World of Warcraft Item Upgrades

Item upgrades are a way to boost the stats of an item. Depending on the type of upgrade, it may increase the rarity of an item or mark Level, and also boost other stats.

Each item has a track to upgrade it. Each upgrade increases the price of the next item by a certain amount.

Item Level

The value of an item's basic stats increases as it is upgraded. This value is the total of all of its leveled up benefits (attack, magic attack and defense). Upgrades to items can be costly depending on the upgrader and what type of upgrade you choose to perform. This is because of how many perks need to be replaced to allow the item to be upgraded.

The level of an item is a commonly used measure of power, and is visible on all tooltips for items. It is also used to determine a gating condition when waiting for dungeons, scenarios and raids, and to limit the amount of PvP gear players can wear (since PvP is restricted to a lower level). Players can view their average level of items on their character sheet.

Utilizing the level of an item will allow players to compare the potency of gear when deciding to purchase or sell. It's a sign of the damage and its quality. The level of the item can be used to compare items when examining the inventory of a seller.

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 show the full item description, including its level. It can also be found by hovering over an item using the mouse cursor, and then entering /itemlevel into chat.

There are several theories on how the calculation of an item's level is made. 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 takes into account the fact that different perks have different values, and also that gems in sockets add to the value of the item overall. This could result in an item's ilvl calculated, which is usually very close to Blizzard's actual item level.

This is not the only thing that affects the ilvl of an item. The level of the area where the item was dropped may alter its stats. For example, it could add a level to the item's haste, or crit rating. This means that items that drop at higher levels will have more the ilvl than items from lower level instances.

Item Stats

Item stats can be the difference between a good or bad item for players. The game uses them in many ways to encourage players not to restrict themselves to a particular weapon, and to encourage players to explore other weapons. The stat mods of a weapon boost the base stats. These stat mods are then enhanced by a player's level.

Item upgrades add to that by increasing certain stats on the item. The cost of upgrades is determined by the rarity of the item. A white or grey item for instance, will only be upgraded once, while an item upgrader mod with rare tiers can be upgraded multiple times at more expensive costs.

Affixes are a different method to change an item's stats. They are stat boosters that can be added by the player to an item. The affixes can be used to give items extra damage, special capabilities (such as revitalizing dead or reducing cooling downs) or to differentiate them by adding a name.

All affixes can be re-rolled at the moment by selecting them in the upgrade window, and pressing the green button. This will cost a specific amount of gold and other items. These can be used as upgrade gauges similar to other methods of rerolling.

Players can choose to upgrade an item with a specific stat, or reroll attaches. The possible stat ranges of an item are determined by the item level, but every item level upgrade is guaranteed to have at minimum one stat within the specified range, unless it is a unique item or an item that is a God roll from a boss in a raid.

Another thing that could change is the possibility of upgrading equipment without having to roll the attaches, or select which stats to enhance. But as with base equipment, this would have to be carried out on a per-item level, and the item compare interface would not display all the possible stats either lost or gained at the same time.

Item Luck

The Luck stat for a player adds up to increase the chances of finding items and the properties that are spawned from loot drops, and the intensity of the properties. It doesn't, however directly impact damage or the ability to upgrade items. It merely gives the player a possibility to obtain better equipment earlier in the game and is thus more useful in early game runs than in later ones, since most players prefer more powerful weapon scaling and defenses over raw damage gains.

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

Armor, shields, and weapons have an initial Luck value of 40. These items can be augmented with golden ingots or spined leather (depending on their material type) to increase the value of 40 luck, or to increase the luck of the item to 140.

Certain items, such as the weapon with Hollow-infused components, can also be equipped to increase the damage dealt by any ability that deals damage by five percent. These items are available in the shops or made by using the appropriate ingredients.

Item Failure

Not all upgrades are successful. However, there are cash shop items that allow players to boost their chance of success or stop them from losing an item in the event that the upgrade fails.

When you upgrade an item, the success rate is displayed in the Honing UI. The percentage represents the chance of successfully upgrading that item, and it can be increased by adding Additional Materials or Special Materials. The probability of success can only be increased as much, and the chance that an upgrade will fail cannot be greater than 100%..

The performance of an can be affected by the luck of that item. Each item upgrade has an initial success rate of 25%, and every item that has Luck increases that chance by five percent.

Note that item upgrades are rendered above the inventory items which means that enchantment glints and other effects may be masked 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.