Twinks and newcomers in WoW rejoice – there is now significantly more Artifact Knowledge for latecomers!
One of the biggest complaints from players of World of Warcraft was that it was particularly difficult to provide secondary characters – that is, twinks – with a solid amount of Artifact Knowledge. However, Artifact Knowledge is essential to obtain large amounts of Artifact Power, which directly influences the strength of the Artifact weapon. Up until now, players often had to wait several days per level of Artifact Knowledge for the corresponding research to be completed.
With Patch 7.1.5, Blizzard has introduced several mechanics to make it significantly easier for latecomers and twinks to upgrade their Artifact weapons. We differentiate between two different mechanics through which one can obtain Artifact Knowledge.
Artifact Knowledge for Newbies and Latecomers
Anyone starting fresh with Legion or for some reason still without a character at the maximum level can now acquire Artifact Knowledge significantly easier than before. Instead of having to wait 3-4 days for the research of a new Artifact Knowledge level to finish, the corresponding quests can now be completed immediately. A repeatable quest allows you to unlock Artifact Knowledge up to level 15.
However, it requires 500 Order Resources each time, which can be quickly obtained through some World Quests. After that, you must – as before – initiate the research again.
Artifact Knowledge for Twinks
Those who already have an advanced character have it much easier (and cheaper) to catch up with a secondary character. The main character can buy a compendium from their research NPC (in the Order Hall) for 1,000 Order Resources. Depending on the progress of the main character, the compendium is developed to different extents. We’ll take the best-case scenario for this example:
If the main character has already reached Artifact Knowledge level 25 (the current maximum), they can buy the “Compendium of Artifact Research: Volume I-IV.” They then send this to a favored secondary character. The compendium allows the twink to rise directly to Artifact Knowledge level 20 – with just one click!
However, there are some restrictions to prevent abuse of this mechanic: The compendium takes into account all research documents still in the possession of the character or currently in research. Here’s an example:
Your character currently has Research Level 7, and has 2 researches in the queue as well as another research document unused in the inventory. If the character now uses the compendium, their Artifact Knowledge will be set to “only” level 17.
So: Compendium Level 20 – (2x Research in Queue) – (1x Research still in Possession) = Level 17
The last 5 levels – that is, 21-25 – must be researched as usual, which takes several days.
Find out more about Patch 7.1.5 in our overview of the update.
