How To Upgrade Weapons and Armor in Avowed

Mastering Weapon and Armor Upgrades in Avowed: A Comprehensive Guide

Progressing through Avowed inevitably leads to encounters with increasingly powerful enemies. To maintain combat effectiveness, upgrading your gear is crucial. This guide details how to enhance your weapons and armor.

Upgrade Locations: Workbenches and Party Camps

Weapon and armor upgrades in Avowed are performed at Workbenches (pictured above). These require specific materials depending on the weapon/armor type and quality. Most materials are readily available through exploration or crafting. However, transitioning between Qualities necessitates progressively rarer Adra.

Workbenches are situated at Party Camps, established near Adra Waystones. Locate a Waystone, interact with it, and choose the "set up camp" option. These camps are marked on your map with a tent icon and allow for fast travel.

Understanding Weapon and Armor Levels

Avowed utilizes a dual-tiered system for gear power: Quality and Upgrade Levels.

• Quality: Represented by a numerical value, color rarity (Green, Blue, Purple, Red, Gold), and descriptive adjective. Quality directly correlates to enemy levels in the Living Lands. Lower-quality gear is ineffective against higher-level foes. Using gear of equal or superior quality is essential for optimal combat performance.

• Upgrade Levels (+0 to +3): Within each Quality tier, three additional upgrade levels exist. While less impactful than Quality increases, these still enhance stats. All three levels must be maxed before upgrading to the next Quality.

Prioritizing Upgrades: Unique vs. Standard Gear

Beyond Quality and upgrade levels, Avowed categorizes gear into standard and unique items.

• Standard Gear: Commonly found as loot or purchased from merchants. These can only be upgraded to Superb Quality.

• Unique Gear: Named items obtained through quests, boss drops, or (rarely) merchants. These can reach Legendary Quality and possess unique bonuses and perks.

Strategic Upgrade Approach: 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.