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Horizon Forbidden West Upgrade Weapons

Horizon Forbidden West: How to Upgrade Weapons

Your arsenal in Horizon Forbidden West is incredibly important to maintain, while there are certainly weapons to be found in the wild that might be better, they can always be improved. We’re here to help you with how to upgrade weapons in Horizon Forbidden West.

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How to Upgrade Weapons in Horizon Forbidden West

The easiest place to upgrade weapons (at least in the early game) won’t be available until you first enter Chainscrape, which is unlocked after passing through the Daunt and getting through the To The Brink main quest.

While when you first enter Chainscrape you will be unable to use any vendor, the workbench will be available for you to utilize as much as you want. Later in the game, there will be workbenches all over the map, not only in designated settlements.

Each rarity of a weapon increases the number of possible upgrades. Green weaponry only gets three upgrades, blue has four, purple and legendary weapons have five upgrades possible.

How to Upgrade Weapons in Horizon Forbidden West

  1. Find a workbench and hit Triangle to open the workbench menu.

  2. From this menu, select Weapon Upgrades.

  3. Select the weapon you want to upgrade.

  4. From here you can hold X if you have the required materials and also check the other upgrade levels to make sure you have the materials.

  5. If you don’t have the materials for the next upgrade, the badge will be red so you’ll know at a glance you can’t get the upgrade.

That’s all you need to know for how to upgrade weapons in Horizon Forbidden West, fellow Saviors of Meridian.

For more guides, tips, and tricks, be sure to head on over to our Horizon Forbidden West Guide Wiki. For a few guides you can check out, there’s some help with the machine carcass in the beginning (if you are having difficulty) or a guide on getting those arena medals.


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Cameron Waldrop
Cameron is a freelance writer for Twinfinite and regularly covers battle royales like Fortnite and Apex Legends. He started writing for Twinfinite in late 2019 and has been lucky enough to review many really great games. While he loves a good shooter, his heart will always belong to JRPGs.
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