Item:Commendation of Valor

Commendation of Valor

 * Introduced in Update 20
 * Bound to Character
 * Often abbreviated CoV

Drop locations

 * Epic quests on difficulties higher than Casual
 * End rewards for epic quests
 * You must not have a Quest ransack XP penalty when completing the quest.
 * The amount depends on the level and difficulty of the quest (see below).

Usage
Double clicking a Commendation of Valor brings up a Barter UI with the following options:

As of Update 20 Patch 1, Heart Seed option has been implemented. 42 of these can be traded in for Iconic or Epic Heart of Wood. I.E., players are now able to accumulate their Heart Seeds account-wide, towards the Heart they want. See.

Crafting
CoV are also used as an ingredient to create Thunder-Forged items.

Amount per quest level and difficulty
The amount of CoV rewarded upon completion depend on the quest level (modified by the choice of difficulty) and the difficulty the quest was run on. The amount is given by
 * Multiplier*(QuestLevel - 17)
 * Multiplier is 2 for Epic Normal, 3 for Epic Hard and 5 for Epic Elite.

The graph below shows the amount of commendations of Valor given based on base quest level. It is also valid for raids that can be run on epic difficulty.



As of Update 21, The XP bonus found on Experience Elixirs, VIP bonuses, Guild Airship amenities and items now also increases the Commendation of Valor return found in End Reward lists. These bonuses are calculated individually. Please see Commendation of Valor XP Bonus Gains for more details. Tomes of Learning do not provide a boost to CoV rewards.

Bonus Days and server-side parameter
DDO Bonus Days event can increase the amount given per a reward list. This means that above number is not hard-coded and can be changed by sever-side parameter.

As of, 100 CoV limit on reward list has been removed and it should now return the calculated amount of CoV.

Tips
Claimed Commendations of Valor do not stack with other commendations in the inventory and aren't auto-gathered by ingredients bags. Be wary of this when collecting large numbers as they can quickly occupy large backpack spaces.