Years have passed since those times when you could’ve just looted your precious legendary item from the corpse of a difficult boss with a little drop chance. Shadowlands expansion has brought a very interesting and complicated system of legendaries to WoW, and made your potential choice more and more rich with every patch out. WoW always leaves a freedom for player’s game strategies, but these items are a very important part of successful PVE-content in the latest expansion. That’s why you need them, and this guide on how to craft legendary items in Shadowlands!
Patch 9.2
A crafting guide can’t be written without listing changes that the latest WoW patch brought to the legendary system. Patch 9.2 made it possible to wear two legendaries at the same time — players are obliged to choose a new one from their Covenant’s pool. Although the possibility to wear both is gained only through completing Zereth Mortis campaign, a positive moment is that once one character does it, the option becomes account-wide. Finally, materials for craft can be farmed not only in the tower of Torghast, but also in new location. And last but not the least: maximum rank of item is increased up to 7.Â
Base Items
As before, one of the key components is a base item. They are made by those who are fond of Tailoring, Blacksmithing, Leatherworking and Jewelcrafting. Items have Ranks, and the power of your beloved item will seriously depend on it.
Base items are also required in the upgrade of legendary equipment. Every stage of making it better makes you find one again, and for making Rank 7 a special component Legendary a Vestige of the Eternal is needed, as it upgrades items by 3 Ranks. But for this you also must progress in the campaign of Zereth Mortis and improve your relationships with the faction of Enlightened.Â
Craft and UpgradeÂ
Process of craft and upgrade of your legendary in Shadowlands is fully connected with the Runecarver. Since level 60 is reached you receive a quest that leads you to the Tower of the Damned, Torghast, where you can unlock Runecarver’s Oubliette location after completing a short questline. Then this place expects you to visit it with a pack of particular materials, which are:
- That Base Item we have recently talked about
- The Memory of the Runecarver — an essential component to be found, bought and dropped in many places since you open the craft feature.Â
- Two Missives crafted via Inscription
- Finally: lots, lots of Soul Ash.Â
As you’ve guessed, level and stats of legendaries increase with every rank of base item — but the same is for the costs of Runecarving.Â
- Rank 1 — 1250 Soul Ash
- Rank 2 — 2000 Soul Ash
- Rank 3 — 3200 Soul Ash
- Rank 4 — 5150 Soul Ash
- Rank 5 — 5150 Soul Ash and 1100 Soul Cinder
- Rank 6 — 5150 Soul Ash and 1650 Soul Cinder
A discount on Soul Ash is provided if legendary is just upgraded, but in the end sum of the Ash remains same. For instance, if you improve rank 2 Legendary to the next one, it costs 1200 of Soul Ash, but you have already spent 2000 on the craft of rank 2. The same is for Soul Cinder, that new WoW system requires for crafting legendaries of Rank 5 and 6. While Rank 7, added in 9.2, will also make you find 2000 of Cosmic Flux somewhere.
But remember that cost of the legendaries introduced to WoW in Shadowlands is in fact much higher than just huge amounts of currencies. Especially if you craft it with only your own efforts. Materials will require a lot of farming — either these exact materials or huge numbers of gold to buy all of them.
Best Legendaries to Craft
You have seen the basics of a complicated but key process of the ongoing expansion. Now you know how to craft and upgrade your legendary in the current patches of WoW. But the hardest question is still unanswered: which legendary to craft for each spec and class? The hardest question becomes even harder when you remember that now you can wear two items!
Although you are free to make your own choice suitable for your gaming strategy, such serious content as Mythic+ Dungeons and Raids require some serious calculations and search for an effective guide. Below you are going to see an approximate list of items which you must consider to obtain in order to pass every game’s challenge!
