Renown: Progressing Within Your Chosen Covenant in Shadowlands

By Paryah Updated: 2021/07/02

Mists of PandariaWarlords of DraenorLegionShadowlandsRenownWhat is Covenant Renown in Shadowlands?Covenant specificTrust Soulbindsnot an open-ended grindRenown Changes in Shadowlands Patch 9.1 Chains of Domination

Note: The first week of Patch 9.1 you will only be able to earn 2 Renown levels. On subsequent weeks you will earn 3 Renown levels per week.

Kyrian: <Character Name>, Disciple of Devotion

Necrolord: <Character Name>, Sword of the Primus

Night Fae: <Character Name>, Protector of the Weald

Venthyr: Sin Eater <Character Name>

Soulbinds

Each Soulbind will gain 4 additional rows for a final total of 12 rows:

Pelegos, Marileth, Niya, and Nadjia at Renown 43, 46, 51, and 55

Kleia, Emeni, Dreamweaver, and Theotar at Renown 42, 45, 49, and 54

Mikanikos, Bonesmith Heirmir, Koryan, and Draven at Renown 41, 48, 53, and 57

Enhanced

Pelegos, Marileth, Niya, and Nadjia at Renown 63, 66, 68, 72, 73, and 78

Kleia, Emeni, Dreamweaver, and Theotar at Renown 61, 64, 67, 70, 75, and 79

Mikanikos, Bonesmith Heirmir, Koryan, and Draven at Renown 62, 65, 68, 71, 74, and 77

Covenant Soulbinds

PvPAdventuresWisps of Memory Covenant Campaign

Chains of Domination

Chapter

Title

Renown

Chapter 10

The Last Sigil

Renown 44

Chapter 11

An Army of Bone and Steel

Renown 47

Chapter 12

The Unseen Guests

Renown 50

Chapter 13

The Power of Night

Renown 52

Chapter 14

A New Path

Renown 56

Chapter 15

What Lies Ahead

Renown 58

Covenant LegendaryCovenant Renown RewardsCatching UpEarning Covenant Renown in Shadowlands 9.0

You will gain a level of Renown for every Chapter of your Covenant Campaign that you complete.

These Chapters are locked by Renown:
Chapter 3: Renown 5

Chapter 4: Renown 8

Chapter 5: Renown 11

Chapter 6: Renown 13

Chapter 7: Renown 17

Chapter 8: Renown 20

Chapter 9: Renown 22

Anima

Tormented Souls

Return Lost Souls

Unlocking Soulbind Rows and Potency Conduits through Covenant Renown in ShadowlandsUnlocking Potency Conduit Slots in SoulbindsDreamweaverweek of Mythic Castle Nathria

Potency Conduit 1

Potency Conduit 2

Potency Conduit 3

Soulbind

Covenant

Renown

Kyrian

Kyrian

Kyrian

Necrolord

Necrolord

Necrolord

Night Fae

Night Fae

Night Fae

Venthyr

Venthyr

Venthyr

Unlocking Soulbind TraitsRenown 5Renown 22

Soulbind #1

Soulbind #2

Soulbind #3

Trait #

Renown

7
9

9
7

21
18

18
21

28
29

29
28

Legend

Necrolord
Night Fae

The Covenant Renown Interface and KeepersKeeper of Renown

Kyrian

Venthyr

Necrolord

Night Fae

Elysian Hold - Ione Skyblade
42.8, 70.1
Platform across from Sanctum Upgrades

Sinfall - Rahel
54.2, 26.8
Near Sanctum Upgrades

Seat of the Primus - Elspeth Larink
46.5, 40.1
Across from Sanctum Upgrades

Heart of the Forest - Laurel
46.5, 40.1
North of the Soulbinder

Covenant Renown Catch-up Systemcatch-up systemsCovenant Renown Rewards in Shadowlands

Unlocking a new Row for a Soulbind

Increasing the item level of World Quest rewards

Increasing the maximum potential level of your Sanctum features

Earning Memories of the Runecrafter

Earning unique Covenant-themed cosmetic items including mounts, pets, titles, back attachment transmog, and transmog armor

