Path of Exile Item Upgrading
In Path of Exile, item upgrading is one of the best ways to improve your equipment without relying on large-ticket drops or trade. This article will teach you how to upgrade your items effectively.
Upgrades to equipment give an increase in the item's stats. This bonus scales with the upgrade component level and rarity.
Components
upgrade item components make your armour and weapons better. They can be obtained by destroying enemies, finding them in item spheres or purchasing them from karma sellers. They can also be salvaged from equipment that contains them, or through the highest-quality salvage kits such as the Black Lion Salvage Kit or Ascended Salvage Tool. Contrary to other products upgrades aren't destroyed when removed from an item.
upgrade item components are mostly used to upgrade an item but they can also be used for other reasons. They can be stacked to boost the value of an upgradeable item upgrader, or they can be used to enhance the experience gained by upgrading an existing weapon or piece of equipment. They can be forged for additional bonuses. For instance, a designed glyph will increase the chance of upgrading its target, and an upgrade boost will enhance the defense or attack property of a weapon, or armor.
Selecting an upgrade template in the GUI will allow you to connect it to an item. This will show the upgrade components to which the item can be updated. Alternately, you can make use of the workbench to choose an upgrade template. In either scenario, the item will be upgraded after enough upgrade components have been collected.
Each component has its own experience multiplier that affects how much more experience an item will gain when it upgrades with that component. For instance, organic components have a an experience multiplier that is higher than mechanical ones. It is recommended to upgrade your organic components first until you reach the next rank in the weapon or equipment, then switch to mechanical upgrades.
In addition to the experience multiplier Each item also comes with a maximum number of upgrades it can receive. The number of upgradeable items is determined by their upgradeable rank and the type of upgrade they can receive. For instance, the highest possible upgrade for a weapon is a tier 10 weapon. The most commonly used upgrade is a tier 6 gun and a armor upgrade of tier 5.
Sets
A set is a group of items which share bonuses. Each item can be upgraded at least once. The upgrade boosts the guaranteed bonuses. When you first upgrade a set piece or weapon will give it an increase of +1 to its primary stat. After subsequent upgrades, the primary stats will be increased a bit further (for example, +1 to 12+/13+/14+) Every time you upgrade the item it will have one of its additional stats is increased randomly.
Upgrades to a weapon may increase the damage base, which may be crucial for certain builds. Weapons aren't upgraded to give greater maximum defence rolls than their base. It is possible to increase the value of specific sets and unique items by upgrading them, but they might not always be superior to a higher-level Runeword.
If you're upgrading an item that has an added bonus, the item can be rerolled a single time, and its guarantee will reset back to zero. The same amount of power dies are used to roll an item, just as it would be used to upgrade it. However the new item comes with different bonuses. The NPC [ArmorBoboko Boboko can upgrade your armor in Central Flarine. To upgrade an item, you'll require a power dice of each kind (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 by using Gold at the crafting table or in the Ultra Collection. The NPC will also offer an additional reward for each completed tier of the upgrade process. This reward can be rerolled a single time with the same materials as original item.
Rerolling
If players have enough tokens for rerolling, they can play rerolling any item they've acquired during the game. When an upgraded item is to be rerolled, it will be exchanged for the version that is level 1 of the same item upgrades in a different set. Reroll tokens are available in the store for a small amount of in-game currency. They are non-refundable. The new upgraded item will still have the extra bonuses of the first, but its stats will be different also.
Players can alter the identification of their equipment, in addition to changing it's roll by interfacing with a NPC upgrader. This will change the identification from an armored weapon to a weapon, or vice versa, all the while maintaining its base stats and required attributes. The change will be permanent and will affect all characters who own the equipment.
Players can also boost the level of their item on any equipped device by obtaining upgrade components and communicating with the NPC who upgrades the item. It will cost a specific number of crests and Valorstones according to the upgrade track and the item type. Each step will add an additional 5% of damage to weapons.
The upgrade of an item will make it more powerful however it can also decrease its quality. It is therefore important to strike a balance between the two. Some items may not be worth upgrading at all however, others will need to be upgraded in order to reach their potential. A player may want to upgrade breakpoint armor with an interesting modification ( percent block chance or FHR) in order to explore what else it can become.
The primary reason people reroll in Genshin Impact, or in any gacha-based game is because they're trying to get a specific weapon or character that they aren't able to obtain. These items can be costly and time-consuming to acquire, and the RNG doesn't always play nice. The only alternatives are to spend money or grind for a long time. This is why rerolling is a very popular option in Genshin Impact.
Leveling
When upgrading an item, you can pick to level up the weapon or armor. This feature is not available in the current version of the game. I think this feature was created to increase the value of expensive and rare items. However, since most equipment is replaced quickly, and can only be leveled up one level, you'll typically replace it before it is too old. It's not worth it to upgrade items that have gem sockets because the power of the gem will be greater than the increase in ilvl with the upgrade.
You will see a small box when you click the upgrade option for an item level upgrade. It will show the template of the item, the Crest, as well as the cost of Valorstone to increase the level of the item. The costs will vary between the armor and weapons and the latter typically costing more than the latter. The upgrade template outlines the statistics that will be added to the upgraded item. It also lists its current ilvl.
The Crest and Valorstone costs are calculated by analyzing the current ilvl of the item and the upgrade template. The ilvl is also decreased by the upgrade templates reduction percentage for lvl. For instance weapons with an 8% upgrade decrease will decrease its value by 8-8 percent.
In addition to the base ilvl boost the item will also be upgraded in other stats, such as critical strike damage, PvE damage, dodge, block, and parry rating. These upgrades are also based on the upgrade template.
In the upgrade template, you can check the amount of damage or defense the item will be able to sustain after being leveled up. This is shown below the cost and upgrade percentages. Aside from practice equipment, all armor and weapons gain these same stats when leveled up. The value of these additional stats will be dictated by the market, with a perfectly rolled version of a piece of armor or weapon able to command much higher trade values than non-upp'd versions. This is also true for other pieces of armor, like tiaras or circlets.