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Path of Exile Item Upgrading
The best way to improve your equipment in Path of Exile is through item upgrades. This allows you to upgrade your gear without having rely on expensive drops or trades. This article will teach you how to upgrade your gear effectively.
Upgrades to equipment provide an increase to the item's base stats. The bonus is according to the rarity and level of the upgrade component.
Components
Upgrade components can make your armour and weapons stronger. They can be found by destroying enemies, purchasing them from karma sellers or finding them in items-spheres. You can also get them from equipment containing the components or by using high-end salvage kits like Black Lion Salvage Kit and Ascended Salvage Tool. In contrast to other items upgrades aren't destroyed when removed from an item.
The primary function of upgrade components is to allow an item to be upgraded however, they also serve other functions. They can be stacked to increase the level of an Item Upgrade that can be upgraded or they can be used to boost the experience gained when upgrading an existing weapon or piece of gear. They can also be made to provide extra bonuses. A crafted glyph can increase the upgrade chances of its target while boost upgrades increase the attack or defense capabilities of the weapon.
You can bind an upgrade template to an item by selecting it from the edition GUI. This will show the list of upgrade components that the item can be upgraded to. You can also use the workbench for selecting an upgrade template. In either scenario the item will be upgraded when enough upgrade components have been collected.
Each component is assigned an experience multiplier. This determines the amount of experience an item gains when upgraded using that component. Organic components, for instance, have an increased multiplier of experience than mechanical components. It is therefore best to upgrade using organic components until you have reached the experience multiplier for the next rank of equipment or weapon, and then switch to mechanical upgrades.
Each item has an upgrade limit number that can be received. The number of upgrades available is determined by the upgradeable rank and the type of upgrade available to the upgradeable item. For example, the highest possible upgrade for a weapon is a weapon with tier 10. However, the most popular upgrades for weapons are a tier 6 weapon and an armor upgrade of tier 5.
Sets
A set is a collection of items which share bonuses. Each item can be upgraded at minimum once. The upgrade increases the amount of bonuses you can expect to receive. When you first upgrade an item, its primary stat will be +1. On subsequent upgrades the primary stats will be increased a bit more (for example, +1 to 12+/13+/14+) Each time you upgrade the item with an additional stats is increased randomly.
Upgrades can also increase a weapon's damage base. This can be crucial for certain types of weapons. Weapons cannot be upgraded for a higher maximum defence roll than their base. It is possible to increase the value of certain set and unique items by upgrading them, but they're not always better than a Runeword with a high level.
If you're upgrading an item that comes with bonuses the item can be rerolled once and the guarantee will reset to zero. Rerolling will cost the same amount of power dice as leveling an item up, but the upgraded item will come with different extra bonuses. Upgrades can be made by visiting the NPC [Armor] Boboko in the Central Flarine. To upgrade an item upgrader, you will require the proper amount of Minerals and Erons and a power dice of each kind. These can be bought with Gold at the crafting table or in the Ultra Collection. The NPC will also give an additional reward for every tier that is completed of the upgrade process. This reward can be rerolled one time, using the same materials as the original item.
Rerolling
A player can play rerolling any item that they acquire in the game if they have enough tokens to be able to do so. When an upgraded item gets being rerolled, it can be exchanged for an equivalent level 1 version of the same item level upgrade in another set. Reroll tokens can be bought from the store for a small amount of in-game currency, but they are not refundable. The new item upgraded will still come with the extra benefits of the previous one, but its stats will differ too.
In addition to rerolling objects, players can also alter the identification of any equipment by interfacing with an upgrader NPC. The equipment's identification will change from a weapons to armor, or vice versa. The basic requirements and stats will remain the same. The change is permanent and will affect all characters that have the gear in question.
The player can also upgrade their level of the item for any equipment that is equipped. This can be done by interacting with an upgrader NPC, and then obtaining upgrade items. The cost will vary depending on the upgrade track, item type and the number of crests. For weapons, each step will add 5percent to the damage.
The upgrade of an item can make it more powerful however, it can reduce its effectiveness. It is therefore important to strike a balance between the two. Some items aren't worth upgrading, while others need to be upgraded to reach their full potential. For instance, a player might want to upgrade a piece breakpoint armor that has an interesting modifier ( percent chance of blocking or FHR) to see what it can be.
The primary reason people are able to reroll in Genshin Impact, or in any gacha-based game is because they are trying to obtain a particular weapon or character that they can't otherwise obtain. These items can be costly and time-consuming to acquire, and the RNG does not always work in a positive way. The only options are to invest real money or grind for a long time. This is why rerolling is a very popular choice in Genshin Impact.
Leveling
You can select whether to upgrade the weapon or armor when upgrading an item. However, this feature does absolutely nothing in the current game. I think this feature was intended to increase the value of expensive and rare items. However, since most gear is replaced fairly quickly, and can only be upgraded by to a certain level, you will usually replace it before it becomes too old. It's also not worthwhile to upgrade items that have gem sockets since the value of the gem will be greater than the higher ilvl that comes with the upgrade.
You will be presented with a small box when you click on the upgrade option for an item. It will show the item's template, the crest, and the cost for Valorstone to raise the item level. Armor and weapons have different costs, with the latter usually being more expensive. The upgrade template lists the statistics that will be added to the upgraded item and also lists its current ilvl.
The crest and Valorstone costs are calculated according to the item's current ilvl as well as the upgrade template. The ilvl will also be decreased by the upgrade templates lvl reduction percentage. For example the weapon that has an upgrade decrease of 8% will decrease its ilvl by 8 - 8 percent.
In addition to the base ilvl boost it will also receive upgrades in other stats like critical strike damage, PvE damage, dodge, block and parry rating. These increases are also based off the upgrade template.
In the upgrade template, you can determine the amount of damage or defense an item upgrade will receive when it is upgraded. This is shown below the cost and the upgrade percentages. In addition to practice equipment, all armor and weapons gain the same stats once leveled up. The market will determine the worth of these stats. A weapon or armor with perfect rolls can command a much higher price than a non-upp’d version. The same applies to other pieces of armor, like tiaras or circlets.