It will be much easier to farm Archivist’s Codex rep in 9.1.5

Maybe you haven’t really been playing Shadowlands and you’re thinking about coming back, but you’re intimidated by the whole process of getting Archivist’s Codex reputation. Or maybe you’ve been playing, but now you want to start gearing up some alts and you’re not looking forward to the whole process again. In both cases, patch 9.1.5 will see some significant changes to the Archivist’s Codex and the reputation grind which could really help you out.

One change is that, if you have a main who has already progressed through the Archivist’s Codex reputation tiers, you can pick up Research Reports and Treatise items account wide, as long as you have a character on your account who has the proper rep tier unlocked. Also, if you’re Tier 6, you can buy a brand new item, the Research Report: Relic Examination Technique, which will give you an additional 50% reputation for your alts trying to get to max level for every Relic and Relic Fragment that you turn in.

Now, you might be thinking that’s great for alts, but I am working on this on my main and I’m way behind and there are still some really solid changes for you, too. One of the main ways to gain reputation with the Archivist’s Codex is Relic Farming, wherein you turn in various forms of Korthian Relics to Archivist Roh-Suir, from whom you collect Catalogued Research. You gain 1 reputation point for every 2 Catalogued Research you collect in this fashion, and there are various changes to Relic drops that make it easier to collect more Catalogued Research faster.

Korthia will be much richer in Relics in patch 9.1.5

For example, the Tier 4 quest Relic Efficiency now increases how many bonus Relics can drop from chests and treasures and increases how many you can receive from World Quests and Weekly Reward Chests, which is on top of the 20% of double Relics from rares and treasures it offers now. Also, there’s a Tier 3 version of Relic Efficiency, called Relic Clues, which adds a 10% chance of double Relics from all of those sources, and at Tier 5 you can get the quest Relic Hunter, which increases the chance to 40%. So at Tier 3 you’ll get a 10% chance at double Relics, Tier 4 will still provide 20%, and Tier 5 will increase it to 40%, and all three of these quests will avoid every activity that can give you Relics. Alt or main, you’ll get more Relics as you progress through Codex reputation.

In addition, Korthia Rares can now potentially drop more Relics on repeat kills during the same day, making it worthwhile to help kill ones you’ve already killed that day for a bit more Relics for rep. Also, at Tier 4 (or if you’re on an alt with a Tier 4 or above main) you will be able to run the weekly Lost Research quest, which sends you into a Korthian Rift. Completing the quest will grant high Archivist’s Codex reputation and Catalogued Research. And the enemies inside those Rifts will also drop stolen Relic Fragments and a chance at Relics, which can also of course be turned in for Codex reputation.

So, while we don’t currently know exactly how much rep will be possible in 9.1.5, it clearly will be more than it is now, especially at higher Tiers, which helps to address the standard complaints that Tier 4 and above are pretty painfully grindy as well as making it much easier to gear up on alts once you’ve done it on a main. The new Tier 3 and Tier 5 quests and the adjustment to Relic Efficiency should also help, and the new weekly Lost Research quest definitely will boost things along, for hopefully a much smoother experience all told for everyone.

You can check out the patch notes for these and all other changes coming in patch 9.1.5 here.