World of Warcraft Upgrades and Item Upgrading

Upgrades boost the value of certain numeric stats on armor, weapons and rings. Upgrades also boost bonuses like Crit chance and PvE Damage.

If the weapon's upgrade template ends in %, it will gain an additional 3% of the previous damage every time it is upgraded.

Item upgrading costs crests and the item's current level. The cost increases with the item's level.

Components

Upgrade components are items that can be inserted into armor, Item Upgrading weapons, and trinkets to provide an additional stat boost or impact while they're being used. These can be obtained through crafting, buying from vendors trading, or looting. Some upgrades have special cosmetic effects.

Upgrade components can only be used on equipment with a slot. The item must be at least upgraded to a blue level before a component can be applied. In contrast to other mods components can only be used once; they cannot be applied multiple times or replaced with new upgrades. Infusions and enrichments are a special kind of upgrade component that is that is used to upgrade non-amulet ascended or legendary equipment and some of the back items that are not ascending. Enrichments and Infusions can be obtained by salvaging equipment from the ascended state or Item upgrading completing a quest in the Prophecies, Factions, and Nightfall campaigns.

An upgrade may include a suffix or prefix changing the name of the equipment with which it is used (for examplethe "Canthan Armor Insignia' becomes Canthan Armor of Minor Vigor). Some upgrades increase an item's Mark Level or Rarity, allowing players create stronger versions of that equipment that require less Upgrade Crystals than is required to reach the same level of upgrade using normal methods.

A 'boost' upgrade can change the attack or defence characteristics of the weapon or armor. These upgrades are available to be crafted from the Portative Forging Station once the player has completed the cutscene and defeats the Crazed mechanic. These upgrades can be purchased by purchasing them in the cash shop or by obtaining them from enemies when upgrading other equipment.

The player can get a maximum of five boost upgrades at a time. Each upgrade increases the probability that a better-quality version of the item will appear in the next reset. This gives players a reason to upgrade their gear, even in the event that they don't know what will be improved after the reset.

The process of upgrading an item can be costly and it's possible that the item will eventually become obsolete or even break if the upgrade fails. Upgrade Crystals and assist powders are also destroyed when the upgrade fails. Cash shop items can be used to minimize or eliminate the chance of failure. Certain upgrades also provide a bonus if they are reinserted.

Glyphs

Glyphs are upgrade parts that can be placed in special sockets on the Paragon Board. Glyphs can boost the performance of nodes within a radius, and include any pre-existing affixes. Glyphs are upgraded in many ways. We recommend upgrading them as fast as you can to level 15.

You'll often see in the endgame that placing Glyphs is the most effective way to upgrade your equipment. They are the only upgrade components that can be upgraded straight to level 15, and they provide an enormous boost to your power and radius on the Paragon Board, enabling you to get higher nodes more quickly.

Most of the upgrades in the game can be replaced, but Glyphs are the only upgrade component that can be removed and replaced without restrictions. Only legendary equipment can be salvaged and rebuilt by using the aid of a Black Lion Salvage Kit.

The value of each Glyph is displayed when you select it from your inventory. You can choose to replace it with a different Glyph with the same rank or a higher rank, which will increase the value of the glyph.

Glyphs are available in the Black Lion Trading Post as part of a Gem Store bundle or purchase the glyphs with certain tools that allow unlimited use and also during Faction Crypt Raids. Each Faction Crypt will drop one of these Glyphs. There are some rare glyphs you can find in any of the Faction Crypts.

Once you have obtained the desired Glyphs you'll require them to be placed 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. Based on the Glyph it could be +40 to one of your primary stats, or +25 to two of your secondary stats.

The use of a Glyph can boost all nodes that are linked to it, so it is recommended to position your Glyphs near the most important nodes of the Graph to maximise the impact. For example that a Druid should try to place their Glyphs close to their primary damage nodes, but also consider placing them near critical damage nodes, too.

Leveling

The item upgrading system allows players to increase the performance of specific items by putting upgraded components into them. This is commonly known as "upping". Each upgradeable item upgrades comes with a level that determines its upgraded stats. Upgraded items can be upgraded up to a maximum level of ilvl 385. Each level of item requires different components, and the cost of upgrading increase with each level.

Certain upgrades require an ingredient to be activated. This ingredient is obtained by finishing Upgrade Recipes. These recipes can be bought from NPCs, or on the upgrade tab in crafting tables. Each completed Upgrade Recipe earns a number of Technology Points. These points can be used for the upgrading of an item. When enough points have been earned, you will be able to claim the upgrade and receive its additional bonuses.

When an item is upgraded by a player to a higher level, the original item is replaced by a new item of the same kind. This means that the same armor piece will get an weapon or shield once upgraded. The new item will also have its own set bonus. This could be a drawback since the item may become more expensive even if you don't require it.

Upgrades to items can be rerolled, provided that the player has enough tokens to do so. This causes the item to be exchanged for a new one, which will have an initial level and a totally different set of bonus bonuses. This can be beneficial however it should not be used frequently as it can waste resources.

Certain upgrades can be rerolled several times, increasing their value and allows the player to modify 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. This can be upgraded several times, each time raising the max roll by 10 points. 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 if it is not upgraded.

Requirements

Item upgrading allows players to upgrade the quality of their equippable gear--armor, weapons and trinkets above ilvl 385--by offering the appropriate currency and items to an item upgrader NPC. Upgrades to armor set pieces also increase the base defense of the item, and upgrading weapon items will increase the damage base and required strength and dexterity to meet the upgraded equipment's requirements.

Each item can be upgraded up to five times, with the exception of hero gear, which can be upgraded up to eight times. Each each time you upgrade an item, it has an opportunity to fail. The rate of failure increases as you exceed the maximum amount of upgrades. Failures can cause the item to revert to its initial state, which will force the user to pay more for materials than they would have to had they stopped upgrading at the maximum number of upgrades.

If an item does not upgrade the amount of experience in its growth bar is reset to zero. In addition the item will be deducted any bonuses it gained such as crit chance, attack damage, and all additional effects associated with the effect (for instance, an increase in heal over time or speed of reload). The player is able to use their weapon or armor after the failure.

When an item is upgraded the upgrades are applied from lowest to the highest. This means that if a weapon increases its crit chance that it will be applied prior to any damage to attack increases. Slots is a new attribute that was added to the definitions of items. The value is calculated every time an upgrade occurs.

The amount of resources required to upgrade an item upgrade is dependent on its rarity score and the number of upgrade slots. The cost of upgrading non-premium items is equal to the base value of the upgrade. For instance, a standard equipment item could have five upgrades at a cost of 25,600 Technology Points and 4x Quality Improvement Chance. Hero quality items will have the lowest cost for each upgrade.

Premium items may have different upgrade requirements from normal equipment. For instance they may require less sowels, but they will require more minerals and orons. The player will need to bring every piece of gear they want to upgrade to NPC [Armor] Boboko located in Central Flarine. In addition to the upgrade costs mentioned above, each equipment upgrade requires a different amount of the upgrade ingredients.