If you enjoy leveling twinks in World of Warcraft, you will soon receive new assistance. The heirlooms will be upgraded.
Leveling in World of Warcraft is always a hotly debated topic. For some players, it is the main motivation, while others can’t level up quickly enough and would prefer to be at level 120 right away. For the latter, there is soon reason to rejoice, as with Patch 8.1.5, players will be able to upgrade their heirlooms.
What are heirlooms? Heirlooms (or “Erbstücke”) are armor items that “level with the player.” They maintain solid stats at all times, regardless of the character’s level. Many of these heirlooms come with a built-in bonus to experience points gained, allowing the leveling phase to be massively shortened. So far, these heirlooms only scale up to level 110. After that, the items lose their XP bonus and do not increase further.
With Patch 8.1.5, there will be new items that can upgrade the heirlooms to scale up to level 120. This should shorten the leveling phase in Kul Tiras and Zandalar by 30% – 40%.
How will the upgrades be available? What the upgrades will be available for is not yet known. However, it is likely that they can simply be purchased for a nice chunk of gold at the respective vendor.
Azerite bonuses may be missing: The problem with the heirlooms will be that shoulder, chest, and helm armor are not Azerite items. If players use these items, they would have to forgo Azerite bonuses while leveling. Whether the heirlooms will later receive a few “level Azerite bonuses” remains to be seen. Currently, it doesn’t look like it.
Are you waiting for the heirlooms before leveling another character? Or have all your chars already reached level 120?
