This document provides strategies for two characters, Kuwapi and Konishiki, to reach an average item level of 550 in World of Warcraft. For Kuwapi, the recommended strategy is to obtain a legendary cloak, celestial gloves, a Timeless Isle neck token, and a 540 trinket, and upgrade various items using 2,250 valor points. For Konishiki, the strategy is to obtain a legendary cloak, celestial legs, LFR shoulders, Timeless Isle neck and wrist tokens, two Burdens of Eternity, a 540 trinket and rings, upgrading items with 3,500 valor points. Both strategies aim to maximize gear through raids, tokens and upgrades to efficiently reach the 550 goal.

1. 550 Challenge Solution

2. The 550 Challenge
• Select a character from Inevitable Betrayal
• Based on their current item level, devise a
strategy on what they need to do to get to a
550 average item level

3. Average Item Level
• Shown as two numbers on your character
sheet : Equipped / In bags

4. Average Item Level
• The average item level of all 16 gear slots
– 2 hand weapons count as 2 slots.

5. 1
7
2
8
3
9
4
10
5
11
12
13
15
6
16
14

6. Slots
Slot #
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Items
Helm
Neck
Shoulder
Cloak
Chest
Wrist
Gloves
Waist
Slot #
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
Items
Legs
Feet
Ring 1
Ring 2
Trinket 1
Trinket 2
Main Hand
Off hand

7. The 550 Challenge
• My method:
– Backwards by design:
• 550 average for 16 slots
• 550 X 16 = 8,800
• So, looking to get as close to 8,800 as possible

8. The 550 Challenge
• Remember:
– Gear item levels & upgrades have a cost
Item
Level
Source
Upgrades to
Upgrade
Cost
528
Siege of Orgrimmar LFR
536
500 VP
535
Timeless Isle Token + Burden of
Eternity
543
500 VP
540
Siege of Orgrimmar Flex
548
500 VP
553
Siege of Orgrimmar Normal
561
500 VP
553
Crafted Belt and pants
561
500 VP
553
Tier hands and Legs from Celestials
561
500 VP

9. The 550 Challenge
• Constraints:
– Limited to earning only 1,000 VP each week.
– Gear drops are all random
– Celestials have a chance to drop 553 gear, but only
have one chance each week
– Can get a bonus roll by getting Warforged Seals
(weekly quest from Elder Liao - Collect 50 Lesser
Charm of Good Fortune), but limited to 3 each
week.

10. The 550 Challenge
• Constraints:
– Crafters can make 553 Belts and Pants, However
• Takes 21 days to make the mats for the Belt
• Takes 28 days to make the mats for the Pants
– Legendary Cloak with a 600 Item Level can be
earned ; however it takes time (lots of it)
• Exalted with Black Prince

11. 550 Challenge
No Legendary Cloak
Slot #
Type
Level
1
Head
543
2
Neck
548
3
Shoulder
548
4
Back
548
5
Chest
548
6
Wrist
548
7
Hands
561
8
Waist
561
9
Legs
561
10
Feet
548
11
Ring 1
548
12
Ring 2
548
13
Trinket 1
548
14
Trinket 2
548
15 Main Hand
548
16
Off Hand
548
Total
Average
8802
550.125
With Legendary Cloak
Slot #
Type
Level
1
Head
543
2
Neck
543
3
Shoulder
548
4
Back
608
5
Chest
536
6
Wrist
543
7
Hands
561
8
Waist
561
9
Legs
561
10
Feet
532
11
Ring 1
548
12
Ring 2
548
13
Trinket 1
548
14
Trinket 2
548
15 Main Hand 536
16
Off Hand
536
Total
Average
8800
550

12. 550 Challenge
With Legendary Cloak with 4-Piece Tier Set*
Slot #
Type
Level
Upgraded
1
Head*
528
536
2
Neck
535
543
3
Shoulder*
528
536
4
Back
600
608
5
Chest*
528
536
6
Wrist
535
543
7
Hands*
553
561
8
Waist
553
561
9
Legs
553
561
10
Feet
535
543
11
Ring 1
535
543
12
Ring 2
535
543
13
Trinket 1
540
548
14
Trinket 2
540
548
15
Main Hand
540
548
16
Off Hand
540
548
Total
Average
8678
542
8806
550

13. Without Cloak Strategy
Need:
• 1 – 543 piece
– 496 TI Token + Burden of Eternity
– Upgraded twice , costing 500 VP
• 12 – 548 pieces
– 540 Flex Gear
– Upgraded twice, costing 500 VP each (6,000 total)

