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Path of Exile Item Upgrading

The best way to upgrade your equipment in Path of Exile is through item upgrades. This allows you to upgrade your gear without having depend on costly trades or drops. This article will teach you how to upgrade your items effectively.

Upgrading equipment grants an increase to the item's base stats. The bonus is according to the rarity and quality of the upgrade component.

Components

Upgrade components can make your armour and weapons better. You can locate them by destroying enemies, purchasing them from karma vendors, or finding them in item-spheres. You can also get them from equipment that contains the components, or by utilizing high-tier salvage kits such as Black Lion Salvage Kit and Ascended Salvage Tool. Upgrade components cannot be destroyed when you remove them from an item.

The main purpose of upgrade components is to allow an item to be upgraded, but they also serve other functions. They can be stacked in order to increase the level or the amount of experience gained by upgrading equipment or weapons. They can also be made to give additional bonuses. A crafted glyph can increase the upgrade chances of its target while a boost upgrade increases 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 display an upgrade component list that the item can be upgraded to. You can also use the workbench to selecting an upgrade template. In either case the item will be upgraded after enough upgrade components are gathered.

Each component has its own experience multiplier. This determines how much experience an item can gain when upgraded using the component. For instance, organic components give an experience multiplier that is higher than mechanical ones. It is therefore recommended to upgrade with organic components until you have reached the multiplier of experience for the next level of the weapon or gear, then switch to mechanical upgrades.

In addition to the experience multiplier every item upgrader mod also has an maximum number of upgrades it can receive. The number of upgrades available is determined by the upgradeable rank and the type of upgrade available to the upgradeable item. The most powerful upgrade is a weapon that is tier 10. However, the most popular upgrade for weapons is the tier 6 weapon and a tier 5 armor upgrade.

Sets

A set is a set of items which all have the same bonus. Each item can be upgraded at the minimum once. The upgrade increases the guaranteed bonuses. The first time you upgrade an item, its initial stat will be +1. After subsequent upgrades the primary stats will be increased a bit further (for example, +1 up to 12+/13+/14+), and each time you upgrade the item with an additional stats is increased randomly.

Upgrades to a weapon may increase its damage base, which may be crucial for certain builds. However, weapons are not upgraded to a higher maximum defense roll than their normal base. It is a good option to increase the value of some set and unique items, however it is important to keep in mind that they're not necessarily superior to a high-level runeword in any build.

If you are upgrading an item with bonuses the item can be rerolled one time, and its guarantee will reset to zero. The same power die is used to reroll an item as it would be to level it up. However the new item comes with different bonuses. The NPC [ArmorBoboko Boboko can upgrade your armor in 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 right amount of Minerals and Erons. These are available at the crafting table or in the Ultra Collector and can be purchased using Gold. The NPCs will also offer special rewards for each level of the upgrade process. This reward can be rerolled one time using the same materials as original item.

Rerolling

If a player has enough rerolling tokens, they can reroll any item that they have acquired during the game. When an upgraded item gets being rerolled, it can be exchanged for an equivalent version at a level 1 of the same item from a different set. Reroll tokens are available at the store for small amounts of in-game currency, however they aren't refundable. The new upgraded item will still have the extra benefits of the previous one however its stats will be different also.

Players can alter the identification of their equipment, in addition to changing it's roll by interfacing with a NPC upgrader. This will change the identity from a weapon to armor or vice versa, while retaining its base stats and the attributes it requires. The change will be permanent and affect all characters that own the gear.

Players can also increase the item level of any equipped device by obtaining upgrade items and conversing with the item's upgrader NPC. This will cost a set number of crests and Valorstones according to the upgrade track and item type. Each step will give 5percent more damage to weapons.

Upgrading an item will make it more powerful 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 however, others will need to be upgraded to reach their potential. For instance one player might wish to upgrade a piece of breakpoint armor that has an interesting modifier ( percent chance of blocking or FHR) to see what it can be.

Rerolling is a common practice in Genshin Impact and other gacha-based games. It is a method used by players in order to get a character or weapon that they wouldn't otherwise have. These items can be costly and time-consuming, and the RNG gods do not always want to cooperate. The only alternative is to spend money or grind for a long time. Rerolling is extremely popular in Genshin Impact.

Leveling

You can decide to upgrade the weapon or armor when you upgrade an item. However, this feature is absolutely nothing in the current game. I think this feature was designed to add some value to expensive and rare items. However, since the majority of items are replaced quite quickly, and can only be leveled up one level, you'll typically replace it before it gets too old. It's also not worth it to level items that have gem sockets because the power of the gem will be greater than the higher ilvl that comes with the upgrade.

When you click the upgrade button on an item, you will see a small window with the upgrade template for the item and the cost of Valorstone and crest to increase the item level. Weapons and armor will have different prices, with the latter usually being more expensive. The upgrade template outlines the statistics that will be added to the upgraded item and will also list its current ilvl.

The cost of the Valorstone and Crest is calculated using the item's current Ilvl and the upgrade templates. In addition the ilvl of a new upgraded item will be reduced by the template's lvl reduction percentage. For example an upgrade item of 8% will reduce the weapon's ilvl by 8 to 88%.

The item level upgrade will be upgraded to other stats, such as critical strike damage, PvE damage and block, parry, and dodge rating in addition to the base level. These upgrades are also based on the upgrade template.

The amount of defense and damage the item will receive as it gets leveled up can be observed below the upgrade cost and decrease percentages in the upgrade template window. All armor and weapons that are not practice equipment get these stats when they level up. The market will determine the value of these stats. A weapon or armor with perfect rolls can command a much higher price than a non-upp’d version. The same applies to other pieces of armor, such as tiaras and circlets.