The 10 Scariest Things About Item Upgrading
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World of Warcraft Upgrades and Item Upgrading
Upgrades can boost the value of certain numeric stats on armor, weapons and rings. They also increase bonuses such as PvE damage and crit chance.
If the weapon's upgrade template is in %, the weapon will be able to gain 3percent of its previous damage for every time it is upgraded.
Item upgrading costs crests and the current level of the item. The cost rises with item's level.
Components
Upgrade components can be incorporated into trinkets, armor, and weapons to provide them with a boost in stats or to add an additional effect. They can be obtained through crafting, buying from vendors or trading with other players, or looting. Certain upgrades come with special cosmetic effects.
Upgrade components can be inserted into any equipment with a slot for them. The item must have been at the very least upgraded to blue level in order for the component to be applied. In contrast to other mods components can only be used once and cannot be applied multiple times or replaced by new upgrades. Infusions and Enrichments are a type of upgrade component that can be used to upgrade non-amulet legendary or ascended equipment, as well in some items that aren't ascended. Infusions and enrichments can be retrieved by salvaging gear that is ascended or by completing an elite mission in the Prophecies, Factions and Nightfall campaigns.
A suffix or prefix can be added to an upgrade, thereby changing the name of the item it is used on (for example, 'Canthan Armor Insignia',' changes to Canthan Armor Minor Vigor). Certain upgrades boost the Mark Level or Rarity of an item, allowing players to create stronger versions of the item using the smallest amount of upgrade crystals than they need to reach the same level using standard methods.
A 'boost' upgrade can alter the attack or defence attributes of a weapon, or armor. Once the player has completed the cutscene and defeated Crazed Mechanist These upgrades can be made at the Portative Forging Station. These upgrades can be obtained by purchasing them from the cash shop or by obtaining them from enemies when upgrading other gear.
The player can get up to five boost upgrades at one time; each upgrade increases the likelihood that a better-quality version of the item will be available at the time of the next reset. This gives the player an incentive to continue improving their equipment even if they're not sure of how much they'll improve after a future reset.
The process of upgrading an item can be expensive and it is likely that the item will become obsolete, or even break, when the upgrade is unsuccessful. Upgrade Crystals and assist powder are also destroyed when the upgrade fails. Cash shop items can be used to decrease or eliminate the possibility of failure. Some upgrades also give an additional bonus when they are reinserted.
Glyphs
Glyphs can be used to upgrade the Paragon Board by placing them in sockets that are specifically designed for. Glyphs boost the power of all nodes within their radius as well as existing affixes on equipment. Glyphs can be upgraded in various ways, and we suggest getting them to level 15 as soon as you can.
It is commonplace to see in the endgame that putting Glyphs is the most effective way to upgrade your equipment. These are the only upgrade component that can be upgraded up to level 15 and offer a significant boost to your power on the Paragon Board.
The majority of upgrades in the game can be replaced, however Glyphs are the one upgrade component that can be removed and replaced without any restrictions. The only exception is legendary equipment, which requires an Black Lion Salvage Kit to salvage and then re-install.
Each Glyph has a certain range of values that it can improve a stat by, and the value is displayed when you choose the Glyph in your inventory. You can replace it with a Glyph with the same rank or a higher rank, which will boost the value of the glyph.
Glyphs are available in the Black Lion Trading Post as part of an Gem Store bundle or purchase the glyphs with certain tools that allow unlimited use, and during Faction Crypt Raids. Each Faction Crypt can drop one of these Glyphs. There are some rare glyphs you can find in any of the Faction Crypts.
Once you have gotten the desired Glyphs you will need them to be placed on your equipment. Each Glyph unlocks a unique bonus that will boost the stats of a specific set of nodes in the vicinity of the Glyph. Based on the Glyph the bonus will be +40 to one of your primary stats, or +25 to two of your secondary stats.
Utilizing Glyphs Glyph can boost all nodes connected to it, and you should aim to place your Glyphs near key nodes on the Graph to maximise the impact. Druids, for instance should position their Glyphs close to their primary damage nodes. They may be able to place them near their primary damage nodes.
Leveling
The item upgrading system lets players increase the effectiveness of specific items by putting upgraded components into them. This is referred to as "upping". Each upgradeable item comes with a level, which determines its final upgraded stats. Upgraded items may be leveled up to a maximum of 385. Each level of item requires different components, and upgrade costs increase with each level.
Some upgrades require a special ingredient to activate. This ingredient is obtained by making Upgrade Recipes. These recipes can be found in the upgrade tab of a crafting table or purchased from some NPCs. Each Upgrade Recipe that is completed results in a certain amount of Technology points. These points can be used to level up the item, and once enough are earned, the upgrade will be claimed and its additional bonuses will be added to the item.
When the player upgrades an item, the base item upgrader kit is replaced with a different item of the same kind. This means that the same piece of armor will be transformed into the form of a shield or weapon when upgraded. The new item will come with a bonus of its own. This can be a downside in that the item could become more expensive even if you don't require it.
Upgrades to items can be rerolled, provided that the player has enough reroll tokens to do this. The item will be replaced by an entirely new item that has a base of level 1 and totally different bonuses. This can be beneficial but it should not be used frequently as it can be a waste of resources.
Some upgrades can be rerolled many times to increase their value, allowing the player to customize their gear. A good example of this is Dolphin's Gift, which gives an increase in power when a player repeatedly enters and exits water (or does not swim as a dolphin). It can be upgraded multiple times, each time increasing the maximum roll by an increment of 10. This item can be extremely valuable in PvP as an item that is properly rolled it could be worth between 20 and 50x its value without being upgraded.
Requirements
Item upgrading allows players to boost the quality of their equippable equipment - weapons, armor, and trinkets above ilvl 385--by offering the appropriate currency and items to an item upgrader NPC. The upgrade of armor set pieces will also boost the defense base of the item, and upgrading weapon items will increase the base damage and required strength and dexterity to match the requirements of the upgraded equipment.
Each item can be upgraded up to five times, except for hero gear, which can be upgraded up to eight times. Each time you upgrade an item it has a chance to fail--the failure rate increases the farther you go beyond the maximum number of upgrades. Failures will cause the Best item upgrader to return to its original state, which requires the player to purchase more items than if they stopped upgrading after the maximum amount.
If an item isn't upgraded the experience bar in its growth bar will be reset to zero. The item also loses any bonuses it gained, such as the chance to crit, attack damage, or other effects (such as an increase in healing over time, or reloading speed). However, the player can still continue to use the weapon or armor following the failure.
When an item is upgraded the upgrades are applied from lowest to the highest. This means that when a weapon is upgraded, if it receives a crit chance boost, the increase will be applied before any damage from attacks increases. A new attribute known as Slots is now added to the item's definition and the value is calculated each time an upgrade is applied.
The amount of resources required to upgrade an item is determined on the rarity rating and the number of upgrade slots. The cost for upgrading non-premium products is equal to the base value of the upgrade items. For instance, a typical equipment item could have five upgrades at a cost of 25600 Technology Points 4x Quality Improvement Chance. Hero grade items have a lower cost per upgrade.
Premium items have different requirements for upgrading than standard gear--for instance, they may require fewer sowels but more minerals and erons. Regardless, the player will need to visit the NPC [Armorthe ] Boboko in Central Flarine with each piece of equipment they want to upgrade. In addition to the upgrade costs listed above, each upgrade will require the use of different ingredients for upgrading.
