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Enhancement Booster Salvage
Overview
Enhancement Boosters are available on the Paragon Market and through the Paragon Rewards Program. When applied to Invention Origin Enhancements (IOs), it increases the effectiveness of the enhancement by 5% per application, without changing the base level of the enhancement. IOs can be boosted by a maximum of 25%, or Level X+5.
Utilizing Schedule A enhancements, for example, a level 30 Damage IO buffs damage by 34.8%. Boosting it with one Enhancement Booster brings it to 36.54% enhancement, which is just under a level 35 in enhancement value, while still allowing a level 27 character to slot it. Boosting it with five Enhancement Boosters brings it up to 43.5%, which is higher than a level 50 Damage IO, and still allows a level 27 character to slot it!
Due to the percentage multiplier, the higher level an IO is, the bigger the boost becomes; a level 50 Schedule A IO with five boosts goes from 42.4% to 53%!
Boost Values
The following table shows the percentage multiple boosters grant, and by what multiplier an IO will be modified by, followed by specific enhancement examples.
| Boost | Percentage | Multiplier | Level 30 Damage IO |
Level 30 Defense IO |
Level 30 End/Def IO |
Level 50 Damage IO |
Level 50 Acc/Dam IO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| X | 0 | 1 | 34.8% | 20.9% | 21.75% / 13.06% | 42.4% | 26.5% / 26.5% |
| X+1 | 5% | 1.05 | 36.54% | 21.945% | 22.8375% / 13.713% | 44.52% | 27.825% / 27.825% |
| X+2 | 10% | 1.1 | 38.28% | 22.99% | 23.925% / 14.366% | 46.64% | 29.15% / 29.15% |
| X+3 | 15% | 1.15 | 40.02% | 24.035% | 25.0125% / 15.019% | 48.76% | 30.475% / 30.475% |
| X+4 | 20% | 1.2 | 41.76% | 25.08% | 26.1% / 15.672% | 50.88% | 31.8% / 31.8% |
| X+5 | 25% | 1.25 | 43.5% | 26.125% | 27.1875% / 16.325% | 53% | 33.125% / 33.125% |
