A Delightful Rant About Item Upgrader

World of Warcraft item upgrading Upgrades

Item upgrades are a way to increase the stats of an item. Based on the type of upgrade, it can increase an item's Rarity or Mark Level and boost additional stats.

Each item has a track to upgrade it. Each upgrade increases the cost of the following one by a specific amount.

Item Level

The value of an item's basic stats increases as it is upgraded. This is the sum of all of an item's upgraded perks (attack magic attack and defense). Upgrades can be costly, depending on who you hire and what you decide to do. This is due to how many perks need to be replaced to allow the item to be upgraded.

Item level is a commonly used measurement of power and can be seen on all tooltips of items. It can also be used to determine a gating condition when waiting for dungeons, scenarios and raids, and to limit the amount of PvP gear a player can wear (since PvP is restricted to an lower level). Players can see their average level of items on their character sheet.

Using the item level can help players compare the strength of equipment when they decide to buy or sell. It's a sign of the item's damage and quality. Comparing items from the inventory of a seller can be done using the level of the item.

The item level can be seen by pressing the ALT key on your PC or using the left stick (L3) on XB1 and PS4. The item will be displayed with its full description, including ilvl. It can also be found by hovering over an item with the mouse cursor, and then entering /itemlevel into chat.

There are a variety of theories on how the item level is determined. One theory is that the item level is a number derived from a formula that determines the amount an item's stats are worth. It is based on the fact that different advantages are valued differently and that gems in sockets increase the item's value. This can result in an item's ilvl calculated, which is usually very close to Blizzards actual item level.

This isn't the only factor that affects the ilvl of an item. The level of the area where the item was dropped can alter its stats. For instance it can increase the item's haste, or crit rating. This means that items that drop at higher levels will have more ilvl than those from lower-level instances.

Item Stats

Stats on an item are a significant part of what makes or breaks an item for players. The game makes use of them in various ways to encourage players not to restrict themselves to a particular weapon, and to encourage players to experiment with other weapons. The stats of a base weapon are enhanced by the weapon's stat modifications that are in turn boosted by the player's level.

Item upgrades add to that by increasing certain stats of the item. The rarity of an item determines its cost of upgrading. For example, a grey or white item can only be upgraded once, whereas items with rare levels will be upgraded multiple times with higher prices.

Affixes can also be used to alter the stats of an item. They are stat boosts that can be added by the player to an item. Affixes can be used to give the item additional damage, or add a unique capability to the item (such as reviving the dead or reducing the cooldowns), or make the item unique by giving an exclusive name to the item.

All affixes can be currently re-rolled by selecting them in the upgrade window and pressing the green button. This procedure will cost the player a specific amount of gold as well as items that can be added to the upgrade gauge in the same manner as the other options for rerolling.

Players can choose to upgrade an item with a specific stat or reroll attaches. The range of stats is determined by the item's level. However each item will have at least one stat in the same range, unless it's a unique item or an item that has a God Roll from a raid boss.

Another thing that could be changed by adding the option to upgrade the equipment without rolling the affixes or deciding which stats to boost. Similar to the base equipment, this must be done per item upgrader and the item comparison interface would not display all the possible stats at once.

Item Luck

The Luck stat of a player boosts the likelihood of locating items and the properties that are generated by loot, and the strength of these properties. However, it does not directly affect damage or the ability to upgrade items. It gives players a chance to acquire better gear in earlier waves and is thus more useful in early game runs than later ones since most players prefer more powerful weapon scaling and defenses over the raw damage gain.

Luck can also increase the chance of upgrading items at the Blacksmith. This is not to confuse with the Blacksmith's overall chances of upgrading, which increase with each item level. It is also possible to be enhanced by using anti-materials like a Scroll of Strength and a Jewel of Blessing.

Armor, shields and weapons have an initial Luck value of 40. These items can then be enhanced by golden ingots, spined leather or oak boards (depending on the item's material type) to grant a further +40 Luck or to increase the luck of an item up to 140.

Certain items, like the weapon that is infused with hollow can also be crafted to increase the damage of any ability that is able to deal damage by five percent. These items can be purchased in the shop or crafted using the right ingredients.

Item Failure

Item upgrades are a costly process and not every upgrade will be successful. Cash shop items can be used to increase the chances of success for an upgrade, or to protect players from losing their items if it is not successful.

The rate of success of an upgrade is shown in the Honing UI. The percentage represents the probability of successfully upgrading the item and can be enhanced 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 be greater than 100%..

The luck of an item can also affect the success of an upgrade. Each item has a base success rate of 25%, and every item with Luck increases that chance by 5percent.

The upgrade overlays of the item are displayed above items in the inventory. This could cause obscurity to enchantment effects or other effects. 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.