14. Without Cloak Strategy
Need:
• 11 or 12 – 548 pieces
– 540 Flex Gear
– Upgraded twice, costing 500 VP each (6,000 total)
– Remember 2H weapon counts double
– Only if you are in a spec that uses 2H weapons
– Upgrade cost for 2 pieces (5,500 total)

15. Without Cloak Strategy
Need:
• 3 – 561 pieces
– 553 crafted belt + 553 Celestial hands and legs
– 553 crafted belt and legs + 553 Celestial hands
– Upgraded twice, costing 500 VP (1,500 VP total)

16. With Cloak Strategy
Need:
• 1 – 608 piece
– 600 Legendary Cloak
– Upgraded twice , costing 500 VP
• 1 – 532 piece
– 528 LFR Gear
– Upgraded once, costing 250 VP

17. With Cloak Strategy
Need:
• 2 or 3 – 536 pieces
– 528 LFR pieces
– Upgraded twice , costing 500 VP each (1,500 total)
– Remember 2H weapon counts double
– Only if you are in a spec that uses 2H weapons
– Upgrade cost for 2 pieces (1,000 total)

18. With Cloak Strategy
Need:
• 3– 543 pieces
– 496 TI Token + Burden of Eternity
– Upgraded twice , costing 500 VP (1,500 total)
• 5 – 548 pieces
– 540 Flex Gear
– Upgraded twice, costing 500 VP each (2,500 total)

19. Without Cloak Strategy
Need:
• 3 – 561 pieces
– 553 crafted belt + 553 Celestial hands and legs
– 553 crafted belt and legs + 553 Celestial hands
– Upgraded twice, costing 500 VP (1,500 VP total)

20. Strategy Comparison
Cost:
• No Cloak, No 2H requires 8,000 VP
• No Cloak, with 2H requires 7,500 VP
• Cloak, No 2H requires 7,750 VP
• Cloak, with 2H requires 7,250 VP

21. My recommendation
Do the run for the Legendary cloak
• Cloak strategy is more about time than
luck and is more flexible
• Guaranteed a cloak, if you put in the
time
• Either way requires lots of time, patience
and luck.

22. Kuwapi
Current Items Equipped
Slot #
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
Type
Head
Neck
Shoulder
Back
Chest
Wrist
Hands
Waist
Legs
Feet
Ring 1
Ring 2
Trinket 1
Trinket 2
Main Hand
Off Hand
Total
Average
Level
543
528
548
548
536
548
548
561
561
548
535
536
548
536
536
536
8696
543.25

23. Recommended strategy
Currently at 8,696
Needs to be at 8,800
(104 points to go)

24. Recommended strategy
• Get Legendary Cloak, upgrade twice (+ 60
points)
• Run Celestials to get 553 gloves and upgrade
twice (+13 points)
• Run Timeless Isle for neck token and upgrade
once (+ 11 points)
• Get 540 Trinket and upgrade twice (+12
points)
• Upgrade 535 ring twice (+8 points)

25. Recommended strategy
• Need:
– Legendary Cloak
– Celestial 553 gloves
– TI neck token
– 540 Trinket
– 9 upgrades @ 250 VP each = 2,250 VP

26. Konishiki
Current Items Equipped
Slot #
Type
1 Head
2 Neck
3 Shoulder
4 Back
5 Chest
6 Wrist
7 Hands
8 Waist
9 Legs
10 Feet
11 Ring 1
12 Ring 2
13 Trinket 1
14 Trinket 2
15 Main Hand
16 Off Hand
Total
Average
Level
548
536
510
530
536
536
561
561
536
548
536
530
530
530
548
548
8624
539

27. Recommended strategy
Currently at 8,624
Needs to be at 8,800
(176 points to go)

28. Recommended strategy
• Get Legendary Cloak, upgrade twice (+ 78
points)
• Run Celestials to get 553 legs and upgrade
twice (+25 points)
• Run LFR for 528 Shoulders and upgrade twice
(+26 points)
• Run Timeless Isle for neck token + Burden of
Eternity and upgrade twice (+ 7 points)

29. Recommended strategy
• Get 540 Trinket and upgrade twice (+18
points)
• Get 540 ring twice (+18 points)
• Run Timeless Isle for wrist token + Burden of
Eternity and upgrade twice (+ 7 points)

30. Recommended strategy
• Need:
– Legendary Cloak
– Celestial 553 legs
– 528 LFR Shoulders
– TI neck token
– TI wrist token
– 2 Burdens of Eternity
– 540 Trinket & Ring
– 14 upgrades @ 250 VP each = 3,500 VP

31. Questions / Discussion