Path of Exile Item Upgrading
The most effective way to upgrade your equipment in Path of Exile is through item upgrade s. This allows you to improve it without having to rely on expensive drops or trades. This article will teach you how to upgrade your gear.
Upgrades to equipment grant a bonus on the item's stats. The bonus increases with upgrade component level and rarity.
Components
Upgrade components are the things that can make your weapons and armor more effective. You can acquire them by fighting off enemies, locating them in item spheres or buying them from karma dealers. They can also be salvaged from equipment that contains them, or by utilizing the highest-quality salvage kits such as the Black Lion Salvage Kit or Ascended Salvage Tool. Unlike most other items upgrade components, upgrade components aren't destroyed when they are removed from an item.
Upgrade components are typically used to upgrade an item however, they can also be used for other reasons. They can be stacked in order to boost the level or experience gained from upgrading existing weapons or gear. They can also be forged to give additional bonuses. A crafted glyph can increase the chance of upgrading its target, and 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 show the upgrade components that the item can be upgraded. You can also use the workbench when selecting an upgrade template. In either case, the item will be upgraded after enough upgrade components have been collected.
Each component has a unique experience multiplier. This determines the amount of experience an item will gain when upgraded using that component. Organic components, like, have an increased multiplier of experience than mechanical components. It is therefore recommended to upgrade with organic components until you have reached the multiplier of experience for the next rank of weapon or gear, and then move to mechanical upgrades.
In addition to the multiplier for experience, each item also has the maximum number of upgrades that it can receive. The number of upgradeable items is determined by their upgradeable rank and the kind of upgrade they are able to receive. The highest level of upgrade is a weapon of 10th level. However, the most popular upgrade for weapons is an tier 6 weapon as well as a tier 5 armor upgrade.
Sets
A set is a collection of objects that all share the same bonus. Each item can be upgraded at minimum once. The upgrade will increase the amount of bonuses you can expect to receive. The first time you upgrade the set piece or weapon, it will receive an increase of +1 to its primary stat. On subsequent upgrades the stats of the primary one will be boosted a little more (for example, +1 up to 12+/13+/14+), and each time you upgrade the item with an additional stats is increased randomly.
Upgrades can also boost the base damage of a weapon. This may be important for certain types of weapons. However, weapons can't be upgraded to have a greater defense level than their base. It is a good option to increase the value of some set and unique items, but it is important to keep in mind that they might not be superior to a high-level runeword in any build.
If you're upgrading an item that has a bonus the item can be rerolled a single time and the guarantee will reset to zero. The same power die is used to roll an item as it would be to upgrade it. However the new item comes with different bonuses. The NPC [ArmorBoboko Boboko can upgrade your armor in Central Flarine. To upgrade an item you will need the appropriate amount Minerals and Erons, as well as a power dice of each type. These are available at the crafting table or in the Ultra Collector, and can be purchased using Gold. The NPC will also provide an additional reward for every tier that is completed of the upgrade process. This reward can be rerolled one time, using the same materials and components as the first item.
Rerolling
If players have enough rerolling tokens, they can play rerolling any item they've accumulated during the game. When an upgraded item gets rerolled, it will be exchanged for an equivalent version at a level 1 of the same item in another set. Reroll tokens can be bought at the store for small amounts of in-game currency. However, they are not refundable. The new item will have the same extra bonuses as the previous one, but the stats will differ.
In addition to rerolling items players can also change the identity of any equipment by engaging with an upgrader NPC. The equipment's identification will change from a weapon to an armor, or vice versa. Its base requirements and stats remain the same. The change will be permanent and will affect all characters that own the equipment.
Players can also increase the item level of any equipped equipment by acquiring upgrade components and interacting with the upgrader NPC of the item. The cost of upgrading will depend on the upgrade track, the item type and number of crests. In the case of weapons, each step up will add an additional 5% to its damage.
Upgrades can boost the capability of an item, however they also can decrease the quality of an item. It is therefore important to find a balance between the two. Certain items aren't worth upgrading, while others need to be upgraded to maximize their potential. For instance, a player might wish to upgrade a piece breakpoint armor that comes with an interesting modifier ( percent chance of blocking or FHR) to see what it can become.
Rerolling is a standard practice in Genshin Impact and other gacha-based games. It is a method used by players to gain access to an item or character they cannot otherwise get. These items can be time-consuming and expensive to obtain and the RNG does not always work in a positive way. The only alternative is to spend money or grind for a long time. For this reason, rerolling is a popular option in Genshin Impact.
Leveling
When upgrading an item, you can level up the weapon or armor. But, item upgrading does absolutely nothing in the current game. I believe it was intended to to increase the value of rare items, but since the majority of gear drops quickly and can only be upgraded one level up it is likely that you will replace the item before it becomes too old. It's also not worthwhile to level items that have gem sockets as the power of the gem will outweigh the increase in ilvl with the upgrade.
When you click the upgrade option on an item, you'll see a small window with the item's upgrade template and the crest and Valorstone costs to increase the level of the item. Weapons and armor will have different costs, with the former usually being more expensive. The upgrade template lists the stats to be added to an upgraded item, as well as its current base ilvl.
The Crest and Valorstone costs are calculated based on the item's current ilvl and the upgrade template. The ilvl will also be decreased by the upgrade templates reduction percentage for lvl. For instance, an upgrade of 8% will reduce the ilvl of a weapon by 8 to 88%.
In addition to the base ilvl boost it will also be upgraded in other stats such as critical strike damage, PvE damage, dodge, block, and parry rating. Those increases are also built on the upgrade template.
In the upgrade template you can check the amount of damage or defense the item will be able to sustain when it is upgraded. This is displayed below the cost as well as the upgrade percentages. All weapons and armor that are not practice equipment gain these stats upon leveling up. The market will determine the worth of these stats. A weapon or armor that has perfect rolls can command an incredibly higher price than an unupp'd version. This is also true for other armor pieces, like tiaras and circlets.