Flightstones

For the quest, see [70] Flightstones.

Flightstones are used to upgrade Dragonflight Season 2 PvE gear. Flightstones come from looting outdoor treasures, world quests, weekly events, dungeons, and raids.

PvP gear and crafted gear cannot be upgraded using Flightstones. PvP gear still uses [Honor] and [Conquest], and crafted gear uses recrafting.

Collect 2,000 to earn the [Stones Can't Fly!] achievement.

Players can also use Flightstones to buy Mythic dugneon-level (Adventurer 4, ilvl 398) gear from Spinsoa in Loamm.

Gear sources[]

There are six gear upgrade tracks in Season 2:

Upgrade tracks
Track	Source			Base iLvl	Upgrade max iLvl
Track	Difficulty	Mythic+	Vault	Base iLvl	Upgrade max iLvl
Explorer	Open world/Normal dungeons			376–385	398
Adventurer	Heroic/Mythic dungeons			389–398	411
Veteran	Raid Finder	2–8	n/a	402–411	424
Champion	Normal	9–16	2–7	415–424	437
Hero	Heroic	17+	8–15	428–437	441
Myth	Mythic	n/a	16+	441–450	447

Veteran-track gear can also rarely come from open-world content: typically Fyrakk Assaults and weekly wrapper quests (like [70W] A Worthy Ally: Loamm Niffen and [70] Fighting is Its Own Reward). The Zaqali Elders world boss will drop gear on the Champion track. The end-of-run chest in Mythic+ will drop gear at the specified track. Completing Mythic+ keys will also add loot to the weekly Great Vault. Complete enough keys of the specified level to be able to select loot on that upgrade track.

Item levels and upgrade costs[]

Upgradeable gear will only ever be created in the rank 1-4 band of an upgrade track. So, an item level 398 piece that drops will always be Adventurer 4/8, never Explorer 8/8.

Flightstones have no weekly cap, so they can be ground out indefinitely up to the overall holding cap.

To upgrade to the listed item level from one row above, the Flightstone and Shadowflame Crest cost in the higher item level row must be paid. For example, to upgrade from Champion 1 (415) to Champion 2 (418), the cost is 145 Flightstones and 1x [Drake's Shadowflame Crest]. Upgrades are cumulative, so to upgrade from Champion 1 to Champion 8 would cost 1,115 Flightstones, 3x [Drake's Shadowflame Crest], and 4x [Wyrm's Shadowflame Crest].

Should players attempt to upgrade a lower item level piece in a slot that they already have a higher item level in, no Shadowflame Crests will be required. For example, players who have looted or upgraded to an item level 437 helm will see helms of all lower item levels cost no crests and 50% of the Flightstones. The Flightstone discount (but not the Crest discount) is account-wide. For rings, trinkets, and one-handed weapons, since two of each can be equipped, the lower item level piece determines the discount limit.

Upgrade tracks
Crest type	Source	iLvl	Upgrade tracks
n/a	n/a	376	Explorer 1
		379	Explorer 2
		382	Explorer 3
		385	Explorer 4
n/a	n/a	389	Explorer 5	Adventurer 1
		392	Explorer 6	Adventurer 2
		395	Explorer 7	Adventurer 3
		398	Explorer 8	Adventurer 4
Whelpling	Raid finder M+ 1–5	402		Adventurer 5	Veteran 1
		405		Adventurer 6	Veteran 2
		408		Adventurer 7	Veteran 3
		411		Adventurer 8	Veteran 4
Drake	Normal M+ 6–10	415			Veteran 5	Champion 1
		418			Veteran 6	Champion 2
		421			Veteran 7	Champion 3
		424			Veteran 8	Champion 4
Wyrm	Heroic M+ 11–15	428				Champion 5	Hero 1
		431				Champion 6	Hero 2
		434				Champion 7	Hero 3
		437				Champion 8	Hero 4
Aspect	Mythic M+ 16+	441					Hero 5	Myth 1
		444						Myth 2
		447						Myth 3

Shadowflame Crests[]

There are four versions of Shadowflame Crests and crest fragments with various sources:

[Whelpling's Shadowflame Crest] (ilvl 402-411)

Acquired from the open world, small treasures, (non-elite) rares
Aberrus raid finder (10 per boss, wing bosses drop 15)
Mythic+ 2–5 (5 fragments for completing a key, 12 if on time)

[Drake's Shadowflame Crest] (ilvl 415-424)

Open world rare elites, weekly quests, Fyrakk Assaults, Paragon bags
Aberrus normal (10 per boss, wing bosses drop 15)
Mythic+ 6–10 (5 fragments for completing a key, 12 if on time)

[Wyrm's Shadowflame Crest] (ilvl 428-437)

Aberrus heroic (10 per boss, wing bosses drop 15)
Mythic+ 11–15 (5 fragments for completing a key, 12 if on time)

[Aspect's Shadowflame Crest] (ilvl 441-447)

Aberrus mythic (10 per boss, wing bosses drop 15)
Mythic+ 16+ (5 fragments for completing a key, 12 if on time)

These sources are not chance-based. That is — if players complete a task they will receive the crest fragments deterministically.

Players can acquire 10 of each crest (actually the equivalent in crest fragments) each week at the start of Season 2. That cap increases week-by-week, so by week six, the cap is at sixteen, which is effectively unlimited, as there are fifteen or sixteen slots of items that are relevant for upgrades. Quest-rewarded crests are both exempt from the cap and will not affect the cap.

Enchanters can use crests to craft an Enchanted Shadowflame Crest, which is used to set the item level range of crafted gear. Said crafted gear will then be upgraded using Recrafting, not Flightstones. For crafting purposes, crests can also be downgraded by speaking with Vaskarn at Loamm in Zaralek Cavern cavern and trading them in.

Currency for[]

[Volcanic Equipment Chest] (250x [Flightstones] from Spinsoa, Loamm)

Patch changes[]

Patch 10.1.5 (2023-07-11):
- Gear created at item level 441 or 444 can now be upgraded using the new Myth upgrade track instead of being above the upgrade system entirely.
  - The Myth track is a new track that goes from 441 (Myth 1/3) to 444 (Myth 2/3) to 447 (Myth 3/3). Gear cannot be upgraded above Myth 3/3.
  - This change is retroactive for all gear obtained in Season 2. Any Season 2 gear that was created at item level 441, 444, or 447 will now display its upgrade level along the Myth track and can be upgraded at any item upgrade vendor.
  - Upgrading gear along the Myth track requires Flightstones and an Aspect's Shadowflame Crest for each upgrade. The usual discount rules apply here (if the character has a higher level piece of gear in the same slot, no crest is needed; if any character on the account has a higher level piece of gear in the same slot the Flightstone cost will be halved).
Patch 10.1.0 (2023-05-02): Added.

External links[]

World of Warcraft Community Site Developer Insights: New Upgrade System in Embers of Neltharion

World of Warcraft Community Site More Frequently Asked Questions about the New Upgrade System