How do you get covenant gear in Shadowlands?

To obtain covenant gear in Shadowlands, you must first complete the covenant campaign for your chosen covenant, which includes Kyrian, Necrolord, Night Fae, and Venthyr, and then earn Renown and Anima to unlock and upgrade your gear, with the entire process taking around 6 hours to complete. The covenant gear can be obtained through quest rewards, purchases from covenant quartermasters, and upgrades using Anima and Reservoir Anima.

Frequently Asked Questions

General Information

1. What are the 4 covenants in Shadowlands?: The four covenants in Shadowlands are Kyrian Covenant, Necrolord Covenant, Night Fae Covenant, and Venthyr Covenant.
2. Can you still get covenant sets in Dragonflight?: Covenants, Soulbinds, and Conduits will still function in Dragonflight, but they will only be available in Shadowlands zones and content.
3. How much does the covenant armor cost?: Each piece of covenant armor costs between 1500-4000 Reservoir Anima and between 10-30 Grateful Offering.

Unlocking and Upgrading Covenant Gear

4. How do you unlock covenant armor sets?: To unlock covenant armor sets, the covenant armor set must be the preferred armor type for the character, and Renown 80 for that covenant must be reached by the same character.
5. How do you upgrade covenant gear in Shadowlands?: Players can upgrade their covenant gear by taking it to the upgrade NPC in their Covenant’s Sanctum or the general upgrade NPC in Oribos.
6. Where do you upgrade Covenant gear?: There are NPCs in each of the four Sanctums who will upgrade Covenant armor, and players can also upgrade their Covenant armor from the PvP armor upgrader in Oribos.

Consequences of Switching Covenants

7. What happens to Covenant gear when you switch?: When leaving a covenant, players will lose all Covenant-specific benefits of the covenant they are leaving, including Renown, covenant abilities, appearances, soulbinds, mounts, titles, and sanctum upgrades.
8. Do you lose transmog if you switch covenants?: The gear that has been transmogged remains the same after switching covenants, but players cannot apply Covenant-specific appearances on new gear because they are no longer a member of that covenant.

Account-Wide Progression and Covenant Choice

9. Is Covenant armor account wide?: Blizzard made the Covenant achievements account-wide, but the Path of Ascension transmog is still locked, requiring players to earn the achievement multiple times for different armor types.
10. What covenant should I choose in Shadowlands?: The choice of covenant depends on the player’s class and role, with tanks often choosing Kyrian, healers choosing Necrolord or Kyrian, and DPS choosing Night Fae.
11. Which covenant is best for Evoker?: The best covenant for Evoker is Night Fae Covenant, which provides a health pot and versatility increase combo, as well as good mobility in Mythic+.

Miscellaneous

12. How long to unlock covenant armor?: It takes around 6 hours to complete the covenant campaign and earn the entire covenant armor set.
13. Do you lose rank if you leave a covenant?: Whenever a player leaves a covenant, their rank will decrease by 1, requiring them to re-earn the lost Renown to regain their previous rank.
14. Can I join all covenants?: Players can only join one covenant at a time, and joining another covenant will overwrite the current covenant they are a member of.
15. What is the max covenant level in Shadowlands?: The maximum Renown level is 80, which can be earned through various endgame activities, such as dungeon end-bosses, raids, PvP, Callings, and completing Covenant Campaign chapters.