World of Warcraft Item Upgrades
The upgrade of an item can be used to increase the stats of an item. Based on the type of upgrade you choose, it can boost an item's Rarity or Mark Level and boost additional stats.
Each item has a track to upgrade it. Each upgrade increases the price of the next item by a specified amount.
Item Level
The value of an item's stats base increase when it is upgraded. This value is the sum of the perks that are leveled up (attack magic attack and defense). Upgrades can be expensive dependent on who you employ and what you do. This is due to the variety of perks that need to be altered to upgrade an item.
The level of an item is a popular measure of power, and can be seen on all tooltips of items. It is also used to determine a gating condition when waiting to queue for dungeons and scenarios and raids, and to limit the amount of PvP gear players can wear (since PvP is capped at an lower level). The average level of the item can be found in the character sheet.
When deciding to purchase or sell equipment players can look at the levels of the item. It's a sign of the item's damage and its quality. Comparing items from the inventory of a seller can be done using the item's level.
The item level can be seen by pressing the ALT key on PC or using the left stick (L3) on XB1 and PS4. This will display the item's full description, including the ilvl. You can also locate it by hovering over an item and typing /itemlevel in chat.
There are a variety of theories on the method by which the level of an item is determined. One theory says that the item level is determined by a formula that calculates the worth of an item's stats actually are. It takes into consideration the fact that different perks have different worth and sockets have gems that increase the item's overall value. This can result in a calculated item's ilvl that is typically very close to Blizzard's real item level.
This is not the only factor that influences the value of an item. The degree of the area in which the item was dropped can change its stats. For instance, it could add a level to the item's haste or crit rating. Items that drop in higher-level instances will have a higher value.
Full Guide of an item can be the difference between a good or bad item for players. The game uses a lot of them in various ways to encourage players to play with multiple weapons, and also to stop one weapon from being "the best." The stat mods on an weapon increase the base stats. These stat mods are then boosted by a player's level.
The upgrades to items add by increasing certain stats on the item. The rarity of an item determines its cost of upgrading. An item that is white or grey for instance, can only be upgraded one time, while an item that has rare tiers can be upgraded several times at more expensive costs.
Affixes are a different method to change an item's stats. These are special stat boosts that can be added to an item by the player and are available in all shapes and sizes. Full Guide can be used to give items additional damage or other special abilities (such as reviving dead or reducing cooling downs) or to make them unique by putting a name on them.
All affixes are re-rolled at the moment by selecting them in the upgrade menu pressing the green button. This process will cost the player a certain amount of gold as well as items that can be used to add to the upgrade gauge in the same way as the other options for rerolling.
Players can upgrade an item by a specific stat, or reroll affixes. The range of stats determined by the item's level. However, all items will contain at least one stat in the range, unless they are an item that is unique, or the item is a God Roll from a boss in a raid.
Another thing that could be changed is the option to upgrade equipment without having to reroll attachments, or pick which stats to boost. Similar to the base equipment, it will have to be done per item and the item comparison interface wouldn't display all possible stats simultaneously.
Item Luck
The Luck stat of a player can increase the probability of obtaining items as well as the properties created by loot and the strength of these properties. However, it does not directly affect damage or the ability to upgrade items. It merely gives players the possibility to obtain better equipment in earlier waves and is thus more valuable in the early game than later ones since most players prefer higher weapon scaling and defenses over raw damage gains.
Luck can also boost the likelihood of upgrading items at the Blacksmith. This is not to confuse with the Blacksmith’s overall upgrade chances that increase with each level of the item. They can also be increased by using anti-materials, such as the Scroll of Strength and a Jewel of Blessing.
Armor, shields and weapons can spawn or be crafted using the Luck property, with an initial value of 40. These items can then be upgraded with golden ingots, spined leather or oak boards (depending on the material of the item) to give +40 Luck, or to increase the luck of the item up to 140.
Certain items, such as the Hollow-infused weapon can also be crafted to increase the damage dealt by any skill that causes damage by five percent. These items are available in the shops or made using the right ingredients.
Item Failure
Upgrades to items can be a costly process and not all upgrades will succeed. Cash shop items can be used to increase the chances of success for an upgrade or to stop players from losing their item if it is not successful.
The rate of success of an upgrade can be seen in the Honing UI. The percentage is the probability of successfully upgrading the item. This can be increased with Additional Materials or Special Materials. The chance of success can only be increased as much, and the likelihood that an upgrade will fail can't exceed 100%..
The luck of an item can also influence the success of an upgrade. All items have an overall success rate of 25 percent, and each item with Luck increases the chance of success by five percent.
Note that item upgrades are rendered above the inventory items which means that enchantment glints and other effects can be obscured by them. 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.