Enhancement | Equipment Dark Souls Guide
Last update: 11 May 2016
Weapon enhancement is a base technique of increasing your chances during fights. It is worth to enhance almost every weapon, but you have to think which one you need most. Basic weapons can be enhanced at the bonfires after purchasing proper items. Advanced manipulations are done by blacksmiths.
In order to get an access to all types of enhancements, you have to find items called Ember and give these to blacksmiths. You will also need souls and materials.
Blacksmiths in game are:
Rickert of Vinheim - probably first blacksmith you encounter. He is located in New Londo Ruins, close to elevators on side stairs.
Blacksmith Andrei - is located on the way between Undead Parish and Darkroot Garden.
Giant Blacksmith - this blacksmith is located in Anor Londo. Near the fight arena with Ornstein and Smough.
Blacksmith Vamos - blacksmith living in Catacombs. He can be found in later part of the location (check the location's description to find him).
Upgrades types
Name | What does it do? / Requirements | Where? |
Normal | Increases damage / Titanite Shard, any weapon | Every blacksmith, bonfire |
Raw | Increases damage, decreases stats scaling / Large Titanite Shard, +5 normal weapon | Blacksmith Andrei |
Crystal | Increases damage but decreases durability / Titanite Chunk, +10 normal weapon | Blacksmith Rickert |
Lightning | Adds lightning damage / Titanite Chunk, +10 normal weapon | Giant Blacksmith |
Magic | Increases Intelligence scaling, decreases Strength and Dexterity scaling / Green Titanite, +5 normal weapon | Blacksmith Rickert |
Enchanted | Increases Magic stat scaling to A rank / Blue Titanite, +5 weapon Magic | Blacksmith Rickert |
Divine | Adds Magic and Faith scaling, decreases Strength/Dexterity scaling / Green Titanite, +5 normal weapon | Blacksmith Andrei |
Occult | Adds Magic and Faith scaling / +5 Divine weapon | Blacksmith Andrei |
Fire | Adds fire damage / Green Titanite, +5 normal weapon | Blacksmith Vamos |
Chaos | Adds Humanity scaling / Red Titanite, +5 Fire weapon | Blacksmith Vamos |
Embers
Embers are items which allow blacksmiths to modify items.
Large Ember | Modifies normal weapons +5 to +10 or +5 to +5 Raw | Andrei, Depths |
Very Large Ember | Modifies normal weapons +10 to +15 | Andrei, New Londo Ruins |
Divine Ember | Modifies normal weapons +5 to +5 Divine | Andrei, Darkroot Garden |
Large Divine Ember | Modifies weapons +5 Divine to +10 Divine | Andrei, Tomb of Giants |
Dark Ember | Modifies weapons +5 to +5 Occult | Andrei, Painted World of Ariamis |
Large Magic Ember | Modifies weapons +5 Magic to +10 Magic | Rickert, The Duke's Archives |
Enchanted Ember | Modifies weapons +5 Magic to +5 Enchanted | Rickert, Darkroot Garden |
Crystal Ember | Modifies normal weapons +10 to +5 Crystal | Giant, The Duke's Archives |
Large Flame Ember | Modifies weapons +5 Fire to +10 Fire | Vamos, Demon Ruins |
Chaos Flame Ember | Modifies weapons +5 Fire to +10 Chaos | Vamos, Demon Ruins |
Ore
Ore are resources needed for upgrading. Many of them can be bought at merchants or exchanged at Snuggle for other items.
Name | Usage | Where to obtain it? |
Titanite Shard | Reinforces standard weapon to +5 and armor to +3 | Blacksmith Andrei, drops from: Undead Soldier, Red Cape Undead Knights |
Large Titanite Shard | Reinforces standard weapon to +10, Raw do +5 | Merchant Crestfallen Merchant w Sen's Fortress, drops from: Slime, Leeches (Depths and Blighttown) |
Titanite Chunk | Reinforces standard weapon to +14, Crystal and Lighting do +4 | Drops from Crystal Lizard, Black Knight, Large Knights z Anor Londo. |
Titanite Slab | Reinforces standard weapon, Crystal and Lighting do +15 | Drops from: Crystal Lizard, Stray Demon, Darkwraiths (New Londo) |
Green Titanite Shard | Reinforces Magic, Divine and Fire do +5 | Merchants: Crestfallen Merchant (Sen's Fortress. Drops from: Slime, Larvae (Depths, Blighttown) |
Blue Titanite Chunk | Reinforces Magic do +9, Enchanted do +4 | Drops from: Crystal Golem |
Blue Titanite Slab | Reinforces Magic do +10, Enchanted +5 | Crystal Cave |
Red Titanite Chunk | Reinforces Fire do +9, Chaos do +4 | Drops from: Gargoyles in Lost Izalith |
Red Titanite Slab | Reinforces Fire do +10, Chaos do +5 | Lost Izalith |
White Titanite Chunk | Reinforces Divine do +9, Occult do +4 | Tomb of Giants |
White Titanite Slab | White Titanite Slab | Tomb of Giants, Pinwheel |
Twinkling Titanite | Reinforces weapons which can be normally enhanced. | Merchant: Giant Blacksmith, drops from: Crystal Lizard, |
Demon Titanite | Reinforces weapons made from bosses souls to +5 | Titanite Demon |
Dragon Scale | Reinforces Dragon weapons | Ash Lake, Blighttown |