Path of Exile Item Upgrading
In Path of Exile, item upgrading is among the best ways to upgrade your gear without relying on big-ticket drops or trade. This article will teach you how to upp your items efficiently.
Upgrades in equipment can add a bonus to the item's base stats. The bonus is depending on the rarity and quality of the upgrade component.
Components
Upgrade components make your weapons and armour better. You can find them by destroying enemies, buying them from karma sellers or finding them in item-spheres. They can also be rescued from equipment with them, or by utilizing a high-tier salvage kit such as the Black Lion Salvage Kit or Ascended Salvage Tool. In contrast to other items upgrades aren't destroyed when they are removed from an item.
Upgrade components are mostly used to upgrade an item but they can also be used for other purposes. They can be stacked in order to increase the level of the amount of experience gained by upgrading weapons or gear. They can be made for additional bonuses. A glyph that has been crafted can increase the upgrade chances of its target, while a boost upgrade increases the attack or defense capabilities of a weapon.
By selecting an upgrade template from the GUI will allow you to bind it to an item. This will display the upgrade components that the item can be upgraded. You can also make use of the workbench to choose an upgrade template. In either scenario, an item will be upgraded once enough upgrade components have been collected.
Each component is assigned an experience multiplier. This determines how much experience an item gains when upgraded using the component. Organic components, like, have a higher multiplier of experience than mechanical components. You should upgrade the organic components first, until you reach the next level in the weapon or equipment, and then switch to the mechanical upgrades.
Each item comes with an upgrade maximum number that is available for. The number of upgradeable items is determined by their upgradeable rank, and the type of upgrade they can receive. The most powerful upgrade is a weapon of 10th level. 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 bonuses. Each item in the set can be upgraded at least once, and each upgrade boosts the amount of bonuses that are guaranteed. The first time you upgrade an item, its primary stat will be +1. On subsequent upgrades, primary stats are boosted even further (for instance, +1 for 12+/13+/14+) and every time an item is upgraded, one of its additional stats increases randomly.
The upgrade of a weapon can increase the damage base, which can be crucial for certain builds. However, weapons can't be upgraded to have a higher defense level than their regular base. It is a good method to increase the value of some set and unique items, but it is important to keep in mind that they're not necessarily better than a high-level runeword in any build.
If the item you're upgrading has a guaranteed bonus it is able to be rerolled a few times and its guarantee will be reset to 0. Rerolling is the same amount of power dice as bringing an item up, but the upgraded item will come with additional bonuses. Upgrading can be done at the NPC [Armor] Boboko in Central Flarine. To upgrade an item, you will require a power die 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 are available at the crafting table or in the Ultra Collector, and can be purchased with Gold. The NPC will also offer a special reward for each tier of the upgrade process. The reward can be rerolled one time using the same materials as original item.
Rerolling
A player is able to play rerolling any item upgrader that they acquire in the game if they have enough reroll tokens. If an item is rerolled, it will be replaced with a level 1 version in another set. Reroll tokens are available in the shop for a small amount of in-game currency. They are non-refundable. The new item will have the same extra bonuses as the original, but the stats will also be different.
In addition to rerolling objects, players can also change the identification of any item level upgrade by engaging with an upgrader NPC. This will change the identification as a weapon to armor or vice versa. Its base requirements and stats will remain the same. The change will last for a long time and affect all characters who have the equipment.
Players can also increase the item level of any equipped equipment by acquiring upgrade components and communicating with the item level upgrade's upgrader NPC. The cost will vary depending on the upgrade track, item type and the number of crests. In the case of weapons, each step will add five percent to the damage.
The upgrade of an item will make it more powerful, but it will reduce its effectiveness. Therefore, it is crucial to keep both in check. Some items are not worth upgrading, while other items require upgrading to maximize their potential. One player may wish to upgrade breakpoint armor with an interesting modifier ( percent block chance, or FHR) in order to discover what it could become.
Rerolling is a popular practice in Genshin Impact and other gacha-based games. People do it to try to obtain an item upgrader kit or character that they wouldn't otherwise have. These items can be costly and time-consuming and the RNG gods do not always want to play. The only alternatives are to spend money or grind for a long time. Rerolling is a very popular choice in Genshin Impact.
Leveling
You can decide to upgrade the weapon or armor when you upgrade an item. This feature is not available in the current version of the game. I believe it was intended to to add value to rare items, but since equipment generally drops quickly and can only be upgraded one level up and you'll typically replace the item before it becomes old enough. It's also not worthwhile to upgrade items with gem sockets because the power of the gem will be greater than the increased ilvl that comes with the upgrade.
You will be presented with a small box when you click the upgrade option for an item. It will show the template of the item, the Crest, as well as the cost for Valorstone to raise the item's level. Weapons and armor will have different costs, with the latter usually being more expensive. The upgrade Item template shows the statistics that will be added to the upgraded item and will also list its current ilvl.
The Crest and Valorstone costs are calculated by analyzing the item's current ilvl and the upgrade template. In addition the ilvl of the new upgraded item will be decreased by the template's lvl decrease percentage. For example, a weapon with an 8% upgrade decrease will decrease its value by 8-8%.
In addition to the base ilvl increase, the item upgrader kit will also be upgraded in other stats such as critical strike damage, PvE damage, block, parry and dodge rating. The increases are also based on the upgrade template.
In the upgrade template, you can see the amount of damage or defense an item will be able to sustain after being leveled up. This is listed below the cost and the upgrade percentages. In addition to practice equipment, all other armor and weapons gain the same stats once leveled up. The value of these stats will be dictated by the market, with a rolled perfect version of a weapon or piece of armor can command significantly higher trade values than non-upp'd versions. The same applies to other pieces of armor such as circlets or Tiaras.