
Season 4 adds 7 new essences, as well as a new minor essence slot for allocating an additional bonus.Įach of the 28 current Essences contains a major and minor power, while players will unlock up to three sockets in their Heart of Azeroth over time: The personal loot system continues to be tweaked in Battle for Azeroth (there is no longer a group/master loot options), however if you win an item of the same or lower ilvl than your current one, then you can trade it to others in the group.Įssences are a system of power progression for the Heart of Azeroth added in Patch 8.2/Season 3, allowing players to choose from several talent-like Major and Minor powers. The values here represent those prior to the squish. Note: Shadowlands introduced a "level squish" that fundamentally changed iLevels in every expansion. Items from previous season content, such as World Quests and previous raid tiers may not roll corrupted, but will continue to Warforge or Titanforge up to their seasonal caps to a maximum of 455 item level. Please see the Corruption System Overview Guide for more information and a full list of positive and negative effects. While players can gain large amounts of power from these beneficial effects, higher amounts of Corruption also cause the player to become subject to increasingly negative effects such as snaring them, spawning void zones, summoning minions of N'Zoth, and reducing player healing. Corrupted gear does not change ilevel, but instead will instead gain both a beneficial effect and an associated amount of the Corruption Stat. In Season 4, gear from current endgame activities will no longer Warforge or Titanforge, and instead has a chance to become Corrupted. If you are looking for updated information on gearing for Shadowlands, please see the following guide:

Season 4 Highlights (click the link to jump to each section)

Now updated for patch 8.3: Visions of N'Zoth and Season 4! Here is a rundown of the different types of ways you can gear up at the start of Battle for Azeroth before Mythic+ Dungeons and Raids. Gear in Battle for Azeroth (BFA) is designed around a fresh perspective there are equivalent gearing paths and gear from any content has a small chance to proc the highest possible item level.
