How to Upgrade Weapons (Blacksmith Location) - Lords of the Fallen Guide

May 2024 · 4 minute read

If you want to know how to upgrade weapons in Lords of the Fallen, then you’re in the right place. While it’s pretty obvious that you can upgrade your weapons in this Soulslike, it’s not especially obvious how to go about that. That’s made far worse by the fact that it’s actually very easy to run past the blacksmith, Gerlinde, you need to rescue to unlock this feature. Thankfully, we’ve got everything you need to know about it right here - here's where to find the blacksmith in Lords of the Fallen so you can upgrade weapons.

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How to Upgrade Weapons In Lords of the Fallen

The short answer is that you need to find and free the blacksmith, Gerlinde. Then, you can visit the blacksmith at the hub at your leisure, where they will upgrade your weapons given that you have the vigor and materials needed.

Lords of the Fallen Blacksmith Location

After reaching the hub area after the first true boss Pieta, you’ll find yourself making your way along a cliff face by weaving in and out of the cliff. You’ll eventually reach a vestige called the Pilgrim’s Perch Bellroom, which is the Vestige of Blind Agatha. If you continue along down this path you’ll eventually come to a lift that goes back up to the Vestige of Blind Agatha.

Go back down the lift once this shortcut has been unlocked and kill the mages nearby, before dropping down onto the cage below.

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This is the cage that houses Gerlinde the blacksmith and their hostage. You’ll have to get the key before releasing them, but the enemy with a shield nearby is the one holding that key.

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Just defeat that enemy and their dogs, and then talk to the blacksmith. From here, they’ll head back to the hub, so you can warp back and start upgrading your weapons, provided you have the vigor and materials needed.

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Once she's in her new place within the hub, if you talk to her she'll mention that there are tablets out in the world that can let her upgrade your weapons further. There are three out there.

You can find the Cracked Rune Tablet from Fitzroy's Gorge, just after the section where you have to go Umbral to cross a bridge, and then climb over a small ridge and you'll find an NPC. The tablet is just a little further on sitting on a ledge.

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The Chipped Rune Tablet is in Upper Calrath after the Spurned Progeny fight. Follow the path along until you drop down into a building that has a flowerbed. Downstairs you'll find a menacing enemy guarding a fireplace, and that's where this item is.

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The final one is the Rune Tablet, which is inside a chest within the Tower of Penance. This chest is actually on the same level as the boss fight outside, so work your way down the tower until you reach a giant grill, and open the door. The chest is on your left when you enter the door.

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Giving these to her will allow her to slot runes into your weapons, as long as the weapons have rune slots. Rune slots are generally unlocked by upgrading weapons in the first place, so it's a good synergy.

It's also worth noting that while the Cracked and Chipped tablets will actually upgrade her abilities, the Rune Tablet itself will only allow you to upgrade your weapons at vestiges. We actually recommend giving the Rune Tablet to Sparky instead, as it will allow the being to be free, and net you an achievement.

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How to Insert Runes into Weapons

Once you've given one of the tablets over, you'll unlock the ability to insert runes by chatting with Gerlinde. Gerlinde will also sell new runes when giving over the Cracked and Chipped tablets too.

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All you need to do to slot in a rune is to upgrade a weapon until it has at least one rune slot, and then select the options from Gerlinde's options. Different runes have different shapes, and different weapons gain different shapes as they level up too.

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