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World of Warcraft Item Upgrades

Item upgrades are a way to boost the stats of an item. Based on the type of upgrade it could increase an item's Mark Level or Rarity, and also boost other stats.

Each item comes with a track for upgrading it. Each upgrade increases the cost of the next item by a specific amount.

Item Level

The value of an item's base stats increases as it is upgraded. The value is the sum of all the upgraded benefits (attack, magic attack and defense). Upgrades can be expensive depending on who you hire and what you do. This is due to the sheer number of perks that need to be altered to upgrade an item.

It can also be used as a gating requirement while queueing for dungeons, raids and scenarios. It is also used to limit how much PvP gear players are able to wear since PvP is not available at a lower level. Players can view their average level of item on their character sheet.

Using the item level can help players compare the strength of equipment when they decide to buy or sell. It's an excellent gauge of an item's worth and the amount of damage it will be capable of causing. The level of an item can be used to evaluate items when looking at a vendor's inventory.

The item level can be viewed by pressing the ALT key on your PC or using the left stick (L3) on XB1 and PS4. This will show the item's full description, including the ilvl. You can also locate it by hovering over an item and typing /itemlevel into chat.

There are a few theories about how the item level calculation is done. One theory is that the item level is a number derived from a formula that calculates the amount an item's stats are worth. It takes into consideration that different advantages are valued differently and that gems in sockets increase the value of the item. This could result in an item's ilvl calculated, which is typically very close to Blizzard's actual item level.

However, this isn't the only factor that affects an item's ilvl, since the size of the area the item is dropped into can change the value of its stats, such as by adding an amount to its crit rating or haste rating. Items that drop in higher-level instances will have a higher ilvl.

Item Stats

The stats of an item can be the difference between a good or bad item for players. The game makes use of them in various ways to encourage players to not limit themselves to a single weapon and to encourage them to try out other weapons. The stat mods on an weapon increase the base stats. These stat mods are then boosted by the player's level.

Upgrades to an item may boost its stats. The upgrade costs are determined by the rarity of the item. A white or grey item for instance, will only be upgraded one time, while an item with rare tiers can be upgraded multiple times at higher prices.

Another way to change the stats of an item is through affixes. They are stat boosters that can be added by the player to an item. The affixes could provide the item extra damage, or give a specific ability to the item (such as reviving the dead or cutting down the cooldowns), or make the item unique by putting an exclusive name to the item.

Presently, all affixes are able to be modified by selecting them in the upgrade window and pressing the green button with circles arrows. This procedure will cost the player a specific amount of gold and other items which can be used to add to the upgrade gauge in the same way as the other options for rerolling.

In addition to Rerolling affixes and rerolls, players can select which stats to be kept on an item when it is upgraded. The possible ranges of stats for an item are determined by the level of the item, however every item is guaranteed to have at least one stat within that range, unless it's an exclusive item or the result of a God roll from a boss in a raid.

This is another thing that could be altered by adding an option to upgrade the equipment without rerolling the affixes or deciding which stats to boost. As with base equipment, it must be done per item and the item comparison interface would not display all the possible stats simultaneously.

Item Luck

A player's Luck stat stacks up to increase the odds of item discoveries as well as the properties that appear on loot drops and the intensity of the properties. It doesn't, however, directly affect damage or the ability to  upgrade item s. It simply gives the player a possibility to obtain better gear in earlier waves, and is therefore more beneficial in the early game than in later ones, since most players prefer more powerful weapon scaling and defenses over damage gains.

Luck can also boost the chances of upgrading items at the Blacksmith. This isn't to be confused with the Blacksmith's overall chance of upgrading, which increase with each item level. These can also be increased with the use of anti-materials such as a Scroll of Strength and a Jewel of Blessing.

Armor, shields and weapons can be made or spawn by using the Luck property, with an initial value of 40. These items can be enhanced with golden ingots, or spined leather (depending on their material type) to add another 40 luck or to boost the luck of the item to 140.

Furthermore some items, like the Hollow weapon, which is infused with Hollow can be outfitted to increase the damage dealt by any damage-dealing skill by five percent. These items can be purchased in the shops or made by using the appropriate ingredients.

Item Failure

Item upgrades are expensive and not all upgrades will succeed. However, there are cash shop items that allow players to boost their chances of success or even prevent them from losing an item if the upgrade fails.

When you upgrade an item, the success rate is displayed in the Honing UI. The percentage is the probability of successfully upgrading the item. This can be increased by using Additional Materials or Special materials. The probability of success can only be increased by so much, and the chance that an upgrade will fail can't exceed 100%..

The Luck of an item can also influence the success of an upgrade. Every item has an initial success rate of 25% and each item with Luck increases the chance of success by five percent.

Note that item upgrades are rendered above the inventory items which means that enchantment glints and other effects can be obstructed by the overlays. 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.