TBC Classic Restoration Druid Phase 3 / 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 Restoration, as described in our guide below. During Black Temple, you may also have need of additional gear devoted to maximizing your Shadow Resistance stat. Should this be the case, we recommend consulting our guide dedicated to acquiring pieces with this stat as necessary.

If you are starting out as a freshly-leveled Restoration 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.

To check out our recommended Pre-Raid best in slot gear, head over to its list below. If your character is still progressing through the content of older tiers, then you may wish to consult their best in slot lists instead, but keep in mind these older lists do not include Zul'Aman and new badge gear, both of which are often equivalent or even more powerful than Tier 5 gear!

Restoration Druid Tier 6, the Thunderheart Raiment, is obtained from the following bosses:

• Helm — Archimonde in Hyjal Summit
• Chest — Illidan Stormrage in Black Temple
• Legs — The Illidari Council in Black Temple
• Shoulders — Mother Shahraz in Black Temple
• Gloves — Azgalor in Hyjal Summit

Its set bonuses are:

• 2 pieces — lowers the cooldown of Swiftmend by 2 seconds. While this can theoretically be nice, in practice you want to be casting other spells and only using it for emergencies, which means it will sit unused most of the time, wasting the set bonus.
• 4 pieces — increases the healing of Healing Touch by 5%. While its throughput can be really high if you talent for it, Druids are masters of heals over time and that is where their raid value lies, and long cast time heals are best left to other healers, making this a weak bonus.

With the introduction of Spell Haste, you can speed up your rotation and allow more global cooldowns (GCDs) in between Lifebloom refreshes. Having at least 113 Spell Haste enables a 5 GCD rotation and is a big healing boost, but you still get decent extra benefits up to 242 Spell Haste which allows more favorable final tick bloom resets.

After this point, the benefit is reduced drastically and it is no longer worth stacking Spell Haste, especially with current gear options. We will list multiple good Spell Haste options below which you can mix and match to hit your desired Spell Haste values.

At this point you can also safely drop Tailoring and Leatherworking (assuming you are not your group's drummer) in order to get Enchanting and Jewelcrafting or Engineering, which have better benefits.

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	Thunderheart Helmet	Archimonde — Hyjal Summit
Neck	Brooch of Nature's Mercy	Akil'zon — Zul'Aman
Shoulders	Shoulderpads of Renewed Life Thunderheart Spaulders	Leatherworking Mother Shahraz — Black Temple
Back	Shroud of the Highborne Shroud of Forgiveness Sunshower Light Cloak	Illidan Stormrage — Black Temple Gurtogg Bloodboil — Black Temple Kael'thas Sunstrider — Tempest Keep
Chest	Thunderheart Tunic	Illidan Stormrage — Black Temple
Wrists	Swiftheal Wraps Bracers of Renewed Life Rejuvenating Bracers	Tailoring Leatherworking Rage Winterchill — Hyjal Summit
Hands	Botanist's Gloves of Growth Thunderheart Gloves Gloves of Unfailing Faith	Teron Gorefiend — Black Temple Azgalor — Hyjal Summit Reliquary of the Lost — Black Temple
Waist	Belt of Primal Majesty Angelista's Sash Life-step Belt	Gurtogg Bloodboil — Black Temple Kaz'rogal — Hyjal Summit First chest in a Zul'Aman timed run
Legs	Leggings of Eternity	Archimonde — Hyjal Summit
Feet	Boots of the Divine Light	Trash Waves — Hyjal Summit
Rings	Blessed Band of Karabor (2x) Signet of the Quiet Forest Band of the Eternal Restorer	Trash in Black Temple Third chest in a Zul'Aman timed run The Scale of the Sands — Exalted
Trinkets	Essence of the Martyr Direbrew Hops Memento of Tyrande	41 Badge of Justice Coren Direbrew — Blackrock Depths during Brewfest Illidan Stormrage — Black Temple
One-Hand	Crystal Spire of Karabor	Illidan Stormrage — Black Temple
Off-hands	Scepter of Purification	Archimonde — Hyjal Summit
Idols	Idol of the Emerald Queen	Ambassador Hellmaw — Shadow Labyrinth

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 Restoration Druid Enchants and Gems page below provides more information.