In World of Warcraft crafting orders, the max quality symbol is the gold 3-star icon for rank 3 quality, and some items can also show 5-star item quality in the crafting UI depending on the system being referenced. For quality components, the ranking is 1 copper icon, 2 silver icons, and 3 gold icons, with 3 being best.

What the symbol means

For most crafting-order discussions, the highest requested quality is usually shown as the gold star / gold rank indicator for the top tier. In Blizzard forum examples, players refer to “Q5” for max quality on crafted gear, while ingredient quality is ranked separately with copper, silver, and gold icons.

Practical takeaway

If you are setting a crafting order and want the highest possible result, look for the top-tier gold symbol or the highest star rank the order allows. One forum post also notes that some orders can enforce a minimum quality restriction, but not every order type can guarantee max quality the same way.

TL;DR: the max-quality symbol is the gold top-tier icon/star ; for quality components, 3 gold icons is best.