wow Optional Crafting Reagents Update: Alpha Build 34615

Stan · June 6, 2020

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The Optional Crafting Reagents system has been updated again, and it seems we'll be able to specify both Secondary Stats on crafted gear in Shadowlands.

Optional Crafting Reagents allow you to customize the final output of an item craft. Blizzard increased the number of Optional Crafting Reagent slots to four (up from 3) in the latest Alpha build. The new slot allows you to specify a second Secondary Stat, meaning that the crafted item will have Stamina + Primary Stat (Int/Str/Agi) and two secondary stats of your choice.

Blizzard also moved Elethium Setting (used to add sockets to gear) from Slot 2 that is used to specify Secondary Stats to the Bonus Effect slot.

Recap of Optional Crafting Reagents

Crafted gear can be modified with Optional Crafting Reagents in Shadowlands. Each slot enhances your item in a different way and there are four available slots:

Slot 1 increases the item level of a crafted item;
Slot 2 specifies a Secondary Stat of a crafted item;
Slot 3 adds a bonus effect to a crafted item;
Slot 4 (NEW) allows you to specify a second Secondary Stat of a crafted item.

Slot 1: Increase Item Level

These Optional Crafting Reagents increase the item level of the crafted item.

Word of Power I - An Optional Crafting Reagent to increase the Item Level of the crafted piece of armor.
- +5 Item Level
Word of Power II - An Optional Crafting Reagent that can be used to increase the Item Level of the crafted item by 10.
- +10 Item Level
Word of Power III - An Optional Crafting Reagent to increase the Item Level of the crafted piece of armor.
- +15 Item Level
Word of Power IV - An Optional Crafting Reagent to increase the Item Level of the crafted piece of armor.
- +20 Item Level

Slot 2: Specify a Secondary Stat

Optional Crafting Reagents guarantee secondary stats and allow for sockets on crafted items.

Deadly Jewel Cluster - Can be placed in a socket or used as an Optional Crafting Reagent to guarantee Critical Strike as a secondary stat on the crafted item.
- Guarantee Critical Strike
Quick Jewel Cluster - Can be placed in a socket or used as an Optional Crafting Reagent to guarantee Haste as a secondary stat on the crafted item.
- Guarantee Haste
Versatile Jewel Cluster - Can be placed in a socket or used as an Optional Crafting Reagent to guarantee Versatility as a secondary stat on the crafted item.
- Guarantee Versatility
Masterful Jewel Cluster - Can be placed in a socket or used as an Optional Crafting Reagent to guarantee Mastery as a secondary stat on the crafted item.
- Guarantee Mastery
REMOVED: Elethium Setting - An Optional Crafting Reagent that, when crafted into armor, adds a socket.
- Add a socket

Slot #3: Bonus Effect

Add various bonus effects to crafted gear through this slot.

Alchemist's Pouch - An Optional Crafting Reagent that can be crafted into a piece of armor, increasing the duration of Flask effects.
- Flask effects last twice as long.
NEW! Elethium Setting - An Optional Crafting Reagent that, when crafted into armor, adds a socket.
Reinforced Girdle - An Optional Crafting Reagent that can be crafted into a piece of armor, allowing the wearer to retain their Well Fed buff when slain in an Arena or Battleground.
- Retain Well Fed effects when slain in Arenas or Battlegrounds.
Laestrite Plates - An Optional Crafting Reagent that can be crafted into a piece of armor, increasing the armor of the piece.
Loosened Belt - An Optional Crafting Reagent that can be crafted into a piece of armor, increasing the duration of Well Fed effects.
- Well Fed effects last twice as long.
Luxurious Feather - An Optional Reagent that can be crafted into a piece of armor, greatly reduces the damage the wearer takes from falling.
- Reduces falling damage.
Necrostatic Micro Capacitor - An Optional Crafting Reagent that, when crafted into a piece of armor, increases the wearer's Primary Stat for completing World Quests.
- Completing a World Quest increases Primary Stat by 5 or 15 minutes, stacking up to 5 times.
Hydrodynamic Accelerators - An Optional Crafting Reagent that makes the crafted armor increase the wearer's swim speed.
- Increase swim speed. Can only benefit from one Hydrodynamic Accelerator.
Craftman's Pouch - An Optional Crafting Reagent that makes the crafted armor have a chance to give an additional skill point when crafting items from the Shadowlands.
- Chance to get extra skill up when crafting Shadowlands recipes.
Shadowy Rabbit's Foot - An Optional Reagent that can be crafted into a piece of armor, slightly increasing the wearer's run speed.
- Slightly increase run speed.

The following Optional Crafting Reagents currently have no slot associated:

Relic of the Past I - An Optional Crafting Reagent to set the Required Level and Item Level of the crafted piece of armor.
Relic of the Past II - An Optional Crafting Reagent to set the Required Level and Item Level of the crafted piece of armor.
Relic of the Past III - An Optional Crafting Reagent to set the Required Level and Item Level of the crafted piece of armor.
Relic of the Past IV - An Optional Crafting Reagent to set the Required Level and Item Level of the crafted piece of armor.
Relic of the Past V - An Optional Crafting Reagent to set the Required Level and Item Level of the crafted piece of armor.