10 Things Everyone Hates About Item Upgrade

WoW Upgrades - The Item Upgrader

Upgrades give you boost in certain statistics. Each upgrade increases item level by 3. A random substat is also boosted alongside each upgrade.

The upgraded gear typically has a more value in trade, unless it has inherently low requirements (like the FB shield of the sorc) or a very high stat variation (like the eth titan weapons). These types of gear get less value from upgrading due to the need to roll for a perfect version.

Recycle Points

The item upgrader lets players upgrade their gear by transferring the currency to an NPC. Upgrades can be applied to any kind of weapon or armor. The item used to upgrade the item is discarded and cannot be used again. Upgrades can be applied to enchantments.

The upgrader is located in all major cities, and can be visited at any time to upgrade your equipment. To ensure that your equipment is up-to-date it is recommended you visit the upgrader each several weeks.

The cost of upgrades will be based on the current level of the item upgrade being upgraded, but will always be cheaper than buying new gear from other sources. For example upgrading a Benthic chest to 385 ilvl will cost 20 recycle points, while purchasing the same item from another player will cost 105.

Valorstones

Upgrades are items that can be used for weapons, armor, tools and accessory upgrades. They can be purchased by players through NPCs that sell upgrades to items in exchange for a variety of currencies, and may also be found in random treasure lists. Once purchased, an upgrade can be used on any weapon, tool or armor. The button will show the preview of an item's next upgrade level when there are enough materials.

Upgrade costs vary depending on the slot for the item and the current level of the Item Level Upgrade. For instance, weapons will cost more than gloves, bracers or bracers. Each upgrade item cost 15 Flightstones and a few crests, with some upgrades offering discounts to reduce the cost of the Flightstones or the crests used. After an item has been upgraded to a certain level it is able to be degraded and sold back to the upgrader for a lower amount of both currency types.

A lot of locations offer upgraders for items, including the main Island and some outposts. The NPCs offer an upgrade coupon as well as the possibility of obtaining an entirely new recipe. The discount for upgrades increases with the number of items being upgraded, and can be boosted by having players complete specific achievements or complete quests.

Unlike Cromwell in Baldur's Gate II, there is no item upgrades upgrader available at the start of Icewind Dale. Instead, the NPCs that are available to facilitate upgrades require several methods that are both an improvement and a drawback.

In Season 3, several new features have been added to the upgrade items system. When a player has an upgrade to a specific level for an item in an armor slot, upgrading further items to the same level will be less expensive, even if they are part of an entirely different set of gear.

The discount applies to all accounts. The amount of Harbinger Crests needed to upgrade is reduced also, but is only available after certain milestones are reached.

Crests

Players have a number of options when it comes to upgrading their gear in WoW. Flightstones are an option that is accessible to all players for upgrading. Crests are more specific and are utilized during specific item level upgrades. Crests are a crucial part of the Dragonflight Gear Progression System introduced in version 10.1. They are available in four ranks.

The first thing to be aware of is that crests are only able to be used on equipment of a particular rank, and that each rank has its own requirements for upgrading. The simplest and most straightforward upgrade route costs 15 crests while the most complex can require as much as 20 crests depending on the type of gear being upgraded.

Players can earn crests by completing content at the appropriate level. This could mean doing outdoor activities, or by completing dungeons and raids in any difficulty to earn equipment of lower tier or Mythic+ raid bosses or dungeons with a heroic difficulty for endgame gear. These crests can then be exchanged at an upgrader NPC like Cuzolth in Dornogal, or Vaskarn in Valdrakken to get the appropriate upgrade pathways and steps.

The new currency system isn't complicated to use, however it will bring some modifications to the upgrade process. When a piece has reached the highest level of upgrade for any rank (Explorer or Adventurer), it is no longer required to purchase Flightstones. This change is designed to allow players to get their equipment to the highest level possible on all their characters instead of relying only on seasonal loot.

Another notable modification is that crests have one purpose therefore it's essential to make use of them in a responsible manner. It's best to use your Whelpling-rank crests on the best gear that you can find and keep Drake and Wyrm Crests to be used for the next set of upgrades. This is especially true for items like rings and trinkets that fill multiple slots on the character that will be able to avail the account-wide discount if all of the slots are filled with top-quality equipment.