Patch 10.2 ULTIMATE Gearing Guide - Get Item Level 480+

There are so many different ways you can gear up in Season 3 of Dragonlight - and with so many options, it's hard to figure out what the best option for you is. But fear not, our ULTIMATE gearing guide for season 3 and patch 10.2 will walk you through every available gearing option at end game.
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Timestamps -
00:00 - How to get item level 480+
00:46 - The Upgrade System & You
02:46 - Flightstones
03:11 - Crests
04:24 - Trade up your crests
06:28 - Alts & catch up
07:09 - Gearing up for EVERYONE
09:09 - Gearing up through CRAFTING
14:07 - Gearing up through RAIDS
15:59 - Gearing up through DUNGEONS
18:18 - Gearing up through PVP
20:07 - Weekly vault vendor
20:49 - Revival catalyst is already here
21:57 - Guaranteed tier tokens

[@SignsOfKelani]

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[@codymetz8689]

This is like the only 10.2 guide that doesn’t assume you already know everything about the systems and activities available. Much appreciated!

[@inFiniteTraCer]

You have emerged as my go-to source for this type of info. I love your concise, striaght-to-the-point, detail-filled, in-perfect-order videos. Absolute master class for delivering info. Thank you for all of your work, sir.

[@kanifis]

Definitely one of my go-tos as well

[@alkahullick]

Thanks Kelani for this video, I have lots of alts and was wondering how to gear them up efficienctly, excellent work and much appreciated, keep it up.

[@nicholasjones1128]

I have been so confused since coming back, this video was exactly what I needed. 😅 thank you

[@Realmjumper4099]

Excellent Guide Thanks Kelani you are awesome!

[@Jharlax]

Just wachted belluars guide before and was so convused. Then warched this and everything is clear. Absolutly fantartic job. Thanks.

[@CuriousZenWayfarer]

Amazing summary, thank you so much!

[@thisisger]

this is the guide ive been looking for, im coming from the end of BFA and bought the 70boost with dragonflight bundle for war within, and 1st time playin dragonflight and was overwelm at how upgrade system worked 😂

[@RogueAero]

Dude same. I feel so lost lol I haven't even used the 70 boost yet I just went around getting the allied races unlocked(finally) got high enough on my demon hunter to make an evoker and haven't even touched anything else yet 😂 it's so overwhelming

[@robery4008]

Same I have no idea wtf I'm doing lol. There's so much shit in this game now

[@allcore5172]

Thanks for your video man it’s very good. Coming back from pandoria I almost quit again because it was so damn confusing, but now I’m getting the swing of things.

[@InwhatOffical]

Thanks so much for this video! I just jumped back into WoW with my wife and we've been trying to understand the best way to get gear. We're not end game people but would like to at least get into the weekly farm grind to casually gear up. Subscribed and excited to learn more from your channel!

[@travisbathory468]

Great guide. Thank you for the upload.

[@BillNyeX69]

Very nice guide. Thank you.

[@y35n00b5]

Normally I watch these and things make more sense. I feel so overwhelmed. Even more so after watching it lol

[@Forest0922]

Extremely useful as I haven't palyed in like a year, ty.

[@edouardfault3669]

best guide around, thanks pal 💛

[@michaelb9683]

Always the best break downs of gearing

[@RoketNek]

So this was the video I was searching for... With all this new currencys to upgrade gear I was totally lost... THANKS!

[@gravity-arbor]

Damn that’s a helpful explanation of the upgrade system and gearing.

[@likilikiki]

The trade-up system is awesome. I had so many worthless whelp and drake crests last patch.

[@likilikiki]

@@Volkfire It should be the same one but as long as you can still upgrade with the lower crests you won't see the trade up.

[@Nohandlethankyou1]

@@likilikikioooooooh. That’s a good piece of info you provided there bro.

[@jorgiotoldo8636]

fun thing , i stocked various 402 ilvl token gears prepatch for futur alts . they all became 415 since new patch. the 385 ilvl token gears from forbidden reach i stocked are still at 385. its the first time i see an upgrade in already purchased token gears.

[@j.ramirocuadros.39]

Thank you so much for this video. I was in need of a guide to level up the gear of my alters after a long break from WoW. Greetings from Peru! 👍👍

[@MostlyFish21]

Greetings from Australia

[@frase1989]

Great video thank you

[@Wutwut1n1]

Thanks man 😊

[@Graavigala85]

Love this new gearing system where even LFR players will get Normal transmog

[@stephanneokleous6048]

wait, how? did I miss it in the video?

