10.1 (Season 2) - Gear Item level (ilvl) | World of Warcraft GamePlay Guides

To understand the Gear item level rewards in patch 10.1, you have to first understand the new Gear Upgrade Sytem.

The new Gear Upgrade System

You get a Shadowflame Crest when you complete a specific difficulty. You need one Crest when you upgrade one piece of gear (but you also need Flightstones which is the currency of how much it costs to upgrade). So basically the crest is a thing that is needed in order to let you upgrade and the Flightstone is the cost to upgrade. You do not get the Crest back after you upgrade, it will be gone. The 4 types of Crests are:

- Whelpling
- Drake
- Wyrm
- Aspect

Different crests can upgrade different types of Gear and there are 5 different types.

- Explorer (can be upgraded 8 times)
- Adventurer (can be upgraded 8 times)
- Veteran (can be upgraded 8 times)
- Champion (can be upgraded 8 times)
- Hero (can be upgraded 5 times)

Whelpling Crest can upgrade Adventurer Gear, the last 4 ranks.

Whelpling Crest can upgrade Veteran Gear, the first 4 ranks.
Drake Crest can upgrade Veteran Gear, the last 4 ranks.

Drake Crest can upgrade Champion Gear, the first 4 ranks.
Wyrm Crest can upgrade Champion Gear, the last 4 ranks.

Wyrm Crest can upgrade Hero Gear, the first 4 ranks.
Aspect Crest can upgrade Hero Gear, the last rank.

So basically:

NO Crest to Upgrade Explorer Rank 1-4 (376 - 385 ilvl)
NO Crest to Upgrade Explorer Rank 5-8 (389 - 398 ilvl)
NO Crest to Upgrade Adventurer Rank 1-4 (389 - 398 ilvl)
Shadowflame WHELPLING Crest to upgrade Adventurer Rank 5-8 (402 - 411 ilvl)
Shadowflame WHELPLING Crest to Upgrade Veteran Rank 1-4 (402 - 411 ilvl)
Shadowflame DRAKE Crest to Upgrade Veteran Rank 5-8 (415 - 424 ilvl)
Shadowflame DRAKE Crest to Upgrade Champion Rank 1-4 (415 - 424 ilvl)
Shadowflame WYRM Crest to Upgrade Champion Rank 4-8 (428 - 437 ilvl)
Shadowflame WYRM Crest to Upgrade Hero Rank 1-4 (428 - 437 ilvl)
Shadowflame ASPECT Crest to Upgrade Hero Rank 5 (441 ilvl)

LEVELING GEAR

Coming soon

WORLD QUESTS

Elite QUests in Zaralek Cavern rewards 405 ilvl (Veteran Gear) which means that you can upgrade it to 424 ilvl.

OUTDOOR EVENTS

Fyrrak Assaults

Veteran Gear
Research under Fire
Veteran Gear

DUNGEONS

Normal 372 (Explorer Gear)

Heroic 385 (Adventurer Gear)

Mythic 398 (Adventurer Gear)

Upgrading Dungeon Gear

NO Crest to Upgrade Explorer Rank 1-4 (376 - 385 ilvl)
NO Crest to Upgrade Explorer Rank 5-8 (389 - 398 ilvl)
NO Crest to Upgrade Adventurer Rank 1-4 (389 - 398 ilvl)
Shadowflame WHELPLING Crest to upgrade Adventurer Rank 5-8 (402 - 411 ilvl)

RAID

Here are the gear ilvl you get from raids and what type of gear you get from the raids. Based on type of gear, you can upgrade them to a certain ilvl.

The drop is Crest Fragments and you need 15 fragments to make it into a Crest. The Crest Fragments are 100% drop.

Raid Finder 402 - 411 ilvl
You get Veteran Gear
You need Whelpling Crest for the first 4 upgrades.
You need Drake Crest for the last 4 upgrades.
Raid Finder will drop Whelpling’s Shadowflame Crest Fragments. Most bosses will drop 10 fragments, but end bosses will drop 15

Normal 415 - 424 ilvl
You get Champion Gear
You need Drake Crest for the first 4 upgrades.
You need Wyrm Crest for the last 4 upgrades.
Normal Aberrus will drop Drake’s Shadowflame Crest Fragments. Most bosses will drop 10 fragments, but end bosses will drop 15.

Heroic 428 - 437 ilvl
You get Hero Gear
You need Wyrm Crest for the first 4 upgrades.
You need Aspect Crest for the last upgrade.
Heroic Aberrus will drop Drake’s Shadowflame Crest Fragments. Most bosses will drop 10 fragments, but end bosses will drop 15.

Mythic 441 -450 ilvl
You get Mythic Gear (No upgrade)
Mythic Aberrus will drop Drake’s Shadowflame Crest Fragments. Most bosses will drop 10 fragments, but end bosses will drop 15.

