In Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, upgrading your weapons doesn’t mean heading over to a forge or paying a Blacksmith. It’s instead a part of the Impetus Repository, a system inside every Shrine that links directly to your weapon mastery progression. You’ll unlock more power, not by upgrading individual weapons, but by upgrading weapon types, and doing that gives you a lot more flexibility.
If you want to keep pace with harder enemies and late-game boss fights, knowing how to upgrade your Wuchang: Fallen Feathers weapons properly matters a lot, and this article tells how it all works.
How to Do Weapon Upgrades in Wuchang: Fallen Feathers
You access weapon upgrades through the Impetus Repository, a skill tree system at every Shrine to level up weapon types like axes, longswords, dual blades, spears, and one-handed swords. Each weapon type has its own mastery track, and weapon upgrades apply to the whole class, so once you upgrade a weapon type, every armor in that category gets a power rise.
So if you level up Blades Mastery to +6, every other blade you equip instantly gets the stat boosts to this level, no matter the rarity or model.
To upgrade weapon masteries, you’ll need Red Feathers, which come in multiple tiers based on how far you want to upgrade:
- Faint Red Feather: Up to +3
- Brilliant Red Feather: Up to +6
- Radiant Red Feather: Up to +9
- Lustrous Red Feather + Vermilion Ancient Chisel: For +10 (max)
These are consumable items used in the skill tree. You slot them into eight-pointed nodes connected with your weapon type pick. Each node can usually be upgraded three times before moving to the next one in the chain. You can reset skill trees at any time without penalty. Doing so refunds your Red Feathers and allows you to swap focus between weapon types when your build changes or when you want to experiment.
You’ll find Red Feathers as normal loot (glowing collectibles), enemy drops often from elite monsters like Blight Pots or Carrion Corpses, and from vendors Wu Gang and the Giant Panda at a high Red Mercury cost. Collect and bank these regularly. Since upgrading affects entire weapon types, investing in one route early (like dual blades or spears) can carry you through large chunks of the game without the need for continuous gear changes.
Weapon upgrades don’t stop at mastery levels. You can further modify the armor with:
Tempering (Needles & Acupoints)
After defeating Man-eater Dhutanga, you unlock Tempering, which lets you slot Bone Needles and Stone Needles into Acupoints. This system gives you damage type customization, such as Lightning, Corruption, or Poise Break.
Benedictions (Weapon Charms)
You can equip up to three Benedictions per weapon, drawn from Oath, Wisdom, and Memory categories. These act like charms and passive perks that increase stats or give extra effects, and a few sets even stack bonuses with the correct match.
Disciplines (Secondary Weapon Skills)
Disciplines are like a second weapon skill or L2 alternate move. Each weapon type has several Disciplines you can unlock in the Impetus Repository, and you can change them freely to suit your fighting style.
All of these systems work together — weapon level through feathers, special behavior through Disciplines, elemental tuning via Tempering, and passive buffs through Benedictions. Start small, pick one weapon type, level it to +3 with Faint Red Feathers, and build from there. The power increase is immediate in Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, and the payoff only grows with time.
