Weapon Upgrades

How do weapon upgrades work in Elden Ring?

In Elden ring there are two way to upgrade your weapon, the first is by using Smithing Stone Shards at the Smithing Table, this type of upgrade changes the Numerical Value of the Weapon (+1,+2,+3 etc.).

The second type of upgrade is through Ashes of War, these upgrades change the Affinity of your weapon which dictates which Stats it scales with, to do this upgrade you apply an Ash of War to your weapon which will then ask you if you wish to change the Affinity of your weapon.

Upgrade	Usable on	Description	Found on	Video Location
Standard	All Weapons and Shields	This upgrade stays true to the weapons original scaling and adds no special damage types.	Ashes of War: Barricade Shield
Keen	Swords, Katanas, Greatswords, Double-Edged Swords, Spears and Great Spears	Increases Dexterity scaling but decreases Strength and Base damage	Ashes of War: Piercing Fang Ashes of War: Repeating Thrust
Quality	Swords, Swords, Greatswords, Curved Swords, Double-Edged Swords, Spears , Great Spears, Hammers and Axes	Increases Strength and Dexterity but decreases Base damage	Ashes of War: Determination Ashes of War: Stormblade Ashes of War: Storm Stomp
Lightning	Swords, Swords, Greatswords, Curved Swords, Double-Edged Swords, Spears , Great Spears, Hammers and Axes	Adds Lighting damage but decreases Strength scaling, Base damage and Guarded damage negation	Ashes of War: Thunderbolt
Magic	Swords, Swords, Greatswords, Curved Swords, Double-Edged Swords, Spears , Great Spears, Hammers and Axes	Adds Magic damage and Intelligence scaling but decreases Strength/Dexterity scaling, Base damage and Guarded damage negation (Except Magic defense)	Ashes of War: Glintsword Arch Ashes of War: Gravitas Ashes of War: Carian Glintsword
Sacred	Small Shields and Shields	Adds Holy damage and Faith scaling but decreases Base damage, Strength scaling and Guarded damage negation (Except Holy defense)	Ashes of War: Holy Ground