Path of Exile Item Upgrading
The most effective way to improve your equipment in Path of Exile is through upgrade of your items. This allows you to improve it without having to rely on expensive drops or trades. This article will show you how to upgrade your gear.
Upgrades to equipment give an additional bonus to the item's stats. This bonus is based on the upgrade component's level and rarity.
Components
Upgrade components are the parts that improve your armor and weapons better. You can locate them through destroying enemies, buying them from karma vendors, or finding them in item-spheres. You can also get them from equipment containing the components or by using high-end salvage kits like Black Lion Salvage Kit and Ascended Salvage Tool. Upgrade components are not destroyed when they are removed from the item.
The primary function of upgrade components is to enable an item to be upgraded however, they also serve other purposes. They can be stacked to boost the value of an upgradeable item, or they can be used to increase the experience gained by upgrading an existing weapon or piece of equipment. They can be forged to give extra bonuses. A glyph that is crafted can boost the chance of upgrading its target while boost upgrades increase the attack or defense capabilities of weapons.
You can bind an upgrade template to an item by selecting it from the edition GUI. This will display the upgrade components to which the item can be updated. You can also use the workbench for selecting an upgrade template. In item upgrading , an item will be upgraded when enough upgrade components have been collected.
Each component has its own experience multiplier. This determines how much experience an item gains when upgraded using the component. Organic components, like, have an increased 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 switch to the mechanical upgrades.
In addition to the experience multiplier Each item also comes with an maximum number of upgrades that it can receive. The number of upgrades are determined by the rank that can be upgraded and the upgrade type of the upgradeable item. The highest level of upgrade is a weapon with the tier 10. However, the most popular upgrade for weapons is the tier 6 weapon and an armor upgrade of tier 5.
Sets
A set is a set of items that all share the same bonus. Each item can be upgraded at the minimum once. The upgrade will increase the amount of bonuses you can expect to receive. The first time you upgrade an item, its primary stat will be +1. On subsequent upgrades, the primary stats will be increased even more (for instance the +1 bonus for 12+/13+/14+) and each time an item is upgraded, one of its additional stats is increased randomly.
Upgrading a weapon can also increase its damage base, which can be necessary for certain builds. Weapons aren't upgraded to give a higher maximum defence roll than their base. It is a good method to increase the value of certain sets 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 an item you're upgrading comes with a guaranteed bonus that is guaranteed, it can be rerolled once, and then its guarantee will reset to 0. The same power dies are used to roll an item, just as it would be used to increase its level. However, the new item has different bonuses. Upgrades can be completed by visiting the NPC [Armor] Boboko in the Central Flarine. To upgrade an item, you'll need a power die of each type (Dice 4 or 6 drop from monsters 21+ and Giants; Dice 7 drops from bosses) and the appropriate amount of Minerals and Erons. These are available at the crafting table or in the Ultra Collector, and can be purchased using Gold. The NPC will also provide an extra reward for every tier that is completed of the upgrade process. This reward is rerollable once and the reroll will be made using the same materials used in the original item.
Rerolling
A player can play rerolling any item that they acquire in the game if they have enough tokens to do so. When an upgraded item is to be rerolled, it will be exchanged for an equivalent version that is level 1 of the same item from a different set. Reroll tokens are available at the store for an amount of in-game currency, but they are not refundable. The new item upgraded will still have the extra benefits of the previous one however its stats will differ as well.
Players can change the identification of their equipment as well as rolling it again by interacting with an upgrader NPC. The equipment's identification will change as a weapon to armor or reverse it. Its base stats and requirements remain the same. The change will be permanent and affect all characters that own the equipment.
The player can also upgrade their item level for any equipment that is equipped. This is accomplished by interacting with an upgrader NPC and obtaining upgrade components. It will cost a specific number of crests and Valorstones depending on the upgrade track and item kind. Each step will add an additional 5% of damage to weapons.
An upgrade can boost its power however, it can also decrease its quality. Therefore, it is crucial to strike a balance between the two. Some items may not be worth upgrading at all, while others will need to be upgraded to realize their potential. One player may wish to upgrade their breakpoint armor using an interesting modification ( percent block chance or FHR) to explore what else it can become.
Rerolling is a popular practice in Genshin Impact and other gacha-based games. People do it to try to obtain the character or weapon that they wouldn't otherwise have. These items can be time-consuming and expensive to obtain and the RNG isn't always a good fit. The only alternative is to invest money or grind a lot. For this reason, rerolling is a very popular option in Genshin Impact.
Leveling
When upgrading an item, you can upgrade the weapon or armor. This feature is not available in the current version of the game. I believe this feature was intended to give value to rare and expensive items. However, since the majority of equipment is replaced quickly and can only be leveled up to a certain level, you will typically replace it before it gets too old. It's not worth upgrading items using gem sockets since the power of the gem will outweigh any increment in the ilvl.
You will see a small box when you click on the upgrade option on an item. It will display the template for the item, its crest, and the Valorstone cost to raise the level of the item. Armor and weapons have different costs, with the former usually being more expensive. The upgrade template outlines the statistics that will be added to the upgraded item and will also list its current base ilvl.
The cost of the Valorstone and Crest is calculated using the current Ilvl of the item as well as the upgrade templates. The ilvl will also be reduced by the upgrade template's reduction percentage for lvl. For example an upgrade of 8% will reduce the ilvl of a weapon by 8 to 88%.
The item will receive upgrades to other stats like critical strike damage, PvE damage and block, parry and dodge rating in addition to the base level. These enhancements are also based on the upgrade template.
In the upgrade template, you can check the amount of damage or defense an item will receive when it is upgraded. This is listed below the cost and the upgrade percentages. All armor and weapons, except practice equipment, get these stats when they level up. The market determines the value of these stats. A weapon or armor with perfect rolls can command an incredibly higher price than a non-upp’d version. This is also true for other pieces of armor like circlets and tiaras.