How to Earn Valor Points and Upgrade Mythic+ Dungeon Gear in Shadowlands

By Squishei Updated: 2022/09/06

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Completing a Rare Calling will award you with 35 Valor.

Completing an Epic Calling will award you with 50 Valor.

Valor Points from Mythic+ Dungeons135 ValorValorValor Point Upgrade Vendor LocationsOribosValorAggressor Zo'dash

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Covenant HallsUpgrading Mythic+ Dungeon Gear in ShadowlandsMythic+ Gear Ranksone rank

Rank

Item Level

262

265

268

272

275

278

281

285

288

291

294

298

Mythic+ Rating Requirements Not Account-Wide to Upgrade Gear

Upgrading an item that is Item Level 298 (Rank 12) or higher requires a Mythic+ rating of 2000

Upgrading an item that is Item Level 294 (Rank 11) or higher requires a Mythic+ rating of 1700.

Upgrading an item that is Item Level 291 (Rank 10) or higher requires a Mythic+ rating of 1400.

Upgrading an item that is Item Level 288 (Rank 9) or higher requires a Mythic+ rating of 1000.

Upgrading an item that is Item Level 285 (Rank 7) requires a Mythic+ rating of 600.

Upgrading an item that is Item Level 281 (Rank 6) or lower requires no achievement.

Valor Costs to Upgrade GearValorValor

250 Valor - Shield, Offhand, Ring, Cloak, Bracer, Neck

400 Valor - Trinket, Belt, Shoulders, Gloves, Boots

475 Valor - Helm, Legs, Chest

500 Valor - One-Handed Agility / Strength Weapon

750 Valor - One-Handed Intellect Weapon

1000 Valor - Two-Handed Weapon

Best Items to Upgrade with ValorValorValor

Comments

Comment by Belatherix

So the weekly cap starts at 5000 and then scales down to 1500 or should that say 15000?

Comment by MassEnergy

I don't understand the "5000" weekly cap but "can only hold 1200" before you have to spend it. Can you get 5000, or 1200?

Comment by Nigellone

"Each piece of dungeon gear from Item Level 184 to Item Level 220 that is obtained from Mythic 0 will be given a Rank from 1 to 12. This rank will be shown on the tooltip of the item."
Does this mean that only the pieces taken from the Mythic 0 can be upgraded? If I drop a 210 piece from a Mythic 15, can't I upgrade it?

Comment by Pikabladez

Is the valor system account wide? Like I already have Keystone Master, would I need to do it on every single one of my alts to upgrade to 220 ilvl gear?

Comment by wingram

Let me try a couple of examples to see if I understand this:

1. During the week of 3/9, let's say I run a mythic+2 and, on 3/16, I visit the Great Vault and I'm awarded a ilvl 200 ring. If I also manage to farm 250 valor, then I will be able to upgrade that ring to ilvl 203 or rank 7 regardless of whether or not I have one of the achievements. (Note that the two statements above seem inconsistent:
Upgrading an item that is Item Level 200 (Rank 6) or higher requires Shadowlands Keystone Explorer: Season One.
Upgrading an item that is Item Level 200 (Rank 6) or lower requires no achievement.)
Shouldn't the first line read:
Upgrading an item that is Item Level 203 (Rank 7) or higher requires Shadowlands Keystone Explorer: Season One.?
2. If, instead, I run a mythic+5 and again on 3/16, I visit the Great Vault and I'm awarded a ilvl 210 ring. Now, even if I acquire 250 valor, I will be unable to upgrade that ring unless I achieve Shadowlands Keystone Conqueror: Season One which requires completing all 8 dungeons on time at mythic+10 or higher. And, even I get this achievement, I will only be able to upgrade the ring to ilvl 213. This seems inconsistent and rather unfair. After all, if I were to complete a single mythic+10 (on time or not), I would get a piece of 220 gear from the Great Vault.

So what's the point of farming valor?

