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World of Warcraft Item Upgrades

Item upgrades are a way to boost the stats of an item. Depending on the type of upgrade you choose, it can boost an item's Rarity or Mark Level, and also boost other stats.

Each item has a track for upgrading it. Each upgrade increases the price of the next item by a specified amount.

Item Level

The value of an item's stats base increase when it is upgraded. The 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 do. This is due to the number of perks that have to be modified to upgrade an item.

It can also be used as a gating requirement while queueing for dungeons, raids and scenarios. It can also be used to determine a gating condition when waiting for dungeons, raids and scenarios, and to limit the amount of PvP gear a player can wear (since PvP is capped at a lower level). The average item level can be found in the character sheet.

When deciding whether to purchase or sell equipment players can evaluate the level of an item. It's a useful indicator of the quality of an item and the amount of damage it is capable of causing. The level of the item can be used to evaluate items when examining a vendor's inventory.

On PC, you are able to see the level of the item using ALT, or by using the left stick on XB1 or PS4. This will display the item upgrader mod's full description, including the ilvl. You can also find it by hovering over an item and typing /itemlevel into chat.

There are a variety of theories on how the level of an item is determined. One theory states that the level of an item is calculated using formulas that determine how valuable the stats of an item really are. It considers the fact that various perks have different value and gems in sockets increase the overall value of the item. This could result in an item's ilvl calculated, which is typically very close to Blizzard's actual item level.

However, this is not the only factor that can affect an item's ilvl as the level of the area the item is dropped into can change the value of its stats, for example by adding an additional level to its haste rating or crit rating. This means that items dropped at higher levels will have higher value than items dropped in lower-level instances.

Item Stats

The stats of an item are a major element in what makes or breaks an item for players. The game uses a variety of them in different ways to encourage players to play with a variety of weapons, and prevent one weapon from being "the most effective." The stat mods of weapons boost base stats. These stat mods are then enhanced by the player's level.

Upgrades to an item can boost its stats. The cost of upgrades is determined by the rarity of the item. A grey or white item for instance, will only be upgraded once and items with rare tiers can be upgraded multiple times with higher costs.

Another way to change the stats of an item is to use affixes. 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 could be used to give the item extra damage, or give a specific capability to the item (such as reviving the dead or cutting down cooldowns), or make the item unique by putting an additional name to the item.

All affixes are re-rolled at the moment by selecting them in the upgrade menu and pressing the green button. This will cost a specific amount in gold and items. They can also be used as upgrade gauges just like the other methods of rerolling.

In addition to Rerolling affixes and rerolls, players can also choose which of the available stats to keep on an item after it is upgraded. The range of stats determined by the item's level. However every item will have at least one stat in the range, unless they are an item that is unique, or an item that has a God Roll from a boss in a raid.

Another thing that could change is the option to upgrade equipment without having to reroll the attaches, or select which stats to boost. But as with base equipment, this would have to be performed on a per-item basis, and the interface for item comparison will not show all the stats that could be gained or lost at once.

Item Luck

The Luck stat of a player stacks up to increase the chances of finding items, the properties spawned on loot drops and the strength of the properties. However, it doesn't directly impact damage or the ability to upgrade items. It simply gives players a chance to acquire better equipment in earlier waves and is therefore more useful in the early game as opposed to later ones, since most players prefer more powerful weapon scaling and defenses over the raw damage gain.

In addition to influencing item discovery, Luck also increases the probability of being successful when upgrading items using the Blacksmith. This is not to be confused with the Blacksmith's overall chances of upgrading that increase with each new level of item. They can also be enhanced by using anti-materials like a Scroll of Strength and a Jewel of Blessing.

Weapons, armor, and shields can spawn or be crafted using the Luck property, with an initial value of 40. These items can then be upgraded with golden ingots, spined leather or oak boards (depending on the material of the item) to give +40 Luck or to boost the existing Luck of an item up to 140.

Certain items, such as the weapon with Hollow-infused components, can also be equipped to increase the damage of any skill that deals damage by five percent. These items can be purchased in the shop or created using the right ingredients.

Item Failure

Item upgrades are expensive and not all upgrades will succeed. Cash shop items can be used to boost the chance of success of an upgrade items or to prevent players from losing their items if it does not work.

When you upgrade an item the success rate is displayed in the Honing UI. The percentage represents the chance of successfully upgrading the item, and it can be increased by adding Additional Materials or Special Materials. There are limits to the extent to which success rates can be increased and the chance of an upgrade failing cannot exceed 100%..

The success of an upgrades is also influenced by the Luck of that item. Each item has an average success rate of 25% and every item that has Luck increases the chance of success by an additional five percent.

Note that upgrades to items are rendered above the inventory items therefore enchantment glints and other effects can be obscured 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.