Mage best in slot gear.
Mage gear at 30 is still a Tailoring list: the Silky Gown, Silky Leggings and Frothing Slippers carry Frost damage and bind on pickup, and the last two need a Spinning Wheel whose blueprint drops in the City of Dalaran. The new drops come from Razorfen Kraul (Swinetusk Shank, Stygian Bone Amulet), the Scarlet Monastery Graveyard (Bloodmage Mantle) and the Excavation Site in the Wetlands (Raptor's Gaze). The library ring still holds a finger slot.
Frost Mage BiS
Frost damage first. Tailoring still covers most of the armor (Silky Gown, Silky Leggings, Frothing Slippers, Azure Silk Cloak and Gloves), with Spellpower Goggles Xtreme on top for Engineers. Razorfen Kraul gives the Swinetusk Shank from Agathelos and the Stygian Bone Amulet from the Blind Hunter, the Scarlet Monastery Graveyard gives the Bloodmage Mantle, and the new Excavation Site in the Wetlands drops the Raptor's Gaze off hand. Alliance take the Blightleaf Rope from the City of Dalaran and the Ring of Forlorn Spirits from Duskwood; Horde take the Warsong Sash and the Snake Hoop from the Willix escort. The Icefury Wand ends the Mage wand chain, which needs a book from the Scarlet Monastery.
Stat priority: Frost damage = spell power > Intellect > Stamina; hit when you find it; other schools ~0
Spellpower Goggles XtremeHead · Cloth · ilvl 43
Stygian Bone AmuletNeck · ilvl 34
Bloodmage MantleShoulder · Cloth · ilvl 35
Azure Silk CloakBack · ilvl 35
Silky GownChest · Cloth · ilvl 27
CosmeticShirt
CosmeticTabard
Spidertank OilragWrist · Cloth · ilvl 34
Human Mage
Level 30 · Frost- Armor
- +304
- Stamina
- +35
- Intellect
- +52
- Spirit
- +23
- Spell damage
- +117
- Frost damage
- +69
- Mana per 5
- +3
Needs Engineering (215) to wear. The goggles bind when equipped, so an Engineer can buy them.
Not an Engineer? A Thistlefur Cap of Frozen Wrath (+20 Frost damage) from the auction house is almost as good and beats the circlet.
Binds when picked up, so only the crafter can wear it: you need the profession yourself. The pattern drops in Gnomeregan, Blackfathom Deeps, Razorfen Kraul, the Stockade and the Scarlet Monastery Graveyard.
The Blind Hunter is a rare spawn, so he is not there every run.
Binds when picked up, so only the crafter can wear it: you need the profession yourself.
An Elder's Padded Armor of Frozen Wrath (+20 Frost damage) from the auction house beats the gown.
Starts from the Small Scroll that Charlga Razorflank drops in Razorfen Kraul. Ambassador Malcin is a level 36 elite: take a group.
Conjurer's Bracers of Frozen Wrath (+11 Frost damage) from the auction house beat these.
Marez Cowl is a level 40 elite: take a strong group.
Vital Handwraps of Frozen Wrath (+14 Frost damage) from the auction house beat these.
Binds when picked up, so only the crafter can wear it: you need the profession yourself.
Blightleaf RopeAlliance
Warsong SashHorde
Binds when picked up, so only the crafter can wear it: you need the profession yourself. It also needs a Spinning Wheel, whose blueprint drops from the Unstable Sentinel in the City of Dalaran.
Binds when equipped, so check the auction house. Players report it from the City of Dalaran but nobody has named the boss yet.
Binds when picked up, so only the crafter can wear it: you need the profession yourself.
Binds when picked up, so only the crafter can wear it: you need the profession yourself. It also needs a Spinning Wheel, whose blueprint drops from the Unstable Sentinel in the City of Dalaran. Trainers teach the recipe at 150.
Ring of Forlorn SpiritsAllianceThe last step of the long Stalvan chain in Duskwood.
Snake HoopHordeEscort Willix out of Razorfen Kraul. Both factions can do it, so Alliance can take it too.
Needs Engineering (140) to use.
A random potion every 10 minutes. Horde pick it from Changing Tastes, Alliance get it with Heartwoven.
Use the Scroll of the Saber (from deciphering Comprehension scrolls) on the Blade of Silverlaine. It has 8 less spell power than the Shank, but every melee hit on a frozen target adds 98 Fire damage.
Lyn the Ignored is summoned with the Tome of Dalaran.
Binds when picked up, so only the crafter can wear it: you need the profession yourself.
Orcs, Tauren and Trolls only: Undead cannot take the quest. The book is in the Scarlet Monastery Library.
A Mage chain from Dustwallow Marsh to the Shimmering Flats, then the book Rituals of Power in the Scarlet Monastery. Take a group for the book.
Elite quest: take a group for the Crushridge Warmongers.
The end of a ten-quest chain from Thousand Needles, with two elite steps and a book in the Scarlet Monastery Library.
Level 20 lists.
What to wear at 20, from when the beta was capped there. Still useful on the way up to 30.
