Since the weekly cap is 6 upgrades for each crest, you have to think freaking 5-head on how to gear up the best way on the first week of 10.2 before season 3 goes live.
FIRST - GET 437 FAST and EASY
Before you start getting the best gear of the first week, make sure you have a full set of at least 415 ilvl (Explorer Gear). You upgrade this gear after you have collected the other gear on this guide. This gear is upgraded with only FLIGHTSTONES. You should already be capped on Flightstones before 10.2 goes live. This is a must PREP. To farm 2k and to get more, just do fast Heroic Mega dungeon runs around (250 Flightstones per run).
GET 3 FAST and VERY EASY 444+ Gear
Weekly Quest 1 A Worthy Ally: Dream WardensNPC: Keeper Amrymn /way 50.21, 61.60 |
Rank 4/8 Veteran 441 ilvl |
Weekly QuestBlooming Dreamseeds NPC: Talisa Whisperbloom /way 49.78, 62.11 |
Rank 4/8 Veteran 441 ilvl |
Superbloom Event Clarelle/way 51.42, 59.62 |
Rank 2/8 or 3/8 Veteran - 444 / 447 ilvl |
Reach Renown 7
Rewards 441 ilvl Veteran Gear 1/8.
Reach Renown 14
Rewards 454 ilvl Champion Gear 1/8
DO DUNGEONS
Mythic Dungeon 0 Rank 4/8 Adventurer 437 ilvl You can only get loot from the same dungeon once a week.
Heroic Dungeon Rank 1/8 Adventurer, 428 ilvl
CRAFT ONE 460 ilvl GEAR
Sparks of Dreams is the new Spark that will be available the first week. The ilvl ranges between: 447 - 460 ilvl (you will be able to upgrade this crafted gear to 483 when season 3 starts).
NOW - IT´s TIME TO 5-HEAD UPGRADE YOUR GRADE
The amount of each crest type that you can farm has a cap.
The cap works like this:
- you can upgrade gear 6 times per crest type. - Dreaming Whelpling Crests x90- Dreaming Drake Crest x90
There is also 15 Whelpling Crests that you get from a side quest that are not part of the weekly cap.
Explorer
Rank 1-4 (415 - 424 ilvl) costs Flightstones
Rank 5-8 (428 - 437 ilvl) costs Flightstones
Veteran
Rank 1-4 (441 - 450 ilvl) 15 Dreaming Whelpling Crests per upgrade
Rank 5-8 (454 - 463 ilvl) 15 Dreaming Drake Crests per upgrade
Champion
Rank 1-4 (454 - 463 ilvl) 15 Dreaming Drake Crests per upgrade
Rank 4-8 (467 - 476 ilvl) 15 Dreaming Wyrm Crests per upgrade
How many Crests can you farm on the first week?
Whelpling Crests
You can farm all the way and cap the first week. The come from treasures in the Emerald Dream.
- 15 when reaching Renown 4 with Dream Wardens.
- Treasures in the Emerald Dream rewards Whelpling Crests
Drake Crests
You can farm all the way and cap the first week.
- Superbloom rewards 5 Drake Crests once a week.
- Weekly Quest Worthy Ally: Dream Wardens rewards 15.
- 15 from reaching Renown 8.
- Drake Crests are rewarded based on if you have nurtured enough on dreamseeds (Emerald Bounty)
- You get 15 from reaching Renown 19.
Example for alts on what to upgrade:
441 ilvl - 2 Whelpling upgrades → 447
441 ilvl - 2 Whelpling upgrades → 447
444 ilvl - 3 Whelpling upgrades + 2 Drake upgrades → 457
454 ilvl - 4 Drake upgrades → 463
441 ilvl - 0 upgrades
460 ilvl Crafting
9 x 437 ilvl
Average ilvl: 443
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