Heirloom Guide

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About:

I've decided to make a guide on Leveling Heirlooms since I did not find any quick guides for it. This is my first guide, so please feel free to give some constructive feedback

 

What are Heirlooms:

Heirlooms are items which stats scale with your character's level, reducing the need to replace gear whose stats are becoming too low for your level.

 

Heirloom Collections Tab:

A new Heirloom system has been introduced in 6.1, adding all your heirlooms to your Collections, where they can be easily accessed without having to mail the heirlooms to other characters. Already earned heirlooms will be added to the collection once you have logged in with the character that has the heirlooms in their bank/bag. Any newly purchased heirlooms will automatically be added to your collection.

To use a heirloom, simply find and click on it in the Heirlooms tab, and it will be placed in your inventory, and then equip it. You can also recreate the same heirloom if you want to dual-wield it, or have two trinkets or rings of the same type.

 

Categories:

Heirlooms can be divided into the following 4 categories, based on what stats they give: 

 

Strength-Haste - Gear for Melee damage dealers that requires more haste than crit. These pieces were the tanking pieces, but the Parry/Dodge stats were changed in 6.0

 

Strength-Crit  - Gear for Melee damage dealers that requires more crit than haste.
Agility - Gear for Melee+Ranged damage dealers
Intellect - Gear for Spell-caster Damage Dealers and Healers
There are also subcategories for armor types, like Cloth, Leather, Mail and Plate.
There are also subcategories for slots, like Chest, Shoulder, Leggings, Weapons etc

How to buy Leveling Heirlooms:

 

Heirlooms can be brought with the following currencies:

Gold (g)

Burning Blossoms (Midsummer Fire Festival)
Tricky Treat (Hallow's End)
Coin of Ancestry (Lunar Festival)
Mark of Honor (PvP)
Timewarped Badge (Timewalking)
 

Darkmoon Prize Ticket (DPT)

Champion's Seals (CS)

 

From these vendors:

Alliance: Krom Stoutarm

Horde: Estelle Gendry

Guild Vendors: (A) Shay Pressler / (H) Goram

 

Head, Shoulder, Chest, Cloak and Pants pieces cost 500 gold / 50 Darkmoon Prize Tickets / 25 Champion's Seals

One-handed weapons (except the fist weapons) cost 650 gold / 50 Darkmoon Prize Tickets / 25 Champion's Seals 

Two-handed weapons cost 750 gold / 75 Darkmoon Prize Tickets / 40 Champion's Seals

Off-hand weapons cost 500 gold / 50 Darkmoon Prize Tickets / 25 Champion's Seals

Trinkets cost 700 gold / 70 Darkmoon Prize Tickets / 35 Champion's Seals

The New Neck pieces cost 700 gold

 

Once you have brought a new heirloom, it's starting level range will be from level 1 to 60, meaning it will stop to scale up once you have reached level 60. This level cap can be increased twice by upgrading the piece with these tokens. 

 

Armor (1-90): Ancient Heirloom Armor Casing costs 100 gold / 100 Darkmoon Prize Tickets / 55 Champion's Seals / 2000 Honor

Armor (1-100): Timeworn Heirloom Armor Casing costs 2000 gold

Weapon (1-90): Ancient Heirloom Scabbard costs 1200 gold / 120 Darkmoon Prize Tickets / 65 Champion's Seals / 2400 Honor

Weapon (1-100): Timeworn Heirloom Scabbard costs 5000 gold

 

List of Heirlooms per Category

 

Strength-Haste Plate (Warrior / Paladin / Death Knights)

Head: Burnished Helm of Might

Shoulders:Burnished Pauldrons of Might

Chest: Burnished Breastplate of Might 

Back: Ripped Sandstorm Cloak

Leggings: Burnished Legplates of Might

Ring: Dread Pirate Ring

Weapon: Bloodsoaked Skullforge Reaver

Shield: Flamescarred Draconian Deflector

Health Trinket: Swift Hand of Justice

Mana Trinket: Discerning Eye of the Beast

 

 

Strength-Crit Plate (Warrior / Paladin / Death Knights)

Head:Polished Helm of Valor

Shoulders:Polished Spaulders of Valor

Chest: Polished Breastplate of Valor

Back: Worn Stoneskin Gargoyle Cape

Leggings: Polished Legplates of Valor

Ring: Dread Pirate Ring

2H Axe: Bloodied Arcanite Reaper

Dual Wield 1H Sword: Bloodsoaked Skullforge Reaver 

Health Trinket: Swift Hand of Justice

Mana Trinket: Discerning Eye of the Beast

 

Agility Mail (Hunter, Enhancement Shaman)

