Priest best in slot gear.
At 30 both Priest lists move into Razorfen Kraul, the Scarlet Monastery Graveyard, Gnomeregan and the new City of Dalaran. Both factions now run the same weapons, a one-hander with an off hand, where 20 split them into Alliance staves and Horde one-handers. Tailoring still carries both specs with the new leggings and level 30 slippers, and the Philanthropist's Ring from the library books is still the best caster ring in range.
Holy Priest BiS
Healing first, but a dungeon at 30 empties your mana, so Intellect counts for more than it did at 20. Razorfen Kraul gives the Death Speaker Robes and Death Speaker Mantle, Gnomeregan the Royal Diplomatic Scepter, and the City of Dalaran the Blightleaf Rope, Ponderous Orb and Wand of Mana Concentration. Tailors make Pristine Leggings and Gilded Slippers, and the Sea Giant's Toe Ring is sold in Booty Bay at Friendly. Alliance take the Red Wool Cloak from the Stockade; Horde take the Glowing Thresher Cape from Blackfathom Deeps and the Satchel of Potions.
Stat priority: Healing = spell power > Intellect > Spirit > Stamina; spell damage 0
Holy ShroudHead · Cloth · ilvl 32
Stygian Bone AmuletNeck · ilvl 34
Death Speaker MantleShoulder · Cloth · ilvl 32
Red Wool CloakBack · ilvl 31
Death Speaker RobesChest · Cloth · ilvl 31
CosmeticShirt
CosmeticTabard
Spidertank OilragWrist · Cloth · ilvl 34
Human Priest
Level 30 · Holy- Armor
- +302
- Stamina
- +24
- Intellect
- +60
- Spirit
- +36
- Spell damage
- +112
- Healing
- +223
- Mana per 5
- +8
Binds when picked up, so only the crafter can wear it: you need the profession yourself.
Fallen Champion is a rare spawn, so he is not there every run.
Blind Hunter is a rare spawn, so he is not there every run.
A Greenstone Talisman of the Physician from the auction house beats this.
Blind Hunter is a rare spawn, so he is not there every run.
Red Wool CloakAlliance
A Twilight Cape of Healing from the auction house beats both.
The last quest of Gnomeregan: you need a Mekgineer Thermaplugg kill.
Binds when picked up, so only the crafter can wear it: you need the profession yourself.
Conjurer's Bracers of Healing from the auction house beat this.
Vital Handwraps of Healing from the auction house beat this.
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. Crafting it needs a Spinning Wheel, whose blueprint drops from the Unstable Sentinel in the City of Dalaran.
Binds when equipped, so you can buy it. Which Dalaran creature drops it is not known 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. Crafting it needs a Spinning Wheel, whose blueprint drops from the Unstable Sentinel in the City of Dalaran.
Needs Friendly with Booty Bay.
Needs Engineering (140) to use.
Roogug's Severed HeadAlliance
Satchel of PotionsHordeUse: a random potion, 10 minute cooldown.
The Dark Iron Ambassador is a rare spawn, so he is not there every run.
Wind Spirit Staff and Healer's Staff are the two-hand options: skip the off hand with them.
Two-hander: no off hand with it. Earthcaller Halmgar is a rare spawn.
Two-hander: no off hand with it.
Binds when picked up, so only the crafter can wear it: you need the profession yourself.
Azshir the Sleepless is a rare spawn, so he is not there every run.
Shadow Priest BiS
Shadow damage first. Swinetusk Shank from Agathelos in Razorfen Kraul and Raptor's Gaze from the Excavation Site: Wetlands replace the level 20 weapons for both factions. The Scarlet Monastery Graveyard gives Blighted Leggings (Azshir the Sleepless) and the Bloodmage Mantle, the City of Dalaran gives Ephemeral Grips, and Tailors make Black Slippers. Alliance wear the Belt of Arugal, Ring of Forlorn Spirits and Dog Whistle; Horde take the Warsong Sash, Reedknot Ring and Satchel of Potions.
