15 Gifts For The Item Upgrading Lover In Your Life

World of Warcraft Upgrades and Item Upgrading

Upgrades can increase the value of armors, weapons and rings. Upgrades also boost bonuses like crit chance and PvE Damage.

For example an item with the upgrade template ending in % will suffer 3% attack damage every time it upgrades (relative to its previous value).

The cost of upgrading an item upgrader kit increases as it reaches the item's current level. The cost rises with item's level.

Components

Upgrade components can be incorporated into weapons, armor and trinkets to provide them with a boost in stats or an extra effect. These can be obtained by crafting, buying from vendors, trading with other players, or looting. Certain upgrades also come with special cosmetic effects.

Upgrade components can be inserted into any equipment that has a slot to accommodate them; the item must have been at least upgraded to the blue level to allow a component to be applied. Upgrade components, unlike other modifications, can only be applied only once. They cannot be replaced or applied multiple times. Infusions and enrichments are a specific kind of upgrade component that is used to upgrade non-amulet ascended or legendary equipment and some of the back items that are not ascending. Infusions and enrichments can be recovered by salvaging gear from the ascended, or by completing an elite mission in the Prophecies, Factions and Nightfall campaigns.

A prefix or suffix can be added to an upgrade, changing the name of the item it's applied to (for example, 'Canthan Armor Insignia,' becomes Canthan Armor Minor Vigor). Certain upgrades boost an item's Mark Level, or Rarity, allowing players create stronger versions of the equipment using less Upgrade Crystals than is required to reach the same upgrade level through normal methods.

A boost upgrade can modify the attack or defense properties of a weapon, or armor. These upgrades are available to be made using the Portative Forging Station once the player has completed the cutscene and defeats the Crazed Mechanic. They can be dropped by enemies while upgrading other gear or by buying them from the cash store for 500 upgrade crystals.

Each upgrade increases the chance that a better-quality version of an item will be revealed at the next reset. This gives players a reason to upgrade their equipment even when they're not sure how much it will be improved after an update.

Whether a boost upgrade is successful or not, the process may be costly and there is a high risk that the item may become obsolete or even break when it fails. A unsuccessful upgrade could cause the destruction of Upgrade Crystals and Assist Powder, as well as the upgraded item. Cash shop items can be used to minimize or eliminate the risk of failure. Certain upgrades also provide an additional bonus when they are reinserted.

Glyphs

Glyphs are upgrade elements which can be put in special sockets on the Paragon Board. Glyphs can boost the performance of nodes within a radius, which includes any pre-existing affixes. Glyphs can be upgraded in various ways, and we recommend upgrading them to 15 levels as soon as possible.

It is commonplace to see in the endgame that putting Glyphs is the most effective method to upgrade your equipment. They are the only upgrade components that can be upgraded directly to level 15, and they provide a large boost to your power and radius on the Paragon Board, enabling you to get higher nodes much faster.

Glyphs, which is the only upgrade component which can be removed without restriction and replaced again are the most commonly used. Only legendary equipment can be salvaged and rebuilt by using a Black Lion Salvage Kit.

Each Glyph has a certain range of values that it can improve a stat by. The value is displayed when you select the Glyph in your inventory. You can replace it with an Glyph that is of the same or higher rank to boost the value of the Glyph.

You can find Glyphs in the Black Lion Trading Post, as part of a Gem Store purchase or bundle with certain gathering tools that are unlimited-use as well as through Faction Crypt raids. Each Faction Crypt could drop one of these Glyphs. There are also some rare glyphs which you can find in any of the Faction Crypts.

Once you have obtained the desired Glyphs you will need them to be placed on your equipment. Each Glyph will grant a distinct bonus that can boost the stats of a particular set of nodes within a radius around the Glyph. It could be +40 for one of your primary stats or +25 for two of your secondary stats depending on the Glyph.

Glyphs increase the number of nodes connected to them, so it is best to put Glyphs in key spots on the Graph. This will increase the impact. Druids, for example should position their Glyphs close to their primary damage nodes. They might be able to place them near their most critical damage nodes.

Leveling

The item upgrading system allows players to increase the stats of certain items by placing upgraded components into them. This is referred to as "upping". Every upgradeable item is assigned an amount that determines the final stats. Upgraded items are able to be leveled until they reach a maximum level of 385 ilvl. Each item level requires a different number of components to be reached and the costs for upgrading increase as the item gets leveled up.

Some upgrades require a special ingredient to activate. This ingredient is obtained by finishing Upgrade Recipes. These recipes can be found in the upgrade items tab of a crafting table, or obtained from NPCs. Each Upgrade Recipe completed yields a certain number of Technology points. These points can be used to level up the item, and once enough points are earned, the upgrade can be claimed and any additional bonuses will be added to the item.

When the player upgrade a piece of equipment it will be replaced with an item that is new. The same armor will receive a weapon or a shield when upgraded. The new item also has its own set bonus. This could be a drawback, as it can make the item more expensive if you don't need it.

Item upgrades can sometimes be rerolled, if the player has enough tokens to be able to do this. The item will be replaced with a brand new one that has a base of level 1 and totally different bonuses. This can be useful, but should not be used frequently as it can waste resources.

Certain upgrades can be rerolled multiple times which increases their value and giving players the ability to alter their equipment. Dolphin's Gift is a good example, since it grants an increase in power if the player is repeatedly in or leaves the water. It can be upgraded multiple times, each time increasing the maximum roll by an increment of 10. This item is extremely useful in PvP. A properly rolled version could be worth up to 50x the value of the non-upgraded version.

Requirements

Item upgrading allows players to upgrade the level of their available gear--armor, weapons and trinkets that are above ilvl 385 by offering the appropriate items and currencies to an item upgrader mod upgrader (visit the next post) NPC. Upgrades to armor set pieces increase its base defense and weapon upgrades items increase the damage they deal as well as the required strength and dexterity.

All items can be upgraded a maximum of five times, except for hero gear that can have eight upgrades. Each time you upgrade an item it has an opportunity to fail. The failure rate increases the farther you go over the maximum amount of upgrades. Failures will result in the item reverting to its original state which means that the player has to purchase more items than if they stopped upgrading after the maximum number.

If an item is not able to upgrade the amount of experience in its growth bar is reset to zero. Additionally, the item will lose any gained bonuses, including crit chance and attack damage, as well as any additional effects associated with the effect (for instance, an increase in heal over time or the speed of reloading). However, the user can still continue to use the weapon or armor following the failure.

When an item is upgraded the upgrades are applied from lowest to highest. This means that if a weapon receives a crit chance boost, the increase will be applied before any attack damage increases. A new attribute known as Slots is now added to the definition of the item and the value is calculated every time an upgrade is made.

The amount of resources required to upgrade an item is based on its rarity rating and the number of upgrade slots. The upgrade cost for non-premium items is equal to the base value of the upgrade. For instance, a typical equipment item may have five upgrades at a cost of 25,600 Technology Points and a 4x Quality Improvement Chance. Hero grade items will have an incredibly lower cost for each additional upgrade.

Premium items have different upgrade requirements than standard gear--for instance, they may require fewer sowels, but they will require more minerals and erons. Players will still have to bring every piece of gear they wish to upgrade to the NPC [Armor] Boboko located in Central Flarine. Each equipment upgrade requires different amounts of ingredients for upgrading, in addition to the expenses mentioned above.