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Path of Exile Item Upgrading
In Path of Exile, item upgrading is among the most effective ways to upgrade your gear without relying upon massive drops or trade. This article will help you understand how to upgrade your items.
Upgrades to equipment give an additional bonus to the item's stats. The bonus is according to the rarity and strength of the upgrade component.
Components
Upgrade components can make your weapons and armour better. You can locate them by destroying enemies, purchasing them from karma vendors or finding them in the form of item-spheres. You can also salvage them from equipment that contains the components or by using salvage kits of high-end quality, such as Black Lion Salvage Kit and Ascended Salvage Tool. Upgrade components are not destroyed by removing them from an item.
The primary function of upgrade components is to allow an item to be upgraded but they also serve other functions. They can be used to increase the quality of an upgradeable item or they can be used to increase the experience gained when upgrading an existing weapon or piece of equipment. They can also be made to give additional bonuses. For instance, a designed glyph will increase the chances of upgrading its target, and an upgrade boost will increase the attack or defense attribute of a weapon or armor.
Selecting an upgrade template from the GUI will allow you to bind it to an item. This will show the upgrade components to which the item can be upgraded. You can also use the workbench for selecting an upgrade template. In either case the item will be upgraded once enough upgrade components have been collected.
Each component has its own experience multiplier that affects the amount of experience an item receives when it upgrades with that component. Organic components, for example have more experience multipliers than mechanical components. It is recommended to upgrade your organic components first until you reach the next level in the weapon or equipment then switch to mechanical upgrades.
Each item comes with an upgrade limit number that is available for. The number of upgradeable items 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 tier 10 weapon. However, the most commonly used weapon upgrades are a tier 6 weapon and a tier 5 armor upgrade.
Sets
A set is a group of items that share a bonus. Each item can be upgraded at the minimum once. The upgrade will increase the amount of bonuses you can expect to receive. The first time you upgrade a set piece or weapon will give it an increase of +1 to its primary stat. On subsequent upgrades, the primary stats are boosted even further (for instance +1 for 12+/13+/14+) and each time an item is upgraded, one of its additional stats is increased randomly.
Upgrades can also boost the damage base of a weapon. This may be important for certain types of builds. Weapons aren't upgraded to give an increased maximum defence roll than their base. Upgrading can be a good method to increase the value of a set and unique items, however it's important to remember that they might not be superior to a high-level runeword in any build.
If the item you're upgrading has a guarantee bonus it is able to be rerolled only once and the guarantee will be reset to zero. The same amount of power dies are used to roll an item, just as it would be to increase its level. However, the new item has different bonuses. The NPC [ArmorBoboko Boboko can upgrade your armor in Central Flarine. To upgrade an item, you will require the required amount of Minerals and Erons and a power dice of each type. These can be bought by using Gold at the crafting table or in the Ultra Collection. The NPC will also give an additional reward for each tier of the upgrade process. The reward can be rerolled one time using the same materials as the original item.
Rerolling
A player is able to roll any item they have acquired in the game provided they have enough tokens to be able to do so. If an item is rerolled, it will be replaced by a level 1 version in another 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 come with the same bonus features like the first, however the stats will also differ.
Players can alter the identification of their equipment, in addition to rerolling it by interacting with a NPC upgrader. This will change the identity from an armored weapon to a weapon, or vice versa, while retaining its base stats and the attributes it requires. The change is permanent and will affect all characters that are wearing the gear.
The player can also upgrade their item level for any equipment that is equipped. This can be done by interacting with an upgrader NPC and obtaining upgrade items. This will cost a set amount of crests and Valorstones depending on the upgrade track and the item type. Each step will give 5percent more damage to weapons.
item upgrades can increase the effectiveness of an item, however they also can decrease its quality. Therefore, it is important to keep both in check. Some items are not worth upgrading, while other items require upgrading to reach their full potential. For example one player might decide to upgrade a piece breakpoint armor that comes with an interesting modifier ( percent chance of blocking or FHR) to explore the possibilities of what it can be.
The main reason people are able to reroll in Genshin Impact, or in any gacha-based game, is because they are trying to get a specific weapon or character that they wouldn't otherwise be able to acquire. These items can be time-consuming and expensive to obtain, and the RNG does not always work in a positive way. The only alternative is to invest money or grind for a long time. Rerolling is extremely popular in Genshin Impact.

Leveling
When upgrading an item, you can choose to upgrade the weapon or armor. But, this feature does absolutely nothing in the current game. I believe that this feature was intended to add some value to rare and expensive items. However, since most gear is replaced fairly quickly and can only be upgraded one level, you'll usually replace it before it is too old. It's also not worthwhile to upgrade items with gem sockets as the power of the gem will outweigh the higher ilvl that comes with the upgrade.
When you click on the upgrade option on an item, you will be presented with a small window displaying the upgrade template for the item and the cost of Valorstone and crest to increase the level of the item. The costs will vary between the armor and weapons as well, with the former typically costing more than the latter. The upgrade template outlines the stats that will be added to the upgraded item. It will also list its current ilvl.
The Crest and Valorstone costs are calculated by analyzing the current ilvl of the item and the upgrade template. Additionally the ilvl of a new upgraded item will be reduced by the upgrade template's lvl decrease percentage. For instance, a weapon with an upgrade decrease of 8% will reduce its count by 8-8 percent.
The item will be upgraded to other stats, such as critical strike damage, PvE damages and block, parry, and dodge rating in addition to the base ilvl. Those increases are also dependent on the upgrade template.
In the upgrade template, you can determine the amount of damage or defense that the item will be able to sustain after it is leveled up. This is displayed below the cost as well as the upgrade percentages. Aside from practice equipment, all other items and armor get these same stats when upgraded. The market determines the value of these stats. A weapon or armor that has perfect rolls can fetch an incredibly higher price than a non-upp’d version. Similar is the case for other pieces of armor like tiaras or circlets.