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Cost of Upgrading Gear

Upgrades
The percentage of wear left on a weapon or armor has an effect on the price of upgrading. The higher % of wear your item has, the more expensive the upgrade. At the lower levels the difference may not amount to much, but as you approach level 20 and after, this can make quite a difference.

  • Items with Gems embedded cost 25% more to upgrade than regular items
  • Items infused with Special Metals cost 25% more to upgrade than regular items
  • Items with both Gems and Special Metals cost 50% more to upgrade than regular items

Conversion
When infusing/embedding an existing weapon, you will be charged for all the upgrades that weapon currently has at either a 35% or 70% rate. This is best explained through examples:

  • To embed a Gem in a level 10 Spear, it will cost the amount of Gold equal to all the past upgrades times 35%.
  • To both embed a Gem and infuse Ice Metal into a level 20 Breastplate, it will cost the amount of Gold equal to all the past upgrades times 70%.

This means it is about 14% cheaper to start with a weapon that is crafted with a Gem and special metal infusion and upgrade it from level 0, than it will be to convert it at a later date. Using Platinum, the gem or metal infused to a weapon or armor can be changed.

After the conversion process, future upgrades will be at the 25% or 50% increased rate.

A more detailed explanation of how cost (at any percentage) is determined can be found here

Upgrade Costs

These are the costs for upgrading any weapon or armor at 1%
The first column, "Level" is the level the item is being upgraded to. (Not starting at)
The second column, "Costs" is the cost to upgrade a weapon or armor which has no metal or gem infused to it.
The third column, "Cumulative Cost" is the cost of all upgrades for a non infused weapon or armor added together.
The fourth column, "Cost to Infuse" is the cost to add a metal or a gem (or both) to a weapon or armor at each level.
The fifth column, "Infused Costs" is the cost to upgrade a weapon or armor which has a single infusion (A gem or a metal)
The sixth column, "Infused Cumulative" is the cost of all upgrades for a weapon or armor which has a single infusion (A gem or a metal)
The seventh column, "Double Infused" is the cost to upgrade a weapon or armor which has BOTH a gem and a metal infused to it.
The eighth column, "Double Infused Cumulative" is the total cost to upgrade a weapon or armor with both a gem and a metal infused to it for each level.

Level Costs Cumulative Cost Cost To Infuse Infused Costs Infused Cumulative Double Infused Cost Double Infused Cumulative
+2150150105200200250250
+3301451245401601501751
+45269774907011,3028761,627
+59781,9559451,3032,6051,6283,255
+61,8803,8351,8202,5055,1103,1306,385
+72,2566,0912,8703,0068,1163,75610,141
+82,6328,7234,0953,50711,6234,38214,523
+93,15911,8825,5654,20915,8325,25919,782
+103,76015,6427,3155,01020,8426,26026,042
+114,43720,0799,3805,91226,7547,38733,429
+125,18925,26811,7956,91433,6688,63942,068
+136,01731,28514,5958,01741,68510,01752,085
+146,91938,20417,8159,21950,90411,51963,604
+157,89746,10121,49010,52261,42613,14776,751
+168,95055,05125,65511,92573,35114,90091,651
+1710,07865,12930,34513,42886,77916,778108,429
+1811,28176,41035,59515,031101,81018,781127,210
+1912,56088,97041,44016,735118,54520,910148,120
+2013,914102,88447,69018,539137,08423,164171,284
+2117,674120,55856,14023,549160,63329,424200,708
+2228,955149,51369,61538,580199,21348,205248,913
+2362,799212,31298,84083,674282,887104,549353,462
+24164,330376,642175,315218,955501,842273,580627,042
+25468,924845,566393,540624,7991,126,641780,6741,407,806
+261,842,3302,968,9712,301,9553,709,761


a somewhat more detailed spreadsheet is available here