It tells you what you're missing. A smithing stone (3) doesn't mean it's a stack of 3, it means it's tier 3.

You need 12 of each smithing stone to reach the next smithing stone tier till +24 then you need 1 ancient smithing stone

Somber stones are more simple only needing 1 each tier till +9 then you need 1 ancient somber smithing stone.

Depending on the level and the kind of the weapon it requires a different amount of a specific Smithing stone, as well as runes

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Make sure you have the right smithing stones, each smithing stone has a number that indicates what upgrade range it can upgrade, e.g. smithing stone [1] can upgrade a weapon from +0 to +3, smithing stone [2] then upgrades a weapon from +3 to +6 and so on and so forth.

Certain weapons require somber smithing stones where a different stone is needed for each upgrade level.

Also, weapon upgrades cost a small amount of runes, it's usually only a few hundred.

Church of Elleh has an anvil you can use to upgrade weapons to +3, it's the church directly north of the first step.

After this and once you have access to the round table hold, there's an NPC there that can upgrade weapons all the way up

Smiting Stones. There's an anvil in the church, north of First Step that can go up to +3.

Google is how I got here. And I’m still not getting an answer. I have smithing stones and I’m at the station but the stones aren’t recognized

Google sent me to this thread-- so now I know to search the Church of Elleh. Your response was not the helpful part of this search.

If he didnt post here I would have not found this answer here by googling two years later. D'oh.

OP's effort made it possible to follow your advice 3 years later

Googling Question + reddit = fastest answer, almost every time.

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There's an anvil in the church just north of where you started. You can upgrade weapons up to +3 there if you have enough stones. To go higher than that, you'll need help from a blacksmith. Just keep exploring, and Melina will eventually hook you up.

You can't. Only armor and weapons

All but the final upgrade material are purchasable. Find bell bearings around the world to unlock the shards at the crones.

>I'm nearly at the end of my 1st playthrough...and I haven't upgraded any weapons yet.

Like... not at all? Like your weapons are +0? And you've almost beaten the game?

What the hell is wrong with you

Also there’s about 7 Somber +10s and maybe 8 +25 Stones in a single playthrough depending on how many quests you’ve done so as long as you like your build or a certain few weapons you should have plenty

How have you gotten that far without upgrading?

Up to +24 for smithing stone weapons and up to +9 for somber weapons. It's only the last upgrade that's a limited material. Everything else is infinite with bell bearings.

You should really upgrade the weapons you've been using. You've been playing at a huge disadvantage if you haven't upgraded any of your weapons. Unless you want to continue this as a challenge.

Weapon upgrades are very impactful, one upgrade could give you an extra 100 damage; if you mean should you focus on one weapon or multiple I'd say one because the stones are hard to get early on; the area you get the weapon doesn't matter, there were multiple weapons in the starting area that I used till the final areas and some late game weapons I found to be bad, so it all depends in the weapon itself; you can infinitely buy ever type of stone by the late game but until you do that they are very hard to find

I’ve been farming 1 stones @ the soldier camp in the ruins next to the Gatehouse in Limgrave — just got two greatswords to +3, dual wielding is so much fun.. it’s been taking a while to accumulate ‘em but it’s been pretty easy overall & I’ve also snagged a full set of Godrick Knight armor from the random drops there

Upgrading jewellery isn't a thing in this game

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You can't

Im doing 2 handed as well And this is accurate No way to upgrade, I found one that gives a %based increase and the encumbrance limit myself

So the way it works in Wilds is a bit different to World. Going across in the same row is upgrading but going diagonally across actually crafts a whole new weapon which you can then upgrade along that row.

To take dual blades for example, crafting the bone hatchets allow you to then build the dosha Fastflayers but will not get rid of the original bone hatchets.

To upgrade the Dosha Fastflayers, you will need to progress further into the story until you gain access to all the materials required to upgrade them.

I just reached the oil basin and there you can upgrade your armour, but the weapon I think it's the tree thing

You will unlock more weapon tree upgrades when you get to high rank :)

I should mention, I just finished the mission against the Doshaguma.

Everywhere. Check out with the blacksmith what material you need

The tree can be really annoying when you're still learning his movements. My advice: don't stick too close. Let him stand up and fall on you, and dodge to his left / your right, or let him charge and dodge it (more difficult but doable), because after these attacks he has a nice window for some hits.

Just keep playing my man, you only have to worry about farming them towards the end if you want to try multiple builds in one playthrough, you should get more than enough to max out 2 - 3 normal weapons, and 1/2 boss/special weapons just through normal gameplay as long as you explore thoroughly and kill everything.

+1/+2 is pretty much standard for fighting the curse rotten greatwood

Just go back to roundtable hold by going to the map and clicking your right bumper

Just go round table

Got it, didn’t know you could toggle between maps of shadow and regular lands between. All set!