Head:Tarnished Raging Berserker's Helm

Shoulders: Champion Herod's Shoulder

Chest: Champion's Deathdealer Breastplate

Back:Back:Inherited Cape of the Black Baron (Can be used by Agility Leather characters)

Leggings:Tarnished Leggings of Destruction

Ring: Dread Pirate Ring

Dual Wield 1H Mace: Venerable Mass of McGowan (Combat Rogues can use this)

Bow: Charmed Ancient Bone Bow

Health Trinket: Swift Hand of Justice

Mana Trinket: Discerning Eye of the Beast

 

Intellect Mail (Elemental/Restoration Shaman, Holy Paladins)

Head: Mystical Coif of Elements

Shoulders:Mystical Pauldrons of Elements

Chest: Mystical Vest of Elements

Back: Ancient Bloodmoon Cloak (Also used by Intellect Cloth and Intellect Leather)

Leggings:Mystical Kilt of Elements

Ring: Dread Pirate Ring

1H Mace: Devout Aurastone Hammer

Staff: Dignified Headmaster's Charge

Shield: Weathered Observer's Shield

Health Trinket: Swift Hand of Justice

Mana Trinket: Discerning Eye of the Beast

 

Agility Leather (Rogue, Feral Druid, Windwalker Monk. To a lesser extent Enhancement Shamans and Hunters)

Head:Stained Shadowcraft Cap

Shoulders: Stained Shadowcraft Spaulders

Chest: Stained Shadowcraft Tunic

Back:Inherited Cape of the Black Baron (Can be used by Agility Mail characters)

Leggings:Stained Shadowcraft Pants

Ring: Dread Pirate Ring

 

Dual Wield 1H Sword: Venerable Dal'Rend's Sacred Charge

Dual Wield 1H Mace: Venerable Mass of McGowan

(Enhancement Shamans can use this)

 

Dual Wield Daggers: Balanced Heartseeker

Staff (Feral Druids): Burnished Warden Staff 

Bow: Charmed Ancient Bone Bow 

Health Trinket: Swift Hand of Justice

Mana Trinket: Discerning Eye of the Beast

 

Intellect Leather (Balance/Restoration Druids, Mistweaver Monk)

Head: Preened Tribal War Feathers

Shoulders: Preened Ironfeather Shoulders

Chest: Preened Ironfeather Breastplate 

Back: Ancient Bloodmoon Cloak (Also used by Intellect Cloth and Intellect Mail)

Leggings: Preened Wildfeather Leggings

Ring: Dread Pirate Ring

 

1H Mace: Devout Aurastone Hammer 

Staff: Dignified Headmaster's Charge

Health Trinket: Swift Hand of Justice

Mana Trinket: Discerning Eye of the Beast

 

 

Intellect Cloth (Mage, Priest, Warlock)

Head: Tattered Dreadmist Mask

Shoulders:Tattered Dreadmist Mantle

Chest: Tattered Dreadmist Robe 

Back: Ancient Bloodmoon Cloak (Also used by Intellect Leather and Intellect Mail)

Leggings: Tattered Dreadmist Leggings

Ring: Dread Pirate Ring

 

Staff: Dignified Headmaster's Charge 

Off-Hand: Musty Tome of the Lost

Health Trinket: Swift Hand of Justice

Mana Trinket: Discerning Eye of the Beast

 

Collecting 35 heirlooms will reward you with a Chauffeured Chopper, which can be used as a mount from level 1.

Edited October 10, 2018 by Archimage

[Storm 426]

Awesome idea for a guide. I've been in hardcore alt leveling mode lately, so I like it.

 

Couple suggestions for stuff you can add:

 

- Weapons and Trinket, I'm sure you were probably planning on this and just hadn't gotten to them yet

- BoA ring from fishing, It's super rare but something to work towards for people that want the ultimate boa set.

- Also the cost of items would be useful.

[Watermasta 7]

Pin this please!

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Updated the information, added the suggestions Storm made. Still busy with BiS enchants. 

[Ceraius 34]

I would add a section in bold big font about the heirlooms transforming in armor type once the level tresholds are reached. Quite a few times I've seen hunters/enha shamans rocking the leather heirlooms meant for rogues/druids/monks not having known the Mail armor automatically transforms into Leather prior to lvl40.

 

Using the leather ones is still viable ofc if the stats are good, but in many cases I don't think it has been intentional.

 

Other than that, its nice work.

