How To Upgrade Your Weapons In The Last Hero Of Nostalgaia
Upgrading your character and gear is an essential part of any Soulslike title and The last hero of Nostalgaia is no exception to this rule. However, unlike the Dark Souls titles, the Forge isn’t on the critical path and is instead hidden and easily missed unless you check every nook and cranny.
The good news is that you can find the Forge relatively early in the game and upgrade your weapons fairly early on, giving you a significant boost to tackle the unforgiving world in front of you. Provided, of course, that you have the resources to do so.
Where can I find the forge?
While you can get to the Forge early in the game, you have to take care of a few things first in the ‘Tutorial’ section of the game. Hence, find these steps below!
requirements
Once the above requirements are met, west of the Heartflow altar a gate opens, leads to a new area. Follow this path and make progress until you reach them Abandoned Market Tether. Then rest here Keep going until you come across a giant statue in the middle of a common area.
location of the forge
To the left of the statue is a building with a sign hanging over his door with an anvil on it. Head towards the door while preparing to take on some enemies and enter it. whenever you are Inside the building you will see an item that you can pick up on a table in the back of the room. Pick it up to get the Smith’s hammer and to trigger a cutscene.
Memory of the blacksmith’s hammer
After the cutscene ends, Stand in front of the forge and do the following Steps:
- Open Menu > Inventory > Blacksmith’s Hammer > Remember
If you remember the blacksmith’s hammer, the blacksmith will agree to offer you his hand to upgrade your guns. The catch, however, is You must summon him at anvils that you can find throughout the world of Nostalgaia. Happily, there is one not too far from your current location, which we will cover in the next section!
How to upgrade weapons
With the forge at your side, it’s time to find an anvil to call to his service. In order to do this, Head back outside from where you met the Forge. Go to the front of the large statue and look to the left. You’ll see a sign above a door with a mug of ale thereon. Enter the bar and keep following the path until you reach a barn. go to the barn Climb up the ladder and follow the tracks To the right.
You’ll see a small forge to the right of the tracks. Go to the forge Find an anvil and teather. Approach the anvil and interact with it to use the Forging Hammer of Memory towards it Summon the Forge You saved earlier. After a few lines of dialogue, you can engage his services ore shaft hut whenever you want.
upgrade weapons
Now that you called Smithy on an anvil You can upgrade weapons if you accumulate enough materials and have enough memory (souls) to it. When you talk to the forge, you’ll see two prompts: sharpen weapons and infuse weapons, Let’s go through what each of them does below!
sharpen weapons
honing a weapon requires you to have certain materials and storage to use and Increases the base stats of the weapon. In “The Last Hero of Nostalgaia” the material you need is known as traditions, the vary in quality the more you upgrade your weapon. You can Obtain traditions by exploring the world or, in some cases, farming specific enemies.
However, when it comes to gun honing, You must find a Master Forge to upgrade your weapons to their maximum level. the won’t happen until much later in your journey. So focus on the basic Forge for now, as you can still upgrade your weapon quite drastically, which will help you tremendously in some early boss encounters in the area.
infuse weapons
infuse weapons, on the other hand, it allows you strengthen your weapon, allows you change its scaling properties or make it more durable when you use it. Depending on the weapon, your stats, and the infusion method you use, you can turn it from an excellent weapon into an excellent weapon. Below is a list of all infusion methods!
| infusion method | description |
|---|---|
| Allegory of Degradation | Empowers your weapon with the ability to build degradation over time. |
| Legend of Independence | Increases your weapon’s raw power, but eliminates its ability to scale with stats. |
| parable of balance | Increases the weapon’s ability to scale with Strength and Dexterity stats by a reasonable margin. |
| history of strength | Increases your weapon’s scalability with the Strength stat. |
| Source Poem | Increases your weapon’s scalability with the Source Stat. |
| Fairy tales of happiness | Your weapon’s scalability with Luck stat is increased. |
| Chronicle of Skill | Increases weapon scalability with your Dexterity stat. |
| Fable of Glitch | Reforge your weapon and add source damage to it. |
| blank parchment | Removes all current infusion methods from a weapon. |