Artisan's Mettle and Spark of Ingenuity Guide for The War Within
On this page, you will discover what the critical crafting spark reagents and
Artisan's Acuity reagents do, and how to farm more of them for your end game
crafts.
Spark of Fortunes Purpose and Farming in The War Within
The Spark of Fortunes is a rare reagent that serves as a time gate to
Season 2 combat crafting gear in The War Within. You can get them by doing
one of the open-world weekly quests given at the center of Dornogal.
By default, items created with the Spark can go up to 645 item level, but you
can add the optional reagents Enchanted Runed Undermine Crest or
Enchanted Gilded Undermine Crest, bought from the Enchanting vendor,
in order to make them go up to 658 or 675 item level at maximum quality!
There is also Enchanted Weathered Undermine Crest, which can be used on
basic gear crafts such as
Malleable Band without a spark in order
to get the gear to up to 629 item level.
To summarize:
Crest | Enchanted Crest | Source | Item Level Range |
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LFR Awakened Raids and World Content | 616 to 629 |
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Weekly Dornogal emissary world quest | 632 to 645 |
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Heroic Awakened Raids, M+ from 2 to 6 | 645 to 658 |
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Mythic Awakened Raids, M+ 7 or higher | 662 to 675 |
Spark of Fortunes, while rare, are easy to obtain. You will be able to create
one right away in the first week from the starter quests and can obtain another
one every other week from there on, allowing you to have a new spark ready for crafting
every other week!
Artisan's Acuity Purpose and Farming in The War Within
Artisan's Acuity is a rare reagent used for Recrafting and
for high-end profession crafts, most notably in the profession best in slot gear
crafts, which require over 200 Acuity per craft!
If you are a crafter, you can get some from Patron NPC work orders, with the rest being obtained from gaining Profession Knowledge points (5 Acuity per point gained) and First Craft bonuses, which are awarded every time you craft an item you have never crafted before.

Changelog
- 24 Feb. 2025: Updated with the new crests and spark of Season 2.
- 26 Oct. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 11.0.5.
- 22 Aug. 2024: Updated for The War Within launch.
- 18 Apr. 2024: Updated for Season 4.
- 19 Mar. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
- 07 Nov. 2023: Corrected all item levels and clarified Whelpling crest text.
- 04 Nov. 2023: Added new spark of dreams and relevant info related to acquisition and new item levels.
- 04 Sep. 2022: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7.
- 02 May 2023: Small text fixes.
- 30 Apr. 2023: Added details on the Spark of Shadowflame for Dragonflight Season 2.
- 27 Nov. 2022: Page added.
This guide has been written by Seksi, member of Arctic Avengers and healing aficionado. You can find him answering questions and discussing Restoration Shaman gameplay on the Ancestral Guidance and Earthshrine Discords.
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