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 large-ticket drops or trade. This article will help you understand how to upgrade your gear.
Upgrades in equipment can add an increase to the item's base stats. The amount of bonus varies based on the rarity and quality of the upgrade component.
Components
Upgrade components are the items that make your weapons and armor better. You can get them from destroying enemies, finding them in item spheres or buying them from karma dealers. They can also be rescued from equipment that contains them, or through an advanced salvage kit like the Black Lion Salvage Kit or Ascended Salvage Tool. Unlike most other items upgrade components, upgrade components aren't destroyed when removed from an item.
Upgrade components are primarily used to upgrade an item however, they can also be used for other reasons. They can be stacked to boost the level or experience gained from upgrading existing equipment or weapons. They can also be forged to offer additional benefits. For example, a created glyph can increase the chances of upgrading its target, whereas the boost upgrade can boost the defense or attack attribute of a weapon or armor.
Selecting an upgrade template from the GUI will let you bind it to an item. This will display the upgrade components that the item can be updated. You can also use the workbench when selecting an upgrade template. In either case, the item will be upgraded once enough upgrade components have been gathered.
Each component has a different experience multiplier that affects the amount of experience an item receives when it upgrades with the component. Organic components, for example, have a higher multiplier of experience than mechanical components. 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 has an upgrade limit number that it is possible to receive. The number of upgrades is determined by its upgradeable rank and the type of upgrade for the upgradeable item. The highest upgrade possible is a weapon with the tier 10. The most commonly used upgrade is a tier 6 gun and a armor upgrade for tier 5.
Sets
A set is a collection of items which share bonuses. Each item in the set can be upgraded at least once and each upgrade boosts its guaranteed bonuses. The first time you upgrade an item, its primary stat will be +1. In subsequent upgrades the primary stats will be boosted a little further (for example, +1 to 12+/13+/14+) Each time you upgrade the item it will have one of its additional stats is boosted randomly.
Upgrades to a weapon may increase the damage base, which could be important for some builds. However, weapons can't be upgraded to a higher defense base than their normal base. Upgrades can be a great way to improve the value of a set and unique items, however it is important to keep in mind that they're not necessarily more effective than a high-level raneword in any build.
If the item you're upgrading comes with a guaranteed bonus it is able to be rerolled a few times, and then its guarantee will reset to 0. Rerolling will cost the same amount of power dice as bringing an item, however the upgraded item will come with 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, as well as a power dice of each type. These can be bought with Gold at the crafting table, or in the Ultra Collection. NPCs also offer special rewards for each completed stage of the upgrade process. This reward can be rerolled once and the reroll will be made using the same materials as the original item.
Rerolling
A player is able to play rerolling any item that they acquire in the game if they have enough reroll tokens to do so. When an upgraded item is to be rerolled, it will be exchanged for the version at a level 1 of the same item in another set. Reroll tokens are available at the store for a small amount of in-game currency. They cannot be refunded. The new item will have the same bonus features like the first, however the statistics will also be different.
Players can change the identification of their equipment, in addition to rerolling it by interacting with an NPC upgrader. This will change the identification from a weapons to armor, or vice versa. The basic stats and requirements will remain the same. The change will last for a long time and affect all characters who have the equipment.
The player can also upgrade their level of an item for any equipped equipment. This can be done by talking to an upgrader NPC and obtaining upgrade components. This will cost a set number of crests and Valorstones dependent on the upgrade track and the item kind. In the case of weapons, each step will add an additional 5% to its damage.
The upgrade of an item can make it more powerful, but it will also decrease its quality. It is therefore important to find a balance between the two. Some items may not be worth upgrading, while others will need to be upgraded to reach their potential. For example, a player might want to upgrade a piece breakpoint armor that comes with an interesting modifier ( percent chance of blocking or FHR) to see what it can be.
Rerolling is a popular practice in Genshin Impact and other gacha-based games. It is a method used by players to gain access to the character or weapon they would not otherwise be able to acquire. Getting these items can be costly and time-consuming and the RNG gods don't always want to cooperate. The only choices left are to invest real money or grind lots. This is why rerolling is a very popular choice in Genshin Impact.
Leveling
When upgrading an item, you can pick to upgrade the weapon or armor. However, this feature does absolutely nothing in the current game. I believe it was designed to be a way to add value to rare items, but since equipment generally drops quickly and is only upgraded after a certain amount of levels and you'll typically replace the item before it becomes too old. It's also not worthwhile to upgrade item s that have gem sockets because the power of the gem will be greater than the increased ilvl that comes with the upgrade.
You will see a small box when you click the upgrade option on an item. It will show the template of the item, the crest, and the cost of Valorstone to increase the item level. The cost will differ between armor and weapons and the latter typically 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 crest is calculated using the current Ilvl of the item and the upgrade templates. The ilvl will also be reduced by the upgrade templates reduction percentage of lvl. For example the weapon that has an upgrade decrease of 8% will decrease its value by 8-8%.
In addition to the base ilvl boost the item will also get upgrades in other stats like critical strike damage, damage from PvE and dodge, block and parry rating. The increases are also built on the upgrade template.
The amount of defense and damage the item is able to receive when leveled up can be seen below the cost and upgrade decrease percentages in the upgrade template window. Aside from practice equipment, all armor and weapons gain these same stats when upgraded. The market will determine the value of these stats. A weapon or armor with perfect rolls can command more than an unupp'd version. This is also true for other pieces of armor like circlets and Tiaras.