Reinforcement

Each weapon and shield has a reinforcement path, allowing you to upgrade its stats in exchange for certain materials and souls. To perform reinforcement, visit Blacksmith Andre in Firelink Shrine.

Regular

Regular reinforcement goes up to +10, and applies to most normal weapons (i.g. Long Sword) or normal shields (i.g. Knight Shield).

This path uses the following materials:

Level	Cost
+1	2 Titanite Shard
+2	4 Titanite Shard
+3	6 Titanite Shard
+4	2 Large Titanite Shard
+5	4 Large Titanite Shard
+6	6 Large Titanite Shard
+7	2 Titanite Chunk
+8	4 Titanite Chunk
+9	6 Titanite Chunk
+10	1 Titanite Slab

Unique

Unique reinforcement goes up to +5, and applies to weapons (i.g. Black Knight Greataxe) or shields (i.g. Black Knight Shield) with more unique elements, or which drop from special enemies.

This path uses the following materials:

Level	Cost
+1	2 Twinkling Titanite
+2	3 Twinkling Titanite
+3	4 Twinkling Titanite
+4	5 Twinkling Titanite
+5	1 Titanite Slab

Boss

Boss reinforcement goes up to +5, and applies to weapons (i.g. Yhorm's Great Machete) or shields (i.g. Yhorm's Greatshield) that are transposed from boss souls.

This path uses the following materials:

Level	Cost
+1	2 Titanite Scale
+2	3 Titanite Scale
+3	4 Titanite Scale
+4	5 Titanite Scale
+5	1 Titanite Slab

Dragon

Dragon reinforcement goes up to +5, and applies to weapons (i.g. Tailbone Sword) or shields (i.g. Immortal Dragon Greatshield) that are associated with dragons.

This path uses the following materials:

Level	Cost
+1	2 Dragon Scale
+2	3 Dragon Scale
+3	4 Dragon Scale
+4	5 Dragon Scale
+5	1 Titanite Slab

Pyromancy Flame

Pyromancy Flame reinforcement goes up to +10, and applies to Pyromancy Flames.

This path uses the following materials:

Level	Cost
+1	2 Fire Seed
+2	3 Fire Seed
+3	4 Fire Seed
+4	5 Fire Seed
+5	1 Titanite Slab

Notes

Upgrade materials can be picked up as floor loot, dropped by enemies and bought from Blacksmith Andre,
if given the right Ashes.