An Easy-To-Follow Guide To Item Upgrade

WoW Upgrades - The Item Upgrader

Upgrades provide a guaranteed boost to specific stats. Each upgrade increases the level of an item by 3. A random extra substat is also boosted alongside each upgrade.

The upgraded gear is usually more useful, unless the item has low requirements by nature (like FB sorc shields) or has a large variance in stats (like eth Titan weapons). Upgrades are not as useful for those with lower requirements because of the requirement to roll a perfect version.

Recycle Points

The item upgrader enables players to upgrade gear to a higher item level by supplying the appropriate currency to the NPC. Upgrades can be applied to any type of weapon or armor. However, the item upgrade used to upgrade will be consumed for the duration of time and can't be used again. Upgrades can be applied to the enchantments.

The upgrader can be found in all major cities, and is accessible at any time to upgrade your gear. To keep your gear up-to-date, it is recommended that you visit the upgrader each several weeks.

Upgrades will cost more, based on the level of the item, but they will always be cheaper than purchasing new equipment. Upgrades such as upgrading a Benthic chest to the level of ilvl385 will cost you 20 recycle points. If you purchase a similar item, it will cost you 105.

Valorstones

Upgrades are items that can be used to purchase tools, armor, weapon, and accessory upgrades. They can be purchased by players through item upgrader NPCs in exchange for different currencies, and may 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 show a preview of an item level upgrade's next upgrade level if there are enough materials.

The upgrade cost depends on the item slot and the current item level and the weapon's price is higher than gloves or bracers, for instance. Each step costs 15 Flightstones and a few crests, with certain upgrades offering discounts to reduce the cost of the Flightstones or the crests used. Once an item upgrading has been upgraded to a certain degree and is degraded, it can be sold and returned to the upgrader for a lower amount of both currency types.

Many locations have upgraders for their items which include the main island and some outposts. The NPCs provide both an upgrade coupon and a possibility of obtaining an entirely new recipe. The discount on upgrades increases according to the number of items that are being upgraded. It can also be increased by requiring players to complete specific achievements or quests.

Icewind Dale does not have an upgrader for items at the start, unlike Cromwell from Baldur's gate II. The NPCs who can facilitate upgrades are only available through a variety of methods. This is both a benefit as well as a disadvantage.

In Season 3, many new features were added to the upgrade system. After a player has upgraded to a certain item level for an armor slot, upgrading other items to the same item level upgrade level, will cost less. This applies even if the items are from an entirely different set of gear.

The discount is applicable to all accounts. The amount of Harbinger Crests required to upgrade is reduced too, but it is only available after certain milestones are reached.

Crests

Players have a number of choices when it comes to upgrading their gear in WoW. Flightstones are an option that is accessible to all players for upgrading. Crests are more special and are used for specific item level upgrade level upgrades. Crests are an essential part of the Dragonflight gear progression system, which was introduced in 10.1, and come in 4 ranks.

First, you must be aware that the crests can only be purchased for equipment of a certain rank. Each rank comes with an upgrade path that is different. The simplest and simplest upgrade process costs just 15 crests while the most complex requires as many as 20 crests depending on the type of equipment that is being upgraded.

Players can earn crests by finishing content at the appropriate level, which involves walking around and engaging in outdoor activities for gear of lower tiers, raids or dungeons of all difficulty for items of higher tier, or Mythic+ heroic raid bosses or dungeons for endgame gear. These crests can then be exchanged at an upgrader NPC, like Cuzolth in Dornogal, or Vaskarn in Valdrakken to get the appropriate upgrade paths and steps.

Using these new currencies isn't too complicated however, the system introduces some modifications to the upgrade process. For instance, when a piece of equipment reaches the highest level of upgrade for any rank (Explorer, Adventurer, Veteran, Champion, Hero, or Mythic), it will no longer require Flightstones to be upgraded. This change is designed to allow players to upgrade their equipment up to the highest possible ilvl for all their characters rather than relying solely on seasonal loot.

Another important change is that crests have one usage, so it's important to make use of them in a responsible manner. For instance, it's a good idea use all of your Whelpling-rank crests with the best equipment available, and then keep Drake and Wyrm crests for the next batch of upgrades you're planning on making. This is especially applicable to items like trinkets and rings that take up several slots. The account-wide discount will only apply when all slots on the character are filled with top-quality gear.