Beast Mastery Hunter DPS Gear and Best in Slot — The War Within (11.2.5)
On this page, you will find the best gear and best in slot items for your Beast Mastery Hunter in World of Warcraft The War Within (11.2.5).
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Best in Slot Gear Guide for Beast Mastery Hunter
Welcome to our Gear and BiS Page for Beast Mastery Hunter for The War Within Season 3. Check this page to learn everything you need to know about gearing a Beast Mastery Hunter, including the BiS Gear from all sources, Raiding, and Mythic+, information on the best Trinkets, Tier Sets, and much more.
For discussion and information on Stats specifically, check out our Stats page below.
BiS Gear for Beast Mastery Hunter
Overall BiS List for Beast Mastery Hunter in Season 3
This list contains the best gear in every slot for Season 3 of The War Within, from all sources.
In general, BiS Items for Beast Mastery are simply ones that have lots of Haste on them, and ideally 0 Versatility.
The items are evaluated in a vacuum for the most part, meaning that collecting every single item in this list and putting them together may not actually be the highest possible DPS — but on an individual slot basis, for the most gearsets, these items are the most likely to perform the highest. There is no substitute for simming your own character on Raidbots if you want to maximize your DPS.
Slot | Item | Source/Note |
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Fractillus in Manaforge Omega |
Helm | ![]() |
Forgeweaver Araz/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault |
Neck (![]() |
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The Soul Hunters in Manaforge Omega |
Neck (![]() |
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Soulbinder Naazindhri in Manaforge Omega |
Shoulder | ![]() |
The Soul Hunters/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault |
Cloak | ![]() ![]() |
Season 3 Questline |
Chest | ![]() |
Fractillus/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault |
Bracers | ![]() ![]() |
Crafted by Leatherworking |
Gloves | ![]() ![]() |
Crafted by Leatherworking |
Belt | ![]() |
Operation: Floodgate (710), or in Great Vault |
Legs | ![]() |
Loom’ithar/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault |
Boots | ![]() |
The Soul Hunters in Manaforge Omega |
Ring #1 | ![]() |
Dimensius The All Devouring in Manaforge Omega |
Ring #2 (![]() |
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Eco-Dome Al'dani (710), or in Great Vault |
Ring #2 (![]() |
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Tazavesh: Streets of Wonder (710), or in Great Vault |
Trinket #1 (![]() |
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Fractillus in Manaforge Omega |
Trinket #1 (![]() |
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Loom’ithar in Manaforge Omega |
Trinket #2 (![]() |
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Forgeweaver Araz in Manaforge Omega |
Trinket #2 (![]() |
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Ara-Kara, City of Echoes (710), or in Great Vault |
Manaforge Omega Raid Gear BiS List for Beast Mastery Hunter
This list contains the Best in Slot Gear for Beast Mastery Hunter in The War Within Season 3 from the Manaforge Omega Raid.
Note that this BiS List is for items from the Raid. I am separating the BiS lists by gear sources. This is what you send to your Raid Leader/Loot Council when they ask you what your BiS gear is from the Raid.
The items are evaluated in a vacuum for the most part, meaning that collecting every single item in this list and putting them together may not actually be the highest possible DPS — but on an individual slot basis, for the most gearsets, these items are the most likely to perform the highest. There is no substitute for simming your own character on Raidbots if you want to maximize your DPS.
Slot | Item | Source/Note |
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Weapon | ![]() |
Fractillus in Manaforge Omega |
Helm | ![]() |
Forgeweaver Araz/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault |
Neck (![]() |
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The Soul Hunters in Manaforge Omega |
Neck (![]() |
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Soulbinder Naazindhri in Manaforge Omega |
Shoulder | ![]() |
Dimensius The All Devouring in Manaforge Omega |
Cloak | ![]() ![]() |
Season 3 Questline |
Chest | ![]() |
Fractillus/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault |
Bracers | ![]() |
Nexus King Salhadaar in Manaforge Omega |
Gloves | ![]() |
Soulbinder Naazindhri/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault |
Belt (![]() |
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The Soul Hunters in Manaforge Omega |
Belt (![]() |
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Loom’ithar in Manaforge Omega |
Legs | ![]() |
Loom’ithar/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault |
Boots | ![]() |
The Soul Hunters in Manaforge Omega |
Ring #1 | ![]() |
Dimensius The All Devouring in Manaforge Omega |
Ring #2 (![]() |
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Forgeweaver Araz in Manaforge Omega |
Ring #2 (![]() |
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Plexus Sentinel in Manaforge Omega |
Trinket #1 (![]() |
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Fractillus in Manaforge Omega |
Trinket #1 (![]() |
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The Soul Hunters in Manaforge Omega |
Trinket #2 (![]() |
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Forgeweaver Araz in Manaforge Omega |
Trinket #2 (![]() |
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Loom’ithar in Manaforge Omega |
The War Within Season 3 Mythic+ Gear BiS List for Beast Mastery Hunter
This list contains the Best in Slot Gear for Beast Mastery Hunter from The War Within Season 3 Mythic+.