Week Unlocked

Renown Level

Reward #1

Reward #2

Covenant Abilities

2% Stamina

Soulbind #1 Trait

Adventurer

Covenant Chapter 3

Back Transmog

Soulbind #1 Trait

PvP Upgrades to Rank 5

Covenant Chapter 4

Soulbind #2 Trait

Soulbind #1 Trait

Upgraded WQ Rewards

Covenant Chapter 5

Covenant Hearthstone Toy

Adventurer

Covenant Chapter 6

Soulbind #2 Trait

Legendary Recipe

Soulkeeper Upgrade

Wrist, Hands, Waist Transmog

Covenant Chapter 7

Adventurer

Soulbind #2 Trait

2% Stamina

Upgraded WQ Rewards

Covenant Chapter 8

Soulbind #1 Trait

Covenant Chapter 9 (Finale)

PvP Upgrades to Rank 7

Mount

Soulkeeper Upgrade

Soulbind #1 Trait

Back, Legs, Feet Transmog

Adventurer

Pet

Soulbind #2 Trait

Soulbind #3 Trait

Upgraded WQ Rewards

Soulbind #1 Final Trait

Soulbind #3 Final Trait

Soulkeeper Upgrade

Helm, Shoulders, Chest Transmog

Adventurer

Soulbind #2 Final Trait

Back Transmog

2% Stamina

Weapon Illusion

Weapon Transmog

Adventurer

Mount

Title

Interviews and Blue Posts

Blizzard

Renown

As you progress through your Covenant’s story, you’ll build Renown and increase the amount of trust your character has earned within the Covenant. Renown is earned by performing worthy actions through the Covenant Campaign, returning Anima to the Sanctum, and by rescuing souls from the Maw.

Increasing your Renown will grant specific rewards at each Renown Level, including:

Unlocking a new row of power for a Soulbind character.
Increasing the item level of items you receive from World Quests.
Increasing the maximum potential level of the features within your Sanctum.
Earning legendary recipes for the runecrafter in Torghast.
Earning unique Covenant-themed cosmetic items such as mounts, pets, a title, back attachment transmog, and transmog armor.

Each week, you will pick up two quests in your Sanctum. Each of these quests will award you a Renown level.

The first quests ask that you deposit a certain of Anima into your reservoir in your Sanctum.
The second weekly quests send you to the Maw to recover souls from the clutches of the Jailer.

Completing each chapter of your Covenant Campaign will also provide an additional Renown Level, so these will be quests that you want to focus on.

Note: If you fall behind or are leveling an alternate character, you’ll be able to earn additional Renown from endgame activities such as dungeons, raids, PvP, and Callings until you’ve reached the current maximum.

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Comments

Comment by Redroach21

Sounds like flying is going to be a time gated rep grind to me, even worse. Stop this crap. It isn't the rep that is annoying, it is the fact that it is time gated after the rep grind. Seriously, blizz and wowhead don't get it.

Also, it's obvious to everyone that renown is time gated reputation, renaming reputation and time gating it didn't fool anyone.

Comment by Rose1969

much like everything else lately, blizz can't, or won't, keep to what they tell us. they tell us flying won't be based on "pathfinder" now it is. telling us things will be easy for catch-up but they double the reqirements. just give me some honesty here blizz

Comment by Lostelf

How much renown is required per level? On beta I currently have '41 renown' but I'm still Renown Level 0.

Comment by Vodmorqele

These posts and guides need to clarify that we can not reach renown level 4 or above in week one.

Joining the covenant:

Renown 0 -> Renown 1

Weekly 1000 Anima quest:

Renown 1 -> Renown 2

Weekly Lost Souls quest:

Renown 2 -> Renown 3

The Campaign quest following this asks for Renown 5, and that seemingly will not be possible until week two.

Comment by Wolfkin

Sigh, more time-gating mechanics. :(

Comment by Jackpotseven

but if i gain a renown point when i was already at renown 6
the next week i wil get renown 7 ?

Comment by Vynheim

What exactly are the catchup systems? They're mentioned, but not in detail.. do I just do a dungeon and get a Renown point?.. 🙃

Comment by Alauraa

On what level can I start gathering Renown on alts ?

