Balance Druid DPS Pre-Raid Gear

This is the gear we recommend for Druids, before setting foot in Molten Core or Onyxia's Lair. Essentially you should be following the basic stat priority of getting lots of spell power while also looking out for crit, Intellect, and hit. For more information on the stats that you should be looking for, check out the stats page listed below.

This list contains gear from: dungeons and reputation gear.

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	* Green Lens (of Arcane Wrath) Dreamweave Circlet	Crafted through Engineering Crafted through Tailoring
Neck	Star of Mystaria	Balnazzar in Stratholme
Shoulders	Burial Shawl Elder Wizard's Mantle	Multiple bosses in Scholomance Random world drop, bind on equip
Back	* Archivist Cape (of Arcane Wrath) Spritecaster Cape	Archivist Galford in Stratholme Houndmaster Grebmar in Blackrock Depths
Chest	Robe of Everlasting Night	Immol'thar in Dire Maul West
Wrists	* Flameweave Cuffs (of Arcane Wrath) * Tearfall Bracers (of Arcane Wrath)	Lord Incendius in Blackrock Depths The Unforgiven in Stratholme
Hands	* Slaghide Gauntlets (of Arcane Wrath) Hands of Power	Urok Doomhowl in Upper Blackrock Spire Quartermaster Zigris in Upper Blackrock Spire
Waist	Ban'thok Sash Clutch of Andros Defiler's Lizardhide Girdle	Ok'thor the Breaker in Blackrock Depths Kirtonos the Herald in Scholomance Honored with the Arathi Basin reputation
Legs	Skyshroud Leggings Spellshock Leggings	Highlord Omokk in Lower Blackrock Spire Random drop in Zul'Farrak
Feet	Omnicast Boots	Golem Lord Argelmach in Blackrock Depths
Rings	Eye of Orgrimmar or Songstone of Ironforge Maiden's Circle	Reward from the quest The Princess Saved? in Blackrock Depths World drop bind on equip item
Trinkets	Eye of the Beast Briarwood Reed	Reward from the quest General Drakkisath's Demise (Alliance) / For The Horde! (Horde) Upper Blackrock Spire Jed Runewatcher in Upper Blackrock Spire
Weapons	Rod of the Ogre Magi Witchblade	Mizzle the Crafty in Dire Maul North Darkmaster Gandling in Scholomance
Off-hands	* Drakestone (of Arcane Wrath)	Drake bosses in Sunken Temple
Idols	Idol of the Moon	BoE world drop, bought from the Auction House

*All of these are items that drop with random stats. You will be looking for "Arcane Wrath," which gives +Arcane Damage. This can sometimes be hard to farm, especially when dealing with multiple items, so make sure you have reasonable alternatives until you can get the correct drop.

You can find more druid BiS lists in our dedicated gear hub below.