TBC Classic Balance Druid Phase 1 / Tier 4 Gear and Best in Slot

While a clear best in slot list is always available in TBC Classic, the items contained might be extremely hard or expensive to get. Thus, we will try to give at least one alternative, for most slots in the list, so that you can pick where and how to farm them.

The list will focus on gathering the best stats for Balance, as described in our guide below:

If you are starting out as a freshly-leveled Balance Druid, our pre-raid best in slot list is meant to give you an idea of non-raid items you can chase as a solo / pug player in preparation for raids.

Do note that items from Heroic dungeons or that require Primal Nethers (which are obtained from Heroics) can be harder to get than raid items due to their daily lockout. Some Heroic dungeons are also harder than most of Karazhan.

If, however, your character is ready to take on the content of Tiers 5 and 6, then please utilize our updated lists instead.

Balance Druid Tier 4, the Malorne Regalia has gloves, chest, head, legs, and shoulders. Its set bonuses are:

• 2 pieces: your harmful spells have a 5% chance to restore up to 120 Mana. A small bonus that improves Mana management.
• 4 pieces: reduces the cooldown on your Innervate ability by 48 sec. A very minor bonus, when you consider that Innervate has a 6-minute cooldown baseline.

We recommend using Tailoring crafted gear (Wrath of Spellfire and Spellstrike Infusion) alongside the best off-set pieces available in the rest of the gear slots.

Tier 4 is generally not strong enough to be at the top of our lists, but Antlers of Malorne can be very good when using Chaotic Skyfire Diamond, if it is available.

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	Spellstrike Hood Antlers of Malorne Uni-Mind Headdress	Tailoring Prince Malchezaar — Karazhan Netherspite — Karazhan
Neck	Brooch of Unquenchable Fury Adornment of Stolen Souls	Moroes — Karazhan Prince Malchezaar — Karazhan
Shoulders	Pauldrons of Malorne	High King Maulgar — Gruul's Lair
Cloak	Ruby Drape of the Mysticant	Prince Malchezaar — Karazhan
Chest	Spellfire Robe Chestpiece of Malorne	Spellfire Tailoring Magtheridon — Magtheridon's Lair
Wrists	Windhawk Bracers Bracers of Havok	Tribal Leatherworking Tailoring
Hands	Spellfire Gloves Anger-Spark Gloves Handwraps of Flowing Thought	Spellfire Tailoring Doomwalker — Shadowmoon Valley Attumen the Huntsman — Karazhan
Waist	Spellfire Belt Girdle of Ruination	Spellfire Tailoring Tailoring
Legs	Spellstrike Pants Leggings of the Seventh Circle	Tailoring Doom-Lord Kazzak — Hellfire Peninsula
Feet	Boots of Foretelling Ruby Slippers	Maiden of Virtue — Karazhan Opera Event — Karazhan
Rings	Band of Crimson Fury Ring of Recurrence Ashyen's Gift Violet Signet of the Archmage	Magtheridon — Magtheridon's Lair Echo of Medivh — Karazhan Cenarion Expedition — Exalted The Violet Eye — Exalted
Trinkets	Icon of the Silver Crescent Scryer's Bloodgem Neltharion's Tear Quagmirran's Eye	41 Badge of Justice The Scryers — Revered Nefarian — Blackwing Lair Quagmirran — Heroic The Slave Pens
Two-Hand	Gladiator's War Staff Staff of Infinite Mysteries	PvP Vendor The Curator — Karazhan
One-Hand	Nathrezim Mindblade Talon of the Tempest	Prince Malchezaar — Karazhan Doomwalker — Shadowmoon Valley
Off-Hand	Talisman of Kalecgos Jewel of Infinite Possibilities	25 Badge of Justice Netherspite — Karazhan
Idols	Ivory Idol of the Moongoddess	Grand Warlock Nethekurse — The Shattered Halls

While the list above contains the absolute best gear setup, you are unlikely to quickly gather all of it. We provide more options below, some of which are very close to the best and some of which are just much easier to get!

Since weapons are such a broad topic, we have written a full guide about Druid weapons below.

If you have further questions about gemming and enchanting these items, our Balance Druid Enchants and Gems page below provides more information.