How often can you upgrade?

[Mr Nightmare]

Your Weapons and your Clothes - like is there a limit to it? Sometimes i upgrade and i only gain like +1, +2 difference like it doesnt feel like its worth for all the stuff i need for it. Like for example the starting Iconic Pistol that you get from the Gun dealer, i upgraded that weapon like 4 times but the rarity of it didnt change and i only gained a couple of extra damage ... thats it. This whole system is just really confusing me.

[Wabbajack]

Upgrading weapon/clothes does not change the rarity. However you could "upgrade" the Iconic weapons rarity through the craft menu after you unlock the skill to craft epic and legendary item. For other weapons/clothing you need to find the schematics, but it doesn't upgrade the rarity, instead it will create a brand new weapon/clothing.

[Mr Nightmare]

Originally posted by Wabbajack:

Upgrading weapon/clothes does not change the rarity. However you could "upgrade" the Iconic weapons rarity through the craft menu after you unlock the skill to craft epic and legendary item. For other weapons/clothing you need to find the schematics, but it doesn't upgrade the rarity, instead it will create a brand new weapon/clothing.

So can i basically upgrade any weapon/clothing to legendary sooner or later if i have the Perks for it or does this only work for the Iconic stuff?

edit: so it seems like its not even worth to upgrade weapons that are not Iconic since i often loot the same type of weapon on an enemies body that has better stats than the upgraded one.

[Se7enist]

Yeah, to upgrade rarity, you have to craft another iconic item and it will destroy your previous one for the upgraded version. And the main limit to upgrading seems to just be your crafting skill and how many materials you have on hand. I've taken to disassembling any weapons I don't plan on using (LMGs, SMGs, etc) but only if they put me over carrying capacity. Still gotta make them Eddies.

[(ADORA)ble 🌈👊]

It seems to me that it's better to find common weapons than legendary as the upgrade requirements are SO insanely high for legendary.

[Enorats]

Every time you upgrade a weapon or armor the costs basically double. Honestly, you're better off not even bothering.

All you're really doing is raising the level of the item, which for some reason the game hides from us. If you simply kill enemies that are your level (or higher) you'll get weapons that are at that level without any upgrading.

As for iconic, just craft a new one. You can craft a purple version, then destroy that to make a legendary version. It's a bit silly, but I've found it's often cheaper to just make a new weapon entirely after awhile, as the upgrade costs get too expensive.

[SirKnechtalot]

I think you can upgrade an item 5(?) times. Higher rarity´ll yield higher increases as far as i´ve noticed.
It´s way cheaper than buying legendary stuff (~50k+ for assault rifles f.ex.)

[SirKnechtalot]

Originally posted by Enorats:

If you simply kill enemies that are your level (or higher) you'll get weapons that are at that level without any upgrading.

I found a rare iconic gun and used it for ~ten levels. Only now it´s kinda outdated. I upgraded it several times. Although legendary upgrade items´re realy rare i think it´s the way to go if you aren´t interested in constantly looking for new gear.

[Arden]

I used to upgrade weapons the first 15 levels because you end up with much higher damage than the ones you find.

At level 15-20 it's better to find blueprints for purple and legendary items and craft those. You can buy mats from the vendors. Why is it better? Because they have more mod sockets and damage mods are very strong on some weapons. Same goes for clothes. A 20 armor item with 4 sockets is much better than 120 armor item with 1 socket because of the armadillo mod.