Path of Exile Item Upgrading
In Path of Exile, item upgrading is one of the best ways to improve your gear without relying on massive drops or trade. This article will teach you how to upp your items efficiently.
Upgrades to equipment provide a bonus on the item's stats. The bonus is based on the rarity and level of the upgrade component.
Components
Upgrade components are the things that make your weapons and armor better. You can locate them through destroying enemies, buying them from karma sellers or finding them in items-spheres. You can also salvage them from equipment that contains the components, or by utilizing high-end salvage kits like Black Lion Salvage Kit and Ascended Salvage Tool. Upgrade components aren't destroyed when you remove them from an item.
The primary function of upgrade components is to enable an item to be upgraded, but they also serve other functions. They can be used to increase the level or the amount of experience gained by upgrading equipment or weapons. They can be forged for extra bonuses. For example, a created glyph can increase the chances of upgrading its target, and a boost upgrade will increase the attack or defense property of a weapon, or armor.
Selecting an upgrade template in the GUI will let you bind it to an item. This will display the upgrade components that the item can be upgraded. You can also use the workbench when selecting an upgrade template. In either case, an item will be upgraded once enough upgrade components have been collected.
Each component has a unique experience multiplier. This determines how much experience an item can gain when upgraded using that component. For instance, organic components have a an experience multiplier that is higher than mechanical ones. You should upgrade the organic components first, until you reach the next rank in the weapon or equipment, and then switch to the mechanical upgrades.
In addition to the experience multiplier every item also has an maximum number of upgrades it can receive. The number of upgrades is determined by the upgradeable rank and the type of upgrade for the upgradeable item. For instance, the highest possible weapon upgrade is a tier 10 weapon. However, the most common upgrade for weapons is an tier 6 weapon as well as an armor upgrade of tier 5.
Sets
A set is a collection of items that have bonuses. Each item in the set can be upgraded at least one time, and each upgrade boosts the guaranteed bonuses. When you first upgrade an item, its initial stat will be +1. Following upgrades, the primary stats will be enhanced even more (for instance +1 for 12+/13+/14+) and every time an item is upgraded, one of its stats will increase randomly.
Upgrades can also increase a weapon's damage base. This can be crucial for certain types of builds. However, weapons can't be upgraded to have a higher defense level than their base. Upgrading can be a good method to increase the value of a set and unique items, but it's important to note that they might not be better than a high-level runeword in any build.
If you're upgrading an item with a bonus the item can be rerolled one time, and its guarantee will reset back to 0. Rerolling costs the same amount of power dice as the process of leveling an item up, but the upgraded item will come with different extra bonuses. The NPC [Armor] Boboko can upgrade your armor in Central Flarine. To upgrade an item, you will require 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. These can be bought with Gold at the crafting table, or in the Ultra Collection. NPCs will also provide special rewards for each completed stage of the upgrade process. This reward can be rerolled a second time and will be made using the same materials as the original item.
Rerolling
A player can play rerolling any item that they acquire in the game if they have enough tokens to be able to do so. If an item is rerolled, it will be replaced by a level 1 version in another set. Reroll tokens can be purchased at the store for a small amount of in-game currency, but they cannot be refunded. The new item will offer the same bonuses as the previous one, but the stats will differ.
Players can alter the identification of equipment in addition to rolling it again by interacting with a NPC upgrader. This will change the identification from a weapon to armor or vice versa, all the while retaining its base stats and required attributes. The change is permanent and will affect all characters that own the gear in question.
Players can also boost the item level of any equipped equipment by acquiring upgrade items and conversing with the NPC who upgrades the item. It will cost a specific amount of crests and Valorstones dependent on the upgrade track and the item kind. For weapons, each step will add an additional 5percent to the damage.
An upgrade can boost its power, but it will also lower its quality. Therefore, it is important to keep both in check. Certain items aren't worth upgrading, while other items require upgrades to maximize their potential. A player might want to upgrade their breakpoint armor using an interesting modification ( percent block chance or FHR) in order to see what else it can be.
Rerolling is a popular practice in Genshin Impact and other gacha-based games. It is a method used by players to gain access to an item or character that they wouldn't otherwise have. These items can be costly and time-consuming to obtain and the RNG doesn't always play nice. The only alternatives are to spend money or grind a lot. For this reason, rerolling is a popular option in Genshin Impact.
Leveling
You can choose whether to upgrade the weapon or armor when you upgrade an item. However, this feature does absolutely nothing in the current game. I believe it was intended to to increase the value of rare items, but since equipment generally drops quickly and is only upgraded one level up, you'll usually replace the item before it gets too old. It's also not worth upgrading items with gem sockets because the power of the gemstone will outweigh any increase in the level of.
You will see a small window when you click on the upgrade option on an item. It will display the template for the item, its Crest, as well as the cost of Valorstone to increase the item level. The costs will vary between armor and weapons, with the former usually costing more than the latter. The upgrade template outlines the stats that can be added to an upgraded item, along with its current base ilvl.
item upgrade and Valorstone costs are calculated by analyzing the item's current ilvl and the upgrade template. In addition the ilvl of a new upgraded item will be decreased by the upgrade template's lvl decrease percentage. For instance an upgrade of 8% will reduce the ilvl of a weapon by 8 to 8percent.
In addition to the base ilvl increase, the item will also receive upgrades in other stats, such as critical strike damage, PvE damage, dodge, block and parry rating. These enhancements are also based on the upgrade template.
The amount of damage and defense that the item is able to receive as it gets leveled up can be observed below the cost and upgrade decrease percentages in the upgrade template window. All armor and weapons apart from practice equipment gain these stats upon leveling 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 applies to other pieces of armor such as circlets or tiaras.