An important component of gameplay in World of Warcraft is the gearing and equipment system, which allows players to become stronger by increasing their primary and secondary attributes. World of Warcraft Dragonflight introduced a new gear enhancement system. To upgrade their gear, players need resources and materials to increase the item level (ilvl) of their gear. In the fourth season of WoW, Awakened Crests are required for item progression.

What are Awakened Crests?

In the fourth season of WoW Dragonflight, a slight change was made to the gear enhancement system. Dreaming Crests, which were required for gear progression in the third season, were replaced by a new currency called Awakened Crests, used exclusively for enhancing items and gear from the current season. With sufficient quantities of this currency and Flightstones, players can enhance their gear, boosting its stats and level.

Types of Awakened Crests

Whelpling’s Awakened Crest — a basic-level resource obtainable from easy and casual content, including low-level Mythic+ dungeons and world quests or activities. Used to enhance Explorer-rank gear. It can increase item levels from 454 to 476.

Drake’s Awakened Crest — medium-level resources obtained from normal difficulty raids and Mythic dungeons with keys of levels 3-5. This resource is suitable for upgrading Adventurer-rank gear from 467 to 489.

Wyrm’s Awakened Crest — collecting this resource guarantees the ability to upgrade Veteran and Champion gear to higher levels, from 480 to 502 and from 493 to 515 respectively. This allows players to tackle various PvE content more easily. This type of Awakened Crest can be obtained from more challenging Mythic dungeons and heroic raids.

Aspect’s Awakened Crest — a resource required for high-ranking players aiming to maximise their gear to the highest levels and attributes. Obtained from the most challenging content, it can enhance Hero-rank gear (from 506 to 522) and Myth-rank gear (from 519 to 528).

How to get awakened crests

Awakened Crests can be obtained by completing various activities, primarily through Mythic level dungeon runs. So there is a lot of Awakened Crests locations Dragonflight. The amount and type of Dragonflight Awakened Crests rewarded depend on the difficulty of the dungeon key. Whelpling’s Awakened Crests are easily obtained by all player types, as they are required for the minimum entry threshold for the enhancing gear with awakened crests. More valuable Awakened Crests can be obtained from more challenging dungeons and higher-level raids. Additionally, certain quest types and participation in various events and rated PvP activities also reward Awakened Crests. 

Unlocking Awakened Crests in Dragonfligh: players must complete the Last Hurrah: Emerald Dream task on Dragon Isles, issued by Therazal.

Whelpling's Awakened Crest:

• LFR raid bosses
• Heroic dungeons
• World quests, and activities in the Emerald Dream location
• Fragments purchasable from NPC Spinsoa

Drake's Awakened Crest:

• Normal difficulty raid bosses
• Mythic dungeons
• Weekly events in the Emerald Dream location
• Fragments purchasable from NPC Spinsoa

Wyrm's Awakened Crest:

• Heroic difficulty raid bosses
• Mythic+ dungeons with key levels 2-5

Aspect's Awakened Crest:

• Mythic difficulty raid bosses;
• Mythic+ dungeons with key levels 6 and above;
• Drake's Crest can be obtained from Mythic+ dungeons of level 1;
• Wyrm's Crest can be obtained from Mythic+ dungeons of levels 2-5;
  
• Aspect's Crest can be obtained from Mythic+ dungeons of levels 6-10 and higher.
  

In the Valdrakken location, players can find an NPC named Vaskarn who can exchange Awakened Crests of one type for another. For example, 15 units of Wyrm's Awakened Crests cost 15 units of Aspect's Awakened Crests. Players can also exchange one type of fragments for another at a ratio of 6:1, for example, exchanging 90 units of Drake's Awakened Crests for Wyrm's Awakened Crests. To access this feature, players must first reach the maximum level of several items of the corresponding type. In a week, you can collect up to 120 Awakened Crest fragments of each type.

How to use Awakened Crests

When upgrading the desired gear, two resources, Flightstones, and Crests are used. The quantity of the first resource progresses constantly and depends on the type of item and its level. The quantity of Awakened Crests remains constant at 15 units.

You can upgrade your gear in several locations: Emerald Dream (/way 14529 49.8 62.8) and Zaralek Cavern (/way 14022 56.6 56) with NPC Cuzolth; Valdrakken (/way 13862 44.3 36.5) — services provided by Corxian and Erza (/way 13862 38.6 37.1); The Forbidden Reach (/way 13862 37.5 59.4) — Researcher Baneflare.

Once you have upgraded your gear to the corresponding item level, all subsequent enhancement processes will not require Dragonflight Awakened Crests, meaning there is a kind of discount applied to this currency. However, this discount does not apply to the entire account and only applies to the current hero. Items such as rings, trinkets, and one-handed weapons require two items of a certain level to receive the discount.

Conclusion

Collecting World of Warcraft Dragonflight Crests is an integral part of your gameplay in World of Warcraft Dragonflight. Without this resource, you will not be able to upgrade your gear to higher levels. Meaning that you will not be able to reach top positions and achieve a high level of gameplay, such as completing challenging PvE and PvP content, tackling difficult dungeons, or raids.