World of Warcraft Item Upgrades
Upgrades to items can be used to boost the stats of a particular item. Based on the type of upgrade, it may boost an item's Mark Level or Rarity and boost additional stats.
Each item has a track to upgrade it. Each upgrade increases the price of the next item by a specific amount.
Item Level
When an item gets upgraded, its stats increase in value. The value is the sum of all the leveled up advantages (attack, magic attack and defense). Upgrades can be expensive, depending on the person you hire and what you decide to do. This is due to the number of perks that must be altered to upgrade an item.
It can also be used as a gating requirement when queueing for dungeons, raids and scenarios. It is also used to limit the amount of PvP gear players are able to wear as PvP is restricted at a lower level. Players can see their average level of item on their character sheet.
When deciding whether to buy or sell gear players can look at the level of an item. It's a useful indicator of the quality of an item and the amount of damage it's capable of causing. Comparing items in a vendor's stock is possible using the item's level.
The level of the item can be checked by pressing the ALT key on a PC or using the left stick (L3) on XB1 and PS4. The item will be displayed with its full description, including the ilvl. You can also find it by hovering over an item level upgrade and typing /itemlevel into chat.
There are several theories about how the item level is determined. One theory is that the level is a numerical value derived from a formula which calculates the value of an item's stats are worth. It considers that different advantages are valued differently and that gems found in sockets boost the value of the item. This can result in a calculated value for the item's ilvl which is usually close to Blizzard's real item level.
It's not the only factor that influences the level of an item. The degree of the area in which the item level upgrade dropped can also change its stats. For example it can add a level to the item's haste or crit score. Items dropped in higher-level instances will have higher ilvl.
Item Stats
The item's stats can determine the fate of 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 them to try out other weapons. The base stats on a weapon are increased by the weapon's stat modifications that are in turn boosted by the player's level.
The upgrades to an item can increase its stats. The rarity of an item determines its upgrade cost. For instance, a grey or white item will only be upgraded once, whereas items with rare tiers can be upgraded many times, at higher costs.
Affixes are another way to alter the stats of an item. These are special stat boosts that can be added to an item by the player and they come in all sizes and shapes. Affixes can do things like give the item extra damage, or give a specific capability to the item (such as reviving the dead or cutting down the cooldowns) or make the item unique by adding an exclusive name to the item.
Currently, all affixes can be rerolled by selecting them from the upgrade window and pressing the green button, which is accompanied by circling arrows. This procedure will cost the player a specific amount of gold and other items, which can be added to the upgrade gauge in the same way as the other rerolling options.
In addition to rerolling affixes, players can also choose which of the available stats to be kept on an item after it is upgraded. The possible stat ranges for an item are based on the item level, but all items are guaranteed to have at least 1 stat within that range, unless it is a unique item or a God roll from a raid boss.
Another thing that could be changed is the possibility of upgrading equipment without having to roll the attaches, or select which stats to enhance. Like the base equipment, this must be done per item and the item comparison interface would not display all the possible stats at once.
Item Luck
A player's Luck stat stacks up to increase the odds of item discoveries as well as the properties that appear on loot drops, and the intensity of the properties. It doesn't, however, directly affect damage or the ability to upgrade items. It gives players the chance to upgrade their equipment earlier in the game. This is more advantageous for early game runs, because players tend to put the scaling of weapons and defenses over raw damage gains.
In addition to influencing the discovery of items, Luck also increases the chances of being successful when upgrading items using the Blacksmith. This should not be confused with the Blacksmith's overall upgrade chance, which increases with each level of the item and can be further increased by using an anti-material, such as a Scroll of Strength or a Jewel of Blessing.
Armor, shields and weapons can spawn or be crafted with the Luck property, which has the default value of 40. These items can be improved with golden ingots or spined leather (depending on the material they are made of) for a further +40 luck, or to increase an item's existing Luck up to 140.
Certain items, such as the Hollow-infused weapon, can also be equipped to increase the damage of any skill that causes damage by 5%. These items can be bought from the shop or crafted using the right ingredients.
Item Failure
Not all upgrades are successful. Cash shop items can be used to boost the chance of success of an upgrade or to prevent players from losing their item in the event that it is not successful.
The rate of success of an upgrade is shown in the Honing UI. The percentage is the probability of successfully upgrading an Best item upgrader. This can be increased with Additional Materials or Special materials. There are limitations on the extent to which success rates can be increased and the probability of an upgrade failing cannot be greater than 100%..
The luck of an item can also influence the success of an upgrade. Every item has an initial success rate of 25%, and every item with Luck increases that chance by an additional five percent.
It is important to note that upgrade Items (www.hulkshare.com) are rendered above the items in the inventory therefore enchantment glints and other effects may be obstructed 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.