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Path of Exile item upgrade Upgrading

The Best item upgrade method to improve your gear in Path of Exile is through upgrading your items. This allows you to enhance your gear without having to depend on costly trades or drops. This article will teach you how to upp your items effectively.

Upgrades to equipment provide a bonus to the item's base stats. The bonus increases with upgrade component's level and rarity.

Components

Upgrade components can make your armour and weapons better. They can be obtained by the destruction of enemies, finding them in item spheres or purchasing them from karma sellers. 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. Unlike most other items upgrades aren't destroyed when removed from an item.

Upgrade components are mostly used to improve an item however, they can also be used for other reasons. They can be stacked to increase the level of the amount of experience gained by upgrading weapons or gear. They can be forged to give additional benefits. A glyph that has been crafted can increase the chance of upgrading its target, while a boost upgrade increases the attack or defense capabilities of weapons.

You can connect an upgrade template to an item by selecting it from the edition GUI. This will show the upgrade components that the item can be updated. You can also use the workbench to select an upgrade template. In either scenario the item will be upgraded after enough upgrade components have been collected.

Each component has a unique experience multiplier. This determines how much experience an Item upgrader kit will gain when upgraded using the component. Organic components, for example have a higher multiplier of experience than mechanical components. Therefore, it is recommended to upgrade using organic components until you reach the experience multiplier of the next rank of the weapon or gear, and then change to mechanical upgrades.

Each item comes with an upgrade maximum number that it is possible to receive. The number of upgradeable items is determined by their upgradeable rank and the type of upgrade they can get. The highest level of upgrade is a weapon with the tier 10. However, the most common weapon upgrades are the tier 6 weapon and a tier 5 armor upgrade.

Sets

A set is a collection of items which share bonuses. Each item in the set can be upgraded at least once, and the upgrade will increase its guaranteed bonuses. The first time you upgrade an item upgrader, its primary stat will be +1. On subsequent upgrades, primary stats are increased 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 increase a weapon's damage base. This can be crucial for certain builds. Weapons cannot be upgraded for a higher maximum defence roll than their base. It is possible to increase the value of certain sets and unique items by upgrading them, however they might not always be superior to a higher-level Runeword.

If you're upgrading an item with an added bonus it can be rerolled one time, and its guarantee will reset back to 0. The same power die is used to roll an item as it is used to increase its level. However the new item comes with different bonuses. Upgrades can be made at the NPC [Armor] Boboko in the Central Flarine. To upgrade an item you will need the appropriate amount Minerals and Erons, as well as a power dice of each type. These are available at the crafting table or in the Ultra Collector and can be purchased with Gold. The NPCs will also offer special rewards for each completed stage 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. If an item is rerolled, it will be replaced by an equivalent level 1 version from another set. Reroll tokens can be purchased at the store for a small amount of in-game currency, however they aren't refundable. The new item will come with the same bonuses as the original, but the statistics will also differ.

In addition to rerolling objects, players can also change the identification of any item 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 be permanent and affect all characters who have the equipment.

The player can also upgrade the level of the item for any equipment equipped. This is accomplished by talking to an upgrader NPC and obtaining upgrade items. The cost will vary depending on the upgrade track, item type, and the number of crests. Each upgrade will add 5% more damage to weapons.

Upgrades can increase the capability of an item, but they also decrease its quality. It is therefore essential to strike a balance between the two. Some items are not worth upgrading, while other items need to be upgraded to maximize their potential. For example one player might want to upgrade a piece breakpoint armor that has an interesting modifier (% chance to block or FHR) to discover what it could be.

Rerolling is a standard practice in Genshin Impact and other gacha-based games. It is a method used by players to try to obtain an item or character that they wouldn't otherwise have. These items are time-consuming and costly to acquire, and the RNG does not always work in a positive way. The only options left are to spend real cash or grind lots. For this reason, rerolling is a popular option in Genshin Impact.

Leveling

You can decide to upgrade the weapon or armor when upgrading an item. But, this feature does absolutely nothing in the current game. I believe it was designed to to add value to rare items, but since equipment generally drops quickly and can only be upgraded once you've reached a certain level, you'll usually replace the item before it becomes too old. It's also not worth upgrading items with gem sockets because the power of the stone will outweigh any increment in ilvl.

You will see a small window when you click the upgrade option for an item. It will show the item upgrades's template, the crest, and the cost for Valorstone to raise the item level. Armor and weapons will have different prices, with the latter usually being more expensive. The upgrade template shows the statistics that will be added to the upgraded item. It it also lists the current base ilvl.

The Crest and Valorstone costs are calculated based on the current ilvl of the item and the upgrade template. In addition the ilvl of a new upgraded item will be reduced by the upgrade template's lvl decrease percentage. For example, an upgrade of 8% can reduce the ilvl of a weapon by 8 to 8%.

The item upgrader 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.

The amount of damage and defense that the item will receive when it is leveled can be seen below the upgrade cost and decrease percentages in the upgrade template window. All weapons and armor, except practice equipment, get these stats when they level up. The market will determine the value of these stats. A weapon or armor with perfect rolls can fetch an incredibly higher price than an unupp'd version. The same is true for other armor pieces such as circlets or tiaras.