A guide on how to unlock the Blacksmith Shop in Suikoden 1 HD Remaster. Read on to learn about upgrading weapons at the Blacksmith Shop, weapon upgrade limitations, and more tips.

What to Do at the Blacksmith Shop

Upgrade Weapons Equip Runes on Weapons

Upgrade Weapons

Weapons can be upgraded at the Blacksmith to increase their damage. When you're at the Blacksmith Shop, speak to the blacksmith about weapon upgrades and spend the required amount of Potch on leveling up the weapon. The higher the weapon upgrade, the more Potch you'll need to spend.

Weapon Upgrades and Cost

Not every character is recruited with a Level 1 weapon, so total costs may be lower for them.

The maximum possible weapon level is Level 16, with each weapon sharpening upgrade costing an more than the previous one.

In total, maximizing one character's weapon from Level 1 to Level 16 will cost 336,100 Potch. Choose which characters you'd like to upgrade carefully to avoid wasting precious funds.

Money Farming Guide

Each Town's Blacksmith Shop has Upper Limit for Upgrades

Each Blacksmith Shop is located at a different shop, with each having their own set of upper limit for upgrading your weapons, meaning you can only upgrade a weapon up to a certain level at each Blacksmith.

Weapon Name Changes After Upgrading

In some cases, the name of the weapon changes after significant upgrades are implemented. Usually a change in the weapon name also indicates that the weapon stats have also improved significantly.

Equip Rune Pieces on Weapons

You can equip weapons with Runes, which in turn, grants corresponding attributes to weapons.

During the early stages of the game, using Water Rune is recommended as it not only grants water attribute to the weapon, but it also enables you to recover 5 HP per Rune Piece each turn during combat.

Note that once equipped, Rune Pieces cannot be removed, and can only be overwritten with a new Rune Piece.

Rune Pieces can also be stacked on the same character's weapon, enhancing the effect with each Rune Piece added.

List of All Runes and Effects

How to Unlock Blacksmith Shop

Recruit Maas

The Blacksmith Shop in Headquarters can be unlocked by recruiting Maas to your team. Maas can be located at the Great Forest Village.

Maas How to Recruit and Stats

Increase Upgrade Limit by Recruiting More Blacksmiths

Blacksmith	Upgrade Limit
Maas	Lv5
Meese	Lv9
Mose	Lv12
Moose	Lv15
Mace	Lv16

The maximum Weapon Upgrade level you are allowed to do at the Blacksmith Shop at Headquarters can be increased by recruiting more of the blacksmith companions after Maas, namely Meese, Mose, Moose, and Mace, in that order.

As such the maximum Weapon Upgrade level will depend on which blacksmiths you have recruited, with the maximum weapon level of 16 only unlocked after recruiting Mace.

List of All Characters and Recruit Conditions

Located at Headquarters 2F

The Headquarters' Blacksmith Shop can be found at the upper right corner on the second floor of Headquarters.

Headquarters Upgrades and List of Facilities

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