +5	E E	E E	- -	B A	+2 HP/sec +6 HP/sec	Magic damage added and scales with Faith level. Upgrade starts at +6
	Greystone Crushing	Yes	-	-	+1 +5	C S	- -	- -	- -		Strong stat bonus on Strength at +5 but lower base Physical damage. Upgrade starts at +3
Icon	Ore	Damage			Attributes					Extra.	Notes
	Added Prefix	Phys.	Mgc.	Fire	Lvl.	Stg.	Dex.	Mgc.	Fth.
	Hardstone No prefix	Yes	-	-	+1 +5 +10	D D C	E E D	- - -	- - -		Basic upgrade. Full upgrade goes to +10 and will have double the base damage. Strength based weapons. Upgrade starts at base level.
	Marrowstone Fatal	Yes	-	-	+1 +5	E E	D A	- -	- -	Critical 60 Critical 100	Chance to critically injury, lower physical damage. Upgrade starts at +3
	Mercurystone Mercury	Yes	-	-	+1 +5	E E	D C	- -	- -	Poison 120 Poison 360	Strong chance to poison, good base physical damage. Upgrade starts at +3
	Moonlightstone Moon	Yes	Yes	-	+1 +5	E E	E E	C C	- -		Strong Magic damage, fair base physical damage. Upgrade starts at +6
	Sharpstone No prefix	Yes	-	-	+1 +5 +10	E E D	D D C	- - -	- - -		Basic upgrade. Full upgrade goes to +10 and will have double the base damage. Dexterity based weapons. Upgrade starts at base level.
	Spiderstone Sticky	Yes	-	-	+1 +5	E E	C S	- -	- -		Bows only. Strong stat bonus on Dexterity at +5. Range increased by 5 at +1. Upgrade starts at +3
	Suckerstone Tearing	Yes	-	-	+1 +5	E E	B S	- -	- -	Bleed 150+ Bleed 273+	Adds or improves the chance to Bleed (numbers shown are minimum). Strong stat bonus on Dexterity. Upgrade starts at +3 except for Uchigatana, which starts at base level.