Frost Mage BiS
Frost damage first. The Silky Circlet, Gloves, Sash and Filigreed Silky pieces are all Tailoring crafts with Frost spell damage. Evocator's Blade drops from Blackfathom Deeps trash, the Antipodean Rod is a world drop worth checking the auction house for, and the Sizzle Stick wand comes from the Deviate Eradication quest in Wailing Caverns.
Stat priority: Frost damage = spell power > Intellect > Stamina; other schools ~0
Silky CircletHead · Cloth · ilvl 25Mark of the Pack LeaderNeck · ilvl 25
Magician's MantleShoulder · Cloth · ilvl 25
Prelacy CapeBack · ilvl 26Filigreed Silky GownChest · Cloth · ilvl 20CosmeticShirtCosmeticTabard
Aetherwisp BracersWrist · Cloth · ilvl 18Human Mage
Level 20 · Frost- Armor
- +252
- Strength
- +5
- Stamina
- +32
- Intellect
- +45
- Spirit
- +16
- Spell damage
- +62
- Frost damage
- +51
- Fire damage
- +6
- Healing
- +7
Binds when picked up, so only the crafter can wear it: you need the profession yourself.
Binds when picked up, so only the crafter can wear it: you need the profession yourself.
Prelacy CapeAlliance
Heavy Woolen CloakHorde
Binds when picked up, so only the crafter can wear it: you need the profession yourself.
Aetherwisp BracersAlliance
Tabitha's CuffsHorde
Binds when picked up, so only the crafter can wear it: you need the profession yourself.
Binds when picked up, so only the crafter can wear it: you need the profession yourself.
Binds when picked up, so only the crafter can wear it: you need the profession yourself.
Binds when picked up, so only the crafter can wear it: you need the profession yourself.
Binds when picked up, so only the crafter can wear it: you need the profession yourself.
Binds when picked up, so only the crafter can wear it: you need the profession yourself.
Binds when picked up, so only the crafter can wear it: you need the profession yourself.
Binds when picked up, so only the crafter can wear it: you need the profession yourself.
Kill Nightveiled Rotheap, a new elite patrol on the Wetlands river (around 49, 33), for Rotheap Innards and trade them to Rethiel the Greenwarden (around 56, 40). Alliance only, one ring per character.
Minor Channeling RingAlliance
Sacred BandHorde
Needs Engineering (140) to use.
Mage gearing tips.
- The Coldflame Saber (Blade of Silverlaine from Shadowfang Keep plus the Mage-only Scroll of the Saber) is usable now, but at 30 it has 8 less spell power than the Swinetusk Shank. Keep it if you like to melee frozen targets: each hit adds 98 Fire damage. See our beta discoveries piece.
- Not a Tailor? The Azure Silk Cloak, Azure Silk Gloves and Spidersilk Boots do not bind on pickup, so you can buy them. Green "of Frozen Wrath" pieces on the auction house (Thistlefur Cap and Pants, Elder's Padded Armor, Vital Handwraps) carry +14 to +20 Frost damage and beat most fixed drops.
- Spellpower Goggles Xtreme need Engineering (215) to wear and the Minor Recombobulator needs 140 to use. Tailoring plus Engineering gets you both.
- Mages get the Research profession from the library books. Hand in a book after level 6 or it will not be granted.
- Deciphering Comprehension scrolls can give a Scroll of Imbue Frost: +8 Frost damage on a staff for an hour. With it, a staff such as the Alliance quest reward Fallen Dragon's Scepter comes close to the Shank and off hand.
How these lists are built
The picks start from ForeverChanges' lists, the only ones that cover every spec for both factions at 20 and at 30. The level 20 lists are cross-checked against Icy Veins, Wowhead, Realm First and wowtbc.gg, the level 30 lists against The Forever Era, Kami-Labs and wowtbc.gg ("Also picked by"). Every item is read from Wowhead's Forever database, which fills in from the beta client as testers loot things. Blizzard hides item stats until an item has dropped, so a list can only use what has been seen. We check each pick fits its slot, can be used by the class and does not need a higher level than the list is for.
At 30 two kinds of items stay off the top line even when they would win. Random-suffix greens (the "of the Owl" kind) have no fixed stats to check, and rewards behind level 40 elites are out of reach for most level 30 groups. Both are named in the notes where they beat the pick. Class quest weapons are the exception: the Shaman and Warrior chains open at 30, so they stay on top.
Hover any item for the full Wowhead tooltip. The stats and totals on this page were read on October 15, 2026 and will move with beta builds.
Trinkets are still thin at 30. The Minor Recombobulator needs Engineering 140 to use, and casters who are Engineers can wear the Spellpower Goggles Xtreme from 215. Crafted pieces marked "binds when picked up" can only be worn by the crafter.
The 3D preview
Wowhead does not allow its 3D viewer on other sites, so "See it in 3D" opens its Forever dressing room with the whole set already equipped on the race and gender you picked. Neck, rings and trinkets have no model, so they are left off there.