[@HaloEchoe419]

​@@stephanneokleous6048catalyst

[@emocatte]

@@stephanneokleous6048 you upgrade the veteran gear you get from LFR. Once you get I think 5/8 upgrades it unlocks the normal transmog. was that way last season aswell- same with normal upgraded can get heroic mog, and heroic upgraded can unlock mythic mog etc

[@Graavigala85]

@@stephanneokleous6048 once you get your LFR gear to 5/8 upgrade level it will change into normal gear (transmog) so you can get normal set also, ofcourse if you run normal raid you will get better ilvl gear and when you upgrade that to 5/8 it will then become heroic transmog

[@stephanneokleous6048]

oh thats so sick! I totally missed that. Thanks,@@Graavigala85

[@shaneanigans86]

Thanks Kelani - any chance you know how the revival catalyst now works for the S2 gear (Dreambound and Time Rift items) if gained after S3 started? It seems to only allow LFR appearances, but won't upgrade to Normal tier anymore for transmog!

[@jmblake4549]

Nerfing VOTI flightstone drop rate was the worst, now I feel like I’m always struggling to upgrade my gear slowly now

[@shinhadou12]

In my mind now I only hear "pvp pvp pvp pvp pvp pvp" with Kelani's voice,i cant sleep xD.Thx alot for ur amazing work,like always

[@michaelbubel879]

Might be worth mentioning to save your catalyst revival charge until you get your hands on your first piece of tier gear. would be a shame to upgrade some armor into tier just to have that same tier piece drop for you while you're doing content :(

[@rquays9414]

@SignsOfKelani If you don't mind me asking, what PC setup do you have? Your videos are so smooth, even if heavy raid environments.

[@MDxGano]

pretty much identical to last season with just a higher cap out on vault rewards, and rightfully so imo. 16 being the top for vault rewards was a little less than optimal.

[@topher9861]

I just recently started playing wow, and this helped me understand a bit but it's still so confusing lol

[@shadedtree-]

Almost capped on flight stones. Not plainning on doing pve for a while. Should i spend them on my pvp gear or something else?

[@supersaiyanzero386]

Excited to hit 61 to 70 seeing how much more dmg health and stats are than the 50s.

[@tbatong3983]

So you can do 3 tvings to your gear? Craft, enchant and upgrade?

[@jimog6595]

thanks bud

[@teej143]

This guide makes it seem like I wont need a spreadsheet so kudos to you. Nevertheless, the system has too many different terms just to upgrade my gear. It makes me dislike it even though im upgrading.

[@waxonwaxoff1008]

I assume you can't trade the lower crests up if you're already capped on the higher one? :) so it's not a bypass the cap kind of thing

[@johnwarner4178]

For anyone who doesn’t like PVP you can still get the Trophies for 450 gear without actually fighting players. With warmode on quests in the zone and even disturbed dirt give quest credit

[@opeline4720]

Sounds great, but that just opens me up to getting camped. Learned my lesson in BfA, no thanks. I'll do things slower.

[@johnwarner4178]

@@opeline4720 that’s fair too, I’ve become good at dipping in to get what I need but you’re right there is still risk!

[@derkaman123123]

@@opeline4720skill issue

[@doms5755]

@@opeline4720depending on your server there’s a lot of custom groups that farm world pvp. Which make it much easier too.

[@Blaufrosch]

As a new player I'm still overwhelmed even though you gave the information 😅

[@nawafaleid196]

anyone have a recomendation for alt gearing (like more than 20) - mine are stuck around 400... i can multibox 2 accounts for TimeRifts, but other than that, i probebly can TW for gear !

[@ryanparrish9469]

Look! Bigger numbers! Same Game. So awesome!

[@michaelthomas1916]

I heard him mention the Fstone discount for upgrading lower ilvl gear in the same spot. Is it still the same with the no-crest requried?

[@scruffynerfherder33]

On the same character if you have a better ilvl piece in that same slots you only need a reduced amount of flight stones, not crests. On alts you need less flight stones but still need crests.

[@hlopes6]

which addon you use for interface?

[@MrYangstar007]

so this new solo adventure thing still requires group play for higher upgrades. so then whats new? i thought i can just solo and get maxed out gears

[@Mordicus1]

Lady Moonberry "- The niffen call Zaralek Cavern their home, If you wish to merely use the sparks power as you explore, the may be able to guide you in your effort to find some if you help them in return" What does she mean?

[@itsprudhvirazz]

what monitor and resolution are you using? looks nice. 32 inc montior and 1440p ?

