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 within the game.
Upgrade Locations: Workbenches and Party Camps
Weapon and armor upgrades are performed at Workbenches (pictured above). These require various materials depending on the item type and quality. Most materials are readily available through exploration or crafting. However, advancing an item's quality requires progressively rarer Adra.
Workbenches are situated at Party Camps, established near Adra Waystones. Locate a Waystone, interact with it, and choose the option to set up camp. These camps are marked on your map with a tent icon and offer fast travel capabilities.
Understanding Weapon and Armor Levels
Avowed employs a dual-tiered system for gear power: Quality and Upgrade Levels.
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Quality: Represented by a numerical value, color rarity (Green, Blue, Purple, Red, Gold), and descriptive adjective. This directly correlates to enemy levels in the Living Lands. Lower quality gear is ineffective against stronger enemies.
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Upgrade Levels (+0 to +3): Within each Quality tier, three additional upgrade levels exist. While less impactful than quality increases, they still boost stats. All three levels must be maxed before advancing to the next Quality.
Here's a breakdown of weapon qualities:
- Common (Green, Level I)
- Fine (Blue, Level II)
- Exceptional (Purple, Level III)
- Superb (Red, Level IV)
- Legendary (Gold, Level V)
Prioritizing Gear Upgrades: Unique vs. Standard
Avowed categorizes gear into standard and unique items.
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Standard Gear: Commonly found as loot or purchased from merchants. These can only be upgraded to Superb Quality.
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Unique Gear: Named items obtained through quests, boss drops, or occasionally from merchants. These can reach Legendary Quality and possess unique bonuses.
Strategic Upgrade Recommendation: Focus your resources on upgrading Unique weapons and armor. Standard gear serves as temporary replacements and should be sold or salvaged for upgrade materials.
Avowed is currently available on PC and Xbox.
