Cosmic Flux in World of Warcraft is annoying – even Blizzard acknowledges that. The drop rate has been increased by 100% from many sources.
A major criticism of WoW: Shadowlands is the amount of different currencies with nested uses – those who weren’t there from the beginning or don’t have experienced veterans among their friends can hardly navigate through all the currencies.
In particular, “Cosmic Flux” is important as it relates to many endgame abilities. Farming it has now been drastically simplified by Blizzard.
What is cosmic flux used for? Currently in World of Warcraft, cosmic flux serves a whole range of functions.
On the one hand, the flux is needed to craft legendary items, and on the other hand, it is the necessary “fuel” to power the Creation Catalyst, which transforms high-quality equipment into tier set pieces. Therefore, all characters basically need Cosmic Flux as items are converted into tier set pieces from time to time.
New in Season 4 is also the ability to buy all media for Soulbinds directly at item level 278 – but you need to have a hefty 10,000 flux to do so.
How to obtain cosmic flux? Cosmic flux comes from many different sources. The largest amounts are found in Torghast or from “Mythic+” dungeons, but smaller amounts can also be found in PvP, in chests from Zereth Mortis, or from daily quests there.
What has changed? Blizzard has increased the amounts of cosmic flux from many sources significantly by 100% – that is, doubled. This affects the following game content:
- PvP rewards (Battlegrounds, Arena)
- Mythic+
- Raids
This means a “Mythic+15” instance now gives around 200 flux instead of about 100 flux as before.
What are the consequences of this? The result of this change is likely that Cosmic Flux will be earned much more easily “on the side” while playing content that is already relevant. After all, Season 4 is all about the raids and dungeons that lure with new, upgraded gear.
Many players simply do not want to spend forever hanging around Zereth Mortis or in Torghast just to be more efficient in other areas later on.
Also, keep in mind that Blizzard added an option a few weeks ago to transfer cosmic flux from one character to another. While a portion of the flux is lost in the process, most players will likely have accumulated large amounts of flux on their main characters.
What do you think of the change? Good and meaningful? Or is it still too exhausting to collect flux?
