Path of Exile Item Upgrading
In Path of Exile, item upgrading is among the best ways to improve your equipment without relying on large-ticket drops or trade. This article will show you how to upgrade your gear.
Upgrades to equipment grant a bonus on the item's stats. This bonus scales based on the rarity and level of the upgrade component.
Components
Upgrade components are the things that can make your weapons and armor better. They can be found by destroying enemies, buying them from karma vendors, or finding them in the form of item-spheres. You can also get them from equipment that has the components or by using high-tier salvage kits such as Black Lion Salvage Kit and Ascended Salvage Tool. Contrary to other products upgrade components, upgrade components aren't destroyed when they are removed from an item.
Upgrade components are primarily used to upgrade an item however, they can also be used for other reasons. They can be stacked to increase the quality of an upgradeable item or they can be used to enhance the amount of experience gained from upgrading an existing weapon or piece of gear. They can be made for additional bonuses. For instance, a specially created glyph can increase the chance of upgrading its target, while a boost upgrade will enhance 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 display the upgrade components to which the item can be upgraded. You can also use the workbench for selecting an upgrade template. In either case, an item will be upgraded after enough upgrade components have been gathered.
Each component has a distinct experience multiplier that affects how much more experience an item will gain when it is upgraded by the component. For instance, organic components have a more experience multipliers than mechanical ones. It is recommended to upgrade the organic components first, until you reach the next level in the weapon or equipment, and then switch to the mechanical upgrades.
In addition to the multiplier of experience, each item also has the maximum number of upgrades it can receive. The number of items that can be upgraded is determined by their upgradeable rank and the kind of upgrade they can get. The most powerful upgrade is a weapon that is tier 10. The most common weapon upgrade is a gun of tier 6 and an armor upgrade of tier 5.
Sets
A set is a collection of items that share the same bonus. Each item can be upgraded at minimum once. The upgrade will increase the bonuses that are guaranteed. The first time you upgrade the set piece or weapon is that it will be given an increase of +1 to its primary stat. On subsequent 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 to a weapon may increase the damage base, which may be necessary for certain builds. Weapons cannot be upgraded for a higher maximum defence roll than their base. It is possible to increase value of certain sets and unique items by upgrading them, but they might not always be better than a Runeword with a high level.
If you are upgrading an item with bonuses the item can be rerolled one time and the guarantee will reset to 0. Rerolling will cost the same amount of power dice as leveling an item, however the new item upgrades will have various bonuses. Upgrading can be done by visiting the NPC [ArmorBoboko. Boboko in Central Flarine. To upgrade an item upgrade, you will require a power dice 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 purchased with Gold at the crafting table, or in the Ultra Collection. The NPC will also give an additional reward for each completed tier of the upgrade process. This reward can be rerolled once, and the reroll will be made using the same materials as the original item.
Rerolling
A player is able to reroll any item acquired in the game if they have enough reroll tokens. When an upgraded item gets rerolled, it will be exchanged for the version at a level 1 of the same item in a different set. Reroll tokens are available at the store for an amount of in-game currency, but they are not refundable. The upgraded item will still have the extra benefits of the previous one however, its stats will be different as well.
In addition to rerolling objects, players can also change the identification of any item upgrader kit by engaging with an upgrader NPC. This will change the identification from a weapon to an armor, or vice versa. Its base stats and requirements remain the same. The change will be permanent and affect all characters who have the gear.
The player can also upgrade their item level for any equipment that is equipped. This can be done by engaging with an upgrader NPC and getting upgrade items. The cost will differ based on the upgrade track, item type and number of crests. Each step will give an additional 5% of damage to weapons.
Upgrades can boost the effectiveness of an item, but they also decrease its quality. Therefore, it is crucial to strike a balance between the two. Certain items might not be worth upgrading, while others will need to be upgraded to reach their potential. A player may want to upgrade their breakpoint armor using an interesting modification ( 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 are trying to acquire a certain character or weapon that they wouldn't otherwise be able to acquire. The process of obtaining these items can be expensive and time-consuming and the RNG gods do not always want to play ball. The only choices left is to shell out real money or grind a lot. This is why rerolling is a popular option in Genshin Impact.
Leveling
When upgrading an item you can increase the level of the weapon or armor. This feature is not available in the current version of the game. I think it was meant to to increase the value of rare items, but as the majority of gear drops quickly and can only be upgraded after a certain amount of levels, you'll usually replace the item before it becomes old enough. It's not worth it to upgrade items that have gem sockets because the power of the gem will far outweigh the increase in ilvl with the upgrade.
When you click the upgrade option on an item, you will get a small screen with the upgrade template for the item and the crest and Valorstone costs to boost the level of the item. The costs will vary between the armor and weapons, with the former usually costing more than the latter. The upgrade template lists the stats that will be added to an upgraded item and also the current base ilvl.
The cost of the Valorstone and Crest is calculated using the current Ilvl of the item and the upgrade templates. The ilvl is also reduced by the upgrade templates lvl reduction percentage. For instance the weapon that has an upgrade decrease of 8% will decrease its ilvl by 8 - 8%.
The item will get upgrades to other stats, such as critical strike damage, PvE damages, and block, parry and dodge rating in addition to the base level. These upgrades are also based on the upgrade template.
In the upgrade template, you can check the amount of damage or defense an item will be able to sustain after being leveled up. This is displayed below the cost and the upgrade percentages. All weapons and armor that are not practice equipment get these stats once they've been leveled up. The value of these additional stats will be determined by the market, with a perfectly rolled piece of armor or weapon able to command much more trade value than non-upp'd versions. This is also true for other pieces of armor like tiaras or circlets.