Comment by Outlier624

Hypothetical:

Patch drops today and I somehow manage to obtain and spend exactly 5,000 valor points on upgrading gear. I have reached the cap.
Next tuesday, the cap increases by 750. Does that mean next week I only have 750 points to spend, or does the entire pool reset so i'd be able to earn 5750 next week?

I think I know the answer to this, but it seems sad that you can only upgrade what.. a few trinkets and maybe a 1h weapon before reaching cap? This isn't the same as conquest because you only pay the initial price for conquest gear and then upgrades are infinitely obtainable honor..

Comment by kevlarbest

What NPC do we use to upgrade our gear?

Comment by khaeli

NONE of the guides explain where to upgrade the gear? Can anybody please share?

Comment by Juniperxd

To upgrade your gear, take it to the same vendor as you would for upgrading Covenant gear and in Oribos to upgrade your PvP gear

Kyrian - Forgehand Phillo - 57.5 30.4
Necrolord - Goreguts - 57.3 48.6
Night Fae - Craftsmaster Lamda - 46.9 56.6
Venthyr - Guy Yearmo - 57.5 30.4
PVP Vendor - Aggressor Zo'dash - 34.55, 56.55

Comment by livie

"The fastest way to farm Valor Points is to farm level level Keystones."?

Comment by morgath99

heard there was a valor vendor where you can trade mats for valor points is that a thing ?

Comment by MsBrightside

Valor points - you may upgrade you gear! Yay!
It is for Myth+ gear only. Just great :(
What about raiders, who do not play that myth + galore, HELLO BLIZZARD

Comment by Mypciscraze

Hi all

I present You small Guide about Valor. Valor You are using to upgrade Items From Mythic Dungeons ( Items from M0 are counted to ) drop from patch 9.0.5. Items You can upgrade going to Aggressor Zo'dash in Oribos 34 56 ( I same NPC what is upgrading PVP items ).

Please see My Video if need it - https://youtu.be/6SrUY9dDPHk

So far is 2 ways of gettig Valor:

1. Finish Daily Calling Quest in Your Covenant ( Rare Quest is giving 35 Valor, Epic 50 Valor ).
2. Finishing M+ Dungeons is 135 Valor there is no difference what key you finish.

All Items Have 12 Ranks to upgrade them you will have to meet the requirements:
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Rank:	ILVL	Requirements
1	184	No Requirements
2	187	No Requirements
3	190	No Requirements
4	194	No Requirements
5	197	No Requirements
6	200	Shadowlands Keystone Explorer: Season One
7	203	Shadowlands Keystone Explorer: Season One
8	207	Shadowlands Keystone Conqueror: Season One
9	210	Shadowlands Keystone Conqueror: Season One
10	213	Shadowlands Keystone Master: Season One
11	216	Shadowlands Keystone Master: Season One
12	220	Shadowlands Keystone Master: Season One

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Type of items Valor Price:
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Valor Cost:	Type of Item:
250	Shield, Offhand, Ring, Cloak, Bracer, Neck
400	Trinket, Belt, Shoulders, Gloves, Boots
475	Helm, Legs, Chest
500	One-Handed Agility Weapon
750	One-Handed Intellect Weapon
1000	Two-Handed Weapon

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Hope That Help You :)

Comment by officialvargh

what i need to upgrade ofcourse a 2h wep 1000/ lvl starting at 190 hmm 194 197 200 203 207 210 213 oooooh only 8000 valors LMAO ^^ for a pro player might go fast to farm but casual 8000 valor ? waht

Comment by officialvargh

213 Item Level: Requires the Shadowlands Keystone Conqueror achievement – Earned by completing all Shadowlands dungeons at Mythic 10 or higher, within the time limit.

So they changed it so if your KSC u can only go to 210 now ? its just getting better and better ^^

Comment by FutureMarie95

What do I spend my Valor on from my Daily Callings?
I don't do M+(way too toxic/elitist).
Before anyone says "join a guild forehead" My current guild tells me the same as all the others. That is, Pug M+ to gear up THEN maybe you'll get a trial.

