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Path of Exile Item Upgrading
In Path of Exile, item upgrading is one of the most effective ways to upgrade your gear without relying upon big-ticket drops or trade. This article will help you understand how to upgrade your gear.
Upgrades in equipment can add a bonus to the item's base stats. This bonus scales with the upgrade component's level and rarity.
Components
Upgrade components can make your armour and weapons better. You can get them from the destruction of enemies, finding them in item spheres or buying them from karma dealers. You can also get them from equipment that has the components, or by utilizing high-tier salvage kits such as Black Lion Salvage Kit and Ascended Salvage Tool. In contrast to other items upgrades aren't destroyed when removed from an item.
The primary function of upgrade components is to enable an item to be upgraded, however, they also serve other functions. They can be used to increase the level of an item that can be upgraded or they can be used to increase the amount of experience gained from upgrading an existing weapon or piece of equipment. They can be made for additional bonuses. A crafted glyph can increase the chances of upgrading its target, while a boost upgrade increases the defense or attack capabilities of weapons.
Selecting an upgrade template in the GUI will allow you to bind it to an item. This will display an upgrade items component list that the item can be upgraded to. You can also use the workbench when selecting an upgrade template. In either scenario the item will be upgraded once enough upgrade components have been collected.
Each component has a unique experience multiplier. This determines the amount of experience an item gains when upgraded with that component. For instance, organic components have a more experience multipliers than mechanical ones. It is therefore recommended to upgrade using organic components until you reach the experience multiplier of the next rank of weapon or gear, then move to mechanical upgrades.
Each item has a maximum upgrade number that it is possible to receive. The number of items that are upgradeable is determined by their upgradeable rank, and the kind of upgrade they can receive. The highest upgrade possible is a weapon that is tier 10. The most common weapon upgrade is a tier 6 gun and an armor upgrade of tier 5.
Sets
A set is a collection of items that share the same bonus. Each item in the set can be upgraded at least one time, and the upgrade will increase its guaranteed bonuses. When you first upgrade an item, its primary stat will be +1. On subsequent upgrades, the primary stats will be increased even more (for instance, +1 for 12+/13+/14+) and every time an item is upgraded one of its additional stats is increased randomly.
Upgrades can also increase the base damage of a weapon. This could be crucial for certain types of builds. However, weapons are not upgraded to have a higher defense base than their base. It is possible to increase value of certain sets and unique items by upgrading them, but they may not always be better than a Runeword with a high level.
If you are upgrading an item that comes with bonuses the item can be rerolled one time, and its guarantee will reset back to zero. Rerolling will cost the same amount of power dice as the process of leveling an item, however the upgraded item will come with different extra bonuses. Upgrading can be done through the NPC [Armorthe ] Boboko in the Central Flarine. To upgrade an item, you will require the required amount of Minerals and Erons as well as a power dice of each kind. These can be bought by using Gold at the crafting table, or in the Ultra Collection. The NPC will also provide a special reward for each tier of the upgrade process. The reward can be rerolled one time with the same materials as the original item.
Rerolling
If the player has enough tokens for rerolling, they can roll any item level upgrade they've accumulated during the game. If an upgraded item is to be rerolled, it will be exchanged for the version at a level 1 of the same item from a different set. Reroll tokens are available from the store for an amount of in-game currency, however they cannot be refunded. The new item will come with the same extra bonuses as the original, but the stats will differ.
In addition to rerolling items players can also change the identity of any equipment by interfacing with an upgrader NPC. This will change the identity from an armored weapon to a weapon, or vice versa, all the while retaining its base stats and required attributes. The change will be permanent and affect all characters who own the gear.
The player can also upgrade their level of an item for any equipment that is equipped. This is done by talking to an upgrader NPC, and then obtaining upgrade components. This will cost a set amount of crests as well as Valorstones dependent on the upgrade track and item kind. In the case of weapons, each upgrade will add 5% to its damage.
Upgrading an item will make it more powerful however, it can reduce its effectiveness. Therefore, it is crucial to keep both in check. Some items may not be worth upgrading at all and some will require to be upgraded in order to realize their potential. A player may want to upgrade breakpoint armor with an interesting modification (% block chance or FHR) to explore what else it can become.
The main reason people reroll in Genshin Impact, or in any gacha-based game is that they're trying to obtain a particular character or weapon that they wouldn't otherwise be able to acquire. The process of obtaining these items can be costly and time-consuming and the RNG gods do not always want to play ball. The only alternatives are to invest money or grind extensively. Rerolling is very popular in Genshin Impact.
Leveling
When upgrading an item, you can upgrade item the weapon or armor. However, this feature does absolutely nothing in the current game. I believe it was intended to be a way to increase the value of rare items, but as the majority of gear drops quickly and is only upgraded after a certain amount of levels and you'll typically replace the item before it becomes old enough. It's also not worth upgrading items using gem sockets since the power of the stone will outweigh any increase in ilvl.
You will be presented with a small box when you click on the upgrade option on an item. It will show the item's template, the Crest, as well as the cost of Valorstone to increase the item level. The cost will differ between weapons and armor and the latter typically costing more than the latter. The upgrade template outlines the stats to be added to an upgraded item, as well as its current ilvl.
The cost of the Valorstone and Crest is calculated using the current Ilvl of the item as well as the upgrade templates. In addition, the ilvl of the new upgraded item will be decreased by the template's lvl reduction percentage. For instance an upgrade of 8% will decrease the ilvl of a weapon by 8 to 8%.
In addition to the base ilvl boost the item will also be upgraded in other stats such as critical strike damage, damage from PvE and dodge, block and parry rating. These increases are also based off the upgrade template.
The amount of defense and damage the item is able to receive when leveled up can be shown below the upgrade cost and decrease percentages in the upgrade template window. All weapons and armor, except practice equipment, get these stats once they've been leveled up. The market will determine the value of these stats. A weapon or armor that has perfect rolls can fetch more than a non-upp’d version. The same is true for other pieces of armor, such as circlets and tiaras.