Edited December 11, 2013 by Ceraius

[Damien 1,514]

That's really good! When we'll update the leveling guides for WoD, we will definitely link to that

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I would add a section in bold big font about the heirlooms transforming in armor type once the level tresholds are reached. Quite a few times I've seen hunters/enha shamans rocking the leather heirlooms meant for rogues/druids/monks not having known the Mail armor automatically transforms into Leather prior to lvl40.

 

Using the leather ones is still viable ofc if the stats are good, but in many cases I don't think it has been intentional.

Added in categories section

[Chust 5]

One of the problems I seem to have noticed is that there are no cloth heirlooms with + hit on them for DPS.

 

Best way to work around that is to have a stack of cheap +hit/expertise enchants for your boots, gloves and wrists because the only heirlooms you can enchant with any +hit are your weapon and your cloak even though you'll probably want a different enchant on your weapon.

 

Otherwise you will just get spammed with misses :(

[Clerith 0]

Pretty good stuff.

 

Enchant tip: Windsong is insanely op. It procs often, and at low levels, gives over 100% crit and haste. Even at mid levels, it gives a huge chunk. By far the best enchant before max level!

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Finished Enchants section, going to add a lvl 85-90 section when I got time.

[Mithrelle 0]

The Enchants section needs a rethink. MoP enchants scale terribly between 1-80 compared with TBC, Wrath and Cata enchants. For example, putting Lord Blastington's Scope of Doom on an heirloom bow or gun is plain silly. It scales as follows:

• 1-60     sometimes increases Agility by 68 for 10 sec when dealing damage with ranged attacks
• 61-70   sometimes increases Agility by 90 for 10 sec when dealing damage with ranged attacks
• 71-80   sometimes increases Agility by 180 for 10 sec when dealing damage with ranged attacks

Compare that with Flintlocke's Woodchucker

• 1-60   sometimes increases Agility by 112 for 10 sec when dealing damage with ranged attacks
• 61-70 sometimes increases Agility by 150 for 10 sec when dealing damage with ranged attacks
• 71-80 sometimes increases Agility by 300 for 10 sec when dealing damage with ranged attacks

Similarly, putting Glorious Stats on a chest is inefficient:

• 1-60   +3 all stats
• 61-70 +4 all stats
• 71-80 +8 all stats

But using the Powerful Stats enchant from Wrath, you get:

• 1-60   +4 all stats
• 61-70 +5 all stats
• 71-80 +10 all stats

As a rule of thumb, MoP enchants are the most expensive, and the least effective.

Edited February 21, 2014 by Mithrelle

[Mithrelle 0]

Also, Windsong is definitely not the best enchant for casters before max level.

• 1-60 sometimes increase your critical strike, haste or mastery by 56 for 12 sec
• 61-70 sometimes increase your critical strike, haste or mastery by 75 for 12 sec
• 71-80 sometimes increase your critical strike, haste or mastery by 150 for 12 sec

Power Torrent is far more efficient:

• 1-60 sometimes increase your Intellect by 75 for 12 sec
• 61-70 sometimes increase your Intellect by 100 for 12 sec
• 71-80 sometimes increase your Intellect by 200 for 12 sec

Alternatively, if you just want Haste, Hurricane:

• 1-60  sometimes increase Haste by 68 for 12 sec
• 61-70  sometimes increase haste by 90 for 12 sec
• 71-80  sometimes increase haste by 180 for 12 sec

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You are correct in saying that MoP enchants are not the most effective enchants, but that doesn't mean they are the most expensive ones either.

 

The reason I took MoP enchants are because:

1) The current expansion is MoP, thus making MoP enchants the easiest to get, resulting in AH availability and lower prices.

Not many enchanters farm previous expansion's materials, and because of this they have almost no competition in the AH, resulting in Higher prices (more than the MoP enchants).

 

2) The highest level heirlooms can get to is level 85 (Cataclysm), so the only enchants that should be viable are Cata and MoP enchants since WotlK and BC enchants do not scale upwards.

One of the reasons why people use heirlooms is because they don't have to replace them while you are lvl 1-85. You can of course use the best enchant for lvl 1-80, but then you will need to replace the enchant anyways to match your current expansion.

[Mithrelle 0]

I think that's flawed reasoning. Flintlocke's Woodchucker is a great example: by using the MoP scope you effectively gimp yourself for 80 levels (halving the available dps boost) for the sake of 80-85 - by which time, almost all players have dumped heirlooms in favour of Cata blues or MoP greens!

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I think that's flawed reasoning. Flintlocke's Woodchucker is a great example: by using the MoP scope you effectively gimp yourself for 80 levels (halving the available dps boost) for the sake of 80-85 - by which time, almost all players have dumped heirlooms in favour of Cata blues or MoP greens!