Comment by ElumiLab

I recently switched from Kyrian to Night Fae. I got to renown 6 but now it seems like nothing is giving me renown. The cap this week is 12 so I should be able to get more. I have finished all the story quests available to me. I've done dungeons, raid, and callings and nothing has given me renown. Am i missing something or is this a bug?

Comment by meecho216

I think that it would be helpful to use the actual dates when referring to weekly renown caps instead of week 1 week 2 for instance Dec.22-Dec.29
thanks

Comment by Yorimar

There are catch-up systems already in place for players who are behind, have switched Covenants, or are playing alts. These characters will be able to earn additional Renown through max level gameplay, Dungeons, Raids, PvP, and Callings (the new Emissary Quests), until they reach the current Renown cap.

unless im missing something else, this is completely false. ive joined another covenant past wednesday and been doing M+ and Callings every day. and did not recieve a single renown level

Comment by Tarcus16

Here's the weeks with the dates.

25-Nov-20
2-Dec-20
9-Dec-20
16-Dec-20
23-Dec-20
30-Dec-20
6-Jan-21
13-Jan-21
20-Jan-21
25-Nov-20
2-Dec-20
9-Dec-20
16-Dec-20
23-Dec-20
30-Dec-20
6-Jan-21

Comment by XardasLoyalist

This is all I know from playing late alts and switching covenants:

These are the mandatory sources, meaning you will only get catch-up renown if it these 3 sources won't make you go over the cap:
- 1000 Anima of the week.
- 5/10 souls rescued from the maw.
- Covenant quests. You have to consider also all the quests that are unlocked for the current week (even if you can't do them because you lack the required renown). I think is around a token per chapter.

These are the optional sources that are reliable to obtain renown tokens:
- The weekly world boss.
- Callings quests. These will only award if it says so in the reward slot.

The PvP, Dungeons, Raid sources are not reliable and I would not suggest doing them just for the renown token. Only once you have done all the mandatory and reliable sources you should try doing dungeons or pvp.

I have yet to receive a renown token from sources such as pvp, dungeons and raids so I can't say how probable it is.

Comment by Askriz

Fixed list of week # => date (EU):

25-Nov-2020
2-Dec-2020
9-Dec-2020
16-Dec-2020
23-Dec-2020
30-Dec-2020
6-Jan-2021
13-Jan-2021
20-Jan-2021
27-Jan-2021
3-Feb-2021
10-Feb-2021
17-Feb-2021
24-Feb-2021
3-Mar-2021
10-Mar-2021

Comment by gaar

I just received a renown level after finishing the final boss of a dungeon. Went from level 5 to 6, could this as a source :)

Comment by D34thsEyEs

Just one question about the Shadowlands Pathfinder (once flying becomes available in the future), would it still be an account-bound unlockable like the previous Pathfinder achievements?

Reason why I'm asking is because I'd rather not do all four covenant campaigns in one character, as this would be FAR too much to ask for something that would be dead handy for alts that are in need of catching up.

Comment by Ceephax

Any 9.1 updates on this? Do we still need to do the same boring weekly quests, collecting souls and anima?

Comment by Xistt

Yes! "Renown 46: The item level of your World Quest rewards is increased." Unfortunately, this only happens once.

Comment by d3xx

have the sources for renown changed in 9.1? Specifically when you are going from 40?

Comment by desertpilgrim

seems like each daily quest for night fae has been equipment and no renown quests. need one more for flying and not one daily in a week has been for renown.

Comment by rolfcm106

In 9.1 if you are behind and leveling an alt or swapped covs, there are a lot of cov campaign quests that reward double renown, the lost souls DID reward renown for me, as long as you aren't caught up, mythic + seem to be a guaranteed renown to catch up at the end of dung.

Comment by ggfournar

This statement is wrong I believe:

Note: The first week of Patch 9.1 you will only be able to earn 2 Renown levels. On subsequent weeks you will earn 3 Renown levels per week.

I don't think you earn 3 Renown levels on all subsequent weeks.

Renown: Progressing Within Your Chosen Covenant in Shadowlands

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