Fire Transmutation Transmutation · max level 5

How the Fire Transmutation plays, where it wins and where it loses, read from its stats, traits and moveset.

The weapon's trait and the in-game description, then how its damage compares with the other Transmutations.

Trait: Volatile

• Can deal damage over time.
• Focused on eliminating hordes of enemies.

Transmutations list their own damage value per level; Stasis and Shield store it as a small scaling factor (1 → 1.5 or 1.75), not as hit damage.

Every stat the game stores for each weapon level, the materials that level costs, and the running total from level 1.

Transmutation values are the game's own per-level numbers; Stasis and Shield use a scaling factor rather than hit damage.

Everything needed to go from level 1 to 5: 7 materials, 28,000 Catalysts if you buy every one a merchant sells.

• Crude Transmutation Material×2
• Pure Transmutation Material×2
• Distilled Transmutation Material×2
• Quintessential Transmutation Material×1

Materials to max the Fire Transmutation

Item	Tier	Amount	Price	Subtotal (Catalysts)
Crude Transmutation Material	Tier 1	2	2,000	4,000
Pure Transmutation Material	Tier 2	2	4,000	8,000
Distilled Transmutation Material	Tier 3	2	8,000	16,000
Quintessential Transmutation Material	Tier 4	1	Not sold	—
Total		7		28,000

Calculated from the level table × the cheapest merchant price. No merchant sells 1× Quintessential Transmutation Material: those come only from the world, so the Catalyst total covers the rest.

How the damage values rise from level 1 to 5 (+33% overall).

Hover a level for its values; the same numbers are in the level table above.

6 traits unlock as the weapon levels up. Where two traits share a slot you choose one of them: Fireworks / Wildfire, Never-Ending Inferno / Unstable Blaze.

1. Weapon lv 2
   Brittleness

   Ignited enemies take more damage from Melee Attacks.

   • Grace period 0.5 s
   • Damage multiplier ×1.1
2. Weapon lv 3
   Back-Burner

   Prolonged use increases damage and Status Effect buildup.

   • Duration 2 s
   • Damage multiplier ×1.3
   • Build-up multiplier ×1.3
3. Weapon lv 4
   Pick one

   Fireworks

   Increases the range of the flame.

   • Multiplier ×1.4

   or

   Wildfire

   Widens the spread of the flame.

   • Multiplier ×1.6
4. Weapon lv 5
   Pick one

   Never-Ending Inferno

   Melee Attacks extend the duration of the Ignite effect.

   • Duration 2 s
   • Duration extension 0.1 s
   • Minimum extension 0.3 s

   or

   Unstable Blaze

   Ignited enemies explode when shot at.

   • Radius 8 m
   • Damage to the target 200
   • Damage to others 100

Traits unlock at the weapon level shown. Parameters are the game's own values (seconds, metres, multipliers); [Reload] / [Attack] are your key bindings.

The Fire Transmutation is acquired in a story scene in The Battlefield; the nearest Lantern is Onslaught Arch, about 15 m away.

• Location: The Battlefield · acquired in a story scene
• Nearest Lantern: Onslaught Arch · about 15 m away (straight line, calculated)
• Show the spot on the map

Compare the Fire Transmutation

Side-by-side comparisons with similar weapons, or pick any two in the comparison tool.

• Fire Transmutation vs Stasis Transmutation
• Fire Transmutation vs Shield Transmutation

Open the weapon comparison tool with the Fire Transmutation

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