Path of Exile Item Upgrading
In Path of Exile, item upgrading is among the best ways to upgrade your gear without relying on large-ticket drops or trade. This article will show you how to upp your items effectively.
Upgrades to equipment provide an increase to the item's base stats. This bonus scales depending on the rarity and quality of the upgrade component.
Components
Upgrade components are the items that make your weapons and armor better. You can locate them by destroying enemies, purchasing them from karma sellers or finding them in items-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. Upgrade components aren't destroyed when you remove them from an item.
The main purpose of upgrade components is to enable an item to be upgraded but they also serve other purposes. They can be stacked in order to increase the level or experience gained by upgrading existing equipment or weapons. They can be made for additional bonuses. A glyph that has been crafted can increase the chances of upgrading its target, and a boost upgrade increases the attack or defense capabilities of the weapon.
Selecting an upgrade template from the GUI will allow you to connect it to an item. This will display the upgrade components that the item can be upgraded. You can also use the workbench to selecting an upgrade template. In either instance, the item will be upgraded after enough upgrade components have been collected.
Each component has a unique experience multiplier. This determines the amount of experience an item can gain when upgraded using the component. For instance, organic components offer a higher experience multiplier than mechanical ones. You should upgrade your 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 experience multiplier Each item also comes with the maximum number of upgrades it can receive. The number of items that can be upgraded is determined by their upgradeable rank, and the type of upgrade they can receive. For instance, the most expensive possible weapon upgrade is a tier 10 weapon. However, the most commonly used weapon upgrades are the tier 6 weapon and an armor upgrade of tier 5.
Sets
A set is a collection of items that have the benefit of. Each item in the set can be upgraded at least one time, and the upgrade increases the amount of bonuses that are guaranteed. The first time you upgrade an item, its primary stat will be +1. On subsequent upgrades, the primary stats will be boosted a bit further (for instance, +1 to 12+/13+/14+), and each time you upgrade the item with an additional stats is increased randomly.
The upgrade of a weapon can increase its damage base, which may be important for some builds. Weapons can't be upgraded for greater maximum defence rolls than their base. It is a good method to increase the value of certain sets and unique items, however it's important to remember that they're not necessarily superior to a high-level runeword in any build.
If the item you're upgrading comes with a guaranteed bonus it is able to be rerolled a few times and the guarantee will be reset to 0. Rerolling will cost the same amount of power dice as leveling an item, but the new item will offer different extra bonuses. The NPC [ArmorBoboko Boboko can upgrade your armor in Central Flarine. To upgrade an item, 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 proper amount of Minerals and Erons. They can be purchased by using Gold at the crafting table, or in the Ultra Collection. The NPCs will also offer special rewards for each completed stage of the upgrade process. This reward can be rerolled a second time and 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 tokens to be able to do so. When an upgraded item is rerolled, it will be exchanged for a version at a level 1 of the same item from a different set. Reroll tokens can be purchased from the store for a small amount of in-game currency, however they are not refundable. The new item will come with the same bonuses as the original, but the stats will also be different.
In addition to rerolling items players can also alter the identification of any equipment by interfacing with an upgrader NPC. This will change its identification as a weapon to armor, or reverse it. The base stats and requirements remain the same. The change is permanent and will affect all characters that have the gear in question.
The player can also upgrade the item level for any equipped equipment. This can be done by talking to an upgrader NPC, and then obtaining upgrade components. The cost will vary depending on the upgrade track, item type and number of crests. Each step will give 5percent more damage to weapons.
Upgrades can increase the capability of an item, but they also decrease its quality. It is therefore essential to find a balance between these two. Certain items might not be worth upgrading at all however, others will need to be upgraded to realize their potential. For example an individual player may want to upgrade a piece of breakpoint armor that comes with an interesting modifier ( percent chance of blocking or FHR) to explore the possibilities of what it can become.
Rerolling is a popular practice in Genshin Impact and other gacha-based games. People do it to try to obtain the character or weapon that they wouldn't otherwise have. These items can be costly and time-consuming to acquire, and the RNG does not always work in a positive way. The only options left are to invest real money or grind for a long time. Rerolling is very popular 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 believe it was intended to to add value to rare items, but because equipment generally drops quickly and can only be upgraded one level up, you'll usually replace the item before it becomes old enough. It's not worth it to upgrade items with gem sockets since the value of the gem will outweigh the increase in ilvl with the upgrade.
You will see a small box when you click the upgrade option on an item. It will display the template for the item, its Crest, as well as the cost of Valorstone to increase the item's level. The cost will differ between weapons and armor as well, with the former typically costing more than the latter. The upgrade template lists the stats that can be added to an upgraded item as well as its current ilvl.
The crest and Valorstone costs are calculated based on the item's current ilvl and the upgrade template. The ilvl will also be decreased by the upgrade templates lvl reduction percentage. For instance an upgrade of 8% will reduce the weapon's ilvl by 8 to 8percent.
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 ilvl. These increases are dependent on the upgrade template.
The amount of defense and damage the item receives when leveled up can be shown below the cost and upgrade decrease percentages in the upgrade template window. All weapons and armor, except practice equipment, gain these stats upon leveling up. The market will determine the value of these stats. A weapon or armor with perfect rolls can command an incredibly higher price than a non-upp’d version. This is also true for other armor pieces, such as tiaras and circlets.