Renown in Shadowlands Covenants: What We Know So Far

Shadowlands Posted 2020/07/11 at 4:32 AM by Paryah

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Renown influences your connection to your Soulbinds, and allows your progression in repairing (upgrading) your Sanctum.

Unlike Artifact Power and Azerite Power in the previous expansions, Renown is not an open-ended grind.

There will be a weekly cap on how much Renown you can gain.

Renown is earned through playing the Covenant Campaign and by completing two weekly quests.

There are many rewards associated with gaining Renown including Transmogs, mounts, pets, a title, and more.

Gaining Renown can earn you Legendary Recipes.

Gaining Renown can increase the item level of World Quest items.

Gaining Renown is at least part of the requirement for Shadowlands Pathfinder.

If you are behind, or you switch Covenants, or you are playing an alt, there is a catch-up system already in place.

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As you progress through your Covenant’s story, you’ll build Renown and increase the amount of trust your character has earned within the Covenant. Renown is earned by performing worthy actions through the Covenant Campaign, returning Anima to the Sanctum, and by rescuing souls from the Maw.

Increasing your Renown will grant specific rewards at each Renown Level, including:

Unlocking a new row of power for a Soulbind character.
Increasing the item level of items you receive from World Quests.
Increasing the maximum potential level of the features within your Sanctum.
Earning legendary recipes for the runecrafter in Torghast.
Earning unique Covenant-themed cosmetic items such as mounts, pets, a title, back attachment transmog, and transmog armor.

Each week, you will pick up two quests in your Sanctum. Each of these quests will award you a Renown level.

The first quests ask that you deposit a certain of Anima into your reservoir in your Sanctum.
The second weekly quests send you to the Maw to recover souls from the clutches of the Jailer.

Completing each chapter of your Covenant Campaign will also provide an additional Renown Level, so these will be quests that you want to focus on.

Note: If you fall behind or are leveling an alternate character, you’ll be able to earn additional Renown from endgame activities such as dungeons, raids, PvP, and Callings until you’ve reached the current maximum.

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Comment by SckharSo it's just reputation with a different name and a catch up system?Comment by DvinuzReading through the list it sounds exactly like the new Artifact Power.Comment by MakorusSo its Valor Points?Comment by SielinthSo it's just reputation with a different name and a catch up system?Comment by VetochkaSo it's just reputation with a different name and a catch up system?There will be a weekly cap on how much Renown you can gain.Comment by Metamorpheus99Its more like valor points, with catch up system.Comment by sprendineaRemovedComment by waelkdits the thing we will be using to fly..... no more pathfinder

can you please put the "buy " your flying rights rather then waisting everyones timeComment by ChaosDecidesBlizzard really needs to stop doing these types of systems. It's nothing new, nothing special, just a new paint job and hype to boost.

Get back to basics and focus on innovative and new content, not unnecessary systems that needlessly complicate things.

Still waiting to be wowed by Shadowlands. So far it looks like a slightly improved expansion over the last one, but still not worth buying and paying a monthly subscription for.Comment by IceWolfDKThink people are struggling to read. This is not AP. Its a set amount you go for weekly, not unlimited. So much better than AP.Comment by AzraelUltimaits the thing we will be using to fly..... no more pathfinderComment by AzraelUltimaBlizzard really needs to stop doing these types of systems. It's nothing new, nothing special, just a new paint job and hype to boost.

Get back to basics and focus on innovative and new content, not unnecessary systems that needlessly complicate things.Comment by SwiftThink people are struggling to read. This is not AP. Its a set amount you go for weekly, not unlimited. So much better than AP.Comment by MegooverThink people are struggling to read. This is not AP. Its a set amount you go for weekly, not unlimited. So much better than AP.Comment by YortalThink people are struggling to read. This is not AP. Its a set amount you go for weekly, not unlimited. So much better than AP.Comment by madar222Yea it's more like coalescing vision style for me too. But with this so much catching up things and maximum limit, it's more and more like a rail without any choice. I mean it's not up to you how much of this renown you have. You would have too much? nono mate, you reached maximum (quite fast). You are lagging behind? Here is a fat multiplier and you are there where the others.
You can just completly ignore this whole system, as you cannot affect it. If item level, artifacts, and everything linked to it, it's just a big roadmap in Microsoft Project what is applied to everyone.
I can't tell if is bad or not, but wouldn't be cleaner to just do like the raid openings? Kids, the next raids opens April 14, if you want, go in. Artifacts open April 21. Flying opens April 27. Whatever content opens April 34. So on. Not this is what we doing anyway?Comment by Zygos

Get back to basics and focus on innovative and new content, not unnecessary systems that needlessly complicate things.

Comment by AcusiontWoW Players: complain when a system is an open ended grind

Also WoW Players: complain when the system is not open ended and includes catch up mechanics to make sure that people who started late or didn't keep up with it have the chance to get caught up.Comment by aalemThink people are struggling to read. This is not AP. Its a set amount you go for weekly, not unlimited. So much better than AP.Comment by RoxuroThink people are struggling to read. This is not AP. Its a set amount you go for weekly, not unlimited. So much better than AP.

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