WoW Upgrades - The Item Upgrader

Upgrades will give you a boost to certain stats. Each upgrade increases the level of an item by 3. Each upgrade also boosts an unspecified substat.

The upgraded gear is usually more useful, unless the item has low requirements by nature (like FB sorc shields) or a high stat variance (like eth Titan weapons). Upgrades aren't as valuable for the latter because of the requirement to roll an exact version.

Recycle Points

The upgrader for items allows players to upgrade gear to a higher level by providing the appropriate currency to the NPC. Upgrades can be applied on any kind of weapon or armor. However, the item that is used to upgrade will be consumed forever and cannot be used again. Upgrades can also be used to create enchantments.

The upgrader can be found in all major cities and is accessible at any time to upgrade your gear. To keep your gear current, it is recommended that you visit the upgrader every few weeks.

Upgrades can cost more based on the level of the item, however, they are always cheaper than purchasing new equipment. For instance upgrading a Benthic chest to ilvl 385 will cost 20 recycle points, purchasing a similar piece from another player will cost 105.

Valorstones

Upgrades are useful items that can be used to upgrade weapons and tools, armor and other accessories. They are purchased by players from NPCs that sell upgrades to items in exchange for a variety of currencies, and can be found in random treasure lists. Once purchased, an upgrade is able to be applied to any weapon, tool or armor. The button will display the item's next level of upgrade, in the event that there are enough materials.

The cost of upgrading varies based on the item slot, and the current item level. For instance weapons are more expensive than gloves, bracers, or bracers. Each step costs 15 Flightstones plus a certain number of crests. Certain upgrades provide discounts on Flightstones. Once an item is upgraded to a certain degree it is able to be degraded and returned to the upgrader for a lower amount of both currencies.

Many locations offer item Level upgrade upgraders in addition to the main island and some outposts. The NPCs provide both an upgrade coupon as well as the chance to obtain an entirely new recipe. The discount for upgrades increases depending on the amount of items that are being upgraded. It is also possible to be boosted by having players complete some specific achievements or complete quests.

In contrast to Cromwell in Baldur's Gate II is no item upgrader available at the start of Icewind Dale. The NPCs that can assist with upgrades are only accessible through a variety of methods. This is both a benefit as well as an issue.

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

The discount is available to all accounts. In the same way, the amount of Harbinger Crests required for upgrades is also reduced and is not available until players achieve certain milestones in their achievements.

Crests

Players have a variety of options when it comes to upgrading their equipment in WoW. Flightstones are an option that is accessible to everyone who wants to upgrade. Crests are more specialized, and are used during specific item upgrader mod level upgrades. Crests are a key element of the Dragonflight gear progression system that was introduced in 10.1, and come in 4 ranks.

The first thing to note is that crests can only be used on equipment of a particular rank, and every rank has different requirements for upgrading. The simplest and simplest upgrade route costs 15 crests while the most complex may require as many as 20 crests depending on the type of gear being upgraded.

Players can earn crests through completing content of the appropriate level, which means walking around and doing outdoor activities to get lower-tier gear, raids or dungeons with any difficulty for higher-tier items, or Mythic+ heroic raid bosses and dungeons for endgame gear. These crests can be exchanged with an upgrader, such as Cuzolth or Vaskarn in Valdrakken to upgrade the item in the proper steps and paths.

The new currency system isn't difficult to use, but it does bring some modifications to the upgrade process. When a piece of equipment attains the highest level of upgrade for any rank (Explorer or Adventurer), it no longer requires Flightstones. This change is intended to allow players to upgrade their equipment to the highest level possible for all their characters instead of relying on seasonal loot.

It's also crucial to choose crests with care, since they are only used for one purpose. For instance it's best to use all of your Whelpling-rank crests on the top equipment available and then keep Drake and Wyrm crests for the next round of upgrades you plan on making. This is particularly true for items like rings and trinkets that fill multiple slots on the character which will only be able to avail the account-wide discount if all slots are filled with high-quality equipment.