Comment by NYCLaura

So...if you don't do mythic dungeons, is there anything else to do with these points?

Comment by Ptarr

Is the upgrade requirement account-wide in 9.1?

I just got a piece of gear on an alt and it says "you don't have enough Valor and you don't have an M+ score of 600." While my main does have 976 M+ score.

It might also be that the error message is just overly broad - I am missing the Valor points after all. But I do suspect that it is not account-wide in 9.1.

Comment by piehead

Upgrading an item that is Item Level 223 (Rank 7) requires a Mythic+ rating of 600.
Upgrading an item that is Item Level 226 (Rank 6) or lower requires no achievement.

Are you sure that upgrading an item to 223 requires a higher score than to 226? Or did you mean 233 and not 223?

Comment by fonceaigle

Despite this article stating the unlocks are account-wide, as of the date of this comment it is NOT account-wide. It does say in the achievement "All of your characters have credit for earning this achievement" so it could be a bug.

Comment by Zdraxel

"which will unlock Rank 12 Valor Upgrades on all your characters once you've reached a Mythic+ score of 600, 1000, 1400, 1700 and 2000 respectively on your Battle.net account"
I already have 2k+ score on main character on Thunderhorn, but I'm not able to upgrade my gear from season 2 on Drak'thul. What's wrong.

Comment by Jarocka

A bit much to upgrade a 2 handed weapon. 1k per level?

It's just punishing people who farm lower level Mythics for their BIS. It should be re-worked. 500-600 per level. 1k is a joke.

Comment by Syrlin

Mythic+ Rating Requirements Not Account-Wide to Upgrade Gear
There are four ranks that require an achievement pre-requisite to progress further.

Upgrading an item that is Item Level 272 (Rank 12) or higher requires a Mythic+ rating of 2000
Upgrading an item that is Item Level 268 (Rank 11) or higher requires a Mythic+ rating of 1700.
Upgrading an item that is Item Level 265 (Rank 10) or higher requires a Mythic+ rating of 1400.
Upgrading an item that is Item Level 262 (Rank 9) or higher requires a Mythic+ rating of 1000.
Upgrading an item that is Item Level 255 (Rank 7) requires a Mythic+ rating of 600.
Upgrading an item that is Item Level 252 (Rank 6) or lower requires no achievement.

This table is worded incorrectly and in a couple places has incorrect requirements.

It should look like this:

Mythic+ Rating Requirements Not Account-Wide to Upgrade Gear
There are four ranks that require an achievement pre-requisite to progress further.

Upgrading an item to Item Level 272 (Rank 12) requires a Mythic+ rating of 2000.
Upgrading an item to Item Level 268 (Rank 11) or higher requires a Mythic+ rating of 1700.
Upgrading an item to Item Level 265 (Rank 10) or higher requires a Mythic+ rating of 1400.
Upgrading an item to Item Level 262 (Rank 9) or higher requires a Mythic+ rating of 1200.
Upgrading an item to Item Level 259 (Rank 8) or higher requires a Mythic+ rating of 1000.
Upgrading an item to Item Level 255 (Rank 7) or higher requires a Mythic+ rating of 600.
Upgrading an item to Item Level 252 (Rank 6) or lower does not require a Mythic+ rating.

Comment by OldWolf2

The S3 level info is not correct. Upgrading TO 268 requires 1700 rating, and upgrading TO 272 requires 2000 rating.

Comment by austeria

Please update the item levels and requirements based on the current patch.

Comment by Ascaroth

7 281 600 Mythic+ Rating and Above Mythic+ Rating
8 285 1,000 Mythic+ Rating
9 288 1,200 Mythic+ Rating
10 291 1,400 Mythic+ Rating
11 294 1,700 Mythic+ Rating
12 298 2,000 Mythic+ Rating

How to Earn Valor Points and Upgrade Mythic+ Dungeon Gear in Shadowlands

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