Path of Exile Item Upgrading

The most effective way to upgrade your equipment in Path of Exile is through item upgrades. This lets you improve it without having to depend on costly drops or trades. This article will teach you how to upp your items efficiently.

Upgrades in equipment can add an increase to the item's base stats. This bonus scales with the upgrade item component level and rarity.

Components

Upgrade components can make your armour and weapons stronger. You can acquire them by fighting off enemies, locating them in item spheres or purchasing them from karma sellers. They can also be rescued from equipment that has them, or by utilizing a high-tier salvage kit like the Black Lion Salvage Kit or Ascended Salvage Tool. In contrast to other items upgrades aren't destroyed when removed from an item.

The main function of upgrade components is to allow an item to be upgraded, but they also serve other functions. They can be stacked to increase the level of experience gained from upgrading existing weapons or gear. They can also be forged to offer additional benefits. For example, a created glyph can increase the chance of upgrading its target, while the boost upgrade can increase the attack or defense quality of a weapon or armor.

Selecting an upgrade template from the GUI will let you bind it to an item. This will show an upgrade component list that the item can be upgraded to. Alternately, you can make use of the workbench to choose an upgrade template. In either case the item will be upgraded once enough upgrade components are collected.

Each component has a unique experience multiplier. This determines how much experience an item will gain when upgraded with that component. Organic components, for example, have a higher multiplier of experience than mechanical components. It is recommended to upgrade organic components first until you reach the next level in the weapon or equipment then switch to mechanical upgrades.

Each item comes with an upgrade maximum number that can be received. The number of upgradeable items is determined by their upgradeable rank, and the type of upgrade they can get. For instance, the highest possible weapon upgrade is a weapon of tier 10. However, the most commonly used upgrade for weapons is an tier 6 weapon as well as an armor upgrade of tier 5.

Sets

A set is a set of items that share the same bonus. Each item can be upgraded at minimum once. The upgrade increases the bonuses that are guaranteed. When you first upgrade an item or set piece is that it will be given an increase of +1 to its primary stat. After subsequent upgrades, the primary stats will be boosted a little more (for example, +1 up to 12+/13+/14+), and each time you upgrade the item, one of its extra stats is boosted randomly.

Upgrades can also boost the base damage of a weapon. This could be crucial for certain types of builds. However, weapons cannot be upgraded to have a higher maximum defense roll than their regular base. It is possible to increase the value of certain set and unique items by upgrading them, however they might not always be superior to a higher-level Runeword.

If the item you're upgrading comes with a guaranteed bonus, it can be rerolled once and its guarantee will reset to 0. The same power die is used to reroll an item as it would be used to upgrade it. However, the new item has different bonuses. Upgrading can be done by visiting the NPC [Armor] 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 the Ultra Collector, and are available for purchase with Gold. The NPC will also offer a special reward for each completed tier of the upgrade process. This reward can be rerolled one time using the same materials as the original item.

Rerolling

If players have enough rerolling tokens, they can reroll any item that they have acquired during the game. When an upgraded item gets to be rerolled, it will be exchanged for a version that is level 1 of the same item upgrader mod in a different set. Reroll tokens can be bought from the store for small amounts of in-game currency, however they are not refundable. The new item upgrader will have the same bonuses like the first, however the statistics will also differ.

Players can alter the identification of their equipment as well as changing it's roll by interfacing with an NPC upgrader. This will change the identity from an armor to a weapon or vice versa, while maintaining its base stats and required attributes. The change will last for a long time and affect all characters that own the gear.

The player can also upgrade the level of an item for any equipment equipped. This can be done by interacting with an upgrader NPC and getting upgrade items. This will cost a set number of crests and Valorstones depending on the upgrade track and type. In the case of weapons, each step will add an additional five percent to the damage.

Upgrades can boost the power of an item, but they can also reduce its quality. Therefore, it is crucial to keep both in check. Certain items aren't worth upgrading, while other items require upgrading to maximize their potential. For instance an individual player may want to upgrade a piece of breakpoint armor with an interesting modifier (% chance to block or FHR) to see what it can become.

The primary reason people are able to reroll in Genshin Impact, or in any gacha-based game is because they're trying to get a specific weapon or character that they aren't able to obtain. Getting these items can be expensive and time-consuming, and the RNG gods do not always want to play. The only alternative is to spend real money or grind for a long time. Rerolling is a popular feature in Genshin Impact.

Leveling

You can decide to upgrade the weapon or armor when upgrading an item. But, this feature does absolutely nothing in the current game. I believe it was designed to be a way to give some value to rare items, but because the majority of gear drops quickly and is only upgraded after a certain amount of levels it is likely that you will replace the item before it gets old enough. It is also not worth upgrading items using gem sockets, as the power of the gem will outweigh any increase in ilvl.

You will see a small box when you click the upgrade option for an item. It will show the item's template, the crest, and the cost for Valorstone to raise the item level. The costs will vary between armor and weapons and the latter typically costing more than the latter. The upgrade template outlines the stats to be added to an upgraded item, as well as its current base ilvl.

The cost of the Valorstone and Crest is calculated using the item's current Ilvl and the upgrade templates. Additionally the ilvl of the new upgraded item will be reduced by the template's lvl decrease percentage. For instance weapons with an increase of 8% will decrease its value by 8-8%.

In addition to the base ilvl increase the item will also receive upgrades in other stats like critical strike damage, PvE damage, dodge, block, and parry rating. Those increases are also built on the upgrade template.

The amount of damage and defense that the item will receive as it gets leveled up can be shown below the upgrade cost and decrease percentages in the upgrade template window. Aside from practice equipment, all armor and weapons gain the same stats when they are leveled up. 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, such as circlets and Tiaras.