Guild Wars 2 Item Upgrade
Item upgrade, commonly referred to as "upping," improves an item's stats. Each upgrade increment boosts the stat linearly.
Players can recycle up to six items at once to gain a level gauge for each of the upgraded components. The cost of recycling an item scales with its rarity and level.
Upgrade components
In Guild Wars 2, an upgrade to an item is a method to increase the stats on your weapon and armor. This can be accomplished by a variety of methods such as using upgrade components or increasing an item's rarity or mark level. Many items can also be reforged to boost their stats.
You can purchase upgradeable items throughout the game. They are available all over the world as well as rewards for missions. They can also be crafted by players. Upgrade components are the main way to upgrade equipment. These are the items that slot into equipment. Most equipment has slots to upgrade, and many require a certain level of upgrade. Some upgrade components provide specific bonuses, while others offer a general bonus.
There are many types of upgrade components in the game, including universal upgrades, inscriptions, and jewels. Universal upgrades, such as gemstones and enchantments, can be placed in any equipment type and offer fewer bonuses than those that are equipment type specific to the type of equipment. Glyphs are only available in gathering tools. They offer a range of bonuses, from increasing the speed of an item's gathering to providing extra crafting material.
To upgrade an item, simply select it in your inventory, then open the Upgrade window. The preview will appear on the right-hand side of the screen. It will display the expected statistics after the upgrade. The Upgrade button at the bottom will show blocked if you don't have enough of either.
The upper-right corner displays the number of upgrade components required for the specific item. The cost of upgrading increases depending on the rarity and level of the item. However you can lower the cost by purchasing upgrades from a vendor or trading them with other players.
Most weapons can be upgraded with a prefix upgrade, such as an insignia, or a rune, and a lot of them can be upgraded using an upgrade suffix. These upgrades change the name of the item to add an adjective, for example 'Radiant' or 'Minor Vigor.' The exceptions are the noninscribable wands, shields and foci from the Prophecies and Factions campaigns, which cannot be upgraded with any mods at all.
Glyphs
Glyphs can be used to convey information via visuals. They are animated to grab the attention of the viewers and trigger interest in the brain. The animation of glyphs mimics body language, making them even more effective at conveying a message across linguistic barriers. Glyphs can also trigger a feeling of familiarity in the brain, which increases retention of the message.
Each glyph increases the value of a stat by certain amount. This is shown on the item when you open it in the Glyph Storage. This is the highest value that a glyph could enhance a stat by but not the amount it actually increases it by. The value of the glyph depends on the tier and the quality of the item you are admiring.
The majority of upgrade components added to items cannot be removed or replaced without removing them, with the exception of legendary upgrades and equipment. However, if you have an unusable rune or glyph that hasn't yet been applied to your gear, you can move it to another piece of equipment by using the upgrade Glyphs context menu within the Glyphs panel. This will create an Glyph Set that includes the selected glyph.
If you want to remove the glyph from an item, you will need to save it using the help of a Black Lion Salvage Kit or Ascended Salvage Tool. The item where the glyph is located will be destroyed, however the upgraded item can be recovered with the glyph shards.
The addition of a glyph to an item may cause it to become unstable and the shards that are left of that glyph will disappear from your inventory once you remove the item. You can also apply the glyph on your equipment to provide an additional benefit. Deferred Damage, for example can be used to store damage and then be dealt out slowly to the wearer instead of all at once. This is helpful for players who take a lot damage from their enemies but do not want to be overwhelmed.
Reroll tokens
Reroll tokens are used to alter the affixes of weapons and equipment. They can be obtained from a variety of sources, such as mysterious boxes, rare drops from skulled monsters or by killing bosses. Every reroll grants the player a random affix that is typically better than what they had before. Reroll tokens can also be used to upgrade weapon stats to cause more damage or bonuses.
Items that have been rerolled do not appear in the upgrade menu, however they can still receive upgrades. When you press the "upgrade button" you can recycle the rerolled items. This will change the layout of the item's window, and allow up to six items be chosen to recycle. Recycling an item can add a small amount of points to its gauge of level. This amount is determined by the item's rarity and its level, therefore items with higher levels are more valuable to recycle than lower level ones.
In addition to tokens for rerolls, players can make use of Star Remnants and Reroll Tokens to roll the traits of a weapon in an upgraded unit. Rerolls roll the % chance of a weapon trait. If it is higher, the weapon will be upgraded. If it is lower, it remains the same. Weapons can be repeated up to three times.
Rerolling is a great option to upgrade an item. However, players must be aware of the fact that the total ilvl is diminished by the number of that it took to reroll it to the final level. This reduction effect is most effective on ring items and Diadems, which have no competing ilvl-raising options.
Some players have complained that the reroll system is expensive. It's more fair to allow players to pay for it using money or food items that would allow players to make changes to their builds without having to invest too much time. However the paid rerolls aren't something the developers are planning to implement at this point in the game's development. Instead, they plan to include an option to change the race in the near future.
Leveling
There are a number of ways to increase the level of an upgrade for an item. The first is to increase the amount of upgrade that increases the value of upgrading any stat. The second is to increase the upgrade effect which increases the damage or heal of a given stat. Finally you have the option to upgrade the base item to a more powerful upgrade type. After this the new item will maintain its iLevel but it will have the upgrade effects of the upgraded type of item.
When you upgrade item s, it is important to remember that upgrades are not guaranteed. In the majority of cases, a better roll is determined by glyphs. However there are occasions when a greater or special roll can occur. Additionally, the iLevel of the upgrade will be determined by the item type and if you upgrade a unique or rare item to a unique type, it could get a higher iLevel.
Upgrades can be costly Particularly if you're upgrading equipment from the standard track to legendary. The cost of upgrading an item will depend on the iLevel it's built upon as well as the number of levels to upgrade. Some upgrade tracks also require crests to be completed in order to move on to the next level.
If you're lucky the upgraded item will reach the highest level on its upgrade track and unlock an additional benefit. This will increase the item's upgrade value. The bonus effect is different with each upgrade level. Generally speaking, the upgrade effect is increased by a number of +3.
The iLevel also changes depending on the item's upgrade path and base level. For example an item that has been upgraded from being a scarce or exclusive item to an extraordinary one is likely to gain the Enhanced Defence of the new base item.