Mastering Anima Investments: Your Ultimate Shadowlands Spending Guide
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Anima, the soulstuff of the Shadowlands, serves as a vital currency. The best way to spend Anima depends on your goals, but generally, prioritizing upgrades to your Covenant Sanctum is the most beneficial long-term investment, unlocking access to powerful features, daily quests, and ultimately, more cosmetic rewards, transmog appearances, and mounts.
Investing Wisely: Prioritizing Sanctum Upgrades
While shiny cosmetic items and new mounts might be tempting, remember that Anima is a limited resource, especially when you first jump into the Shadowlands. Strategic spending is the key to maximizing its value. The Covenant Sanctum is the hub for a multitude of activities. Focus on upgrading its core features first, and then circle back for cosmetic items.
Transport Network: Bridging the Realms
The first upgrade most players should prioritize is the Transport Network. This upgrade unlocks portals to various locations within your Covenant’s zone, drastically reducing travel time. Speed is key in game when you are trying to increase the output. You can now complete more quests and tackle more objectives. Future investment in the Transport Network allows you to open up more portals. This will allow you to efficiently navigate the Shadowlands.
Anima Conductor: Channeling Power
Next, invest in the Anima Conductor. The Anima Conductor unlocks daily quests and bonus rewards within your Covenant’s zone. These quests often reward additional Anima, resources, and gear, significantly boosting your long-term Anima income. By unlocking new streams of Anima, you will be able to buy more cosmetic and transmog items.
Covenant Adventures: Sending Champions Forth
The Command Table, also known as Covenant Adventures, allows you to send champions on missions. Upon completion they reward Anima, resources, and even unique cosmetic items. Investing in this feature increases the power of your champions. You will now be able to tackle more challenging missions with higher rewards.
Unlocking Cosmetic Rewards: The Path to Transmog
After maximizing the core features of your Covenant Sanctum, now you can spend extra Anima on cosmetic rewards, transmog appearances, mounts, and pets. Each Covenant offers a unique range of items. Investing time in the Shadowlands is key to unlocking the cosmetic items that appeal most to your personal playstyle. If you love exploring the story and characters of the Shadowlands, spending Anima on cosmetics from your favorite Covenant is a great way to customize your character.
Maximizing Anima Gains
To maximize the effectiveness of spending, you also need to focus on gathering.
- Daily Callings and World Quests: Prioritize World Quests that award Anima Tokens. These are a reliable source of Anima and can be completed quickly. Also complete your Daily Callings.
- Rare Hunting and Chest Looting: Explore the Shadowlands zones to kill rares and open chests, as these activities frequently drop Anima Tokens. You can repeat this activity daily.
- Castle Nathria Runs: Running Castle Nathria at least once per week is a good way to obtain Anima. The end-game runs are a good source to obtain Anima.
- Mythic Keystone Dungeons: Running low-level Mythic Keystone Dungeons is an efficient way to farm Anima.
- Weekly World Bosses and Quests: Killing the weekly world bosses and completing weekly quests offers a substantial Anima income. These weekly events are a good source of income.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
1. How do I actually get Anima?
You primarily get Anima by completing World Quests, looting rares, opening chests in the Shadowlands zones, and participating in various endgame activities like running Castle Nathria and completing weekly quests.
2. Where do I deposit Anima and how does it work?
Anima is deposited in your Covenant Sanctum’s Reservoir. To deposit, simply click the Deposit button within your Sanctum’s interface. This automatically deposits all Anima in your inventory, including any in your personal bank.
3. What happens if I accidentally deposit all my Anima?
Customer Support doesn’t assist with Anima deposit mistakes, so be cautious! Always double-check before depositing large amounts. Spend time in World Quests to obtain more Anima.
4. Can I trade Cosmic Flux for Anima?
Yes, in Patch 9.1, you could trade Cosmic Flux for Anima at specific vendors. Check with vendors in Oribos or Haven to see if this option is still available.
5. Where can I buy gear with Anima?
You can buy item level 226 gear tokens from Hadja in Haven. These tokens can be used on your alts or on your main if you’re below item level 226. Each token costs 500 Anima.
6. Can I send Anima to my alts?
Yes, you can transfer excess Anima to your alts or between covenants by purchasing Traveler’s Anima Cache from Au’Dara near the flight master in Oribos. It costs 1,000 Anima but gives you a full 1,000 Anima back when used.
7. Can I get Anima from Torghast?
While you don’t directly get Anima from Torghast, you collect Phantasma by killing enemies and destroying Ashen Phylacteries. You can then exchange the Phantasma for Anima Powers to make you more powerful during your run.
8. Is there a fast way to farm Anima?
Spamming Torghast L13-16, doing World Quests, completing weekly quests, and killing rare mobs is a fast way to farm Anima. Look for quests that drop a lot of Anima.
9. How do I replenish the Covenant Reservoir?
To collect Anima, you need to loot rares and complete World Quests. Some rares, like Executioner Aatron and Amalgamation of Light, will drop valuable Anima.
10. What does Anima do in Shadowlands?
In the Shadowlands, Anima is the source that is drawn upon when using death magic. It is used as a currency, traded, bartered for, and fought over.
11. Where do I take Zenith Anima Spherule?
The Zenith Anima Spherule is a weapon token redeemable by Warriors, Rogues, and Monks. It drops from The Council of Blood and Sire Denathrius in Castle Nathria and can be exchanged for a weapon at your Covenant Sanctum.
12. Can I get multiple Anima weapons?
Yes, you can obtain multiple Anima weapons by repeating the quest for each class. You can do the quest again for the weapon for each class.
13. Can I do multiple Anima weapons at once?
You can work on multiple Anima weapons simultaneously, but you can only advance one weapon at a time for each step. Finish the first part of one weapon before starting the first part of the second. Then once you start the second part on one weapon, you have to finish it before starting that part on another weapon, and so on.
14. Can you turn in Anima in Oribos?
While you can’t directly “turn in” Anima in Oribos, you can trade it for Heavy Callous Hide from the Valor Vendor (or one of the vendors in that area).
15. Can I trade Anima for other currencies?
As mentioned earlier, Anima can be traded for resources like Heavy Callous Hide. Keep an eye out for updates or new vendors that might offer different exchange options in future patches.
Ultimately, spending wisely is the best approach. Balancing investments in your Sanctum’s core features with the pursuit of cosmetic rewards ensures both gameplay benefits and personal enjoyment in the Shadowlands. Remember that games are about fun. Dive into the strategic decision making to further that enjoyment! To learn more about the role of gaming in education, visit the Games Learning Society at GamesLearningSociety.org.