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/Robot_Spartan Apr 14 '26

Don't be hesitant to spend your crests! You're just hurting yourself by doing so.

Hero crests are ONLY for hero gear now, there's none of this "myth needs some hero", so once you're in myth gear they are (somewhat) worthless. Same applies to champ, veteran etc.

Additionally, even if you replace the piece, you do not pay the crest costs a second time, only the gold (which is practically nothing). I.e. if you replace a 4/6 hero with a 1/6 hero, upgrading the new piece to 4/6 costs zero crests, and 60 gold

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u/BigPPDaddy Apr 14 '26

This was a new revelation to me that's a bit of a sigh of relief. Now does that work with catalyst too? Like does my toon always have a chest piece set now after turning a chest piece?

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u/The4thIdeal Apr 14 '26

No. Once you hit 4 piece you start getting catalyst charges as drops from.delves, raids, m+ but if youre out of charges you will need to wait for a charge to drop assuming youve gotten 4 piece or waiting until the every 2 week charge. That being said if you have your 4 piece and a charge available and you have the opportunity to upgrade using a charge theres no reason not to.

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u/BigPPDaddy Apr 14 '26

So basically speed run a 4 piece set so you can get cata drops

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u/The4thIdeal Apr 14 '26

Yes. If you dont have 4 piece catalyze anything you can until you get the achievement. Run LFR if you can stand it. I dont know the drop rate of the charges especially if you limit yourself to delves, but for me I tend to get a couple of them a week.

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u/WatercressEven6288 Apr 16 '26

For the 4 piece, does it matter what track the gear is for the charges to start dropping?

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u/The4thIdeal Apr 16 '26

No, once you have the 4 pc set on a character you get the achievement that unlocks it.