Path of Exile Item Upgrading
The best method to improve your gear in Path of Exile is through upgrading your items. This allows you to upgrade your gear without having rely on expensive drops or trades. This article will show you how to upgrade your items efficiently.
Upgrades to equipment give an increase in the item's stats. This bonus is based on the upgrade component's level and rarity.
Components
Upgrade components are the things that improve your armor and weapons better. You can get them from destroying enemies, finding them in item spheres, or buying them from karma dealers. You can also salvage them from equipment containing the components, or by utilizing high-tier salvage kits such as Black Lion Salvage Kit and Ascended Salvage Tool. Unlike most other items, upgrade components are not destroyed when they are removed from an item.
Upgrade components are typically used to upgrade an item however, they can also be used for other reasons. They can be used to increase the level or experience gained by upgrading existing weapons or gear. They can be forged to give extra bonuses. For instance, a designed glyph will increase the chances of upgrading its target, whereas a boost upgrade will boost the defense or attack attribute of a weapon or armor.
You can connect an upgrade template to an item by selecting it from the edition GUI. This will show the list of upgrade components 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 once enough upgrade components are gathered.
Each component is assigned an experience multiplier. This determines how much experience an item gains when upgraded using that component. Organic components, for example, have a higher multiplier of experience than mechanical components. You should upgrade the organic components first, until you reach the next rank in the weapon or equipment and then switch to the mechanical upgrades.
Each item comes with an upgrade limit number that can be received. The number of items that are upgradeable is determined by their upgradeable rank, and the type of upgrade they are able to receive. For example, the highest possible weapon upgrade is a weapon with tier 10. The most popular weapon upgrade is a tier 6 gun and a armor upgrade of tier 5.
Sets
A set is a group of items that share the benefit of. Each item in the set can be upgraded at least once, and each upgrade boosts the guaranteed bonuses. The first time you upgrade an item, its primary stat will be +1. On subsequent upgrades, primary stats are boosted even further (for instance the +1 bonus for 12+/13+/14+) and each time an item is upgraded one of its additional stats increases randomly.
The upgrade of a weapon can increase its damage base, which could be important for some builds. Weapons aren't upgraded to give a higher maximum defence roll than their base. It is possible to increase value of certain sets and unique items by upgrading them, but they're not always better than a Runeword with a high level.
If the item you're upgrading has a guaranteed bonus it is able to be rerolled only once and its guarantee will be reset to 0. Rerolling costs the same amount of power dice as leveling an item up, but the upgraded item will come with various bonuses. The NPC [Armor] 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 are available for purchase with Gold. The NPC will also give an additional reward for each tier of the upgrade process. The reward can be rerolled a single time, using the same materials as original item.
Rerolling
A player can reroll any item acquired during the game, provided they have enough tokens to be able 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 are sold in the shop for a small sum of in-game currency. They are non-refundable. The new item upgraded will still have the extra benefits of the previous one however, its stats will differ as well.
In addition to rerolling items players can also change the identity of any equipment by interfacing with an upgrader NPC. This will change the identification from a weapon to an armor or vice versa. The base stats and requirements remain the same. The change is permanent and will affect all characters who own the gear in question.
The player can also upgrade the level of an item for any equipped equipment. This is done by talking to an upgrader NPC, and then obtaining upgrade components. 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 5percent to the damage.
Upgrading an item will make it more powerful however, it can also decrease its quality. It is therefore essential to strike a balance between the two. Some items may not be worth upgrading at all however, others will need to be upgraded to reach their potential. For instance, a player might decide to upgrade a piece of breakpoint armor that has an interesting modifier ( percent chance of blocking or FHR) to explore the possibilities of what it can be.
Rerolling is a popular practice in Genshin Impact and other gacha-based games. People use it to try to obtain an item or character they cannot otherwise get. Getting these items can be expensive and time-consuming, and the RNG gods don't always want to play ball. The only other options are to invest money or grind a lot. This is why rerolling is a very popular option in Genshin Impact.
Leveling
When upgrading an item you can choose to level up the weapon or armor. However, this feature is absolutely nothing in the current game. I believe it was designed to to add value to rare items, but because gear in general drops fairly quickly and can only be upgraded once you've reached a certain level it is likely that you will replace the item before it becomes old enough. It's not worth it to upgrade item s that have gem sockets since the value of the gem will outweigh the higher ilvl that comes with the upgrade.
When you click on the upgrade option on an item, you'll be presented with a small window displaying the item's upgrade template and the cost of crest and Valorstone to increase the item level. Armor and weapons have different prices, with the latter typically being more costly. The upgrade template outlines the stats that will be added to an upgraded item and also the current 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 is also reduced by the upgrade templates reduction percentage for lvl. For instance an upgrade of 8% will decrease the weapon's ilvl by 8 to 8percent.
In item upgrades to the base ilvl boost the item will also be upgraded in other stats like critical strike damage, PvE damage and block, parry and dodge rating. These upgrades are also based on the upgrade template.
The amount of damage and defense that the item is able to receive when leveled up can be observed below the cost and upgrade decrease percentages in the upgrade template window. Aside from practice equipment, all armor and weapons gain the same stats once upgraded. The market will determine the value of these stats. A weapon or armor that has perfect rolls can fetch a much higher price than a non-upp’d version. The same is true for other armor pieces, such as circlets and tiaras.