"Upgrading Weapons and Armor in Avowed: A Guide"

As you journey through *Avowed*, you'll encounter increasingly challenging enemies. To maintain your effectiveness in combat, upgrading your gear to match or surpass these foes is crucial. Here’s a comprehensive guide on how to upgrade your weapons and armor in *Avowed*.

Where To Upgrade Weapons and Armor in Avowed

In *Avowed*, you'll upgrade your weapons and armor at the Workbench, as shown in the image above. Each upgrade requires specific materials, which vary depending on the type and Quality of the item you're enhancing. While most materials are readily available in the game world or can be crafted, upgrading a weapon or armor to a higher Quality level demands progressively rarer forms of Adra.

Workbenches are located at Party Camps, which you can establish near Adra Waystones found throughout the world. Interact with an Adra Waystone and choose to set up a Party Camp. These locations will then appear on your map with a tent icon, allowing you to fast travel to them for easy access to upgrading facilities.

How Weapon and Armor Leveling Works in Avowed

In *Avowed*, the power level of weapons and armor is tracked in two ways: the main one being Quality. Quality is denoted by a numerical value, a color rarity, and an adjective. The numerical value and color rarity align with the levels of enemies in the Living Lands. Gear with a lower color rarity and numerical value will be less effective against higher-level enemies.

When facing enemies whose level exceeds your gear's Quality, you'll find your weapons dealing less damage and your armor offering less protection. However, gear provides bonuses when used against enemies of the same or lower level. Upgrading your weapons and armor to keep pace with enemy levels is essential for staying competitive in combat. Here are the different weapon qualities in *Avowed*:

• Common Quality – Green, Level I
• Fine Quality – Blue, Level II
• Exceptional – Purple, Level III
• Superb – Red, Level IV
• Legendary – Gold, Level V

Within each Quality, you can further upgrade your weapons and armor up to three additional times, marked as +0 through +3. These upgrades enhance the stats of your gear, though not as significantly as increasing the Quality. All three additional levels must be upgraded before you can elevate the Quality of a weapon or armor piece.

Avowed Weapon and Armor Additional Upgrades Explained

Each Quality level of gear in *Avowed* offers three additional upgrade tiers. These upgrades, while less impactful than a Quality increase, still provide valuable stat boosts. It's important to complete all three additional upgrades within a Quality level before attempting to upgrade to the next Quality.

Which Weapons and Armor Should You Upgrade in Avowed?

In *Avowed*, weapons and armor are categorized into standard and Unique types. Standard gear is commonly found throughout the world, either as loot or available for purchase from Merchants. Unique gear, on the other hand, consists of named, special items often obtained through Main or Side Quests, or dropped by defeated bosses or bounties. Some Merchants may also sell a limited selection of Unique items.

Unique weapons and armor can be upgraded to Legendary Quality, surpassing the Superb Quality limit of standard items. Additionally, Unique gear comes with extra bonuses and perks, making them far more valuable than standard gear. Therefore, it's advisable to focus your resources on upgrading Unique weapons and armor. Standard gear should be treated as disposable, used until you acquire and upgrade Unique items, and then sold to Merchants for Skeyt or dismantled for resources to further enhance your Unique gear.

And that’s how to upgrade weapons and armor in *Avowed*.

*Avowed is available now on PC and Xbox.*