Andre the Blacksmith begins in the Firelink Shrine and stays there the entire time. He serves multiple functions, with most of them allowing your character to become more powerful and to survive greater dangers.
Bring him upgrade materials to improve your weapons and shields. Special, named Coals give him the ability to Infuse equipment in additional ways; he’ll be able to make them scale to different attributes, or to gain special aspects (e.g. Bleed, Frost, Poison).
Take Estus Shards to Andre so that you get even more uses out of your Flasks for each time you stop at a Bonfire. He’ll also let you decide how many of yours Flasks go toward Health or FPs.
Andre returns to the shrine if you kill him, but he won’t craft anything for you, or serve any of his other functions. That’s fair, he doesn’t like being murdered! To get his loyalty back, go to the Undead Settlement. Near the Dilapidated Bridge Bonfire is a sewer area. Down there you find an altar to Velka. Bring plenty of Souls, pay for your sins, and be absolved.
Andre Infusions
| Material | Coal Required |
|---|---|
| Refined, Raw, Fire, Shriving | None |
| Heavy, Sharp, Poison | Farron Coal |
| Crystal, Blessed, Deep | Sage’s Coal |
| Simple, Chaos, Lightning | Giant’s Coal |
| Dark, Blood, Hollow | Profaned Coal |