Arcane Mage DPS Gear and Best in Slot — Dragonflight 10.2

Welcome to our Gearing Page for Arcane Mage. This section will cover everything you need to know about equipping your character correctly.

If you have a new piece of gear for which you need gems and enchant advice, you can find everything on our dedicated page below.

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BiS Gear for Arcane Mage

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

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BiS List for Arcane Mage

This list contains the highest DPS setup from most sources, for Arcane Mage

All Mythic Raid drops can be upgraded to 489 item level, so their assumed item level in the best-in-slot list will be 489, and all crafted pieces are also assumed at their highest (483) item level.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon	Dreambinder, Loom of the Great Cycle (489)	Nymue, Weaver of the Cycle in Amirdrassil
Helm	Wayward Chronomancer's Chronocap (489)	Tindral Sageswift in Amirdrassil
Neck	Ouroboreal Necklet (489)	Volcoross in Amirdrassil
Shoulder	Wayward Chronomancer's Metronomes (489)	Smolderon in Amirdrassil
Cloak	Vibrant Wildercloth Shawl (486)	Crafted with Haste and Mastery and Shadowflame-Tempered Armor Patch
Chest	Wayward Chronomancer's Patchwork (489)	Nymue, Weaver of the Cycle in Amirdrassil
Bracers	Vibrant Wildercloth Wristwraps (486)	Crafted with Haste and Mastery and Shadowflame-Tempered Armor Patch
Gloves	Wayward Chronomancer's Gloves (489)	Igira the Cruel in Amirdrassil
Belt	Wayward Chronomancer's Synchronous Belt (489)	Revival Catalyst on any Mythic track belt
Legs	Wayward Chronomancer's Pantaloons (489)	Larodar, Keeper of the Flame in Amirdrassil
Boots	Wayward Chronomancer's Strapped Boots (489)	Revival Catalyst on any Mythic track pair of boots
Ring #1	Arch-Druid's Tainted Seal (489)	Great Vault
Ring #2	Lord Waycrest's Signet (489)	Great Vault
Trinket #1	Balefire Branch (489)	Great Vault
Trinket #2	Belor'relos, the Suncaller (489)	Tindral Sageswift in Amirdrassil

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Mythic+ Gear BiS List for Arcane Mage

This list contains the highest DPS setup, with farmable gear from Mythic+ Dungeons. This is a great place to start on a relatively new character, as you can infinitely grind out these items from Mythic+.

A lot of Mythic+ items are going to perform very similar, and which item is better will depend primarily on the other items you have already. When gearing via Mythic+, your goal should be to aim for getting a 483 item in every slot before trying to minmax the exact right item in each slot.

Generally, crafting 486 items is going to be better than finding 383 Mythic+ items, so the items below are just a generic guide for when you are unable to craft better pieces.

When looking what items to farm from Mythic+, the best way is to use Raidbots droptimizer to find which items from Mythic+ are the biggest upgrades for your specific character. This will let you specifically find what dungeon has the biggest potential upgrades for you, allowing you to target farm upgrades much better than following a predetermined list of items.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon	Morchie's Distorted Spellblade (483)	Dawn of the Infinite: Murozond's Rise Mythic+
Off-hand	Interloper's Mossy Skull (483)	Everbloom Mythic+
Helm	Wayward Chronomancer's Chronocap (483)	Revival Catalyst any 483 helm
Neck	Chain of the Green Flight (483)	Darkheart Thicket Mythic+
Shoulder	Wayward Chronomancer's Metronomes (483)	Revival Catalyst any 483 pair of shoulders
Cloak	Drape of the Loyal Vassal (483)	Atal'Dazar Mythic+
Chest	Wayward Chronomancer's Patchwork (483)	Revival Catalyst any 483 chest
Bracers	Arathi Field Bandages (483)	Dawn of the Infinite: Murozond's Rise Mythic+
Gloves	Wayward Chronomancer's Gloves (483)	Revival Catalyst any 483 pair of gloves
Belt	Poisonroot Belt (483)	Darkheart Thicket Mythic+
Legs	Wayward Chronomancer's Pantaloons (483)	Revival Catalyst any 483 pair of legs
Boots	Devilsaur Worshiper's Sandals (483)	Atal'Dazar Mythic+
Ring #1	Arch-Druid's Tainted Seal (483)	Darkheart Thicket Mythic+
Ring #2	Lord Waycrest's Signet (483)	Waycrest Manor Mythic+
Trinket #1	Balefire Branch (483)	Waycrest Manor Mythic+
Trinket #2	Vessel of Skittering Shadows (483)	Atal'Dazar Mythic+

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Raid Gear BiS List for Arcane Mage

This list contains the highest DPS setup, only using gear from the Amirdrassil Raid.

