In Path of Exile, item upgrading is among the most effective ways to upgrade your equipment without relying on big-ticket drops or trade. This article will show you how to upgrade your items.
Upgrades in equipment can add an additional bonus to the item's base 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. They can be obtained by destroying enemies, finding them in item spheres, or buying them from karma merchants. 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. Upgrade components are not destroyed by removing them from an item.
Upgrade components are typically used to upgrade an item but they can also be used for other purposes. They can be stacked to increase the level of an upgradeable item or they can be used to enhance the experience gained when upgrading an existing weapon or piece of equipment. They can also be made to provide extra bonuses. For example, a designed glyph will increase the upgrade chance of its target, while an upgrade boost will boost the defense or attack attribute of a weapon or armor.
You can bind an upgrade template to an item by selecting it from the edition GUI. This will show an upgrade component list that the item can be upgraded to. Alternatively, you can use the workbench to select an upgrade template. In either scenario, the item will be upgraded after enough upgrade components are collected.
Each component has a unique experience multiplier. This determines how much experience an item can gain when upgraded with that component. For instance, organic components give a higher experience multiplier than mechanical ones. You should upgrade your organic components first until you reach the next rank in the weapon or equipment, and then move on to mechanical upgrades.
Each item has an upgrade maximum number that can be received. The number of upgrades are determined by its upgradeable rank and the upgrade type of the upgradeable item. The highest upgrade item possible is a weapon of the tier 10. The most popular weapon upgrade is a tier 6 gun and a armor upgrade for tier 5.
Sets
A set is a group of items that have bonuses. Each item in the set can be upgraded at least one time, and the upgrade will increase the amount of bonuses that are guaranteed. The first time you upgrade an item, its primary stat will be +1. In subsequent upgrades the stats of the primary one will be boosted a bit more (for example, +1 up to 12+/13+/14+) Every time you upgrade the item it will have one of its additional stats is increased randomly.
The upgrade of a weapon can increase the damage base, which can be crucial for certain builds. Weapons cannot be upgraded for a higher maximum defence roll than their base. It's possible to increase the value of certain sets and unique items by upgrading them, however they might not always be superior to a high-level Runeword.
If you are upgrading an item that has a bonus it can be rerolled one time, and its guarantee will reset to 0. The same power die is used to reroll an item, just as it would be used to increase its level. However the new item comes with different bonuses. Upgrading can be done through the NPC [Armor] Boboko in the Central Flarine. To upgrade an item you will require the proper amount of Minerals and Erons, as well as a power dice of each kind. These can be purchased by using Gold at the crafting table, or in the Ultra Collection. The NPC will also offer an extra 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 as the first item.
Rerolling
If the player has enough tokens for rerolling, they can roll any item they've acquired during the game. If an upgraded item is rerolled, it will be exchanged for an equivalent version that is level 1 of the same item in a different set. Reroll tokens are available at the store for small amounts of in-game currency, but they are not refundable. The new item upgraded will still come with the extra benefits of the previous one however its stats will be different as well.
Players can change the identification of their equipment as well as changing it's roll by interfacing with a NPC upgrader. This will change its identification as a weapon to armor or vice versa. The basic stats and requirements remain the same. The change will last for a long time and affect all characters who own the equipment.
The player can also upgrade their level of the item for any equipment equipped. This is accomplished by engaging with an upgrader NPC and obtaining upgrade items. The cost will differ based on the upgrade track, the item upgrades type and number of crests. In the case of weapons, each upgrade will add an additional 5% to its damage.
Upgrades can boost the effectiveness of an item, but they also can decrease the quality of an item. Therefore, it is important to keep both in check. Some items aren't worth upgrading, while others require upgrading to make them more effective. A player may want to upgrade their breakpoint armor using an interesting modifier ( percent block chance, or FHR) to explore what else it can be.
The primary reason why people are able to reroll in Genshin Impact, or in any gacha-based game is because they're trying to obtain a particular weapon or character that they wouldn't otherwise be able to acquire. These items can be time-consuming and expensive to acquire and the RNG doesn't always play nice. The only other options are to invest money or grind a lot. Rerolling is a popular feature in Genshin Impact.
Leveling
When upgrading an item you can choose to upgrade the weapon or armor. This feature isn't available in the current version of the game. I think this feature was created to give value to rare and expensive items. However, since the majority of items are replaced quite quickly, and can only be upgraded one level, you'll typically replace it before it becomes too old. It's also not worthwhile to upgrade items with gem sockets since the value of the gem will be greater than the increased ilvl that comes with the upgrade.
If you click on the upgrade option on an item upgrader mod, you'll be presented with a small window displaying the item's upgrade template and the cost of crest and Valorstone to boost the level of the item upgrader. The cost of upgrades will vary based on the armor and weapons and the latter typically costing more than the latter. The upgrade template outlines the stats that will be added to an upgraded item and also the current base ilvl.
The crest and Valorstone costs are calculated based on the current ilvl of the item and the upgrade template. The ilvl will also be reduced by the upgrade template's lvl reduction percentage. For instance an upgrade of 8% will decrease the weapon's ilvl by 8 to 8%.
In addition to the base ilvl increase, the item will also be upgraded in other stats, such as critical strike damage, PvE damage, dodge, block, and parry rating. The increases are also built on the upgrade template.
The amount of defense and damage the item is able to receive when it is leveled can be seen below the upgrade cost and decrease percentages in the upgrade template window. All armor and weapons that are not practice equipment gain these stats upon leveling up. The value of these stats will be determined by the market, with a rolled perfect version of a piece of armor or weapon is able to command higher trade values than non-upp'd versions. The same applies to other pieces of armor such as circlets or tiaras.
