Path of Exile Item Upgrading
In Path of Exile, item upgrading is one of the best ways to improve your gear without relying on large-ticket drops or trade. This article will teach you how to upp your gear effectively.
Upgrades in equipment can add an additional bonus to the item's base stats. This bonus scales depending on the rarity and level of the upgrade component.
Components
Upgrade components make your armour and weapons stronger. They can be found by destroying enemies, buying them from karma vendors or finding them in items-spheres. You can also get them from equipment that has the components or through high-tier salvage kits such as Black Lion Salvage Kit and Ascended Salvage Tool. Contrary to other products, upgrade components are not 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 used to boost the value of an item that can be upgraded or they can be used to enhance the amount of experience gained from upgrading an existing weapon or piece of gear. They can be forged for additional benefits. A glyph that has been crafted can increase the chances of upgrading its target while an upgrade boosts the defense or attack capabilities of a weapon.
You can attach 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 when selecting an upgrade template. In either scenario, an item will be upgraded once enough upgrade components have been gathered.
Each component has a distinct experience multiplier that affects how much more experience an item receives when it is upgraded with the component. Organic components, for instance, have an increased multiplier of experience than mechanical components. Therefore, it is recommended to upgrade using organic components until you have reached the experience multiplier for the next level of the weapon or gear, then switch to mechanical upgrades.
In addition to the multiplier of experience every item also has a maximum number of upgrades that it can receive. The number of upgrades available is determined by the rank that can be upgraded and the upgrade type of the upgradeable item. The highest upgrade possible is a weapon of the tier 10. However, the most popular weapon upgrades are an tier 6 weapon as well as a tier 5 armor upgrade.
Sets
A set is a group of items that have bonuses. Each item can be upgraded at minimum once. The upgrade will increase the guaranteed bonuses. The first time you upgrade an item or set piece is that it will be given a +1 increase to its primary stat. In subsequent upgrades the primary stats will be increased a bit more (for instance, +1 to 12+/13+/14+) Each time you upgrade the item it will have one of its additional stats is boosted randomly.
Upgrades to a weapon may increase the damage base, which could be important for some builds. Weapons cannot be upgraded for a higher maximum defence roll than their base. It is possible to increase value of certain sets and unique items by upgrading them, however they may not always be superior to a high-level Runeword.
If you are upgrading an item that comes with a bonus, the item can be rerolled once and the guarantee will reset back to zero. The same amount of power dies are used to reroll an item as it would be used to level it up. However the new item comes with different bonuses. The NPC [ArmorBoboko Boboko can upgrade your armor in Central Flarine. To upgrade an item, you'll need a power die of each kind (Dice 4 or 6 drop from monsters 21+ and Giants; Dice 7 drops from bosses) and the right amount of Minerals and Erons. These are available at the crafting table or the Ultra Collector, and can be purchased using Gold. The NPC will also give an additional reward for each tier of the upgrade process. This reward can be rerolled one time with the same materials as the original item.
Rerolling
A player can reroll any item acquired in the game if they have enough tokens to be able to do so. If an item is rerolled, it will be replaced by the same level in another set. Reroll tokens are available in the shop for a small amount of in-game currency. They cannot be refunded. The new item will have the same extra bonuses as the previous one, but the stats will also be different.
In addition to rerolling items, players can also change the identity of any equipment by interacting with an upgrader NPC. The equipment's identification will change from a weapons to armor, or reverse it. Its base requirements and stats remain the same. The change will be permanent and affect all characters who own the equipment.
The player can also upgrade their item level for any equipped equipment. This is done 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. For weapons, each step will add 5% to its damage.
Upgrades can increase the power of an item, but they also can decrease the quality of an item. It is therefore important to balance the two. Certain items might not be worth upgrading at all and some will require to be upgraded in order to reach their potential. A player may want to upgrade the breakpoint armor by adding an interesting modification ( percent block chance or FHR) to see what else it can become.
The primary reason people are able to reroll in Genshin Impact, or in any gacha-based game, is that they're trying to get a specific character or weapon that they can't otherwise obtain. The process of obtaining these items can be costly and time-consuming, and the RNG gods don't always want to play. The only other options are to spend money or grind for a long time. Rerolling is very popular in Genshin Impact.
Leveling
When upgrading an item, you can pick to increase the level of the weapon or armor. item upgrade is not available in the current version of the game. I believe that this feature was intended to increase the value of rare and expensive items. However, since most gear is replaced fairly quickly, and it can only be upgraded by one level, you will usually replace it before it is too old. It's also not worth it to level items that have gem sockets because the power of the gem will far outweigh the increase in ilvl with the upgrade.
If you click the upgrade option on an item, you'll be presented with a small window displaying the item's upgrade template and the cost of crest and Valorstone to boost the level of the item. Armor and weapons will have different costs, with the latter usually being more expensive. The upgrade template lists the stats to be added to an upgraded item and also the current ilvl.
The cost of the Valorstone and the crest is calculated based on the item's current Ilvl and the upgrade templates. In addition the ilvl of a new upgraded item will be decreased by the template's lvl reduction percentage. For instance, a weapon with an increase of 8% will reduce its ilvl by 8 - 8 percent.
The item will receive upgrades to other stats like critical strike damage, PvE damage and block, parry and dodge rating, in addition to the base level. Those increases are also based on the upgrade template.
In the upgrade template, you can check the amount of damage or defense the item will suffer when it is upgraded. This is shown below the cost as well as the upgrade percentages. All weapons and armor, except practice equipment, get these stats once they've been leveled up. The value of these additional stats will be determined by the market, with a perfectly rolled version of a piece of armor or weapon able to command much higher trade values than non-upp'd versions. The same is true for other armor pieces, such as circlets and tiaras.