Is it possible to level up gear?

[Shocknfunk]

Little more context: I have a lvl 8 unique item and wondered if you can “level up” the gear to match your level.

[5ean5ean]

No

[royal]

I guess only corrupting with "Vaal Orb" is possible

[Wild]

Nope, they stay that way, even if it dropped from level 90 mobs.

[5ean5ean]

Put it in your stash and use it to level up another character or sell it

[Viper]

there are gems (consumables) that increase rarity and add new perks to equipment.

[Nico]

Nope, the item level depends on where the item dropped and can't be changed. Btw, the item level itself only determines the tiers of modifiers you can roll on an item. So leveling up an old item wouldn't really help much anyways, especialy since you usually already put many modifiers on your old items as you certainly wouldn't just keep a white item for ages just to maybe craft on it much later on. What you would truely want is get better base items, but those can only drop in higher level areas.

Also, in case of uniques ... the item level does not matter at all. All Uniques have fixed base items and fixed modifier tiers. The Item level on them does literally nothing. Even when it would be an item lvl 100 unique, as long as it's the same unique it has the same modifiers with the same ranges.

[Shocknfunk]

Aye aye, thank ye for responses. I’ll just disenchant it at some point.