World of Warcraft Item Upgrades
Item upgrades are a way to boost the stats of an item. Depending on the upgrade type, it may raise an item's Mark level or Rarity and boost additional stats.
Each item has a track for upgrading it. Each upgrade increases the cost of the following one by a set amount.
Item Level
The value of an item's stats base increases as it is upgraded. This is the sum of all of an item's leveled-up perks (attack magic attack and defense). Upgrades can be expensive depending on the person you hire and what you decide to do. This is due to how many perks need to be replaced to allow the item to be upgraded.
It is also used to enforce gating requirements when queueing for raids, dungeons and scenarios. It can also be used as a gating requirement when waiting to queue for dungeons and scenarios, and raids, as well as to limit the amount of PvP gear a player can wear (since PvP is limited to an lower level). The average level of the item can be found in the character sheet.
The level of an item will allow players to compare the power of equipment when choosing to buy or sell. It's a sign of the item's condition and its quality. Comparing items in a vendor's stock can be done using the level of the item.
The item level can be seen by pressing the ALT key on a PC or using the left stick (L3) on XB1 and PS4. This will display the full description of the item, including its ilvl. It can also be located by hovering over an item with the mouse cursor and entering /itemlevel into chat.
There are various theories about how the item level calculation is done. One theory says that the level of an item is calculated by a formula that calculates how valuable the stats of an item really are. It takes into consideration that different advantages are valued differently and that gems found in sockets increase the value of the item. This could result in an item's ilvl which is calculated and is typically very close to Blizzards actual item level.
However, this is not the only factor that can affect an item's ilvl because the level of the region the item dropped in can alter the value of its stats, for example by adding a level to its haste or crit rating. Items dropped in higher-level instances will have a higher value.
Item Stats
Item stats are a big component of what makes or breaks an item for players. The game utilizes them in many ways to encourage players not to limit themselves to a single weapon and to encourage players to experiment with other weapons. The stat modifications of an weapon increase the base stats. These stat mods are then boosted by a player's level.
Upgrades to an item can boost its stats. The rarity of an item determines its upgrade cost. For instance, a grey or white item can only be upgraded once, while items with rare levels will be upgraded multiple times at higher prices.
Affixes are another way to change an item's stats. They are stat boosts that can be added by the player to an item. The affixes could provide the item additional damage, or add a unique ability to the item (such as reviving the dead or decreasing the cooldowns), or make the item unique by adding a special name to the item.
All affixes can be re-rolled at the moment by selecting them in the upgrade window, and pressing the green button. This process will cost the player a certain amount of gold as well as items which can be used to add to the upgrade gauge in the same manner as the other options for rerolling.
Players can choose to upgrade an item with specific stats, or reroll affixes. The possible ranges of stats for an item are determined by the level of the item, but every item is guaranteed to have at minimum one stat within that range, unless it's an exclusive item or an item that is a God roll from a boss in a raid.
Another thing that could be changed by introducing an option to upgrade the equipment without rerolling the affixes or choosing which stats to increase. But as with base equipment, this would need to be carried out on a per-item level, and the item compare interface wouldn't show all possible stats that were gained or lost at the same time.
Item Luck
The Luck stat for a player adds up to increase the odds of finding items and the properties that are spawned from loot drops, and the intensity of these properties. However, it doesn't directly impact damage or the ability to upgrade items. It gives the player the chance to upgrade equipment earlier in the game. This is more useful in early game runs since players tend to prioritize the scaling of weapons and defenses over raw damage gains.
In addition to influencing the discovery of items, Luck also increases the chance of being successful when upgrading items using the Blacksmith. This isn't to be confused with the Blacksmith’s overall upgrade chances that increase with each level of the item. It is also possible to be increased by using anti-materials such as a Scroll of Strength and a Jewel of Blessing.
Armor, shields and weapons can spawn or be crafted by using the Luck property, which has an initial value of 40. These items can be enhanced with golden ingots, spined leather, or oak boards (depending on the type of material used) to give +40 Luck or to increase the Luck of an item, up to 140.
Furthermore some items, like the Hollow weapon, which is infused with Hollow can be outfitted to increase the damage of any damage-dealing skill by five percent. These items can be purchased in the shop or created with the right ingredients.
Item Failure
Upgrades to items are costly and not every upgrade will be successful. Cash shop items can be used to boost the success rate of an upgrade or to prevent players from losing their item in the event that it is not successful.
When you upgrade an item, the success rate is shown in the Honing UI. The percentage is the chances of successfully upgrading that item and can be increased by adding Additional Materials or Special Materials. There are limitations to how much success rates can be increased, and the overall chance of an upgrade failing cannot exceed 100%.
The performance of an can be affected by the luck of the item. Each item has an average success rate of 25%, and every item with Luck increases this chance by 5%.
Note that item upgrades are rendered above the items in the inventory, so enchantment glint and other effects can be obstructed by them. If item upgrade Cases.gg wish to disable the upgrade overlays, the config option decoration.renderUpgradeOverlays can be set to False in the Item Upgrader CORE client config.