This list is mostly useful for informing your organized guild of what loot is optimal for you, for loot distribution purposes.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon	Dreambinder, Loom of the Great Cycle (489)	Nymue, Weaver of the Cycle in Amirdrassil
Helm	Wayward Chronomancer's Chronocap (489)	Tindral Sageswift in Amirdrassil
Neck	Ouroboreal Necklet (489)	Volcoross in Amirdrassil
Shoulder	Wayward Chronomancer's Metronomes (489)	Smolderon in Amirdrassil
Cloak	Mantle of Blazing Sacrifice (489)	Smolderon in Amirdrassil
Chest	Wayward Chronomancer's Patchwork (489)	Nymue, Weaver of the Cycle in Amirdrassil
Bracers	Fading Flame Wristbands (489)	Smolderon in Amirdrassil
Gloves	Wayward Chronomancer's Gloves (489)	Igira the Cruel in Amirdrassil
Belt	Wayward Chronomancer's Synchronous Belt (489)	Revival Catalyst on any Mythic track belt
Legs	Wayward Chronomancer's Pantaloons (489)	Larodar, Keeper of the Flame in Amirdrassil
Boots	Wayward Chronomancer's Strapped Boots (489)	Revival Catalyst on any Mythic track pair of boots
Ring #1	Signet of the Last Elder (489)	Igira the Cruel in Amirdrassil
Ring #2	Band of Burning Thorns (489)	Larodar, Keeper of the Flame in Amirdrassil
Trinket #1	Pip's Emerald Friendship Badge (489)	Council of Dreams in Amirdrassil
Trinket #2	Belor'relos, the Suncaller (489)	Tindral Sageswift in Amirdrassil

At this stage in the game, and despite the stat priority, there are so many variables and so many layers of optimization that you can apply to your character that there is no way for a guide or anything else to tell you exactly what gear you should wear. This is why we always recommend simulating your own character using Raidbots. The website can help you choose set bonuses, Conduits, Legendaries, trinkets, and combinations thereof in a way tailored completely to your specific character. Learning to use this tool is essential to maximizing your potential, as there is simply no other way to consider all the variables.

While we heavily recommend simming yourself, you can find some of our general simulations on the dedicated page below.

The easiest way, and also the method we suggest, to compare multiple items is to use Raidbots' Top Gear. Here, you can input an export from the Simcraft AddOn, select the items to compare, and it will find out which of the items are best. See below for a guide on how to sim yourself.

Dragonflight Season 2 introduced the Flightstones and Crests upgrade system, both obtainable from practically all forms of content in the game. Season 3 changed how they function in some areas, primarily capping their item level for crafted gear to 486, whereas Mythic raid gear can go up to 489, making crafted gear after two embellished items less valuable than before.

For more information on the Gear Upgrades system, check out our dedicated page for it below.

Via crafting professions or using the work order system, you can craft some powerful gear, on par or even better than Mythic raid items. There are many options available for crafting, further complicated by the different types of embellishments available. You can at most have 2 embellishments on your gear, but you can have an unlimited amount of crafted items equipped; however, this is gated by Spark of Dreams.

The most important part to realize is that for all the best crafted items, you need a Spark of Dreams. This means, early on in the season, you should treat these as very valuable, but as the season goes on, you can craft more easily. What items are best to craft heavily depends on your current gear. However, below we list some suggested items:

• Crafting a weapon. We generally suggest crafting a 1-handed weapon over 2-handed as it allows for more flexibility since you can always craft an off-hand later anyway. The reason this can be a good choice, is because weapons make up a significant portion of your DPS, so crafting a weapon early will boost your DPS early on significantly. it will be massive early DPS upgrade, but you will eventually replace the weapon with something better.
• Any item with Shadowflame-Tempered Armor Patch Embellishment on it. Ideally, you would want to craft Wrists ( Vibrant Wildercloth Wristwraps) and Cloak ( Vibrant Wildercloth Shawl). However, any non tier slot item with Roilling Shadowflame on it is a good craft, and you will generally want to pick a slot you have a currently low item level piece in it.
• After applying 2 embellishments to your gear (the cap), you should focus on crafting whatever crafted item without an embellishment sims best for you. Usually, a Ring is a great choice as it is difficult to get two rings with the correct stats at a high item level and a socket, but any item that sims well for you is a great idea to craft.

With the release of season 3 of Dragonflight, Arcane Mage gets a new set bonus:

• Mage Arcane 10.2 Class Set 2pc: Consuming Clearcasting grants increased spell damage by 2% for 20 sec, stacking up to 10%.
• Mage Arcane 10.2 Class Set 4pc: After consuming Clearcasting 3 times, your next Arcane Missiles consumes Arcane Battery, dealing 150% increased damage to your primary target and fires at up to 4 nearby enemies dealing 100% increased damage.

Both the 2- and 4-set are very strong. The 4-set is weaker in AoE situations, but overall, this is a very good tier set.