- Author: Nevermore
- Date: April 18, 2025
- Updated: May 6, 2025
- Expansion: Mists of Pandaria
Here you can find the best items to obtain before engaging in end-game raid content! Arcane Mages require considerable gear to perform in raid environments, including items that can be obtained by crafting, venturing into dungeons, or obtaining currency and reputation with certain factions. They will primarily require Intellect, Hit, Haste, and Mastery items. Some items will also feature Critical Strike Chance, but most of them will be reforged in favor of Mastery/Haste.
Pre-Raid Best-in-Slot
Head
- Lightweight Retinal Armor
- Engineering BoP – taught by Engineering Trainers
- Yak Wool Cowl
- Daily Random Scenario
- Breezeswept Hood
- Wing Leader Ner’onok in Siege of Niuzao Temple (Heroic)
Neck
- Heartbreak Charm
- Apothecary Hummel, in Shadowfang Keep (Heroic) (Love is in the Air Holiday)
- Anarchist’s Pendant
- Instructor Chillheart in Scholomance (Heroic)
- Mindbreaker Pendant
- Sha of Doubt in Temple of the Jade Serpent (Heroic)
Shoulder
- Brewfather Shoulderpads
- Daily Random Scenario
- Whisperwind Spaulders
- Wing Leader Ner’onok in Siege of Niuzao Temple (Heroic)
Back
- Cloak of Snow Blossoms
- 1250 Valor Points – requires Honored with Shado-Pan
- Firebinder Cloak
- Daily Random Scenario
- Scorched Earth Cloak
- Brother Korloff in Scarlet Monastery (Heroic)
Chest
- Vestments of Thundering Skies
- 2250 Valor Points – requires Honored with The Golden Lotus
- Yak Wool Robe
- Daily Random Scenario
- Robes of Koegler
- Flameweaver Koegler in Scarlet Halls (Heroic)
Wrist
- Yak Wool Wristwraps
- Daily Random Scenario
- Bracers of Displaced Air
- Ook-Ook in Stormstout Brewery (Heroic)
Hands
- Yak Wool Handwraps
- Daily Random Scenario
- Conflagrating Gloves
- Trial of the King in Mogu’shan Palace (Heroic)
Waist
- Klaxxi Lash of the Orator
- 1750 Valor Points – requires Honored with The Klaxxi
- Yak Wool Cord
- Daily Random Scenario
- Brewfather Cord
- Daily Random Scenario
- Incineration Belt
- Darkmaster Gandling in Scholomance (Heroic)
Legs
- Yak Wool Leggings
- Daily Random Scenario
- Leggings of Unleashed Anguish
- Lilian Voss in Scholomance (Heroic)
- Leggings of the Frenzy
- Commander Ri’mok in Gate of the Setting Sun (Heroic)
Feet
- Yak Wool Sandals
- Daily Random Scenario
- Brewfather Sandals
- Daily Random Scenario
- Scarlet Sandals
- Armsmaster Harlan in Scarlet Halls (Heroic)
- Soulbinder Treads
- Xin the Weaponmaster in Mogu’shan Palace (Heroic)
Finger
- Simple Harmonius Ring
- 1250 Valor Points – requires Honored with The Golden Lotus
- Band of the Shieldwall/Dominator’s Band
- 1250 Valor Points – requires Honored with Operation: Shieldwall/Dominance Offensive
- Firebinder Ring
- Daily Random Scenario
- Signet of the Hidden Door
- Thalnos the Soulrender in Scarlet Monastery (Heroic)
- Ring of Malice
- Taran Zhu in Shado-Pan Monastery (Heroic)
Trinket
- Shock-Charger Medallion/Static-Caster’s Medallion
- 1750 Valor Points – requires Honored with Operation: Shieldwall/Dominance Offensive
- Vision of the Predator
- Quilen Statuette
- Archeology Trinket
- Flashfrozen Resin Globule
- Vizier Jin’bak in Siege of Niuzao Temple (Heroic)
Staff
- Wort Stirring Rod
- Yan-Zhu the Uncasked in Stormstout Brewery (Heroic)
Main Hand
- Scavenged Pandaren Spellblade
- Daily Random Scenario
- Necromantic Wand
- Rattlegore in Scholomance (Heroic)
Off Hand
- Inscribed Jade Fan
- Inscription BoE – taught by Inscription Trainers
- Umbrella of Chi-Ji
- Archaeology BoA – Pandaren artifact
- Bottle of Potent Potables
- Hoptallus in Stormstout Brewery (Heroic)
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About the Author
Nevermore
Hey there folks, I am Nevermore and have been deeply passionate about WoW for more than a decade. Whether we talk about the hidden mysteries of Azeroth or the otherworldly Outland, my journey brought me here to share the things that I have experienced with you all.