Valorstones

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  • Valorstones
  • Earned from completing quests, raids, dungeons, battlegrounds, arena matches, and other activities at max level. Used to upgrade max-level gear.
  • Total Maximum: 2,000

Valorstones are used alongside seasonal crests to upgrade gear of all types from The War Within seasons. Valorstones come from looting outdoor treasures, quests, weekly events, dungeons, raids, and PvP. Valorstones were reset to 0 in Season 2, but not in Season 3.

All quality colors used in this article line up with the six upgrade tracks, as shown in the Upgrade tracks table, rather than the normal item quality.

Upgrade tracks

Upgradeable gear will only ever be created in the rank 1–4 band of an upgrade track. So, an item level 668 piece that drops will always be Veteran 1/8, never Adventurer 5/8. Gear can be upgraded to the max of the upgrade track that it's on.

Valorstones have no weekly cap, so they can be ground out indefinitely up to the overall holding cap.

Upgrades that require crests need 15 of the listed crest for that item level. Should players attempt to upgrade a lower item level piece in a slot that they already have a higher item level in, no crests will be required. For example, players who have looted or upgraded to an item level 681 helm will see helms of all lower item levels cost no crests and 50% of the Valorstones. The valorstone discount (but not the crest discount) is account-wide. For rings, trinkets, and one-handed weapons, since two of each can be equipped, the lower item level piece determines the discount limit.

Upgrade tracks
Crest type iLvl Upgrade tracks
n/a 642 Explorer 1
645 Explorer 2
649 Explorer 3
652 Explorer 4
n/a 655 Explorer 5 Adventurer 1
658 Explorer 6 Adventurer 2
662 Explorer 7 Adventurer 3
665 Explorer 8 Adventurer 4
Weathered 668 Adventurer 5 Veteran 1
671 Adventurer 6 Veteran 2
675 Adventurer 7 Veteran 3
678 Adventurer 8 Veteran 4
Carved 681 Veteran 5 Champion 1
684 Veteran 6 Champion 2
688 Veteran 7 Champion 3
691 Veteran 8 Champion 4
Runed 694 Champion 5 Hero 1
697 Champion 6 Hero 2
701 Champion 7 Hero 3
704 Champion 8 Hero 4
Gilded 707 Hero 5 Myth 1
710 Hero 6 Myth 2
714 Hero 7* Myth 3
717 Hero 8* Myth 4
720 Myth 5
723 Myth 6
727 Myth 7*
730 Myth 8*
Upgrade levels marked with a * become available during the Turbo Boost event.

Loot and crest sources

Normal dungeons, timewalking dungeons, and (non-bountiful) normal delves drop ilvl 638 gear that is not on the upgrade track. Bountiful delves require a [Restored Coffer Key] from world content. Rare Manaforge Omega raid loot drops from selected bosses and will be rank 6 on the upgrade track. Bosses 7 and 8 in all non-Mythic raid difficulties drop both types of crests. As of a hotfix the week of 8 October 2024, Rated PvP awards crests.

Patch 11.0.7 changed how much crests are obtained for dungeons. Originally, timing a +4-7 would provide 12 of the Runed crests while not making the timer will always provide 5. Now since the patch, crests are increased by 2 with each type and keystone level (starting at 12, e.g. +5 being 14 Runed crests) and are only deducted by 4 if failed to beat the timer. Crests were also made uncapped and could be farmed indefinitely for the rest of Season 1. Crests were also uncapped with the Turbo Boost events during Season 2 and 3.

