Soulframe Oden Tempering Guide — Nightfold Weapon Upgrades

This guide covers the Oden weapon tree and the Nightfold Tempering queue — the timed metal upgrade loop for endgame weapons. For Chordstone Refining mechanics specifically (Cast/Refine at Tuvalkane, Temper slots, reroll rules), see the Chordstone Refining guide instead.

Quick answer — Oden tempering & Nightfold weapon upgrades

• What is Tempering? The endgame metal upgrade queue — one of three separate weapon systems: Temper ≠ Chordstone Refine ≠ Runes. Tempering runs at the Nightfold forge → Temper tab, works on a timer, and is often Moranite-heavy.
• Where do I do it? Nightfold forge → Temper tab. If the forge is not set up yet, finish the Tuvalkane unlock line first.
• What are Oden weapons? Kingdom-of-Ode arms added in Preludes 15 — Veilk, Ilverac, and Vrusht-IX — that drop fully built, with stats and Tempers previewable before pickup.
• What to prepare first: Farm Moranite and scrap metals, then queue a Temper job before Agari hunts or Crypt runs so the timer ticks while you play.

What is the Oden tree?

Oden gear is themed around the Kingdom of Ode: hollow alloys, sigil shields, and weapons that pair with the Ode Tempest pact line. Oden recipes unlock as you progress Duelo and the late Fables.

The P15 Oden trio is Courage-attuned, with rising Virtue gates (stats synced from the community catalog):

• Veilk — Uncommon poleaxe; farms from Discharged Nimrod on the Brewer of Hues / Sinecure line.
• Ilverac — the lowest Courage gate of the trio; farms from Gruul Seeker Ruthos with whole-weapon previews on the ground.
• Vrusht-IX — the highest Courage gate and the biggest charged hit; farms from the Crypt Crawler.

Alternates for all three: Sinecure elites and Polearm Racks across Midrath sieges; none are sold at Wares of Zenith (community-verified). Most 1–2★ drops now arrive fully built, so preview before you pick up.

Unlike starter Dendrit weapons, Oden pieces demand higher Virtue gates and rare metals — plan Moranite and scrap iron routes before you commit.

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Tempering (forge queue)

Tempering is the endgame metal loop in Preludes 15 — the counterpart to Chordstone Refine, using different materials:

• Performed at the Nightfold forge → Temper tab — not Tuvalkane's Chordstone UI
• Jobs run on a timer — start a temper, then farm Crypts or Agari while it completes
• Stacks with Enchanting / Reforging (Joinery) on the same weapon — Joinery shifts Virtue pips, not metal temper stats
• Socket runes separately via the Nightfold Arsenal — runes are a distinct system; see the Runes & enchanting guide

Workflow tip: queue Tempering before a farming run or an Agari circuit so you never sit idle at the forge — timer-based systems reward leaving jobs running while you play.

The community catalog's dedicated /Tempering wiki page was missing at crawl time — treat in-game tooltips as the source of truth for metal costs per tier. Hotfix 5 and later patches may rename tabs or costs; confirm the Cast vs Refine vs Temper labels in your client.

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Runes, enchanting, and reforging

Community references often group these under Craftwork:

Reforging interacts directly with combat mechanics — a Grace bow with extra pips behaves differently from a Courage-shifted reforge. Do not reforge your only weapon right before a boss gate. Totems, talismans, and Smite interact with runes in P15 — see the Runes & enchanting guide for that stack.

Material priorities

Oden tempering materials, in the order you will feel the pinch:

Full routes: the material farming guide covers Moranite, scrap iron, and Lampyrite; elite Agari hunting adds more Moranite on cooldown.

Chordstone Refining

Cast tiers, Temper slot counts, the drop-quality ladder, and Chaos reroll rules all live in the Chordstone Refining guide — start there for anything Chordstone.

Next Steps

• Chordstone Refining guide — the other half of the P15 weapon loop: Refine your Oden drops at Tuvalkane.
• Runes & enchanting — socket bonuses on your finished Oden weapon.
• Build pairing: run Oden arms with the Ode Tempest pact; if you are still on Garren Rood or starter weapons, finish Torment Stag and mid-game farms before respeccing into Oden.

Verify after each patch

1. Open the Nightfold forge — confirm the Tempering tab and queue timer
2. Check Duelo quest flags if Oden recipes are gated behind story
3. Compare metal costs against your stockpile before multi-step tempers
4. Update this page's lastVerified in catalog.json when you confirm a change