Frost Mage DPS Gear and Best in Slot — 12.0.5

Welcome to our Frost Mage Gear for Midnight Season 1. Check this page to learn everything you need to know about gearing a Frost Mage, including the BiS Gear from all sources, Raiding, and Mythic+, information on the best Trinkets, Tier Sets, and much more.

For discussion and information on Stats specifically, check out our Stats page below.

With the release of Midnight, all items have been squished to a lower level.

2.

Best in Slot Gear for Frost Mage

Overall BiS List Mythic+ Gear BiS List Raid Gear BiS List

2.1.

BiS List for Frost Mage

This list contains the Best in Slot Gear for Frost Mage in Midnight Season 1.

Note that there is no such thing as a singular, all-encompassing "BiS". The best items vary per character and situation, and there are many items that are essentially equivalent in terms of DPS, namely when we are just shuffling secondary stats around. I will list one "BiS" item per slot, but ultimately, BiS lists should be taken as guidance, and you should be simming yourself to find out what gear to equip next.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon	Skybreaker's Blade	Skyreach
Offhand	Aln'hara Lantern with Darkmoon Sigil: Hunt, as Crit/Mastery	Inscription
Helm	Voidbreaker's Veil	Matrix Catalyst, or Lightblinded Vanguard in The Voidspire
Neck	Amulet of the Abyssal Hymn	Midnight Falls in March on Quel'Danas
Shoulder	Mantle of Dark Devotion	Windrunner Spire
Cloak	Rigid Scale Greatcloak	Skyreach
Chest	Voidbreaker's Robe	Matrix Catalyst, or Chimaerus in The Dreamrift
Bracers	Martyr's Bindings with Arcanoweave Lining, as Crit/Mastery	Tailoring
Gloves	Voidbreaker's Gloves	Matrix Catalyst, or Vorasius in The Voidspire
Belt	Voidbreaker's Sage Cord	Matrix Catalyst
Legs	Voidbreaker's Britches	Matrix Catalyst, or Vaelgor and Ezzorak in The Voidspire
Boots	Dream-Scorched Striders	Chimaerus in The Dreamrift
Ring #1	Sin'dorei Band of Hope	Belo'ren in March on Quel'Danas
Ring #2	Eye of Midnight	Midnight Falls in March on Quel'Danas
Trinket #1	Vaelgor's Final Stare	Vaelgor and Ezzorak in The Voidspire
Trinket #2	Gaze of the Alnseer	Chimaerus in The Dreamrift

2.2.

Mythic+ Gear BiS List for Frost Mage

This list contains the highest DPS setup with farmable gear from Season 1 Mythic+ Dungeons.

This list is by no means a replacement for simming yourself. Depending on your previous Great Vault choices and the gear you have available to yourself, your BiS gear might look different than this list in some spots.

TipsWhich Dungeons Should I Farm?

If you have limited time to play the game, we recommend to farm the following dungeons:

• Windrunner Spire: Both trinkets come from here, as well as shoulders.
• Nexus-Point Xenas: The ring set.
• Pit of Saron: Neck and boots.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon	Aln'hara Cane with Darkmoon Sigil: Hunt, as Crit/Mastery	Inscription
Helm	Voidbreaker's Veil	Matrix Catalyst
Neck	Barbed Ymirheim Choker	Pit of Saron
Shoulder	Mantle of Dark Devotion	Windrunner Spire
Cloak	Rigid Scale Greatcloak	Skyreach
Chest	Voidbreaker's Robe	Matrix Catalyst
Bracers	Martyr's Bindings with Arcanoweave Lining, as Crit/Mastery	Tailoring
Gloves	Voidbreaker's Gloves	Matrix Catalyst
Belt	Voidbreaker's Sage Cord	Matrix Catalyst
Legs	Voidbreaker's Britches	Matrix Catalyst
Boots	Ice-Steeped Sandals	Pit of Saron
Ring #1	Occlusion of Void	Nexus-Point Xenas
Ring #2	Omission of Light	Nexus-Point Xenas
Trinket #1	Emberwing Feather	Windrunner Spire
Trinket #2	Heart of Wind	Windrunner Spire

2.3.

