Mastering Weapon and Armor Upgrades in Avowed: A Comprehensive Guide
Progressing through Avowed introduces increasingly challenging enemies. To maintain combat effectiveness, upgrading your gear is crucial. This guide details how to enhance weapons and armor in Avowed.
Upgrade Locations: Workbenches
Weapon and armor upgrades are performed at Workbenches (pictured above). These require specific materials depending on the item type and quality. Most materials are readily available through exploration or crafting. However, advancing a weapon's quality requires progressively rarer Adra.
Workbenches are located at Party Camps, established near Adra Waystones. Locate a Waystone, interact with it to set up camp, and the location will appear on your map (tent icon), enabling fast travel.
Understanding Weapon and Armor Levels
Avowed uses a dual-level system for gear:
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Quality: Represented by a numerical value, color, and adjective (e.g., Common - Green, Level I; Fine - Blue, Level II; Exceptional - Purple, Level III; Superb - Red, Level IV; Legendary - Gold, Level V). Matching or exceeding enemy quality is essential for optimal performance. Lower quality gear proves ineffective against higher-level foes.
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Additional Upgrade Tiers (+0 to +3): Within each Quality level, three additional upgrade tiers exist. While less impactful than Quality increases, these still boost stats. All three tiers must be maxed before advancing to the next Quality.
Strategic Upgrade Choices: Unique vs. Standard Gear
Avowed features standard and unique weapons/armor. Standard gear is common loot or merchant purchases, while unique items are named, often quest rewards or boss drops. Some merchants may sell unique gear.
Unique gear offers superior upgrade potential, reaching Legendary Quality (unlike standard gear, which maxes at Superb). They also possess unique bonuses and perks. Therefore, prioritize upgrading unique gear and use standard items temporarily, selling or disassembling them for resources to enhance your unique equipment.
In Conclusion
By strategically upgrading your unique weapons and armor at Workbenches, leveraging the Quality and additional upgrade tiers, you'll ensure your effectiveness against Avowed's increasingly difficult enemies.
Avowed is available now on PC and Xbox.
