WoW Forever BiS Lists: Pre-Raid Gear and Tier Sets for Every Spec

Pick your spec. Each guide has the BiS by week from 4 November: quest gear, then dungeon blues, then raid gear from 9 December.

Spec	BiS, talents and PvP
Balance Druid	Balance BiS and talents Balance PvP
Feral Druid	Feral BiS and talents Feral PvP
Guardian Druid	Bear tank BiS and talents Bear in Feral PvP
Restoration Druid	Resto Druid BiS and talents Resto Druid PvP
Hunter	Hunter BiS and talents Hunter PvP
Mage	Mage BiS and talents Mage PvP
Holy Paladin	Holy Paladin BiS and talents Holy Paladin PvP
Protection Paladin	Prot Paladin BiS and talents Prot Paladin PvP
Retribution Paladin	Ret Paladin BiS and talents Ret Paladin PvP
Holy Priest, Discipline Priest	Holy and Disc BiS and talents Holy and Disc PvP
Shadow Priest	Shadow BiS and talents Shadow PvP
Rogue	Rogue BiS and talents Rogue PvP
Elemental Shaman	Elemental BiS and talents Elemental PvP
Enhancement Shaman	Enhancement BiS and talents Enhancement PvP
Restoration Shaman	Resto Shaman BiS and talents Resto Shaman PvP
Warlock	Warlock BiS and talents Warlock PvP
Arms Warrior, Fury Warrior	Arms and Fury BiS and talents Arms PvP
Protection Warrior	Prot Warrior BiS and talents Prot Warrior PvP

Guardian Druid shares the Feral Druid guide, Holy and Discipline Priest share the Holy Priest guide, and Arms Warrior shares the Fury Warrior guide for PvE.

Still choosing a spec? The WoW Forever tier list ranks them, and the classes guide covers every kit.

Date	What it means for your gear
17 September	Beta opens at level 20
1 October	Beta cap rises to 30
21 October	Last full day of the beta
4 November, 3:00 PM PST	Launch at the level 60 cap. Dungeon blues and quest gear start.
9 December	Barrow Deeps, Hyjal Summit and Onyxia's Lair open. Raid gear and tier 1 start.

So your BiS is set twice. Launch fixes the pre-raid list, and 9 December fixes the raid list. Blizzard has not announced the unlock hour on 9 December, and Korea and Taiwan open on 10 December, local time.

Level 30 beta BiS

Beta gear stays on the beta. Nothing you earn there carries over to launch, and with the beta cap at 30, a level 30 list says little about your level 60 slots. Use the beta to test talents, rotations and pulls with your group. Your level 60 list starts on 4 November.

The 1st night of raids is 9 December, and what you wear that night is your pre-raid BiS. Blizzard re-examined the loot of every dungeon boss for Forever: every unique boss item is now blue, weak items were improved and many new ones were added.

Source	What it gives
Blackmaw Hold, levels 55 to 60	Blue boss items for a fresh 60
Shaper's Terrace, levels 58 to 60	Blue boss items in the last dungeon before the raids
Hall of Thanes Ruins of Lordaeron Excavation Site: Wetlands City of Dalaran Drowned City Krol'dok Stronghold Alcaz Prison and the Classic dungeons	Reworked boss loot and Blueprint recipes
Quests	Over 1,000 new quests in the level 1 to 60 journey, with new rewards
Crafting	More Blacksmithing and Leatherworking recipes, now dropped in dungeons
World drops	Stronger epics, plus new ones

Boss loot for the level 60 dungeons is hidden in the beta files. Each spec page fills its list as items are revealed, and the WoW Forever dungeons guide covers every dungeon on the way.

Your spec page lists the slot by slot plan. If you want it done before the raids open, see the pre-raid set for your spec.

Dungeon Set 2 is back for all 9 classes, with new bonuses in the beta files. Every set gives all resistances at 2 pieces. At 3 pieces it adds mana regeneration, or Vitality for the Rogue and the Warrior. The old 8-piece bonus is gone, so the bonuses stop at 6 pieces.

Class and set	5 pieces	6 pieces
Druid Feralheart Raiment	Wild Heart	Attack power and spell damage
Hunter Beastmaster Armor	Beast Unleashed	Attack power
Mage Sorcerer's Regalia	Freeze	Spell damage
Paladin Soulforge Armor	Rebuke	Spell damage
Priest Vestments of the Virtuous	Divine Protection	Spell damage
Rogue Darkmantle Armor	Crafted Shadows	Attack power
Shaman Shaman set	Electrocute	Spell damage
Warlock Deathmist Raiment	Corrupted Fear	Spell damage
Warrior Battlegear of Heroism	Moment of Valor	Strength

Each set has 8 pieces, so 6 of them give the full bonus and the other 2 slots are free for your best item.

Blizzard has not listed where each piece drops in Forever. Until it does, weigh each piece against the dungeon blue for the same slot.

WoW Forever tier sets arrive with the raids on 9 December. The beta files hold 18 tier 1 sets, 1 per role. A hybrid class gets a set for each role, and the Hunter, Mage, Rogue and Warlock get 1 set each. Holy Priest and Discipline Priest share theirs, and so do Arms Warrior and Fury Warrior.