Specialization | Best Mythic+ Legendary | Best Raid Legendary |
Guardian Druid | Legacy of the Sleeper
Celestial Spirits |
Ursoc’s Fury Remembered
Kindred Affinity |
Restoration Druid | Unbridled Swarm
Verdant Infusion |
Vision of Unending Growth
Celestial Spirits |
Feral Druid | Apex Predator’s Craving
Celestial Spirits |
Celestial Spirits
Frenzyband |
Balance Druid | Primordial Arcanic Pulsar
Sinful Hysteria |
Celestial Spirits
Primordial Arcanic Pulsar |
Destruction Warlock | Wilfred’s Sigil of Superior Summoning
Decaying Soul Satchel |
Cinders of the Azj’Aqir
Decaying Soul Satchel |
Affliction Warlock | Wrath of Consumption
Decaying Soul Satchel |
Shard of Annihilation
Malefic Wrath |
Demonology Warlock | Wilfred’s Sigil of Superior Summoning
Grim Inquisitor’s Dread Calling |
Wilfred’s Sigil of Superior Summoning
Decaying Soul Satchel |
Protection Paladin | Divine Resonance
Bulwark of Righteous Fury |
Radiant Embers
The Mad Paragon |
Holy Paladin | The Mad Paragon
Duty-Bound Gavel |
Maraad’s Dying Breath
Radiant Embers |
Retribution Paladin | Divine Resonance
Tempest of the Lightbringer |
Final Verdict
Tempest of the Lightbringer |
Brewmaster Monk | Stormstout’s Last Keg
Bountiful Brew |
Call to Arms
Stormstout’s Last Keg |
Mistweaver Monk | Ancient Teachings of the Monastery
Tear of Morning |
Yu’lon’s Whisper
Ancient Teachings of the Monastery |
Windwalker Monk | Invoker’s Delight
Bountiful Brew |
Invoker’s Delight
Faeline Harmony |
Fire Mage | Sun King’s Blessing
Heart of the Fae |
Sun King’s Blessing
Sinful Delight |
Arcane Mage | Arcane Harmony
Harmonic Echo |
Arcane Harmony
Harmonic Echo |
Frost Mage | Disciplinary Command
Cold Front |
Freezing Winds
Slick Ice |
Discipline Priest | Twins of the Sun Priestess
Spheres’ Harmony |
The Penitent One
Shadow Word: Manipulation |
Holy Priest | Flash Concentration
Spheres’ Harmony |
Flash Concentration
Bwonsamdi’s Pact |
Shadow Priest | Shadowflame Prism
Pallid Command |
Shadowflame Prism
Bwonsamdi’s Pact |
Protection Warrior | Reprisal
Elysian Might |
Reprisal
Glory |
Arms Warrior | Signet of Tormented Kings
Unity |
Enduring Blow
Unity |
Fury Warrior | Signet of Tormented Kings
Elysian Might |
Deathmaker
Unity |
Blood Death Knight | Crimson Rune Weapon
Final Sentence |
Crimson Rune Weapon
Rampant Transference |
Frost Death Knight | Biting Cold
Rampant Transference |
Koltira’s Favor
Rampant Transference |
Unholy Death Knight | Frenzied Monstrosity
Rampant Transference |
Deadliest Coil
Abomination’s Frenzy |
Vengeance Demon Hunter | Darkglare Boon
Unity |
Fiery Soul
Unity |
Havoc Demon Hunter | Blazing Slaughter
Collective Anguish |
Darkglare Boon
Agony Gaze |
Restoration Shaman | Primal Tide Core
Unity |
Primal Tide Core
Unity |
Enhancement Shaman | Primal Lava Actuators
Doom Winds |
Witch Doctor’s Wolf Bones
Seeds of Rampant Growth |
Elemental Shaman | Echoes of Great Sundering
Unity |
Windspeaker’s Lava Resurgence
Unity |
Subtlety Rogue | Finality
Unity |
Akaari’s Soul Fragment
Unity |
Assassination Rogue | Duskwalker’s Patch
Obedience |
Duskwalker’s Patch
Unity |
Outlaw Rogue | Celerity
Deathspike |
Invigorating Shadowdust
Obedience |
Survival Hunter | Wildfire Cluster
Pact of the Soulstalkers |
Wildfire Cluster
Fragments of the Elder Antlers |
Marksmanship Hunter | Bag of Munitions
Secrets of the Unblinking Vigil |
Pact of the Soulstalkers
Secrets of the Unblinking Vigil |
Beast Mastery Hunter | Fragments of the Elder Antlers
Rylakstalker’s Piercing Fangs |
Pouch of Razor Fragments
Rylakstalker’s Piercing Fangs |
Remember, that even this list may be edited due to your game preferences. Even if Shadowlands grand PVE experience is not something essential for you and you just want to create some legendary cloak just in order to easily enjoy the game’s plot, you are welcome. And if you’ve been unpleasantly surprised with how difficult all this process seems to be, you can always think about cheap WoW boost to make your game experience much easier and more satisfying!
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