World of Warcraft Shadowlands introduces covenants, and each has a shrine that can be upgraded with Anima and redeemed souls. The Anima part of the grind is basically limitless, but if you were hoping to farm Redeemed Souls to max out your Sanctum upgrades ASAP, you probably won't enjoy what I'm about to report. While you can farm Anima with impunity, redeemed souls are locked behind a weekly quest.
You'll earn five Redeemed Souls when you first join your Alliance in the Shadowlands, but you'll need to complete one per week for more.
After choosing your alliance, you will launch the first chapter of their campaign. Once you have reached and completed the quest "News of Hope" in Chapter 1, you will receive five redeemed souls. If you have already chosen a Covenant and changed to it after grabbing your starting souls, you will still earn them for your new Covenant, but you may need to return to Oribos to grab them if you did not receive them at the time of launch. (this was a problem that needed to be fixed).
Next, you'll need to complete a weekly quest to earn more Redeemed Souls in Shadowlands. This means that those of you looking to grind your faces to immediately clear all of your shrine upgrades will need to chill your rolls. While it won't hurt you to start managing Anima, Redeemed Souls will serve as your progression wall. You'll want to prioritize the upgrades that matter most to you, as it will take some time before you can build more than one per week.
You'll need to save souls from the maw every week to complete the quest, and at first you'll only earn five redeemed souls from the quest. As you increase your fame, you'll eventually unlock Soulkeeper upgrades that allow you to "save" more souls from the Maw each week, increasing the number of redeemed souls you can collect. If you want to complete each Sanctuary upgrade as quickly as possible, you will need to track your fame. Soulkeeper upgrades in Shadowlands are unlocked at Renown ranks 15, 24, and 32. Once I know the exact amount of redeemed souls the upgrade adds to the weekly reward, I'll update this article.
