Mastering Weapon and Armor Upgrades in Avowed: A Comprehensive Guide

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

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 obtainable 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 uses a two-tiered system for item power: Quality and additional 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 enemies. Weapons and armor perform optimally against enemies of the same or lower quality level.

• Additional Upgrades: Within each Quality tier (+0 to +3), incremental upgrades boost stats. All three levels must be maxed before advancing to the next Quality.

Strategic Upgrade Prioritization: Unique vs. Standard Gear

Avowed features standard and Unique weapons and 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 items.

Unique gear offers superior upgrade potential, reaching Legendary Quality (unlike standard gear, which maxes at Superb). They also possess unique bonuses. Therefore, prioritize upgrading Unique items, reserving resources for these superior pieces. Standard gear serves as temporary equipment and can be sold or salvaged for upgrade materials.

In Conclusion

By strategically upgrading your Unique weapons and armor at Workbenches located in Party Camps, you'll effectively counter Avowed's escalating challenges. Remember to focus your resources on the highest-quality equipment for optimal performance.

Avowed is available now on PC and Xbox.