The 10 Scariest Things About Item Upgrader
World of Warcraft Item Upgrades
The upgrade of an item can be used to improve the stats of a particular item. Depending on the type of upgrade you choose, it can boost the rarity of an item, or its Mark Level, and also boost other stats.
Each item has a track for upgrading it. Each upgrade increases the cost of the next one by a certain amount.
Item Level
When an item gets upgraded, its stats increase in value. This is the sum of all of its leveled up benefits (attack magic attack, attack defense). Upgrading items can be expensive dependent on the upgrader and what type of upgrade you choose to do. This is due to the variety of perks that need to be changed in order to upgrade an Best item upgrade.
It can also be used to enforce gating requirements when queueing for raids, dungeons and scenarios. It can also be used as a gating requirement when waiting to queue for dungeons and raids and scenarios, and to limit the amount of PvP gear players can wear (since PvP is restricted to the lower levels). Players can view their average level of items on their character sheet.
The level of an item can help players compare the potency of gear when choosing to buy or sell. It's a sign of the item's condition and its quality. The level of the item can be used to evaluate items when evaluating the inventory of a seller.
The level of the item can be checked by pressing the ALT key on your PC or using the left stick (L3) on XB1 and PS4. This will show the full description of the item, including its value. It is also accessible by hovering over an item with the mouse cursor, and then typing /itemlevel in chat.
There are many theories about how the item level is calculated. One theory suggests that the item level is calculated using an equation that determines the value of an item's stats actually are. It considers the fact that various perks have different value and that sockets have gems that increase the overall value of the item. This process could result in a calculated amount for the item's ilvl, which is usually close to Blizzard's real item level.
It's not the only factor that influences the value of an item. The degree of the area in which the item was dropped may change its stats. For example it can add a level to the item's haste or crit rating. Items that drop in higher-level instances will have a higher value.
Item Stats
Stats on an item are a significant element in what determines the value of an item upgrader kit for players. The game makes use of them in various ways to encourage players to not limit themselves to one weapon and to motivate players to explore other weapons. The stats of a base weapon are increased by the weapon's stat mods which are then enhanced by the player's level.
The upgrades to items add by increasing certain stats of the item. The rarity of an item determines the upgrade cost. For example, a grey or white item will only be upgraded once, whereas an item with the rare tiers can be upgraded many times, at higher costs.
Another way to change the stats on an item is by affixing it. These are special stat boosts that can be added to an item by the player, and come in a variety of sizes and shapes. The affixes can be used to give items extra damage, special abilities (such as reviving dead or reducing cooling downs) or to differentiate them by adding a name.
All affixes are re-rolled at the moment by selecting them in the upgrade menu pressing the green button. This will cost a specific amount of gold and other items. They can also be used as upgrade gauges similar to other methods of rerolling.
In addition to Rerolling affixes and rerolls, players can select which of the available stats to keep on an item upgrader kit when it is upgraded. The stat ranges are determined by the item's level. However each item will have at least one stat in that range unless they are an item that is unique, or a God Roll from a boss in a raid.
This is another thing that could be altered by introducing an option to upgrade the equipment without rerolling the affixes or deciding which stats to boost. As with the base equipment, it will have to be done per item, and the item comparison interface wouldn't display all possible stats simultaneously.
Item Luck
A player's Luck stat stacks up to increase the odds of finding items, the properties spawned on loot drops, and the intensity of the properties. It doesn't, however directly impact damage or the ability to upgrade items. It gives players the chance to upgrade their gear earlier in the game. This is more useful in the early game, since players tend to prioritize the scaling of weapons and defenses over raw damage gains.
In addition to influencing item discovery, Luck also increases the chance of success when upgrading items with the Blacksmith. This should not be confused with the Blacksmith's overall upgrade probability, which increases with each item level and can be further increased through the use of an anti-material such as a Scroll of Strength or a Jewel of Blessing.
Armor, shields and weapons have the default Luck value of 40. These items can be upgraded with golden ingots, spined leather, or oak boards (depending on the material of the item) to give +40 Luck, or to increase the luck of the item up to 140.
Additionally there are certain items, such as the Hollow infused weapon, can be equipped to boost the damage of any damage-dealing skill by five percent. These items are available at the store or made using the correct ingredients.
Item Failure
Not all upgrades work. However, there are cash shop items that allow players to increase their chances of success or even prevent them from losing an item if the upgrade is unsuccessful.
The rate of success of an upgrade can be seen in the Honing UI. The percentage represents the probability of successfully upgrading the item, and can be increased by adding Additional Materials or Special Materials. The probability of success can only be increased so much, and the likelihood that the upgrade will fail cannot be greater than 100%..
The success of an upgrade is also affected by the luck of that item. Each item has a base success rate of 25% and every item that has Luck increases that chance by an additional 5%.
The item upgrade overlays are rendered above items in the inventory. This may cause obscurity to enchantment effects or other effects. 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.