Path of Exile Item Upgrading

In Path of Exile, item upgrading is among the most effective ways to upgrade item your gear without relying upon large-ticket drops or trade. This article will show you how to upgrade your items.

Upgrades to equipment provide an increase in the item's stats. The bonus is based on the rarity and level of the upgrade component.

Components

Upgrade components can make your armour and weapons better. You can locate them through destroying enemies, buying them from karma sellers or finding them in the form of item-spheres. They can also be rescued from equipment that has them, or through the highest-quality salvage kits such as the Black Lion Salvage Kit or Ascended Salvage Tool. Upgrade components aren't destroyed when you remove them from an item.

The main function of upgrade components is to enable an item to be upgraded, but they also serve other functions. They can be used to increase the level of an item 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 be forged for extra bonuses. A glyph that has been crafted can increase the upgrade chances of its target while a boost upgrade increases the attack or defense attributes of a weapon.

Selecting an upgrade template from the GUI will allow you to bind it to an item. This will show the upgrade components to which the item can be upgraded. You can also use the workbench to selecting an upgrade template. In either instance, the item will be upgraded after enough upgrade components are gathered.

Each component has a different experience multiplier that affects the amount of experience an item will gain when it is upgraded with the component. For instance, organic components give a higher experience multiplier than mechanical ones. It is recommended to upgrade your organic components first until you reach the next rank in the weapon or equipment and then move on to mechanical upgrades.

Each item comes with an upgrade limit number that is available for. The number of upgrades available is determined by the rank that can be upgraded and the type of upgrade available to the upgradeable item. For example, the highest possible upgrade for a weapon is a weapon of tier 10. The most popular weapon upgrade is a tier 6 gun and a armor upgrade for tier 5.

Sets

A set is a group of items which share bonuses. Each item in the set can be upgraded at least once and each upgrade boosts the amount of bonuses that are guaranteed. The first time you upgrade an item or set piece, it will receive a +1 increase to its primary stat. Following upgrades, the primary stats will be enhanced even more (for instance +1 for 12+/13+/14+) and every 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. However, weapons can't be upgraded to have a higher defense level than their base. It is a good option to increase the value of certain sets and unique items, however it is important to keep in mind that they might not be better than a high-level runeword in any build.

If you are upgrading an item with a bonus it can be rerolled one time, and its guarantee will reset to zero. The same power die is used to reroll an item, just as it would be used to upgrade it. 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 required amount of Minerals and Erons as well as a power dice of each kind. These are available at the crafting table or the Ultra Collector and are available for purchase with Gold. NPCs also offer special rewards for each completed level of the upgrade process. This reward is rerollable once, and the reroll will be made using the same materials as the first item.

Rerolling

If a player has enough rerolling tokens, they can roll any item upgrader kit they have acquired during the game. If an item is rerolled, it will be replaced with a level 1 version in another set. Reroll tokens are sold in the store for a small amount of in-game currency. They are not refundable. The new upgraded item will have the same bonuses of the first however its stats will differ too.

In addition to rerolling items players can also change the identity of any equipment by engaging with an upgrader NPC. This will change the identification as a weapon to armor or reverse it. The base stats and requirements will remain the same. The change will last for a long time and affect all characters who have the equipment.

Players can also boost the item level of any equipped equipment by obtaining upgrade items and conversing with the upgrader NPC of the item. This will cost a certain amount of crests and Valorstones depending on the upgrade track and type. In the case of weapons, each step up will add 5% to its damage.

Upgrading an item upgrader mod can boost its power, but it will also decrease its quality. Therefore, it is crucial to keep both in check. Certain items might not be worth upgrading, while others will need to be upgraded to maximize their potential. For example one player might decide to upgrade a piece breakpoint armor that has an interesting modifier ( percent chance of blocking or FHR) to explore the possibilities of what it can become.

The primary reason people are able to reroll in Genshin Impact, or in any gacha-based game, is because they are trying to get a specific character or weapon that they aren't able to obtain. These items can be expensive and time-consuming, and the RNG gods do not always want to play ball. The only options are to spend real cash or grind lots. For this reason, rerolling is a popular option in Genshin Impact.

Leveling

You can select whether to upgrade the weapon or armor when you upgrade an item. But, this feature does absolutely nothing in the current game. I believe that this feature was created to give value to rare and expensive items. However, since most items are replaced quite quickly and can only be leveled up one level, you will usually replace it before it is too old. It's 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 window when you click the upgrade option on an item. It will display the item's template, the crest, and the cost for Valorstone to raise the item's level. Armor and weapons have different prices, with the latter usually being more expensive. The upgrade template outlines the statistics that will be added to the upgraded item. It also lists its 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 a new upgraded item will be decreased by the upgrade template's lvl decrease percentage. For instance weapons with an 8% upgrade decrease will decrease its count by 8-8 percent.

In addition to the base ilvl increase, the item will also be upgraded in other stats such as critical strike damage, PvE damage and block, parry and dodge rating. These increases are also based off the upgrade template.

The amount of damage and defense that the item receives when leveled up can be seen below the cost and upgrade item decrease percentages in the upgrade template window. Apart from the equipment for practice, all armor and weapons gain these same stats when leveled up. The value of these additional stats will be dictated by the market, with a perfectly rolled piece of armor or weapon can command significantly higher trade values than non-upp'd versions. Similar is the case for other pieces of armor like tiaras and circlets.