ER Convergence : How to get OP early guide by ScarHydreigon87

Greetings, Convergent Tarnished. In this guide I’m going to show you how to quickly and easily upgrade any Smithing or Somber weapon to max level in Elden Ring: The Convergence. Depending on what weapon you plan to upgrade and your pathing, you can easily get this done in about an hour or so and you only need to kill 1 or 2 bosses.

This guide is working as of Patch 1.3.3.

## Smithing Weapon Guide:

This is for any standard Smithing Stone weapon. With how the reinforcement system works in The Convergence, we’ll need 6 Smithing Stones, 6 Large Smithing Stones, 6 Great Smithing Stones, and 1 Ancient Smithing Stone.

Pick your class. While any class will work, for this guide I’m doing a Strength build, so I’ll pick the Dreadnought class. Starting Gift is up to you, but I’d suggest going for one of the Remnants to craft any useful talismans early on.

As a Dreadnought, you start off at Liurnia Highway South. Make your way south across the bridge until you reach the Stormhill Shack Site of Grace. Kill the Scarab near the Castle Tunnel entrance if you want the Wild Strikes Ash of War. Pick up any materials you can find on your way. Take the Stormhill Shack Site of Grace. Head east and Near the cart surrounded by some Kaiden Mercenaries, there’s 1 Large Smithing Stone to pick up. Continue making your way to the Warmaster’s Shack and head south towards the hill with the giants. Have one break the Statue to get 6 Smithing Stones.

From there, make your way to the Gatefront Site of Grace. Keep heading east until you reach a fork in the road, and turn left to grab 2 Large Smithing Stones atop a ruin.

From there, head to Lake Agheel and go to the Dragon-Burnt Ruins to pick up 3 Large Smithing Stones, then warp back to the Stormhill Shack Site of Grace.

Head south and defeat the Erdtree Avatar to access the Stormhill Overlook Erdtree Waygate, and teleport to the South Mountaintops. Hop on Torrent and make your way west, then north up to the skull near the Church of Marika to pick up the Ancient Smithing Stone. Be careful not to initiate the fight with Okina. Continue to make your way south past the Guardian’s Garrison and then head east until you reach the Third Church of Marika. Rest at the Site of Grace, then make your way up the hill behind it to pick up 3 Great Smithing Stones from a corpse on a chair.

From there, head north until you reach the Freezing Lake Site of Grace, then make your way west until you reach the icy road with the resting Golem. Aggro the Golem, then have it make your way east towards the ice cave and let it break the statue to get 3 Great Smithing Stones. If you want you can further make your way to the Zamor Ruins to get the Smithing Stone Bell Bearing 3.

Now that we have all the Smithing Stones, let’s get our weapon. For this guide I’m gonna use the Great Stars, but again, pick any weapon you like. From the Erdtree teleporter, teleport to Central Altus. Make your way north to the Road of Iniquity Side Path Site of Grace, then head southwest to the caravan and grab the Great Stars from the chest.

Now you should have enough runes to fully upgrade your weapon, but if not, then do the standard Greyoll farm. To wield the Great Stars you’ll also need to level 1 point in Dexterity as a Dreadnought, but of course your stats will depend on your weapon. Head the Roundtable Hold, Upgrade your weapon, and Voila! You now have a fully upgraded weapon in only an hour and you only had to kill 1 boss.

## Somber Weapon Guide:

This guide is a bit trickier and will take a bit longer. But for this guide we will use the same class as before, and we’ll go with Yura’s Kanabo for our weapon. But again, you can use this for any Somber Weapon or Catalyst. For this we’ll need 3 Somber Stones, 2 Large Somber Stones, 2 Great Somber Stones, 2 Colossal Somber Stones, and 1 Ancient Somber Stone. Depending on which Somber weapon you want to use, you may have to kill another boss or two to get to it.

Starting route is almost exactly the same. Make your way to the Gatefront Ruins and pick up 1 Large Somber Stone from where the Whetblade used to be. Kill the Scarab by the Bridge to get a Somber Stone, and head further across the bridge to grab another Somber Stone. Go to the Church of Elleh and buy 1 Somber Stone from Kale. Next, make your way to East Limgrave and kill the Scarab near the Erdtree Sentry for another Large Somber Stone.

Defeat the Erdtree Avatar and teleport to the South Mountaintops, then make your way south and farm the Giant Hands for 2 Great Somber Stones.

Finally Teleport to Consecrated Snowfield and make your way to the Yelough Anix Ruins. From a corpse in the corner near the Cellar entrance, pick up 2 Colossal Somber Stones. Make your way northeast and Anastasia will invade you. Defeat her to get the Ancient Somber Stone. You now have all the materials needed to upgrade your Somber Weapon.

Yura’s Kanabo is located near a tent in the southeast area of Agheel Lake, east of where the Scarab for the Unsheathe Ash of War is. As a Dreadnought you can wield it with 2 hands from the start.

And that, my fellow Tarnished, is my guide on how to get OP early easily in Elden Ring: The Convergence. Hope this guide proved useful to you, and as always, May Grace guide thee.