[@inksplosiongames]

Saw that you got two pieces in the same slot from your weeklies. That happened to THREE of my characters... Seems fishy haha.

[@jasonmountain4643]

What day to weekly quests reset?

[@deejaydhillon8415]

I did new world boss with 4 alts and got a drop everytime!!

[@bardolombax2971]

Is there a way to get more Catalyst charges? Or is there a way to get them back after creating a Tier Set Gear? I'm asking to know if it's worth to transform a Veteran piece of gear (with a ilvl cap of 463) into a Tier Set. I'd like to have some tier set pieces while I grind the higher ilvl pieces, but I'm afraid I won't be able to get higher ilvl Tier Sets later since I used the Catalyst charges on lower ilvl and now I'm bound to lower ilvl Tier Set. Any info is appreciated :)

[@wakevajzet4170]

No, catalysts charges are permanently gone once you use them and there is no way of getting them back. Whether or not something is worth it depends on you and what you plan on doing later in the season, basically.

[@ekenosen777]

Current tier set is time gated per week, last season is not you can upgrade any explorer gear to aberrus tier set

[@AlunDowdeswell]

It looks like the crests you can only trade down? 15 Wryms costs 15 aspects?

[@markanthmore]

Hopefully someone can answer this, since PVP gear is so high in PVP, is regular content gear always inferior to conquest/bloody strife gear? Should I just shoot for full conquest + those weekly strife pieces?

[@TheShawnMower]

Yea go full pvp gear. Your target should be to get full conquest gear most of the time. And upgrade those with catalyst to get set bonuses as desired

[@erenanarchy9538]

@@TheShawnMower hey i have a question, im building conquest gear and used my catalyst charges for my pvp gear now i wear all pvp gear and some of my items can be upgraded to 275+ so my question is can i do pve raid with that gear or do i have to use catalyst charges on different items again?

[@michealwatts7469]

I actually did the Raid. First time Ive done a raid, I don't use mods at all so I was worried Id be kicked but honestly I had a great time and could easily see what the mechanics were. As a Survival Hunter and Augmentation Evoker I did pretty well, sadly I did not get anything despite rolling, so this comes to my question am I still locked out of gear for the week now that I have done the raid or can I go in until I get a piece of gear like FFXIV and then Ill get locked out?

[@mrcaterpillow9926]

Yup whenever you participate in killing a boss you are locked from rolling for gear on that boss until next Tuesday, you can go on to do other difficulties of the raid for chances of gear however.

[@Deminogg]

Rewards from raids are weekly. Even if you go back to old raids to farm gear for transmog or mounts or anything else, as soon as you kill the boss, that boss is locked out for the week. Type “/raidinfo” to see which raids AND what bosses you’ve completed for the week.

[@Rose-cv9lj]

For gearing I would recommend doing +17s dungeons until you have a hero item in everyslot the progressing to heroic and mythic raid

[@bjorn4978]

confused as a returning player i done the bloom event, got no gear, done the world boss, got no gear and done that flower bloom thing where you contribute seeds or w/e and once again, got no gear?

[@deutschesvolk8216]

it seems like it's working as intended. just keep paying your sub and try again next week 😜😜

[@MagCynic]

I think the new upgrade system and item "tracks" are a fantastic addition to the game. Now it's much easier for solo players to reach their endgame ilvl without having to spam LFR over and over.

[@RealAndyOriginal]

If your a solo player you don’t need high level gear though. The only reason you need good gear is to clear group content.

[@jediping]

@@RealAndyOriginalDoesn’t mean you don’t want it. Helps get through solo content faster and also helps with survivability on world bosses and the like.

[@valorath6797]

@@RealAndyOriginalthe entire point of the grind is for gear lol ofc everyone wants it

[@BusJustice]

I am grinding the Dream stuff on my warr alt with half low level mage tower gear. You don’t need the gear, gear doesn’t need a convoluted “upgrade” system. It’s obnoxious for gamers, your life was plenty fine in solo without this trash.

[@jediping]

@@BusJustice I was trying not to assume you were being a jerk by your comment. Alas, I was one again proved wrong.

[@duffin3503]

Dunk you used the persona 4 battle victory music i know you know something about that game and one day you will mention it

[@CB38096]

Wait can you trade Drake crests down into Whelps crests even if your at Whelp crest cap?

[@1OaKind]

Yeah, I believe the item specifies that the crests don't count towards the cap

[@davidmoss5424]

Can a Leatherworker (for example) now make all gear items at 463 using sparks and equip them, or is there a restriction on how many crafted items the character can wear in this season?

