Guild Wars 2 Item Upgrade
Item upgrade, also referred to as "upping," improves an item's stats. Each upgrade increment provides a linear increase in a given stat.
Players can recycle six items at a time to gain a gauge for each item's upgraded component. The cost of recycling an item scales depending on its rarity and.
Upgrade components
In Guild Wars 2, an upgrade to an item is a method to increase the stats on your weapons and armor. This can be achieved by a variety of methods such as using upgrade components or increasing the rarity of an item or its mark level. In addition to this, many items can be reforged, which could boost their stats even more.
Upgradeable items are available throughout the game, both in the world and as rewards for missions. They can also be made by players. Upgrade components are the main method to upgrade equipment. These are items that slot into equipment. Most equipment has slots that can be upgraded, and many require a certain amount of upgrade. Some upgrade components offer specific bonuses, while others offer an overall bonus.
There are several types of upgrade components available in the game, such as universal upgrades, inscriptions, and jewels. The universal upgrades, such as gemstones and enchantments, can be placed on any equipment and offer lower bonuses than equipment-specific upgrades. Glyphs can be placed in gathering tools and provide a variety of benefits, from increasing the speed of an item's gathering to providing additional crafting materials.
Choose the item from your inventory, then open the Upgrade window. The window will show an overview on the right side of the screen, showing what the expected stats will be after the upgrade, as well as any necessary components or materials. The Upgrade button at the bottom will read blocked if you don't have enough of or.
The number of upgrade components needed for a particular item can be seen in the upper-right corner of the window for upgrading. The cost of upgrading increases with the level of the upgrade and its rarity, but it can be reduced through various ways, such as purchasing upgrades at a merchant or trading them with other players.
Most weapons can be upgraded with a prefix upgrade, such as an insignia, or a rune, and many are upgraded by a suffix upgrade. These upgrades include an adjective in the name of the item, such as "Radiant" or "Minor Vigor".
Glyphs
Glyphs are a powerful tool for communicating visual information. They are animated to grab the viewer's eye and spark curiosity. The animation of glyphs resembles body language, making them more effective at conveying the message across linguistic barriers. Glyphs also create a sense of familiarity in the brain, thereby increasing retention of the message.
Each glyph comes with a range of values that it can enhance a stat according to the item when you open the glyph in the Glyph Storage or when you use it to enchant an Artifact. This isn't the exact amount at which the glyph will increase a stat, but the maximum amount by which it can increase a stat. The actual value of the glyph is determined by the tier and quality of the item you're creating it for.
The majority of upgrade components installed into items cannot be removed or replaced without dismantling them except for legendary equipment and upgrades. If you have a rune or glyph you don't want to use, but it's not been applied to gear yet, you can transfer the item to a different piece by using the Upgrade Glyphs menu within the Glyphs Panel. This will create an Glyph Set that includes the selected glyph.
You can take out the glyph using the Black Lion Salvage Kit, or an Ascended Salvage tool. The item on which the glyph is located will be destroyed, but the upgraded item can be retrieved using the glyph shards.
The addition of a glyph to an item may cause it to become unstable, and the shards of that glyph will disappear from your inventory when you dismantle the item. You can also add an inscription to your equipment to add an extra benefit. Deferred Damage, for example can store damage, and be distributed slowly to the wearer instead of all at one time. This is useful for players who take lots of damage from their enemies but do not want to be overwhelmed.
Reroll tokens
Reroll tokens permit players to change the affixes of their equipment and weapons, and they can be obtained in a variety of ways like mistery boxes or as a rare drop from skulled creatures, or by killing bosses. Each reroll token grants the player a new random affix, which is typically superior to the one they had before. Reroll tokens can also be used to improve weapon stats to cause more damage or bonuses.
Items that have been rerolled will not appear in the item upgrade menu, however, they still qualify to receive upgrades. Rerolled items can be recycled by pressing the "upgrade" button that alters the layout of the item window and allows up to six items to be selected to recycle. The level gauge is increased by recycling an item. This amount is determined by the item's rarity as well as its level, which means higher-level items are more useful to recycle than lower-level ones.
In addition to tokens for rerolls, players can use Star Remnants and Reroll Tokens to roll the weapon traits of an upgraded unit. Rerolls will determine the % chance of a particular weapon trait. If it is higher, the weapon is upgraded, and if it rolls lower, it remains unchanged. Weapons can be upgraded up to three times.
Rerolls are a good option for upgrading an item, but players should be aware that it could reduce the overall ilvl the weapon by the number of rerolls used in order to increase it to the final level. This effect is most noticeable on Diadems and Rings, since they have no other options to increase the ilvl.
The reroll system has been criticized by players as being too expensive, and it would be more equitable to let players pay for it in the form of money or food items that allows players to alter their builds without a lot of time and effort. However the paid rerolls aren't something the developers are planning to incorporate at this point in the game's development. They are planning to add a potion that will allow players to change their race in the near future.
Leveling
There are several ways to upgrade an item. The first is to increase the amount of upgrade that increases the value of upgrading the stat. The second option is to boost the effect of an upgrade, which boosts damage or healing for the stat. The base item can be upgraded to a more advanced upgrade type. The upgraded item will keep its iLevel, but have the upgraded effects of the upgraded item.
When upgrading your items it is essential to keep in mind that upgrades are random. In most cases, a better roll will be derived from glyphs, however there are also opportunities for higher or more special rolls. The type of item will determine the iLevel. If you upgrade a rare or exclusive item to a specific item type, then it's likely to receiving a higher level.
Upgrades can be expensive, especially if you are upgrading equipment from the standard track to legendary. The cost of upgrading an item will be contingent on the iLevel it's built upon and the number of levels to upgrade. In addition, some upgrade tracks require crests to get to the next upgrade level.
If you're lucky, your upgraded item will reach the highest level of its upgrade track and gain an additional bonus effect. This will result in a significant boost in the upgrade value of the item. The bonus effect can change with each upgrade level however. In general, the effect of upgrading is increased by +3.
The iLevel also changes in accordance with the item's upgrade path and its base level. For item upgrading , a weapon that is upgraded from a rare or unique item to an exceptional item is likely to get the Enhanced Defense of the base item type.