Artisan's Mettle and Spark of Ingenuity Guide for Dragonflight
On this page, you will discover what the critical Artisan's Mettle
and
Spark of Ingenuity reagents do, and how to farm more of them for your
end game crafts.
Spark of Ingenuity Purpose and Farming in Dragonflight
The Spark of Ingenuity is a rare reagent, which serves as a time
gate to powerful combat crafting gear in Dragonflight with high
item level up to 418 for maximum quality
Concentrated Primal Infusion infused
items.
Concentrated Primal Infusion can be created by mixing 150x
Primal Chaos
randomly found while doing any end game activity and x10
Concentrated Primal Focus
which are obtained by killing Vault of the Incarnates Mythic bosses,
doing Mythic+ keys at level 16 or above, and high rated PvP activity.
Maxing out Renown with a faction, Mythic+ keys in the 11-15 range, Heroic
bosses, and moderate rating PvP activity will give Primal Focus, which can
be mixed with 100x
Primal Chaos in order to create
Primal Infusion
which can be used to upgrade an item to item level 405 at maximum quality.
Spark of Ingenuity, while rare, are easy to obtain. You get one
upon the completion of the end game questline started with Jump-Start?
Jump-Starting! in Valdrakken, which unlocks the Engine of Innovation.
More sparks are awarded every 2 weeks as part of follow up quests in a slow but
steady fashion, leading to the following schedule:
- 1st
Spark of Ingenuity from 28-11-2022 onwards, as soon as you reach maximum level and complete the Engine's introduction questline;
- 2nd
Spark of Ingenuity from 13-12-2022 onwards, with a quest unlocked with the start of Dragonflight Season 1;
- 3rd
Spark of Ingenuity from 27-12-2022 onwards, with another Engine quest unlock;
- 4th
Spark of Ingenuity from 10-01-2023 onwards, with yet another Engine quest unlock;
- 5th
Spark of Ingenuity from 24-01-2023 onwards, with the final Engine quest unlock;
- Further
Spark of Ingenuity creation is possible through the acquisition of
Bottled Essence, which are rare drops from doing any activity after you finished the final quest of the Engine and acquired you 5th Spark.
It can safely be assumed that alts and characters that start Dragonflight
late should be able to catch up to other players and get multiple Spark of Ingenuity
right away.
Artisan's Mettle Purpose and Farming in Dragonflight
Artisan's Mettle is a rare reagent used for Recrafting and
for high end profession crafts, most notably in the profession best in slot gear
crafts, which require over 200 Mettle per craft!
If you are a crafter you can get some for free from Thomas Bright in The Artisan´s Market area of the capital of the Dragon Isles, in Valdrakken, after you complete the short introduction quest to crafting in Dragonflight. This handout is repeatable once per week.
You can also get some from the weekly quest Aiding the Accord in
Valdrakken, which rewards a chest containing one Dragon Shard of Knowledge,
which can be turned to Khadin, a centaur Master Artisan who resides in a
cave just west of Maruukai, in the Ohn´aran Plains zone.
Besides the weekly, you can also obtain extra shards from completing the
Crafting Order amount achievements for 100, 250, and 500 crafting orders
completed ( Dragon Isles Crafting Order Master).
The rest must be obtained from gaining profession knowledge points (5 Mettle
per point gained) and First Craft bonuses, which are awarded
every time you craft an item you have never crafted before. These will award a
variable amount of Artisan's Mettle, going up to 10 depending on the
item's rarity and recipe difficulty.

Changelog
- 27 Nov. 2022: Page added.
This guide has been written by Seksi, member of Arctic Avengers and healing aficionado. You can find him answering questions and discussing Restoration Shaman gameplay on the Ancestral Guidance and Earthshrine Discords.
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