Guide To Item Upgrades: The Intermediate Guide To Item Upgrades

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Item upgrades are a common and essential way to boost the performance of a variety of items in Path of Exile. They can provide extra damage, AD or even affixes.

Rare-grade equipment can be superior to the more modernized Common or Magic equipment due to their high demands.

Armor

Armor upgrades can be applied to both weapon and armor items. They improve the effectiveness of the item upgrader kit they are connected to. Armor upgrades are available in the world of games and can be purchased from Blacksmiths at bonfires. They can also be salvaged using an expert or higher salvage kits to recover upgrades from the items.

The level of an armor's or weapon's upgrade determines the amount of damage it will absorb. The upgrade of an armor piece to the highest upgrade level will boost its damage absorption. But, it's important to keep in mind that this will raise its weight, requiring it to be heavier than before.

There are several different types of armor upgrades that are available in the game. Each has a different impact. For instance, some upgrades will give the armor a certain amount of health points while others make it stronger and lighter. The kind of armor upgrade an item can receive will be identified by the name of the upgrade as illustrated in the table below.

A few upgrades also feature magic or a hybrid of magic and technology, which is indicated by a "Magic" or "Hybrid" entry in the table below. Additionally, some upgrades require a fee to use, and are indicated by the "Charges" entry in the table below. These charges are either constantly updated or never expire depending on the upgrade.

Iron Ore is the cheapest method to improve your armor. You can find it by exploring and looting small treasure chests. Titanium is more expensive, but it can be obtained through smelters in Orgrimmar and Stormwind City. Certain upgrades, such as the Reforge or the Hot Potato Books can only be applied on armor pieces that are of high-level. These upgrades can give a significant improvements in stats and are definitely worth the cost.

The process of upgrading an armor piece to its maximum upgrade level will dramatically boost its defense but the wearer must be aware that putting on weight can drastically decrease its agility and speed. Therefore, it is not recommended to upgrade most armor pieces beyond +9, since the added defense is usually not worth the extra weight and power cost of the upgrades needed.

Weapons

Weapon upgrades give players to enhance certain aspects of their weapon. Upgrades can improve the accuracy of a rifle, or the damage caused by shotgun shells. Certain firearms have upgrades that enhance their inherent qualities. Frictionless materials (improves stability, minimizes the risk of overheating), and Kinetic coils (increases the projectile's velocity to cause more damage) are two examples.

Most weapon upgrades require one of three Power Dices, a different amount of Minerals and Erons, and a whetblade for applying. These can be obtained by finishing side quests, taking out a certain number of monsters or bosses or through the Weapon Upgrade NPC located in Central Flarine.

Upgrades to a weapon, equipment Set piece, or Whetblade requires visiting the NPC [Armor] Boboko in Central Flarine and paying her an upgrade cost of a set number of Bars. The higher the upgrade level, the higher the number of bars are required to complete it. If you have multiple upgrade materials, the cost of upgrading will be lower.

In Chapter 2: Season 5 the way you upgrade weapon and equipment sets has changed a bit. Before, you could seek out an Upgrade Bench and pay for a specific number of Bars to upgrade your weapon or equipment to a higher quality. You could continue doing this until you reached the max upgrade level of the equipment or weapon, after which the upgrades would be reset.

You can still do this, but the process is based on RNG and low on agency. You should consider buying equipment with low levels of upgrade, but high base scores and stat distributions. These will then have a better chance of bringing you the highest tier benefits and blessings.

Most players will want to prioritize upgrades to the weapons they use most frequently to make sure they are able to level up faster. In addition to these players, they should also consider upgrading the weapons that are most popular with their squadmates to increase their power and effective. For instance, Shepard should consider upgrading the M92F to unlock the Beretta M93R to increase its utility when accompanied by biotic specialists like Grunt and Tali.

Jewels

Jewels are used in the sockets of armor and weapons, increasing a stat and providing secondary effects. They can be created through the process of jewelry crafting, in which you combine a gem with several reagents at a jewelry table. The higher the tier of the gem has, the more powerful its secondary effect. These reagents can be gotten from Treasure Goblins and World Bosses around the world, or through finding Legendary Gear. You can also purchase them from The Jeweler in exchange for Scattered Prisms and gold.

The quality of a diamond can be improved by the Jeweler, with stages that vary from Crude to Royal. The boosts to stats will differ according to the tier that the jewel is in when it's inserted into weapons, jewelry, or other gear.

The Jeweler can create all tiers of gems, with the exception of rare and legendary ones which require an appropriate level to obtain. Unlike other upgrade components, jewels are able to be swapped by a different jewel of the same kind without destroying it. However, you can only replace a jewel in an equipment piece only once.

It is typical to use more jewelry to enhance the appearance of. Jewels also enhance performance and make a harder surface than metal so that repeated friction from pivots does not damage them.

In addition to the above upgrades, the player can also obtain glyphs for their weapons and shields from a Glyphmaster. These glyphs give a slight boost and can be traded, but they're not guaranteed to appear as loot. Glyphs can be upgraded, like jewelry, at the Jeweler for gold and a scattered Crystal. Glyphs may also be removed and returned to the inventory. Other upgrade items components, like aegis and traits, aren't swappable and can only be retrieved using an Upgrade Extractor or salvaging them with the Black Lion Salvage Kit or Ascended Salvage Tool.

Trinkets

Trinkets can be used to give your character various small, but beneficial, benefits. They can be acquired starting in the beginning areas as loot, personal story rewards, from vendors, and through doing road interactions. They may also be crafted by jewelers and later found or purchased from the Trading Post.

The first trinket players will be able to unlock is the cloak. It gives a small but valuable boost in movement speed and the ability to escape. The player will then be able to acquire rings, amulets and necklaces, in a similar way similar to how they obtained weapons and armor. Every piece of equipment has a slot for an upgrade that is either universal or jewel. Universal upgrades are smaller and can be used on any equipment. Jewels are not upgradeable or replaced, and can only be used with certain trinkets.

These trinkets grant additional buffs and abilities that are active even when the hero isn't engaged in combat. This enables the hero to be more effective while inactive, and can also help fill in the void of a strong team or the absence of any slots in the talent tree that normally are filled with the hero's best stats.

A good general rule of thumb for trinket upgrades is to prioritize BiS (Best-in-Slot) items that you will not replace soon, followed by items with desirable stats that are less important than the iLevel of the item that is being upgraded. This is especially true when you are looking to upgrade multiple statistics on an item level upgrade. It is best to upgrade just one crucial stat than two less important ones.

In the beginning of the game players in the jungle are likely to upgrade their trinket into a red one, while top and middle players usually choose the pink or green ward (depending on the matchup). These choices will have a significant impact on the hero's ability to control his map.

Apart from the items mentioned above, players may also discover a variety of other trinkets throughout the game in the form of trophies and awards. These can be earned by completing certain milestones in the story, such as finishing a chapter's main quest or killing a certain boss. They can be viewed by selecting the appropriate achievement in the reward tab of the hero menu.