The 10 Scariest Things About Item Upgrading
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Upgrades can boost the value of certain numeric stats on weapons, armor and rings. They also increase bonuses such as PvE damage and crit chance.
For example, a weapon with the upgrade template ending in % will suffer 3% attack damage every time it upgrades (relative to its previous value).
Item upgrading costs crests and the item's current level. The cost increases with item's level.
Components
Upgrade components are items that can be inserted into armor, weapons, and trinkets to provide an additional stat boost or effect when they're used. They can be obtained through making crafts, buying from vendors, trading with other players or looting. Certain upgrades come with special cosmetic effects.
Upgrade components can be inserted into any equipment that has a slot to accommodate them. The item must be at the very least upgraded to blue level for a component to be inserted. Upgrade components, unlike other mods, can only be applied only once. They cannot be replaced or applied several times. Infusions and Enrichments are type of upgrade component used to upgrade non-amulet legendary or ascended equipment, as well as some non-ascended items. Infusions and enrichments can be retrieved by salvaging gear from the ascended, or by completing an elite mission in the Prophecies, Factions and Nightfall campaigns.
An upgrade may include a suffix or prefix, modifying the name of the item to the upgrade (for instancefor example 'Canthan Armor Insignia is changed to Canthan Armor of Minor Vigor). Some upgrades boost an item's Mark Level or Rarity, allowing players to create stronger versions of the equipment that require less Upgrade Crystals than are required to achieve the same level of upgrade through normal methods.
A boost upgrade is a way to alter the defense or attack attributes of a weapon or armor. These upgrades can be made from the Portative Forging Station once the player has completed the cutscene and defeats the Crazed Mechanic. They can also be dropped by enemies when upgrading other gear or by purchasing them from the cash store for 500 upgrade crystals each.
The player can have a maximum of five boost upgrades at a time; each upgrade increases the likelihood that a better-quality version of the item will appear at the time of the next reset. This gives players a reason to upgrade their equipment even if they are unsure how much it will be improved after a reset.
The boost upgrade may be successful or not, the process may be costly, and there is a high chance that the item could become obsolete or even break if it fails. A unsuccessful upgrade could cause the destruction of Upgrade Crystals and Assist Powder, as well as the upgraded item. This is alleviated by the availability cash shop items to increase or even eliminate the chance of failure, as well as a few upgrades that give an additional benefit when they are inserted into an item.
Glyphs
Glyphs can be used to improve the Paragon Board by placing them in sockets with special functions. Glyphs increase the power of nodes within a radius, including any pre-existing affixes. Glyphs can be upgraded in numerous ways. We recommend upgrading them as fast as possible to level 15.
You'll often see in the endgame that putting Glyphs is the best way to upgrade your gear. They are the only upgrade components which can be upgraded to level 15 and provide significant boosts to your power on the Paragon Board.
Most of the upgrades in the game can be replaced, however, Glyphs are only the one upgrade component that can be removed and replaced without restrictions. The only exception is legendary equipment that requires the use of a Black Lion Salvage Kit to salvage and then re-install.
Each Glyph has a certain range of values can enhance a stat by. The value is displayed when you choose the Glyph in your inventory. You can replace it with an Glyph that is the same or higher rank to increase the value of the Glyph.
Glyphs can be found in the Black Lion Trading Post as part of a Gem Store bundle or purchase, with certain unlimited-use tools, and during Faction Crypt Raids. Every Faction Crypt could drop one of these Glyphs. There are some rare glyphs that you can find in any of the Faction Crypts.
When you have the desired Glyphs then you need to place them on your gear. Each Glyph unlocks a unique bonus which will boost the stats of a specific set of nodes in a radius surrounding the Glyph. Depending 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 will boost all nodes connected to it, so it is recommended to position your Glyphs near the most important nodes of the Graph to maximize the impact. Druids, for instance, should place their Glyphs close to their primary damage nodes. They might be able to place them near their critical damage nodes.
Leveling
The item upgrading system allows players to improve the stats of specific items by putting upgraded components into them. This is commonly known as "upping". Each upgradeable item has an amount that determines the final stats. Upgraded items may be leveled up to a maximum of 385. Each item level requires a different amount of components and the costs for upgrading increase as the item gets leveled up.
Certain upgrades require a certain ingredient to activate. This ingredient is obtained by finishing Upgrade Recipes. These recipes are available in the upgrade tab of a crafting table or purchased from some NPCs. Each Upgrade Recipe that is completed earns some Technology Points. These points can be used to upgrading an item. When enough points have been earned you will be able to claim the upgrade and get its extra bonuses.
When the player upgrade a piece of equipment, the base item will be replaced with a new item. This means that the same armor piece will become an weapon or shield once upgraded. The new item comes with its own set bonus. This could be a drawback because it can make the item upgrader kit more expensive, even if you don't need it.
The upgrades to items can be rerolled, provided that the player has enough tokens to do this. The item will be replaced by the same item, but it has a base of level 1 and totally different bonuses. This can be beneficial however it should not be used frequently as it could waste resources.
Some upgrades can be rerolled many times which increases their value and allows the player to modify their equipment. One example is Dolphin's Gift, which gives a buff when the player repeatedly enters and leaves the water (or swims like dolphins). It can be upgraded multiple times, each time increasing the maximum roll by 10 points. This item upgrade can be extremely valuable in PvP as the Best item upgrade version of it could be worth between 20 and 50 times its value without being upgraded.
Requirements
Item upgrading allows players to boost the level of their available equipment--armor, weapons, and trinkets above ilvl 385--by providing the appropriate items and currency to an NPC that upgrades items. Upgrades to armor set pieces also increase its base defense and weapon upgrades items boost their base damage as well as their strength and dexterity.
Each item can be upgraded a maximum of five times, except for hero gear which can be upgraded with eight upgrades. Each time you upgrade an object it has a chance of failing. The probability of failure increases as you move beyond the maximum number. Failures will result in the item reverting to its initial state, which will force the user to spend more materials than they would had they stopped upgrading at the maximum amount of upgrades.
If an item isn't upgraded the experience bar on its growth bar will be reset to zero. The item also loses any bonuses it gained like the chance to crit attack damage, other effects (such as a higher healing rate over time, or reloading speed). The player can continue to use their weapon or armor after the failure.
Whenever an item is upgraded the upgrades are applied in order from lowest to highest. This means that the weapon that is upgraded receives a crit chance boost that it will be applied prior to any attack damage increases. A new attribute called Slots is now added to the definition of the item and the value is computed each time an upgrade is applied.
The amount of resources required to upgrade an item is determined on the rarity rating as well as the number of upgrade slots. The cost for upgrading non-premium products is equal to the base value of the upgrade--for instance, a standard equipment item could have five upgrades with a cost of 25600 Technology Points 4x Quality Improvement Chance. Hero quality items have lower costs per upgrade.
Premium items have different upgrade requirements in comparison to standard equipment. For instance, they might require fewer sowels, but they will require more minerals and erons. Players will still have to take every piece of gear they wish to upgrade to NPC [Armor] Boboko located in Central Flarine. In addition to the upgrade costs mentioned above, each upgrade requires a different amount of the ingredients needed to upgrade.
