Occult upgrade

Divine Ember

Dark Ember

General Information

Divine +5 weapons can be ascended to Occult +5 by Andre of Astora using White Titanite. The Divine Ember and Dark Ember are required to fully upgrade.

• Adds base Magic damage to weapons and adds bonus Magic damage that scales with Faith
• Adds base damage to weapons per upgrade level, but at a lower rate than Normal path
• Reduces base damage for weapons from Normal path
• Adds physical damage scaling to weapons from Strength and/or Dexterity stat per upgrade level, lower rate than Normal path.
• Lowers Strength and/or Dexterity scaling to weapons from Normal path
• Adds 110 Occult auxiliary effect
• Weapon cannot be enchanted/buffed

Upgrade Path

Normal +0 to Normal +5	Upgrade to Normal +5 using nine Titanite Shards at any Blacksmith or with a Weapon Smithbox
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Normal +5 to Divine +0	1. Give the Divine Ember to Andre of Astora in order to ascend Normal +5 Weapons to Divine +0 2. Ascend a Normal +5 Weapon to Divine +0 by giving one Green Titanite Shard to Andre of Astora
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Divine +0 to Divine +5	Upgrade from Divine +0 to Divine +5 using nine Green Titanite Shards at any Blacksmith or with a Weapon Smithbox
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Divine +5 to Occult +0	1. Give the Dark Ember to Andre of Astora in order to modify Divine +5 Weapons to Occult +0 2. Modify a Divine +5 Weapon to Occult +0 by giving one White Titanite Chunk to Andre of Astora
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Occult +0 to Occult +4	Upgrade from Occult +0 to Occult +4 by using seven White Titanite Chunks at any Blacksmith or with a Weapon Smithbox
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Occult +4 to Occult +5	Upgrade from Occult +4 to Occult +5 by using one White Titanite Slab at any Blacksmith or with a Weapon Smithbox

Required Materials

• The Divine Ember is required to ascend Normal +5 weapons to Divine +0
• The Dark Ember is required to ascend Divine +5 weapons to Occult +5
• Most Occult weapons cost 200 souls per level to upgrade. The cost can vary however between 100 and 800 souls, depending on weapon size.

Upgrade level Titanite Shard Green Titanite Shard White Titanite Chunk White Titanite Slab Normal +1 1 - - - Normal +2 1 - - - Normal +3 2 - - - Normal +4 2 - - - Normal +5 3 - - - Divine +0 - 1 - - Divine +1 - 1 - - Divine +2 - 1 - - Divine +3 - 2 - - Divine +4 - 2 - - Divine +5 - 3 - - Occult +0 - - 1 - Occult +1 - - 1 - Occult +2 - - 1 - Occult +3 - - 2 - Occult +4 - - 3 - Occult +5 - - - 1 Total 9 10 8 1 Titanite Shard Green Titanite Shard White Titanite Chunk White Titanite Slab

Notes

• An Occult weapon cannot be buffed or enchanted with Sorceries, Miracles, or resins

• The Occult aux. effect makes Occult weapons do extra damage against Silver Knights, Black Knights, Sentinels, Paladin Leeroy, Dark Sun Gwyndolin, Dragon Slayer Ornstein (but not Smough), and Gwyn, Lord of Cinder. Remember that removal of the Divine aux. effect means Occult weapons cannot prevent Skeletons from reviving.

• Other than weapons in Occult upgrade path, there are also three Unique weapons that also have Occult property, and therefore have the above properties as well. These weapons are:
  • Dark Hand (130 Occult aux.)
  • Priscilla's Dagger (110 Occult aux.)
  • Velka's Rapier (110 Occult aux.)

• Occult upgrade path reduces the weapon's base Magic damage. Regardless of Faith level, this lowered base Magic damage is bad enough that the Occult path's Magic damage will never overcome its Divine counterpart, even with 99 Faith. Although, conversely, Divine path's physical damage will never overcome its Occult counterpart. This means without factoring the auxilliary effect, at the same Occult/Divine level, the damage difference is almost negligible; some enemies may take slightly higher damage with Occult, and other enemies may take slightly higher damage with Divine.

• An Occult Club is dropped by a Mimic in Anor Londo
  For Occult Weapon Trophy/Achievement, use this weapon rather than starting from scratch as only 7 White Titanite Chunks and 1 White Titanite Slab are needed to fully upgrade it.