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Path of Exile Item Upgrading

The best way to improve your gear in Path of Exile is through item upgrades. This lets you improve it without having to depend on costly trades or drops. This article will show you how to upp your items effectively.

Upgrades to equipment provide an additional bonus to the item's stats. The bonus increases with upgrade component's level and rarity.

Components

Upgrade components make your armour and weapons stronger. You can find them by destroying enemies, purchasing them from karma vendors or finding them in items-spheres. They can also be salvaged from equipment with them, or by utilizing a high-tier salvage kit like the Black Lion Salvage Kit or Ascended Salvage Tool. In contrast to other items, upgrade components are not destroyed when they are removed from an item.

Upgrade components are primarily used to upgrade an item, however, they can also be used for other purposes. They can be used to increase the quality of an item that can be upgraded or they can be used to boost the experience gained by upgrading an existing weapon or piece of equipment. They can also be forged to provide extra bonuses. A glyph that is crafted can boost the chances of upgrading its target while boost upgrades increase the defense or attack capabilities of a weapon.

By selecting an upgrade template from the GUI will allow you to connect it to an item. This will display a list of upgrade components that the item can be upgraded to. You can also use the workbench when selecting an upgrade template. In either case, an item level upgrade will be upgraded when enough upgrade components have been collected.

Each component is assigned an experience multiplier. This determines the amount of experience an item will gain when upgraded with that component. For instance, organic components have a an experience multiplier that is higher than mechanical ones. Therefore, it is recommended to upgrade with organic components until you reach the experience multiplier of the next rank of weapon or gear, and then switch to mechanical upgrades.

In addition to the multiplier of experience every item also has the maximum number of upgrades that it can receive. The number of items that can be upgraded is determined by their upgradeable rank, and the kind of upgrade they can receive. The most powerful upgrade is a weapon with 10th level. However, the most common upgrades for weapons are an tier 6 weapon as well as an armor upgrade of tier 5.

Sets

A set is a collection of objects 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 a set piece or weapon will give it a +1 increase to its primary stat. Following upgrades, primary stats are increased even more (for instance the +1 bonus for 12+/13+/14+) and each time an item is upgraded, one of its additional stats increases randomly.

Upgrades can also boost a weapon's damage base. This can be crucial for certain types of weapons. However, weapons can't be upgraded to a higher maximum defense roll than their regular base. It is possible to increase the value of certain sets and unique items by upgrading them, however they're not always better than a Runeword with a high level.

If an item you're upgrading has a guaranteed bonus that is guaranteed, it can be rerolled once and its guarantee will reset to 0. The same amount of power dies are used to reroll an item, just as it would be used to increase its level. However the new item comes with different bonuses. Upgrades can be made through the NPC [Armor] Boboko in the Central Flarine. To upgrade an item you will need the appropriate amount Minerals and Erons as well as a power dice of each type. These are available at the crafting table or in the Ultra Collector, and can be purchased using Gold. The NPC will also offer a special reward for each completed tier 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

If a player has enough to reroll tokens, they are able to play rerolling any item they have acquired during the game. If an upgraded item is rerolled, it will be exchanged for a level 1 version of the same item from a different set. Reroll tokens are available from the store for an amount of in-game currency, however they cannot be refunded. The new item will come with the same bonus features like the first, however the statistics will also differ.

Players can alter the identification of equipment in addition to rerolling it by interacting with a NPC upgrader. This will change the identification as a weapon to armor, or reverse it. The basic requirements and stats will remain the same. The change will be permanent and affect all characters who have the equipment.

Players can also boost the level of their item on any equipped equipment by obtaining upgrade items and conversing with the upgrader NPC of the item. The cost will differ based on the upgrade track, item type and the number of crests. For weapons, each step up will add an additional five percent to the damage.

Upgrades can increase the effectiveness of an item, but they also decrease the quality of an item. Therefore, it is crucial to keep both in check. Some items may not be worth upgrading at all and some will require to be upgraded in order to maximize their potential. One player may wish to upgrade breakpoint armor with an interesting modification (% block chance or FHR) to see what else it can be.

Rerolling is a common practice in Genshin Impact and other gacha-based games. People use it in order to get a character or weapon that they wouldn't otherwise have. The process of obtaining these items can be expensive and time-consuming and the RNG gods don't always want to play. The only options is to shell out real money or grind lots. This is why rerolling is a popular option in Genshin Impact.

Leveling

When upgrading an item, you can pick to increase the level of the weapon or armor. This feature isn't available in the current version of the game. I think it was meant to to give some value to rare items, but because equipment generally drops quickly and can only be upgraded one level up, you'll usually replace the item before it gets too old. It's not worth it to upgrade items with gem sockets as the power of the gem will outweigh the higher ilvl that comes with the upgrade.

You will see a small window when you click the upgrade option on an item. It will display the template of the item, the crest, and the Valorstone cost to raise the item level. Armor and weapons have different costs, with the former generally being more expensive. The upgrade template outlines the stats that will be added to the upgraded item upgrades and will also list its current 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 template's reduction percentage for lvl. For instance, an upgrade of 8% can reduce the ilvl of a weapon by 8 to 88%.

In addition to the base ilvl boost, 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.

In the upgrade template, you can determine 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 value of these additional stats will be determined by the market, with a perfectly perfectly rolled version of a piece of armor or weapon is able to command more trade value than non-upp'd versions. Similar is the case for other pieces of armor, like tiaras and circlets.