What Freud Can Teach Us About Item Upgrade

WoW Upgrades - The Item Upgrader

Upgrades give you an increase in specific statistics. Each upgrade increases the item level by +3. A random additional substat is also added to each upgrade.

Upgraded gear is generally more valuable, unless the item is not required by nature (like FB sorc shields) or a high stat variance (like eth Titan weapons). These types of gear get less value from upgrading due to the necessity to roll for a perfect model.

Recycle Points

The item upgrader lets players upgrade their gear by transferring the currency to an NPC. Upgrades can be applied to any kind of weapon or armor. However, the item used for the upgrade will be consumed for the duration of time and will not be able to be used again. Upgrades can also be used to create enchantments.

The upgrader is located in every major city, and can be visited at any time to upgrade your equipment. To ensure that your equipment is up-to-date, it is recommended that you visit the upgrader every several weeks.

The cost of upgrading will be based on the current item level of the gear being upgraded however, they will always be less expensive than buying new equipment from other sources. Upgrades like upgrading a Benthic chest to the level of ilvl385 will cost you 20 recycle points. If you purchase a similar item, it will cost you 105.

Valorstones

Upgrades are items that can be used for weapon, armor, tool and accessory upgrades. They are purchased by players from NPCs that sell upgrades to items in exchange for various currencies, and can be found in random treasure lists. Once an upgrade has been purchased, it can be applied to any weapon, tool, or armor with the help of button, which displays an item's preview at the next upgrade level if the player has sufficient materials.

The cost of upgrades varies based on the slot of the item and current item level as well as the level of the weapon, which is more than bracers or gloves, for instance. Each upgrade cost 15 Flightstones plus a certain number of crests. Certain upgrades provide discounts on Flightstones. Once an item has been upgraded to a certain level it can be re-downgraded and sold to the upgrader for a lower price.

Upgraders for items are available in many places, including the main island, as well as a few outposts. The NPCs offer an upgrade coupon and the possibility of obtaining the latest recipe. The discount for upgrades increases depending on the amount of items that are being upgraded. It can also be boosted by having players complete specific achievements or quests.

Icewind Dale does not have an  item upgrade r at the beginning, unlike Cromwell from Baldur's gate II. The NPCs who can facilitate upgrades are only available through a variety means. This is both a benefit and a disadvantage.

In Season 3, many new features were added to the upgrade system. After a player has earned an upgrade to a specific level for an item in an armor slot, upgrading other items to that level will be less expensive, even if they are part of an entirely different set of gear.

The amount of Valorstones needed to upgrade is reduced and the discount is affixed to all accounts. The amount of Harbinger Crests required to upgrade is also reduced and is not available until players have reached certain achievement milestones.

Crests

When upgrading equipment in WoW, players have a variety of choices. They can choose to use Flightstones which are a common upgrade currency that is accessible to everyone, or crests, which are more specialized and are consumed during upgrades at specific levels of items. Crests are an integral part of the Dragonflight Gear Progression System that was introduced in version 10.1. They come in four ranks.

The first thing to remember is that Crests are only available to equipment of a certain rank. Each rank comes with distinct upgrade paths. The simplest and simplest upgrade costs 15 crests. The most complex upgrade requires up to 20 crests, contingent on the kind of gear that is being upgraded.

Players can earn crests by finishing content at the appropriate level. This could mean doing outdoor activities, or by taking on dungeons and raids of all difficulties to get lower-tier gear or Mythicbosses of raids or dungeons that have a high difficulty to obtain endgame gear. These crests are then exchanged with an upgrader for the item like Cuzolth or Vaskarn, in Valdrakken to upgrade the item in the proper steps and routes.

The new currency system isn't too difficult to use, but it does bring some changes to the process of upgrading. For instance, when a piece of equipment reaches the highest upgrade level of any rank (Explorer, Adventurer, Veteran, Champion, Hero, or Mythic) it won't need Flightstones to be upgraded. This change allows players to upgrade their gear to the highest possible level on all their characters rather than relying on seasonal loot.

Another notable change is that crests only have one usage and it's crucial 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 keep Drake and Wyrm crests for the next batch of upgrades you plan to make. This is especially applicable to trinkets and rings that occupy multiple slots on the character, which can only be eligible to benefit from the account-wide discount if all of the slots are filled with high-quality equipment.