Those who are always short on cash in World of Warcraft can now rejoice. Artifact Power no longer strengthens your weapon, but gives you cash instead.
With the maintenance work (June 27, 2018), a lot has changed in World of Warcraft. Many players have already noticed that the badges for Artifact Power now have a gold value. This means: Artifact Power can now be sold at the vendor as it no longer serves any purpose.
How much gold do the badges give? The earned gold from the Artifact Power tokens depends directly on the rarity of the respective item.
- Uncommon (“Green”) is worth 10 Gold
- Rare (“Blue”) is worth 25 Gold
- Epic (“Purple”) is worth 100 Gold
Why can you sell Artifact Power now? With the server maintenance, a new quest has been unlocked that leads players to Silithus. After completing the quest chain, your Artifact weapon becomes unstable and overcharges. This leads to the weapon automatically having the maximum amount of Artifact Power. Thus, all tokens for Artifact Power have effectively lost their purpose.
Don’t worry: You can no longer “accidentally” use the tokens once you have completed the new quest chain with Magni Bronzebeard. After that, your Artifact weapons will have reached their maximum, and using the Artifact Power tokens will throw an error message.
But beware! If you still have Artifact Power tokens in your inventory and have not completed the quest yet, do not use them. That would be a waste and you would miss out on some gold coins.
Even though the gold amounts are not particularly high, it is at least a small additional incentive. A few more coins can certainly not hurt in Battle for Azeroth, as a mount costs a whopping 5,000,000 gold coins!
