Path of Exile Item Upgrading

In Path of Exile, item upgrading is among the best ways to improve your gear without relying on large-ticket drops or trade. This article will teach you how to upgrade your gear effectively.

Upgrades to equipment grant a bonus on the item's stats. This bonus is based on the upgrade component's level and rarity.

Components

Upgrade components are the things that make your weapons and armor better. You can acquire them by the destruction of enemies, finding them in item spheres or purchasing them from karma sellers. You can also salvage them from equipment that has the components or by using salvage kits of high-end quality, such as Black Lion Salvage Kit and Ascended Salvage Tool. In contrast to other items upgrade components, upgrade components aren't destroyed when they are removed from an item upgrader kit.

The main function of upgrade components is to enable an item to be upgraded, however, they also serve other functions. They can be stacked to increase the level of experience gained from upgrading existing weapons or gear. They can also be made to provide extra bonuses. For instance, a specially created glyph can increase the chances of upgrading its target, and an upgrade boost will boost the defense or attack attribute of a weapon or armor.

You can attach an upgrade template to an item by selecting it from the edition GUI. This will display the list of upgrade components that the item can be upgraded to. You can also use the workbench for selecting an upgrade template. In either scenario, the item will be upgraded after enough upgrade components have been collected.

Each component has its own experience multiplier that affects how much more experience an item gets when it is upgraded with that component. For instance, organic components offer more experience multipliers than mechanical ones. 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 maximum number that is available for. The number of upgrades available is determined by its upgradeable rank and the type of upgrade for the upgradeable item. For instance, the highest possible upgrade for a weapon is a weapon of tier 10. However, the most commonly used upgrade for weapons is an tier 6 weapon as well as a tier 5 armor upgrade.

Sets

A set is a collection of items that have bonuses. Each item can be upgraded at the least once. The upgrade will increase the bonuses that are guaranteed. When you first upgrade an item, its primary stat will be +1. After subsequent upgrades, the primary stats will be increased a bit further (for example, +1 to 12+/13+/14+) Each time you upgrade the item it will have one of its additional stats will be increased randomly.

Upgrading a weapon can also increase its damage base, which may be necessary for certain builds. However, item upgrades. This feature isn't available in the current version of the game. I think it was meant to be a way to add value to rare items, but as equipment generally drops quickly and can only be upgraded one level up, you'll usually replace the item before it gets too old. It's also not worth upgrading items using gem sockets, as the power of the stone will outweigh any increment in ilvl.

If you click on the upgrade option on an item upgrader, you'll see a small window with the item's upgrade template and the cost of Valorstone and crest to increase the item level. The costs will vary between the armor and weapons and the latter typically costing more than the latter. The upgrade template lists the stats that can be added to an upgraded item as well as its current ilvl.

The Crest and Valorstone costs are calculated by analyzing the current ilvl of the item and the upgrade template. The ilvl will also be reduced by the upgrade templates reduction percentage for lvl. For instance, an upgrade of 8% can reduce the ilvl of a weapon by 8 to 88%.

In addition to the base ilvl increase the item will also get upgrades in other stats, such as critical strike damage, PvE damage, dodge, block, and parry rating. Those increases are also based on the upgrade template.

In the upgrade template you can see the amount of damage or defense an item will receive after it is leveled up. This is listed below the cost as well as the upgrade percentages. Aside from practice equipment, all other armor and weapons gain the same stats once upgraded. The value of these additional stats will be determined by the market, with a rolled perfect version of a piece of armor or weapon able to command much more trade value than non-upp'd versions. This is also true for other pieces of armor, like tiaras and circlets.