Mage DPS AoE Farming Gear

This is the easily accessible gear we recommend for gold farming with area of effect spells. Your main focus should be on Intellect to ensure you have enough Mana to kill the packs of enemies before dying, and on Stamina so that you do not die first.

While there are many items that have as much, or more Intellect and Stamina as these and also other useful stats (especially PvP gear!), listing everything on this guide is impossible and, as such, we opted to go with the easiest obtainable items outside simple of the Eagle gear, which you should absolutely search and buy out on the auction house once you get to Level 60, for a good jump start.

We will also not be listing PvP gear here because of its difficulty to acquire, although many, if not most, of the pieces are better for AoE farming than the pieces we listed. Make sure to use any high Intellect / Stamina pieces you get!

An item that deserves a special mention is the Blade of Eternal Darkness, which you can get from killing Princess Theradras in Maraudon. Using this item, you can do special pulls in Zul'Gurub, as shown by FP in this video, increasing your farming efficiency.

Finally, make sure to get at least some pieces of the Magister's Regalia (and / or Dreadmist / Devout) set, as the 2-set is very easy to get and provides you with 200 Armor for a good damage reduction increase, and both the 4- and 6-set have their uses as well. You will also be able to put some Necropile Raiment pieces to good use, as they generally carry high Intellect and Stamina, which we desire.

We did not list any one-hand weapon plus off-hand combos on purpose, as those tend to have very low Intellect and / or Stamina, and are best used for Spell Power based single target focused gear sets.

Check our Goldmaking Guide for Mages in order to learn about some spots where you can put this gear to good use!

You can find more Mage BiS lists in our dedicated gear hub below.