Path of Exile 2 is finally here. If you’re looking to cheese through enemies and level up faster, you might want to pick up any loot you’ve skipped on. You need to upgrade your gear in POE 2. All you need to do is pick up Quality loot and take it to the Salvage bench, and you’re good to go. Here’s an easy guide to upgrade gear in Path of Exile 2.
How To Upgrade Gear in Path of Exile 2: Upgrade Gear in POE 2 using Quality Loot
A really easy way to improve the core stats of your gear and upgrade them in POE 2 that I see a lot of new players entirely missing is using the Salvage Bench. You just need to have progressed far enough in Act One to unlock it. Once you have access to the Salvage Bench—or even before you do—start picking up and saving in your stash any loot drops that list quality right here.
Yes, this trick makes it worthwhile to sift through all those white items you’ve been leaving littered all over the ground. Even low-tier white items can be highly valuable to your progression if you bring home the ones that have that quality description. It’s also useful to buy any equipment from vendors with quality listed on them. You can type “quality” in the search bar to automatically highlight the relevant items.
After you’ve collected enough Quality Loot, turn it into “Armorer’s Scrap” at the Salvage Bench. Use the Armorer’s Scrap with the Quality Stat to upgrade your gear in POE 2.
How To Upgrade Gear in Path of Exile 2 Using the Salvage Bench
Once you’ve gathered some of that quality junk you won’t use, take it to the Salvage Bench. Crunching these items will spit out upgrade materials that you can immediately apply to either your armor or weapons. This method provides an easy, flat increase to the core stats of your character’s gear.
You can improve the quality of your equipment multiple times by doing this. By default, the quality goes up to a maximum of +20% improved stats. If you’re stuck on a tough boss, focus on finding quality items that have dropped or check vendors to grab their stock of quality gear. Converting those directly into upgraded stats for yourself is a simple way to chip away at the difficulty.
Vendor Tips for Maxing Out Quality in Path of Exile 2
Keep in mind that every vendor in every town refreshes their stock of items after your character levels up. Later in the game, it’s useful to jump around and check every vendor for quality items when you’re trying to max out every piece of your build. To sift through Quality items, go to the search tab at the bottom and type in “Quality”. This will automatically filter out weapons with the Quality stat.
