How to increase Store Affinity levels in Stellar Blade

How to increase Store Affinity levels in Stellar Blade
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Written by 

Ben Williams

Published 

26th Apr 2024 17:10

Increasing Store Affinity is key when playing Stellar Blade since you'll unlock new vendor items and even collectables with each level. 

However, there's only one way to do it. That's along with a crucial fact the game doesn't tell you about. 

How to increase Store Affinity levels

In Stellar Blade, you'll increase your Store Affinity with each merchant by buying items from their shop. As you keep making purchases, your Affinity will eventually grow to Level 2 and then Level 3 to unlock new items with each. 

The Stellar Blade tutorial showing how to increase a Store Affinity Level
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For example, Roxanne, the merchant you meet by the Bulletin Board, has five of Stellar Blade's Nano Suit outfits locked behind her later Affinity levels. 

Meanwhile, Kaya, the vendor at Sister's Junk, will stock new earrings to customise EVE with once you reach Levels 2 and 3. 

However, you'll need to buy more expensive items to increase Store Affinity fast in Stellar Blade. For instance, you'll gain far more by purchasing a WB Pump (1500 Gold) or Shield Penetration Gear (3 Vitcoin) at Sister's Junk than something cheap like Polymer Material for 10 Gold each.

So, to max Store Affinity Levels as quickly as possible, you'll need to keep farming Gold by killing Naytiba and smashing open crates and supply boxes wherever you go. 

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To get ahead further, check out where to get the BAR 99 crate code, how to unlock the Double Jump skill, all of its Trophies, and how to start New Game Plus.

For even more tips, jump into our Stellar Blade guides & news homepage for extra essentials right here at GGRecon. 

Ben Williams
About the author
Ben Williams
Ben is a Senior Guides Writer at GGRecon. Alongside his BA (Hons) in Business Management is a wealth of gaming and entertainment writing experience, having previously occupied roles as a Copywriter in e-commerce at Overclockers and Guides & SEO Writer at GameByte and FragHero. When not whipping up guides and reviews, Ben’ll be off playing the latest Pokemon games, Overwatch 2, Spider-Man, The Witcher, and Final Fantasy - all before reading manga and listening to Ice Nine Kills.
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