An Easy-To-Follow Guide To Item Upgrade

WoW Upgrades - The Item Upgrader

Upgrades provide a guaranteed boost to certain stats. Each upgrade boosts the level of an item by 3. A random substat is also added to every upgrade.

Upgraded gear is generally more useful, unless the item is not required by nature (like FB sorc shields) or has a high variance in stats (like Eth Titan weapons). The latter see less value from upgrading due to the need to roll to get a perfect version.

Recycle Points

The Item level upgrade upgrader allows players to upgrade their gear by giving the currency to an NPC. Upgrades can be applied on any kind of armor or weapons. However, the item used for the upgrade will be consumed forever and can't be used again. Upgrades can be applied to enchantments.

The upgrader is located in all major cities, and is accessible anytime to upgrade item your equipment. To keep your gear current it is recommended you visit the upgrader each several weeks.

The cost of upgrading will vary based on the current level of the equipment being upgraded however, they will always be cheaper than purchasing new equipment from other sources. For example upgrading a chest piece from Benthic to 385 ilvl will cost 20 recycle points while purchasing the same item from a different player will cost 105.

Valorstones

Upgrades are functional items that can be used to improve the quality of weapons and tools, armor and accessories. They are purchased by players from NPCs that sell upgrades to items in exchange for various currencies, and can also be found in random treasure lists. Once purchased, an upgrade is able to be used on any weapon, tool, or armor. The button will display the item's next upgrade level in the event that there are enough materials.

The upgrade cost depends on the slot of the item and the current item upgrade level and the weapon's price is higher than gloves or bracers, for example. Each step costs 15 Flightstones plus a certain number of crests. Some upgrades give discounts on Flightstones. Once an item has been upgraded to a certain degree it can be re-downgraded and sold to the upgrader at a lower cost.

Many locations offer item upgraders, including the main Island and some outposts. The NPCs offer both an upgrade discount as well as a chance to obtain a new upgrade recipe. The discount for upgrades increases with the number of items being upgraded. It is also possible to be increased by having players complete some specific achievements or complete quests.

Contrary to Cromwell in Baldur's Gate II, there is no upgrader for items available in the beginning of Icewind Dale. Instead, the NPCs that are available to help with upgrades are acquired via a variety of means which is both an improvement and a drawback.

In Season 3, many new features have been added to the upgrade system. After a player has earned an upgrade to a particular level for an item in an armor slot, upgrading further items to that level will cost less, even in the event that they are part of an entirely different set of gear.

The discount applies to all accounts. The amount of Harbinger Crests required to upgrade is reduced too, but it is only available once certain milestones have been reached.

Crests

When upgrading gear in WoW players have a couple of options. Flightstones are an item that is available to all players for upgrading. Crests are more specialized and are used for specific item level upgrades. Crests are the main component of the Dragonflight gear progression system introduced in 10.1 and are available in 4 ranks.

The first thing to remember is that crests can only be spent on gear of a specific rank, and each rank has its own requirements for upgrading. The simplest and simplest upgrade costs 15 crests. The most complicated upgrade requires up to 20 crests, contingent on the kind of gear that is being upgraded.

Players can earn crests by finishing tasks at the appropriate level. This could be by doing outdoor activities or doing dungeons or raids in any difficulty to earn lower-tier gear or Mythicbosses for raids, or dungeons with heroic difficulty for endgame gear. Crests can be exchanged at an upgrader NPC, like Cuzolth in Dornogal, or Vaskarn in Valdrakken to obtain the appropriate upgrade paths and steps.

The use of these currencies isn't too complicated, but the system does introduce some changes to the overall upgrade process. When a piece has reached the highest level of upgrade for any rank (Explorer or Adventurer) it no longer requires Flightstones. This change is designed to allow players to upgrade their gear up to the highest level possible for all their characters instead of relying only on seasonal loot.

Another significant change is that crests have one use, so it's important to use them properly. For instance it's a good idea utilize all of your Whelpling rank crests on the Best item upgrade equipment available and then keep Drake and Wyrm crests for the next batch of upgrades you're planning on making. This is particularly applicable to trinkets and rings that occupy multiple slots on the character which can only be eligible to benefit from the account-wide discount when all slots are filled with top-quality gear.