Stat priority: Shadow damage = spell power > hit > Stamina > Intellect > Spirit; healing and other schools 0
Spellpower Goggles XtremeHead · Cloth · ilvl 43Stygian Bone AmuletNeck · ilvl 34
Bloodmage MantleShoulder · Cloth · ilvl 35
Thornweaver DrapeBack · ilvl 30
Necrology RobesChest · Cloth · ilvl 25CosmeticShirtCosmeticTabardSpidertank OilragWrist · Cloth · ilvl 34
Undead Priest
Level 30 · Shadow- Armor
- +309
- Stamina
- +37
- Intellect
- +37
- Spirit
- +31
- Spell damage
- +127
- Shadow damage
- +61
- Arcane damage
- +9
- Mana per 5
- +3
Needs Engineering (215) to wear. It binds when equipped, but the schematic drops in level 40+ zones such as Tanaris and Stranglethorn Vale, so expect to buy the goggles.
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.
Blind Hunter is a rare spawn, so he is not there every run.
A Thistlefur Mantle of Shadow Wrath from the auction house beats this.
A Twilight Cape of Shadow Wrath from the auction house beats this.
A rare trash drop that binds when equipped: check the auction house.
An Elder's Padded Armor of Shadow Wrath from the auction house beats this.
Binds when picked up, so only the crafter can wear it: you need the profession yourself.
Conjurer's Bracers of Shadow Wrath from the auction house beat this.
Marez Cowl is a level 40 elite: take a strong group.
Vital Handwraps of Shadow Wrath from the auction house beat this.
Binds when picked up, so only the crafter can wear it: you need the profession yourself.
Belt of ArugalAlliance
Warsong SashHorde
Azshir the Sleepless 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. Crafting it needs a Spinning Wheel, whose blueprint drops from the Unstable Sentinel in the City of Dalaran.
Binds when equipped, so you can buy it. Which Dalaran creature drops it is not known yet.
Binds when picked up, so only the crafter can wear it: you need the profession yourself. Crafting it needs a Spinning Wheel, whose blueprint drops from the Unstable Sentinel in the City of Dalaran.
Ring of Forlorn SpiritsAlliance
Reedknot RingHorde
Needs Engineering (140) to use.
Dog WhistleAllianceSummons a hound that fights for you for 3 minutes. The Library wing is 33 to 41.
Satchel of PotionsHordeUse: a random potion, 10 minute cooldown.
Staff of the Shade is the two-hand option: skip the off hand with it.
Lyn the Ignored is summoned with the Tome of Dalaran.
Two-hander: no off hand with it. Binds when equipped, so check the auction house.
An Elder's Amber Stave of Shadow Wrath from the auction house beats this.
Orcs, Tauren and Trolls only: Undead cannot take Compendium of the Fallen. It needs a book from the Scarlet Monastery Library.
Binds when picked up, so only the crafter can wear it: you need the profession yourself.
Big Game Hunter comes after Nesingwary's Tiger, Panther and Raptor Mastery chains and asks for King Bangalash, a level 43 elite. Very hard at 30: bring a group.
Alliance only. Crushridge Warmongers asks for ten elite ogres of level 39 to 40 in Alterac Mountains.
The last step of a ten-quest chain from Dorn Plainstalker in 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.
Holy Priest BiS
Healing first. The Pristine pieces are Tailoring crafts with healing on them. Alliance take the Staff of Westfall from The Defias Brotherhood. Horde take The Stitcher from Light's Justice in Ruins of Lordaeron with Skum's Bucket from Wailing Caverns in the off hand. The Sizzle Stick is the wand for both.
