20 Fun Facts About Item Upgrading
Path of Exile Item Upgrading
The most effective way to improve your gear in Path of Exile is through upgrading your items. This allows you to upgrade your gear without having depend on costly drops or trades. This article will show you how to upp your gear effectively.
Upgrades to equipment provide a bonus on the item's stats. The bonus increases with upgrade component's level and rarity.
Components
Upgrade components can make your armour and weapons better. You can acquire them by the destruction of enemies, finding them in spheres of items or purchasing them from karma sellers. They can also be rescued from equipment with them, or by utilizing an advanced salvage kit such as the Black Lion Salvage Kit or Ascended Salvage Tool. Unlike most other items, upgrade components are not destroyed when they are removed from an item.
The primary function of upgrade components is to allow an item to be upgraded however, they also serve other purposes. They can be stacked to boost the value of an item that can be upgraded or they can be used to increase the experience gained by upgrading an existing weapon or piece of equipment. They can also be forged to provide extra bonuses. A glyph that is crafted can boost the chance of upgrading its target while a boost upgrade increases the defense or attack capabilities of a weapon.
Selecting an upgrade template from the GUI will allow you to connect it to an item. This will display the upgrade components that the item can be upgraded. Alternately, you can make use of the workbench to choose an upgrade template. In either scenario, an item will be upgraded when enough upgrade components have been gathered.
Each component has a different experience multiplier, which determines how much more experience an item gets when it upgrades with the component. For instance, organic components give an experience multiplier that is higher than mechanical ones. It is recommended to upgrade the organic components first, until you reach the next level in the weapon or equipment, then switch to mechanical upgrades.
Each item comes with a maximum upgrade number that it is possible to receive. The number of upgrades is determined by its upgradeable rank and the type of upgrade for the upgradeable item. For example, the highest possible weapon upgrade is a weapon of tier 10. However, the most commonly used upgrade for weapons is an tier 6 weapon as well as an armor upgrade of tier 5.
Sets
A set is a group of items which share bonuses. Each item in the set can be upgraded at least one time, and the upgrade increases the guaranteed bonuses. When you first upgrade an item, its primary stat will be +1. On subsequent upgrades, the primary stats will be increased even more (for instance +1 for 12+/13+/14+) and every time an item is upgraded, one of its additional stats increases randomly.
Upgrades can also boost the base damage of a weapon. This could be crucial for certain types of weapons. Weapons aren't upgraded to give a higher maximum defence roll than their base. It's possible to increase the value of certain sets and unique items by upgrading them, however they may not always be better than a Runeword with a high level.
If an item you're upgrading has a guarantee bonus that is guaranteed, it can be rerolled only once, and then its guarantee will be reset to 0. The same power dies are used to roll an item as it would be to increase its level. However the new item comes with different bonuses. Upgrades can be completed by visiting the NPC [Armorthe ] Boboko in Central Flarine. To upgrade an item you will require the required amount of Minerals and Erons as well as a power dice of each type. These can be bought by using Gold at the crafting table, or in the Ultra Collection. The NPCs will also offer special rewards for each level 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 if they have enough tokens to do so. If an item is rerolled, it will be replaced by an equivalent level 1 version from another set. Reroll tokens are available from the store for a small amount of in-game currency, but they aren't refundable. The new item upgrade d will still have the extra bonuses of the original one, but its stats will be different too.

Players can change the identity of their equipment as well as rolling it again by interacting with an upgrader NPC. This will change the identification from a weapon to an armor or reverse it. The basic stats and requirements remain the same. The change will last for a long time and affect all characters who have the gear.
Players can also increase the level of an item equipped device by obtaining upgrade components and interacting with the item's upgrader NPC. The cost of upgrading will depend on the upgrade track, item type, and the number of crests. For weapons, each upgrade will add an additional 5% to its damage.
Upgrades can boost the power of an item, but they also decrease its quality. It is therefore important to strike a balance between the two. Certain items might not be worth upgrading at all and some will require to be upgraded in order to maximize their potential. For example an individual player may decide to upgrade a piece breakpoint armor that has an interesting modifier (% chance to block or FHR) to explore the possibilities of what it can be.
The main reason people reroll in Genshin Impact, or in any gacha-based game is because they are trying to get a specific character or weapon that they aren't able to obtain. These items are time-consuming and costly to obtain and the RNG doesn't always play nice. The only choices left is to shell out real money or grind a lot. Rerolling is extremely popular in Genshin Impact.
Leveling
You can select whether to upgrade the weapon or armor when you upgrade an item. But, this feature does absolutely nothing in the current game. I believe that this feature was created to give value to rare and expensive items. However, as most items are replaced quite quickly, and it can only be upgraded by to a certain level, you will usually replace it before it gets too old. It's also not worth upgrading items with gem sockets since the power of the stone will outweigh any increment in the ilvl.
If you click the upgrade option on an item, you will be presented with a small window displaying the upgrade template of the item as well as the cost of crest and Valorstone to increase the level of the item. The costs will vary between the armor and weapons, with the former usually costing more than the latter. The upgrade template lists the statistics that will be added to the upgraded item and it also lists the current base ilvl.
The crest and Valorstone costs are calculated according to the current ilvl of the item and the upgrade template. In addition the ilvl of the new upgraded item will be reduced by the template's lvl decrease percentage. For instance, a weapon with an upgrade decrease of 8% will reduce its ilvl by 8 - 8 percent.
The item will be upgraded to other stats, like critical strike damage, PvE damages and block, parry and dodge rating, in addition to the base ilvl. These upgrades are also based on the upgrade template.
In the upgrade template you can determine the amount of damage or defense that the item will receive after being leveled up. This is displayed below the cost as well as the upgrade percentages. All weapons and armor apart from practice equipment get these stats once they've been leveled up. The market will determine the value of these stats. A weapon or armor that has perfect rolls can command a much higher price than an unupp'd version. The same applies to other pieces of armor, such as circlets and Tiaras.