Blacksmith Plans

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There is no advice other than to get 5 stacks of valor and kill stuff.

I could be wrong, but plans don't sound like magical or gold drops, Valor might not do anything for finding them.

I was under the impression just from how I've seen them drop that they fit somewhere in the magic item spectrum. When killing champs or bosses and having them drop they have taken up one of the magic item drops as opposed to dropping in addition to the normally expected magic items.

This doesn't mean that they are, in fact, increased by valor though. But if you are looking for Plan drops you will still be best served by farming normally with 5-stack champ/rare kills.