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Strongest Weapon achievement in DS1

Strongest Weapon

Acquire best weapon through standard reinforcement.

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How to unlock the Strongest Weapon achievement

  • vSullyvSully
    25 May 2018 26 May 2018 11 Oct 2018
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    This achievement requires having Blacksmith Andre in the Undead Parish upgrade a standard weapon to +15, which would generally require 9 Titanite shards (going from base weapon to +5), 9 Large Titanite shards (going from +6 to +10), 7 Titanite Chunks (going from +11 to +14), and 1 Titanite slab (going from +14 to +15). You'd need to find the Large Ember in the Depths and the Very Large Ember in New Londo Ruins so that Andre could ascend a weapon from +5 to +6 and then from +10 to +11.

    Titanite Shards and Large Titanite Shards are found in limited numbers as you progress and can be bought from some NPCs. Titanite Chunks can be found in somewhat limited static locations throughout the mid-to-late stages of the game (as guaranteed enemy drops or on corpses). The first and third Black Knights in the Kiln of the First Flame (the final area of the game) respawn and always drop a Titanite Chunk. You can get two guaranteed Titanite Slabs per playthrough (one from the Stray Demon in the Undead Asylum and one in a chest in Kalameet's area) and a possible third as a reward for completing Siegmeyer's questline.

    Standard, Crystal, and Lightning upgrades use the same reinforcement materials. The game only saves when you back out of an upgrade menu, so you can get these three achievements with a single Titanite Slab and 7 Titanite Chunks if you'd prefer to not have to gather 3 Slabs and 21 Chunks. You'll end up losing the resulting fully upgraded weapon by dashboarding right after the achievement pops (before backing out of the upgrade menu) but you will get your upgrade materials back.

    You'll want to find two specific weapons: the Lightning Spear in Sen's Fortress and the Crystal Halberd in Anor Londo. These weapons already have the Lightning/Crystal infusions applied, meaning that you won't have to bother with upgrades to get to that point (which would normally require 9 Titanite Shards, 9 Large Titanite Shards, and 1 Titanite Chunk each). You will need the Very Large Ember found in the New Londo Ruins, but you won't need the Large Ember from the Depths since this process does not require ascending a weapon from +5 to +6.

    Once you have everything you need, head to Andre in the Undead Parish and give him the Very Large Ember. Start by reinforcing the Crystal Halberd to +5. Wait a few seconds after applying the final upgrade (which requires 1 Titanite Slab) and the Crystal Weapon achievement will pop.
    Dark Souls: RemasteredCrystal WeaponThe Crystal Weapon achievement in Dark Souls: Remastered worth 35 pointsAcquire best weapon through crystal reinforcement.

    Again, do not back out of this menu screen confirming that the weapon was upgraded to +5, but instead go to the dashboard and force quit the game, then restart the game and continue. You'll be back at Andre as if you had never done any of the Crystal upgrades.

    Next, have Andre reinforce the Lightning spear to +5, unlocking the Lightning Weapon Achievement.
    Dark Souls: RemasteredLightning WeaponThe Lightning Weapon achievement in Dark Souls: Remastered worth 33 pointsAcquire best weapon through lightning reinforcement.

    Without leaving the final upgrade screen, dashboard, force quit, reload game and continue. You'll be back at Andre as if you had never done any Lightning upgrades.

    This time, have Andre "Modify Equipment." The far right option should allow you to revert the Lightning Spear to a +10 Spear. Then choose the option to upgrade ("ascend") the +10 Spear to +11, which requires having the Very Large Ember. Back up to Andre's main menu and choose to Reinforce Weapon, then upgrade the +11 Spear up to +15, at which point this achievement will pop. You can dashboard here if you'd prefer to save your Chunks and Slab for something else.

    As always, refer to http://darksouls.wikidot.com for specific information relating to items or locations.
    Showing all 9 comments. Leave a comment.
    NoMercy RiderIsn't there a risk of corrupting your save file if you force quit the game multiple times? Definitely nice to save on materials, but not sure I want to risk save file corruption this late into the game.
    Posted by NoMercy Rider on 19 Jun 18 at 19:24
    vSullyI don’t thinks there’s any risk if you don’t force a quit while the game is actively saving. I’ve never run into issues.

    But if you’d prefer to play it safe, you’ll just need to gather the extra materials :)
    Posted by vSully on 19 Jun 18 at 22:26
    ZemidekJust got a longsword to +15 but no achievement. I tried dropping the weapon and unequip-reequip, quit game and nothing. Any Ideas?
    Posted by Zemidek on 02 Jan 20 at 05:14
    vSullyThe check for the achievement is simply having the weapon in your inventory. I have no idea why the achievement didn't pop and can't think of anything else to try other than getting another weapon to +15, but that seems like a waste and I doubt it would fix the issue. Maybe something got stuck in the system and it will pop on its own eventually.
    Posted by vSully on 04 Jan 20 at 04:10
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    Posted by zDrUnKeNMoNkEyz on 31 Mar 22 at 10:57
    EpicAsthox117I have Zweihander +15 and the achievement doesn't come out, I already tried throwing it and picking it up and it doesn't work either.
    Does anyone know any solution?
    Posted by EpicAsthox117 on 09 Jul 22 at 21:23
    DevilTriggerFor people who have problems with this achievement, what they have to do is press the pause button and in the inventory tab look for the weapon and it will give them several options, press "drop" and it will drop the weapon that improves to + 15 and pick it up (this option does not remove the weapon, it just drops it, so do it with confidence) It had the problem that the achievement would not trigger but when I did this it gave it to me (sorry if you don't understand what I wrote since I used the Google translator)
    Posted by DevilTrigger#405 on 23 Dec 22 at 05:09
    Hiago Carminethe achievement unlocked for me with the short-sword. I first try with the long sword but didn't unlocked.
    Posted by Hiago Carmine on 01 Jan 23 at 01:50
    JimmieWorldI found a Titanite Slab in the great tree, above the bonfire there was a lizard. It droped it. I don't know its random chance, but I was happy because I failed Siegmeyer quest because I hit him accidentally.
    Posted by JimmieWorld on 21 Sep 23 at 00:42
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