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Written by [Azortharion-Kazzak](<https://www.warcraftlogs.com/character/eu/kazzak/azortharion>), Hunter Guidewriter for [Icy-Veins](https://www.icy-veins.com/wow/hunter-guide) and sometimes [Twitch Hunter Streamer](<https://www.twitch.tv/azortharion>).
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# Changelog
- **Oct 1st 17:08 CET:** Released publicly, DM me if you have feedback or suggestions. The goal is a quick resource that Hunters can use to navigate Turbo Boost and minmax their characters.
# Hunter's Guide to Turbo Boost
## October 7th
- All items can now go 7 iLvl higher for the cost of 30 Crests, including Crafts.
### Crest-saving considerations for October 7th
- It can be beneficial to hold Crests from the previous week for this. For example, today on Oct 1st I could send 30 Crests to take a Ring from 717-723. But, there are better slots than the Ring to upgrade next week. It'll cost me 180 Crests (2 weeks worth) to upgrade Weapon, 2 Trinkets, Helm + Chest + Legs, all of which are typically more valuable upgrades than the Ring. So, I'll hold my 90 Crests for this week to get all the best items to 730 early next week. Obviously, if you're on the cusp of getting a tough prog boss down this week, you should probably send.
### Delve Belt/Crafted Belt considerations
- The Delve Belt gets nerfed by 20%, making it around ~0.8% weaker than it is right now. It also probably oversims by maybe ~0.5% (made-up semi-educated figure). It will still take a good Mythic-track upgraded Belt to beat it, **but** keep in mind that getting such a Belt takes Crests that are most likely better spent on the aforementioned Weapon, Trinkets, Helm/Chest/Legs upgrades. So spending Crests on crafting a Belt is probably a mistake until you have spent your Crests on higher-budget pieces. While the Delve Belt is no longer BiS, it is pretty expensive to replace in terms of Crests (until those get uncapped on the 21st), and you will also probably need to invest a socket in your crafted Belt to realize this gain which can also be a steep price.
### Simming with the Belt Nerfs
Yanix from the Hunter Discord cooked up these sim overrides you can use in SimC Expert Mode > Header to sim with the nerfed Belt.

override.spell_data=effect.1231848.coefficient=7.333999
override.spell_data=effect.1232811.coefficient=19.75512
override.spell_data=effect.1232881.coefficient=0.273946
override.spell_data=effect.1232883.coefficient=1.217699
override.spell_data=effect.1232886.coefficient=0.119772
override.spell_data=effect.1232950.coefficient=0.073265
override.spell_data=effect.1232959.coefficient=77.50113
override.spell_data=effect.1232961.coefficient=160.7377
override.spell_data=effect.1232963.coefficient=42.36249

You can also use the [Mimiron Raidbots](https://mimiron.raidbots.com/simbot) website which is like "Raidbots Beta". It seems to have working Belt nerfs as well.
### TL;DR
- Don't spend Gilded on upgrading anything except Weap/Trinkets/Helm/Chest/Legs before Oct 7th. Save those Crests for upgrading those higher-value slots when Turbo Boost drops.
- Delve BiS is no longer BiS **but** you will probably still wear it for a while because [it takes a ~720 Belt to beat it reliably for BM DR if we assume 0.5% oversim. A socket on a Belt is worth ~6-7 iLvl](https://mimiron.raidbots.com/simbot/report/pybCzukwKjNiMEoCctJNDc), which costs a lot of Crests + a Socket. There are better things to spend Crests on early on and (hopefully) better things to pick from Vault than a Socket.
## October 21st
- We get the "Dinar" chips that can be spent on gear. The best way to work out what to buy is [Raidbots Droptimizer](https://www.raidbots.com/simbot/droptimizer), though of course keep in mind that buying something you could get "organically" from a drop etc is likely a mistake.
- Crests are now uncapped so you can grind them all out and upgrade everything and the optimizations of the past 2-3 weeks kinda stop mattering at this point.