Artisan's Acuity and Spark of Starlight Guide for The War Within

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On this page, you will discover what the critical crafting spark reagents and Artisan's Acuity Icon Artisan's Acuity reagents do, and how to farm more of them for your end game crafts.

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Spark of Starlight Purpose and Farming in The War Within

The Spark of Starlight Icon Spark of Starlight is a rare reagent that serves as a time gate to Season 3 combat crafting gear in The War Within. You can get them by doing one of the open-world weekly quests given at the center of Dornogal.

By default, items created with the Spark can go up to 691 item level, but you can add the optional reagents Enchanted Runed Ethereal Crest Icon Enchanted Runed Ethereal Crest or Enchanted Gilded Ethereal Crest Icon Enchanted Gilded Ethereal Crest, bought from the Enchanting vendor, in order to make them go up to 704 or 720 item level at maximum quality!

There is also Enchanted Weathered Ethereal Crest Icon Enchanted Weathered Ethereal Crest, which can be used on basic gear crafts such as Malleable Band Icon Malleable Band without a spark in order to get the gear to up to 675 item level.

To summarize:

Crest Enchanted Crest Source Item Level Range
Weathered Ethereal Crest Icon Weathered Ethereal Crest Enchanted Weathered Ethereal Crest Icon Enchanted Weathered Ethereal Crest LFR Awakened Raids and World Content 662 to 675
No Crest Spark of Starlight Icon Spark of Starlight alone Weekly Dornogal emissary world quest 678 to 691
Runed Ethereal Crest Icon Runed Ethereal Crest Enchanted Runed Ethereal Crest Icon Enchanted Runed Ethereal Crest Heroic Awakened Raids, M+ from 2 to 6 691 to 704
Gilded Ethereal Crest Icon Gilded Ethereal Crest Enchanted Gilded Ethereal Crest Icon Enchanted Gilded Ethereal Crest Mythic Awakened Raids, M+ 7 or higher 707 to 720

Spark of Starlight Icon Spark of Starlight, while limited in availability, are easy to obtain. You will be able to create one right away in the first week from the starter quests and can obtain another one every other week from there on, allowing you to have a new spark ready for crafting every other week!

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Artisan's Acuity Purpose and Farming in The War Within

Artisan's Acuity Icon Artisan's Acuity is a rare reagent used for Recrafting (at 20 per recraft) and for high-end profession crafts, most notably in the profession best in slot gear crafts, which require over 200 Acuity per craft!

If you are a crafter, you can get some from Patron NPC work orders, with the rest being obtained from gaining Profession Knowledge points (5 Acuity per point gained) and First Craft bonuses, which are awarded every time you craft an item you have never crafted before.

First Craft Bonus
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Changelog

  • 04 Aug. 2025: Updated with the new crests and spark of Season 3.
  • 24 Feb. 2025: Updated with the new crests and spark of Season 2.
  • 26 Oct. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 11.0.5.
  • 22 Aug. 2024: Updated for The War Within launch.
  • 18 Apr. 2024: Updated for Season 4.
  • 19 Mar. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
  • 07 Nov. 2023: Corrected all item levels and clarified Whelpling crest text.
  • 04 Nov. 2023: Added new spark of dreams and relevant info related to acquisition and new item levels.
  • 04 Sep. 2022: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7.
  • 02 May 2023: Small text fixes.
  • 30 Apr. 2023: Added details on the Spark of Shadowflame for Dragonflight Season 2.
  • 27 Nov. 2022: Page added.
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