[@mikedaniels9061]

Can wear as many crafted items that you have sparks for. Other than crafted items that have embellishments, those you can only wear 2

[@davidmoss5424]

@@mikedaniels9061 Brilliant, thank you!

[@RYLIK_89]

Edit: he posted it the next day. Think you missed a huge opportunity to talk about that wow anniversary, and all the 441 gear its dropping at veteran 1/8

[@basildon1268]

petition to have blizz organize crests in the currency tab by "type" and not alphabetically

[@RogueAero]

As a returning player i still have no $@#&ing idea what I'm doing 🤣 last time i played retail was pre classic and i feel so lost

[@aburcha]

When does the weekly 5 heroic dungeon quest come back that used to reward a choice of 1pc of Champion Gear or Drake Crest

[@christopherdaffron8115]

That weekly quest seems to have disappeared from the NPC. Not sure if it will come back since now Heroic Dungeons provide credit towards the Great Vault reward. You can do a Mythic +2 Dungeon to get a random piece of Champion Gear from the Great Vault.

[@aburcha]

@christopherdaffron8115 the adventure guide on my main has it in the list of suggested content, but clicking accept does nothing

[@aburcha]

@christopherdaffron8115 the adventure guide on my main has it in the list of suggested content, but clicking accept does nothing

[@MostlyFish21]

​@@aburchaHOW CAN WE GET THE QUEST

[@Hillchaser]

If I just came back to WoW and started with a fresh lvl 70 now, could I just grind heroic dungeons until my item lvl is high enough for M+ dungeons, or do I _have_ to do weekly quests and world boss content. I prefer group content all the way, more fun and learn more by playing with others.

[@LeutnantArko]

im stuck at 440 , getting no sht in m+ and no luck in nhc raids...

[@theonlysypher704]

Hope someone sees this but I’d really like to get into mythic raiding but I don’t have a guild. Have done raids in several other games but can’t find a guild that does mythic raids

[@Spanakopitaa]

How many new Splinters can we acquire per week? If I do the Worthy Ally with Dream Wardes and get 1 Splinter, then go to Vault and buy another one with my Tokens of Merit, is this safe to assume that I can basically craft 1 piece of gear per week? Let me know if I miss something here Edit: Later on the video at 10:20 something similar is mentioned, but I still want to know if we can get a 3rd Splinter from Vault each week

[@SignsOfKelani]

1 splinter per week, I believe you can only buy splinters from the weekly vault vendor if you are behind the current pace of splinters (if you miss a week)

[@Spanakopitaa]

@@SignsOfKelani Ok I understand how it works for the Vault splinter. But your answer now confuses me because on the video I understand you have 2 guaranteed Splinters per week (1 from Worthy Ally + 1 from PVP quest). Is it 1 guaranteed per week eventually? So either you get it from Worthy Ally or PvP ?

[@Kuletz231]

I think my understanding is that you either get the splinter from a worthy ally or the pvp quest. So if u don't like doing pvp then a worthy ally is the way to go. I think only one of those quests will give a splinter whichever one you do first during the week. I think if u r behind on ur sparks then you can get more than one splinter a week but once you are caught up then it's one splinter per week max.

[@adriansn5756]

Any way i can get season 2 type gear i can upgrade to season 2 tier?

[@tylerricker230]

I know the dream surge thing let’s you pick a item level 460 gear piece of a season 2 tier piece I believe

[@raxrax5406]

Take a sip of Whisky evertime "crest" is said. GL

[@jos7171]

It’s hard to run mythic+ as a new player without a guild

[@gblan]

Can crafted gear be converted to tier pieces?

[@fajarputras3300]

Nope

[@freaknature823]

I don’t think you said “crests” enough jc.

[@LotzofGames]

So basically I should forget about getting my set bonus this season. Sweet

[@tylerricker230]

Why? I got the 2 set first day last week, got a raid drop and got the piece from the revival catalyst thing.

[@LotzofGames]

@@tylerricker230 I don’t raid and didn’t he say we get a catalyst every 2 weeks?

[@aressindal9948]

Its not longer attached to AOTC, you need to clear all 9 bosses on heroic

[@jonaf.8765]

Bruh I’m chillin @ m+ 10-12 rn and now you saying I gotta push 20 for the badass gear 😭😭😭

[@twistn4393]

"with so many options it can be hard to keep things straight" -story of my life

[@balzisharez]

Can you just get gear by doing Raids and Dungeons? Because I haven't got the time to grind out side of those. And I'm not going to do any of this...

