World Of Warcraft: Dragonflight - Fastest Way To Get Good Gear In Season 4 (2024)

World of Warcraft Dragonflight makes several changes that help players get good gear in season four. The methods for acquiring gear are relatively the same, but the breakpoints and the way you can get the best gear possible are made much easier.

If you are looking for a way to level up your alt, gear your main character, or make your character as strong as possible for the War Within expansion, here are all the best methods of getting great gear from all the content available in World of Warcraft Dragonflight season four.

Gear Item Level Breakpoints For Each Content

Season four squished the dungeon levels or difficulty for the mythic tier. If you played season three, a +11 or +12 mythic key is now a +two key in season four.

They also scaled the m+0 to the difficulty level of a +10 key in season three. This change is for players who didn't get a chance to gear up their character in season three. These new players can easily finish baseline content such as normal, heroic, and mythic dungeons.

Season four made some small but impactful changes to the item level of the gear that drops from dungeons and raids. Here's a quick rundown of the gear item level and crest drops to the corresponding mythic dungeon difficulty.

Based on the table, mythic or m+zero is the only way to get Drake crests from dungeons, but you can also get them through normal awakened raids. The item levels starting from a +eight key difficulty already give "Myth" level gear. Technically, you can get the best gear possible, in terms of item level, by purely running mythic+ dungeons if you wait long enough.

For raids, it is a bit different. Since season four introduces awakened raids, all the Dragonflight raids will be in the rotation. Every new week or weekly reset, there will be a different Dragonflight raid marked as "Awakened" – Amirdrassil, The Dream's Hope, Aberrus, The Shadowed Crucible, and Vault of the Incarnates.

Here's the breakdown of the item level dropped for all the raids.

These item level breakdowns are no different than in previous seasons. However, this also means that you can combine powerful weapons, armor, and trinkets from different raids.

The Best Way To Farm Good Gear

If you aren't in a guild that runs mythic raids, mythic+ dungeons are the best way to get some good gear. If you are starting the season with a low ilvl or a freshly maxed out character, you'll need to start with the basics. Here's a priority list of things you should do to increase your item level.

1. Complete the weekly quest offered in the middle of Valdrakken if it is easily doable.
2. Finish normal and heroic dungeons until you are geared enough for LFRs.
3. Finish all wings of the active Awakened raids in LFR.
4. Start running m+zeroes for Drake crests and champion-tier gear.
5. Run m+twos for Wyrm Crests and more champion-tier gear.
6. Skip m+ three to five and go straight to m+six once your character can handle the difficulty.
7. Start running heroic raids for hero gear.
8. Finish at least one m+8 dungeon to improve your weekly vault to Myth-tier.

Some of these steps are skippable, depending on what you prefer or what you can finish. If you find it too tedious to look for raid groups in the premade group finder, you can go for mythic+ dungeons instead.

If you have a good guild that has scheduled raids for normal and heroic raids, you can run those raids and run mythic+ dungeons on the side for supplementary loot. Generally, the list above is the most conservative approach.

Some players may prefer to skip a few difficulty tiers, like going to m+6 immediately, even with a sub-490 item level character. Things will get harder, but it is definitely doable, especially with proper communication and a great team.

Crafting Gear

Season four has the same crafting mechanics as previous seasons. You'll have to get two of the new Splintered Spark of Awakening and combine them to create the Spark of Awakening using 250 Flightstones.

Once you have the Spark of Awakening, you can craft your own gear if you have the right profession for your needed gear piece or create a work order and have someone else do it for you. The item level of the crafted gear is dependent on the type of Crest you use.

Once you get the required Crests for your specific gear, you'll still need a crafter to make the Enchanted Crest and also buy the remaining materials for your specific item. It is a long and expensive process, but you'll get a great gear piece in return.

Some of these items are the best-in-slot gear for some classes and specializations, such as the Elemental Lariat. The rewards outweigh the costs, so crafting is definitely one of the best ways to gear up your character. However, your crafting will be limited to the number of Crests and the number of Sparks you have available.

Only craft your item when you are absolutely positive that the item you are crafting is either the best-in-slot or you keep getting unlucky in getting a specific piece of gear.

The Parting Glass - Antique Bronze Bullions

Antique Bronze Bullion is an exclusive currency used to purchase the highest item level gear you want. The selection includes rings, weapons, shields, and trinkets you can loot in the three raids rotating in season four. It sounds too good to be true, but it does have a catch. The drops are extremely limited.

You can only earn one Antique Bronze Bullion per week and character by defeating any Awakened boss on any raid difficulty. Farming this extremely valuable currency might pressure players to play every week. However, there is a catch-up mechanic set in place.

Every week, your Antique Bronze Bullion cap will rise by one. This means that if you miss a week, you can catch up to your current cap.

Most, if not all, items cost two Antique Bronze Bullions. Seeing how valuable the currency is, you should proceed with extreme caution when purchasing items. Here's a strict checkbox on when you should use the Antique Bronze Bullions:

• Are you sure about your specialization or role?
• Run simulations on the item you want to purchase to make sure it is an upgrade or the best-in-slot item.
• Check the cosmetics vendor if you want anything from them.

Since most of the items are attainable through raiding, it is best to try and finish all the bosses you can every week. If you can't get the item you want to drop, that's when you should use the Antique Bronze Bullions. The Antique Bronze Bullion vendors are inside the Parting Glass, east of Valdrakken – coordinates 73, 45.