WoW Upgrades - The Item Upgrader
Upgrades can give you boosts in specific stats. Each upgrade increases the level of an item by +3. A random additional substat is also added to each upgrade.
Upgraded gear is generally more valuable, unless it has low requirements by nature (like FB sorc shields) or has a large variance in stats (like eth Titan weapons). Upgrades are not as important for those with higher variance due to the requirement to roll the perfect version.
Recycle Points
The item upgrade r allows players to upgrade their gear to a higher level by supplying the appropriate currency to the NPC. Upgrades can be applied to any type of weapon or armor. The item used to upgrade the item will be consumed and cannot be used again. Upgrades can also be used to create the enchantments.
The upgrader can be found in all major cities, and is accessible anytime to upgrade your gear. It is recommended that you visit the upgrader every couple of weeks to ensure that your equipment is up to date.
The cost of upgrading will depend on the current level of the equipment being upgraded but they will always be less expensive than purchasing new equipment from other sources. Upgrades such as upgrading a Benthic chest to 385 ilvl will cost you 20 recycle points. A similar item will cost you 105.
Valorstones
Upgrades are items that can be used to purchase weapon, armor, tool and accessory upgrades. They can be purchased by players through NPCs who sell upgrades for items in exchange for different currencies, and can be found in random treasure lists. Once an upgrade is purchased it can be applied to any weapon or tool with a The button will show the item's next upgrade level in the event that there are enough materials.
Upgrade costs vary depending on the slot of the item and the current item level. For instance weapons are more expensive than bracers, or gloves. Each step costs 15 Flightstones plus a specific number of crests. Some upgrades give discounts on Flightstones. After an item has been upgraded to a certain amount it can be re-downgraded and sold to the upgrader at a lower price.
Item upgraders can be found in a variety of locations on the main island as well as some outposts. The NPCs provide both an upgrade coupon as well as the chance to obtain the latest recipe. The upgrade discount increases depending on the amount of items that are being upgraded. It can also be increased by having players complete specific achievements or complete quests.
Unlike Cromwell in Baldur's Gate II, there is no upgrader for items in the beginning of Icewind Dale. The NPCs who are able to facilitate upgrades are only accessible via a variety of ways. This is both a positive and a disadvantage.
In Season 3, several new features were added to the upgrade system. Once a player obtains an upgrade to a specific item level for a particular armor slot, upgrading other items to that level will cost less even if they belong to a different gear set.
The discount is available to all accounts. The amount of Harbinger Crests required to upgrade is reduced also, but is only available when certain milestones have been reached.
Crests
When upgrading gear in WoW, players have a few options. They can choose to use Flightstones that are a common upgrade currency that is accessible to everyone players, or crests, which are more specialized and consumed during upgrades at specific item levels. Crests are the main component of the Dragonflight gear progression system, which was introduced in 10.1, and come in 4 ranks.
The first thing to remember is that crests are only available for equipment with a certain rank. Each rank has a different upgrade path. The simplest and simplest upgrade is 15 crests. The most complicated upgrade requires up to 20 crests, based on the type of equipment being upgraded.
Players can earn crests by working through content that is of the appropriate level, which means walking around and doing outdoor activities for gear of lower tiers, dungeons or raids of any difficulty for higher-tier items or Mythic+ heroic raid bosses or dungeons to obtain endgame gear. These crests can be exchanged with an upgrader like Cuzolth or Vaskarn in Valdrakken for the appropriate upgrade steps and paths.
The use of these currencies isn't too complicated, but the system will introduce a few modifications to the upgrade process. For example, once an item is at the highest level of upgrading for 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 level possible on all of their characters instead of relying on seasonal loot.
It's also essential to use crests with care, since they are only used for one purpose. For instance, it's best to make use of all your Whelpling-rank crests on the best equipment available, and then keep Drake and Wyrm crests to use for the next set of upgrades you plan to create. This is particularly true for items like rings and trinkets that fill multiple slots on the character, that will be able to benefit from the account-wide discount when all of the slots are filled with top-quality equipment.