Justice Points

Justice Points are rewarded for completion of high level PvE dungeons and raids and used as currency for gear and other rewards that are oriented toward the PvE style of play. Points are commonly rewarded after killing a boss or after completing a dungeon that was initiated using the dungeon finder. One requirement is that all participants of the dungeon must conform to level requirements, or else no reward will be given to any participant. Instances before level 70 do not grant justice points.

Justice Points replaced Emblem of Frost and Emblem of Triumph. Cataclysm based raid content also rewards Valor Points. The cap for Justice Points is 4000.

Justice Points by (Random) Instance

 * [1] Two bosses can be skipped
 * [2] Three bosses can be skipped
 * [3] Four bosses can be skipped
 * [4] One boss can be skipped

Time estimates assume a good but not exceptional group. Wipes will vastly increase the total, of course. Justice Points counts assume all bosses being downed during the run. Skip some, get less.

The following is a list of instances that have bosses which drop Justice Points. The best place to farm points is Karazhan, and the fastest method to get them with a group of five is the Mechanar. The number of points received assumes a full clear of each instance, the only exceptions being Mana-Tombs which requires a player with the item or  to summon  in order to receive the fourth badge, and Shattered Halls which gives a fifth badge if you kill the  before he kills any prisoners.


 * Justice Points for raids are not verified.

Cataclysm gear (ilevel 346-359)
Items purchased with Justice Points are available from in Stormwind City and  in Orgrimmar.

Wrath of the Lich King gear (ilevel 200-264)
Before Patch 4.0.1, Wrath of the Lich King gear used the five-tier Emblem system for dungeon and raid rewards. The emblem costs have since been converted to Justice Points.

Burning Crusade gear (ilevel 110-146)
Before Patch 4.0.1, The Burning Crusade gear used Badge of Justice system for dungeon and raid rewards. The emblem costs have since been converted to Justice Points.

Conversion of Emblems to Justice Points
When players first logged in after Patch 4.0.1, the number of Justice Points they have will be calculated as follows:


 * JP = 11.58 * (EoT + EoF)

where:
 * JP = the number of Justice Points;
 * EoT = the number of Emblems of Triumph;
 * EoF = the number of Emblems of Frost.

However, if the one-time emblem-to-point conversion granted the player more than 4,000 Justice Points, they were unable to accumulate any additional Justice Points until they had spent the excess. In Patch 4.0.3a, any Justice Points above 4,000 were immediately converted to gold at a ratio of per Justice Point.

Other emblems, badges and tokens
,, and were immediately converted to gold (and not Justice Points) at a ratio of  per emblem in Patch 4.0.1. were also immediately converted to gold at a rate of per badge.

PvP-based currency was converted to Honor Points much the same way.

Other, specific currencies such as Champion's Seals was not converted.

Comparison of purchasing power
With the introduction of Justice Points (Patch 4.0.1), that replaced Emblem of Frost and Emblem of Triumph, players will be able to use the same currency to purchase both Tier 9 and Tier 10, potentially skipping the earlier in favour of the latter. Obtaining Tier 10 is now in comparison faster and easier.

The conversion did affect the prices of Heirlooms as well, from using Emblem of Heroism to using the same currency. The prices for Heirlooms seems to be equated for the Justice Point income at level 85, which at level 80 means relatively higher costs. Example:
 * Prior cost was 65 Emblem of Heroism. Being that the average Random Heroic gave about 6 Emblems, you needed 10-12 runs to earn this.
 * Patch 4.0.1 changed the cost to 3500 Justice Points. As a Random Heroic at level 80 gives 55, 71, 87 or 103 points, you would need 35-45 runs to earn this.
 * Patch 4.0.1 changed the cost to 3500 Justice Points. As a Random Heroic at level 80 gives 55, 71, 87 or 103 points, you would need 35-45 runs to earn this.