Path of Exile Item Upgrading
In Path of Exile, item upgrading is one of the most effective ways to upgrade your gear without relying upon massive drops or trade. This article will show you how to upgrade your items efficiently.
Upgrades in equipment can add a bonus to the item's base stats. This bonus scales with the upgrade component's level and rarity.
Components
Upgrade components are the items that improve your armor and weapons better. You can find them through destroying enemies, buying them from karma vendors or finding them in item-spheres. You can also salvage them from equipment that has the components, or by utilizing high-tier salvage kits such as Black Lion Salvage Kit and Ascended Salvage Tool. Upgrade components cannot be destroyed when they are removed from an item.
The main purpose of upgrade components is to allow an item to be upgraded but they also serve other functions. They can be used to boost the value of an upgradeable item, 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 made to provide extra bonuses. A glyph that is crafted can boost the chance of upgrading its target, and a boost upgrade increases the attack or defense capabilities of a weapon.
Selecting an upgrade template from the GUI will let you bind it to an item. This will show the upgrade components that the item can be upgraded. You can also utilize the workbench to select an upgrade template. In either scenario, the item will be upgraded after enough upgrade components are collected.
Each component has a different experience multiplier, which determines the amount of experience an item receives when it is upgraded with that component. Organic components, for instance have more experience multipliers than mechanical components. You should upgrade organic components first until you reach the next level in the weapon or equipment and then move on to mechanical upgrades.
Each item comes with a maximum upgrade number that it is possible to receive. The number of upgrades available is determined by the rank that can be upgraded and the upgrade type of the upgradeable item. For instance, the highest possible upgrade for a weapon is a weapon of tier 10. The most common weapon upgrade is a gun with tier 6 and a armor upgrade of tier 5.
Sets
A set is a collection of items that share a bonus. Each item in the set can be upgraded at least once and the upgrade increases its guaranteed bonuses. When you first upgrade an item or set piece, it will receive a +1 increase to its primary stat. On subsequent upgrades, the primary stats are boosted even further (for instance the +1 bonus for 12+/13+/14+) and every time an item is upgraded one of its additional stats increases randomly.
The upgrade of a weapon can increase its damage base, which could be important for some builds. However, weapons can't be upgraded to have a higher maximum defense roll than their normal base. Upgrades can be a great option to increase the value of certain sets and unique items, but it is important to keep in mind that they may not be more effective than a high-level raneword in any build.
If the item you're upgrading has a guaranteed bonus it is able to be rerolled a few times, and then its guarantee will be reset to 0. Rerolling will cost the same amount of power dice as the process of leveling an item up, but the new item will have various bonuses. The NPC [ArmorBoboko Boboko can upgrade your armor in Central Flarine. To upgrade an item, you will require the proper amount of Minerals and Erons and a power dice of each type. These can be bought by using 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 is rerollable once and the reroll will use the same materials as the first item.
Rerolling
A player is able to reroll any item acquired during the game, provided they have enough tokens. 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 non-refundable. The new upgraded item will still come with the extra benefits of the previous one however its stats will be different as well.
Players can change the identity of their equipment, in addition to changing it's roll by interfacing with an NPC upgrader. This will change the identity from an armored weapon to a weapon, or vice versa, all the while retaining its base stats and the attributes it requires. The change will be permanent and affect all characters that own the equipment.
Players can also increase the level of their item on any equipped equipment by acquiring upgrade components and communicating with the item's upgrader NPC. It will cost a specific number of crests and Valorstones according to the upgrade track and item type. Each upgrade will add an additional 5% of damage to weapons.
The upgrade of an item can make it more powerful however it can reduce its effectiveness. Therefore, it is crucial to strike a balance between the two. Some items are not worth upgrading, whereas others need to be upgraded to reach their full potential. For instance one player might want to upgrade a piece of breakpoint armor that comes with an interesting modifier (% chance to block or FHR) to explore the possibilities of what it can become.
The primary reason people play rerolls in Genshin Impact, or in any gacha-based game is because they're trying to acquire a certain weapon or character that they can't otherwise obtain. These items can be costly and time-consuming to obtain and the RNG doesn't always play nice. The only alternatives are to spend money or grind extensively. Rerolling is a popular option in Genshin Impact.
Leveling
You can decide to upgrade the weapon or armor after upgrading an item. However, upgrade item does absolutely nothing in the current game. I think it was meant to to add value to rare items, but because gear in general drops fairly quickly and can only be upgraded one level up it is likely that you will replace the item before it gets too old. It is also not worth upgrading items with gem sockets since the power of the gemstone will outweigh any increase in the level of.
If you click the upgrade option on an item, you will see a small window with the item's upgrade template and the cost of crest and Valorstone to increase the level of the item. The cost of upgrades will vary based on the armor and weapons and the latter typically costing more than the latter. The upgrade template outlines the stats that will be added to the upgraded item and it also lists the current ilvl.
The cost of the Valorstone and the crest is calculated based on the current Ilvl of the item and the upgrade templates. The ilvl will also be decreased by the upgrade templates reduction percentage for lvl. For instance the weapon that has an 8% upgrade decrease will reduce its ilvl by 8 - 8%.
The item will be upgraded to other stats, such as critical strike damage, PvE damages and block, parry and dodge rating in addition to the base level. These enhancements are also based on the upgrade template.
In the upgrade template, you can check the amount of damage or defense that the item will receive after being leveled up. This is displayed below the cost and the upgrade percentages. All armor and weapons apart from practice equipment get these stats once they've been leveled up. The value of these stats will be determined by the market, with a perfectly perfectly rolled piece of armor or weapon can command significantly higher trade values than non-upp'd versions. This is also true for other pieces of armor such as circlets or tiaras.