Crafted Embellished PvP Gear (ilvl 450) is currently available. That’s a 26 ilvl upgrade that you’ll keep for the season! Here’s how to get it… (sorry, it’s long… You can check the video at the end of the post if you want it straightforward)
It is using the same token for PvE and PvP that we get every 2 weeks (Spark of Shadowflame), just like Spark of Ingenuity previously. So if you do PvE as a priority, I’m sorry. If you do PvP only and you’re willing to do a bit of questing, here’s what you need to know. You need 2 items for crafting your brand new ilvl 450 PvP items early.
First, the Spark of Shadowflame from the new zone. You can check the information about how to get your first flame here: Wowhead article.. TLDR: You do the quests of the new zone until you get to the quest “Power Unified”, and then complete it. I got my second half of spark from the 1500 reputation quest in the zone, but there’s many ways to get it apparently including the weekly PvP quest. It’s not hard to get the 1500 reputation since the Campaign quests like to shower up with +1000 reputation items.
Second, you need to get a PvP Strongbox. Easy to get from any PvP win (A regular battleground will do!) or buy one from the Honor vendor in Valdrakken. There’s new things in it with 10.1. One of your first box should give you the quest item: Artisan Consortium flier.. Just do the quest, which is to bring it to Valdrakken PvP area and you’ll get 2 items: Trophy of Conquest and Greater Trophy of Conquest. We will be able to buy more of them once the PvP vendor is available for season 2. There’s 2 trophy, because one is for Shoulder/Waist/Hands/Feet, and the other is for Head/Chest/Leg. Remember, we can only craft 1 item right now because of Sparks, but nothing will stop you from buying another Tropĥy for Head/Chest/Leg later on with conquest points. Some of you who do PvP daily probably already got the flyer or trophies, but didn’t understand what to do with it yet, so check your bags and reagent bag if you already got it done. (Edit: Neck, Back, Wrist, or Finger use a Lesser Trophy of Conquest, which isn’t given for free with the Lockbox quest. You’ll have to wait to get that one from the Conquest vendor, Thanks Akatsüki!)
Once you got one of the trophy and your Shadowflame, you can now get to… crafting… wait no… thinking about what you want to craft! (If only it was that easy!)
Keep in mind that you can only have TWO EMBELLISHED ITEMS. You should think carefully about what you want to use since Sparks are limited every 2 weeks. You should think about the embellishment powers you want, and also think ahead about your Tier set bonus. Remember that if you want to use Tier set bonus in PvP, you’ll transform your PvP item into a PvE item with preselected stats. You should decide ahead if you want your 2-set, 4-set or skip it. Remember that Tier set bonus are nerfed by 50% in PvP as well..
I’m telling you that because as a priest, I hate crit, it’s all over my Tier set items, so I won’t get Tier set on slots with bad stats (Probably gonna go Shoulder and gloves, 2-set bonus only…), which leaves me Chest/Head/Leg open. But you can also put embellishment on boots, belts, Neck, Back, Wrist, or Finger which aren’t Tier items.
Visit the Crafting Order area, and look up any of the Vibrant (cloth), Life-Bound (leather), Flame-Touched (Mail), Primal Molten (Plate) item or Infurious (Any armor type) item for your armor type. Make sure to check other items as well. Elemental Lariat is also considered an embellishment, so it’s up to you to think about it carefully.
If it’s your first time checking the Crafting order interface. It’s like the Auction House, but you are asking crafters from your realm to make the item for you, you just have to collect the mats and give a good commission for a quick reply. You search and pick the item. Then you fill out the requirements. You’ll see a first slot for your spark, you select the Spark of the Shadowflame. In the Optional reagents zone below the mats, you’ll check the last box to your right, and that’s where you can put either one of your Trophy. You fill out the rest of the optional slots if you want specific stats (Draconic Missive will make it the stats you want). If you selected a pre-determined items (Infurious instead of Vibrant), you won’t have to add an embellishment items since it’s baseline on it. If you selected a Vibrant items, you’ll need to add an embellishment item. For healers/casters, you could be interested in a Statuette of Foreseen Power, which is the old Precognition PvP talents as a embellishment. As a melee, you could prefer the Figurine of the Gathering Storm, your local PvE jewelcrafter can get it done for you if they did a bit of questing in the new zone.
You don’t have to care about recipe difficulty for the reagents or final result. Even if the items is Bronze quality, it will always go up to Ilvl 450 in PvP and have the same powers.
Congrats on your new ilvl 450 PvP item! I hope you did the right choice…
TLDR Posted by Dactylion from Aeghis on youtube. Skip to 1:18 if you don’t care about Precog, only about the path to craft your new PvP item.
Another video posted by Felrynpr from Skill Capped on youtube. (More General overview. Informations about crafted gear start at 4:33)