Note that this BiS List is for items from Mythic+. I am separating the BiS lists by gear sources. This is the list you can chase when you want to improve your gear by farming Mythic+ dungeons.
The items are evaluated in a vacuum for the most part, meaning that collecting every single item in this list and putting them together may not actually be the highest possible DPS — but on an individual slot basis, for the most gearsets, these items are the most likely to perform the highest. There is no substitute for simming your own character on Raidbots if you want to maximize your DPS.
Slot | Item | Source/Note |
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Weapon (![]() |
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The Dawnbreaker (710), or in Great Vault |
Weapon (![]() |
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Tazavesh: So'leah's Gambit (710), or in Great Vault |
Helm | ![]() |
Forgeweaver Araz/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault |
Neck (![]() |
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Halls of Atonement (710), or in Great Vault |
Neck (![]() |
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Tazavesh: Streets of Wonder (710), or in Great Vault |
Shoulder | ![]() |
The Soul Hunters/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault |
Cloak | ![]() ![]() |
Season 3 Questline |
Chest | ![]() |
Fractillus/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault |
Bracers | ![]() |
Tazavesh: Streets of Wonder (710), or in Great Vault |
Gloves (![]() |
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Tazavesh: Streets of Wonder (710), or in Great Vault |
Gloves (![]() |
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Priory of the Sacred Flame (710), or in Great Vault |
Belt | ![]() |
Operation: Floodgate (710), or in Great Vault |
Legs | ![]() |
Loom’ithar/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault |
Boots (![]() |
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Ara-Kara, City of Echoes (710), or in Great Vault |
Boots (![]() |
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Eco-Dome Al'dani (710), or in Great Vault |
Ring #1 | ![]() |
Tazavesh: Streets of Wonder (710), or in Great Vault |
Ring #2 (![]() |
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Eco-Dome Al'dani (710), or in Great Vault |
Ring #2 (![]() |
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The Dawnbreaker (710), or in Great Vault |
Trinket #1 | ![]() |
Operation: Floodgate (710), or in Great Vault |
Trinket #1 (![]() |
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Priory of the Sacred Flame (710), or in Great Vault |
Trinket #2 | ![]() |
Ara-Kara, City of Echoes (710), or in Great Vault |
Best Puzzling Cartel Chip Purchases for Beast Mastery Hunter
Patch 11.2.5 reintroduces the Puzzling Cartel Chip system, available
starting October 21st. As before, you can complete a weekly quest to obtain
these Chips, which are used to purchase high-value items from
Manaforge Omega and Mythic+ dungeons. You may buy any trinkets or
special cantrip items available, all the way up to Myth track quality.
However, purchasing an item requires you to have already defeated the boss
it drops from, on the corresponding difficulty. For example, to purchase
Araz's Ritual Forge Mythic, you must first defeat Mythic
Forgeweaver Araz. Dungeon trinkets additionally require you to have
timed every keystone at level 12 or higher.
For simplicity, your recommended purchase order assuming full Mythic boss access is:
Below is a breakdown of the high-value items to prioritize with Cartel Chips in The War Within Season 3 as a Beast Mastery Hunter. This list is not exhaustive or strictly prioritized. Always sim yourself for the optimal choice, as the best item depends on your current gear.
- Our strongest
Dark Ranger trinket by a wide margin. Not only is it best for overall damage, but its on-use can be held for critical moments. This trinket is a major factor in our meta dominance in both Raids and Mythic+.
- The Cantrip effect scales with item track. Mythic-track boots are a substantial upgrade compared to Heroic-track versions.
Araz's Ritual Forge is the best on-use trinket to pair with
Unyielding Netherprism in all Mythic+ scenarios and many raid encounters.
Astral Antenna is the best passive option, used in niche situations where double on-use (Forge + Prism) does not align well with mechanics.
- If you lack a Mythic weapon, this can be a fallback. Only buy if you have Mythic access, and delay until your final purchase.
- The best Mythic+ trinket if you do not have access to anything from Mythic Raid.
- The best Mythic+ trinket to pair with
Signet of the Priory.
