- Author: Luxrah
- Date: May 6, 2025
- Updated: May 6, 2025
- Expansion: Mists of Pandaria
Before you can start earning the most powerful items from raids, you’ll need some equipment to get you started. Restoration Druids who are just starting to dip their toes into endgame content will want to work on building a set of pre-raid gear that provides plenty of mana regeneration from Spirit while also boosting their healing power through Intellect and other throughput stats.
Druids can use Cloth as well as Leather, but you should always wear Leather due to the 5% increased Intellect you receive through your Leather Specialization passive ability. The Relic slot is gone in Mists of Pandaria, so you won’t be equipping Idols anymore.
Pre-Raid Best-in-Slot Items
Here is the best gear you can obtain as a Restoration Druid outside of raids in Mists of Pandaria, including dungeon loot, random daily scenario rewards, reputation rewards, and profession bonuses. Don’t forget to gem, enchant, and reforge every item to complete your optimization.
Head
- Snowdrift Helm
- 2250 Valor Points – requires Honored with Shado-Pan
- Camouflage Retinal Armor
- Engineering BoP – taught by Engineering Trainers
- Hozen-Stitched Hood
- Daily Random Scenario
- Hood of Viridian Residue
- Vizier Jin’bak in Siege of Niuzao Temple (Heroic)
Neck
- Links of the Lucid
- 1250 Valor Points – requires Honored with The Klaxxi
- Brewfather Necklace
- Daily Random Scenario
- Mindcapture Pendant
- Xin the Weaponmaster in Mogu’shan Palace (Heroic)
Shoulder
- Whitepetal Shouldergarb
- 1750 Valor Points – requires Honored with The Golden Lotus
- Hozen-Stitched Shoulders
- Daily Random Scenario
- Incarnadine Scarlet Spaulders
- High Inquisitor Whitemane in Scarlet Monastery (Heroic)
Back
- Sagewhisper’s Wrap
- 1250 Valor Points – requires Honored with Shado-Pan
- Brewfather Cloak
- Daily Random Scenario
- Dirl’s Drafty Drape
- World Drop BoE
- Cloak of Hidden Flasks
- Hoptallus in Stormstout Brewery (Heroic)
Chest
- Nightfire Robe
- Leatherworking BoE – Pattern: Nightfire Robe drops from Phase 1 raids
- Mistfall Robes
- 2250 Valor Points – requires Honored with The Golden Lotus
- Wildblood Vest
- Leatherworking BoE – Pattern: Wildblood Vest requires Honored with The Golden Lotus
- Hozen-Stitched Jerkin
- Daily Random Scenario
- Chestguard of Despair
- Sha of Doubt in Temple of the Jade Serpent (Heroic)
Wrist
- Clever Ashyo’s Armbands
- 1250 Valor Points – requires Honored with The August Celestials
- Hozen-Stitched Bindings
- Daily Random Scenario
- Star Summoner Bracers
- Gu Cloudstrike in Shado-Pan Monastery (Heroic)
Hands
- Liferuned Leather Gloves
- Leatherworking BoE – Pattern: Liferuned Leather Gloves drops from Phase 1 raids
- Ogo’s Elder Gloves
- 1750 Valor Points – requires Honored with The August Celestials
- Hozen-Stitched Gloves
- Daily Random Scenario
- Wildblood Gloves
- Leatherworking BoE – Pattern: Wildblood Gloves requires Honored with The Golden Lotus
- Rattling Gloves
- Rattlegore in Scholomance (Heroic)
- Vellum-Ripper Gloves
- Flameweaver Koegler in Scarlet Halls (Heroic)
Waist
- Klaxxi Lash of the Harbinger
- 1750 Valor Points – requires Honored with The Klaaxi
- Soothing Straps (Alliance) / Bambrick’s Striking Strap (Horde)
- 1750 Valor Points – requires Honored with Operation: Shieldwall (Alliance) / Dominance Offensive (Horde)
- Hozen-Stitched Waistband
- Daily Random Scenario
- Hurricane Belt
- Trial of the King in Mogu’shan Palace (heroic)
Legs
- Wind-Reaver Greaves
- 2250 Valor Points – requires Honored with The Klaxxi
- Hozen-Stitched Britches
- Daily Random Scenario
- Darkbinder Leggings
- Taran Zhu in Shado-Pan Monastery (Heroic)
Feet
- Statue Summoner’s Treads (Alliance) / Treads of Rejuvenating Mists (Horde)
- 1750 Valor Points – requires Honored with Operation: Shieldwall (Alliance) / Dominance Offensive (Horde)
- Boots of the High Adept
- 1750 Valor Points – requires Honored with The August Celestials
- Hozen-Stitched Boots
- Daily Random Scenario
- Airstream Treads
- Striker Ga’dok in Gate of the Setting Sun (Heroic)
- Treads of Corrupted Water
- Wise Mari in Temple of the Jade Serpent (Heroic)
Finger
- Loop of the Shieldwall (Alliance) / Dominator’s Loop (Horde)
- 1750 Valor Points – requires Honored with Operation: Shieldwall (Alliance) / Dominance Offensive (Horde)
- Seal of the Prime
- Shadow of the Empire quest in Dread Wastes
- Leven’s Circle of Hope
- 1250 Valor Points – requires Honored with The Golden Lotus
- Vithrak, Gaze of the Deadman
- Flameweaver Koegler in Scarlet Halls (Heroic)
- Brewfather Signet
- Daily Random Scenario
- Beastbinder Ring
- Houndmaster Braun in Scarlet Halls (Heroic)
- Viscous Ring
- Commander Ri’mok in Gate of the Setting Sun (Heroic)
Trinket
- Heartwarmer Medallion (Alliance) / Cutstitcher Medallion (Horde)
- 1750 Valor Points – requires Honored with Operation: Shieldwall (Alliance) / Dominance Offensive (Horde)
- Scroll of Revered Ancestors
- 1750 Valor Points – Requires Honored with Shado-Pan
- Relic of Chi-Ji
- Reward for turning in a Crane Deck at the Darkmoon Faire
- Vial of Ichorous Blood
- General Pa’valak in Siege of Niuzao Temple (Heroic)
- Price of Progress
- Darkmaster Gandling in Scholomance (Heroic)
- Empty Fruit Barrel
- Ook-Ook in Stormstout Brewery (Heroic)
Main Hand
- Je’lyu, Spirit of the Serpent
- Sha of Doubt in Temple of the Jade Serpent (Heroic)
- Scavenged Pandaren Scepter
- Daily Random Scenario
- Carapace Breaker
- Raigonn in Gate of the Setting Sun (Heroic)
- Amber Spine of Klaxxi’vess
- 168 gold – requires Exalted with The Klaxxi
Off Hand
- Inscribed Red Fan
- Inscription BoE – taught by Inscription Trainers
- Scroll of Whispered Secrets
- World Drop BoE
- Umbrella of Chi-Ji
- Archaeology BoA – Pandaren artifact
- Bottle of Potent Potables
- Hoptallus in Stormstout Brewery (Heroic)
Staff
- Inscribed Crane Staff
- Inscription BoA – taught by Inscription Trainers
- Scavenged Pandaren Staff
- Daily Random Scenario
- Gustwalker Staff
- Wing Leader Ner’onok in Siege of Niuzao Temple (Heroic)