Mastering Weapon and Armor Upgrades in Avowed: A Comprehensive Guide

Progressing through Avowed introduces increasingly formidable enemies. To maintain combat effectiveness, upgrading your gear is crucial. This guide details how to enhance weapons and armor in Avowed.

Weapon and armor upgrades are performed at Workbenches (pictured above), located at Party Camps. These camps are established near Adra Waystones scattered throughout the world. Interact with a Waystone to set up camp; the location will then appear on your map as a tent icon, enabling fast travel. Upgrades require specific materials, varying by weapon/armor type and quality. Many materials are readily available or craftable, but advancing weapon quality necessitates progressively rarer Adra.

Understanding Weapon and Armor Levels in Avowed

Gear in Avowed uses a two-tiered power level system: Quality and additional upgrade tiers.

Quality is denoted by a numerical value, color rarity (Green, Blue, Purple, Red, Gold), and descriptive adjective. This directly correlates to enemy levels in the Living Lands. Using gear with lower quality than encountered enemies significantly reduces effectiveness. Conversely, using appropriately leveled gear provides combat advantages. Here's the quality breakdown:

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

Each Quality level allows three additional upgrades (+0 to +3). While less impactful than increasing Quality, these incremental boosts are essential before advancing to the next Quality level.

Strategic Gear Upgrades: Prioritize Unique Items

Avowed features standard and unique weapons and armor. Standard gear is readily found as loot or purchased, while unique items are acquired through quests or boss encounters. Some merchants may sell unique gear.

Crucially, unique items can reach Legendary Quality, surpassing the Superb limit of standard gear. They also possess superior bonuses and perks. Therefore, prioritize upgrading unique weapons and armor, reserving resources for these valuable assets. Standard gear serves as temporary equipment between unique item acquisitions; sell or dismantle it for resources to enhance your unique gear.

This concludes your guide to upgrading weapons and armor in Avowed.

Avowed is available now on PC and Xbox.