Upgrading your gear to top-gear level is now based on the new upgrade system that is introduced in Season 2 of Dragonflight. The 10.1 update has made big changes to how gear upgrades work. Now, there are two main items you need: Flightstones and Shadowflame Crests. They took the place of Elemental Overflow and Valor for upgrading equipment. Getting Flightstones is easy and good for lower-level gear upgrades, but players are more excited about getting Shadowflame Crests, as they are valuable for higher-level gear upgrades.
Even though it might take some time to get used to the changes, it’s really important to understand Shadowflame Crests. If you learn how to get them efficiently, you’ll do well in raids and dungeons. Also, this is the only way to reach the highest gear level in Season 2 of the Dragonflight expansion.
In this article, we’ll be telling you how to get Shadowflame Crests and Fragments to upgrade your gear to the highest item level in Dragonflight.
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What are Shadowflame Crests in Dragonflight
Shadowflame Crests are the most important currency for getting the best gear. You can also use Flightstones for lower-level gear upgrades that will take you up to 398 item level. To get Shadowflame Crests, you need to do harder in-game activities like Mythic+ dungeons and Raids. If you want Flightstones, you can do regular and world quests. To use Shadowflame Crests, you’ll need to find special Item Upgrade NPCs on the Dragon Isles.
When you collect Shadowflame Crests, you can find them in two forms: regular tokens and fragments. The regular tokens are ready to use, and you can take them to a vendor. The fragments, however, need to be gathered 15 in total to create a complete Shadowflame Crest.
Here are all the Shadowflame Crests available in the game and the gear levels they can upgrade to:
- Whelpling’s Shadowflame Crest: Upgrades gear up to 411 Item Level.
- Drake’s Shadowflame Crest: Upgrades gear up to 424 Item Level.
- Wyrm’s Shadowflame Crest: Upgrades gear up to 437 Item Level.
- Aspect’s Shadowflame Crest: Upgrades gear up to 441 Item Level.
Additionally, there are Enchanted Shadowflame Crests used to enhance crafted gear:
- Enchanted Whelpling’s Shadowflame Crest: Upgrades crafted gear up to 395-408 Item Level.
- Enchanted Wyrm’s Shadowflame Crest: Upgrades crafted gear up to 424-437 Item Level.
- Enchanted Aspect’s Shadowflame Crest: Upgrades crafted gear up to 434-447 Item Level.
The Drake’s Shadowflame Crest requires a profession of Enchanter to create. If you’re not an enchanter, you won’t be able to create this type of crest. In that case, if you have a different profession, you can use the Crafting Order system to upgrade your crafted gear.
Shadowflame Crests Weekly Cap
As always, the game developers have set a limit on how many crests you can get each week. When it comes to crest fragments, the maximum you can collect is 150. For Shadowflame Crests specifically, you can obtain 10 crests of each type per week.
How to Get Shadowflame Crests in Dragonflight
Now, that all of the importance of Shadowflame Crests has been discussed, it is time to learn how to get and farm them in Dragonflight 10.1.
- Whelpling’s Shadowflame Crest: Obtained from LFR Aberrus bosses, Mythic+ dungeons (levels 2 to 5), world quests, and treasures. It is used for low-level gear upgrades and can upgrade Item Level up to 411.
- Drake’s Shadowflame Crest: Obtained from Normal Aberrus bosses, Mythic+ dungeons (levels 6 to 10), and Zaralek Cavern weekly events. It is used for mid-level gear upgrades and can upgrade Item Level up to 424.
- Wyrm’s Shadowflame Crest: Obtained from Heroic Aberrus bosses, Mythic+ dungeons (levels 11 to 15). It is used for high-level gear upgrades and can upgrade Item Level up to 437.
- Aspect’s Shadowflame Crest: Obtained from Mythic Aberrus bosses, Mythic+ dungeons (levels 16 and above). It is used for top-level gear upgrades and can upgrade Item level to 441.
How to Get Enchanted Shadowflame Crests in Dragonflight
For Enchanted Shadowflame Crests, it is important to have Enchanting as a profession. You will have to get the Enchanted Shadowflame Crests recipes by participating in Zaralek Cavern Events, loot Treasure Chests, and through Rares. After getting the recipes, you will be able to craft the Enchanted Shadowflame Crests.
- Enchanted Whelpling’s Shadowflame Crest: It is crafted with 30x Chromatic Dust, 5x Vibrant Shard, 1x Resonant Crystal, and 1x Whelpling’s Shadowflame Crest. It is used to upgrade Rare Quality crafted gear to levels between 395 and 408 Item Level.
- Enchanted Wyrm’s Shadowflame Crest: It is crafted with 60x Chromatic Dust, 10x Vibrant Shard, 2x Resonant Crystal, and 3x Wyrm’s Shadowflame Crest. It is used to upgrade Epic Quality crafted gear to levels between 424 and 437 Item Level.
- Enchanted Aspect’s Shadowflame Crest: It is crafted with 80x Chromatic Dust, 15x Vibrant Shard, 4x Resonant Crystal, 2x Dracothyst, and 4x Aspect’s Shadowflame Crest. It is used to upgrade Epic Quality crafted gear to levels between 434 and 447 Item Level.
How to Get Shadowflame Crest Fragments in Dragonflight
Another great way to get Shadowflame Crests is to gather Shadowflame Crest Fragments and then use them to create respective types of Shadowflame Crest. It will speed up the process of obtaining Shadowflame Crests and upgrading your gear to max level.
- Whelpling’s Shadowflame Crest Fragment: Obtained from LFR Aberrus bosses, Mythic+ dungeons (levels 2 to 5), world quests, treasures, rare enemies, and Spinsoa. It is used to upgrade gear up to 411 Item Level.
- Drake’s Shadowflame Crest Fragment: Obtained from Normal Aberrus bosses, Mythic+ dungeons (levels 6 to 10), Zaralek Cavern weekly events, weekly quests, rare elites, Fyrakk Assaults, and Spinsoa. It is used to upgrade gear up to 424 Item Level.
- Wyrm’s Shadowflame Crest Fragment: Obtained from Heroic Aberrus bosses, Mythic+ dungeons (levels 11 to 15). It is used to upgrade gear up to 437 Item Level.
- Aspect’s Shadowflame Crest Fragment: Obtained from Mythic Aberrus bosses, Mythic+ dungeons (levels 16 and above). It is used to upgrade gear up to 441 Item Level.
You will have to gather 15 Fragments of the same type to create the respective type of Shadowflame Crest. As there is more versatility in getting the fragments, you must partake in every possible source of fragments to get as many as you can.
That is all related to how to get Shadowflame Crests in Dragonflight.