Go and pick up Prismatic Potential.
The new quest asks you to collect 10 Elementary Voidcore Shards from Season 2 activities, which means grabbing it before beginning your weekly gearing routine can save you from doing useful content without progressing the quest at the same time.
As Wowhead points out in its Season 2 quest warning, plenty of players are naturally diving straight into gearing content this week. That makes this an unusually easy quest to overlook until after some of the activities you needed were already completed.
Azeroth has once again hidden efficiency behind talking to the correct NPC before having fun.
Start With Decimus in the Voidstorm
The quest chain begins with Decimus in the Voidstorm, who offers In the Catalyst's Shadow.
This introduces the Season 2 version of the Voidforge system. The Voidforge itself has effectively moved into the Catalyst setup, with Orin Straylight taking over the research surrounding Nebulous Voidcores.
After completing the introductory quest and speaking with Orin, you can pick up Prismatic Potential.
That is the quest you do not want sitting unaccepted while you spend the evening grinding Season 2 content.
Prismatic Potential Needs 10 Voidcore Shards
Prismatic Potential requires 10 Elementary Voidcore Shards.
According to the Prismatic Potential quest requirements, those shards can come from several of the activities players are already planning to do during Season 2:
- Season 2 raid bosses
- Bountiful Delves
- Mythic+ dungeons
- Nightmare Prey Hunts
In other words, there is no special obscure farming route here.
The problem is simply that you need the quest first.
If you are going to run Mythic+, raid, clear Bountiful Delves or hunt Nightmare Prey anyway, you may as well have Prismatic Potential sitting in your quest log while you do it.
This Is Part of the Season 2 Bonus Roll System
The quest matters because it is connected to the new Season 2 progression surrounding Nebulous Voidcores, the currency used for targeted Bonus Rolls.
We already looked at how Blizzard cut the Season 2 raid Bonus Roll cost from two Voidcores to one, making the system considerably more attractive for anyone chasing a particular weapon, trinket or other stubborn raid drop.
The Great Vault is also involved. Season 2 allows eligible players to turn an otherwise disappointing Vault into targeted-loot currency instead of reluctantly selecting another pair of trousers.
That has created some surprisingly interesting gearing decisions, and we previously looked at why taking a Bonus Roll from the Great Vault can sometimes be more valuable than taking the actual gear.
Prismatic Potential is another piece of that system.
You Are Not Getting an Immediate Pile of Voidcores
There is an important distinction here.
Picking up Prismatic Potential does not mean Orin immediately hands you a sack containing ten Bonus Rolls and wishes you luck.
The quest is part of progressing Orin's Catalyst research and the additional Voidcore system. Season 2's supplemental weekly Voidcore source is still time-gated, with Blizzard's current rules placing Orin's additional weekly Voidcore after eight weeks of research.
Great Vault Voidcores are a separate part of the Season 2 system and are available earlier.
So this is not a secret launch-week Bonus Roll farm.
It is preparation for the system you will want later.
Pick It Up Before You Start Your Weekly Routine
The good news is that Prismatic Potential fits naturally into activities you were probably going to complete anyway.
Season 2 has already given players plenty to keep track of. Mythic+ is open, Bountiful Delves are relevant again, Nightmare Prey is available, the Venomous Abyss raid has arrived and the Great Vault has entered a new reward cycle.
We spent the pre-season recommending that players prepare their characters before Season 2 properly began.
Now that the season is actually here, the same principle applies on a smaller scale.
Before starting the weekly gearing marathon:
- Visit Decimus in the Voidstorm.
- Pick up In the Catalyst's Shadow.
- Complete the introduction with Orin Straylight.
- Pick up Prismatic Potential.
- Then go and do the Season 2 content you were planning to do anyway.
It takes very little effort.
What it prevents is considerably more irritating: finishing half your weekly activities and only then discovering that the game had a quest asking you to do exactly what you just did.
World of Warcraft has been around for more than twenty years.
We should really know by now.
Always check for quests before killing everything.
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