Balance Druid TBC Pre-Patch BiS Gear Guide

While this list focuses on the best gear possible for established players, the time available to gear up within the pre-patch for newly boosted or leveled characters is extremely short, and as such your best bet if you are part of that group is to spam queue PvP for good gear that is also easy to get.

You may also want to complement that gear with our Classic era pre-raid best in slot list, which has plenty of strong options that do not require a large raid group to obtain.

This is the best gear available for Balance Druids in the TBC Classic pre-patch. Much of the gear will be from Naxxramas, the final destination of WoW Classic, that has both the best gear and the hardest bosses to get through!

Druids Tier 3, Dreamwalker Raiment is perhaps one of the most iconic Druid sets of all time, but has useless set bonuses and stats for Balance Druids, thus the list below will consist of off-tier gear.

In order to make the best use out of long cooldown trinkets, such as Zandalarian Hero Charm and Talisman of Ephemeral Power, swap them into your gear set when they are off-cooldown and replace them with others during their cooldown.

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	Preceptor's Hat Mish'undare, Circlet of the Mind Flayer	Heigan the Unclean in Naxxramas Nefarian in Blackwing Lair
Neck	Gem of Trapped Innocents	Kel'Thuzad in Naxxramas
Shoulders	Rime Covered Mantle	Gluth in Naxxramas
Cloak	Cloak of the Necropolis	Sapphiron in Naxxramas
Chest	Crystal Webbed Robe Bloodvine Vest	Maexxna in Naxxramas Tailoring
Wrists	Rockfury Bracers	Reward from Stalwart's Battlegear
Hands	Dark Storm Gauntlets	C'Thun in AQ40
Waist	Eyestalk Waist Cord	C'Thun in AQ40
Legs	Leggings of Polarity Bloodvine Leggings	Thaddius in Naxxramas Tailoring
Feet	Boots of Epiphany Bloodvine Boots	The Twin Emperors in AQ40 Tailoring
Rings	Ring of the Fallen God Band of the Inevitable Seal of the Damned	Reward from the quest you get from turning in the eye that drops from C'Thun in AQ40 Noth the Plaguebringer in Naxxramas Four Horsemen Chest in Naxxramas
Trinkets	Mark of the Champion The Restrained Essence of Sapphiron Neltharion's Tear	Kel'thuzad in Naxxramas Sapphiron in Naxxramas Nefarian in Blackwing Lair
One-Hand	The End of Dreams	Grobbulus in Naxxramas
Off-Hand	Sapphiron's Left Eye	Sapphiron in Naxxramas
Two-Hand	Brimstone Staff Soulseeker	Loatheb in Naxxramas Kel'Thuzad in Naxxramas
Idols	Idol of the Moon	BoE world drop, bought from the Auction House

While the list above contains the absolute best gear setup, you are unlikely to quickly gather all of it. We provide more options below, some which are very close to the best and some which are just much easier to get!

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	Spellweaver's Turban The Hexxer's Cover	General Drakkisath in Upper Blackrock Spire Jin'do the Hexxer in Zul'Gurub
Neck	Amulet of Vek'nilash Choker of the Fire Lord Charm of the Shifting Sands Orb of the Darkmoon Star of Mystaria	The Twin Emperors in AQ40 Ragnaros in Molten Core Ossirian the Unscarred in AQ20 Darkmoon Faire 1200 Ticket reward Balnazzar in Stratholme
Shoulders	Mantle of the Blackwing Cabal Abyssal Cloth Amice	Razorgore the Untamed in Blackwing Lair Baron Kazum in Silithus
Cloak	Cloak of the Devoured Cloak of Consumption Cloak of the Brood Lord Archivist Cape (of Arcane Wrath) Sapphiron Drape	C'Thun in AQ40 Hakkar in Zul'Gurub Nefarian in Blackwing Lair Archivist Galford in (main-entrance) Stratholme Onyxia in Onyxia's Lair
Chest	Jade Inlaid Vestments Robe of Volatile Power	The dragon world boss Ysondre Several bosses in Molten Core
Wrists	The Soul Harvester's Bindings Bracers of Arcane Accuracy Burrower Bracers Dryad's Wrist Bindings	Gothik the Harvester in Naxxramas Broodlord Lashlayer in Blackwing Lair Ouro in AQ40 Warsong Gulch Exalted
Hands	Gloves of Ebru Bloodtinged Gloves Slaghide Gauntlets (of Arcane Wrath) Hands of Power Taut Dragonhide Gloves	Silithid Royalty in AQ40 Jin'do the Hexxer in Zul'Gurub Urok Doomhowl in Upper Blackrock Spire Quartermaster Zigris in Upper Blackrock Spire Chromaggus in Blackwing Lair
Waist	Flayed Doomguard Belt Firemaw's Clutch Mana Igniting Cord Ban'thok Sash	Lord Kazzak Firemaw in Blackwing Lair Multiple bosses in Molten Core Ok'thor the Breaker in Blackrock Depths
Legs	Leggings of the Black Blizzard Flarecore Leggings Leggings of Immersion Skyshroud Leggings	Ossirian the Unscarred in AQ20 Crafted through Tailoring The Prophet Skeram in AQ40 Highlord Omokk in Lower Blackrock Spire
Feet	Snowblind Shoes Omnicast Boots	Azuregos World Boss Golem Lord Argelmach in Blackrock Depths
Rings	Wrath of Cenarius Ring of Spell Power Band of Forced Concentration Ritssyn's Ring of Chaos Eye of Orgrimmar or Songstone of Ironforge Maiden's Circle	Reward from Champion's Battlegear Multiple bosses in Molten Core Ebonroc in Blackwing Lair Trash drop in AQ40 Reward from the quest The Princess Saved? in Blackrock Depths World drop bind on equip item
Trinkets	Talisman of Ephemeral Power Eye of the Beast Briarwood Reed	Multiple Bosses in Molten Core Reward from the quest General Drakkisath's Demise (Alliance) / For The Horde! (Horde) Upper Blackrock Spire Jed Runewatcher in Upper Blackrock Spire
One-Hand	Lok'amir il Romathis High Warlord's Spellblade Claw of Chromaggus Fang of the Mystics Mindfang	Nefarian in Blackwing Lair Bought from the PvP Vendor at Rank 14 Chromaggus in Blackwing Lair Azuregos World Boss Exalted with the Arathi Basin reputation
Off-hands	Royal Scepter of Vek'lor Tome of Arcane Domination Master Dragonslayer's Orb High Warlord's Tome of Destruction	The Twin Emperors in AQ40 Exalted with the Alterac Valley reputation The Lord of Blackrock in Blackwing Lair Bought from the PvP Vendor at Rank 14
Two-Hand	Blessed Qiraji Acolyte Staff Staff of the Ruins Staff of Dominance Ironbark Staff	Reward from Imperial Qiraji Regalia in AQ40 Ossirian the Unscarred in AQ20 Golemagg the Incinerator in Molten Core Exalted with the Arathi Basin reputation
Idols	Idol of Rejuvenation	Mor Grayhoof in Lower Blackrock Spire

Since weapons are such a broad topic, we have written a full guide about Druid weapons, which you can find in the link below: