Path of Exile Item Upgrading
In Path of Exile, item upgrading is among the best ways to improve your equipment without relying on large-ticket drops or trade. This article will help you understand how to upgrade your items.
Upgrades in equipment can add an increase to the item's base stats. The bonus increases with upgrade component level and rarity.
Components
Upgrade components are the items that can make your weapons and armor more effective. You can locate them by destroying enemies, buying them from karma vendors or finding them in item-spheres. You can also get them from equipment that has the components, or by utilizing salvage kits of high-end quality, such as Black Lion Salvage Kit and Ascended Salvage Tool. Contrary to other products upgrades aren't destroyed when removed from an item.
Upgrade components are primarily used to improve an item however, they can also be used for other purposes. They can be used to boost the value of an upgradeable item, or they can be used to boost the experience gained when upgrading an existing weapon or piece of gear. They can be made for additional benefits. A glyph that is crafted can boost the upgrade chances of its target, and boost upgrades increase the defense or attack capabilities 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 that the item can be updated. You can also use the workbench to selecting an upgrade template. In either case, the item will be upgraded when enough upgrade components have been collected.
Each component has a distinct experience multiplier, which affects the amount of experience an item gets when it is upgraded by that component. For instance, organic components offer more experience multipliers than mechanical ones. You should upgrade organic components first until you reach the next rank in the weapon or equipment, and then switch to the mechanical upgrades.
Each item has a maximum upgrade number that can be received. The number of upgrades available is determined by the upgradeable rank and the upgrade type of the upgradeable item. For instance, the most expensive possible weapon upgrade is a weapon of tier 10. The most commonly used upgrade is a tier 6 gun and an armor upgrade for tier 5.
Sets
A set is a collection of items that all share the same bonus. Each item can be upgraded at least once. The upgrade increases the amount of bonuses you can expect to receive. When you first upgrade an item, its primary stat will be +1. After subsequent upgrades, the primary stats will be increased even more (for instance +1 for 12+/13+/14+) and each time an item is upgraded, one of its additional stats increases randomly.
Upgrades to a weapon may increase the damage base, which could be necessary for certain builds. Weapons cannot be upgraded for an increased maximum defence roll than their base. It is possible to increase value of certain sets and unique items by upgrading them, however they might not always be superior to a higher-level Runeword.
If an item you're upgrading comes with a guaranteed bonus it is able to be rerolled once and the guarantee will reset to 0. Rerolling is the same amount of power dice as bringing an item, but the new item will offer additional bonuses. Upgrading can be done through the NPC [Armorthe ] Boboko in the Central Flarine. To upgrade an item, you will need a power die of each kind (Dice 4 or 6 drop from monsters 21+ and Giants; dice 7 drops from bosses) and the right amount of Minerals and Erons. These are available at the crafting table or the Ultra Collector, and can be purchased with Gold. NPCs also offer special rewards for each completed stage of the upgrade process. This reward is rerollable once, and the reroll will use the same materials used in the original item.
Rerolling
If the player has enough tokens for rerolling, they can play rerolling any item they've accumulated during the game. If an item is rerolled, it will be replaced by an equivalent level 1 version from another set. Reroll tokens can be purchased in the shop for a small sum of in-game currency. They cannot be refunded. The new item will offer the same bonuses as the previous one, but the stats will differ.
In addition to rerolling objects, players can also change the identity of any equipment by engaging with an upgrader NPC. This will change the identification from an armor to a weapon or vice versa, while maintaining its base stats and attributes that are required. The change is permanent and will affect all characters that are wearing the gear.
The player can also upgrade the item level for any equipment that is equipped. This can be done by engaging with an upgrader NPC, and then obtaining upgrade components. This will cost a certain amount of crests and Valorstones dependent on the upgrade track and kind. Each upgrade will add an additional 5% of damage to weapons.
Upgrades can increase the effectiveness of an item, but they also can decrease the quality of an item. Therefore, it is crucial to keep both in check. Certain items might not be worth upgrading at all however, others will need to be upgraded in order to reach their potential. For example an individual player may decide to upgrade a piece of breakpoint armor with an interesting modifier ( percent chance of blocking or FHR) to explore the possibilities of what it can be.
The main reason people reroll in Genshin Impact, or in any gacha-based game is that they're trying to obtain a particular weapon or character that they can't otherwise obtain. 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 very popular in Genshin Impact.
Leveling
When upgrading an item, you can choose to increase the level of the weapon or armor. 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 since equipment generally drops quickly and is only upgraded after a certain amount of levels and you'll typically replace the item before it gets old enough. It's not worth upgrading items using gem sockets because the power of the gemstone will outweigh any increment in the ilvl.
If you click the upgrade button on an item, you'll be presented with a small window displaying the item's upgrade template and the crest and Valorstone costs to boost the level of the item. Weapons and armor will have different costs, with the former typically being more costly. The upgrade template outlines the stats to be added to an upgraded item along with its current base ilvl.
The crest and Valorstone costs are calculated by analyzing the item's current ilvl and the upgrade template. In addition the ilvl of a new upgraded item will be decreased by the upgrade template's lvl decrease percentage. For example an upgrade of 8% can reduce the weapon's ilvl by 8 to 8percent.
In addition to the increase in ilvl base it will also be upgraded in other stats, such as critical strike damage, damage from PvE and dodge, block, and parry rating. These increases are also based off the upgrade template.
The amount of defense and damage the item will receive when leveled up can be observed below the upgrade cost and decrease percentages in the upgrade template window. In addition to equipment for practice, all items and armor get the same stats once leveled up. The market will determine the value of these stats. A weapon or armor with perfect rolls can fetch a much higher price than an unupp'd version. This is also true for other armor pieces like circlets and tiaras.