Priest Healer Season of Mastery Phase 1/2 Gear

Below, you will find the best-in-slot items for Priest healers in Molten Core and Onyxia, along with pre-raid items where applicable. Please note that this list avoids using caster DPS items, as content in SoM moves faster and makes gearing casters much harder if healers get DPS items as well. If you are instead progressing through Tier 2 / Blackwing Lair, Tier 2.5 / AQ40, or Tier 3 / Naxxramas, see our updated lists for later phases instead.

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	Crystal Adorned Crown Halo of Transcendence	Azuregos World Boss in Azshara Onyxia in Onyxia's Lair
Neck	Animated Chain Necklace *	Ramstein the Gorger in Stratholme (undead)
Shoulder	Mantle of the Scarlet Crusade Burial Shawl Elder Wizard's Mantle	Cannon Master Willey in Stratholme (living) Minibosses in Scholomance World drop BoE
Cloak	Hide of the Wild **	Crafted BoE through Leatherworking
Chest	Truefaith Vestments ***	Crafted through Tailoring (BoP - Cannot be traded)
Wrists	Vambraces of Prophecy	Trash drop BoE in Molten Core
Gloves	Atal'ai Gloves (of Healing) Gloves of Prophecy	Minibosses in Sunken Temple Gehennas in Molten Core
Belt	Whipvine Cord	Alzzin the Wildshaper in Dire Maul East
Legs	Leggings of Transcendence	Ragnaros in Molten Core
Boots	Boots of the Full Moon Faith Healer's Boots	Captain Kromcrush in Dire Maul North Warchief Rend Blackhand in Upper Blackrock Spire
Ring	Cauterizing Band ****	Majordomo Executus in Molten Core
Trinket	Royal Seal of Eldre'Thalas Briarwood Reed Shard of the Scale (regen) Second Wind (regen)	Questline Holy Bologna: What the Light Won't Tell You in Dire Maul North Jed Runewatcher (rare) in Upper Blackrock Spire Onyxia in Onyxia's Lair Golem Lord Argelmach in Blackrock Depths
One-Hand	Grand Marshal's Warhammer (A) / High Warlord's Battle Mace (H) Aurastone Hammer *	PVP rank 14 Garr in Molten Core
Off-Hand	Lei of the Lifegiver Brightly Glowing Stone	Exalted with the Alterac Valley reputation King Gordok in Dire Maul North
Staff	Benediction (from The Eye of Divinity)	Benediction questline from Majordomo Executus in Molten Core
Wand**	Bonecreeper Stylus Ritssyn's Wand of Bad Mojo Lethtendris's Wand	Darkmaster Gandling in Scholomance Baron Rivendare in Stratholme Lethtendris in Dire Maul East

Tier 1 Set: In general, Tier 1 pieces are considered bad, except for Bracers and Gloves, which provide decent healing combined with very good stats. The 3-set bonus of T1, which reduces the cast time of Flash Heal by 0.1s, should only be used if your raid's other healers know that you will be spot healing low hp targets with it. If your heals land faster than other healers', it will often result in overhealing, so choose carefully when you want to use this set bonus. It is not bad, but it can make healing inefficient. However, picking up uncontested Tier 1 pieces is not a bad idea for situations where you need a lot of health or mana regeneration.

* Note 1: Choker of the Fire Lord provides 1 more healing than Animated Chain Necklace. Do not take it from your caster DPS, it is BIS forever or very close to BIS forever for them for all of Classic. The same goes for Mana Igniting Cord; do not take it if a caster still needs it. Druids, Shamans, and Paladins are grateful if you pass Aurastone Hammer to them, as they, unlike you, do not have a free superior Benediction-like healing staff.

** Note 2: Hide of the Wild is the best cloak obtainable at the moment, however if you are unable to afford the materials or a crafted cloak, Cloak of the Cosmos is a less powerful alternative.

*** Note 3: If you do not have Tailoring then Robes of the Exalted from Baron Rivendare in Stratholme undead is a good replacement.

**** Note 4: While Cauterizing Band is not unique and can be equipped in both ring slots, it can be difficult to obtain two. Fordring's Seal is a great replacement for the second slot until you can obtain your second Cauterizing Band.

As this list is meant to be used for Healer Priests in WoW Classic's Season of Mastery, we have created separate gear lists for those interested in optimizing themselves for the "main" branch of Classic instead. If you are not playing in the Season of Mastery, it is recommended that you consult this gear hub instead.

In addition, because Molten Core and Onyxia's Lair may require the use of additional Fire Resistance, we have a separate guide below to optimize your gear for this stat if necessary.