Sources of Gear (12.1.0)
Solo Content:
Open World Veteran
The first 2 Pinnacle Caches you open will reward a Veteran piece. After the first two, they only reward adventurer pieces
Curse Surge in the Coiled Isle
Completing 3 Curse Surges grants a Pinnacle Cache.
Purging the Vaults in the Vaults of Atal’Utek
Completing this weekly quest should be a priority. Not only does it reward a Pinnacle Cache, it also gives a Venom-Cursed Fragment and a Trovehunter’s Bounty. (See the Champion and Hero section for more details.)
Special Assignments in participating zones
These special world quests require you to complete other world quests in the zone to unlock them. They reward Pinnacle Caches.
Event Tab on your map
Extra events for the various zones are listed and tell if they reward Pinnacle Caches.
Champion Gear
Delves
T11 Bountiful Delves require Restored Coffer Keys (You can collect up to 6 a week) and reward Champion pieces for completion. They can also drop Warbound Veteran gear for alts.
Nightmare Prey Hunts
The first 2 Nightmare Hunts you complete will drop Champion Gear. If you’re at Stage 4 of the Preyhunter’s Journey, you can collect Afflicted Souls from Bountiful Delves that grant an extra Champion piece every week. Finally, the weekly quest to finish 3 Nightmare Hunts drop a Scalebound Herald’s Flute (See Hero section).
Venom-Cursed Fragments
One fragment can be acquired from Purging the Vaults and one more can be dropped from the event boss in the same zone each week for one Champion piece a week. The Venom-Cursed gear is particularly Crit focused, so it may not be ideal depending on your spec.
Zah’ran
After reaching Stage 5 of the Delver’s Journey, Zah’ran will show up at the end of the Delve and offer a random selection of Champion gear for Undercoins.
Hero Gear
Delves
Completing a T11 Bountiful Delve after using a Trovehunter’s Bounty spawns an extra chest at the end containing a Hero piece. The Bounties can be rewarded from Purging the Vault or dropped from the Nemesis after using a Scalebound Herald’s Flute.
Experienced Nightmare Hunts
At Stage 9 of the Preyhunter’s Journey, the Afflicted Soul bonus will be upgraded to Tormented Souls, which reward Hero pieces instead of Champion ones. This will take some time to reach.
Timewalking
When a Timewalking bonus event is active, completing the weekly quest will reward a piece of Hero raid gear.
Zah’ran
After reaching Stage 9 of the Delver’s Journey, Zah’ran will start selling Hero gear in exchange for Untainted Mana Crystals from Bountiful Coffers.
Group Content:
Mythic+
Keystone dungeons will drop 2 pieces of gear at the end between the 5 players. For +2 - +5, they will be Champion, for +6 and above, they will be Hero.
Raids
Raids will drop 1 piece of gear for every 5 eligible players every boss. For numbers not divisible by 5, it is 20% chance for every extra player. This Gear will match the raid’s difficulty.
Crafting:
Having a piece of gear crafted costs 2 sparks (4 for a 2h weapon) and 80 crests. The piece has an ilvl equivalent to a 5/6 piece for the tier of crest used. This can be used to specifically replace a weak piece or get gear for content you haven’t reached yet.
Note - Crafting 2 1h weapons will take 160 crests, while making a 2h weapon will only take 80 (spark costs are the same).
Also be wary of crafting Tier slots, as crafted gear cannot be catalyzed.
See the Missive Matrix to find out which Missive you need to specify a specific Secondary pair (Engineers can only make Head, Feet, Wrist and Guns). dragonsacrifice.org/Images/MissiveMatrix.png
Vault Loot:
The Great Vault awards gear based on your accomplishments the previous week.
Raid: 2 bosses / 4 bosses / 6 bosses
Dungeon: 1 dungeon / 4 dungeons / 8 dungeons
World: 2 activities / 4 activities / 8 activities
Completing more slots gives you more options on the weekly reset, but you can only pick one.
If none of the gear impresses you, you can take Tokens of Merit or a Nebulous Voidcore instead. You get 2 tokens per slot (Max 6 Tokens) and you have to fill 3 slots to take a Nebulous Voidcore.
Tokens can be spent on: Gem Sockets (6 Tokens, Head, Wrist and Waist) Champion Crests (10/Token), Hero Crests (10/2 Tokens), Gold (1000/2 Tokens), Crafting Spark (6 Tokens) and Nebulous Voidcores (6 Tokens).
Nebulous Voidcores can be spent to immediately get a Vault piece based on the content you just completed.
The levels are roughly as follows:
Veteran
World Quests, T1-T4 Delves, Normal Prey Hunts, Heroic/Timewalking Dungeons
Champion
T5-T7 Delves, Hard Prey Hunts, M0 Dungeons, LFR
Hero
T8-T11 Delves, Nightmare Prey Hunts, +2 through +9 Dungeons, Normal Raids
Myth
+10 and up Dungeons, Heroic Raids, Mythic Raids
Myth*
Final 2 raid bosses on Mythic. Awards 9/6 Myth gear.
Mistcrest Sources:
Adventurer
World Quests, Endeavor Tasks, Normal Prey Hunts, T4 Delves, Skyriding Orbs, Ritual Sites, Cursed Surges, Some Rare Spawns
Veteran
LFR, Hard Prey Hunts, Heroic Dungeons, T5-T6 Delves, Temple Strikes/Incursions, Ritual Sites, Some weekly quests
Champion
Normal Raid, Nightmare Prey Hunts, M0 through +3 Dungeons, T7-T10 Delves, Some weekly events
Hero
Heroic Raid, Nightmare Prey Hunts, Prey Weekly Quest, +4 through +8 Dungeons, T11 Delves, ? Difficulty Nemesis (Single reward of 30 Hero Crests that don’t count against your normal cap), ?? Difficulty Nemesis (Another single reward of 30 uncapped Crests)
Myth
Mythic Raid, +9 and up Dungeons, Gilded Stash in T11 Delves (3 stashes/week after reaching Stage 4 in the Delver’s Journey), ?? Difficulty Nemesis (Single reward of 30 uncapped Crests)