How To Upgrade Weapons and Armor in Avowed

Author: Eleanor Mar 05,2025

Mastering Weapon and Armor Upgrades in Avowed: A Comprehensive Guide

Progressing through Avowed introduces increasingly challenging enemies. To maintain combat effectiveness, upgrading your gear is crucial. This guide details how to enhance your weapons and armor.

Image of a Workbench at a Party Camp in Avowed, used to upgrade weapons and armor

Upgrade Locations: Workbenches and Party Camps

Weapon and armor upgrades are performed at Workbenches (pictured above). These are located at Party Camps, established near Adra Waystones scattered throughout the world. Locate a Waystone, interact with it to set up camp, and the newly established camp will appear on your map, allowing for fast travel.

Understanding Weapon and Armor Levels

Gear in Avowed uses a two-tiered leveling system:

  • Quality: Represented by a numerical value, color (rarity), and descriptive adjective. This directly correlates to enemy levels within the Living Lands. Lower-quality gear is ineffective against higher-level foes. Higher quality weapons and armor offer significant advantages when facing enemies of the same or lower level. The Quality tiers are:

    • Common (Green, Level I)
    • Fine (Blue, Level II)
    • Exceptional (Purple, Level III)
    • Superb (Red, Level IV)
    • Legendary (Gold, Level V)
  • Additional Upgrade Tiers (+0 to +3): Within each Quality level, three additional upgrade tiers exist. While less impactful than Quality increases, these still boost stats. All three tiers must be maxed before advancing to the next Quality level.

Image showcasing Unique vs. Standard Gear

Prioritizing Upgrades: Unique vs. Standard Gear

Avowed features two gear types:

  • Standard: Commonly found as loot or purchased from merchants.
  • Unique: Named items obtained through quests, boss drops, or occasionally from merchants. These boast superior stats, perks, and can reach Legendary Quality (unlike standard gear, which maxes at Superb).

Upgrade Strategy Recommendation: Focus your resources on upgrading Unique weapons and armor. Standard gear serves as temporary equipment and should be sold or salvaged for crafting materials to support your Unique gear upgrades.

Avowed is available now on PC and Xbox.