Each set has 6 pieces: head, shoulders, chest, gloves, legs and boots. The raid pieces are item level 65 and bind on pickup. Shoulders, gloves, legs and boots also come as a crafted piece at item level 61 that binds when equipped, so a crafter can make yours. Head and chest have no crafted version, and the bonuses stop at 5 pieces.

Every craft uses Malleable Essence of Nature, which comes from disenchanting items from Hyjal Summit or Barrow Deeps. Leggings take 5 essence, and shoulders, gloves or boots take 3. Aisarra Nightmeadow in Mount Hyjal sells the patterns for essence as well. The leggings pattern needs Friendly with the Guardians of Hyjal and the quest Friendly Advice, and the other slots need more reputation and a slot specialisation. A cloth pattern needs Tailoring at 300, a leather or mail pattern Leatherworking at 300 and a plate pattern Blacksmithing at 300. The WoW Forever professions guide covers the road there.

In the beta files a character wears 1 crafted tier piece at the start, and the Guardians of Hyjal reputation raises that to 2. The 2nd slot comes from the Rousing Seed Pod, which costs 10 gold at Revered. So a 5-piece bonus takes 4 raid pieces and 1 crafted piece before the Seed Pod, and 3 raid pieces with 2 crafted ones after it.

Spec and set	Set bonuses
Balance Druid Grovekeeper Eclipse	2P Hit 3P Nature's Grasp 4P Spell power vs Demons 5P Insect Swarm
Feral Druid Grovekeeper Ferocity	2P Haste 3P Hibernate 4P Attack power vs Demons 5P Shifting Power
Guardian Druid Grovekeeper Rage	2P Defense 3P Rebirth 4P Expertise 5P Berserk
Restoration Druid Grovekeeper Raiment	2P Spirit 3P Barkskin 4P Healing 5P Swiftmend
Hunter Wildstalker Armor	2P Haste 3P Frost and Freezing Trap 4P Attack power vs Beasts 5P Aimed and Multi-Shot
Mage Manaflare Regalia	2P Hit 3P Counterspell 4P Spell power vs Elementals 5P Frostfire Bolt
Holy Paladin Justice Armor	2P Spirit 3P Blessing of Protection 4P Healing 5P Holy Shock
Protection Paladin Justice Battleplate	2P Defense 3P Turn Undead 4P Expertise 5P Forbearance
Retribution Paladin Justice Battlegear	2P Haste 3P Hammer of Justice 4P Attack power vs Undead 5P Judgement
Holy Priest, Discipline Priest Vestments of Conviction	2P Spirit 3P Fear Ward 4P Healing 5P Penance and Prayer of Mending
Shadow Priest Raiments of Conviction	2P Hit 3P Shackle Undead 4P Spell power vs Undead 5P Devouring Plague
Rogue Grimstitch Armor	2P Hit 3P Kidney Shot 4P Attack power vs Humanoids 5P Envenom and Eviscerate
Elemental Shaman The Spiritcaller's Storm	2P Hit 3P Earthbind Totem 4P Spell power vs Elementals 5P Lava Burst
Enhancement Shaman The Spiritcaller's Rage	2P Haste 3P Earth and Air Totems 4P Attack power vs Elementals 5P Stormstrike
Restoration Shaman The Spiritcaller	2P Spirit 3P Fire and Water Totems 4P Healing 5P Riptide
Warlock Demonheart Raiment	2P Hit 3P Banish 4P Spell power vs Demons 5P Life Tap
Arms Warrior, Fury Warrior Battlegear of Glory	2P Haste 3P Intimidating Shout 4P Attack power vs Humanoids 5P Recklessness
Protection Warrior Battleplate of Glory	2P Defense 3P Intervene 4P Expertise 5P Shield Wall

The 3P and 5P bonuses change the ability named in the table. Blizzard can still tune the values before 9 December.

Raid tier set looks

The beta files hold raid tier set models for all 9 classes. Blizzard has not shown them in a trailer yet, so the looks can still change before the raids open.

Some items work only in an area or against 1 creature type. The tier 1 4P bonuses for damage specs follow the same idea: power against Demons, Undead, Elementals, Beasts or Humanoids. So the best item for a slot can change with the boss in front of you.

A Paladin who heals and tanks pays the essence bill twice, once for each set.

Healing items now carry bonus damage too, so a healer can quest in dungeon gear.

An epic raid item unlocks its look only for the player who loots it. A green or blue bind-on-pickup item from a dungeon boss unlocks its look for every eligible looter, so nobody rolls against you for an appearance.

Forever hides an item's stats until a player discovers them. On 28 September, 4,419 of the 12,594 items in the beta files had revealed stats, so every BiS list, ours included, stays partial until launch.

3 raids open on 9 December, 5 weeks after launch, and each needs a level 60 character. Barrow Deeps is for 10 players with 8 bosses, Hyjal Summit for 20 players with 13 bosses, and Onyxia's Lair for 40.

Every raid boss drops a chase item, and the 1st legendary is tied to Hyjal. Blizzard places the new tier sets in Barrow Deeps and Hyjal Summit. It has not published the raid loot tables, and we add them the day they are out.

A new raid tier follows about every 6 months, and Blizzard's roadmap puts the next raids in 2027. Each raid's size, bosses and story are in the WoW Forever raids guide.