How To Upgrade Weapons and Level Up for Like a Dragon: Ishin! on Xbox Series X (XboxSX)

Submit Your Content!

The quality of your weapon may be the difference between beating a boss or being defeated. Upgrading your weapons increases your chances against the most formidable opponents.

You will be rewarded with certain weapons for completing specific battles in the game. However, the option to upgrade your weapons comes with its own advantages, as you can customize weapons to your preferred style.

To upgrade weapons, you need to enhance them with resources and seals. Weapons embedded with seals will have additional combat benefits, although finding one is not always the easiest process.

The best way to enhance your weapons is to level up the blacksmith in the game. You can only access the blacksmith from chapter 3 and later stages in the game. The blacksmith can be located at Kurogane Smithing in Rakugai.

The blacksmith can be leveled when you “Donate” items for experience. Before donating items to the blacksmith, you must purchase or gather items. Buying items from the Rakugai Arms Dealer is the easiest way to acquire them.

Go to the Arms Dealer shop and Purchase 100 Bundle Blades or as many blades as possible; each blade costs 1000 mon. Once you have purchased the blades, you must return to the Kurogane Smithing. 

At the blacksmith, you will be greeted by two gentlemen. The gentleman on the right-hand side is the blacksmith, while the other man is a material vendor. Approach the blacksmith and scroll down the menu to the “Donate” option.

Click on the “Donate” option and offer all 100 Bundle Blades to the blacksmith; this will immediately level up the blacksmith. You can continue to “Donate” items to the blacksmith throughout the game, ensuring they are leveled to their maximum.

Now that the blacksmith is leveled up, they can offer better upgrades for your weapons. To upgrade your weapons, click the “Enhance” option at the blacksmith to view all available upgrades.

Every upgrade will acquire certain materials that can be purchased from the material vendor, who is situated next to the blacksmith. You can also acquire most of the material he sells by completing battles, substories, and from other shops.