Why Nobody Cares About Item Upgrades
World of Warcraft Item Upgrades
The upgrading of your equipment is a vital aspect of equipping your character. Upgrades increase the damage of your item and enchantments.
They also offer bonuses and enhancements. They can be acquired through the Blacksmith.
Players can recycle any item by pressing the upgrade button on it. Every item recycled adds a level to the gauge for upgrading.
Weapon
When a weapon is upgraded, it will gain a base damage bonus as well as a scaling factor that can affect other stats. The weapon can also gain a number of upgrade components, which provide additional effects or attributes as well as unique cosmetic effects. These upgrades can be added to armors, weapons, trinkets and gathering tools. The majority of them require that the item has an upgrade slot available and that it meets certain specifications. The upgrade component can be removed from a weapon, armor or trinket, but it is not replaced. (Except for legendary equipment). Upgrade components can be found with the help of a Black-Lion Salvage Kit or Ascended Salvage Tool, or using a high-tier salvage tool on the item it self.
A weapon can also be upgraded to include a calibration attribute that increases certain stats, like Weakspot damage or Crit Rate. This is accomplished through the Gear Workbench interaction menu. Based on the tier of the weapon the process can be repeated up to four times.
After the weapon has reached its maximum upgrade, it can then be rebuilt to add additional bonuses and effects, or to improve specific stats. These upgrades can be used simultaneously and their effects will depend on how rare the weapon is.
There are two Blacksmiths in the game who can perform these upgrades: Blacksmith Hewg in the Church of Elleh hub area and Smithing Master Iji in the Road to the Manor Site of Grace. Both upgrade materials are different: Smithing Stones to modify the damage a weapon deals and Somber Smithing Stones to modify the standard weapons.
Generally, it is advised to improve weapon damage first, then armour defense, then the other secondary stats as required by your build. It is not uncommon to see melee Druids upgrade their weapons before upgrading any other equipment. This can help increase DPS. This is especially relevant for enchantments that enhance a weapon's stats and damage.
Armor
Item upgrades allow players to boost the effectiveness of certain armors, weapons trinkets and gathering tools. They can also provide other effects, such as an increase in damage or cosmetic enhancements. Item Upgrades can be obtained through crafting, purchasing from NPC vendors or loot drops, or as rewards for quests.
The armor can be upgraded by visiting the Armorer NPC and spending appropriate currencies. Most of the time, a piece of armor will be upgraded to the next tier once an upgrade is applied. This is possible for any type of armor, however certain types of armor cannot be upgraded at all (such as the armor that is used as a starter in Great Sky Island).
Most armor upgrades offer a small increase to the item's defense or strength. Some upgrades, however, could result in significant improvements in defense or strength. This is particularly true when upgrading epic items.
In addition to increasing the defense of an item, a few upgrades also provide specific abilities that can be activated while wearing an armor. These abilities can be helpful in combat, such as granting a buff to attack speed or blocking. Some upgrades have passive effects that can be beneficial, such as reducing damage while wearing armor or enhancing the chance to dodge an attack.
Based on the type of armor, upgrading an item can require multiple tries. For instance the case of a player wanting to upgrade a Steelclash armor to Dragonscale the first attempt will result in a brand new piece of Dragonscale with an initial defense range of the ages of 59-67. The second attempt would result in a new Dragonscale armor with a base defense between 67-77 and it goes on.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild lets players upgrade their armor sets to level 4. To do this players must visit each of the four locations referred to as Great Fairy Fountains in the game. Each of these locations contains a powerful fair who can improve a piece of armor for you.
Contrary to what many believe, armor is not useless in The Division 2. The fact of the matter is that certain armors come with very substantial increases in poison or curse, fire, or magic damage reduction, which makes them invaluable for specific builds. Additionally, there are ways to increase the stats of armor beyond the use of upgradeable armor such as the engineer trait to boost armor penetration, or the challenger trait that reduces total weight.
Potion
A potion can be upgraded by placing it in an brewing stand in order to unlock new effects. The upgrade opens a new level of potion effect and can be repeated for more potency levels.
The potion also has an individual color code, which the player can select using /give and which alters the area-of-effect clouds and arrows generated by the potions. In Bedrock Edition the custom potion color is also applied to the particle effects of the potions.
The water bottle, common and thick potions, as well as difficult potions, now have a distinct texture when they are brewed. The potion of weakness was added to the potion of healing in Creative inventory. Added lingering potions that can be brewed with splash potions or dragon breath and a strong potion with the status effect of Mining Fatigue (duration 4 hours). Bug Tracker is the place to report any issues related to this patch.
Trinket
A trinket is a small inexpensive ornament or piece of jewelry. It could be a ring or necklace. Or, it could be a tiny banner to mark the lateen yard of a boat. It could also be a reference to a trinket that is gilded on the mast of a ship.
This macabre trinket appears to be influencing denizens in this maze by making them more prevalent. At present, this trinket makes all types of mimic Xx more common and gives every floor the chance to have an ebony-colored mimic. Casesgg is priced at a moderate amount of energy to upgrade.
The magic from this enchanted scepter appears to be affecting the dungeon itself which makes it more likely to generate grass and water. At the moment, this trinket can make X% of floors filled with water or grass but doesn't affect enchantments or the glyphs, cursed weapons, armor, or other items created to help solve hazard rooms.
This item, which looks like a eyes of a nymph appears to alter your vision in a manner that goes beyond just narrowing your field of vision. At the moment, this trinket can increase the total health gained from drinking potions of healing, waterskins, and wells of health by X% and grants mind vision on enemies within the Y tiles. This trinket cannot be combined with the Higher Senses.
After completing the Mastery Cave after completing the Mastery Cave, you can find Trinkets by defeating Monsters and inside chests and crates within Skull Cavern. They are not found in the Mines or Volcano Dungeon.
If you have a trinket which requires upgrading then place it in the Anvil to upgrade it. This will have an effect on the trinket that is random and will either increase or strengthen its effects. You can reorge the Trinket as many times as you like but it will always be able to produce an effect that is new.
You can also enhance your Trinkets by placing them in a Magical Catalyst located at the Alchemy Station. It will cost you 6 energy, but increase the trinkets power by a small amount.