Item Repair/Upgrade

[daviceroy]

After finally hunting down a sage, I talked to them and they wanted:

Here is what the sage can repair, and what common items he will need for that:

    can not repair the Shield of Avalon (would need Topaz)


You also have one or more items that the sage can improve:

    can not improve the Shield of Avalon (needs 65 gold, 5 silver and Monster Teeth, Moonstone, Antlers)

Is this normal?  I've never tried to upgrade an item as it's hard enough to find one to repair and have the right items.  Is it a default boost to the stat it already has or does it give options?  I'm curious now.

[Vita`]

If an item already has a skill bonus, it'll increase the existing bonus, not add a second bonus. If it has no existing skill bonus, I think it assigns one randomly.

[Wimpie]

The option to upgrade isn't always there either, just so you know  :)

[daviceroy]

Awesome top know.  Is that normal pricing for an upgrade?

[Nosferatus]

I think the first upgrade costs more gold, either way one of my characters has done several upgrades on existing skill bonus for far less gold.
The upgrade isn't that much either, last one i remember was 3 or 4%.