Path of Exile Item Upgrading
In Path of Exile, item upgrading is among the most effective ways to upgrade your gear without relying on big-ticket drops or trade. This article will help you understand how to upgrade your items.
Upgrades to equipment provide an increase to the item's base stats. This bonus scales according to the rarity and strength of the upgrade component.
Components
Upgrade components can make your armour and weapons better. You can find them through destroying enemies, buying them from karma vendors, or finding them in the form of item-spheres. You can also get them from equipment that has the components or by using high-tier salvage kits such as Black Lion Salvage Kit and Ascended Salvage Tool. Contrary to other products upgrades aren't destroyed when they are removed from an item.
The primary function of upgrade components is to allow an item to be upgraded, however, they also serve other purposes. They can be stacked to increase the level of experience gained from upgrading existing equipment or weapons. They can be made for extra bonuses. item upgrader that is crafted can boost the chances of upgrading its target, and a boost upgrade increases the attack or defense attributes of a weapon.
You can connect an upgrade template to an item by selecting it from the edition GUI. 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 case, the 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 will gain when it upgrades with that component. Organic components, like have a higher multiplier of experience than mechanical components. It is therefore best to upgrade using organic components until you reach the experience multiplier for the next rank of the equipment or weapon, and then change to mechanical upgrades.
Each item has a maximum upgrade number that can be received. 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 most expensive possible upgrade for a weapon is a tier 10 weapon. The most popular weapon upgrade is a gun of tier 6 and an armor upgrade for tier 5.
Sets
A set is a group of items that have a bonus. Each item can be upgraded at least once. The upgrade boosts the guaranteed bonuses. When you first upgrade an item, its primary stat will be +1. After subsequent upgrades, the primary stats will be increased a bit further (for example, +1 to 12+/13+/14+), and each time you upgrade the item it will have one of its additional stats will be increased randomly.
Upgrades can also increase the damage base of a weapon. This can be crucial for certain types of weapons. However, weapons can't be upgraded to a higher maximum defense roll than their base. It is possible to increase the value of certain sets and unique items by upgrading them, however they're not always better than a Runeword with a high level.
If you're upgrading an item with an added bonus, the item can be rerolled one time and the guarantee will reset back to zero. Rerolling will cost the same amount of power dice as bringing an item, however the new item will offer additional 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 type. These are available at the crafting table or the Ultra Collector and can be purchased with Gold. NPCs will also provide special rewards for each stage of the upgrade process. This reward can be rerolled one time, using the same materials as original item.
Rerolling
A player is able to reroll any item acquired during the game, provided they have enough reroll tokens to be able to do so. When an upgraded item gets rerolled, it will be exchanged for an equivalent version that is level 1 of the same item in another set. Reroll tokens can be purchased at the store for a small amount of in-game currency. They are not refundable. The new item will offer the same extra bonuses like the first, however the statistics will also be different.
Players can change the identification of equipment in addition to rolling it again by interacting with an upgrader NPC. This will change the identification from an armored weapon to a weapon, or vice versa, while retaining its base stats and the attributes it requires. The change will be permanent and affect all characters who own the gear.
The player can also upgrade their item level for any equipment that is equipped. This can be done by talking to an upgrader NPC, and then obtaining upgrade components. The cost of upgrading will depend on the upgrade track, item type and number of crests. In the case of weapons, each upgrade will add an additional 5% to its damage.
Upgrades can boost the capability of an item, however they also decrease its quality. It is therefore essential to find a balance between the two. Certain items aren't worth upgrading, whereas others require upgrades to maximize their potential. A player might want to upgrade their breakpoint armor using an interesting modifier (% block chance or FHR) to explore what else it can be.
The primary reason people play rerolls in Genshin Impact, or in any gacha-based game is because they're trying to obtain a particular character or weapon that they wouldn't otherwise be able to acquire. These items can be costly and time-consuming to acquire, and the RNG does not always work in a positive way. The only choices left is to shell out real money or grind for a long time. Rerolling is a very popular choice in Genshin Impact.
Leveling
When upgrading an item you can pick to increase the level of the weapon or armor. This feature isn't available in the current version of the game. I believe that this feature was created to increase the value of expensive and rare items. However, as most gear is replaced fairly quickly and can only be upgraded by one level, you will usually replace it before it gets too old. It's not worth it to upgrade items that have gem sockets because the power of the gem will outweigh the increase in ilvl with the upgrade.
If you click the upgrade button on an item, you will get a small screen with the item's upgrade template and the cost of Valorstone and crest to increase the level of the item. The costs will vary between weapons and armor, with the former usually costing more than the latter. The upgrade template outlines the stats that can be added to an upgraded item, as well as its current base ilvl.
The cost of the Valorstone and the crest is calculated based on the current Ilvl of the item as well as the upgrade templates. Additionally the ilvl of the new upgraded item will be decreased by the template's lvl decrease percentage. For instance, a weapon with an 8% upgrade decrease will decrease its ilvl by 8 - 8%.
In addition to the increase in ilvl base the item will also be upgraded in other stats like critical strike damage, PvE damage, dodge, block, and parry rating. These enhancements are also based on the upgrade template.
The amount of damage and defense that the item is able to receive as it gets leveled up can be shown below the cost and upgrade decrease percentages in the upgrade template window. Aside from practice equipment, all armor and weapons gain the same stats when they are upgraded. The value of these stats will be dictated by the market, with a perfectly rolled perfect version of a weapon or piece of armor is able to command more trade value than non-upp'd versions. The same applies to other armor pieces, such as circlets and tiaras.