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WoW Upgrades - The Item Upgrader

Upgrades will give you a boost to certain stats. Each upgrade increases item level by +3. Each upgrade items also boosts a random substat.

The upgraded gear is usually more useful, unless the item is not required by nature (like FB sorc shields) or a high stat variance (like eth Titan weapons). Upgrades are less useful for the latter due to the requirement to roll an exact version.

Recycle Points

The item upgrader allows players to upgrade items gear to a higher level by supplying the appropriate currency to the NPC. Upgrades can be applied to any kind of armor or weapon. However, the item used to upgrade will be consumed forever and cannot be used again. Upgrades can also be used to create enchantments.

You can upgrade your equipment anytime by visiting the upgrader in any major city. It is recommended to visit the upgrader every few weeks to ensure that your equipment is up-to-date.

Upgrades can cost more based on the level of the item level upgrade however they'll always be less expensive than purchasing new gear. Upgrades such as upgrading a Benthic chest to the level of ilvl385 will cost you 20 recycle points. A similar item will cost you 105.

Valorstones

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

The upgrade cost depends on the slot of the item and current item level as well as the level of the weapon, which is more than gloves or bracers, for instance. Each step costs 15 Flightstones and a variety of crests, with certain upgrades offering discounts to lower the cost of the Flightstones or crests used. After an item upgrades has been upgraded to a certain amount it is able to be degraded and returned to the upgrader for a lesser amount of both currencies.

Upgraders for items are available in many places including the main island as well as some outposts. The NPCs offer an upgrade coupon as well as the chance to obtain a new recipe. The discount for upgrades increases depending on the amount of items being upgraded, and can be increased by having players complete some specific achievements or quests.

In contrast to Cromwell in Baldur's Gate II, there is no upgrader for items at the beginning of Icewind Dale. Instead, the NPCs that are available to help with upgrades are acquired via a variety of means which is both an improvement as well as a disadvantage.

In Season 3, several new features have been added to the upgrade system. Once a player has upgraded to a specific level for an armor slot upgrading other items to the same item level, will cost less. This is regardless of whether the items are from a different set of equipment.

The amount of Valorstones needed to upgrade is reduced and the discount is account-wide. The amount of Harbinger Crests required to upgrade items is reduced also, but is only available when certain milestones are reached.

Crests

When it comes to upgrading gear in WoW players have a variety of choices. Flightstones are a currency that is available to everyone who wants to upgrade. Crests are more specialized and are utilized during specific item level upgrades. Crests are a key element of the Dragonflight gear progression system introduced in 10.1, and come in 4 ranks.

The first thing to be aware of is that crests are only able to be spent on gear of a specific rank, and that every rank has different requirements for upgrading. The simplest and most straightforward upgrade route costs 15 crests while the most complex can require as much as 20 crests based on the type of gear that is being upgraded.

Players can earn crests by working through tasks at the appropriate level. This could be by doing outdoor activities, or by taking on dungeons and raids of any difficulty to earn lower-tier gear or Mythic+ raid bosses or dungeons that have a high difficulty for endgame gear. The crests can later be exchanged at an upgrader NPC, like Cuzolth in Dornogal, or Vaskarn in Valdrakken to obtain the appropriate upgrade paths and steps.

The new currency system isn't complicated to use, however it will bring some changes to the upgrade process. For example, once a piece of equipment reaches the highest upgrade level of any rank (Explorer, Adventurer, Veteran, Champion, Hero, or Mythic), it won't require Flightstones to be upgraded. This change is intended to allow players to upgrade their equipment to the highest level possible for all their characters rather than relying solely on seasonal loot.

Another important change is that crests only have one purpose, so it's important to use them wisely. It's best to use your Whelpling-rank Crests on the highest-quality gear you can find and save Drake and Wyrm Crests to be used for the next set of upgrades. This is particularly true for items like rings and trinkets that fill multiple slots on the character that will be able to take advantage of the account-wide discount when all slots are full of high-quality gear.