Conditions & decisions
Neon Abyss 2 Weapon Upgrades: Growth & Affix Decisions
Weapon levels use Soul Shards, with an eight-level cap. A current PC-build reference lists shard thresholds, dismantle returns and upgrade rewards.
Sources checked:
- Version
- Numbers are from CapyDB's extraction of PC build 2026.10.8.72af32744d5, imported 2026-10-10; it is unofficial.
- Unknown
- The data does not establish weapon XP or affix carryover when changing weapons.
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In PC build 2026.10.8.72af32744d5, weapons absorb Soul Shards to level up, to level 8. Going from level 1 to 8 takes 1,430 shards. Bosses and dismantled spare weapons provide shards; regular enemies do not. Each level opens a reward room and adds or upgrades an affix. The source does not confirm whether an unequipped weapon gains progress or keeps the same state when switching.
Soul Shard thresholds
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| Level | Shards to next | Dismantle return |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 60 | 20 |
| 2 | 100 | 35 |
| 3 | 150 | 54 |
| 4 | 200 | 70 |
| 5 | 250 | 100 |
| 6 | 320 | 110 |
| 7 | 350 | 130 |
| 8 | Capped | 150 |
Boss payouts vary by floor: 42 on floor 1, 50 on floor 2, 60 on floor 3, 69 on floor 4 and 90 on floors 5–8. Extra shards carry over across thresholds.
Reward rooms and affixes
Each level-up opens a reward room at the map edge. Choose an item from the weapon’s genre pool or its upgrade reward; either can be dismantled into Stat Gems. A Forge option can change an affix. The weapon rolls a new affix, with a 50% chance to upgrade an existing affix’s rarity if it already has one. Weapons can hold up to seven affixes. Level itself is not a universal damage multiplier; direct gains depend on affixes. Switching behavior is not established by this source.
Sources and scope
- Veewo Games — Weapon Reforge system announcement (official Steam news archive) · 2026-03-05
Official March 5, 2026 Early Access announcement for fixed/dynamic affixes, rarity tiers, how weapon levels affect dynamic affixes, and two direct upgrade choices plus Tempering. It does not publish exact XP costs or current weapon-swap carryover.
- Veewo Games — Neon Abyss 2 1.0 launch notes · 2026-10-08
Primary October 8, 2026 1.0 notes: the Weapon XP Hexjar releases souls in set amounts for players to collect as weapon XP; notes also fix XP souls being absorbed incorrectly during upgrades or dismantling. No per-level XP costs, full dismantling recipe, or weapon-swap carryover is stated.
- HeadClick Gaming — I Found a LEGENDARY Gun That Completely Changed My Run · 2026-10-10
HeadClick Gaming October 10, 2026 narrated 1.0 run. At 03:15-03:23 the narrator speculates that dissolving another weapon may increase the kept weapon XP, then expresses uncertainty; the transcript later records a level-up but no cost or universal conversion rule.
- TheGamer — How to Get Permanent Upgrades in Neon Abyss 2
Third-party Early Access guide claiming that Badges and Artifacts transfer on a weapon swap and that vaporizing weapons yields Soul Shards. Retained only as version-bound historical context; it does not establish current 1.0 weapon-level/affix carryover or costs.
- CapyDB — Weapon Levels, Soul Shards and Affixes · 2026-10-10
Unofficial game-data extraction for PC build 2026.10.8.72af32744d5; imported October 10, 2026. Provides shard thresholds, dismantle returns, boss payouts, level cap and level-up behavior; it does not establish weapon-switch carryover.
Prepared from the sources listed above. “Sources checked” records a source review, not gameplay testing by this website. Source scope is retained where it affects the answer.