20 Things You Should Know About Item Upgrade

WoW Upgrades - The Item Upgrader

Upgrades provide a guaranteed boost to specific stats. Each upgrade increases item level by 3. A random additional substat is also increased with every upgrade.

Upgraded gear generally sees more value in trade, unless it has inherently low requirements (like the FB shield of the sorc) or very high stat variance (like Eth titan weapons). Upgrades aren't as useful for the latter due to the requirement to roll the perfect version.

Recycle Points

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

You can upgrade your equipment anytime by visiting the upgrader in any major city. It is recommended to visit the upgrader every couple of weeks to keep your equipment up to date.

The cost of upgrades will be based on the current level of the gear being upgraded however, they will always be cheaper than purchasing new gear from other sources. For example, upgrading a Benthic chest piece to ilvl 385 will cost 20 recycle points, while buying a similar item upgrading from a different player will cost 105.

Valorstones

Upgrades are items that can be used to upgrade tools, armor, weapon and accessory upgrades. They can be bought by players through NPCs that sell upgrades to items in exchange for different currencies, and can also be found in random treasure lists. Once purchased, an upgrade is able to be applied to any tool, weapon, or armor. The button will show the preview of an item's next upgrade level, if there are enough materials.

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

Item upgraders can be found in many places including the main island as well as some outposts. The NPCs offer an upgrade coupon and a chance to obtain a new recipe. The discount for upgrading increases when more items are upgraded. It can be increased by having players complete certain achievements or quests.

In contrast to Cromwell in Baldur's Gate II is no upgrader for items available at the start of Icewind Dale. Instead, the NPCs that can be used to upgrade are acquired via a variety of means that are both an improvement as well as a disadvantage.

In Season 3, a number of new features have been added to the upgrade system. Once a player obtains an upgrade to a specific item upgrading level for a particular armor slot, upgrading further items to that level will cost less even in the event that they are part of an entirely different set of gear.

The discount applies to all accounts. The amount of Harbinger Crests needed to upgrade is cut also, but is only available after certain milestones have been reached.

Crests

Players have several options when it comes to upgrading their gear in WoW. Flightstones are an option that is accessible to everyone for upgrading. Crests are more specific, and are used during specific item level upgrades. Crests are an integral component of the Dragonflight Gear Progression System that was introduced in version 10.1. They are available in four ranks.

First, you should know that Crests are only available to equipment with a certain rank. Each rank comes with distinct upgrade paths. The easiest and most straightforward upgrade costs 15 crests. The most complicated upgrade can require up to 20 crests, depending on the type or gear being upgraded.

Players can obtain crests by working through content that is of the appropriate level, whether that means walking around and doing outdoor activities for gear of lower tiers, dungeons or raids of all difficulty for items of higher tier, or Mythic+ heroic raid bosses and dungeons for gear that is used in the endgame. These crests are then exchanged with an upgrader such as Cuzolth or Vaskarn in Valdrakken for the appropriate upgrade steps and pathways.

Utilizing these new currencies isn't too difficult, but the system introduces some modifications to the upgrade process. For example, once a piece of equipment reaches the highest upgrade level of any rank (Explorer, Adventurer, Veteran, Champion, Hero, or Mythic) it will no longer require Flightstones to be upgraded. This allows players to upgrade their gear to the highest possible ilvl on all their characters instead of relying on seasonal loot.

Another notable change is that crests only have one use therefore it's essential to make use of them in a responsible manner. For instance it's a good idea make use of all your Whelpling-rank crests on the best equipment available, and then keep Drake and Wyrm crests for the next batch of upgrades you plan to make. This is particularly true for items such as trinkets and rings that take up several slots. The discount on the account will only be applicable if all slots on the character are filled with top-quality gear.