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Shadowlands Beta - Upgrading PvP Gear with Honor
PvP testing is currently underway on the Shadowlands Beta, and we are able to test a new system to upgrade PvP gear in a similar fashion to upgrading your Benthic gear in 8.2!

PvP Vendors
Shadowlands once again introduces the Honor currency, which is earned through PvP along with the more coveted Conquest currency. Honor currency can be used to purchase rare quality entry PvP gear with an item level of 158, while Conquest currency is used to purchase epic quality PvP gear that is item level 190.



Upgrading Your PvP Gear
Next to the PvP vendors is another NPC that will allow you to spend your Honor currency to upgrade the gear you purchase from the PvP vendors. Currently, only the Honor system is implemented, but we assume you will be able to spend Conquest currency to upgrade your conquest gear as well.



How it Works
Much like upgrading your Benthic gear in 8.2, you simply talk to the upgrade vendor and place the PvP item into the UI menu. You will be able to upgrade a piece 5 times, maxing it out at rank 6. Honor gear is item level 158 at rank 1 and finishes at item level 190, which is the equivalent of rank 1 conquest gear.

• Rank 1 - 158 Ilvl
• Rank 2 - 164 (+6 Ilvl)
• Rank 3 - 171 (+7 Ilvl)
• Rank 4 - 177 (+6 Ilvl)
• Rank 5 - 183 (+6 Ilvl)
• Rank 6 - 190 (+7 Ilvl) (Item turns from rare to epic)

Honor Costs
There is a different Honor currency cost depending on the item you wish to upgrade:

• Two-Handed Weapon
  
  • Rank 2 - 2625 Honor
  • Rank 3 - 3150 Honor
  • Rank 4 - 3675 Honor
  • Rank 5 - 4200 Honor
  • Rank 6 - 4725 Honor
• One-Handed Weapon, Head, Chest, Leg
  
  • Rank 2 - 1500 Honor
  • Rank 3 - 1800 Honor
  • Rank 4 - 2100 Honor
  • Rank 5 - 2400 Honor
  • Rank 6 - 2700 Honor
• Shield, Offhand
  
  • Rank 2 - 750 Honor
  • Rank 3 - 900 Honor
  • Rank 4 - 1050 Honor
  • Rank 5 - 1200 Honor
  • Rank 6 - 1350 Honor
• Shoulder, Hands, Waist
  
  • Rank 2 - 1200 Honor
  • Rank 3 - 1440 Honor
  • Rank 4 - 1680 Honor
  • Rank 5 - 1920 Honor
  • Rank 6 - 2160 Honor
• Neck, Ring, Cloak, Wrist, Trinket
  
  • Rank 2 - 900 Honor
  • Rank 3 - 1080 Honor
  • Rank 4 - 1260 Honor
  • Rank 5 - 1440 Honor
  • Rank 6 - 1620 Honor

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Arena World Championship - BFA Circuit - Week 3
The last stage of the Arena World Championship Battle for Azeroth Circuit has started. Watch sixteen of the best teams from North America and Europe fight for a chance to compete at the AWC Regional Finals.

• AWC BFA Circuit - Viewer's Guide
• AWC BFA Circuit - Week 3 - Day 1
• AWC BFA Circuit - Week 3 - Day 2

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Shadowlands Beta - How to Swap Covenants
Which Covenant to join is the single most important choice you will make in Shadowlands at endgame, but the latest update to the beta has shed even more light on the steps needed to switch Covenants and how to return to one that you have already left. As stated in the past, joining a new Covenant is easy, but returning will involve a lot more work.

Switching to a New Covenant
Leaving your current Covenant to join a different one is easy. All you have to do is find The Enclave in Oribos where the representatives of each Covenant resides. Speak to the emissary of the Covenant you wish to join, and navigate through the dialogue prompts. There are four prompts before the emissary will believe you to be sincere and allow you to switch. At this point, you are officially switched over and given the first campaign quest for your new Covenant.


Rejoining a Covenant
Deciding to return to a Covenant that you have left is a much more involved task. When you speak to the emissary, you will not be able to simple navigate the dialogue prompts and return as you did with a new Covenant. Instead, the emissary will say that the Covenant has not taken your betrayal lightly and you must prove your sincerity. You are then given a quest called "Prove Your Worth." This requires you to complete 8 world quests in the zone that the Covenant resides in while as well as completing tasks there to fill a bar. This includes killing rares, dungeon bosses, completing world quests, collecting treasures, and more.


There is usually a max of 4 world quests up at a time in each zone (5 if you have War Mode on and the PvP quest is in the zone for the day). This means that you cannot finish this quest on the same day that you pick it up unless you start it that morning before world quests reset. The bar fill portion involves killing rares or dungeon bosses from that zone. Currently, rares give 6%, world quests give 8%, and dungeon bosses provide 12% towards filling the bar.

This is not the only step needed to rejoin the Covenant, however. When you turn this quest in, the emissary will tell you that you have taken your first steps towards rejoining their ranks, but more time is needed to assess your case. They ask you to "return at a later date." You'll then need to return after the weekly reset and do the same quest again to completely rejoin your Covenant.