"Upgrading Weapons and Armor in Avowed: A Guide"

As you delve deeper into the world of *Avowed*, you'll inevitably face higher-level enemies. To maintain your edge in combat, upgrading your weapons and armor to match or exceed these foes is crucial. Here's a comprehensive guide on how to upgrade your gear in *Avowed*.

Where to Upgrade Weapons and Armor in Avowed

In *Avowed*, the key to upgrading your weapons and armor lies at the Workbench, as shown in the image above. Each upgrade demands specific materials, varying based on the type and Quality of the item. These materials can be found scattered throughout the game world or crafted. However, transitioning a weapon or piece of armor from one Quality to another requires increasingly rare forms of Adra.

Workbenches are conveniently located at Party Camps. To establish a Party Camp, you'll need to find an Adra Waystone in the game world. Once you interact with an Adra Waystone, you can choose to set up a camp. These camps will then appear on your map marked with a tent icon, allowing you to fast travel to them for easy access to your Workbench.

How Weapon and Armor Leveling Works in Avowed

In *Avowed*, the power level of your weapons and armor is determined by two main factors: Quality and additional upgrades. Quality is represented by a numerical value, a color rarity, and an adjective. This Quality directly correlates with the level of enemies you'll encounter in the Living Lands. Gear with a lower Quality than the enemies you're facing will be less effective in combat.

When your gear's Quality is lower than that of your enemies, you'll notice diminished damage output and reduced protection. However, your weapons and armor receive bonuses when used against enemies of the same or lower level. To keep pace with the escalating difficulty, it's essential to upgrade your gear to match the increasing enemy levels. Here's a breakdown of the 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 enhance your weapons and armor through three additional upgrade tiers, marked as +0 through +3. These upgrades incrementally boost your gear's stats, though not as significantly as changing Quality. Importantly, you must complete all three additional upgrades within a Quality before you can elevate the item to the next Quality level.

Avowed Weapon and Armor Additional Upgrades Explained

Each Quality level of your gear in *Avowed* allows for three additional upgrades, labeled +0 to +3. While these upgrades don't offer the same dramatic improvements as a Quality increase, they still enhance your gear's performance. Remember, you need to max out these upgrades before you can advance to the next Quality level.

Which Weapons and Armor Should You Upgrade in Avowed?

In *Avowed*, weapons and armor are categorized into standard and Unique items. Standard gear is plentiful, found as loot or purchased from Merchants. Unique gear, on the other hand, consists of named, special items often obtained through Main or Side Quests, or as drops from bosses or bounties. Some Merchants may also sell a limited selection of Unique items.

Unique gear can be upgraded to Legendary Quality, surpassing the Superb Quality cap of standard items. Additionally, Unique items come with extra bonuses and perks, making them far more valuable. Therefore, it's advisable to focus your resources on upgrading Unique weapons and armor. Standard gear should be treated as temporary, used until you can acquire and enhance Unique items. Consider selling or dismantling standard gear to gather resources for your Unique upgrades.

And that's the complete guide on how to upgrade weapons and armor in *Avowed*.

*Avowed is available now on PC and Xbox.*