Path of Exile Item Upgrading

The ability to upgrade items allows players to upgrade their weapons and equipment with new affixes that boost the base stats of the item or giving additional benefits. To upgrade items, players must have the item in their inventory and have access to the kiln.

Items that have weak bases, like rings can be upgraded to more robust bases. Items with strong bases, like Titans from eth, have no changes in their stats.

Upgrade components

Upgrade components can be incorporated into weapons, armor, trinkets and tools for gathering, offering an attribute bonus or additional effect while the equipment is being used. They can be bought from vendors, retrieved as loot gathered by enemies or gotten from chests or missions. Certain upgrades come with additional cosmetic effects. Most upgrades require that the equipment be at a specific level to upgrade.

To upgrade a weapon, armor or other item in the game, players will need to select it and then click on the Upgrade button in the toolbar. This will show on the right-hand side of the screen a preview showing the expected upgrade statistics and the necessary component or materials.

There are three kinds of upgrade components: universal upgrades, prefix upgrades and suffix upgrades. Universal upgrades, such as gems, can be put on any type of equipment. They offer a lower bonus than upgrade components that have a type limitation. Infusions are only placed in ascended gear or legendary equipment are exactly the same as jewels but have higher bonuses and are not able to be placed in any other type of equipment. Suffix upgrades that can be put in gathering tools, include their name at the end of the name of the item they are attached to, for instance adding a Glyph to a Staff Wrapping of Minor Vigor will make it a Canthan Staff Wrapping of Minor Vigor.

If a player upgrades a gathering tool and replaces the glyphs by a different one, the old one will be returned to their inventory. If you replace another upgrade component with a glyph, it will be destroyed, except for the inscriptions, which are able to be swapped.

Leveling

The upgrade system in Path of Exile has some significant changes from earlier versions. Gear is now divided into tracks and items can be upgraded a set number of times before they're "leveled out." The cost of upgrading increases with each level, but the materials required for upgrades do not. This allows players to focus their efforts on a few important items to maximize their impact instead of spreading the cost of upgrades across several pieces.

This will enable the item to receive upgraded components, and have a greater chance of success. This bonus is known as Artisan’s Energy and it resets to 0 if an upgrade fails or increases if the upgrade item succeeds.

Once a piece of gear is upgraded to its highest level it is able to gain affixes which will increase its features. The number of affixes available is contingent on the type of item it is. For example an uncommon or rare weapon with a base that is normal will have no more than two affixes for it, whereas legendary armors can have up to eight affixes for it.

Each upgrade step will require the use of a certain amount of Flightstones and crests, depending on the item's current level and the item slot it's in. In general, weapons will require more Flightstones to upgrade than other kinds of equipment.

If an item doesn't attain its maximum level, the NPC offers players the option to transfer it to another character and then re-infuse it with a different set of upgrades. This process can take up to two hours and will cost the same amount of materials. However, it has a lower chance of success.

Engineers may utilize a level to compare the height of the building against an established location, such as the benchmark. This method is known as a "level loop." It involves taking readings with the level, backsighting rod, and then turning the level to take the foresighting rod reading. This method ensures that the buildings are constructed with the highest level of accuracy and safety.

Rerolling

Rerolling refers to the process of changing the upgrade components of an item. It is a crucial aspect of the game and can dramatically enhance an item's strength and damage as well as other characteristics. It is possible to do this through the Best item upgrade menu or by pressing the Reroll button every time you upgrade an item. Rerolling an item can be costly and should be used sparingly.

The game allows players to recycle upgraded items, and use them to obtain reroll tokens. These tokens can be used to upgrade the original item or a comparable item. Recyclable items come with an indicator that indicates the amount of upgrade. The amount of level that has been filled is based on the rarity and upgrade cost of the item.

Prior to this, certain upgrade items were given priority affixes, which made them easier to roll. This meant that you would be able to get the stats that were important most to your build more often than other items. This included stats like the armor's total armour, thorns and the control impaired duration stats or the weapons' bonus attack speed and crit strike chance.

This changed with the recent patch. Priority affixes were removed and all upgrades have the same chance of rolling each stat. This can be good or bad, based on what you're looking to get from your equipment.

Each upgraded item can also come with a bonus that boosts the item's power by a specific percentage or flat value. These bonuses are added into the usual affixes. The more you upgrade an item, the greater your chance of getting the bonus of your choice.

The game also comes with a number of sets, that offer a set-based bonus when three or more upgraded items from the same set are placed on a unit. This is a good method of giving the character more power without spending a lot of money.

Many players prefer to reroll their gear and weapons, especially in the beginning stages of the game. Rerolling can provide a much faster route to becoming a strong character which allows them to achieve high tiers and progress the game more quickly.

Sets

Sets are collections that can be organized in different ways. They can have various sizes, contain no elements at all or contain just one element. They can be utilized to organize data or organize information. They can also be used to study patterns. Sets can be classified in many ways such as size and shape.

The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom provides a wide range of upgradeable set items. Certain items are worth upgrading, others aren't. Upgrades are worthwhile for armor sets with high defense and set bonuses. Weapon upgrades aren't as effective in improving stats as their counterparts in purple. This makes them less appealing to upgrade if you own many weapons or armor pieces already.

Some set items are upgraded to take advantage of their unique procs, which can be particularly useful in some builds. Guillaume's Face face and Aldur's Advance boots are a good example of this. Both were upgraded to Exceptional Winged Helms as well as Exceptional Mirrored Boots, respectively. This increased their defense from 217 to 321. (Strength requirements and Level requirements also increased).

Upgrades can also be done to bring certain items to parity with the different tiers. For example the Immortal King set has a wide range of levels, ranging between 29 and 76. Upgrades to lower-level items can improve their defense, and improve their performance when it comes to damage.

To see if an item is worth upgrading, players must click the Upgrade button on their screen of their character. It will show the item's features, as well as the required items to upgrade it. For example the No-mouth face will require 1.1K Scrap Materials as well as 250 Enchanted Dust, and 5 Glowing Shards to upgrade. Players can also visit the Leaderboard or Golden vendor in Cyrodiil to see the upgrade requirements of specific items.

In general the jewelry and weapons have better trade value when fully upgraded than armor. Especially for weapons that have damage glyphs for spells or weapons upgrading them to gold is recommended as it will provide a significant improvement in their stats. Weapons with an upgraded appearance will also benefit from this because its defense will increase as it moves from purple to gold.