WotLK Classic Restoration Druid Gear and Best in Slot

Last updated on Jan 02, 2024 at 22:44 by Seksixeny 6 comments

On this page, you will find the best PvE gear and best in slot items for your Restoration Druid in WotLK Classic.

1.

Restoration Druid Wrath Best in Slot Lists

While a clear best in slot list is always available in Wrath Classic, the items contained might be extremely hard or expensive to get. Thus, we will try to give at least one alternative for most slots in the list, so that you can pick where and how to farm them.

The list will focus on gathering the best stats for Restoration Druid, as described in our guide below.

1.1.

Other Restoration Druid Best in Slot Lists

If you are starting out as a freshly-leveled Restoration Druid, our pre-raid best in slot list is meant to give you an idea of non-raid items you can chase as a solo / pug player in preparation for raids:

2.

Best In Slot by Phase

Phase 5 Phase 4 Phase 3 Phase 2 Phase 1
Phase 3 Horde Phase 3 Alliance
2.1.

Phase 5 Best in Slot Table

While most upgrades from The Ruby Sanctum are straightforward healing increases, having Bracers of Fiery Night Icon Bracers of Fiery Night combined with the rest of the gear will put you well above the Haste cap, allowing for the low-contest Boots of Unnatural Growth Icon Boots of Unnatural Growth to become best in slot ahead of the highly contested Plague Scientist's Boots Icon Plague Scientist's Boots.

Slot Item Source
Helm
Neck
Shoulders
Back
Chest
Wrists
Hands
Waist
Legs
Feet
Rings
Trinkets
One-Hand
Off-hand
Relic
2.2.

Wrath Classic Phase 4 Restoration Druid Tier Set

Restoration Druid Tier 10, Lasherweave Garb, can only be obtained through Emblem of Frost Icon Emblem of Frost and starts at item level 251. Once you have bought a piece, you can upgrade it to 264 with regular Vanquisher's Mark of Sanctification Icon Vanquisher's Mark of Sanctification, which drop from Icecrown Citadel 10 man heroic and 25 man normal, and to 277 with heroic marks, which only drop in Icecrown Citadel 25-man heroic.

Its set bonuses are:

  • 2 pieces — causes the healing of Wild Growth IconWild Growth to reduce 30% less over time. This is a good bonus which increases the healing on one of your main spells;
  • 4 pieces — causes your Rejuvenation IconRejuvenation to have a 2% chance to jump to a new target at full duration on every healing tick. This is an incredibly powerful effect in any fight with Rejuvenation IconRejuvenation blanketing, where Druids already shine the most!

As Tier 10 can have high item level and also has great standalone stats, you will want to get its bonuses as soon as possible, favoring using your Emblem of Frost Icon Emblem of Frost on tier pieces until the 4-piece bonus is obtained.

2.3.

Phase 4 Best in Slot Table

Slot Item Source
Helm
Neck
Shoulders
Back
Chest
Wrists
Hands
Waist
Legs
Feet
Rings
Trinkets
One-Hand
Off-hand
Relic
2.4.

Wrath Classic Phase 3 Restoration Druid Tier Set

Restoration Druid Tier 9, Runetotem's Garb, is obtained differently than before. Rather than dropping from specific bosses, the 258 item level pieces are all bought with the same Regalia of the Grand Protector Icon Regalia of the Grand Protector, which drops in 25-man Heroic Trial of the Crusader.

You can use 10-man Heroic / 25-man Normal dropped Trophy of the Crusade Icon Trophy of the Crusade and Emblem of Triumph Icon Emblem of Triumph to buy 245 item level pieces, and the lowest 232 item level versions can be bought with just Triumph Emblems.

Its set bonuses are:

  • 2 pieces — increases the critical strike chance of Nourish IconNourish by 5%. This is alright in small group content but for the most part is just a minor healing increase;
  • 4 pieces — allows for critical strikes from Rejuvenation IconRejuvenation. This is a strong bonus, especially if your gear has some critical strike on it, but it does not make critical strike a strong stat.

As Tier 9 can have high item level and also has great standalone stats this time, you will want to get its bonuses as soon as possible, favoring using your Emblem of Triumph Icon Emblem of Triumph on item level 245 pieces unless you never raid 10 man Heroic or the 25 man.

