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 teach you how to upgrade your gear effectively.
Upgrades in equipment can add an additional bonus to the item upgrade's base stats. This bonus is based on the upgrade component level and rarity.
Components
Upgrade components are the things that make your weapons and armor better. You can locate them by destroying enemies, buying them from karma sellers or finding them in the form of item-spheres. You can also get them from equipment that contains the components or through high-end salvage kits like Black Lion Salvage Kit and Ascended Salvage Tool. Upgrade components aren't destroyed when you remove them from the item.
Upgrade components are typically used to upgrade an item, however, they can also be used for other purposes. They can be stacked to boost the value of an upgradeable item level upgrade, or they can be used to increase the experience gained by upgrading an existing weapon or piece of gear. They can also be forged to give additional bonuses. For instance, a created glyph can increase the chances of upgrading its target, while an upgrade boost will increase the attack or defense quality of a weapon or armor.
You can connect an upgrade template to an item by selecting it from the edition GUI. It will display a list of upgrade components that the item can be upgraded to. You can also use the workbench when selecting an upgrade template. In either case, the item will be upgraded when enough upgrade components have been gathered.
Each component has a different experience multiplier, which determines how much more experience an item gets when it is upgraded by the component. For instance, organic components offer an experience multiplier that is higher than mechanical ones. It is recommended to upgrade your organic components first until you reach the next level in the weapon or equipment, and then switch to the mechanical upgrades.
Each item has an upgrade maximum number that it is possible to receive. The number of upgradeable items is determined by their upgradeable rank and the type of upgrade they can get. The highest upgrade possible is a weapon with 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 have the benefit of. Each item upgrade can be upgraded at the least once. The upgrade boosts the bonuses that are guaranteed. The first time you upgrade a 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 boosted a bit further (for instance, +1 to 12+/13+/14+) Every time you upgrade the item it will have one of its additional stats will be increased randomly.
Upgrades to a weapon may increase its damage base, which may be crucial for certain builds. However, weapons are not upgraded to a higher maximum defense roll than their regular base. It's possible to increase the value of certain sets and unique items by upgrading them, but they're not always superior to a high-level Runeword.
If you're upgrading an item that comes with bonuses, the item can be rerolled once, and its guarantee will reset to zero. Rerolling costs the same amount of power dice as the process of leveling an item, however the upgraded item will come with various bonuses. Upgrades can be completed through the NPC [Armorthe ] Boboko in the Central Flarine. To upgrade an item you will need the appropriate amount Minerals and Erons as well as a power dice of each kind. These are available at the crafting table or the Ultra Collector and can be purchased using Gold. The NPC will also give an extra reward for each completed tier of the upgrade process. This reward can be rerolled once and the reroll will use the same materials as the first item.
Rerolling
A player can reroll any item acquired during the game, provided 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 bought from the store for small amounts of in-game currency, however they are not refundable. The new item will offer the same bonuses as the previous one, but the statistics will also differ.
In addition to rerolling objects, players can also change the identity of any equipment by interfacing with an upgrader NPC. This will change its identification as a weapon to armor or reverse it. Its base stats and requirements will remain the same. The change is permanent and will affect all characters that have the gear in question.
Players can also increase the level of their item on any equipped equipment by obtaining upgrade components and interacting with the item's upgrader NPC. The cost will vary depending on the upgrade track, the item type, and the number of crests. Each upgrade will add 5% more damage to weapons.
The upgrade of an item can boost its power, but it will also lower its quality. It is therefore important to find a balance between the two. Some items are not worth upgrading, while others need to be upgraded to reach their full potential. A player may want to upgrade the breakpoint armor by adding an interesting modifier ( percent block chance or FHR) in order to discover what it could become.
Rerolling is a standard practice in Genshin Impact and other gacha-based games. People use it to gain access to a character or weapon they cannot otherwise get. These items can be time-consuming and expensive to acquire and the RNG isn't always a good fit. The only alternative is to invest money or grind extensively. This is why rerolling is a popular option in Genshin Impact.
Leveling
When upgrading an item you can pick to increase the level of the weapon or armor. However, this feature is absolutely nothing in the current game. I believe this feature was designed to give value to rare and expensive items. However, as most gear is replaced fairly quickly, and it can only be leveled up one level, you'll generally replace it before it is too old. It's not worth upgrading items using gem sockets, as the power of the gem will outweigh any increase in the ilvl.
You will be presented with a small box when you click on the upgrade option on an item. It will show the item upgrader's template, the crest, and the cost of Valorstone to increase the item level. The cost of upgrades will vary based on the armor and weapons, with the former usually costing more than the latter. The upgrade template lists the statistics that will be added to the upgraded item and will also list its current base ilvl.
The cost of the Valorstone and the crest is calculated based on the current Ilvl of the item and the upgrade templates. Additionally the ilvl of the new upgraded item will be reduced by the template's lvl decrease percentage. For instance weapons with an 8% upgrade decrease will reduce its value by 8-8%.
In addition to the base ilvl increase, the item will also receive upgrades in other stats like critical strike damage, PvE damage and dodge, block and parry rating. These upgrades are also based on the upgrade template.
In the upgrade template you can determine the amount of damage or defense the item will receive when it is upgraded. This is shown below the cost and the upgrade percentages. Apart from the equipment for practice, all items and armor get these same stats when leveled up. The market will determine the value of these stats. A weapon or armor that has perfect rolls can command a much higher price than an unupp'd version. The same applies to other pieces of armor, like tiaras or circlets.