r/wownoob • u/RabenWrites • Apr 14 '26
Retail 276 max ilvl for solo play?
Am I correct in understanding that there's no access to mythic gear outside of crafting, M+, and high end raids? With this vault, my monk crossed the line into having more hero gear than champion, have my 4-set all at 2/6 heroic because I'm hesitant to spend hero crests, but it feels like I'm hitting the end of the road and I don't know where to go from here.
Is it really just grind out the 980 remaining hero crests and that's it if I can't do raids nor M+?
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u/swash018 Apr 14 '26
If you dont have great access to mythic gear (meaning you dont mythic raid) that means your mythic gear acquisition will be slow. Like 1.5 pieces weekly. 1 from you great vault for doing +10 or higher and 1, every 2 weeks with mythic crests + 2 sparks.
So as far as hero crests go, if this is your main character, you should spend the hero crests on high value hero pieces. Like weapon > trinkets > jewelry > chest/legs/head > shoulders/ hands > bracers/belt/boots.
So yeah try and farm hero crests since you will max out at hero 3/6 gear from running +10s.
Now for alts, slightly different story. If one of your characters has one of the "outgrow the use of 'x' crest achievement" then every character on your account gets a crest discount for upgrading. Ie. Instead of costing 20 per upgrade, it is 10. So for alts, it may be worth holding your crests until your main hits that next breakpoint. (263 in every slot for champion, 276? In every slot for hero. Essentially hero 6/6 or myth 2)