2.5.

Phase 3 Horde Best in Slot

Slot Item Source
Helm
Neck
Shoulders
Back
Chest
Wrists
Hands
Waist
Legs
Feet
Rings
Trinkets
One-Hand
Off-hand
Relic
2.6.

Wrath Classic Phase 3 Restoration Druid Tier Set

Restoration Druid Tier 9, Malfurion's Garb, is obtained differently than before. Rather than dropping from specific bosses, the 258 item level pieces are all bought with the same Regalia of the Grand Protector Icon Regalia of the Grand Protector, which drops in 25-man Heroic Trial of the Crusader.

You can use 10-man Heroic / 25-man Normal dropped Trophy of the Crusade Icon Trophy of the Crusade and Emblem of Triumph Icon Emblem of Triumph to buy 245 item level pieces, and the lowest 232 item level versions can be bought with just Triumph Emblems.

Its set bonuses are:

  • 2 pieces — increases the critical strike chance of Nourish IconNourish by 5%. This is alright in small group content but for the most part is just a minor healing increase;
  • 4 pieces — allows for critical strikes from Rejuvenation IconRejuvenation, which is a strong bonus, especially if your gear has some critical strike on it, but it does not make critical strike a strong stat.

As Tier 9 can have high item level and also has great standalone stats this time, you will want to get its bonuses as soon as possible, favoring using your Emblem of Triumph Icon Emblem of Triumph on item level 245 pieces unless you never raid 10 man Heroic or the 25 man.

2.7.

Phase 3 Alliance Best in Slot

Slot Item Source
Helm
Neck
Shoulders
Back
Chest
Wrists
Hands
Waist
Legs
Feet
Rings
Trinkets
One-Hand
Off-hand
Relic
2.8.

Wrath Phase 2 Restoration Druid Tier Set

Restoration Druid Tier 8, Nightsong Regalia, is obtained from the following bosses:

Its set bonuses are:

  • 2 pieces — increases the healing done by your Swiftmend IconSwiftmend spell by 10%. This is a minor healing increase;
  • 4 pieces — causes Rejuvenation IconRejuvenation to provide an instant heal for your target, which is as big as one tick of the spell. This bonus increases your reactive healing significantly and is a large boost to your best spell.

Overall the 2-piece bonus is forgettable but the 4-piece is strong enough that you will want to obtain it as soon as possible!

2.9.

Phase 2 Best in Slot Table

Slot Item Source
Helm
Neck
Shoulder
Back
Chest
Wrists
Hands
Waist
Legs
Boots
Rings
Trinkets
One-Hand
Off-hand
Two-Hand
Relic
2.10.

Wrath Phase 1 Restoration Druid Tier Set

Restoration Druid Tier 7, the Dreamwalker Regalia, is obtained from the following bosses:

Its set bonuses are:

  • 2 pieces — lowers your Lifebloom IconLifebloom cost by 5%. Unfortunately you will almost never use Lifebloom unless it was made free by Omen of Clarity IconOmen of Clarity, making this set bonus very weak.
  • 4 pieces — increases the healing done by Nourish IconNourish by 5% for each heal-over-time present on the target. This bonus can be okay for small group content but is very weak on large-scale raiding, as you will rarely be focusing all of your healing into a single target.

Overall the tier 7 bonuses are forgettable and it is generally better to chase the best-budgeted gear for each slot, instead.

2.11.

Phase 1 Best in Slot Table

Slot Item Source
Helm
Neck
Shoulder
Back
Chest
Wrists
Hands
Waist
Legs
Boots
Rings
Trinkets
One-Hand
Off-hand
Relic
3.

Further Enhancements

If you have further questions about gemming and enchanting these items, our Restoration Druid Enchants and Gems page below provides more information.

4.

Changelog

  • 02 Jan. 2024: Updated for Phase 5.
  • 03 Oct. 2023: Updated for Phase 4.
  • 14 Aug. 2023: Added Idol of Flaring Growth as a throughput option.
  • 30 May 2023: Added P3 best in slot items and new page layout.
  • 18 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Phase 2 release ahead of Ulduar raid release.
  • 05 Nov. 2022: Added Disguise of the Kumiho.
  • 20 Sep. 2022: Page added.
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