Simplified WoW The War Within Gearing Guide for Season 1
With the Mythic+ raids starting to go live, gearing up and getting your Item Level to reach the following tiers is critical to join parties and meet their DPS checks. If you don’t meet the requirements of certain groups, you might have a hard time joining raid parties. Players can increase their gear score by crafting, looting, and raiding. Fortunately, you can upgrade your ILvl if you aren’t lucky with your drops.
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New WoW The War Within Gear Track
The War Within features some changes to the gear track of players, which dictates the upgrade requirement and cap for each tier. Knowing which Gear Track you are on can help you understand what raids you can run and which ones you should focus on farming. Here are all the updated upgrade routes in WoW:
- Explorer: 558 to 580 Item Level
- Adventurer: 571 to 593 Item Level
- Veteran: 584 to 606 Item Level
- Champion: 597 to 619 Item Level
- Hero: 610 to 626 Item Level
- Myth: 623 to 639 Item Level
Each Gear Track limits how high you can upgrade each piece of equipment, so if you need to reach the next tier, you’ll need to forgo what you have in favor of higher-level drops.
Where to Farm Items for Each Gear Track
You can get various gear from different activities within the game. You can either participate in PvE content or farm materials to craft them. If you want to optimize your gear progression, you’ll need to know which sources you can get specific Gear Track, so you can become more efficient with your grind. Here is where you can grind each tier.
Raiding
- You can obtain Veteran Gear Track drops from LFR raids with 584+ Item Level drops.
- You can obtain Champion Gear Track drops from Normal raids with 597+ Item Level drops.
- You can obtain Hero Gear Track drops from Heroic raids with 610+ Item Level drops.
- You can obtain Myth Gear Track drops from Mythic raids with 623+ Item Level drops.
Dungeon Drops
- You can obtain Adventurer Gear Track drops from Heroic Dungeons.
- You can obtain Veteran Gear Track drops from M0 dungeons.
- You can obtain Champion Gear Track drops from M+2 to M+6 dungeons via the following:
- M+2 and M+3: 597 Item Level drops
- M+4: 600 Item Level drops
- M+5: 603 Item Level drops
- M+6: 606 Item Level drops
- You can obtain Hero Gear Track drops from M+7 to M+10 dungeons via the following:
- M+7 and M+8: 610 Item Level drops
- M+9 and M+10: 613 Item Level drops
Dungeon Vaults
- You can get Champion Gear Track items from the following vaults:
- M0: 603 Item Level drops
- M+2: 606 Item Level drops
- You can get Hero Gear Track items from the following vaults:
- M+3 and M+4: 610 Item Level drops
- M+5 and M+6: 613 Item Level drops
- M+7: 616 Item Level drops
- M+8 and M+9: 619 Item Level drops
- You can get Mythic Gear Track items from the following vaults:
- M+10: 623 Item Level drops
Bountiful Delves Drops
- You can obtain Explorer Gear Track Items based on these ILvl drops:
- Bountiful Delve 1 (561 Item Level drops)
- Bountiful Delve 2 (564 Item Level drops)
- You can obtain Adventurer Gear Track Items based on these ILvl drops:
- Bountiful Delve 3 (571 Item Level drops)
- Bountiful Delve 4 (577 Item Level drops)
- You can obtain Veteran Gear Track Items based on these ILvl drops:
- Bountiful Delve 5 (584 Item Level drops)
- Bountiful Delve 6 (590 Item Level drops)
- You can obtain Champion Gear Track Items based on these ILvl drops:
- Bountiful Delve 7 (597 Item Level drops)
- Bountiful Delve 8,9,10, and 11 (603 Item Level drops)
Delve Vaults
- You can get Veteran Gear Track items based on these Ilvl Vault drops:
- Delve Vault 1 and 2 (584 Item Level drops)
- Delve Vault 3 (587 Item Level drops)
- You can get Champion Gear Track items based on these Ilvl Vault drops:
- Delve Vault 4 (597 Item Level drops)
- Delve Vault 5 (603 Item Level drops)
- Delve Vault 6 (606 Item Level drops)
- You can get Hero Gear Track items based on these Ilvl Vault drops:
- Delve Vault 7 (610 Item Level drops)
- Delve Vault 8, 9,10, and 11 (616 Item Level drops)
Crafting
- You can craft Veteran Gear Track items between 577 and 590 Item Levels using Weathered Crests. (No Spark)
- You can craft Hero Gear Track items between 610 to 619 Item Levels using Runed Crest. (w/ Spark)
- You can craft Myth Gear Track items between 623 to 636 Item Levels using Gilded Crests. (w/ Spark)
Upgrading Gear to their Cap
Sometimes, it’s just more efficient to cap out your current gear set by upgrading them instead of wishing for good rolls from raid drops. You can use various crests at certain tiers to max out your items and farm them in certain dungeons. Here are all the crests available for TWW and where to use and farm them.
Weathered Crests
- Farmed from LFR and Heroic Dungeons
- Used for crafting and upgrading Veteran Gear Track items.
Craved Crests
- Farmed from Normal and Mythic+0 to 3 Dungeons
- Used for upgrading Champion Gear Track items.
Runed Crests
- Farmed from Heroic and M+4 to M+8 Dungeons
- Used for crafting and upgrading Hero Gear Track items.
Gilded Crests
- Farmed from M9+ Dungeons (small drop rate from other lower Mythic+ raids)
- Used for crafting and upgrading Myth Gear Track items.
Item Level 639 might be the maximum gear you can reach for Season 1 unless we get some new updates soon. However, achieving the Hero Gear Track would suffice for most content, and pushing into the Myth Track would be min-maxing and unnecessary.
