How do you use the gear-uprades to infuse your weapons and gear? ive collected some from dungeons but was never able to use them, I might be stupid
I'm not sure if you are required to have completed the blacksmith quest, but his anvil is behind him, or his house. You'll interact with "upgrade equipment". It's kinda clunky but you will put in the item you wish to upgrade. In the purple box is what you put in, and the arrow to the gray box is what comes out. Once you have selected an item to improve you can then put applicable upgrade materials into the top 8 squares. They are locked to the color of the item, or stat. Say, to upgrade the breastplate you can upgrade it with any blue item like another breastplate, or broken swords, or blue metal scrap/bar, essence of legs/bust, and even ability crystals. The game's scope is quite limited right now so just doing dungeons will award you with significant experience and loot. Once you have the item you can upgrade it quickly. Armor is cheap and fantastic to use early on. Just find random Pokémon battles in the long grass. Get money or sell stuff you get. A full set of armor is like 100 DD. After a while you will outgrow it unless you upgrade it but it can be more of a hassle then it's worth as you level up so fast.