Exclusive Weapon · Fragment Planner
Exclusive Weapon Calculator
Calculate the exact number of Universal Exclusive Weapon Fragments required to upgrade any Exclusive Weapon in Dark War: Survival.
All Exclusive Weapons share identical upgrade costs.
Fragment Totals
Upgrade Breakdown · 11 steps
Exclusive Weapon fragment costs in Dark War: Survival
An Exclusive Weapon in Dark War: Survival upgrades through five Gold Stars, a breakthrough, then five Red Stars. Every step is paid for with Universal Exclusive Weapon Fragments, and each star contains five stages that get progressively more expensive.
The full journey from a fresh weapon to Max Red Star is 3,905 fragments: 455 through Gold, 100 for the breakthrough, and 3,350 through Red.
| Star | Fragments per stage | Star total |
|---|---|---|
| Gold Star 1 | 1 · 1 · 3 · 5 · 7 | 17 |
| Gold Star 2 | 7 · 7 · 7 · 7 · 15 | 43 |
| Gold Star 3 | 15 · 15 · 15 · 15 · 25 | 85 |
| Gold Star 4 | 25 · 25 · 25 · 25 · 35 | 135 |
| Gold Star 5 | 35 · 35 · 35 · 35 · 35 | 175 |
| Breakthrough to Red | single upgrade | 100 |
| Red Star 1 | 50 · 50 · 50 · 50 · 100 | 300 |
| Red Star 2 | 100 · 100 · 100 · 100 · 120 | 520 |
| Red Star 3 | 120 · 120 · 120 · 120 · 150 | 630 |
| Red Star 4 | 150 · 150 · 150 · 150 · 200 | 800 |
| Red Star 5 | 200 · 200 · 200 · 200 · 300 | 1,100 |
| Total to Max Red Star | — | 3,905 |
The calculator above takes your current star and stage and returns exactly how many fragments remain, including the breakthrough if you have not passed it yet. Enter the fragments you already own to see the shortfall rather than the raw total.
Exclusive Weapon questions players actually ask
- How many fragments does a Max Red Star exclusive weapon cost?
- Going from a fresh exclusive weapon to Max Red Star costs 3,905 Universal Exclusive Weapon Fragments in total — 455 across the five Gold Stars, 100 for the breakthrough into Red, and 3,350 across the five Red Stars.
- What is the breakthrough between Gold and Red?
- Gold Star 5, Stage 5 is a real resting state — the weapon does not roll into Red automatically. You spend a separate 100-fragment breakthrough to convert the weapon to Red Star 1, and only then do the Red Star stage costs begin.
- Why do Red Star upgrades cost so much more than Gold?
- Red Star stages start at 50 fragments each and climb to 300 at the final stage. The Red half of the track alone is 3,350 fragments — roughly 7× the entire Gold half.
- Are fragments shared between weapons?
- Universal Exclusive Weapon Fragments are a shared currency, so every fragment you spend on one weapon is a fragment unavailable to another. Plan a single weapon to Red before splitting your stock.