Manaforge Vandals Renown Guide
Manaforge Vandals is a raid-focused Renown track with powerful upgrades, a raid skip, and exclusive cosmetics tied to Manaforge Omega.
Introduction
Manaforge Vandals is a raid-only Renown track tied to the Manaforge Omega. Increasing your reputation with them provides players with upgrades, quality-of-life improvements, and cosmetic rewards tied to the raid.
How to Increase Your Reputation with Manaforge Vandals?
The only way to increase your Renown with the faction is by defeating Manaforge Omega raid bosses and Lieutenant enemies. The system is Warband-wide and works across all difficulties. You can only gain 1 Renown per week, but new players can catch up quickly.
Reputation Breakdown
You can get a total of 5,000 reputation with Manaforge Vandals per week inside the raid.
- Bosses 1-6: Provide 450 reputation each.
- Boss 7 (Nexus-King Salhadaar): Provides 600 reputation.
- Final Boss (Dimensius, the All-Devouring): Provides 1000 reputation.
- 7 Lieutenants: Provide 100 reputation each.
Most Notable Rewards
This section contains a breakdown of the most important rewards you can unlock with Manaforge Vandals.
Manaforge Omega Raid Skip
The Manaforge Omega raid skip becomes available at Renown 5 with Manaforge Vandals. Upon reaching Level 5, you will get access to a Mananforge Translocator located behind the Plexus Sentinel (first boss) that lets your raid skip directly to Nexus-King Salhadaar (penultimate boss) if you have already defeated him once on your current difficulty.
Stacking Soft Nerfs: Behind Enemy Lines Explained
Scattered across several Renown ranks are series of stackable buffs called Behind Enemy Lines, which boost your entire Warband's damage and healing inside the raid.
- Renown 4: +3% damage and healing (Behind Enemy Lines I)
- Renown 7: +6% damage and healing (Behind Enemy Lines II)
- Renown 10: +9% damage and healing (Behind Enemy Lines III)
- Renown 13: +12% damage and healing (Behind Enemy Lines IV)
- Renown 15: +15% damage and healing (Behind Enemy Lines V)
Raid Teleport
At Renown 15, you gain the ability to teleport to the raid.
Cosmetics
At Renown 2, defeating Loom'ithar will grant you 
Loombeast Silk, which can be used
to buy Cloak appearances at Shadow Point.
At Renown 12, killing Nexus-King Salhadaar will provide you with 
Ethereal Essence Sliver,
which you can trade for cosmetic appearances of your choice at Shadow Point.
Mounts
At Renown 8, you can purchase the 
Vandal's Gearglider from Zo'ya at Shadow Point.
At Renown 14, you can buy 
The Bone Freezer mount. Here is what the mount looks like
in the game:
Title
At Renown 15, you will receive the Star Savior title from the Renown track.
Full Renown Track
Here is the full Renown track with all rewards that you will unlock with the Manaforge Vandals.
| Rank | Name | Rewards and Unlocks |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meet the Vandals | Vendors and Auctioneers are now available at Shadow Point. |
| 2 | Head Hunting: Loom'ithar | Defeating Loom'ithar will grant you a spool of Loombeast Silk, which can be used to fashion Cloak Appearances at Shadow Point. |
| 2 | Weave of Absence | Loom'ithar will drop extra Loombeast Silk when defeated. |
| 3 | Speed Siphoner I | Siphon the essence of the forge, increasing your speed by 15% while out of combat inside Manaforge Omega. |
| 3 | Manaforge Hacking I | Gain access to Arcane Flow Control for the Cultivation Chambers and The Unbound Vault, allowing you to weaken non-boss enemies nearby. |
| 4 | Beam Me Up | Speak to Xo'turu at Shadow Point to be issued a Shadowguard Translocator, which projects your soul to Shadow Point when used inside Manaforge Omega. The magic lingers only briefly before forcibly ripping your soul back through the portal. |
| 4 | Behind Enemy Lines I | While inside Manaforge Omega, your Warband's damage and healing is increased by 3%. |
| 5 | Shadow in the Warp | Grants access to the Manaforge Translocator found before the Plexus Sentinel, allowing you to assault Nexus-King Salhadaar directly if you've defeated him at least once on your present difficulty. |
| 6 | Attuned to the Aether | Speak to Ba'choso at Shadow Point to further enhance your resonance with the Reshii, increasing the effectiveness of your Enchantments and Mana Oils while inside Manaforge Omega. |
| 7 | Behind Enemy Lines II | While inside Manaforge Omega, your Warband's damage and healing is increased by 6%. |
| 7 | Manaforge Hacking II | Extends Arcane Flow Control access to the Technomancers' Terrace, allowing you to weaken non-boss enemies nearby. |
| 8 | Tools of the Trade Secrets | Ba'choso at Shadow Point will bestow upon you new Enchanting and Inscription recipes. |
| 8 | Manaforged Instruments | Forgeweaver Araz now has a chance to drop Manaforged Instruments, a reagent necessary to craft Manaforge-related recipes. |
| 8 | Glide or Die | You may obtain the Vandal's Gearglider from Zo'turu at Shadow Point. |
| 8 | A Curious Companion | Zo'ya, the furtive purrkin at Shadow Point, has warmed up to you and wishes to follow you. |
| 9 | Head Hunting: The Soul Hunters | Defeating The Soul Hunters will grant you three Soulgorged Augment Runes, void-touched Augment Runes which do not expire on death. |
| 9 | Climbing the Ladder | The Soul Hunters have a chance to drop three additional Soulgorged Augment Runes when defeated. |
| 10 | Speed Siphoner II | Upgrade the power of your Speed Siphoner, increasing your movement speed to 30% while out of combat inside Manaforge Omega. |
| 10 | Behind Enemy Lines III | While inside Manaforge Omega, your Warband's damage and healing is increased by 9%. |
| 11 | Manaforge Hacking III | Extends Arcane Flow Control access to The Shadow Docks, allowing you to weaken non-boss enemies nearby. Additionally, all consoles can now be activated in tandem. |
| 11 | Head Hunting: Horrors of the Forge | Named Elite enemies inside Manaforge Omega now have a chance to drop Warbound items when defeated each week. |
| 12 | Head Hunting: Nexus-King Salhadaar | Defeating Nexus-King Salhadaar will give you an Ethereal Essence Sliver, which can be traded for a cosmetic appearance of your choice at Shadow Point. |
| 12 | Heavy is the Crown | Nexus-King Salhadaar has a chance to drop additional Ethereal Essence Slivers when defeated. |
| 13 | Behind Enemy Lines IV | While inside Manaforge Omega, your Warband's damage and healing is increased by 12%. |
| 13 | Looker Gaz'kreth Jr. | Looker, descendant of the slain Watcher Gaz'kreth, seeks revenge. Or to join you. Zo'turu at Shadow Point will put you in touch. |
| 14 | Alpha and Omega | Repelling Dimensius from manifesting his full might has earned you the title 'Star Savior'. |
| 14 | The Bone Freezer | Speak to Zo'turu at Shadow Point to obtain The Bone Freezer as a mount. |
| 15 | Behind Enemy Lines V | While inside Manaforge Omega, your Warband's damage and healing is increased by 15%. |
| 15 | Into the Infinite | Gain the ability to teleport to Manaforge Omega whenever you wish. |
Manaforge Omega Raid Hub
Find out more about Manaforge Omega in our dedicated raid hub!
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