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| - A weapon upgrade is a permanent change to a weapon that automatically occurs upon gaining enough experience by collecting nanomites from defeated enemies in the Ratchet & Clank series. Collecting enough experience will cause a weapon to 'level up', often gaining more power, a higher fire rate or a higher maximum ammunition count. Eventually with enough levels a weapon will upgrade into an improved version, changing the design and significantly improving the way it acts in combat.
- Weapons can be upgraded once it has reached all the experience points needed. You can do this by opening your skill window (Ctrl X), clicking over to the Everyday Skills tab and choosing the Weapon button. Each upgrade will raise the weapon's level requirement by 5. You may want to hold off on upgrading if you have not reached the new level requirement. Weapon upgrades can fail and may result in the loss of the materials, damage to the weapon or weapon loss.
- Weapon upgrades (also sometimes referred to as mods) are magically enhanced weapon parts that improve the characteristics of the weapon they are applied to. Weapon upgrades can be salvaged from a weapon and applied to another weapon, as opposed to weapon modifiers, which cannot be salvaged. Weapons that do not have any upgrades on them are often called "fresh," while those with the maximum value for their upgrades are called "perfect." Upgrading weapons does not change their value at the merchant.
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| - A weapon upgrade is a permanent change to a weapon that automatically occurs upon gaining enough experience by collecting nanomites from defeated enemies in the Ratchet & Clank series. Collecting enough experience will cause a weapon to 'level up', often gaining more power, a higher fire rate or a higher maximum ammunition count. Eventually with enough levels a weapon will upgrade into an improved version, changing the design and significantly improving the way it acts in combat.
- Weapons can be upgraded once it has reached all the experience points needed. You can do this by opening your skill window (Ctrl X), clicking over to the Everyday Skills tab and choosing the Weapon button. Each upgrade will raise the weapon's level requirement by 5. You may want to hold off on upgrading if you have not reached the new level requirement. Weapon upgrades can fail and may result in the loss of the materials, damage to the weapon or weapon loss. Provider's Providence is said to affect the new bonuses (blue numbers). Using excellent quality materials may, or may not, come into play. High alchemy level may also play a role in stat bonuses and chance of success or failure of upgrades. Materials needed to be collected follow a certain pattern, much like Alchemy. A general rule of thumb is that a certain types of weapons require the same materials, e.g. Bows, Daggers, Staffs and Boxing Gloves share the same materials, as the Hunter, Thief and Martial Artist classes also use Clothing as their natural armor. They would also need refined materials from Forestry, as it is the primary material to make Clothes.
- Weapon upgrades (also sometimes referred to as mods) are magically enhanced weapon parts that improve the characteristics of the weapon they are applied to. Weapon upgrades can be salvaged from a weapon and applied to another weapon, as opposed to weapon modifiers, which cannot be salvaged. Weapons that do not have any upgrades on them are often called "fresh," while those with the maximum value for their upgrades are called "perfect." Upgrading weapons does not change their value at the merchant. A weapon can contain a maximum of 2 upgrades (one "prefix" and one "suffix"), plus one inscription. A weapon has an upgrade on it if it has a prefix or suffix added to the weapon's name. For instance, if a Fiery Sword Hilt were applied to a Long Sword, it would be called a Fiery Long Sword. If a Sword Pommel of Defense were then applied, it would be called a Fiery Long Sword of Defense. Shields, focus items, and wands found outside Elona or areas in the Eye of the North expansion cannot be upgraded. The modifiers on shields, focus items, and wands found in other parts of the game are fixed and can't be salvaged or replaced with other upgrade components. Upgrades have the following inventory icons and names:
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