Raid Gear BiS List for Frost Mage

This list contains the highest DPS setup, only using gear from the Dreamrift, Voidspire, and March on Quel'Danas Raid.

This list is by no means a replacement for simming yourself. Depending on your previous Great Vault choices and the gear you have available to yourself, your BiS gear might look different than this list in some spots.

TipsWhich Raid-Items Do I Want Most?

If you need to submit a list of highly-important items to your raidleader, or simply want to focus on the most important bosses and items, we got you covered!

• Gaze of the Alnseer: Our best trinket. Drops from Chimaerus, who also drops our tier chest and our BiS boots.
• Vaelgor's Final Stare: Our other best trinket. Drops from Vaelgor and Ezzorak who also drops tier pants and our best cloak.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon	Aln'hara Cane with Darkmoon Sigil: Hunt, as Crit/Mastery	Inscription
Helm	Voidbreaker's Veil	Matrix Catalyst, or Lightblinded Vanguard in The Voidspire
Neck	Amulet of the Abyssal Hymn	Midnight Falls in March on Quel'Danas
Shoulder	Echoing Void Mantle	Belo'ren in March on Quel'Danas
Cloak	Draconic Nullcape	Vaelgor and Ezzorak in The Voidspire
Chest	Voidbreaker's Robe	Matrix Catalyst, or Chimaerus in The Dreamrift
Bracers	Martyr's Bindings with Arcanoweave Lining, as Crit/Mastery	Tailoring
Gloves	Voidbreaker's Gloves	Matrix Catalyst, or Vorasius in The Voidspire
Belt	Voidbreaker's Sage Cord	Matrix Catalyst
Legs	Voidbreaker's Britches	Matrix Catalyst, or Vaelgor and Ezzorak in The Voidspire
Boots	Dream-Scorched Striders	Chimaerus in The Dreamrift
Ring #1	Sin'dorei Band of Hope	Belo'ren in March on Quel'Danas
Ring #2	Eye of Midnight	Midnight Falls in March on Quel'Danas
Trinket #1	Vaelgor's Final Stare	Vaelgor and Ezzorak in The Voidspire
Trinket #2	Gaze of the Alnseer	Chimaerus in The Dreamrift

Unfortunately, there are very few caster trinkets this season that come within a reasonable distance of the top pair in Midnight Season 1. Even picking up Hero track versions of the top pair will beat Myth track of anything else.

Usually, Blizzard will not let such situations stand for very long, so there is a high chance that this list will change alongside the class tuning. Check back shortly after each hotfix set!

Frost Mage Trinkets

Vaelgor's Final Stare, Myth or Hero track
Gaze of the Alnseer, Myth or Hero track

A "Tier" as defined by this list is around 0.5% DPS, meaning that S-Tier Trinkets are around 0.5% better than A-Tier Trinkets, and so on.

Click for Frost Mage Trinket Rankings

Ranking	Trinket
S Tier	Vaelgor's Final Stare Gaze of the Alnseer
A Tier	Nothing comes within 0.5% of the S Tier trinkets
B Tier	Vaelgor's Final Stare on Hero track Gaze of the Alnseer on Hero track Locus-Walker's Ribbon
C Tier	Emberwing Feather Heart of Wind Soulcatcher's Charm Shadow of the Empyrean Requiem

Patch 12.0.5 introduces two new, yet familiar systems:

• Nebulous Voidcore can be spent to roll for an extra item off the boss, dungeon, or delve you have completed. Which piece you are given is random, but it will remove it from the potential loot pool until you have seen every item once. This allows you to target specific pieces of gear from specific locations.
• Ascendant Voidcore increases the item level of Hero, Myth, or crafted items that are already fully upgraded otherwise. This only works on weapons and trinkets.

For more information on how to acquire these items, make sure to check out our dedicated guide below.

What item you are looking for is going to depend heavily on what you have, what you need, and what content you can feasibly finish yourself. The priority is as follows:

Voidcore (Bonus Roll) Priority

1. Skybreaker's Blade from Skyreach (which also can provide your BiS cloak, and BiS boots for non-Mythic raiders)
2. Gaze of the Alnseer, be it Hero or Myth
3. Remaining BiS List items

Using your Ascendant Voidcores follows a similar priority list as using your Crests.

