PvE Restoration Druid Enchants, Gems, & Consumables

In Mists of Pandaria, Restoration Druids will want to choose the gems, enchants, and consumables that support their current stat priority. Early on, this might mean picking items that have a lot of Spirit on them to aid in mana regeneration. Once you’ve reached a point where you are maintaining a comfortable amount of mana throughout each fight, you can shift toward throughput-based stats.

Gems

Your gem choices will depend upon whether you still need to improve your mana regeneration or if you’re able to start focusing on throughput stats. You should use appropriate colored gems to each socket if the socket bonus is Intellect, Spirit, Haste, or Mastery. Otherwise you can fill those sockets with gems for your most valuable stat.

Meta Socket

• Legendary:
  • Courageous Primal Diamond (Available in Phase 2)
• Mana Regeneration:
  • Revitalizing Primal Diamond
• Throughput:
  • Burning Primal Diamond

Prismatic Socket

• Mana Regeneration:
  • Sparkling Serpent’s Eye (Requires Jewelcrafting)
  • Sparkling River’s Heart
• Throughput:
  • Brilliant Serpent’s Eye (Requires Jewelcrafting)
  • Brilliant Primordial Ruby

Red Socket

• Mana Regeneration:
  • Purified Imperial Amethyst
• Throughput:
  • Brilliant Serpent’s Eye (Requires Jewelcrafting)
  • Brilliant Primordial Ruby

Yellow Socket

• Mana Regeneration:
  • Energized Wild Jade (to reach a Haste breakpoint)
  • Zen Wild Jade
• Throughput:
  • Reckless Vermilion Onyx (to reach a Haste breakpoint)
  • Artful Vermilion Onyx

Blue Socket

• Mana Regeneration:
  • Sparkling Serpent’s Eye (Requires Jewelcrafting)
  • Sparkling River’s Heart
• Throughput:
  • Purified Imperial Amethyst

Sha-Touched Socket

• Crystallized Horror

Cogwheel Socket

• Mana Regeneration:
  • Sparkling Tinker’s Gear
• Throughput:
  • Quick Tinker’s Gear (to reach a Haste breakpoint)
  • Fractured Tinker’s Gear

Enchants

• Head:
  • (There are no head enchantments available in Mists of Pandaria.)
• Shoulder:
  • Secret Crane Wing Inscription (Requires Inscription)
  • Greater Crane Wing Inscription
• Back:
  • Darkglow Embroidery (Requires Tailoring) (for mana regeneration)
  • Lightweave Embroidery (Requires Tailoring) (for throughput)
  • Enchant Cloak – Superior Intellect
• Chest:
  • Enchant Chest – Mighty Spirit (for mana regeneration)
  • Enchant Chest – Glorious Stats (for throughput)
• Wrist:
  • Fur Lining – Intellect (Requires Leatherworking)
  • Enchant Bracer – Super Intellect
  • Plus Socket Bracer (Requires Blacksmithing)
• Hands:
  • Enchant Gloves – Greater Haste (to reach a Haste breakpoint)
  • Enchant Gloves – Superior Mastery
  • Plus Synapse Springs (Requires Engineering)
  • Plus Socket Gloves (Requires Blacksmithing)
• Waist:
  • Living Steel Belt Buckle
  • Plus Frag Belt (Requires Engineering)
• Legs:
  • Sanctified Spellthread (Requires Tailoring)
  • Greater Pearlescent Spellthread (for mana regeneration)
  • Greater Cerulean Spellthread (for throughput)
• Feet:
  • Enchant Boots – Pandaren’s Step
  • Enchant Boots – Greater Haste
• Finger:
  • Enchant Ring – Greater Intellect (Requires Enchanting)
• Weapon:
  • Enchant Weapon – Jade Spirit
• Off-Hand:
  • Enchant Off-Hand – Major Intellect

Consumables

Potions

You should save your potion cooldown for mana restoration unless you know that you won’t need it.

• Mana Regeneration:
  • Potion of Focus (if you can find 10 seconds of downtime to use it)
  • Master Mana Potion
• Throughput:
  • Potion of the Jade Serpent

Flasks & Elixirs

There are no good Guardian Elixirs for Restoration Druids, so you will always prefer to use a flask. If you have Alchemy, you’ll get 30% increased stats and an extra hour of duration from each flask.

• Mana Regeneration:
  • Flask of Falling Leaves
• Throughput:
  • Flask of the Warm Sun

Food

Your mana regeneration food is made with the Way of the Steamer specialty while your throughput food is made with the Way of the Pot. Having one of these Cooking specialties will increase the stats you gain from eating the associated Banquets.

• Mana Regeneration:
  • Steamed Crab Surprise
  • Banquet of the Steamer/Great Banquet of the Steamer
  • Fire Spirit Salmon
• Throughput:
  • Mogu Fish Stew
  • Banquet of the Pot/Great Banquet of the Pot
  • Braised Turtle