which blacksmith upgrade should i choose?

[Esmaneil Dreigerz]

so right now im in the three brother/caldera DLC and having difficulty choosing between weapons (hailfrost) or armor set (chalcedony) upgrade for the blacksmith. which one should i choose that have more benefits in the long run? thanks in advance!

[Nerevar]

depends on your build entirely. the armor set has the highest protection/barrier rate in the whole game. only manawall surpasses it for barrier. but it cannot hold any interresting enchantments sadly.

the weapons come with the huge downside that you cannot enchant them and in order to repair them you need a coldstone everytime.

and they dont surpass existing frost weapons in thier weapon category either. brand/skycrown are better in every way for 1hand sword and mace for example.

there is also no hailfrost chakram or shield simply dont exist at all.

the knuckles are worse than the artifact ones.

the dagger is worse than the artifact one aswell.

there is simply better pistols available aside hailfrost.

the claymore sucks. there is way better claymores available long before this one.

so youre left with these for POTENTIALLY useful ones :

spear
greathammer
greataxe
axe

can you make use of any of the above 4 for your build effectively`? then get the weapon forge.

otherwise get the armor.

the smith is overall not a good choice from the 4 stores available overall.
there is 4 of them and smith is only 3rd place amoung thier usefulness. its only real benefit is to repair ALL gear at once. but thats it. the rest is just too medicore for the time you can access it.

alchemy store is 1.
food store is 2.
smith is 3.
generel is 4.


you only need 2 stores at most due to the city hall generating funds aswell. 1 is required to get to 6 buildings anyway.

[Esmaneil Dreigerz]

Originally posted by Nerevar:

depends on your build entirely. the armor set has the highest protection/barrier rate in the whole game. only manawall surpasses it for barrier. but it cannot hold any interresting enchantments sadly.

the weapons come with the huge downside that you cannot enchant them and in order to repair them you need a coldstone everytime.

and they dont surpass existing frost weapons in thier weapon category either. brand/skycrown are better in every way for 1hand sword and mace for example.

there is also no hailfrost chakram or shield simply dont exist at all.

the knuckles are worse than the artifact ones.

the dagger is worse than the artifact one aswell.

there is simply better pistols available aside hailfrost.

the claymore sucks. there is way better claymores available long before this one.

so youre left with these for POTENTIALLY useful ones :

spear
greathammer
greataxe
axe

can you make use of any of the above 4 for your build effectively`? then get the weapon forge.

otherwise get the armor.

the smith is overall not a good choice from the 4 stores available overall.
there is 4 of them and smith is only 3rd place amoung thier usefulness. its only real benefit is to repair ALL gear at once. but thats it. the rest is just too medicore for the time you can access it.

alchemy store is 1.
food store is 2.
smith is 3.
generel is 4.


you only need 2 stores at most due to the city hall generating funds aswell. 1 is required to get to 6 buildings anyway.

thanks for the suggestion, ill get the armor upgrade then