How To Upgrade Weapons in Bastion (Full List)

You can upgrade your weapons after unlocking the Forge. You’ll find your first Forge in the eastside of The Workmen Ward. After that, you can then build your own forge when you return to The Bastion.

You’ll have three upgrade tiers at first.

Later in the game, you can unlock the True Forge, which gives you access to the fourth and fifth upgrade tiers.

The earliest you can do that is after getting the Shard in Jawson’s Bog. You can’t miss it since it’s part of the story.

The True Forge Has a Star in Its Icon

Upgrade Materials

Every weapon has their own specific upgrade material. You need one piece of material for every upgrade tier, along with Fragments.

You can find these materials in proving grounds, the Lost-and-Found, and across various levels.

The True Lost-and-Found Has More Materials

Here’s a list of all weapons and their upgrade materials:

Weapon	Material
Cael Hammer	Something Heavy
Fang Repeater	Something Nasty
Breaker’s Bow	Something Stringy
War Machete	Something Sharp
Scrap Musket	Something Coarse
Dueling Pistols	Something Greasy
Brusher’s Pike	Something Pointy
Army Carbine	Something Fancy
Fire Bellows	Something Foul
Galleon Mortar	Something Burnt
Calamity Cannon	Something Wrong

List of All Upgrades

Cael Hammer

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Tier	Upgrade Options		Cost
1	Battle Head [+10% Increased Crit Chance]	Sledge Head [+50% Increased Damage]	250 Fragments
2	Reverse Grip [Uppercut strikes can knockback foes]	Extended Grip [Enables Charged Attack]	500 Fragments
3	Craftsmen Shaft [+100% Increased Crit Chance]	Alloy Shaft [+50% Increased Damage]	750 Fragments
4	Bell Face [Overhead strikes can stun]	Checkered Face [Attacks ignore armor]	1250 Fragments
5	Ura Engravings [+20% Increased Crit Chance]	Cael Engravings [+75% Increased Damage]	1500 Fragments

Fang Repeater

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Tier	Upgrade Options		Cost
1	Speed Clip [+55% Faster Reload]	Sledge Head [+8 Ammo Capacity]	150 Fragments
2	Flurry Bolts [Improved fire rate; wider spread]	Heavy Bolts [+50% Increased Damage]	300 Fragments
3	Grooved Chamber [+55% Faster Reload]	Hollowed Chamber [+8 Ammo Capacity]	450 Fragments
4	Multi-Piston [Improved fire rate; wider spread]	Reinforced Piston [+50% Increased Damage]	900 Fragments
5	Tracking Critters [Homing projectiles]	Bounding Critters [Ricocheting projectiles]	1400 Fragments

Breaker’s Bow

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Tier	Upgrade Options		Cost
1	Power String [Arrows can penetrate through two foes]	Speed String [+25% Faster Draw Speed]	175 Fragments
2	Scumbag Arrowheads [Injured foes take additional damage over time]	Stabweed Arrowheads [+50% Increased Damage]	375 Fragments
3	Reinforced Bow Limbs [Arrows can penetrate through more two foes]	Supple Bow Limbs [+25% Faster Draw Speed]	675 Fragments
4	Ura Fletching [Injured foes take additional damage over time]	Cael Fletching [+50% Increased Damage]	975 Fragments
5	Hybrid Pulley System [Arrows can stun foes]	Dual Pulley System [Arrows can knockback foes]	1325 Fragments

War Machete

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Tier	Upgrade Options		Cost
1	Serrated Edge [Attacks can cripple foes]	Keen Edge [+20% Increased Crit Chance]	150 Fragments
2	Launch Handle [+1 blade when thrown]	Combat Handle [+100% Increased Crit Damage]	325 Fragments
3	Scumbag Tip [Attacks can cripple foes]	Alloy Tip [+20% Increased Crit Chance]	625 Fragments
4	Split Spine [+1 blade when thrown]	Reinforced Spine [+100% Increased Crit Damage]	1225 Fragments
5	Ura Bolster [+50% Increased Damage for Power Shots]	Graver Bolster [+50% Attack Speed]	1625 Fragments

Scrap Musket

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Tier	Upgrade Options		Cost
1	Smoothebore Barrel [+35% Spread; -15% Range]	Rifled Barrel [-50% Spread; +50% Range]	200 Fragments
2	Impact Shells [Greater knockback]	Heavy Shells [+15% Increased Damage]	400 Fragments
3	Assault Shock [+33% Faster Reload]	Tactical Shock [Reduced damage penalty of long-range shots]	800 Fragments
4	Expanded Chamber [Greater knockback]	Reinforced Chamber [+15% Increased Damage]	1750 Fragments
5	Ura Flintlock [Shots can cripple foes]	Cael Flintlock [Fires two bullets per shot]	2350 Fragments

