Path of Exile Item Upgrading
The best method to upgrade your equipment in Path of Exile is through upgrading your items. This lets you upgrade your gear without having depend on costly trades or drops. This article will help you understand how to upgrade your items.
Upgrades in equipment can add an additional bonus to the item's base stats. This bonus scales according to the rarity and quality of the upgrade component.
Components
Upgrade components are the things that make your weapons and armor more effective. You can acquire them by destroying enemies, finding 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. Upgrade components aren't destroyed when they are removed from an item.
Upgrade components are primarily used to improve an item but they can also be used for other purposes. They can be used to boost the level or experience gained from upgrading existing equipment or weapons. They can be forged for additional benefits. For instance, a specially crafted glyph will boost the chance of upgrading its target, while an upgrade boost will enhance the defense or attack property of a weapon, or armor.
Selecting an upgrade template from the GUI will allow you to bind it to an item. This will display the upgrade components to which the item can be upgraded. Alternately, item upgrading can utilize the workbench to select an upgrade template. In either scenario, an item will be upgraded once enough upgrade components have been collected.
Each component has a distinct experience multiplier that affects how much more experience an item gets when it is upgraded by the component. Organic components, for example have more experience multipliers than mechanical components. It is recommended to upgrade the organic components first, until you reach the next rank in the weapon or equipment, then switch to mechanical upgrades.
In addition to the multiplier for experience every item also has the maximum number of upgrades it can receive. The number of items that are upgradeable is determined by their upgradeable rank and the kind of upgrade they are able to receive. For instance, the most expensive possible weapon upgrade is a weapon of tier 10. The most commonly used upgrade is a gun of tier 6 and a armor upgrade for tier 5.
Sets
A set is a collection of items that all share the same bonus. Each item in the set can be upgraded at least once, and the upgrade increases the amount of bonuses that are guaranteed. The first time you upgrade an item, its primary stat will be +1. Following upgrades, primary stats are enhanced even more (for instance, +1 for 12+/13+/14+) and every time an item is upgraded, one of its stats will increase randomly.
Upgrades to a weapon may increase the damage base, which could be necessary for certain builds. Weapons can't be upgraded for a higher maximum defence roll than their base. It is possible to increase the value of certain set and unique items by upgrading them, however they're not always superior to a higher-level Runeword.
If you are upgrading an item that comes with bonuses it can be rerolled once and the guarantee will reset to zero. Rerolling is the same amount of power dice as leveling an item up, but the new item will offer additional bonuses. The NPC [Armor] Boboko can upgrade your armor in Central Flarine. To upgrade an item you will require the required amount of Minerals and Erons, as well as a power dice of each kind. These can be purchased by using Gold at the crafting table or in the Ultra Collection. NPCs also offer special rewards for each level of the upgrade process. This reward can be rerolled once and the reroll will use the same materials as the first item.
Rerolling
A player can reroll any item acquired in the game provided they have enough tokens to do so. If an upgraded item is being rerolled, it can be exchanged for a version that is level 1 of the same item from a different set. Reroll tokens can be bought at the store for an amount of in-game currency, but they are not refundable. The upgraded item will have the same bonuses of the original one however, its stats will be different also.
In addition to rerolling items, players can also change the identification of any item by engaging with an upgrader NPC. The equipment's identification will change from a weapons to armor or vice versa. The base requirements and stats will remain the same. The change will be permanent and will affect all characters that own the gear.
The player can also upgrade their level of an item for any equipment equipped. This is accomplished by talking to an upgrader NPC, and then obtaining upgrade items. item upgrades will vary depending on the upgrade track, item type and number of crests. In the case of weapons, each step up will add an additional 5% to its damage.
Upgrading an item can make it more powerful however it can also decrease its quality. Therefore, it is crucial to balance the two. Some items are not worth upgrading, while other items need to be upgraded to maximize their potential. For instance an individual player may want to upgrade a piece breakpoint armor that comes with an interesting modifier (% chance to block or FHR) to see what it can be.
Rerolling is a popular practice in Genshin Impact and other gacha-based games. People do it to try to obtain an item or character they cannot otherwise get. The process of obtaining these items can be costly and time-consuming, and the RNG gods aren't always willing to play. The only other options are to invest money or grind a lot. Rerolling is a popular feature in Genshin Impact.
Leveling
You can choose whether to upgrade the weapon or armor after upgrading an item. However, this feature is absolutely nothing in the current game. I believe it was intended to be a way to give some value to rare items, but because the majority of gear drops quickly and can only be upgraded one level up, you'll usually replace the item before it becomes old enough. It's not worth it to upgrade items with gem sockets since the value of the gem will far outweigh the higher ilvl that comes with the upgrade.
You will see a small box when you click on the upgrade option on an item. It will show the template for the item, its Crest, as well as the Valorstone cost to raise the level of the item. Armor and weapons have different prices, with the latter generally being more expensive. The upgrade template lists the stats to be added to an upgraded item, and also the current ilvl.
The Crest and Valorstone costs are calculated according to the current ilvl of the item and the upgrade template. In addition the ilvl of the new upgraded item will be decreased by the template's lvl decrease percentage. For example the weapon that has an increase of 8% will decrease its ilvl by 8 - 8%.
In addition to the base ilvl increase the item will also be upgraded in other stats such as critical strike damage, PvE damage and dodge, block and parry rating. These enhancements are also based on the upgrade template.
The amount of damage and defense that the item will receive as it gets leveled up can be observed below the upgrade cost and decrease percentages in the upgrade template window. Apart from the practice equipment, all armor and weapons gain these same stats when upgraded. The market will determine the worth of these stats. A weapon or armor that has perfect rolls can fetch an incredibly higher price than a non-upp’d version. The same applies to other pieces of armor like tiaras and circlets.