Path of Exile Item Upgrading
The best way to improve your equipment in Path of Exile is through upgrade of your items. This lets you upgrade your gear without having depend on costly trades or drops. This article will help you understand how to upgrade your items.
Upgrades in equipment can add an additional bonus to the item's base stats. The amount of bonus varies based on the rarity and strength of the upgrade component.
Components
Upgrade components are the parts that improve your armor and weapons more effective. You can find them by destroying enemies, purchasing them from karma vendors or finding them in item-spheres. You can also salvage them from equipment containing 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 the item.
Upgrade components are primarily used to upgrade an item but they can also be used for other reasons. They can be used to boost the value of an item that can be upgraded or they can be used to increase the amount of experience gained from upgrading an existing weapon or piece of equipment. They can also be forged to give additional bonuses. For example, a created glyph can increase the upgrade chance of its target, while a boost upgrade will increase the attack or defense attribute of a weapon or armor.
You can bind an upgrade template to an item by selecting it from the edition GUI. This will display an upgrade component list that the item can be upgraded to. You can also use the workbench to selecting an upgrade template. In either case, the item will be upgraded when enough upgrade components have been collected.
Each component has a distinct experience multiplier, which determines how much more experience an item receives when it is upgraded with that component. Organic components, for instance have a higher multiplier of experience than mechanical components. You should upgrade your organic components first until you reach the next rank in the weapon or equipment and then switch to the mechanical upgrades.
Each item comes with an upgrade limit number that is available for. The number of items that can be upgraded is determined by their upgradeable rank and the kind of upgrade they can get. The highest level of upgrade is a weapon with tier 10. However, the most common upgrades for weapons are a tier 6 weapon and a tier 5 armor upgrade.
Sets
A set is a collection of objects that all share the same bonus. Each item in the set can be upgraded at least once, and the upgrade will increase the amount of bonuses that are guaranteed. The first time you upgrade an item or set piece will give it an increase of +1 to its primary stat. After subsequent upgrades, the primary stats will be enhanced even more (for instance, +1 for 12+/13+/14+) and each time an item is upgraded one of its stats will increase randomly.
Upgrades can also boost the damage base of a weapon. This may be important for certain builds. However, weapons can't be upgraded to have a higher defense level than their regular base. Upgrades can be a great method to increase the value of a set and unique items, but it's important to remember that they're not necessarily superior to a high-level runeword in any build.
If you're upgrading an item that has an added bonus it can be rerolled once, and its guarantee will reset back to 0. The same amount of power die is used to roll an item, just as it would be to level it up. However the new item comes with different bonuses. The NPC [Armor] Boboko can upgrade your armor in Central Flarine. To upgrade an item, you will require the proper amount of Minerals and Erons as well as a power dice of each kind. These can be bought by using Gold at the crafting table or in the Ultra Collection. The NPC will also offer a special 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 rerolling tokens, they can reroll any item that they have acquired during the game. If an upgraded item is being rerolled, it can be exchanged for a version at a level 1 of the same item in a different set. Reroll tokens are available in the shop for a small amount of in-game currency. They are non-refundable. The new upgraded item will still come with the extra bonuses of the original one however, its stats will be different too.
In addition to rerolling items players can also alter the identity of any equipment by interacting with an upgrader NPC. This will change the identity from an armored weapon to a weapon, or vice versa, all the while retaining its base stats and required attributes. The change will last for a long time and affect all characters who own the equipment.
The player can also upgrade their level of an item for any equipment that is equipped. This can be done by engaging with an upgrader NPC and obtaining upgrade items. The cost of upgrading will depend on the upgrade track, item type, and the number of crests. For weapons, each step will add an additional five percent to the damage.
Upgrading item upgrading can boost its power however, it can also decrease its quality. Therefore, it is important to strike a balance between the two. Some items may not be worth upgrading at all however, others will need to be upgraded to realize their potential. For example one player might wish to upgrade a piece breakpoint armor that comes with an interesting modifier ( percent chance of blocking or FHR) to explore the possibilities of what it can be.
Rerolling is a common practice in Genshin Impact and other gacha-based games. People do it to gain access to the character or weapon that they wouldn't otherwise have. Getting these items can be expensive and time-consuming and the RNG gods aren't always willing to play ball. The only alternative is to spend money or grind for a long time. Rerolling is a very popular choice in Genshin Impact.
Leveling
When upgrading an item you can choose to level up the weapon or armor. This feature isn't available in the current version of the game. I think this feature was intended to increase the value of rare and expensive items. However, since the majority of gear is replaced fairly quickly, and can only be upgraded by one level, you will generally replace it before it gets 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 increased ilvl that comes with the upgrade.
You will see a small window when you click on the upgrade option on an item. It will show the template of the item, the crest, and the Valorstone cost to raise the level of the item. The cost of upgrades will vary based on armor and weapons as well, with the former typically costing more than the latter. The upgrade template outlines the stats that can be added to an upgraded item, and also the current ilvl.
The cost of the Valorstone and Crest is calculated using the item's current Ilvl and the upgrade templates. In addition, the ilvl of the new upgraded item will be reduced by the upgrade template's lvl decrease percentage. For instance an upgrade of 8% will decrease the ilvl of a weapon by 8 to 8%.
The item will be upgraded to other stats like critical strike damage, PvE damage and block, parry and dodge rating, in addition to the base ilvl. These increases are dependent on the upgrade template.
In the upgrade template, you can see the amount of damage or defense that the item will suffer when it is upgraded. This is listed below the cost as well as the upgrade percentages. All weapons and armor that are not practice equipment gain these stats upon leveling up. The market will determine the worth of these stats. A weapon or armor with perfect rolls can command more than a non-upp’d version. This is also true for other pieces of armor like circlets and Tiaras.