You can upgrade your PvP gear in Shadowlands Season 2 exactly the same way as before the Chains of Domination update. That said, Blizzard made a simple but impactful change to how item level works on PvP gear, so if you were using PvP to prepare for PvE, you might want to look for your loot elsewhere.
Upgrade your Shadowlands Season 2 PvP gear with Honor or Conquest; item level is increased during PvP.
If you want to upgrade your Season 2 PvP gear in Shadowlands Patch 9.1, you'll need to farm Honor or Conquest, depending on whether you're playing Unranked or Ranked PvP. Honor can be earned in Unranked PvP, including Battlegrounds and Arenas, and Conquest is earned in Ranked PvP, which requires a predefined party to queue. Conquest and Honor can be found as quest rewards, but you'll want to engage in PvP to earn either resource effectively.
Honor is used to buy Honor PvP gear and upgrade it. The same goes for Conquest; the only difference is that there is a cap on the amount of Conquest you can earn each week, although it increases as the season progresses. Zo'sorg and the other PvP vendors (including the Upgrade NPC) are still located in the Enclave within Oribos. Before listing upgrade ranks and item levels available for honor and conquest PvP gear, I first need to share the change to PvP gear item level in patch 9.1 from Shadowlands.
PvP gear will have a higher item level inside PvP. Each time you participate in Arenas, Battlegrounds, or War Mode, your Season 2 PvP gear will have its item level increased by +13 (to include an appropriate stat boost). Outside of PvP, it will drop back to its base item level. Blizzard's goal here was simple: they wanted to make sure PvE players didn't feel like they had to play PvP to pick up gear. In theory, this also benefits players who only play PvP, as their hard-earned gear will always be better in PvP, but if you enjoy both, you'll be back to farming two separate sets of gear.
Without further ado, here are the different ranks and item levels for Honor and Conquest PvP gear in Shadowlands Season 2:
Conquest
- Rang 1 :
- Base iLvL: 220/PvP 233
- Rang 2 :
- Base iLvL: 226/PvP 239
- Required rating: 1400 (fighter)
- Rang 3 :
- Basic iLvL 233/PvP 246
- Rating required: 1600 (Challenger)
- Rang 4:
- Basic iLvL 240/PvP 253
- Rating required: 1800 (Rival)
- Rang 5 :
- Basic iLvL 246/PvP 259
- Required Rating: 2100 (Duelist)
Honor
- Rang 1
- Basic iLvL 177/PvP 190
- Rang 2
- Basic iLvL 184/PvP 197
- Rang 3
- Basic iLvL 190/PvP 203
- Rang 4
- Basic iLvL 197/PvP 210
- Renown Rank 43
- Rang 5
- Basic iLvL 203/PvP 216
- Renown Rank 43
- Rang 6
- Basic iLvL 210/PvP 223
- Renown Rank 59
- Rang 7
- Basic iLvL 216/PvP 229
- Renown Rank 59
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands Patch 9.1, Chains of Domination will launch on June 29 (NA) and June 30 (EU).
