Warrior Tank TBC Pre-Patch BiS Gear Guide

The gear below is focused on the best Tank gear for Warriors in the pre-patch before the Burning Crusade launch. We will try to give at least one alternative for most slots in the list, so that you can pick options that fit your racials or are easy to obtain by you.

Rank	Item	Source
Best	Dreadnaught Helmet	Thaddius in Naxxramas
Option	Conqueror's Crown	The Twin Emperors in AQ40

Rank	Item	Source
Best	Mark of C'Thun	C'Thun in AQ40
Option	Master Dragonslayer's Medallion	Head of Nefarian

Rank	Item	Source
Best	Dreadnaught Pauldrons	Patchwerk, Grobbulus or Gluth in Naxxramas
Option	Conqueror's Spaulders	Viscidus or Princess Huhuran in AQ40

Rank	Item	Source
Best	Cryptfiend Silk Cloak	Anub'Rekhan in Naxxramas
Option	Cloak of the Fallen God	C'Thun in AQ40

Rank	Item	Source
Best	Dreadnaught Breastplate	The Four Horsemen in Naxxramas
Option	Conqueror's Breastplate	C'Thun in AQ40

Rank	Item	Source
Best	Dreadnaught Bracers	Anub'Rekhan, Gluth or Grand Widow Faerlina in Naxxramas
Option	Wristguards of Vengeance	Anub'Rekhan in Naxxramas

Rank	Item	Source
Best	Dreadnaught Gauntlets	Maexxna in Naxxramas
Option	Gauntlets of Steadfast Determination	Battleguard Sartura in AQ40

Rank	Item	Source
Best	Dreadnaught Waistguard	Noth the Plaguebringer, Gluth or Heigan the Unclean in Naxxramas
Option	Girdle of the Mentor	Instructor Razuvious in Naxxramas

Rank	Item	Source
Best	Dreadnaught Legplates	Loatheb in Naxxramas
Option	Conqueror's Legguards	Ouro in AQ40

Rank	Item	Source
Best	Dreadnaught Sabatons	Instructor Razuvious, Gothik the Harvester or Gluth in Naxxramas
Option	Chromatic Boots	Chromaggus in Blackwing Lair

Rank	Item	Source
Best	Ring of the Dreadnaught	Kel'Thuzad in Naxxramas
Best	Ring of Emperor Vek'lor	The Twin Emperors in AQ40
Option	Ring of the Godslayer	C'Thun in AQ40
Option	Signet Ring of the Bronze Dragonflight	Brood of Nozdormu - Exalted

Rank	Item	Source
Best	Drake Fang Talisman	Ebonroc in Blackwing Lair
Best	Styleen's Impeding Scarab	Flamegor in Blackwing Lair
Best	Kiss of the Spider	Maexxna in Naxxramas

Rank	Item	Source
Best	Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker	Thunderfury quest line
Best	Gressil, Dawn of Ruin	Kel'Thuzad in Naxxramas
Best	The Hungering Cold	Kel'Thuzad in Naxxramas
Option	High Warlord's Cleaver / Grand Marshal's Handaxe	PvP Vendor
Option	High Warlord's Blade / Grand Marshal's Longsword	PvP Vendor

Rank	Item	Source
Best	The Face of Death	Sapphiron in Naxxramas
Option	Blessed Qiraji Bulwark	Imperial Qiraji Armaments
Option	The Plague Bearer	Patchwerk in Naxxramas

Rank	Item	Source
Best	Soulstring	The Four Horsemen in Naxxramas
Best	Crossbow of Imminent Doom	Ossirian the Unscarred in AQ20