World of Warcraft Upgrades and Item Upgrading
Upgrades can boost the value of armors, weapons and rings. Upgrades also increase bonuses such as Crit chance and damage from PvE.
If the weapon's upgrade template is %, it will gain 3percent of its previous attack damage every time it is upgraded.
Item upgrading costs crests and the current level of the item. The cost increases with the item's level.
Components
Upgrade components can be added to trinkets, armor, and weapons in order to provide them with a boost in stats or add a bonus effect. They can be obtained through crafting, buying from vendors, trading with other players, or looting. Certain upgrades come with special cosmetic effects.
Upgrade components can only be used on equipment that has a slot. The item must be at least upgraded to a blue level before a component can be applied. Upgrade components, unlike other mods, can only be applied once. They are not able to be replaced or applied multiple times. Infusions and enrichments are a type of upgrade component that can be used to upgrade non-amulet legendary and ascending equipment, as other items that are not ascended. Enrichments and Infusions can be obtained by salvaging ascended equipment or completing a mission in the Prophecies, Factions, and Nightfall campaigns.
A prefix or suffix may be added to an upgrade, changing the name of the item it's used on (for example 'Canthan Armor Insignia',' changes to Canthan Armor Minor Vigor). Some upgrades increase the Mark Rarity or Level of an item, which lets players to create stronger versions using fewer upgrade crystals than they require to reach the same level using normal methods.
A boost upgrade can alter the attack or defense characteristics of a weapon or armor. Once the player has completed the cutscene and defeated Crazed Mechanist, these upgrades can be created at the Portative Forging Station. They can be dropped by enemies when upgrading other gear or buying them in the cash shop for 500 upgrade crystals each.
The player can get the maximum of five boost upgrades at a time; each upgrade increases the chance that a higher-tier version of the item will be available in the next reset. This gives the player some incentive to continue improving their equipment even if they're uncertain of the extent to which it will increase after a future reset.
The process of upgrading an item can be costly and it is likely that the item will become obsolete, or even break, when the upgrade fails. Upgrade Crystals and assist powders are also destroyed if the upgrade fails. Cash shop items can be used to minimize or eliminate the possibility of failure. Some upgrades also offer an additional bonus when they are reinserted.
Glyphs
Glyphs can be used to improve the Paragon Board by placing them in sockets that are specifically designed for. Glyphs increase the power of nodes within a radius, which includes any existing attaches. Glyphs can be upgraded in a variety of ways. We suggest upgrading them as soon as you can to level 15.
You'll often see in the endgame that putting Glyphs is the best way to upgrade your equipment. These are the only upgrade components which can be upgraded to level 15 and give a significant boost to your power on the Paragon Board.
The majority of upgrades in the game can be replaced, however, Glyphs are only the one upgrade component that can be removed and replaced without any restrictions. Only legendary equipment can be salvaged and re-placed by using a Black Lion Salvage Kit.
The value of each Glyph is displayed when you select it from your inventory. You can replace it with another Glyph that is of the same or higher rank to increase the value of the Glyph.
Glyphs are available in the Black Lion Trading Post as part of the Gem Store bundle or purchase the glyphs with certain tools that allow unlimited use and also during Faction Crypt Raids. Every Faction Crypt could drop one of these Glyphs. There are also some rare glyphs you can find in any of the Faction Crypts.
Once you have the desired Glyphs, you will have to attach them to your gear. Each Glyph unlocks a unique bonus that boosts the stats of a specific set of nodes within a radius around the Glyph. It could be +40 for one of your primary stats or +25 for two of your secondary stats based on the Glyph.
Utilizing a Glyph will boost all the nodes that are linked to it, and it is recommended to position your Glyphs near the most important nodes of the Graph to maximise the impact. For instance that a Druid should try to position their Glyphs near their primary damage points, but you should also think about placing them near crucial damage nodes too.
Leveling
The item upgrading system allows players to increase the effectiveness of certain items by placing upgraded components inside them. This is often referred to as "upping". Each upgradeable item comes with an amount that determines its upgraded stats. Upgraded items can be upgraded until they reach a maximum level of ilvl 385. Each level requires a different amount of components and the costs for upgrading increase as the item gets leveled up.
Some upgrades require an ingredient to be activated. This ingredient is obtained by making Upgrade Recipes. These recipes can be found in the upgrade tab of a crafting table, or obtained from NPCs. Each completed Upgrade Recipe earns some Technology Points. These points can be used to upgrade the item, and when enough points are earned, the upgrade will be claimed and the additional bonuses will be added to the item.
When a player upgrades a piece of equipment the original item will be replaced with a new item. The same armor will be upgraded to the form of a weapon or shield when upgraded. The new item will have a unique bonus. This could be a disadvantage in that the item could increase in price even if you do not need it.
Upgrades to items can be rerolled, if the player has enough reroll tokens in order to do so. The item will be replaced by the same item upgrades, but it has a base of level 1 and totally different bonuses. This is a good idea, but should not be used frequently as it can be a waste of resources.
Certain upgrades can be rerolled many times to increase their value, giving players the ability to alter their equipment. One example is Dolphin's Gift, which gives a buff when the player repeatedly enters and exits water (or swims like dolphins). This item can be upgraded several times by increasing the maximum roll every time by 10 increments. This item is extremely valuable in PvP as an item that is properly rolled it can be worth between 20 and 50x its value if it is not upgraded.
Requirements
Item upgrading allows players to upgrade the level of their equippable equipment--armor, weapons, and trinkets over ilvl 385 by offering the appropriate items and currencies to an NPC who upgrades items. The upgrade of armor set pieces will also increase the defense base of the item, and upgrading weapon equipment will increase the base damage and required strength and dexterity to meet the upgraded equipment's requirements.
All items can be upgraded up to five times, with the exception of hero gear that can have eight upgrades. Each time you upgrade an item, it has an opportunity to fail. The rate of failure increases as you go beyond the maximum number of upgrades. Failures will cause the item upgrades to revert back to its original condition, which requires the user to pay more for materials than they would have to had they stopped upgrading at the maximum amount of upgrades.
If an item upgrade does not upgrade the amount of experience in its growth bar is reset to zero. The item will also lose any bonuses it earned, such as chances to be crit damage to attack, additional effects (such as an increase in healing over time, or the speed of reloading). However, the player may continue to use the weapon or armor after the failure.
When an item is upgraded the upgrades are applied from the lowest to highest. This means that if a weapon gains a crit chance increase that it will be applied before any damage to attack increases. A new attribute known as Slots has been added to the item definition and the value is computed every time an upgrade is applied.
The amount of resources required to upgrade an item are based on its rarity rating and the number of upgrade slots. The cost of upgrading non-premium items is the same as the base value of the upgrade--for instance, a typical equipment item may have five upgrades at a cost of 25600 Technology Points, 4x Quality Improvement Chance. Hero quality items have lower costs per upgrade.
Premium items have different upgrade requirements as compared to standard equipment, for instance, they might require fewer sowels, but more minerals and erons. Whatever the case, players must visit the NPC [ArmorBoboko in Central Flarine. Boboko in Central Flarine with each piece of equipment they wish to upgrade. Each upgrade of equipment requires different amounts of upgrade ingredients in addition to the expenses mentioned above.