Path of Exile Item Upgrading
In Path of Exile, item upgrading is one of the best ways to upgrade your gear without relying on massive drops or trade. This article will teach you how to upgrade your items effectively.
Upgrades to equipment give an additional bonus to the item's stats. The amount of bonus varies according to the rarity and level of the upgrade component.
Components
Upgrade components are the items that can make your weapons and armor more effective. They can be found through destroying enemies, buying them from karma vendors or finding them in the form of item-spheres. They can also be rescued from equipment that has them, or by utilizing an advanced salvage kit like the Black Lion Salvage Kit or Ascended Salvage Tool. In contrast to other items upgrade components, upgrade components aren't destroyed when they are removed from an item.
The primary function of upgrade components is to allow an item to be upgraded but they also serve other functions. They can be used to boost the level or the amount of experience gained by upgrading weapons or gear. They can be made for additional benefits. For instance, a designed glyph will increase the chance of upgrading its target, and a boost upgrade will boost the defense or attack property of a weapon, or armor.
Selecting an upgrade template in the GUI will let you bind it to an item. This will display the upgrade components that the item can be upgraded. Alternately, you can make use of the workbench to choose an upgrade template. In either case, the item will be upgraded after enough upgrade components have been gathered.
Each component has its own experience multiplier. This determines how much experience an item gains when upgraded using that component. Organic components, for example have a higher multiplier of experience than mechanical components. It is recommended to upgrade organic components first until you reach the next rank in the weapon or equipment and then switch to the mechanical upgrades.
In addition to the multiplier of experience every item also has an maximum number of upgrades it can receive. The number of upgrades available is determined by its upgradeable rank and the type of upgrade available to the upgradeable item. For instance, the highest possible weapon upgrade is a weapon of tier 10. However, the most popular upgrade for weapons is the tier 6 weapon and a tier 5 armor upgrade.
Sets
A set is a collection of items that all share the same bonus. Each item in the set can be upgraded at least once, and each upgrade boosts the guaranteed bonuses. The first time you upgrade an item or set piece is that it will be given an increase of +1 to its primary stat. On subsequent upgrades, the primary stats will be increased even more (for instance the +1 bonus for 12+/13+/14+) and each time an item is upgraded one of its additional stats is increased randomly.
Upgrades to a weapon may increase its damage base, which could be necessary for certain builds. However, weapons cannot be upgraded to have a greater defense base than their normal base. It is a good way to improve the value of a set and unique items, but it's important to remember that they may not be better than a high-level runeword in any build.
If you're upgrading an item with bonuses the item can be rerolled a single time, and its guarantee will reset back to zero. Rerolling is the same amount of power dice as bringing an item, but the new item will offer various bonuses. The NPC [Armor] Boboko can upgrade your armor in Central Flarine. To upgrade item upgrade , you will require the required amount of Minerals and Erons as well as a power dice of each kind. They can be purchased with Gold at the crafting table or in the Ultra Collection. The NPC will also give a special reward for each tier of the upgrade process. This reward can be rerolled a second time, and the reroll will be made using the same materials as the original item.
Rerolling
A player is able to play rerolling any item that they acquire during the game, provided they have enough reroll tokens. When an upgraded item is being rerolled, it can be exchanged for an equivalent version that is level 1 of the same item from a different set. Reroll tokens can be purchased from the store for an amount of in-game currency. However, they are not refundable. The new item will come with the same extra bonuses like the first, however the stats will be different.
In addition to rerolling items, players can also alter the identification of any equipment by engaging with an upgrader NPC. This will change the identity from a weapon to armor or vice versa, all the while keeping its basic stats and required attributes. The change is permanent and will affect all characters who are wearing the gear.
Players can also boost the level of an item equipped equipment by obtaining upgrade items and conversing with the NPC who upgrades the item. The cost will differ based on the upgrade track, the item type and the number of crests. Each upgrade will add 5% more damage to weapons.
Upgrading an item can make it more powerful however, it can also lower its quality. Therefore, it is crucial to strike a balance between the two. Certain items aren't worth upgrading, whereas others need to be upgraded to reach their full potential. For example one player might decide to upgrade a piece breakpoint armor with an interesting modifier ( percent chance of blocking or FHR) 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 would not otherwise be able to acquire. Getting these items can be expensive and time-consuming and the RNG gods don't always want to cooperate. The only choices left are to invest real money or grind lots. For this reason, rerolling is a very popular choice in Genshin Impact.
Leveling
When upgrading item upgrades , you can pick to level up the weapon or armor. However, this feature does absolutely nothing in the current game. I believe this feature was intended to give value to rare and expensive items. However, as most gear is replaced fairly quickly, and it can only be upgraded by one level, you will generally replace it before it is too old. It's also not worth it to upgrade items that have gem sockets as the power of the gem will far outweigh the higher ilvl that comes with the upgrade.
You will see a small box when you click the upgrade option for an item. It will display the template for the item, its Crest, as well as the cost for Valorstone to raise the item level. Armor and weapons have different prices, with the latter typically being more costly. 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 according to the item's current ilvl and the upgrade template. The ilvl is also reduced by the upgrade template's reduction percentage for lvl. For example, a weapon with an 8% upgrade decrease will reduce its count by 8-8 percent.
The item will receive upgrades to other stats, such as critical strike damage, PvE damage, and block, parry, and dodge rating in addition to the base ilvl. These increases are also based off the upgrade template.
In the upgrade template, you can check the amount of damage or defense the item will be able to sustain after it is leveled up. This is displayed below the cost as well as the upgrade percentages. All armor and weapons apart from practice equipment get these stats when they level up. The value of these stats will be determined by the market, with a perfectly rolled perfect version of a piece of armor or weapon able to command much higher trade values than non-upp'd versions. Similar is the case for other pieces of armor like tiaras or circlets.