[@Marlfox70]

Of course, but certain things, like crafting embellishments (they give little effects like a chance to deal shadowflame damage or whatnot), are not obtainable through those. But everything else will pretty much.

[@balzisharez]

@@Marlfox70 Thanks heaps :)

[@solidsneak0450]

Keep in mind it is probably better to save your catalyst charges until next week's vault. Reason being you will have 2 charges of the catalyst and also 2 pieces of gear from the vault, which can be tier gear. So you can convert 2 with the catalyst and get two with the vault u have your 4 set

[@blackalphadragon96]

We only get 1 charge every 2 weeks now tho from the catalyst

[@Polywog77]

drink every time he says crest

[@nizze5461]

🎉

[@MB-go6uy]

WTB Kelani's accent.

[@Reaper78665]

if you don't raid in heroic or mythic ten you are stuck at 476 or 470 doesn't matter what you do

[@VibePatrol]

This better be worth it after forcing me to watch 7 mins of ads.

[@oilspill1787]

Let’s not fair is the gearing system you have to join a clan so you can get better gear than everyone else they should drop in the story automatically just as in the clan all the same

[@IPlayVideoGamesAndNothingElse]

I hate having alts but if you only have 1 character you hit a huge wall where you got nothing to do to gear up unless you just live in mythic + or pvp. If you do all the quests, world quests, and the raid you’re just left with stuff that gets you no character progression or your hard stuck in 2 of the 3 pillars. Its already sad enough that the main campaign from season 1-3 can be completed in 20 hours and they drip feed it to you over a years time. I quit in season 1 and just returned 3 days ago and now I’m just trying to kill farak, and get gear. Already got bis weapons just need to upgrade them by 1 of 2 pillars. Those are the only things that drop flight stones after all dailies and weeklies are completed.

[@Deminogg]

I still don’t like how they gatekeep armor behind M+ dungeons. I was there when it was first introduced during Legion and it was fun, but sooner than later we got the sweaties who wanna run even M+ 0 at a certain time with as many as few deaths as possible and they strictly look for certain classes. So if your main class is not on the rotation of “broken” for that season you’re out of luck and this feels frustrating because we get locked away and can’t enjoy the expansion or the gear it has to offer.

[@calamity0.o]

I have not had these issues as a windwalker. Are these issues you have actually experienced?...or are you being hyperbolic?

[@advenchurro2581]

First! (But the second one)

[@ZombieSlayerTakashi]

This is how WoW should be. no matter how shit the story is, so long as the gearing is solid, it's a good time in WoW.

[@Andy07777]

To me the crafting system has become so convoluted that I sincerely hope they completely rework it in the next expansion.

[@drummerguy438]

I somewhat agree. I like that there’s something to sink your teeth into with crafting, but it needs to be easier to understand at a glance. And I think there needs to be an easier way to level your skill outside work orders. I want them to rework the system to be easier to understand, but I enjoy the depth available

[@CowpokeRick]

The complexity is enjoyable, but they need a questline to help new folks learn

[@wm1573]

I was initially hyped when they announced overhaul to professions to DF but they honestly still seem very…..meh.

[@saosko]

It’s really not that hard lol

[@ashdaniels2332]

It's not thatt hard but kinda annoying because your "talent points" matter and un refundable. If you could get all the trees filled out with catchup, or if there wasn't a player expectation of +5 of all gear, it'd be a lot more chill

[@Aprendizinteligencia]

[@KFN_VII]

Great video but I feel like I need a degree to understand all of this

[@BKDDY]

Game already needs another level squish.

[@nawdog187]

Funny thing, they said the crafting gear was going to be taken out, i think the programmer's have 0 clue where they headed .

[@hoplit6764]

Just spam M+

[@kadathsmith]

If you listen to this video after a short break from wow, you really understand why retail is dying. Its too many systems, too many currencies, too much...

[@ragmk]

OMG ... for a person to start, this is fucking overwhelming. Even if I have gold, I can't make the gear. I can't even understand what do do first. Ok, I'm stupid.

[@DarkCulex]

he lied about flight stones , they really drop from very specific places and activities not everything

[@PhillipPresswood]

Blizz needs to limit the number of different currencies and gear types in the future. Just bad design.

[@projectundrfire]

What even is this? And why is this not a comment? I've been gone since pre raid, full story completion.

[@alexandermilosevic_]

oh my geez this is overwhelming for returning players. This needs to be made simpler, starting to feel like a mobile game.