Earn PvP gear in Shadowlands by spending honor or conquest points and upgrade it with honor.
PvP gear in Shadowlands can be purchased from vendors in Oribos, which are located at the western end of town in the Enclave. PvP gear is silly and easy to earn - take part in PvP to earn Honor or Conquest points, then spend those points at the vendor to buy the gear you want. There is a catch in the PvP Conquest gear, however.
Conquest Points mostly come from rated PvP. The daily skirmishes and brawls in the arena provide a total of 30 points, but that only adds up to a total of 210 conquest points for the week. That's less than half of the weekly cap of 550. Speaking of the cap, it will increase each week by another 550, but the Conquest Points you have on hand will still count towards the cap. So if you have 550 in the first week and don't spend them, you can only earn another 550 in week 2.
Honor Points can be cultivated without limit, so you can acquire Honor PvP gear at any rate that suits you. Keeping Honor uncapped has another benefit: it is used to improve both Conquest PvP Equipment honor. So, once you've earned your Conquest Gear, you can use the Ordinary Ancient Honor to increase its item level. This not only creates a more robust endgame and leveling path for PvP players, but it ensures that normal PvP modes remain populated.
Upon launch, Honor PvP gear begins at item level 158 (Rank 1) and Conquest at 200 (Unranked). Honor Gear caps at Rank 5, but Conquest Gear can technically be upgraded without limits starting in Season 1, Week 2. The amount of Honor needed to upgrade PvP PvP gear and Conquest increases with each rank, so while Conquest gear may not have a higher. limit, the amount of Honor needed will eventually act as a soft wall.
With the reintroduction of PvP Gear Vendors, it's easier than ever to be a dedicated PvP player and keep up with the PvE crowd. Hell, this is an equally viable way to catch up on gear if you're a raider or a Mythic Dungeon, as earning and upgrading PvP gear is an almost braindead process.
Remember, you need a party to queue in Ranked PvP, but that's what the party finder and communities are for. If that's a little too much, you can always clear your daily skirmish and brawl for certain conquest points. Otherwise, new players or alts can access PvP in Normal and Mythic Raid Dungeons when regular dungeons prove too stingy.
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