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Last updated on Mar 10, 2024 at 21:01 by Seksixeny 37 comments

On this page, you will find the best gear and best in slot items from Pre-Raid content for your Mage DPS in WoW Classic. For more gearing advice, please refer to our Mage DPS Gearing and Best in Slot guide.

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1. Mage Pre-Raid Best in Slot (BiS) List

Mage Pre-Raid Best in Slot (BiS) List

This is the pre-raid gear we recommend for Fire Mages, setting you up to tackle the most challenging content in Phase 5, AQ40. While gear from starter raids will help you be even more prepared for the challenges of Ahn'Qiraj, you should be perfectly fine going in with our suggested pre-raid gear.

You will be looking for gear with a lot of (Fire) Spell damage, Spell Hit and Spell Crit, with Stamina being a secondary concern. Powerful frost gear such as Boreal Mantle Icon Boreal Mantle is still listed because you can swap to these pieces when doing Molten Core, Onyxia and Blackwing Lair.

This list contains gear from: dungeons, blue PvP sets (up to rank 10) and reputation gear. While we are only listing the Horde versions of the PvP set and PvP reputation gear, equivalent versions can be found on the Alliance side, with the same requirements, cost and stats.

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	Spellweaver's Turban Champion's Silk Cowl Crimson Felt Hat Master's Hat (of Fiery Wrath) Green Lens (of Fiery Wrath)	General Drakkisath in Upper Blackrock Spire Bought from the PvP Vendor at Rank 10 Magistrate Barthilas in (side-entrance) Stratholme World drop BoE Engineering
Neck	Diana's Pearl Necklace Orb of the Darkmoon Arcane Crystal Pendant Star of Mystaria Tempest Talisman	Cannon Master Willey in (main-entrance) Stratholme Darkmoon Faire 1200 Ticket reward Destroy Morphaz in Sunken Temple Balnazzar in (main-entrance) Stratholme Hydrospawn in Dire Maul East
Shoulder	Champion's Silk Mantle (2-set) Abyssal Cloth Amice of Sorcery Burial Shawl Boreal Mantle (Frost)	Bought from the PvP Vendor at Rank 10 Baron Kazum Side bosses in Scholomance Warder Stilgiss in Blackrock Depths
Cloak	Crystalline Threaded Cape Archivist Cape (of Fiery Wrath) Mageflame Cloak Master's Cloak(of Fiery Wrath) Amplifying Cloak Spritecaster Cape	Sack of Spoils reward from Bor Wildmane quests in Silithus Archivist Galford in (main-entrance) Stratholme World drop BoE World drop BoE Magister Kalendris in Dire Maul West Houndmaster Grebmar in Blackrock Depths
Chest	Bloodvine Vest (3-set) Robe of the Archmage Earthpower Vest Master's Vest (of Fiery Wrath) Freezing Lich Robes (Frost) Robe of Winter Night (Frost)	Tailoring Tailoring Veteran's Battlegear quest in Silithus World drop BoE Ras Frostwhisper in Scholomance Tailoring
Wrists	Rockfury Bracers Dryad's Wrist Bindings Flameweave Cuffs (of Fiery Wrath) Tearfall Bracers (of Fiery Wrath) Master's Bracers (of Fiery Wrath) Abyssal Cloth Wristbands of Sorcery Sublime Wristguards	Stalwart's Battlegear quest in Silithus Warsong Gulch Exalted Lord Incendius in Blackrock Depths The Unforgiven in (main-entrance) Stratholme World drop BoE High Marshal Whirlaxis Guard Slip'kik / Guard Mol'dar in Dire Maul North
Gloves	Blood Guard's Silk Handwraps (2-set) Inferno Gloves Sandworm Skin Gloves Hands of Power Frostweave Gloves Earth Warder's Gloves	Bought from the PvP Vendor at Rank 7 Tailoring Armaments of War in Silithus Quartermaster Zigris in Lower Blackrock Spire Tailoring Winterfall Activity in Winterspring
Belt	Ban'thok Sash Defiler's Cloth Girdle Clutch of Andros Thuzadin Sash Frostwolf Cloth Belt	Ok'thor the Breaker in Blackrock Depths Arathi Basin Honored Kirtonos the Herald in Scholomance Nerub'enkan in (side-entrance) Stratholme Alterac Valley Honored
