Sparks decide how many. Crests decide how good.

The route to 331

Three rungs, and only the first one involves a Spark. Note the tags: the bottom rung is read off the item, the two above it are from crafting guides rather than a tooltip we could open.

1. 292 to 305

   verified. Transcribed from a primary source: a Blizzard post, patch note, or the game itself.

   What the Spark itself sets, scaling with the crafting quality of the item. This is read straight off the Spark's tooltip and is the one number on this page we could verify directly.

2. Up to 318

   observed. Read from live data at a stated time. It describes what players did, not what the game guarantees.

   Add 80 Hero-track crests as an optional reagent at maximum quality.

3. Up to 331

   observed. Read from live data at a stated time. It describes what players did, not what the game guarantees.

   Add 80 Myth-track crests as an optional reagent at maximum quality. This is the number people mean when they search for a 331 crafted weapon.

verified. Transcribed from a primary source: a Blizzard post, patch note, or the game itself.

Transcribed from a primary source: a Blizzard post, patch note, or the game itself.

observed. Read from live data at a stated time. It describes what players did, not what the game guarantees.

Read from live data at a stated time. It describes what players did, not what the game guarantees.

What a craft costs in Sparks

Any armour piece

2

A one-handed weapon

2

A two-handed weapon

4

A two-hander costs double because it fills two slots. At roughly one Spark a week, that is a month of Sparks for one two-handed weapon, which is the real reason to decide what you are crafting before you start.

Where Sparks come from

• The weekly quest in the Silvermoon hub

  observed. Read from live data at a stated time. It describes what players did, not what the game guarantees.

  The dependable one, paced at roughly one Spark a week. Trailing Xal'atath from Vereesa Windrunner is the commonly cited version, completed by looting 100 Fading Voidwhispers from dungeons, delves, treasures and rares.

• The Coiled Isle weeklies

  observed. Read from live data at a stated time. It describes what players did, not what the game guarantees.

  The zone added in 12.1 carries its own repeatable weekly quests that award Sparks.

• The PvP weekly

  observed. Read from live data at a stated time. It describes what players did, not what the game guarantees.

  A second weekly route for players who would rather not run the PvE version.

• Catch-up drops when you are behind

  observed. Read from live data at a stated time. It describes what players did, not what the game guarantees.

  Most endgame content can randomly award a Spark if you hold fewer than the maximum available so far. This is a catch-up mechanism, so it does not let you get ahead of the weekly pace.

Questions people actually ask

How do you get Sparks of Tides in Midnight Season 2?

Weekly quests, chiefly the repeatable one in the Silvermoon hub and the ones on The Coiled Isle, plus a PvP weekly. Roughly one per week. If you are behind the maximum available, most endgame content can also drop one as catch-up.

How many Sparks of Tides do you need for a weapon?

Two for a one-handed weapon or any armour piece, and four for a two-handed weapon, because a two-hander fills two slots.

How do you craft a 331 item level weapon?

The Spark of Tides only sets a starting item level of 292 to 305 based on crafting quality. To reach 331 you add 80 Myth-track crests as an optional reagent at maximum quality. 80 Hero-track crests instead gets you to 318.

Can you upgrade a crafted weapon to 331 later?

Recrafting is the route, adding the crests you did not have at the time. The item level band is set by the reagents at craft or recraft, so you are not locked to the number you first made.

What does Tidal Crafted mean?

It is the mark the Spark of Tides puts on the item it helped create, in the same tooltip line that sets the starting item level.

Do more Sparks make a higher item level item?

No, and this is the most common mistake. Sparks are a gate on how many high-end items you can make, not a lever on how good one is. Crafting quality and crests decide the item level.

What we could not confirm

• The exact crest names for Season 2 are reported as Mistcrests by some guides while others use the generic Hero and Myth track names. We use the track names because those are what the crafting UI asks for, and the specific Season 2 crest naming is not something we could read off a tooltip.

• The precise weekly quest chain differs between guides, and the Silvermoon quest most often named is Trailing Xal'atath from Vereesa Windrunner. If your version of the weekly differs, that is worth a comment.

• Whether the catch-up drop rate is fixed or scales with how far behind you are is not published anywhere we checked.

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