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Item upgrades are a way to increase the stats of an item. Depending on the upgrade type, it may increase an item's Mark Level or Rarity, and also boost other stats.
Upgrading equipment in The War Within requires a specified number of Flightstones and Crests and each item has an upgrade track. Each upgrade increases the cost of the next item by a certain amount.
Item Level
When an item gets upgraded, its base stats improve in value. This value is the sum of an item's leveled-up perks (attack magic attack and defense). Upgrades can be expensive, depending on who you hire and what you decide to do. This is due to how many perks need to be replaced in order for the item to get upgraded.
It can also be used to enforce gating requirements when waiting for dungeons, raids and scenarios. It also serves to limit how much PvP gear players can use as PvP is restricted at a lower level. Players can view their average level of items on their character sheet.
When deciding to purchase or sell equipment, players can compare the item level. It's an excellent gauge of an item's worth and the amount of damage it is able to deal. The level of an item can be used to evaluate items when evaluating the inventory of a seller.
On your PC, you can see the level of the item by pressing ALT or using the left stick on XB1 or PS4. The item will be displayed with its full description, including ilvl. You can also locate it by hovering over an item and typing /itemlevel into chat.
There are various theories on how the calculation of the item's level is made. One theory suggests that the level of an item is determined by formulas that determine the value of the stats of an item really are. It takes into account the fact that different perks have different worth, and also that sockets have gems that increase the value of the item overall. This can result in a calculated item's ilvl that is usually very close to Blizzard's real level of the item.
However, this isn't the only factor that determines the ilvl of an item, since the size of the area the item dropped in can alter the value of its stats, for instance by adding a level to its crit rating or haste rating. Items that drop in higher-level situations will have a higher value.
Item Stats
The stats of an item are a major component of what makes or breaks an item for players. The game uses them in many ways to encourage players to not restrict themselves to a particular weapon and to motivate players to explore other weapons. The base stats of a weapon are increased by the weapon's stat modifications that are in turn boosted by the player's level.
Upgrades to an item can increase the stats of an item. The costs for upgrades are determined by the rarity of the item. A white or grey item for instance, can only be upgraded one time however, items with rare tiers may be upgraded several times at higher costs.
Another method to alter the stats on an item is to use affixes. These are special stat boosts that can be added to an item by the player, and they come in all shapes and sizes. Affixes are used to give items extra damage, special capabilities (such as revitalizing dead or reducing cooling downs) or to differentiate them by adding a name.
item upgrader are re-rolled at the moment by selecting them in the upgrade window pressing the green button. This process will cost the player a certain amount of gold and other items, which can be used to add to the upgrade gauge in the same way as other options for rerolling.
In addition to rerolling affixes, players can select which of the available stats to keep on an item after it is upgraded. The range of stats is determined by the item's level. However every item will include at least one stat in that range unless they are a unique item or a God Roll from a boss in a raid.
Another thing that could be changed by adding an option to upgrade the equipment without having to reroll the affixes or deciding which stats to boost. Similar to the base equipment, it must be done per item, and the interface for item comparison wouldn't display all possible stats at once.
Item Luck
The Luck stat of a player boosts the probability of obtaining items and the properties that are generated by loot, and the intensity of these properties. However, it does not directly affect damage or the ability to upgrade item s. It gives players the chance to upgrade equipment earlier in the game. This is particularly useful in early game runs because players tend to put defenses and weapon scaling over raw damage gains.
In addition to influencing the discovery of items, Luck also increases the chances of success when upgrading items using the Blacksmith. This is not to be confused with the Blacksmith’s overall upgrade chances, which increase with each item level. These can also be increased with the use of anti-materials like a Scroll of Strength and a Jewel of Blessing.
Armor, shields and weapons can be created or spawned with the Luck property, with the default value of 40. These items can be enhanced with golden ingots, or spined leather (depending on the type of material) to add another 40 luck, or to increase the luck of the item to 140.
Moreover there are certain items, such as the Hollow weapon, which is infused with Hollow, can be equipped to increase the damage dealt by any damage-dealing skill by 5percent. These items are available in the shop or crafted by using the appropriate ingredients.
Item Failure
Upgrades to items can be costly and not every upgrade will be successful. However, there are cash shop items that allow players to boost their chances of success or even prevent them from losing an item in the event that the upgrade fails.
The success rate of an upgrade is shown in the Honing UI. The percentage indicates the probability of successfully upgrading an item. This can be increased with Additional Materials or Special Materials. There are limitations on the extent to which the success rates can be improved, and the overall chance of an upgrade failing cannot be greater than 100%..
The success of an can be affected by the Luck of that item. All items have an average success rate of 25%, and every item that has Luck increases the chance of success by an additional 5%.
Note that upgrades to items are rendered above the inventory items which means that enchantment glints and other effects could be obstructed by them. If you wish to disable the upgrade overlays, the config option decoration.renderUpgradeOverlays can be set to False in the Item Upgrader CORE client config.