20 Things You Need To Know About Item Upgrading

Path of Exile Item Upgrading

In Path of Exile, item upgrading is among the best ways to improve your gear without relying on large-ticket drops or trade. This article will show you how to upgrade your items efficiently.

Upgrades to equipment grant an additional bonus to the item's stats. The bonus is according to the rarity and strength of the upgrade component.

Components

Upgrade components are the things that can make your weapons and armor more effective. They can be found through destroying enemies, buying them from karma sellers or finding them in item-spheres. They can also be salvaged from equipment that has them, or by utilizing the highest-quality salvage kits like the Black Lion Salvage Kit or Ascended Salvage Tool. Unlike most other items upgrades aren't destroyed when they are removed from an item.

Upgrade components are primarily used to upgrade an item but they can also be used for other purposes. They can be stacked to boost the value of an item that can be upgraded or they can be used to increase the experience gained when upgrading an existing weapon or piece of equipment. They can also be made to offer additional benefits. A crafted glyph can increase the upgrade chances of its target, and an upgrade boosts the attack or defense capabilities of weapons.

You can bind an upgrade item template to an item by selecting it from the edition GUI. This will show the upgrade components to which the item can be upgraded. You can also use the workbench to select an upgrade template. In either scenario the item will be upgraded after enough upgrade components have been collected.

Each component has its own experience multiplier. This determines how much experience an item can gain when upgraded using the component. For instance, organic components offer an experience multiplier that is higher than mechanical ones. You should upgrade your organic components first until you reach the next level in the weapon or equipment then switch to mechanical upgrades.

In addition to the multiplier for experience every item also has the maximum number of upgrades it can receive. The number of upgradeable items is determined by their upgradeable rank and the kind of upgrade they are able to receive. The highest upgrade Item possible is a weapon that is 10th level. However, the most commonly used upgrade for weapons is the tier 6 weapon and a tier 5 armor upgrade.

Sets

A set is a collection of items that all share the same bonus. Each item can be upgraded at least once. The upgrade boosts the bonuses that are guaranteed. The first time you upgrade a set piece or weapon will give it an increase of +1 to its primary stat. On subsequent upgrades the primary stats will be boosted a bit more (for instance, +1 to 12+/13+/14+) Each time you upgrade item the item it will have one of its additional stats is boosted randomly.

Upgrades can also boost the damage base of a weapon. This can be crucial for certain types of builds. However, weapons cannot be upgraded to a higher defense level than their base. It's possible to increase the value of certain set and unique items by upgrading them, however they might not always be superior to a high-level Runeword.

If the item you're upgrading has a guarantee bonus that is guaranteed, it can be rerolled once and its guarantee will reset to 0. Rerolling costs the same amount of power dice as bringing an item up, but the new item will have various bonuses. The NPC [Armor] Boboko can upgrade your armor in Central Flarine. To upgrade an item upgrader kit, you will need a power die of each type (Dice 4 or 6 drop from monsters 21+ and Giants; Dice 7 drops from bosses) and the appropriate amount of Minerals and Erons. They can be purchased by using Gold at the crafting table or in the Ultra Collection. The NPC will also provide a special reward for every tier that is completed of the upgrade process. This reward is rerollable once, and the reroll will be made using the same materials used in the original item.

Rerolling

If a player has enough to reroll tokens, they are able to play rerolling any item they've accumulated during the game. When an item is rerolled it will be replaced by a level 1 version in another set. Reroll tokens are available at the store for small amounts of in-game currency. However, they aren't refundable. The upgraded item will have the same bonuses of the first however, its stats will be different also.

Players can change the identification of their equipment, in addition to rolling it again by interacting with an upgrader NPC. The equipment's identification will change from a weapons to armor, or reverse the process. The basic requirements and stats remain the same. The change is permanent and will affect all characters that own the gear in question.

The player can also upgrade their level of the item for any equipment equipped. This is accomplished by interacting with an upgrader NPC and obtaining upgrade items. The cost will differ based on the upgrade track, item type, and the number of crests. Each step will add 5% more damage to weapons.

Upgrades can increase the effectiveness of an item, however they also decrease its quality. It is therefore important to strike a balance between the two. Certain items might not be worth upgrading at all and some will require to be upgraded to maximize their potential. A player might want to upgrade the breakpoint armor by adding an interesting modification (% block chance or FHR) to discover what it could be.

The main reason people play rerolls in Genshin Impact, or in any gacha-based game is because they are trying to acquire a certain weapon or character that they aren't able to obtain. These items can be costly and time-consuming to obtain and the RNG isn't always a good fit. The only choices left are to invest real money or grind for a long time. This is why rerolling is a very popular choice in Genshin Impact.

Leveling

When upgrading an item, you can increase the level of the weapon or armor. This feature isn't available in the current version of the game. I think this feature was designed to add some value to expensive and rare items. However, since the majority of gear is replaced fairly quickly and can only be upgraded by one level, you will generally replace it before it becomes too old. It's not worth it to upgrade items with gem sockets as the power of the gem will be greater than the increased ilvl that comes with the upgrade.

When you click the upgrade option on an item, you'll see a small window with the upgrade template of the item as well as the crest and Valorstone costs to increase the level of the item. The costs will vary between weapons and armor as well, with the former typically costing more than the latter. The upgrade template outlines the stats that will be added to the upgraded item. It it also lists the current ilvl.

The cost of the Valorstone and the crest is calculated based on the current Ilvl of the item and the upgrade templates. The ilvl is also decreased by the upgrade templates lvl reduction percentage. For example, a weapon with an 8% upgrade decrease will decrease its ilvl by 8 - 8%.

In addition to the base ilvl increase it will also get upgrades in other stats, such as critical strike damage, PvE damage, dodge, block and parry rating. Those increases are also built on the upgrade item template.

In the upgrade template you can see the amount of damage or defense the item will suffer after it is leveled up. This is displayed below the cost as well as the upgrade percentages. In addition to equipment for practice, all weapons and armor gain the same stats once upgraded. The value of these stats will be dictated by the market, with a perfectly rolled version of a piece of armor or weapon is able to command more trade value than non-upp'd versions. The same is true for other pieces of armor, such as circlets and tiaras.