  • Dungeons
    Level Loot Vault Crests
    Heroic 665 A4 678 V4 Weathered 10
    Mythic 681 C1 691 C4 Carved 15
    M2 684 C2 694 H1 Runed 10/6
    M3 684 C2 694 H1 12/8
    M4 688 C3 697 H2 14/10
    M5 691 C4 697 H2 16/12
    M6 694 H1 701 H3 18/14
    M7 694 H1 704 H4 Gilded 10/6
    M8 697 H2 704 H4 12/8
    M9 697 H2 704 H4 14/10
    M10+ 701 H3 707 M1 16/12
  • Bountiful delves
    Tier Loot Map Vault Crests
    1 655 A1 n/a 668 V1 Weathered 2
    2 658 A2 671 V2 3
    3 662 A3 675 V3 4
    4 665 A4 671 V2 678 V4 5
    5 668 V1 678 V4 681 C1 6
    6 671 V2 684 C2 688 C3 Carved 3
    7 681 C1 691 C4 691 C4 5
    8 684 C2 694 H1 694 H1 Runed 2 (+2)
    9 4 (+3)
    10 6 (+4)
    11 8 (+5)
    Extra T8+ crests are from the Nemesis chest.
    Tier 11 Bountiful delves award
    7 Gilded Crests up to 3x weekly.
  • Raid: Manaforge Omega
    Level Bosses Loot Crests
    LFR 1–3 671 V2 Weathered 10
    4–6 675 V3
    7–8 678 V4 Weathered &
    Carved    		 15
    Very Rare 684 V6
    Normal 1–3 684 C2 Carved 10
    4–6 688 C3
    7–8 691 C4 Carved &
    Runed    		 15
    Very Rare 697 C6
    Heroic 1–3 697 H2 Runed 10
    4–6 701 H3
    7–8 704 H4 Runed &
    Gilded    		 15
    Very Rare 710 H6
    Mythic 1–3 710 M2 Gilded 10
    4–6 714 M3
    7–8 717 M4 15
    Very Rare 723 M6
  • Rated PvP
    Rank Crests
    Combatant 1 Weathered
    Combatant 2 Carved
    Challenger 1
    Challenger 2
    Rival 1 Runed
    Rival 2
    Duelist Gilded
    Elite

Crafting

Crafted gear can be made with or upgraded with enchanted crests to boost their item level. An  [Enchanted Weathered Ethereal Crest] costs 30x [Weathered Ethereal Crest] and can only be used on rare-quality crafted gear. An  [Enchanted Runed Ethereal Crest] costs 45x [Runed Ethereal Crest], and an  [Enchanted Gilded Ethereal Crest] costs 60x [Gilded Ethereal Crest]. Runed and gilded crests are used to increase the item level of epic-quality gear that is crafted with a  [Spark of Starlight].

Crafted item levels
Quality Base Weathered Spark Runed Gilded
Tier 1 545 662 A3 678 V4 691 C4 707 M1
Tier 2 548 665 A4 681 C1 694 H1 710 M2
Tier 3 551 668 V1 684 C2 697 H2 713 M3
Tier 4 554 671 V2 687 C3 700 H3 716 M4
Tier 5 558 675 V3 691 C4 704 H4 720 M5

Patch changes

  • The War Within Patch 11.2.0 (2025-08-05): No longer warband transferable.
  • The War Within Patch 11.1.5 (2025-04-22): Made warband transferable starting the week of 13 May with Turbo Boost.
  • The War Within Patch 11.0.7 (2024-12-17):
    • The number of Gilded Harbinger Crests needed to purchase a Nascent Gilded Harbinger Crest has been reduced to 60 (was 90).
    • The number of Harbinger Crests needed to purchase trade-up bags has been reduced to 45 (was 90).
    • Harbinger of the Gilded achievement now requires item level 636 in every slot (was 639).
    • Currency rewards from Mythic+ (Crests, Gold, Valorstones) now scale by keystone level, up to +12:
      • Crests – Starting at 12, with an additional +2 per keystone level. Completing a keystone outside of the timer is now a flat -4 Crests (was -7).
  • The War Within Hotfix (2024-10-10): Runed Crests now awarded up to Mythic+7 (was +8). Gilded crests awarded starting at Mythic+8 (was +9).
  • The War Within Hotfix (2024-10-08): Crests now drop from Rated PvP activities. Weathered Harbinger Crests are now rewarded by Combatant 1 activities. Carved Harbinger Crests are now rewarded by Combatant 2, Challenger 1, and Challenger 2 activities. Runed Harbinger Crests are now rewarded by Rival 1 and Rival 2 activities. Gilded Harbinger Crests are now rewarded by Duelist and Elite activities.
  • The War Within Patch 11.0.2 (2024-08-13): Added.

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