Upping rare boots (about lvl req)

[TheBigClown]

Upping rare boots (about lvl req)

I got a pair of boots that I want to upgrade for a lvl 30 kicker, but I not sure if the boots will get a new lvl req.

Rune Tread Greaves (lvl req 29):
30% fr/w
+4 dex
24% cold resist
31% fire resist
Half freeze duration

Will they still be lvl req 29 after upping?

 

[Pillz]

Re: Upping rare boots (about lvl req)

No. Upping from normal to exceptional adds 5 levels to the req and going from excep to elite adds 7 to the req.

 

[sirpoopsalot]

Re: Upping rare boots (about lvl req)

In addition to the +5/+7 from the upgrade itself, the required level will be increased to the new item base-type.

For example, Ribcracker Quarterstaff has a level requirement of 31. But if you upgrade it to a Stalagmite the level requirement is now 56 - because 49 is the lowest you can use any stalagmite, and it still gets the +7 for the upgrade recipe = new required level of 56.


In the case of your boots, I'm not certain if the +5 for upgrading to exceptional will be applied to the current level requirement (29+5= 34) or the base item type Warboots (25+5 = 30). It might actually be the latter, but I never really tested it. But if you upgrade them all the way to Myrmidon Greaves, the level requirement would definitely go all the way to 65+12 = 77.

 

[krischan]

Re: Upping rare boots (about lvl req)

The +5 penalty will be applied in any case, so the new level req will be 34 when upgraded to exceptional. I'm just not sure when the +5 gets added on an upgrade to elite. The level req of myrmidon greaves is 65, to the new level req should be either 77 (if the +5 are applied after doing the upgrade to elite, just like the +7... which is what I'm assuming) or 72 then (if the +5 come before the upgrade to elite).

 

[sirpoopsalot]

Re: Upping rare boots (about lvl req)

Double-upgrades combine to make +12 required levels over base. I'm sure of that much.