The War Within F2P Baseline Guide

[Gjallarhorny]

forgive me if someone already mentioned this on this post as I didn't have the patience to read every post, but as anyone tested out the https://www.wowhead.com/item=196435/scytherins-barbed-necklace & https://www.wowhead.com/item=197725/deathrips-curled-claw at lvl 20 for evokers. I was able to grind to lvl 20 off of a bunch of the sea monsters at the forbidden reach (evoker lvling area) and then kill the rares that dropped these items. Idk how good they actually are but I thought it was cool to have a necklace and ring with abilities that were at that ilvl 84!

Thx in advance!!!

 

[fastersamurai]

Thanks for another great guide!

General question: what is the best ranged weapon now? The best I’ve come across is still Dragon Slayer’s Shortbow

 

[FrozTyre]

Thanks for another great guide!

General question: what is the best ranged weapon now? The best I’ve come across is still Dragon Slayer’s Shortbow

yep

 

[championlo]

forgive me if someone already mentioned this on this post as I didn't have the patience to read every post, but as anyone tested out the https://www.wowhead.com/item=196435/scytherins-barbed-necklace & https://www.wowhead.com/item=197725/deathrips-curled-claw at lvl 20 for evokers. I was able to grind to lvl 20 off of a bunch of the sea monsters at the forbidden reach (evoker lvling area) and then kill the rares that dropped these items. Idk how good they actually are but I thought it was cool to have a necklace and ring with abilities that were at that ilvl 84!

Thx in advance!!!

I got them few days, 10-20lv cost about 3 hours

 

[Dragonstormy]

Thanks for another great guide!

General question: what is the best ranged weapon now? The best I’ve come across is still Dragon Slayer’s Shortbow

Unless perhaps you got any old weapon from BFA with socket, for example the Hallowed Ossein Longbow. They are gfed now.

 

[Stim]

Thanks for another great guide!

General question: what is the best ranged weapon now? The best I’ve come across is still Dragon Slayer’s Shortbow

Being pedantic

is marginally better

 

[Jonnes]

If you're going to link my out of date guides in yours, can you at least link the one that's one expansion old instead of two? Thanks. I've got confused individuals wandering in.

 

[DoByG]

As mentioned when linking the guide, I referred to it mainly for locations, not other details (I thought it was obvious everything else is different now, with the lvl and ilvl changes). If you prefer, I can link another guide or remove the link, there is no need to make a fuss about it.

 

[Jonnes]

As mentioned when linking the guide, I referred to it mainly for locations, not other details (I thought it was obvious everything else is different now, with the lvl and ilvl changes). If you prefer, I can link another guide or remove the link, there is no need to make a fuss about it.

https://xpoff.com/threads/a-comprehensive-guide-to-farming-bis-boe-i29s-i42s-in-dragonflight.98871/ is the link to the one from DF, you used the one from shadowlands. It's not a huge problem, its just the guy came in and bumped the even further deprecated guide. Either way, if you can change "you can learn more and check best spots in a Guide by Jonnes" to something more direct like "you can use the spots in this guide by Jonnes for farming, but disregard everything else" I'd appreciate it.

I also give you or anyone else permission to take the screenshots and information and incorporate them into a legion zone farming guide relevant to WW, because I don't really want to get bugged about out of bracket stuff if it can be helped.

 

[scrow666]

Great changes for us! Warband bank is priceless.

 

[scrow666]

Last day of 1 month subscription and rush it today thanks to this post !

 

[scrow666]

 

[vanger99]

Have been using this guide to get my char with Steady Talasites to join 21st century its great, thank you.
Noticed the link to Brilliant Ornate Ruby is broken.

 

[fastersamurai]

Do repeatable warlords rare drops still have a chance to proc a socket?

For example:

Yal's Leafwrap Cloak​

 

[Xmp]

is it possible to get socket on the Runeblade of Baron Rivendare ?

 

[Beerloveer]

is it possible to get socket on the Runeblade of Baron Rivendare ?

no, can only proc with speed/leech/avoidance/indestructible

 

[Xmp]

no, can only proc with speed/leech/avoidance/indestructible

thx

 

[Armenon]

Do repeatable warlords rare drops still have a chance to proc a socket?

For example:

Yal's Leafwrap Cloak​

Yes

 

[fastersamurai]

Yes

Dope! Thanks for confirming!

 

[DoByG]

I am not sure if it's a good or bad thing, but after a few days of retesting WoD Apexis Rares procs (I did test 200 kills with only a few terts and no sockets / wf at the end of DF), I can confirm we can now get every slot in the game with a socket. Terts are still possible (they never left), and the broken "Warforged" title proc is back on the menu, even tho it provides no stats difference at all and is just visual.

The new BiS farming meta for F2Ps would be:
0. Complete all (~10) socketed items quests for an extremely low chance of an extremely small stats upgrade.
1. Get all your main set items from TBC (go for tert / socket procs if you desire) and neck from DF rares (once per day)
2. Try your luck on all relevant BFA rares (one time per char, you can check more HERE),
3. Return to WoD Apexis rares* for a once-per-day chance of a socket proc on whatever slot you still have missing.
Str/Agi Cloak, Int 1h / Oh, Shield, Ranged weapons and Trinkets are the main things worth considering in steps 2 and 3.

I will soon update the guide to include this newly confirmed change. Happy farming!

*There are some rares that are repeatable but not shown in the spreadsheet by @CigNus. The easiest way for me to figure this out is to use THIS addon and look for the purple sculls on the map (the white ones are once-per-char kills that can only proc epic ilvl89 but no tert/socket has been ever confirmed)