On the Patch 10.2 PTR, the item level increase going from Season 2 to Season 3 is much larger than normal: +39 item levels between tiers rather than the standard +26.
Item Level Increase in Season 3
On the Patch 10.2 PTR, the item level increase of +39 item levels has been spotted on both the Raid and Mythic+ item levels. Blizzard has informed Wowhead of the correct Crafted Item Level which all indicates that the transition to Season 3 will be a larger +39 item levels, rather than the standard +26.
This means that players that:
- Mythic Aberrus geared players, or players in 447 gear will have gear that drops at LFR Amirdrassil difficulty (rather than Normal Amirdrassil)
- The difficulty and gearing progression should feel more like the start of the expansion (Pre-Season M0 to Season 1) rather Season 1 to Season 2.
There's going to be a lot of gear to grind!
Raid Item Level
Here are the item levels of the Patch 10.2 raid, Amirdrassil: The Dream's Hope.
DifficultyAmirdrassilLFR441-450Normal454-463Heroic467-476Mythic480-489
Mythic+ Item Level
Here are the item levels of Dragonflight Season 3 of Mythic+.
DifficultyEnd of Dungeon (Relative Change)Great Vault (Relative Change*)2441 (0)454 (0)3444 (0)457 (0)4444 (0)460 (0)5447 (0)460 (0)6447 (0)463 (0)7450 (0)463 (0)8450 (0)467 (0)9454 (0)467 (0)10454 (0)470 (0)11457 (0)470 (0)12457 (0)473 (0)13460 (0)473 (0)14460 (0)473 (-3)15463 (0)476 (-3)16463 (0)476 (-3)17467 (0)476 (-3)18467 (0)480 (-3)19470 (0)480 (-3)20470 (0)483 (-3)
*Relative Item Level Compared to Season 2. (-3) indicates 3 item levels lower
Crafted Item Level
Here is the item levels of the Season 3 Crafted Gear!
DifficultyItem Level Range (Relative Change)Whelping Crests431-444 (-3)Base Spark447-460 (-3)Wyrm
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