Corepunk Item Modifications

Item Modifications

In Corepunk, you have a wealth of options for customizing your gear:

Quality Upgrades: Every item starts at Common quality, but you can push it higher through Uncommon, Rare, and Epic upgrades — each grade boosting your stats and potential.
Modifications: Upgraded and Overclocked enhancements grant powerful bonuses — extra chip slots, secondary stats, even early perk or mastery tree improvements — letting you tailor your playstyle with precision.
Forging Weapons & Artifacts: By forging, you combine the benefits of standard modifications with the predictability of talent and mastery insertion. Forged gear gains durability that degrades with each death or prolonged combat, so you’ll need to balance power with longevity.
Corrupted Items: Only Weapons and Artifacts can be corrupted. By infusing Upgraded and Overclocked gear with rare boss-head trophies, you unlock unique effects — trading stability for truly exceptional power.

upgraded Items Bonuses

To craft an Upgraded item, use the same recipe as the base craft — but each ingredient must be one quality tier higher than normal. For example, if the standard recipe calls for an Uncommon component, you must insert a Rare one instead.

Category	Tier 1	Tier 2	Tier 3
weapon	One additional basic chip slot	One additional basic chip slot	One Mastery Tree perk upgrade
artifact	One additional secondary stat	One additional secondary stat	One Talent Tree perk perk upgrade
Chips	Arcane Amplifier Grants you 15% move speed for 3 sec. Cardio Heals all party members for 50% of this effect. Combo Crusher Grants you 15% move speed for 3 sec Executioner's Edge If target dies you heal for 50% of that damage. Frostbinder While slowed recieving +10% damage from you.	Cryptic Empowerer Grants you 15% move speed for 3 sec. Doomblade If target dies you heal for 50% of that damage. Fusion Demolisher Grants you 15% move speed for 3 sec Glacial Enthraller While slowed recieving +10% damage from you. Oxygenating Heals all party members for 50% of this effect.
Runes	Dark Horse Increases move speed by 5% if traveling alone Lamprey Activates once every 1.5 seconds. Steel Gates While shielded, gain an additional 10% Armor. Stone Wall While shielded, gain an additional 10% Magic Resist. Thorns Slows enemy by 10% for 1 second. Vigor Activates once every 1.5 seconds.	Antelope Increases move speed by 5% if traveling alone Impregnable Barrier While shielded, gain an additional 10% Armor. Intensity Activates once every 1.5 seconds. Mantis Activates once every 1.5 seconds. Reflect Slows enemy by 10% for 1 second. Screen While shielded, gain an additional 10% Magic Resist.	Bastion While shielded, gain an additional 10% Magic Resist. Cheetah Increases move speed by 5% if traveling alone Heavy Chainmail While shielded, gain an additional 10% Armor. Monitor Lizard Activates once every 1.5 seconds. Superiority Activates once every 1.5 seconds. Typhoon Slows enemy by 10% for 1 second.

overclocked Items Bonuses

To craft an Overclocked item, apply the same principle but raise ingredients by two quality tiers. So a recipe requiring Uncommon items would need Epic components, and so on.

Category	Tier 1	Tier 2	Tier 3
weapon	Two additional basic chip slots	Two additional basic chip slots	Two Talent Tree perk upgrades
artifact	Two additional secondary stats	Two additional secondary stats	Two Mastery Tree perk
Chips	Arcane Amplifier Grants you 15% move speed for 3 sec. Dealing ability damage reduces this cooldown for 1 sec. Cardio Heals all party members for 50% of this effect. If your health less then 30%, this effect heals for additional 50%. Combo Crusher Grants you 15% move speed for 3 sec Grants shield of 20% damage dealt for 3 sec. Executioner's Edge If target dies you heal for 50% of that damage. Executes at 25%. Frostbinder While slowed recieving +10% damage from you. While slowed attack speed reduced for 15%.	Cryptic Empowerer Grants you 15% move speed for 3 sec. Dealing ability damage reduces this cooldown for 1 sec. Doomblade If target dies you heal for 50% of that damage. Executes at 25%. Fusion Demolisher Grants you 15% move speed for 3 sec Grants shield of 20% damage dealt for 3 sec. Glacial Enthraller While slowed recieving +10% damage from you. While slowed attack speed reduced for 15%. Oxygenating Heals all party members for 50% of this effect. If your health less then 30%, this effect heals for additional 50%.
Runes	Dark Horse Increases move speed by 5% if traveling alone Works while mounted. Lamprey Activates once every 1.5 seconds. Slows enemy by 10% for 1 second. Steel Gates While shielded, gain an additional 10% Armor. Now activates from damage over 25% of player's Health. Stone Wall While shielded, gain an additional 10% Magic Resist. Now activates from damage over 25% of player's Health. Thorns Slows enemy by 10% for 1 second. Reduces enemy attack speed by 15% for 3 seconds. Vigor Activates once every 1.5 seconds. Increases player’s speed by 15% for 1 second.	Antelope Increases move speed by 5% if traveling alone Works while mounted. Impregnable Barrier While shielded, gain an additional 10% Armor. Now activates from damage over 25% of player's Health. Intensity Activates once every 1.5 seconds. Increases player’s speed by 15% for 1 second. Mantis Activates once every 1.5 seconds. Slows enemy by 10% for 1 second. Reflect Slows enemy by 10% for 1 second. Reduces enemy attack speed by 15% for 3 seconds. Screen While shielded, gain an additional 10% Magic Resist. Now activates from damage over 25% of player's Health.	Bastion While shielded, gain an additional 10% Magic Resist. Now activates from damage over 25% of player's Health. Cheetah Increases move speed by 5% if traveling alone Works while mounted. Heavy Chainmail While shielded, gain an additional 10% Armor. Now activates from damage over 25% of player's Health. Monitor Lizard Activates once every 1.5 seconds. Slows enemy by 10% for 1 second. Superiority Activates once every 1.5 seconds. Increases player’s speed by 15% for 1 second. Typhoon Slows enemy by 10% for 1 second. Reduces enemy attack speed by 15% for 3 seconds.

Corrupted Items Bonuses

By inserting a boss head into the Synthesis Machine alongside your Upgraded or Overclocked Artifact components, you can craft a Corrupted item — imbuing it with volatile, powerful effects.
Boss heads can only be obtained as drops from the PvP boss on Prison Island.
Check Bosses page to get more information about Prison Island bosses.

Item to corrupt	Bonus
Druid’s Head	(0.5%-2.5%) Chance on ability use: Grants a shield equal to 20% of maximum mana for 10 seconds.
Troll’s Rusty Head	(1%-5%) Reduces damage taken from incoming auto attacks.
Werewolf’s Alpha Head	(0.5%-2.5%) Chance on-hit ability: Character steals 3% of the target's max HP.
Werewolf’s Rat Head	(0.5%-2.5%) Chance on ability hit: Grants a 10-second buff that restores 2% of magic damage as mana.
Werewolf’s Soldier Head	(0.5%-2.5%) Chance on-hit ability: Target takes 5% more damage for 15 seconds.
Wolf’s Undead Head	(0.5%-2.5%) Chance on-hit ability: Burns mana equal to 5% of the damage dealt.
Yaga’s Head	(0.5%-2.5%) Chance on ability use: Restores 50% of the mana spent on the ability.