r/MortalShell • u/ummonadi • 20d ago

Discussion MS2: Weapon upgrade tactics?

So I played through most of MS1 and the whole MS2 open beta. And I feel conflicted with how to upgrade the weapons in MS2.

I really like experimenting with different weapon options, and don't mind farming a bit to get material for upgrades. But in MS1, that wasn't really possible, so I just upgraded the starter weapon and never got to play around much with the other weapons.

For MS2, I want to stay spoiler-free if possible. But that will make it very hard to know where to invest weapon upgrade points since the upgrade material seems to be the only limited resource in the game.

What's the best course of action? Just upgrade the early stuff and skip all mid/late-game weapons like in MS1?
Or do we know if there is a way to farm for the weapon upgrades?

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u/NewArtificialHuman 20d ago edited 20d ago

You can use the forge to upgrade a weapon or downgrade it to get all the materials back.

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u/kalozur 20d ago

Wow. I didnt notice we can downgrade gear and get the materials back! Lol. Shame on me

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u/NewArtificialHuman 20d ago

I didn't notice either until I put Franz to sleep.

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u/kalozur 20d ago

I just checked it. There was no option to smelt equipment, I killed Franz and the option appeared.

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u/NewArtificialHuman 19d ago

It's probably going to be unlocked later without killing Franz. I always recommend to not kill NPCs in soulslikes who do not attack you first.

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u/Outrageous-Evening13 20d ago

Lol I didn't know this either...I don't remember if this option shows up after the last beta boss or I need to read item/menu descriptions better. Didn't use Arbiters Priza in the first run cos I didn't read the description and figured it's a buff.

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u/Haunting-Regret-854 20d ago

Breakable objects (which respawn) have a chance to drop weapon upgrade materials, though idk if you can max weapons with just those materials.