Item Upgrades

Item upgrades
Weapons and armour both have a stat called Upgrades. The maximum upgrade level is 10.

At the beginning of an item name will be +N to show how many times an item has been upgraded. This N will not change the weapon stats but will be added to the weapon/armor stats when calculating damage in battle.

How Items Upgrade
Some items can be found already with some upgrades.

As a random event while clicking, you may encounter a blacksmith. The blacksmith will upgrade a random weapon or armour from your inventory that is not in your shop. The chance to successfully upgrade decreases with each upgrade level.

If your guild has bought the upgrade for a Guild Forge, all members that are given access to the guild forge can pay the blacksmith to attempt to upgrade a weapon in the guild armoury. The cost of upgrading increases with each upgrade level, and the success chance decreases.

Weapon Upgrades
Upgrades in weapons act as a 'guaranteed damage', piercing the enemy's armour and making it ineffective.

The minimum damage possible in a battle is 10 damage, which happens when the player's damage is less than the enemy's armour. In this case, the upgrades on the item will be added to the damage, allowing the player to deal up to 20 damage (with a +10 weapon) in one hit, even though the opponent has superior armour.

Armour Upgrades
Armour upgrades act as a counter to weapon upgrades.

To stop a +10 weapon from piercing your armour and doing extra damage, you will need a +10 armour to counter that weapon.