Genshin Impact – How To: Refine and Enhance Weapons

In order to increase your Adventure Rank, you need to go out on an adventure; however, you may have encountered many monsters that are too tough to handle. Whether they are out in the wild or inside a dungeon, they’re sure to make grinding even more difficult than it already is.

You may come across monsters that are very aggressive and will want to hurt you so bad. Some of them are manageable but some are too tough to handle. This is because Genshin Impact adjust the monsters stats and levels based on your stats and level. So if you’re level is high enough, you’ll definitely feel the strain of pushing on, grinding everyday to increase your Adventure Rank and obtain valuable items.

With that said, your character can be toughened up with the use of upgrades. When weapons and gears are upgrades an the items base stats like attack damage and crit rate and increased. Also, added bonus stats are randomly given which allows your characters to stand up against high level bosses.

Types of Weapon Enhancements

Level UpIncreases basic attack power
AscendingIncreases the weapon’s maximum level and significantly increases attack power.
RefiningIncreases weapon effectiveness and enhanced skills

Weapon Ascension will also improve your weapon’s sub stats. With this, your weapons can become really strong if done multiple times.

To LEVEL UP your weapons:

  1. Press B to open your bag / inventory.
  2. Click the Weapons tab.
  3. Select your weapon of choice.
  4. Click Details at the bottom right.
  5. Select Enhance.
  6. On the Enhancement Materials Consumed section, you may Click Auto Add, or you can manually add up to 20 enhancement materials.(Tip: Be careful when using the Auto Add function as it may include some of your powerful weapons.)
  7. Click Enhance at the bottom right.
  8. Click Confirm to complete the process.

To ASCEND your weapons:

  1. Press B to open your bag / inventory.
  2. Click the Weapons tab.
  3. Select your weapon of choice.
  4. Click Details at the bottom right.
  5. Select Ascend.
  6. At the Weapon Ascension Materials section, check to if you have the appropriate number of materials used for Ascending your weapon.
  7. If you do have enough of them, Click Ascend at the bottom right.
  8. Click Confirm to complete the process.

To REFINE your weapon:

  1. Press B to open your bag / inventory.
  2. Click the Weapons tab.
  3. Select your weapon of choice.
  4. Click Details at the bottom right.
  5. Select Refine.
  6. Click Identical Weapon Materials.
  7. Click on the identical weapon on the left pane.
  8. Click Refine at the bottom right.
  9. Click Confirm to complete the process.

Now that we’ve showed you how to Enhance, Ascend and Refine; always remember that materials are scarce. You’ll need to prioritize what items to spend them on, but for the sake of this guide, and the lack of luck to get five-star gears, we’ve spent some of the hard earned materials. “Do as I say, not as I do”.

We hope to have helped you on your travels. Leave a comment below and let us know what you think. Also, check out our other how-to-guides to help you while roaming, wandering and occasional grinding in the world of Genshin Impact.