20 Fun Informational Facts About Item Upgrade

WoW Upgrades - The Item Upgrader

Upgrades give you boosts in certain stats. Each upgrade increases item level by 3. A random extra substat is also increased with every upgrade.

Upgraded gear is generally more useful, unless the item has low requirements by nature (like FB sorc shields) or a high stat variance (like eth Titan weapons). Upgrades are not as valuable for those with higher variance due to the requirement to roll a perfect version.

Recycle Points

The upgrader for items allows players to upgrade their gear to a higher item level upgrade level by providing the appropriate currency to the NPC. Upgrades can be applied to any type of weapon or armor. However, the item used to upgrade will be consumed forever and will not be able to be used again. Upgrades can also be applied to the enchantments.

The upgrader is located in all major cities and can be accessed at any time to upgrade your gear. To ensure that your equipment is up-to-date, it is recommended that you visit the upgrader every few weeks.

Upgrades will cost more, based on the item level, however, they are always cheaper than purchasing new gear. For instance upgrading a Benthic chest to 385 ilvl will cost 20 recycle points while buying a similar item upgrades from a different player will cost 105.

Valorstones

Upgrades are useful items that can be used to improve the quality of weapons and tools, armor and other items. They can be purchased by players through item upgrader NPCs in exchange for a variety of currencies, and can be found in random treasure lists. Once purchased, an upgrade is able to be applied to any weapon, tool or armor. The button will display the item's next level of upgrade, when there are enough materials.

The upgrade cost depends on the slot of the item and the current item level and the weapon's price is higher than gloves or bracers, for instance. Each upgrade cost 15 Flightstones plus a specific number of crests. Some upgrades give a discount on the Flightstones. After an item has been upgraded to a certain degree it can be re-downgraded and sold to the upgrader at a lower cost.

Upgraders for items can be found in a variety of locations including the main island as well as some outposts. The NPCs offer both an upgrade coupon as well as the possibility of obtaining the latest recipe. The upgrade discount increases when more items are upgraded. It can be increased if players finish certain achievements or quests.

In contrast to Cromwell in Baldur's Gate II, there is no item upgrader available in the beginning of Icewind Dale. The NPCs that can assist with upgrades are available only through a variety means. This is both a positive and a drawback.

In Season 3 the upgrade system has been tweaked a bit, with numerous new features added. After a player has upgraded to a certain item level for an armor slot, upgrading other items to the same level, will cost less. This is even if the items are from another set of gear.

The discount is available to all accounts. The amount of Harbinger Crests needed to upgrade is reduced too, but it is only available when certain milestones are reached.

Crests

Players have a number of options for upgrading their equipment in WoW. Flightstones are an option that is accessible to everyone who wants to upgrade. Crests are more specialized and are used for specific item level upgrades. Crests are a crucial element of the Dragonflight Gear Progression System that was introduced in version 10.1. They come in four ranks.

The first thing to note is that crests are only able to be used to purchase equipment that is of a particular rank, and that every rank has different requirements for its upgrade path. The simplest and easiest upgrade item costs 15 crests. The most complicated upgrade could require as much as 20 crests, depending on the type of gear being upgraded.

Players can earn crests through working through content at the appropriate level. This could be by doing outdoor activities or taking on dungeons and raids of any difficulty to earn lower-level gear or Mythicbosses of raids or dungeons with heroic difficulty for gear in the endgame. The crests can later be exchanged at an upgrader NPC, such as Cuzolth in Dornogal, or Vaskarn in Valdrakken, for the appropriate upgrade paths and steps.

Using these new currencies isn't too complicated, but the system introduces some changes to the overall upgrade process. For example, once an item is at the highest level of upgrading for any rank (Explorer, Adventurer, Veteran, Champion, Hero, or Mythic) it won't require Flightstones to be upgraded. This allows players to upgrade their gear to the highest possible ilvl for all their characters instead of relying on seasonal loot.

Another notable change is that crests have one usage and it's crucial to use them properly. For instance it's a good idea to make use of all your Whelpling-rank crests on the Best item upgrade equipment available, and then keep Drake and Wyrm crests for the next batch of upgrades you plan to create. This is especially relevant for rings and trinkets that fill multiple slots on the character, which can only be eligible to benefit from the account-wide discount when all of the slots are filled with top-quality gear.