Path of Exile Item UpgradingThe best method to improve your gear in Path of Exile is through item upgrades. This allows you to upgrade your gear without having rely on expensive drops or trades. This article will help you understand how to upgrade your items.
Upgrades to equipment provide an increase in the item's stats. This bonus scales based on the rarity and strength of the upgrade component.
Components
Upgrade components can make your armour and weapons stronger. You can locate them through destroying enemies, buying them from karma vendors, or finding them in the form of item-spheres. You can also salvage them from equipment that has the components, or by utilizing high-end salvage kits like Black Lion Salvage Kit and Ascended Salvage Tool. Unlike most other items, upgrade components are not destroyed when removed from an item.
Upgrade components are mostly used to upgrade an item, however, they can also be used for other reasons. They can be stacked to increase the quality 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 be forged for additional bonuses. A glyph that has been crafted can increase the upgrade chances of its target, while boost upgrades increase the defense or attack capabilities of a weapon.
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 when selecting an upgrade template. In either case, an item will be upgraded after enough upgrade components have been collected.
Each component has a different experience multiplier that affects the amount of experience an item receives when it is upgraded with the component. Organic components, for example, have an increased multiplier of experience than mechanical components. It is therefore Best item upgrade to upgrade using organic components until you have reached the experience multiplier for the next rank of weapon or gear, and then switch to mechanical upgrades.
In addition to the multiplier of experience every item also has an maximum number of upgrades that it can receive. The number of upgrades available is determined by the rank that can be upgraded and the type of upgrade for the upgradeable item. For instance, the highest possible upgrade for a weapon is a weapon with tier 10. The most commonly used upgrade is a gun with tier 6 and an armor upgrade of tier 5.
Sets
A set is a set of items 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, its primary stat will be +1. Following upgrades, primary stats are increased even more (for instance the +1 bonus for 12+/13+/14+) and each time an item is upgraded, one of its additional stats increases randomly.
Upgrading a weapon can also increase the damage base, which can be necessary for certain builds. However, weapons cannot be upgraded to a higher defense base than their normal base. Upgrades can be a great method to increase the value of some set and unique items, however it's important to note that they may not be superior to a high-level runeword in any build.
If you're upgrading an item that comes with bonuses, the item can be rerolled once, and its guarantee will reset back to zero. Rerolling costs the same amount of power dice as leveling an item, but the new item will offer additional bonuses. Upgrading can be done through the NPC [ArmorBoboko. Boboko in the Central Flarine. To upgrade an item, you will require a power die of each type (Dice 4 or 6 drop from monsters 21+ and Giants; Dice 7 drops from bosses) and the proper amount of Minerals and Erons. These are available at the crafting table or in the Ultra Collector and can be purchased using Gold. The NPC will also offer an additional reward for each completed tier of the upgrade process. The reward can be rerolled one time with the same materials as original item.
Rerolling
If players have enough to reroll tokens, they are able to reroll any item that they've acquired during the game. If an item upgrader kit is rerolled, it will be replaced with the same level in another set. Reroll tokens can be bought from the store for small amounts of in-game currency, but they aren't refundable. The new item upgraded will still come with the extra bonuses of the first however its stats will be different also.
In addition to rerolling items, players can also alter the identity of any equipment by interacting with an upgrader NPC. This will change its identification as a weapon to armor, or reverse it. The basic requirements and stats will remain the same. The change is permanent and will affect all characters who own the gear in question.
The player can also upgrade the level of the item for any equipment that is equipped. This is done by engaging with an upgrader NPC, and then obtaining upgrade items. The cost will vary depending on the upgrade track, the item type, and the number of crests. For weapons, each upgrade will add 5percent to the damage.
The upgrade of an item can boost its power however, it can reduce its effectiveness. Therefore, it is important to strike a balance between the two. Certain items might not be worth upgrading and some will require to be upgraded in order to maximize their potential. A player may want to upgrade the breakpoint armor by adding an interesting modifier ( percent block chance or FHR) in order to explore what else it can be.
The main 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. The process of obtaining these items can be costly and time-consuming, and the RNG gods don't always want to cooperate. The only alternative is to spend real money or grind for a long time. Rerolling is a popular option in Genshin Impact.
Leveling
You can choose whether to upgrade the weapon or armor after upgrading an item level upgrade. This feature isn't available in the current version of the game. I believe it was designed to to add value to rare items, but as the majority of gear drops quickly and can only be upgraded after a certain amount of levels it is likely that you will replace the item before it gets old enough. It's also not worth it to upgrade items that have gem sockets as the power of the gem will be greater than the increased ilvl that comes with the upgrade.
If you click the upgrade option on an item, you will get a small screen with the upgrade template of the item as well as the cost of Valorstone and crest to increase the level of the item. Weapons and armor will have different costs, with the latter typically being more costly. The upgrade template outlines the stats to be added to an upgraded item, along with its current base ilvl.
The cost of the Valorstone and Crest is calculated using the current Ilvl of the item and the upgrade templates. The ilvl is also reduced by the upgrade templates lvl reduction percentage. For example weapons with an increase of 8% will decrease its value by 8-8%.
The item will be upgraded to other stats, such as critical strike damage, PvE damage, and block, parry, and dodge rating in addition to the base ilvl. Those increases are also based on the upgrade item template.
In the upgrade template, you can check the amount of damage or defense an item will be able to sustain when it is upgraded. This is listed below the cost and the upgrade percentages. All weapons and armor apart from practice equipment get these stats once they've been 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. This is also true for other pieces of armor like circlets and tiaras.