Legs	Bloodvine Leggings (3-set) Flarecore Leggings Legionnaire's Silk Legguards Skyshroud Leggings Spellshock Leggings Frostweave Pants	Tailoring Tailoring Bought from the PvP Vendor at Rank 8 Highlord Omokk in Lower Blackrock Spire Zul'Farrak drop BoE Tailoring
Boots	Bloodvine Boots (3-set) Fire Striders Omnicast Boots Master's Boots of Fiery Wrath Dragonrider Boots	Tailoring Balnazzar in (main-entrance) Stratholme Golem Lord Argelmach in Blackrock Depths World drop BoE Warchief Rend Blackhand in Upper Blackrock Spire
Rings	Rune Band of Wizardry Wrath of Cenarius Don Mauricio's Band of Domination Flaming Band Elemental Focus Band Freezing Band Maiden's Circle Songstone of Ironforge (Alliance) / Eye of Orgrimmar (Horde)	Lord Valthalak in Upper Blackrock Spire Champion's Battlegear quest in Silithus Darkmaster Gandling in Scholomance Pyroguard Emberseer in Upper Blackrock Spire Prince Skaldrenox World drop BoE World drop BoE The Princess's Surprise (Alliance) / The Princess Saved? (Horde) in Blackrock Depths
Trinkets	Briarwood Reed Draconic Infused Emblem Eye of the Beast Burst of Knowledge	Jed Runewatcher in Upper Blackrock Spire General Drakkisath in Upper Blackrock Spire General Drakkisath's Demise (Alliance) / For The Horde! (Horde) in Upper Blackrock Spire Ambassador Flamelash in Blackrock Depths
Two-Hand	Ironbark Staff Staff of Balzaphon Lord Valthalak's Staff of Command Zulian Ceremonial Staff Amethyst War Staff Rod of the Ogre Magi Elemental Mage Staff Trindlehaven Staff	Arathi Basin Exalted Balzaphon in (main-entrance) Stratholme Lord Valthalak in Upper Blackrock Spire Zul'Gurub drop BoE Azure Templar Gordok Tribute in Dire Maul North World drop BoE Overlord Wyrmthalak in Lower Blackrock Spire
One-Hand	Mindfang Dark Whisper Blade Demon Blade (of Fiery Wrath) Witchblade Mind Carver Inventor's Focal Sword	Arathi Basin Exalted Chest of Spoils reward from Bor Wildmane quests in Silithus World drop BoE Darkmaster Gandling in Scholomance Prince Tortheldrin in Dire Maul West Tinkerer Gizlock in Maraudon
Off-hand	Tome of Fiery Arcana Scepter of Interminable Focus Drakestone (of Fiery Wrath) Tome of the Lost Spirit of Aquementas Tome of the Ice Lord (Frost)	Alterac Valley Exalted Sothos and Jarien's Heirlooms in (main-entrance) Stratholme Green Dragon mini-bosses in Sunken Temple General Drakkisath in Upper Blackrock Spire It's Dangerous to Go Alone in Un'Goro Crater Alterac Valley Exalted
Ranged	Pyric Caduceus Bonecreeper Stylus Ritssyn's Wand of Bad Mojo Lunar Wand (of Fiery Wrath) Wand of Biting Cold (Frost)	Pyromancer Loregrain in Blackrock Depths Darkmaster Gandling in Scholomance Baron Rivendare in (side-entrance) Stratholme World drop BoE Hero of the Frostwolf in Alterac Valley

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

Mage Best in Slot Gear Hub

Changelog

10 Mar. 2024: Clarified source for Dark Whisper Blade.
06 Dec. 2020: Added Staff of Balzaphon.
18 Sep. 2020: Added Tome of the Lost to off-hands.
30 Aug. 2020: Corrected Spritecaster Cape drop location.
26 Jul. 2020: Updated with Phase 5 gear.
20 May 2020: Added Sandworm Skin Gloves.
15 May 2020: Added Silithus Twilight boss summonings gear.
28 Apr. 2020: Added Eye of the Beast quest source for Alliance players.
23 Apr. 2020: Added Zulian Ceremonial Staff.
14 Apr. 2020: Added the Bloodvine Set.
11 Mar. 2020: Updated with Arathi Basin gear.
28 Feb. 2020: Added Flarecore Leggings.
11 Feb. 2020: Guide added.

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This guide has been written by Seksi, original vanilla player and multi-class player, currently playing on Gehennas Horde. You can find him on the Classic Warrior, Mage and Shaman Discords, as well as the Icy Veins Discord.

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