How To Upgrade Weapons & Equipment In Assassin's Creed…

Players will encounter increasingly difficult enemies throughout their journey in Assassin's Creed Shadows, which will require them to constantly upgrade their gear. Although your character's base stats automatically increase as you level up, the gear level stays the same. So, you'll have to keep upgrading your gear to match your character's level to ensure victory in tough combat encounters.

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How to Upgrade Weapons & Equipment in Assassin's Creed Shadows

Players can upgrade their equipment by visiting the Forge building in the Hideout and talking to Heiji the Blacksmith. After choosing to see his shop, players will be taken to the upgrade menu where they can select their weapons and equipment to upgrade.

You'll mostly require Iron Sand, Silk, and Mon to upgrade your gear to your current level. If any piece of armor or weapon you own is down multiple levels, you can directly upgrade it to your current level in one go.

However, before players can start upgrading their equipment in AC Shadows, they'll need to recruit Heiji the blacksmith first. Let's check out how you can do that.

Where to Find Heiji the Blacksmith in Assassin's Creed Shadows

Players will be able to recruit Heiji in one of the early quests called "Ways of the Blacksmith" in Assassin's Creed Shadows. Players will need to head to the Village of Sakai and go east of the port area to find a group of thugs threatening a man. After taking care of the thugs, talk to the man who'll reveal himself to be Heiji the Blacksmith.

After talking to Heiji, he'll be convinced to join the cause and head to the Hideout. Next, you'll need to fast travel there to progress the quest.

Build a Forge in the Hideout

After reaching the Hideout, Naoe will need to enter Build mode and create a Forge building. Once the Forge is created, a cutscene will play showing Naoe and Heiji talking to Tomiko.

Once the cutscene is over, it will mark the Ways of the Blacksmith quest as complete. Now, players can simply head to the Forge and talk to Heiji, who'll gladly upgrade all their gear. Make sure you have enough crafting materials to successfully upgrade gear in Assassin's Creed Shadows.