Only for weapon enchants. If you replace your armor, you will be losing out on the exp bonus.

 

I'll add an extra section for enchants that are better for lower levels. Chances you will be able to get those are not so common.

The Cata gear that you are able to equip on level 78-80 is indeed better than the heirlooms. 

[Orthios 271]

So I realized this after I had bought the item on my hunter and sent it to my dk, but Bloodsoaked Skullforge Reaver isn't exactly the best heirloom weapon for a blood dk (as per my understanding) since they do not use shields.  

 

Also, does anyone know if dk enchants (runeforging) work for other classes (if i send Bloodsoaked Skullforge Reaver to a pally/warrior tank with say Rune of Swordbreaking)

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So I realized this after I had bought the item on my hunter and sent it to my dk, but Bloodsoaked Skullforge Reaver isn't exactly the best heirloom weapon for a blood dk (as per my understanding) since they do not use shields.  

 

Also, does anyone know if dk enchants (runeforging) work for other classes (if i send Bloodsoaked Skullforge Reaver to a pally/warrior tank with say Rune of Swordbreaking)

These are no 2 handed tank heirloom yet, you can use the 2 handed strength weapon instead.

Runeforging only works for DKs.

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Also, does anyone know if dk enchants (runeforging) work for other classes (if i send Bloodsoaked Skullforge Reaver to a pally/warrior tank with say Rune of Swordbreaking)

 

I'm pretty sure the DK enchant will just dissapear when it arrives in the mail for the other classes as that is a DK only enchant.

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I tested the above.

When I enchanted a weapon and sent it to my Monk, it read (while still in mailbox):

Enchanted: Rune of the Fallen Crusader

Enchantment Requires Runeforging(1)

 

When I took the item from the mail, the enchantment disappeared.

I enchanted the weapon again and sent it to my DK on another server. The enchantment stayed on.

[Fouton 266]

I found an incredible list of enchants that compliments your list of BoAs. Credit goes to Ariakan from MMO-Champion (though I am unsure if they created the spreadsheet or just linked it).

 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/lv?key=0AnBPvCvqWJ3udENtVlVmcjA4Q3ZQWmZKWHE3c201UXc&f=true&noheader=true&gid=17

 

Thread which I found it: http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/1342255-5-4-heirloom-enchants

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Thanks Fouton, added it to the first post.

[Letholdrus 5]

Hi

 

Is there some good advise as how to get the JP needed to buy the heirlooms the fastest.

 

Doing HC dungeons at 90 only gives Valor I think (newby 90, so I may be wrong here).

 

i want to heirloom up a rogue from lvl 1 and try the class out, so how would I get the justice points the fastest :)

 

Thanks

[Orthios 271]

Hi

 

Is there some good advise as how to get the JP needed to buy the heirlooms the fastest.

 

Doing HC dungeons at 90 only gives Valor I think (newby 90, so I may be wrong here).

 

i want to heirloom up a rogue from lvl 1 and try the class out, so how would I get the justice points the fastest :)

 

Thanks

You do get JP from MoP heroics, it just doesn't say so I the dungeon finder. Somewhere around a few hundred, not entirely sure. It took at least 7 runs to go from 1700 -> 4000 capped last I farmed JP iirc. If you don't want the pain of a dungeon, you could also do scenarios, which give less JP but are a bit quicker (usually).

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Each Heroic Dungeon boss is worth between 80-120 Justice Points. Each Instance has about 3-5 bosses. One Instance takes about 6 minutes to complete if your group is average 510 ilvl.

 

So you can get about 400 Justice per Heroic Dungeon, you will reach the 4000 Justice cap in about one hour of Dungeons. You will be able to farm a full category set of Heirlooms in 2 hours.

 

EDIT: Think each boss is worth ~90 JP

Edited March 19, 2014 by Archimage

[IceyRose 0]

Hi

 

Is there some good advise as how to get the JP needed to buy the heirlooms the fastest.

 

Doing HC dungeons at 90 only gives Valor I think (newby 90, so I may be wrong here).

 

i want to heirloom up a rogue from lvl 1 and try the class out, so how would I get the justice points the fastest

 

Thanks

 

Hi back,

 

Or if you don't mind heirlooms from Dark Moon Faire tickets (I didn't, as they are made by gnome labor using expensive enchanted materials and not enslaved orc peon labor using non-enchanted shoddy materials.  :P  ) - DMF is only a few days away.   If you guild is lvl 25 and you are exalted with them, you can get your heirloom cape, trousers and helm from the guild seller.  But you prob know that already.  Next time DMF is open, I am probably going for my plate heirloom as I have cloth (int), mail (agi) and leather (agi).