ALOFT: How to Upgrade Weapons and Tools

BY:Kianl
UPDATED:January 29th, 2025

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Weapons in Aloft are divided into two types: melee (swords, spears) and ranged (bows). Since the game is in early access, at the moment only two levels of weapons (and tools) are available: Stone and Bone.

All Weapon List

Image	Weapon	Recipe
	Stone Sword	Wood x 1 Rope x 1 Sharp Stone x 3
	Bone Sword	Carved Darkwood x 1 Waxed Rope x 1 Sharp Bone x 3
	Stone Dorkip	Wood x 2 Rope x 1 Sharp Stone x 1
	Bone Dorkip	Carved Darkwood x 2 Waxed Rope x 1 Sharp Bone x 1
	Simple Bow	Carved Wood x 2 Feathers x 2 Rope x 1
	Stone Tipped Arrow	Feathers x 2 Carved Wood x 1 Rope x 1 Sharp Stone x 1
	Bone Tipped Arrow	Feathers x 2 Waxed Rope x 1 Sharp Bone x 1 Darkwood x 1

All Tool List

Image	Tool	Recipe
	Stone Hammer	Wood x 1 Stone x 1
	Bone Hammer	Carved Darkwood x 1 Waxed Rope x 1 Bone x 1
	Stone Axe	Wood x 1 Sharp Stone x 1
	Bone Axe	Carved Darkwood x 1 Waxed Rope x 1 Sharp Bone x 1
	Stone Sickle	Wood x 1 Rope x 1 Sharp Stone x 2
	Bone Sickle	Carved Darkwood x 1 Waxed Rope x 1 Sharp Bone x 2
	Shears	Carved Wood x 1 Hardstone x 2

Upgrading Weapons and Tools

In order to upgrade a weapon, you must unlock and build an Upgrade Station. Initially, you can only build its frame, after which you can install up to three modules on it: Coating Station, Customizing Station, and Sharpening Station. Modules unlock separately from the basic station.

Image	Name	Materials
	Upgrade Station Frame	Stone x 10 Wood x 10
	Coating Station	Wooden Cog x 2 Carved Wood x 5 Hardstone x 3
	Customizing Station	Carved Wood x 5 Wool Thread x 3 Moonbloom Purple Pigment x 1 Brightsun Yellow Pigment x 1 Azure Sky Blue Pigment x 1
	Sharpening Station	Mykter Fiber x 5 Carved Wood x 5

When you upgrade a weapon or a tool in any way, a certain effect is applied to it. The list of effects is displayed in the weapon description. All three effects (coating, trinket, and sharpening) can be applied to one item at the same time. Every upgrade consumes one corresponding item.

Pay attention that neither bows nor arrows can be coated, sharpened, customized, or upgraded in any other way.

Coating

Temporarily increases weapon or tool effectiveness. Here is the list of possible effects:

Image	Material	Effect
	Mykter Fungicide	Deals slightly more damage to this strain’s monsters and gathers intact samples from them.
	Mykter Antidote	Deals smore damage to this strain’s monsters and gathers injured samples from them.
	Mykter Cure	Deals a lot more damage to this strain’s monsters and gathers cleansed samples from them.

Mykter Fungicide, Mykter Antidote, and Mykter Cure can be found in various chests throughout the world.

Customizing

Using a Customization Station, you can install Trinkets on your weapons or tools that grant certain effects. At the moment, there are six Trinkets available in the game, and all of them can be crafted at a Workbench.

Image	Item	Effect	Recipe
	Golden Feathers Trinket	Increased leap distance and charged attack damage	Golden Feather x 3 Linen Tread x 2
	Research Talisman	Coatings last longer	Whistling Core x 3 Linen Tread x 2
	Obsidian Shard Trinket	Strikes often stagger enemies	Rope x 1 Obsidian x 2
	Sky Spirit Trinket	Extra airborne attack	Windstone Crystal x 2 Windstone Gem x 2 Wool Thread x 1
	Water Opal Trinket	Deal much more damage against resources	Water Opal x 3 Wool Thread x 2
	Storm Shell Trinket	As the wind blow faster, so will your strikes	Empty Shell x 1 Windstone x 3 Wool Thread x 1

An installed Trinket cannot be removed or replaced with another one. If you dismantle an item with a Trinket, you will not get it back.

Sharpening

Only the following items can be sharpened: Hammer, Axe, Sword, Sickle, Dorkip. Sharpening requires 2 Hardstone and applies the effect “SHARP: Temporarily deals much more damage” to the item.