Turbo Boost Event in The War Within Season 3

The Turbo Boost Event is back in The War Within Season 3, and it’s one of the most efficient ways to gear up your characters and alts. First introduced last season, Turbo Boost helps players speed up progression by handing out extra upgrade options, currencies, and even a way to directly buy raid and dungeon loot. If you’ve just hit 80 on a fresh alt, or if you’re still pushing your main deeper into Mythic+, this event makes gearing smoother.

Here’s everything you need to know: what it is, how it works, rewards, and when the WoW Turbo Boost event happens.

What Is the WoW Turbo Boost Event?

The WoW Turbo Boost Event is a seasonal catch-up system that Blizzard brought back for The War Within Season 3. At its core, the event is meant to make gearing smoother for both mains and alts once the season is already underway.

Release date: October 7th, 2025.

One of the biggest parts of the event is the introduction of Puzzling Cartel Chips (often called Dinars). These tokens let you buy specific pieces of gear directly from the current raid or pick up dungeon trinkets without relying on random drops.

Alongside that, Heroic and Mythic track gear gets two extra upgrade levels, which means you can push items further than before and keep them competitive longer.

The event also adjusts currencies:

• Ethereal Crests no longer have a strict cap.
• Valorstones become Warbound, so you can send them between characters in your Warband.

This makes upgrading gear across multiple alts far less painful. Delves benefit too: they reward more Journey progress, extra Crests, and even faster Brann experience, turning them into a much stronger gearing path during the event window.

Even professions aren’t left out. Crafted gear made with Sparks can be upgraded further with Augmentation Matrices, giving crafters and buyers alike a way to keep crafted items relevant as the season progresses.

How the Turbo Boost Event Works

When the Turbo Boost Event goes live, every character gets access to a special weekly quest in Dornogal. You’ll see it posted right outside the Great Vault building, marked with a red “X.” There are two versions of the quest: Turbo-Boost: Powerhouse Challenges and another version.

To complete the quest, you need to either:

• Defeat four bosses from the current raid, Manaforge Omega, on Normal difficulty or higher.
• Or finish four Mythic+ dungeons of any level.

The first week you take part, the rewards are the most generous: you’ll get three Puzzling Cartel Chips right away. From week two onward, the quest only gives one Chip per week, and there’s a hard cap of nine Chips per character for the entire event.

You can take your Chips to Consultant Wrexxle, the event vendor, and buy specific pieces of gear. That includes raid loot and even Mythic+ trinkets, things that would normally take weeks of farming or pure luck.

This system makes the event especially valuable for filling in stubborn gear gaps or targeting that one weapon or trinket that just refuses to drop.

Gear Upgrades and Rewards

One of the biggest perks of the WoW Turbo Boost Event in The War Within Season 3 is how much further you can push your gear.

• Heroic and Mythic track items now go up to 8 upgrade levels instead of 6. This applies not just to raid gear from Manaforge Omega, but also to Mythic+ trinkets and the pieces you buy with Puzzling Cartel Chips.
• Ethereal Crest cap removed. You’re no longer stuck at the old 90-per-week ceiling. You can farm as many as you want, letting you upgrade gear faster if you have the time.
• Valorstones become Warbound, you can freely send them across your Warband (with a 25% cost), making alts far easier to gear.

Combined, these changes smooth out the gearing curve. Instead of hitting a wall, you’ll be able to keep pushing your best pieces higher and share resources between characters.

Puzzling Cartel Chips Explained

At the center of the Turbo Boost Event are Puzzling Cartel Chips, a special currency that lets you directly buy the pieces you want.

• Heroic Track Purchases: Any Heroic raid item from Manaforge Omega or a Heroic dungeon trinket can be purchased outright with Chips.
• Mythic Track Purchases: These come with stricter requirements. To unlock a Mythic raid item, you must first defeat that specific boss on Mythic difficulty at least once. For Mythic+ trinkets, you’ll need to complete each dungeon at Keystone Level 12 or higher (earning the Resilient Keystone achievement) before those trinkets become available.

Delve Improvements

Delves also benefit from the Turbo Boost event, making them a better source of both progression and catch-up gear.

• Delver’s Journey Progress: You’ll gain noticeably more progress from the end-chests of each Delve, speeding up your Journey milestones.
• Brann XP Boosts: Brann levels up faster during the event, which helps him scale more quickly and stay relevant at higher tiers.
• Extra Crests and Valorstones: Every Delve tier awards additional upgrade currency, meaning each run gives more value.

If you’ve been behind on Delves, Turbo Boost is the perfect time to catch up, both for story progression and for stockpiling upgrade items.

Crafting & Profession Updates

Crafters get meaningful benefits during Turbo Boost as well, ensuring crafted gear doesn’t fall behind raid or dungeon drops.

• Spark of Fortunes Gear: Items crafted with a Spark can be pushed even further using the new Augmentation Matrix.
• +6 Item Levels: Each Matrix increases the item level cap of crafted gear by up to six levels, keeping them competitive with boosted Heroic/Mythic track items.
• Vendors: You can buy Augmentation Matrices from Llande (Enchanting vendor in Dornogal) or Syenite.

Final Thoughts

You still need Mythic kills for the best raid gear, Keystone clears for top-tier trinkets, and steady play for Crests and Valorstones. The event trims the grind, making progression smoother without removing the challenge.