Dark Souls Remastered: Andre and Embers

Andre is below the Undead Parish church, beside the bonfire and the routes to Darkroot. He repairs, reinforces, modifies equipment, and accepts the embers that expand his options. Talk to him before using the nearby bonfire as a pure checkpoint: he is the dependable place to turn Titanite into progress.

Use Reinforce Weapon to improve the weapon you are actually landing hits with. Use Modify Equipment only when you understand the branch it offers. A new path can change scaling, damage type, or the material it needs, so read the comparison instead of selecting a branch because its name sounds stronger. Normal weapons eventually need the Large Ember to pass the early reinforcement ceiling, then later embers open later stages.

Give an ember through Andre’s dialogue when you are ready to use that route. It does not upgrade a weapon by itself. Bring the required weapon and stones back to the reinforcement or modification menu afterward. If a weapon does not meet your attributes, solve that first; upgrades do not make an unusable moveset comfortable. For the early Parish loop, see Bell Gargoyles and Weapon Upgrades.