Paladin best in slot gear.
At level 30 a Paladin gears out of Razorfen Kraul, Gnomeregan, the Scarlet Monastery Graveyard and the new City of Dalaran, plus the Blacksmithing belts and leggings trainers teach at 125 to 150. Holy now stacks Intellect first, Retribution wants the slowest two-hander it can get, and Protection still makes its threat with Holy damage, so spell power stays on the tank pieces. All three lists keep the Tenets of the Silver Hand: an Enchanting craft, and the only libram you can wear before level 40.
Holy Paladin BiS
Intellect first: in a long dungeon your mana runs out before anything else does. Death Speaker Jargba in Razorfen Kraul drops the Death Speaker Mantle and Death Speaker Robes, and the Royal Diplomatic Scepter (+75 healing) comes from the Dark Iron Ambassador in Gnomeregan. Blacksmiths make Prefect's Belt and Acolyte's Silvered Chain Leggings, Tailors the Gilded Slippers. Alliance get Prospector Gloves from Agmond's Fate and the Heart of Agamaggan from Charlga Razorflank. Horde take the Basalt Buckler from The Corrupter and the Satchel of Potions from the Excavation Site.
Stat priority: Intellect > Healing > mana per 5 sec and Spirit > Stamina
Human Paladin
Level 30 · Holy- Armor
- +1404
- Stamina
- +28
- Intellect
- +98
- Spirit
- +24
- Attack Power
- +12
- Spell damage
- +89
- Healing
- +177
- Mana per 5
- +3
Binds when picked up, so only the crafter can wear it: you need the profession yourself.
A Greenstone Talisman of the Physician from the auction house beats this.
One reward out of three: the Marbled Buckler and Stonefist Girdle are the others.
A Twilight Cape of the Physician from the auction house beats these.
Wowhead lists it as the reward of Strahnbrad Mystery (opens at 25), but not who gives the quest or whether both factions can take it. Not checked in the beta.
Binds when picked up, so only the crafter can wear it: you need the profession yourself.
Binds when equipped, so a Tailor can make it for you.
A very rare drop that binds when equipped: look on the auction house.
Agmond's Fate opens at 30. The urns lie near Uldaman among dwarves and troggs of level 35 to 37: bring a group.
A very rare drop that binds when equipped: look on the auction house.
Horde: Archer's Gloves of the Physician from the auction house beat the Hotshot Pilot's Gloves.
Binds when equipped, so a Tailor can make it for you. The pattern is a world drop.
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. Made at a Tanning Rack, whose blueprint drops rarely from Razorclaw the Butcher in Shadowfang Keep.
A chain of ten quests from Pozzik in the Shimmering Flats. Foreman Cozzle is level 38: bring a group.
Binds when picked up, so only the crafter can wear it: you need the profession yourself.
Reported from the City of Dalaran, boss not known yet. Binds when equipped.
Binds when picked up, so only the crafter can wear it: you need the profession yourself. Made at a Tanning Rack, whose blueprint drops rarely from Razorclaw the Butcher in Shadowfang Keep.
Binds when picked up, so only the crafter can wear it: you need the profession yourself. Made at a Spinning Wheel, whose blueprint drops from the Unstable Sentinel in the City of Dalaran.
Needs Friendly with Booty Bay.
End of the Mor'Ladim chain in Duskwood. Mor'Ladim is a level 35 elite. Not checked in the beta.
A Cerulean Ring of the Physician from the auction house beats both.
A chain of six Horde quests from Swamplight Manor in Dustwallow Marsh. The Muckshells are level 39 to 44: bring a group.
Needs Engineering (140) to use.
Horde only. Gives a random potion.
Starts from a scroll Charlga Razorflank drops. Ambassador Malcin is a level 36 elite.
An Infiltrator Buckler of the Physician from the auction house beats the Heart of Agamaggan.
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.
Retribution Paladin BiS
A slow two-hander first, then Strength. Corpsemaker from Overlord Ramtusk in Razorfen Kraul is the weapon for both factions, and Ramtusk also drops the Tusken Helm. Alliance can do slightly better with the Rock Pulverizer, but Murdaloc in the Badlands is level 42. Blacksmiths make the Crusader's Chain Helm, Crusader's Silvered Chain Shirt, Crusader's Silvered Chain Leggings and Justicar's Belt, which add spell power for Seal of Command, Judgement and Consecration. Alliance wear the Cloak of the Divine Storm from their Paladin quest, Horde a Crocolisk Skin Gaiter from the Excavation Site.
Stat priority: Slow two-hand weapon damage > Strength > attack power and hit > spell power (Seal of Command, Judgement and Consecration deal Holy damage) > Stamina
Undead Paladin
Level 30 · Retribution- Armor
- +1106
- Strength
- +79
- Agility
- +23
- Stamina
- +49
- Attack Power
- +45
- Spell damage
- +63
- Mana per 5
- +2
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 equipped. The plans are a reward of the Horde quest Horns of Frenzy.
