Path of Exile Item Upgrading
The best way to upgrade your gear in Path of Exile is through upgrade of your items. This lets you improve it without having to rely on expensive drops or trades. This article will help you understand how to upgrade your items.
Upgrades to equipment provide a bonus on the item's stats. The amount of bonus varies based on the rarity and strength of the upgrade component.
Components
Upgrade components make your armour and weapons stronger. They can be obtained by the destruction of enemies, finding them in item spheres or buying them from karma merchants. They can also be rescued from equipment that contains them or by using the highest-quality salvage kits such as the Black Lion Salvage Kit or Ascended Salvage Tool. Upgrade components aren't destroyed when you remove them from the item.
The main function of upgrade components is to enable an item to be upgraded however, they also serve other functions. They can be used to boost the value of an upgradeable item or they can be used to boost the experience gained when upgrading an existing weapon or piece of equipment. They can also be forged to provide extra bonuses. A glyph that has been crafted can increase the chance of upgrading its target while an upgrade boosts the attack or defense capabilities of a weapon.
You can attach 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. Alternatively, you can use the workbench to select an upgrade template. In either scenario, an item will be upgraded after enough upgrade components have been gathered.
Each component has its own experience multiplier. This determines the amount of experience an item gains when upgraded using that component. Organic components, for instance, have an increased multiplier of experience than mechanical components. You should upgrade your organic components first until you reach the next rank in the weapon or equipment, and then switch to the mechanical upgrades.
In addition to the experience multiplier every item also has a maximum number of upgrades it can receive. The number of items that can be upgraded is determined by their upgradeable rank, and the kind of upgrade they can get. The highest level of upgrade is a weapon that is tier 10. However, the most popular upgrades for weapons are an tier 6 weapon as well as a tier 5 armor upgrade.
Sets
A set is a set of items that share the same bonus. Each item can be upgraded at minimum once. The upgrade will increase the bonuses that are guaranteed. When you first upgrade an item, its primary stat will be +1. On subsequent upgrades, primary stats are increased even more (for instance the +1 bonus for 12+/13+/14+) and every time an item is upgraded, one of its additional stats is increased randomly.
Upgrades can also increase a weapon's damage base. This can be crucial for certain types of weapons. Weapons can't be upgraded for greater maximum defence rolls than their base. It is a good option to increase the value of a set and unique items, however it is important to keep in mind that they might not be more effective than a high-level raneword in any build.
If the item you're upgrading comes with a guaranteed bonus, it can be rerolled a few times, and then its guarantee will be reset to 0. The same power dies are used to reroll an item, just as it would be to level it up. However, the new item has different bonuses. Upgrades can be made at the NPC [Armorthe ] Boboko in the Central Flarine. To upgrade an item, you will need a power die of each kind (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 with Gold. The NPC will also offer a special reward for each tier of the upgrade process. This reward is rerollable once, and the reroll will use the same materials as the original item.
Rerolling
If the player has enough tokens for rerolling, they can reroll any item that they have acquired during the game. When an upgraded item is to be rerolled, it will be exchanged for a version that is level 1 of the same item in a different set. Reroll tokens are available from the store for a small amount of in-game currency, however they are not refundable. The new item will have the same bonus features as the previous one, but the stats will also be different.
In addition to rerolling items players can also change the identification of any equipment by engaging with an upgrader NPC. This will change its identification from a weapons to armor or reverse the process. The basic requirements and stats will remain the same. The change is permanent and will affect all characters who own the gear in question.
Players can also increase the item level of any equipped equipment by obtaining upgrade item s and conversing with the upgrader NPC of the item. The cost will differ based on the upgrade track, item type and number of crests. Each upgrade will add 5percent more damage to weapons.
Upgrading an item will make it more powerful, but it will reduce its effectiveness. It is therefore essential to strike a balance between the two. Certain items might not be worth upgrading at all and some will require to be upgraded to realize their potential. For instance an individual player may want to upgrade a piece breakpoint armor that has an interesting modifier (% chance to block or FHR) to discover what it could become.
The main reason people are able to reroll in Genshin Impact, or in any gacha-based game, is because they are trying to obtain a particular weapon or character that they wouldn't otherwise be able to acquire. The process of obtaining these items can be costly and time-consuming, and the RNG gods don't always want to cooperate. The only choices left are to spend real cash or grind for a long time. This is why rerolling is a very popular option in Genshin Impact.
Leveling
When upgrading an item you can pick to level up the weapon or armor. This feature is not available in the current version of the game. I believe this feature was created to give value to rare and expensive items. However, since most items are replaced quite quickly, and can only be leveled up one level, you will usually replace it before it gets too old. It is also not worth upgrading items with gem sockets, as the power of the stone will outweigh any increment in ilvl.
You will be presented with a small box when you click the upgrade option on an item. It will show the template for the item, its crest, and the cost of Valorstone to increase the item's level. Armor and weapons will have different costs, with the latter usually being more expensive. The upgrade template shows the statistics that will be added to the upgraded item. It it also lists the current ilvl.
The cost of the Valorstone and Crest is calculated using the current Ilvl of the item and the upgrade templates. Additionally, the ilvl of the new upgraded item will be decreased by the template's lvl reduction percentage. For instance, an upgrade of 8% will reduce the weapon's ilvl by 8 to 8%.
The item will get upgrades to other stats like critical strike damage, PvE damage, and block, parry and dodge rating in addition to the base ilvl. These upgrades are also based on the upgrade template.
The amount of defense and damage the item is able to receive when leveled up can be observed below the upgrade cost and decrease percentages in the upgrade template window. All weapons and armor apart from practice equipment gain these stats upon leveling up. The value of these stats will be determined by the market, with a rolled perfect version of a weapon or piece of armor is able to command more in trade value than unupp'd versions. The same applies to other armor pieces such as circlets or tiaras.