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Max graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a journalism and political science degree in 2015. He previously worked for The Esports Observer covering the streaming industry before joining Dot where he now helps with Overwatch 2 coverage.","sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/maxonlax"],"url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/author\/maxmiceli"}]}},"raw_content":"Blizzard is introducing a new gear upgrade system to World of Warcraft\u2019s Embers of Neltharion content update, which is a part of Patch 10.1. The changes coming with the second season of Dragonflight are intended to replace things like Valor and Storm Gear to make for a more unified gear upgrade experience. The system will have players earn currencies, \u201cFlightstones\u201d and \u201cShadowflame Crests,\u201d from various activities that they complete in the game, and those can be used to give your gear a little bit of juice in the form of a few item levels. Related: When does WoW Dragonflight season 2 start? There are some light restrictions to the system overall, but in general, players will be able to go about their normal daily and weekly activities to gain currency. They will then be able to spend that currency to add a few item levels onto gear, depending on the item level of that gear when it was created. Meanwhile, the system will give players discounts for upgrading gear that isn\u2019t the highest ilvl for any given slot they have. This includes alternate characters as well. So if your main character is geared to the teeth, you\u2019ll be able to get currency on an alternate character and gear them up at a significantly faster pace through discounted upgrades. Though the system is relatively simple once you\u2019ve had a chance to wrap your head around it, it might take a moment to digest everything that\u2019s going on. So we\u2019ve broken each element of the upgrade system down to help explain exactly what you\u2019ll need to know. What are Flightstones and Shadowflame Crests? Flightstones and Shadowflame Crests are the two main currencies that you will need to upgrade gear in Patch 10.1. Flightstones are a more all-encompassing currency that players will get from doing just about any activity in the game, like world quests, dungeons, and raids. There is no cap on how many you can earn in a week and the cap on how many you can hold is intentionally high so that players don\u2019t feel limited. Shadowflame Crests are less easily obtained and come in four varieties: Whelping, Drake, Wyrm, and Aspect. Each type of crest is associated with a general item level range. To upgrade pieces of gear, you will need to have a crest that matches the ilvl range of the gear you\u2019re looking to upgrade. Related: When does WoW Dragonflight 10.1: Embers of Neltharion release? As you might be able to guess, these crests are generally obtainable by doing content that rewards players with gear that matches the general ilvl range it upgrades for. For instance, Whelping\u2019s Shadowflame Crests are made to upgrade Raid Finder gear and can be found in raid finder as well as through outdoor content. But if you\u2019re looking to upgrade a piece of gear that is around the Mythic-raid quality, you\u2019ll need to find the much rarer Aspect\u2019s Shadowflame Crests, and those will come from significantly more challenging content. Unlike Flightstones, there is a limit to the number of Shadowflame Crests one can get in a week, and that cap will rise over the course of the season. They will take up a slot in your reagent bag, but they will intentionally be stackable to a high enough level that you shouldn\u2019t be hurting for reagent bag space just from having them\u2014or at least that\u2019s the intent. How does upgrading gear work in Patch 10.1? So you\u2019ve loaded up on Flightstones and Shadowflame Crests, and now you want to use them. To upgrade your gear, you will need to visit an item upgrade vendor. There, you will be able to use your stones and crests to upgrade gear. There\u2019s one catch, though. Not all gear is created equal when it comes to upgrades. You can\u2019t get a piece of gear from a world quest and continually pump it up until it\u2019s as powerful as something you\u2019d earn in a Mythic raid. Depending on the item level of the piece of gear when it becomes soulbound to you, you will be able to upgrade it around four to seven times. Each piece of gear will fall into a category that it cannot surpass. To demonstrate that visually, Blizzard created a chart to help players understand the limits and boundaries for upgrading gear based on how powerful it is at the time its created or soulbound.\u00a0 Despite these limits, Blizzard has made it easier on players in some regards. If players happen to have a piece of gear that is a lower item level than one they already have, upgrading that piece of gear can be done at a huge discount. So if you earned a piece of gear from killing a mythic boss but its stats don\u2019t match what you need, you\u2019ll be able to upgrade a piece of gear that you have without using a Shadowflame Crest and it will only require half the Flightstones. Additionally, that feature, at least in part, is account-wide. So if your main character is loaded up with pieces from Mythic raids, you will be able to upgrade gear on your alternate characters using half the Flightstones. 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Blizzard is introducing a new gear upgrade system<\/a> to World of Warcraft<\/em>\u2019s Embers of Neltharion content update, which is a part of Patch 10.1. The changes coming with the second season of Dragonflight<\/em> are intended to replace things like Valor and Storm Gear to make for a more unified gear upgrade experience.<\/p>

The system will have players earn currencies, \u201cFlightstones\u201d and \u201cShadowflame Crests,\u201d from various activities that they complete in the game, and those can be used to give your gear a little bit of juice in the form of a few item levels.<\/p>

Related: When does WoW Dragonflight<\/em> season 2 start?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>

There are some light restrictions to the system overall, but in general, players will be able to go about their normal daily and weekly activities to gain currency. They will then be able to spend that currency to add a few item levels onto gear, depending on the item level of that gear when it was created.<\/p>

Meanwhile, the system will give players discounts for upgrading gear that isn\u2019t the highest ilvl for any given slot they have. This includes alternate characters as well. So if your main character is geared to the teeth, you\u2019ll be able to get currency on an alternate character and gear them up at a significantly faster pace through discounted upgrades.<\/p>

Though the system is relatively simple once you\u2019ve had a chance to wrap your head around it, it might take a moment to digest everything that\u2019s going on. So we\u2019ve broken each element of the upgrade system down to help explain exactly what you\u2019ll need to know.<\/p>