Stat priority: Healing > spell power > Intellect > Spirit > Stamina; spell damage 0
Pristine CircletHead · Cloth · ilvl 25
Scholarly PendantNeck · ilvl 23
Magician's MantleShoulder · Cloth · ilvl 25Prelacy CapeBack · ilvl 26
Filigreed Pristine GownChest · Cloth · ilvl 20CosmeticShirtCosmeticTabard
Aetherwisp BracersWrist · Cloth · ilvl 18Human Priest
Level 20 · Holy- Armor
- +252
- Stamina
- +35
- Intellect
- +43
- Spirit
- +19
- Spell damage
- +75
- Healing
- +126
Pristine GlovesHands · Cloth · ilvl 20
Pristine SashWaist · Cloth · ilvl 22
Filigreed Pristine LeggingsLegs · Cloth · ilvl 25
Spidersilk BootsFeet · Cloth · ilvl 25
Philanthropist's RingRing · ilvl 35
Minor Channeling RingRing · ilvl 24
Minor RecombobulatorTrinket · ilvl 28
Lookie's SpyglassTrinket · ilvl 23
Staff of WestfallMain hand · Staff · ilvl 24
Two-hander equippedOff hand
Sizzle StickRanged · Wand · ilvl 23Binds when picked up, so only the crafter can wear it: you need the profession yourself.
Needs Fishing (1) to use.
Magician's MantleAllianceChestnut MantleHordePrelacy CapeAlliance
Heavy Woolen CloakHordeBinds when picked up, so only the crafter can wear it: you need the profession yourself.
Aetherwisp BracersAlliance
Tabitha's CuffsHordePristine GlovesAllianceBinds when picked up, so only the crafter can wear it: you need the profession yourself.
Tattered MittensHorde
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 BandHordeNeeds Engineering (140) to use.
Staff of WestfallAlliance
The StitcherHorde
Skum's BucketHorde only
Shadow Priest BiS
Shadow damage first. Swap the Pristine crafts for the Shadow ones, wear Necrology Robes from Shadowfang Keep trash, and use the Gravestone Scepter wand from Blackfathom Villainy. Alliance use the Witching Stave; Horde use Evocator's Blade with Skum's Bucket.
Stat priority: Shadow damage = spell power > Stamina > Intellect; healing and other schools 0
Shadow CircletHead · Cloth · ilvl 25Scholarly PendantNeck · ilvl 23Chestnut MantleShoulder · Cloth · ilvl 28
Feyscale CloakBack · ilvl 21Necrology RobesChest · Cloth · ilvl 25CosmeticShirtCosmeticTabardTabitha's CuffsWrist · Cloth · ilvl 24Undead Priest
Level 20 · Shadow- Armor
- +259
- Stamina
- +52
- Intellect
- +32
- Spirit
- +15
- Spell damage
- +59
- Shadow damage
- +56
- Healing
- +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.
Magician's MantleAllianceChestnut MantleHordeBinds when picked up, so only the crafter can wear it: you need the profession yourself.
Aetherwisp BracersAllianceTabitha's CuffsHordeBinds 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
Skull RingHordeNeeds Engineering (140) to use.
Witching StaveAlliance
Evocator's BladeHorde
Skum's BucketHorde only
Priest gearing tips.
- Both Priest lists still take the Philanthropist's Ring from the library books. The Scholarly Pendant is no longer worth a slot at 30, but its ten books count toward the twenty the ring needs.
- Pristine Leggings, Shadow Leggings, Gilded Slippers and Black Slippers bind when picked up, so only a Tailor can wear them. The leggings patterns cost 30 Merchant's Favor and the trainer teaches the slippers at 150, but all four need a Spinning Wheel, whose blueprint drops from the Unstable Sentinel in the City of Dalaran.
- Several picks come from rare spawns that are not there every run: Blind Hunter (Stygian Bone Amulet) in Razorfen Kraul, Azshir the Sleepless (Blighted Leggings) in the Scarlet Monastery Graveyard and the Dark Iron Ambassador (Royal Diplomatic Scepter) in Gnomeregan.
- Engineering still pays. The Minor Recombobulator needs 140, and Shadow's Spellpower Goggles Xtreme need 215 to wear. The goggles bind when equipped and the schematic drops in level 40+ zones, so plan to buy a pair.
- The Gravestone Scepter from Blackfathom Villainy is still the Shadow wand. The Master Hunter's Wand and Burning Sliver have a little more spell power, but they need King Bangalash (a level 43 elite) or ten level 39 to 40 elite ogres in Alterac, so they are alternatives for a strong group.
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.