How to Upgrade your Weapons and Armor by hunting.

A good reason why a lot of people hunt because they want to upgrade their tomestone weapons and armor. Hunters can collect seals and nuts to purchase upgrade items from vendors to get that extra boost to help clear those raids and new content. In clearing savage tier raids you can also obtain the items needed to upgrade your tome gear as well. Upgrading items got better much better 6.0. Instead of two pieces of random gear dropping from two coffers, players receive 3 specific gear coffers, upgrade items, and books. These coffers are of specific types, such as rings, weapons, chest piece etc. When you use the coffer they become their corresponding armor, accessory, or weapon based on the class you are on, so be careful when you open them. The drops for upgrade items in the savage dungeons have changed as well. The second fight of each tier drops upgrades for accessories, and the third drop upgrades for armor and weapons. Each fight also drops a unique book that can be exchanged in various quantities for armor and upgrade items, more information is listed below. There are four fights for each tier of Savage Raids. The 6.0 raid is "Pandamonium", so the raids are listed from P1S to P12S. Each time a new raid tier gets introduced; a new item level cap is introduced for gear. 2.0 Turn's 1 through 5 (this is the exception to the rule) max i-level was 90; 2.0's top i-level was 120, 3.0's top tier was 270, 4.0's top tier was 400, and now 5.0's top tier for gear is 530. The earliest and primary source for upgrading your tomestone gear is getting the upgrade items or books in sufficient quantity from the savage raids. The secondary source is hunt currency. This becomes available at a later patch after some time has passed, typically when the 24-man raids become available where you can also obtain a coin, the third source of upgrading gear, that can be exchanged for upgrade items.

7.0 Dawntrail Gear

Historia Gear (item level 760)
The base 750 weapons can be purchased with 500 x Tomestone of Mathmatics plus a Unviversal Tomestone 2.0 from Zircon in Solution Nine (X:8.6 Y:13.5).
The base 750 armor and accessories can also be purchased with 375 to 825 x Tomestone of Mathmatics from Zircon in Solution Nine (X:8.6 Y:13.5).
Historia gear can be upgraded from 750 to 760 from Theone in Solution Nine (X:8.5 Y:13.6).

Quetzalli Gear (item level 730)
The base 720 weapons can be purchased with 500 x Tomestones of Heliometry plus a Universal Tomestone from Zircon in Solution Nine (X:8.6 Y:13.5).
The base 720 armor and accessories can also be purchased with 375-825 x Tomestones of Heliometry from Zircon in Solution Nine (X:8.6 Y:13.5).
Quetzalli gear can be upgraded from 720 to 730 with the corresponding upgrade item from Khaldeen in Radz-at-Han.

6.0 Endwalker Gear

Credendum Gear (item level 660)
The base 650 weapons can be purchased with 600 x Tomestone of Poetics from Cihanti in Radz-at-Han.
The base 650 armor and accessories can also be purchased with 280 to 510 x Tomestone of Poetics from Cihanti in Radz-at-Han.
Credendum gear can be upgraded from 650 to 660 from Khaldeen in Radz-at-Han.

Lunar Envoy Gear (item level 630)
The base 620 weapons can be purchased with 600 x Tomestone of Causality from Cihanti in Radz-at-Han.
The base 620 armor and accessories can also be purchased with 280 to 510 x Tomestone of Causality from Cihanti in Radz-at-Han.
Lunar Envoy gear can be upgraded from 620 to 630 from Khaldeen in Radz-at-Han.

Radiant Gear (item level 600)
The base 590 weapons can be purchased with600 x Tomestones of Poetics from Cihanti in Radz-at-Han.
The base 590 armor and accessories can also be purchased with 280 to 510 x Tomestones of Poetics from Cihanti in Radz-at-Han.
Radiant gear can be upgraded from 590 to 600 with the corresponding upgrade item from Khaldeen in Radz-at-Han.

5.0 Shadowbringers Gear

Cryptlurker (item level 530)
The base weapons can be purchased with 500 x Tomestones of Poetics from Fathard in Eulmore. The base armor and accessories can be purchased with Tomestones of Revelation from Aymark in Eulmore.
Cryptlurker gear can be upgraded from 520 to 530 with the corresponding upgrade item from Shee-Tatch in Eulmore.

Crystarium (item level 500)
The base weapons can be purchased with 500 x Tomestones of Poetics from Fathard in Eulmore. The base armor and accessories can be purchased with Tomestones of Revelation from Aymark in Eulmore.
Crystarium gear can be upgraded from 490 to 500 with the corresponding upgrade item from Shee-Tatch in Eulmore.

Deepshadow (item level 470)
The base weapons can be purchased with 500 x Tomestones of Poetics from Ilfroy in Eulmore or Xylle in The Crystarium.
The base armor, weapons, and accessories can also be purchased with Sacks of Nuts from Ilfroy in Eulmore or Xylle in The Crystarium.
Deepshadow gear can be upgraded from 460 to 470 with the corresponding upgrade item from Shee-Tatch in Eulmore.

4.0 Stormblood Gear

Scaevan Gear (item level 400)

Ryumyaku Gear (item level 370)
Lost Allagan Gear (item level 340)

3.0 Heavensward Gear

Shire gear (item level 270)
Eikonic gear (item level 240)
Fabled gear (item level 210)
Asuran gear (item level 180)

2.0 A Realm Reborn Gear

Ironworks gear (item level 130)