World of Warcraft Upgrades and Item Upgrading

Upgrades boost the value of certain numeric stats on weapons, armor and rings. They also increase bonuses such as PvE damage and crit chance.

If the weapon's upgrade template is %, it will gain 3% of its previous damage for every time it's upgraded.

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

Components

Upgrade components can be incorporated into trinkets, armor, and weapons in order to provide them with a boost in stats or to add an additional effect. These can be obtained by crafting, purchasing from vendors or trading with other players, or looting. Some upgrades have special cosmetic effects.

Upgrade components are only available to equipment with a slot. The item must be at least upgraded to a blue level before a component can be applied. Upgrade components, unlike other mods can only be applied once. They are not able to be replaced or applied several 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 non-ascended back items. Infusions and enrichments are recovered by salvaging gear from the ascended, or completing an elite mission in the Prophecies, Factions and Nightfall campaigns.

An upgrade could be prefixed or a suffix that alters the name of the item to the upgrade (for instancethe 'Canthan Armor Insignia is changed to Canthan Armor of Minor Vigor). Some upgrades boost an item's Mark Level, or Rarity, which allows players to create stronger versions of that equipment using fewer Upgrade Crystals than are required to achieve the same level of upgrade using normal methods.

A 'boost' upgrade can alter the attack or defence characteristics of a weapon, or armor. Once the player has completed the cutscene and defeated Crazed Mechanist These upgrades can be created at the Portative Forging Station. They can also be dropped by enemies when upgrading other gear or by purchasing them from the cash store for 500 upgrade crystals each.

Each upgrade increases the likelihood that a higher tier version of an item will be available during the next reset. This gives players a reason to upgrade their gear, even in the event that they don't know how much it can be improved upon a reset.

The boost upgrade may be successful or not, the process may be expensive, and there is a substantial possibility that the item will be obsolete or even break if it fails. A failure to upgrade can destroy Upgrade Crystals and Assist Powder, as well as the upgraded item. This is reduced by the availability of cash shop items to increase or even eliminate the possibility 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 special sockets. Glyphs can boost the performance of nodes within a radius, which includes any existing attaches. Glyphs are upgraded in various ways, and we suggest getting them to level 15 as soon as you can.

You'll often see in the endgame that putting Glyphs is the Best item upgrade method to upgrade your gear. These are the only upgrade component which can be upgraded 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 only the one upgrade component that can be removed and re-placed without restriction. Only legendary equipment can be salvaged and rebuilt with the aid of a Black Lion Salvage Kit.

Each Glyph has a specific range of values it can improve a statistic by, and the value is displayed when you select the Glyph in your inventory. You can choose to replace it with another Glyph of the same rank, or a higher rank, which will boost the value of the Glyph.

You can find Glyphs in the Black Lion Trading Post, as part of the Gem Store purchase or bundle with certain tools for gathering unlimited use as well as through Faction Crypt raids. Every Faction Crypt will drop one of these Glyphs. There are also 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 particular set of nodes within a radius around the Glyph. It can be +40 for one of your primary stats or +25 for two of your secondary stats depending on the Glyph.

Utilizing Glyphs Glyph will boost all nodes that are linked to it, and you should aim to place your Glyphs near the most important nodes of the Graph to maximize the impact. For instance, a Druid should try to position their Glyphs close to their primary damage points, but also consider placing them near critical damage nodes too.

Leveling

The item upgrading system allows players to improve the performance of certain items by placing upgraded components inside them. This is referred to as "upping". Each upgradeable item has a level that determines the final stats. Upgraded items can be upgraded up to a maximum of 385 ilvl. Each level of an item requires different components, and upgrade costs increase with each level.

Some upgrades require an ingredient to be activated. This ingredient can be obtained by finishing Upgrade Recipes. These recipes are available in the upgrade tab of a crafting table or bought from NPCs. Each Upgrade Recipe that is completed earns a number of Technology Points. These points can be used to level up the item level upgrade, 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 it is replaced by a new item of the same type. The same armor will be upgraded to an weapon or shield when upgraded. The new item also has its own set of bonuses. This could be a disadvantage, as the item can be more expensive even if you do not need it.

If the player has enough tokens, they can roll item upgrades. The item will be replaced with the same item, but it has a level 1 basis and totally different bonuses. This can be useful 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 gear. A good example of this is Dolphin's Gift, which gives an advantage when a player is repeatedly in and out of the water (or is able to swim like dolphins). This can be upgraded several times, each time raising the maximum roll by 10 points. This item can be very useful in PvP battles, since an item that is properly rolled it could be worth between 20 and 50 times its value without being upgraded.

Requirements

Item upgrading allows players to increase the level of their equippable equipment--armor, weapons, and trinkets over ilvl 385 by offering the appropriate items and currencies to an item upgrader NPC. Upgrades to armor set pieces also boost the defense of the base set and weapon upgrades items boost their base damage as well as the required strength and dexterity.

All items are upgradeable up to five times except for hero equipment, which is able to be upgraded eight times. Every time you upgrade an item, it has an opportunity to fail. The failure rate increases the more you go beyond the maximum amount of upgrades. Failures will result in the item returning to its initial state which means that the player has to pay for more items than if they stopped upgrading after the maximum amount.

If an item does not upgrade the amount of experience in its growth bar is reset to zero. Additionally the item will lose any bonuses it gained such as crit chance, attack damage, as well as any other effects that are associated with that effect (for example, increased heal over time or the speed of reloading). The player is able to use their weapon or armor even after the failure.

When an item is upgraded, the upgrades are applied from lowest to the highest. This means that, should a weapon gain an increase in its crit chance it will be applied before any increase in attack damage. A new attribute called Slots has been added to the item's definition and the value is recomputed every time an upgrade is applied.

The amount of resources required to upgrade an item upgrader mod are determined by its rarity rating and the number of upgrade slots. The cost for upgrading non-premium items is the same as the base value of the upgrade. For instance, a standard equipment item might have 5 upgrades, each costing 25600 Technology Points 4x Quality Improvement Chance. Hero grade items have a lower cost per upgrade.

Premium items may require different upgrades than regular gear. For instance, they may need less sowels, but they will require more minerals and orons. The player will still need to carry every piece of equipment they wish to upgrade to NPC [ArmorBoboko. Boboko located in Central Flarine. In addition to the upgrade costs listed above, each upgrade will require the use of different ingredients needed to upgrade.