Dueling Pistols

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Tier	Upgrade Options		Cost
1	Sealed Cylinders [Eliminates spread]	Expanded Cylinders [+4% Ammo Capacity]	325 Fragments
2	High-Caliber Chambers [+25% Increased Damage]	Speedloader Chambers [+25% Faster Reload]	650 Fragments
3	Cauldron Powder [Shots can penetrate through one foe]	Wild Powder [Ricocheting bullets]	1275 Fragments
4	Hunting Barrels [+25% Increased Damage]	Tranquilizer Barrels [Shots can cripple foes]	1575 Fragments
5	Armor Eater Rounds [Shots ignore armor]	Hollow Jacket Rounds [Shots can knockback foes]	1850 Fragments

Brusher’s Pike

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Tier	Upgrade Options		Cost
1	Hollowed Shaft [+50% Faster Throw Reload]	Reinforced Shaft [+20% Increased Crit Chance]	200 Fragments
2	Battle Grip [Thrusts can knockback foes]	Hunting Grip [+50% Increased Crit Damage]	475 Fragments
3	Ura Bindings [Thrown attacks can stun foes]	Brusher Bindings [+20% Thrust Attack Speed]	825 Fragments
4	Light Counterweight [+50% Faster Throw Reload]	Heavy Counterweight [+50% Increased Damage]	1650 Fragments
5	Splitter Spearhead [+1 Spear per throw]	Barbed Spearhead [Attacks ignore armor]	2075 Fragments

Army Carbine

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Tier	Upgrade Options		Cost
1	Speed Tuning [+30% Aiming Speed]	Power Tuning [Bullets can knockback foes]	200 Fragments
2	Marksman Barrel [+50% Aiming Speed]	Cavalry Barrel [+35% Increased Damage]	400 Fragments
3	Insulated Chamber [+35% Faster Reload]	Reinforced Chamber [+10% Increased Crit Chance]	800 Fragments
4	Reflex Scope [+50% Aiming Speed]	Combat Scope [+35% Increased Damage]	1600 Fragments
5	Razor Rounds [Bullets ignore armor]	Boomer Rounds [Bullets can cause area damage]	2400 Fragments

Flame Bellows

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Tier	Upgrade Options		Cost
1	Volatile Fuel [Wider spread]	Sustainable Fuel [+20% Fuel Generation]	150 Fragments
2	Thermite Reservoir [+1 Damage per Flame]	Napalm Reservoir [Burns last longer]	325 Fragments
3	Modified Intake [Flames Shots can cripple foes]	Cooling Intake [+20% Fuel Generation]	725 Fragments
4	Shielded Grip [Increased damage resistance while firing]	Contoured Grip [+25% Attack Speed]	1350 Fragments
5	Industrial Furnace [Significantly increased range; Disables movement while firing]	Streamlined Furnace [Faster move speed while firing]	1675 Fragments

Galleon Mortar

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Tier	Upgrade Options		Cost
1	Rapid Bombs [+25% Faster Reload]	Burstone Bombs [+25% Damage Radius]	225 Fragments
2	Blast System [+15% Increased Crit Chance]	Target System [+50% Aiming Speed]	450 Fragments
3	High-Explosive Charges [+35% Increased Damage]	Shrapnel Charges [+25% Damage Radius]	1075 Fragments
4	Dampened Tubing [+15% Increased Crit Chance]	Reactive Tubing [+100% Increased Power Shot Damage]	1850 Fragments
5	Stonewall Propellant [Immunity to bomb damage]	Inferno Propellant [Bombs create damage fields]	2225 Fragments

Calamity Cannon

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Tier	Upgrade Options		Cost
1	Stabilized Emitter [Disables auto-launch of rockets]	Supercharged Emitter [Rockets can knockback foes]	500 Fragments
2	Blast Generator [+20% Damage Radius]	Turbo Generator [+25% Charge Up Speed]	1000 Fragments
3	Power Configuration [+10% Increased Damage]	Speed Configuration [+35% Reload Speed]	1500 Fragments
4	Incendiary Fuel Cell [+20% Damage Radius]	Efficient Fuel Cell [+25% Charge Up Speed]	2000 Fragments
5	Combustion Processor [Bombs create damage fields]	Tracking Processor [Homing rockets]	3000 Fragments

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