1. Your weapon is the highest priority
2. Gaze of the Alnseer
3. Any other trinket

You will also want to prioritize Myth track items over Hero track ones, unless you do not expect to get a Myth track variant of said item. It is fine to upgrade a Hero track Gaze of the Alnseer if you do not expect to kill Mythic Chimaerus.

Professions are a wonderful way to fill out slots you have had no luck in filling out, and additionally provide a small power boost through Embellishments.

Please check out our page on the profession system for more information:

Since crafted gear is time gated, and gearing is not instant, the wisest decision early season is to craft a staff. While this does mean that you end up crafting an offhand later, wasting more Sparks and Crests, it provides the single largest power boost in the early parts of a season. Work on your other Embellished item afterwards.

Frost Crafted Gear Priority

• Aln'hara Cane with Darkmoon Sigil: Hunt
• Martyr's Bindings with Arcanoweave Lining
• Any item you do not have on Myth track yet.
• If you at some point get a Crit/Mastery main hand on Myth track, craft Aln'hara Lantern with Darkmoon Sigil: Hunt.

Up to two of your crafted items can be Embellished. This is a similar concept as Unique-Equipped, as you can only wear two items that have the Embellished status. Some crafted items, many of which have powerful procs or beneficial effects by default, are considered Embellished. You can also add Embellishments from a variety of professions to any crafted item, adding the effect to this item either when creating it or at a later stage.

You may also remove an Embellishment that you have added to a piece of gear, if you end up in a situation where you would need to change what item has the bonus, or something gets tuned. This can be achieved by recrafting the first with Lucky Keychain, which will remove the bonus and allow you to craft something else with a new Embellishment.

Currently, the best options are Darkmoon Sigil: Hunt on a weapon, and Arcanoweave Lining on a low-importance slot, such as Bracers or Cloak. You may also instead opt for two Arcanoweave Linings, and no Darkmoon Sigil if that is preferable to you; the difference is extremely minor.

You can add sockets to Helmets, Belts, and Bracers with the Radiant Jewelbinder consumable that you can get if you do not select any of the choices in your Great Vault. Not picking a choice will grant you tokens, six of which can be traded in for the Radiant Jewelbinder item that allows you to add a socket to the above piece of gear, if you acquired them in Season 1.

You will be able to upgrade your items via Crests such as Myth Dawncrest. Once you have upgraded a slot to a certain item level, upgrading other items of that slot to that item level costs no crests.

When you upgrade with Crests, you should think of it as upgrading slots and not items.

Additionally, since Crests are a limited resource, you will want to obtain the highest item-level possible before upgrading a given slot, as this means you will spend fewer Crests on that slot in total. If you are at all capable of doing a +10 Dungeon (3/6 Hero), for example, it would be a VERY bad idea to upgrade an item from a +9 Dungeon (2/6 Hero), because you just wasted 20 Crests that could have been saved by just farming the slot on a +10.

Crests in Midnight are track-specific, so there is no real penalty in upgrading Hero track pieces fully, and in fact can be beneficial as it will skip 20 Myth crests on the Myth 2 upgrade. This amounts to a full extra piece of gear, or a Myth crafted item, every month. For the average player who can only obtain Myth track from their weekly vault, this is a fairly important bonus.

We see a ton of players, even at a high level, mess up their upgrade priorities, and upgrading prematurely. Getting this right will put you far ahead of most players.

Below is the slot priority you should upgrade your items in. If you ever want to deviate from this, you should have a very good reason.

Frost Mage Crest Upgrade Priority

Weapon ➜ Trinket ➜ Helm/Chest/Legs ➜ Shoulder/Gloves/Belt/Boots ➜ Cloak/Bracer ➜ Neck/Ring

Please check out our page on the upgrade system for more information.

Throughout this page, we regularly refer to the importance of simming yourself on Raidbots, as it is an indispensable aspect of optimizing your character.

While we do offer generic tier lists for Trinkets, this should not be a replacement for simming yourself, at least not if you want to minmax sub-1%!

If you are new to simming and Raidbots, check out our detailed guide below.