Item upgrading

Item upgrading provides players the ability to upgrade item levels of equippable items, such as armor, weapons, and trinkets above from specific Mists of Pandaria and Warlords of Draenor sources. Players can upgrade items by spending appropriate currencies at any item upgrader NPC.

As stats on items are based upon the item's level, upgrading an item's level will upgrade its stats as well.

Shadowlands
All item upgraders can upgrade any type of gear, so long as the proper currency and items are provided.

These gear types and sources can be upgraded:
 * Covenant set armor with Reservoir Anima
 * PvP gear with Honor
 * Mythic dungeon gear with Valor (requires 9.0.5 or newer drops)
 * Korthian (9.1) gear with Cataloged Research

Item upgraders include:
 * in Elysian Hold
 * in Seat of the Primus
 * in Heart of the Forest
 * in Sinfall
 * in Oribos
 * in Keeper's Respite, Korthia

Battle for Azeroth
Nazjatar Benthic gear can be upgraded with Prismatic Manapearl by Voidbinder Zorlan in Newhome (Horde) or Voidbinder Sturzah in Mezzamere (Alliance).

Warlords of Draenor
In patch 6.2.3, items from, crafted profession items, items created from Baleful tokens in Tanaan Jungle, and Draenor dungeon drops can be upgraded twice, gaining five item levels at a cost of 250 Valor per upgrade. See the Valor article for sources of the currency. All the items already obtained are eligible for upgrades retroactively, and can be upgraded from the following vendors:
 * Voidbinder Tarazuuk in Stormshield
 * Voidbinder Selebrembor in Warspear
 * Voidbinder Sturzah in Stormwind City
 * Voidbinder Zorlan in Orgrimmar

Mists of Pandaria
All items are required to have a minimum item level of 458 to be upgraded from the following vendors:
 * in Shrine of Seven Stars
 * in Shrine of Two Moons


 * PvE
 * -quality crafted, dungeon and purchased items can be upgraded once for 8 item levels in exchange for
 * -quality crafted, dungeon, raid, and purchased items can be upgraded twice for 4 item levels in exchange for each
 * Epic items added in Patch 5.4 (Siege of Orgrimmar and Timeless Isle) can be upgraded twice more (for a total of 16 item levels) as of Patch 5.4.8
 * PvP
 * -quality crafted and Honor Points-purchased items with a Season 12 tag can be upgraded once for 8 item levels in exchange for
 * -quality Conquest Points-purchased items with a Season 12 can be upgraded twice for 4 item levels in exchange for each time
 * No other PvP items may be upgraded (such as Season 13 or later items)