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World of Warcrafthas completely overhauled every profession and how they function. Instead of only a handful of trades being relevant, they’ve all been lifted out of obscurity, and every profession in the game can offer unique collectibles or powerful endgame gear.
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Along with these sweeping reforms, there are two rare reagents that can be used by any profession:Sparks of Ingenuity and Artisan’s Mettle. These will be needed by everyone to craft coveted endgame gear throughout the expansion. If you’re a crafter, and you need to get your hands on these reagents, here’s everything you need to know.
Overview
As you pick up one of these improved professions, you may notice thatyou’ll begin to accumulate these reagentsin your bag, but you won’t be able to use them yet. This is because Artisan’s Mettle and the Sparks of Ingenuity areboth used to craft Epic recipes, which you won’t be able to unlock right away.
In addition to being a crafting material, Artisan’s Mettle is special because it can often beused as a currency with the Artisan’s Consortium, the crafting-centric faction found across the Dragon Isles. As you increase your reputation with them, you can spend this resource fornew recipes or research.
Unfortunately, both of these reagents areSoulbound, meaning thatyou can’t send them to your other alts. Luckily, the game provides you with plenty of opportunities to grab them, so long as you meet prerequisite conditions.
Artisan’s Mettle Farm
You’ll be able to unlock Artisan’s Mettle by merelyplaying your profession, but if that isn’t enough,you’re able to complete several queststhrough the Artisan’s Consortium that will reward you with more of the rare resource.
New Crafting Recipes
The easiest way to acquire Artisan’s Mettle is tocraft new recipes for the first time. When you make a new item, you’ll be awarded with a set amount of Artisan’s Mettle. As you can imagine,this will quickly add up as you level.
If you have a gathering profession, likeMining or Herbalism, you’ll instead gain Artisan’s Mettle withevery new ore or herbthat you collect.
Although this method can supply you with enough reagents to sustain your recipes for quite a long time,it isn’t an infinite source. Gradually, you may run out of new things to craft, and so you’ll have to turn toquesting.
Questing
Every week, you’ll be tasked with a slew of quests from theArtisan’s Consortium in Valdrakken. These can range from a wide variety of tasks relating to your profession in some way, and oftenreward a flat rate of Artisan’s Mettle.
However, there is one weekly quest that will gift you free Artisan’s Mettle —Show Your Mettle. This can be accepted fromThomas Bright, found on the upper tier of theArtisan’s Marketin Valdrakken.
Spark Of Ingenuity Farm
Unlike Artisan’s Mettle, the Spark of Ingenuityisn’t unlocked to crafters right away. Instead, you’ll first have to go through ashort questlinebefore you unlock the chance to find more around the Dragon Isles.
In order to begin finding Sparks of Ingenuity, you’ll first have to progress through the questlineIn Tyr’s Footsteps. You’ll find the first quest,Lock And Shock, in Valdrakken as soon as you hitmax level.
Lock And Shock
Thaldraszus
While you’re in the helicopter,target the Engine of Innovation with missilesto jumpstart it into working again.
First Challenge: Finesse
The Azure Span
Upon talking to the Maiden of Inspiration, you’ll be launched into the air.Descend through ten ringsto complete the quest.
Third Challenge: Persistence
The Waking Shores
Delve into Scalecracker Keep toretrieve the broken pieces of the Maiden of Inspiration’s statue. There are three pieces in total.
Fourth Challenge: Resourcefulness
Run the Halls of Infusion dungeon.Loot the first boss for a quest item, and then finish the dungeon.
Fifth Challenge: Ingenuity
Use the quest item obtained in the Halls of Infusion onspecial elite mobs in Tyrholduntil the bar is filled.
Fully activate theEngine of Innovation.
The Challenge quests willeach grant their own Spark of Ingenuity, but the real prize comes at the end of the questline. For finishing Innovation Complete, you’ll gainEssence Detector, which will allow you tofind Bottled Essencearound the Dragon Isles.
Bottled Essence
As you do various activities around the four zones, you might encounterBottled Essence. These can be traded in to the Engine of Innovation totransform each one into a Spark of Ingenuity.
While thedrop chance is low, there are a few different places that it can drop, including:
