How to get weapons to stay at level 3?

[FAST&BULBOUS]

I leveled up the pistol to level three and now it's always at level 3. I just did the fire katana and it seems to have stayed at level 3 as well.

I've also gotten the shotgun and railgun to level 3 but I still only ever see them in the upgrades shop at level 2.

[Henry Swanson]

I came here today to ask the same question. I have the revolver and the shotgun at level 3 but I can't keep the smg at level 3. I finished a boss with it (with a level 3 smg), but I can still only find the level 2 version in the shops. I even have the achievement for upgrading it to level 3. At what moment exactly do weapon upgrades become permanent?

[The Erudite]

Originally posted by FAST&BULBOUS:

I leveled up the pistol to level three and now it's always at level 3. I just did the fire katana and it seems to have stayed at level 3 as well.

I've also gotten the shotgun and railgun to level 3 but I still only ever see them in the upgrades shop at level 2.

I think you have to finish an entire stage (10 floors boss) with the weapon at that level. Im not sure if it has to be actually held into the boss fight but that is what I did do make sure they saved.

You can replay and grind earlier levels at any difficulty to get what you need and use the 'refresh inventory" to make it go faster.

[The Erudite]

Originally posted by FAST&BULBOUS:

I leveled up the pistol to level three and now it's always at level 3. I just did the fire katana and it seems to have stayed at level 3 as well.

I've also gotten the shotgun and railgun to level 3 but I still only ever see them in the upgrades shop at level 2.

Also I appreciate the username. Trout Mask Replica is one of my favorite albums.

[Henry Swanson]

Originally posted by The Erudite:

I think you have to finish an entire stage (10 floors boss) with the weapon at that level. Im not sure if it has to be actually held into the boss fight but that is what I did do make sure they saved.

You can replay and grind earlier levels at any difficulty to get what you need and use the 'refresh inventory" to make it go faster.

This is exactly what I tried to say. I did this with the smg, but the game didn't save the level of the weapon. I can still only find a level 2 smg in the shops.

[The Erudite]

Originally posted by Henry Swanson:

Originally posted by The Erudite:

I think you have to finish an entire stage (10 floors boss) with the weapon at that level. Im not sure if it has to be actually held into the boss fight but that is what I did do make sure they saved.

You can replay and grind earlier levels at any difficulty to get what you need and use the 'refresh inventory" to make it go faster.

This is exactly what I tried to say. I did this with the smg, but the game didn't save the level of the weapon. I can still only find a level 2 smg in the shops.

I hear what your saying. The only thing i can think of is either a bug or it was on a separate save file. I did a few levels of no timer on the 2nd save file and on my main file it showed the level completed but the upgrades weren't. The game does have a few random inconsistencies here and there so it might have just been a bug with the level or the weapon. I also am not sure if you upgrade a weapon from 1 to 3 in a single chapter if it acknowledges 2 upgrades at once.

[FAST&BULBOUS]

Originally posted by The Erudite:

I think you have to finish an entire stage (10 floors boss) with the weapon at that level. Im not sure if it has to be actually held into the boss fight but that is what I did do make sure they saved.

You can replay and grind earlier levels at any difficulty to get what you need and use the 'refresh inventory" to make it go faster.

The shotgun I did beat a boss with and the upgrade did not stay. The Railgun I just got to stay at level 3 without beating a boss, same for Fire Katana.

Originally posted by The Erudite:

I also am not sure if you upgrade a weapon from 1 to 3 in a single chapter if it acknowledges 2 upgrades at once.

I think this might be it if I'm remembering correctly. I do believe the time I got the Shotgun and Railgun to level 3 without having them save I got both level 2 and 3 together on the same run.

[FAST&BULBOUS]

Originally posted by The Erudite:

Also I appreciate the username. Trout Mask Replica is one of my favorite albums.

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[Henry Swanson]

Originally posted by The Erudite:

I also am not sure if you upgrade a weapon from 1 to 3 in a single chapter if it acknowledges 2 upgrades at once.

Originally posted by FAST&BULBOUS:

I think this might be it if I'm remembering correctly. I do believe the time I got the Shotgun and Railgun to level 3 without having them save I got both level 2 and 3 together on the same run.

This might indeed be the culprit of the issue. I got the smg to stay at level 3 now after finishing another boss with it. I will test more with different weapons soon since, well, I want to have all of them at level 3 of course.