Here are the boss specific ilvl rewards:

Boss	Raid Finder ilvl loot (Veteran)	Normal ilvl loot (Champion)	Heroic ilvl loot (Hero)	Mythic ilvl loot
Kazzara the Hellforged	402	415	428	441
The Amalgamation Chamber	402	415	428	441
Assault on the Zaqali	402	415	428	441
The Forgotten Experiments	405	418	431	444
Rashok	405	418	431	444
Zskarn	408	421	434	447
Magmorax	408	421	434	447
Echo of Neltharion	411	424	437	450
Scalecommander Sarkareth	411	424	437	450

There are bosses that can drop a rare gear with higher ilvl.

Trinket: Screaming Black Dragonscale from following bosses and ilvl reward:

Kazzara the Hellforged	408	421	434	447
The Amalgamation Chamber	408	421	434	447
Assault on the Zaqali	408	421	434	447

Two-hand Polearm: Djaruun, Pillar of the Elder Flame from following bosses and ilvl reward:

The Forgotten Experiments	411	424	437	450
Rashok	411	424	437	450
Zskarn	411	424	437	450

Trinkets: Neltharion's Call to Chaos, Neltharion's Call to Dominance, Neltharion's Call to Suffering from following bosses and ilvl reward:

Magmorax	418	431	444	457
Echo of Neltharion	418	431	444	457

Back: Voice of the Silent Star from following boss:

Scalecommander Sarkareth

418

431

444

457

WORLD BOSS

One world boss in 10.1 - The Zaqali Elders.

421 ilvl (Champion Gear 3/8)

MYTHIC PLUS

Veteran Gear

Gear will drop from the end-of-run chest in Mythic Keystone dungeons up to +8.

Champion Gear

Gear on this track will drop from the end-of-run chest in Mythic Keystone dungeons from +9 up to +16.
The Great Vault will award gear on this track for Mythic Keystone dungeons up to +7.

Hero Gear

Gear on this track will drop from the end-of-run chest in Mythic Keystone dungeons from +17 and up.
The Great Vault will award gear on this track for Mythic Keystone dungeons from +8 up to +15.

Mythic Gear

The Great Vault will award gear above the upgrade system’s range for Mythic Keystone dungeons of +16 and higher.

Check the color code on the M+ Table

You will loot WHELPLING CREST Fragments
You get 5 fragments for completing, but 12 if you complete in time.

You will loot DRAKE CREST Fragments
You get 5 fragments for completing, but 12 if you complete in time.

You will loot WYRM Fragments
You get 5 fragments for completing, but 12 if you complete in time.

You will loot ASPECT Fragments
You get 5 fragments for completing, but 12 if you complete in time.

Fragments are 100% drop loot.

Keystone	Dungeon ilvl	Vault ilvl
+1	398
+2	402	408
+3	402	408
+4	405	412
+5	405	416
+6	408	416
+7	411	419
+8	411	422
+9	415	422
+10	415	425
+11	415	429
+12	415	431
+13	415	434
+14	418	434
+15	421	437
+16	421	441
+17	424	441
+18	424	444
+19	427	444
+20	427	447

PROFESSION CRAFTING

In patch 10.1 we are getting 4 new optional reagents, that will works similar to the ones we have in 10.0. The source to get them is via enchanters.

Titan Training Matrix V 382 - 395

Enchanted Whelpling´s Shadowflame Crest 395 - 408

Enchanted Wyrm Shadowflame Crest 424 - 437

Instead of Spark of Ingenuity, we are getting Spark of Shadowflame in patch 10.1.

Enchanted Aspect´s Shadowflame Crest 437 - 447

Instead of Spark of Ingenuity, we are getting Spark of Shadowflame in patch 10.1.

NEW PvP Profession crafting Gear upgrades in 10.1

NEW optional reagents are added for PvP!

These will upgrade crafted gear to a higher ilvl and make them into PvP gear.

You can buy them for Honor and Conquest.

The Honor Optional Reagent will increase the ilvl to 437 when in Arenas and Battlegrounds.

The Conquest Optional Reagent will increase the ilvl to 450 when in Arenas and Battlegrounds.

Optional Reagent

Gear

Cost

Lesser Crest of Honor

Neck, Back, Wrist, or Finger

525 Honor

Crest of Honor

Shoulders, Hands, Waist, or Feet

700 Honor

Greater Crest of Honor

Head, Chest, or Legs

875 Honor

Lesser Trophy of Conquest

Neck, Back, Wrist, or Finger

525 Conquest

Trophy of Conquest

Shoulders, Hands, Waist, or Feet

700 Conquest

Greater Trophy of Conquest