Azshir the Sleepless is a rare spawn, so he is not there every run.
Last of three quests for Alliance Paladins. An orb in the Tower of Althalaxx (Darkshore) starts the chain.
Readers report it from a quest of the Excavation Site. Which quest, and for which faction, is not confirmed. Unique.
Seen in the beta, but where it drops is not known yet. Binds when equipped.
Binds when picked up, so only the crafter can wear it: you need the profession yourself.
A very rare drop that binds when equipped: look on the auction house.
Binds when picked up, so only the crafter can wear it: you need the profession yourself.
Unearthed Bands with a Strength suffix (Uldaman trash, or the auction house) beat this.
Otto and Lord Falconcrest are level 38 and 40 elites: take a strong group.
A very rare drop that binds when equipped: look on the auction house.
Binds when equipped. The Boulderfist ogres of Arathi Highlands drop them rarely, so look on the auction house.
More Strength plus spell power for Seal of Command, but No Honor Among Thieves is a level 40 quest. It opens at 30 and you pick one reward out of three.
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. Made at a Tanning Rack, whose blueprint drops rarely from Razorclaw the Butcher in Shadowfang Keep.
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. Made at a Tanning Rack, whose blueprint drops rarely from Razorclaw the Butcher in Shadowfang Keep.
Binds when equipped, so a Blacksmith with the plans can make it for you.
Binds when picked up, so only the crafter can wear it: you need the profession yourself.
Not unique: you can wear two. Heartrazor is a rare spawn, reported but not checked in the beta.
Ironspine is a rare spawn, so he is not there every run.
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.
The Wyvern Heart Band is not unique, so a second one beats this.
A chain of six Horde quests from Swamplight Manor in Dustwallow Marsh. The Muckshells are level 39 to 44: bring a group.
Horde only. Gives a random potion.
Needs Engineering (140) to use.
Needs Engineering (200) to use.
The Rock Pulverizer (Alliance) hits a little harder, but Murdaloc in the Badlands is level 42 with level 39 to 41 troggs around him.
Three quests from Prospector Stormpike in Ironforge out to the Badlands. Murdaloc is level 42 and his troggs 39 to 41: bring a group.
Binds when picked up, so only the crafter can wear it: you need the profession yourself.
Protection Paladin BiS
Stamina first, then spell power and Intellect for threat. Heart of Disruption in the City of Dalaran gives the Spellguard Pauldrons (Alliance) or Battle Spaulders (Horde), and Ironspine in the Scarlet Monastery Graveyard drops Ironspine's Ribcage. Blacksmiths make Warder's Belt and Protector's Silvered Chain Leggings, both with Defense and spell power. Alliance take Ogre Grips from Hamhock and Auric Bracers from Reagents for Reclaimers Inc., Horde Razzeric's Racing Grips and the Undead Knight's Bracers from The Grave Knight. For the shield, Heart of Agamaggan from Charlga Razorflank, or the Basalt Buckler for Horde.
Stat priority: Stamina > spell power and Intellect (threat is Holy damage, Intellect pays for Consecration) > armor and block (shield required for Seal of Fury absorb) > Defense > Agility
Dwarf Paladin
Level 30 · Protection- Armor
- +2002
- Strength
- +14
- Agility
- +8
- Stamina
- +138
- Intellect
- +17
- Attack Power
- +8
- Spell damage
- +74
- Healing
- +15
- Mana per 5
- +2
- Defense
- +15
A rare drop (around 1 in 100 kills or less) from many bosses in these four dungeons.
Binds when picked up, so only the crafter can wear it: you need the profession yourself.
A very rare drop that binds when equipped: look on the auction house.
Needs Honored with Booty Bay.
Azshir the Sleepless is a rare spawn, so he is not there every run.
One reward of Heart of Disruption: you give up the Renewing Footpads and Defender of Dalaran.
Wowhead lists it as the reward of Strahnbrad Mystery (opens at 25), but not who gives the quest or whether both factions can take it. Not checked in the beta.
Last of three quests for Alliance Paladins. An orb in the Tower of Althalaxx (Darkshore) starts the chain.
Ironspine 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.
A level 40 Desolace quest in Classic that opens at 30.
A chain of ten quests from Pozzik in the Shimmering Flats. Foreman Cozzle is level 38: bring a group.
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. Made at a Tanning Rack, whose blueprint drops rarely from Razorclaw the Butcher in Shadowfang Keep.
One reward out of three: the Berylline Pads and Marbled Buckler are the others.
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.
A very rare drop that binds when equipped: look on the auction house.
