World of Warcraft Gear Upgrading Guide

The gear upgrading system in World of Warcraft: Midnight allows players to increase their item level using seasonal crests and gold. Every piece of gear in the game comes with a tooltip informing you about the item's track and rank (upgrade possibilities).

To upgrade gear in Midnight Season 1, you must gather seasonal crests and pay a small amount of gold. You can preview the upgrade costs and see which item rank you can reach by speaking to any item upgrade vendor in the game.

When you obtain gear, it will belong to one of five gear tracks: Adventurer, Veteran, Champion, Hero, or Myth. Each track has six upgrade levels, requires a unique crest type, and covers a specific item-level range within the Midnight gear progression system.

With the addition of Midnight, Blizzard streamlined the crest system to make gear upgrading more intuitive. Each track has an associated crest with the same name, and you will only be able to upgrade your gear using the crests associated with its track. For example, Champion track gear can only be upgraded with Champion Dawncrests.

You can only upgrade gear to the maximum item level of its track. For example, Hero track gear caps at item level 276 and 6/6 ranks, meaning it cannot be upgraded beyond that threshold.

Use the slider below to switch between Adventurer, Veteran, Champion, Hero, and Myth tracks:

Upgrading a single piece from rank 1/6 to 6/6 costs a total of 100 crests. Because the weekly crest cap is 100, fully upgrading one piece of gear will require all of your crests.

You can upgrade gear in Midnight by speaking to Cuzolth, the Item Upgrade Vendor, located at 48.6, 62 in Silvermoon City.

In Midnight Season 1, Blizzard removed Valorstones from the gear upgrade system. Now, the only two currencies required to upgrade your gear are:

• Dawncrests: Seasonal gear upgrading reagents that drop from dungeons, raids, Mythic+ content, and other Midnight Season 1 activities.
• Gold: The primary currency in World of Warcraft, earned from nearly every activity in the game.

Dawncrests are seasonal gear upgrading materials used in the Midnight Season 1 crest system. Each gear track requires a specific type of crest.

You can obtain crests from Season 1 endgame content, including raid bosses, Mythic+ dungeons, delves, and outdoor world events.

In general, crests drop from the same type of content where that track of gear drops, making progression through the upgrade system straightforward.

• Adventurer Dawncrest: Used to upgrade Adventurer gear in Midnight Season 1 up to item level 237. Earned from repeatable outdoor events, Normal Prey Hunts, and Delves (Tiers 1–4).
• Veteran Dawncrest: Used to upgrade Veteran gear in Midnight Season 1 up to item level 250. Earned from weekly outdoor events, Raid Finder difficulty raids, Heroic Seasonal Dungeons, Hard Prey Hunts, Delves (Tiers 5–6), and Trovehunter's Bounty (Tiers 4–5).
• Champion Dawncrest: Used to upgrade Champion gear in Midnight Season 1 up to item level 263. Earned from Normal difficulty raids, Mythic Seasonal Dungeons, Mythic Keystone Dungeons +2 to +3, Nightmare Prey Hunts, Delves (Tiers 7–8), and Trovehunter's Bounty (Tiers 6–7).
• Hero Dawncrest: Used to upgrade Hero gear in Midnight Season 1 up to item level 276. Earned from Heroic difficulty raids, Mythic Keystone Dungeons +4 to +8, Delves (Tier 11), and Trovehunter's Bounty (Tiers 8 and higher).
• Myth Dawncrest: Used to upgrade Myth gear in Midnight Season 1 up to item level 289. Earned from Mythic difficulty raids and Mythic Keystone Dungeons +9 and higher.

You can exchange higher-level crests for lower-level crests by speaking to Vaskarn at 48.6, 62 in Silvermoon City. This allows players to convert excess high-tier crests into lower-tier ones for additional gear upgrades.

• You can purchase a Bundle of Adventurer Dawncrests for 10 Veteran Dawncrests.
• You can purchase a Pouch of Veteran Dawncrests for 10 Champion Dawncrests.
• You can purchase a Satchel of Champion Dawncrests for 10 Hero Dawncrests.
• You can purchase a Pack of Hero Dawncrests for 10 Myth Dawncrests.

Each of the five gear tracks in Midnight Season 1 can be acquired from different types of content based on difficulty level:

• Adventurer Gear: Can be upgraded up to item level 237. Found from repeatable outdoor events, Heroic Seasonal Dungeons, Normal Prey Hunts, and Delves (Tiers 1–4).
• Veteran Gear: Can be upgraded up to item level 250. Earned from weekly outdoor events, Raid Finder difficulty raids, Hard Prey Hunts, Delves (Tiers 5–6), Trovehunter's Bounty (Tiers 4–5), and in the Great Vault upon completing a Mythic Seasonal Dungeon, a Hard Prey Hunt, or any Delve (Tiers 1-4).
• Champion Gear: Can be upgraded up to item level 263. Earned from World Bosses, Normal difficulty raids, Mythic Keystone Dungeons +2 to +5, Mythic Seasonal Dungeons, Delves (Tiers 7–11), Trovehunter's Bounty (Tiers 6–7), and in the Great Vault upon completing a Mythic Seasonal Dungeon, a Hard Prey Hunt, or any Delve (Tiers 5–7).
• Hero Gear: Can be upgraded up to item level 276. Earned from Heroic difficulty raids, Mythic Keystone Dungeons +6 or higher, Trovehunter's Bounty (Tiers 8–11), and in the Great Vault upon completing a Mythic Keystone +2 to +9, a Nightmare Prey Hunt, or any Delve (Tiers 8–11).
• Myth Gear: Can be upgraded up to item level 289. Found from Mythic difficulty raids and in the Great Vault upon completing Mythic Keystone Dungeons +10 or higher.

It is important to note that higher difficulty content can reward partially upgraded gear, reducing the total number of crests required to reach maximum item level.