A very rare drop that binds when equipped: look on the auction house.
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.
Seen in the beta files, not yet confirmed in game.
A chain of six Horde quests from Swamplight Manor in Dustwallow Marsh. The Muckshells are level 39 to 44: bring a group.
Needs Engineering (140) to use.
Horde only. Gives a random potion.
A very rare drop that binds when equipped: look on the auction house.
Starts from a scroll Charlga Razorflank drops. Ambassador Malcin is a level 36 elite.
The Collection Plate has far more armor, but its quest chain ends with elites of level 41 to 45.
A chain of four quests from Sea Wolf MacKinley in Booty Bay. Maury's Key drops from Mosh'Ogg ogres, elites of level 41 to 45: very hard at 30.
One reward out of three: the Berylline Pads and Stonefist Girdle are the others.
Binds when picked up, so only the crafter can wear it: you need the profession yourself.
Level 20 lists.
What to wear at 20, from when the beta was capped there. Still useful on the way up to 30.
Holy Paladin BiS
Healing first, and cloth is fine. The Filigreed Pristine Gown and Leggings are Tailoring crafts, the Acolyte's mail pieces are Blacksmithing. Alliance use the Taskmaster Axe from Sneed in the Deadmines; Horde use The Stitcher with the Seedcloud Buckler from Verdan in Wailing Caverns.
Stat priority: Healing > Intellect > Stamina
Human Paladin
Level 20 · Holy- Armor
- +667
- Stamina
- +49
- Intellect
- +39
- Spirit
- +21
- Attack Power
- +8
- Spell damage
- +64
- Healing
- +133
- Mana per 5
- +3
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.
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.
Needs Engineering (140) to use.
Binds when picked up, so only the crafter can wear it: you need the profession yourself.
Retribution Paladin BiS
The weapon is a class quest reward on both sides: Verigan's Fist for Alliance from The Test of Righteousness and Wolfsbane for Horde from Old Fire-Eye. Around it, the same Strength gear a Warrior wears, including the Veteran's Silvered Chain Helm for Blacksmiths.
Stat priority: Two-hand weapon damage > Strength > Stamina; leather is fine over mail when the stats are better
Undead Paladin
Level 20 · Retribution- Armor
- +909
- Strength
- +47
- Agility
- +5
- Stamina
- +63
- Intellect
- +16
- Spirit
- +1
- Attack Power
- +34
- (2) +5 Arcane Resistance.
- (3) +15 Attack Power against Humanoids.
- (4) Grants your melee attacks a 5% chance when striking from behind to hit a vital point, causing the target to Bleed for 68 to 83 Physical damage over 5 sec. (Proc chance: 5%)
- (5) Increased Daggers +1.
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.
Needs Engineering (140) to use.
Binds when picked up, so only the crafter can wear it: you need the profession yourself.
Protection Paladin BiS
Spell power, then Stamina and armor. The Crusader's and Protector's Blacksmithing pieces carry both, and the Scepter of the Abandoned from The Abandoned in Ruins of Lordaeron is the spell power one-hander. You need a shield for Seal of Fury's absorb: Crest of Darkshire for Alliance, Deadskull Shield for Horde.
Stat priority: Spell power (Forever paladin threat is Holy damage: Seal of Fury, Consecration, Holy Strike) > Stamina and armor (mail over leather when close, shield required for Seal of Fury absorb) > Defense
Dwarf Paladin
Level 20 · Protection- Armor
- +1665
- Strength
- +8
- Stamina
- +67
- Intellect
- +8
- Spirit
- +3
- Attack Power
- +8
- Spell damage
- +84
- Defense
- +10
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.
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.
Needs Engineering (140) to use.
Binds when picked up, so only the crafter can wear it: you need the profession yourself.
Paladin gearing tips.
- Tenets of the Silver Hand binds when made, so a Paladin without Enchanting has no libram on this list yet. The formula costs 45 Merchant's Favor.
- Horde Paladins are Undead only in Forever, so the Horde columns here are what an Undead Paladin can get.
- Blacksmithing pays off at 30: trainers teach the Chain Helms at 130 and Prefect's Belt, Justicar's Belt and Warder's Belt at 150, no plans needed. The Silvered Chain leggings at 125 need plans for 30 Merchant's Favor. All of them bind when picked up.
- The City of Dalaran (28 to 33) needs one group member with the Dalaran Sewer Key from the attunement quests, which start with Emissary Jacques in Southshore (Alliance) or Magus Wordeen Voidglare in Tarren Mill (Horde). Heart of Disruption, its main quest, gives one reward per character, so pick by spec.
- Greater Friend of the Library (20 books) gives the Philanthropist's Ring for Holy or the Field Researcher's Loop for Protection.
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.