Unyielding Netherprism (Myth) - Click for
Details
Interloper's Chain Boots (Myth) - Click for
Details
Araz's Ritual Forge/
Astral Antenna (Myth) - Click for Details
Lacerated Current Caster (Myth only) - Click for Details
Signet of the Priory (Alternative) - Click
for Details
Improvised Seaforium Pacemaker (Alternative to pair with Signet) - Click for Details
Since Mythic-level purchases require you to have defeated the corresponding bosses, avoid buying Heroic versions if you plan to progress further. You will only receive 3 total purchases for the rest of the season—choose carefully.
Reshii Wraps for Beast Mastery Hunter
Patch 11.2 adds the unique Reshii Wraps Cloak that can be obtained through the Ghosts of K'aresh quest chain.
It starts at
iLvl 694, and can be upgraded throughout the Season to iLvl 730. There are no other Cloaks in Season 3, this is
it.
The unique effect is a high damage proc that splits damage on AoE, and gets stronger against low-HP targets. Its effect is made stronger by specific items from the Manaforge Omega Raid:
Interloper's Chain Boots - Boots from The Soul Hunters. These simply increase the proc rate of your Cloak and are always BiS. Do not craft Boots, you will want these even from lower difficulties if you can.
Band of the Shattered Soul - Ring from Dimensius The All Devouring, the final boss. Gives you occasional Cosmic damage reduction. This is a good Ring in general due to its high Haste, the extra benefit is quite subtle and not a bonus that you will explicitly chase this Ring for alone.
The stats of the Reshii Wraps are modified by the Fiber Socket, which can be swaped at any time out
of
combat. These Fiber Socket Gems can be acquired at Rare/Blue quality from Hashim on K'aresh, or crafted by
Tailoring at Epic/Purple
quality. As Beast Mastery, you should generally use
Chronomantic Fiber /
Pure Chronomantic Fiber to get Haste,
although if you are already past 40% Haste, you may want to pick the Mastery or
Crit Fibers instead. It is worth simming!
For more information on acquiring your Cloak, check our dedicated page that goes into more detail:
Best Trinkets Tier List for Beast Mastery Hunter
This Trinket Tier List is based on an average of Single-Target Raid and Mythic+ AoE Performance, weighted 65/35 (Mythic+ has single-target too!).
Note that the Trinkets are compared at their highest possible Item Level, which is only 710 for Delve Trinkets. Not only that, but 723 Mythic+ Trinkets are only obtainable via the Great Vault. At equal iLvls, the picture may be very different and that is why you should sim yourself.
A "Tier" as defined by this list is around 0.5%-1% DPS.
S-Tier
Unyielding Netherprism (
Dark Ranger)
Araz's Ritual Forge (
Dark Ranger)
Improvised Seaforium Pacemaker (
Dark Ranger
Call of the Wild is used every minute)
Astral Antenna
Ara-Kara Sacbrood (
Pack Leader)
A-Tier
Ara-Kara Sacbrood (
Dark Ranger)
Empowering Crystal of Anub'ikkaj
So'leah's Secret Technique (Generally Haste)
Improvised Seaforium Pacemaker (
Dark Ranger if you are not really sure how you will use
Call of the Wild in relation to its timing)
B-Tier
Improvised Seaforium Pacemaker (
Pack Leader)
Cursed Stone Idol
Lily of the Eternal Weave
Signet of the Priory
Algari Alchemist Stone
C-Tier
Sigil of the Cosmic Hunt
Void-Touched Fragment
Harvester's Edict
Araz's Ritual Forge (
Pack Leader)
Incorporeal Essence-Gorger
Screams of a Forgotten Sky
Soulbreaker's Sigil
D-Tier
Miniscule Mailemental in an Envelope
Essence-Hunter's Eyeglass
E-Tier
Perfidious Projector
Automatic Footbomb Dispenser
Unyielding Netherprism (
Pack Leader)
Depleted K'areshi Battery
F-Tier
Mind-Fracturing Odium
Chaotic Nethergate
"Simming" Yourself as a Beast Mastery Hunter
Throughout this page, we regularly refer to the importance of simming yourself on Raidbots, as it is an indispensable aspect of optimizing your character.
While we do offer generic sim charts for Trinkets, this should not be a replacement for simming yourself, at least not if you want to minmax sub-1%!
If you are new to simming and Raidbots, check out our detailed guide below.
Best Crafted Items for Beast Mastery Hunter
Our BiS Crafts are pretty straightforward. We want 2x Dawnthread Lining on some sensible slots.
For players coming right into the Season from its beginning, the choice is very different as we are not just concerned about the best
Crafted Slots and Embellishments, but also potentially short-term Item Level gains. While the 2x Dawnthread Lining setup is optimal
in the longer run, in the short-to-medium-term, crafting a Weapon with a Darkmoon Sigil can be preferable because of the immediate, short-term
value of a weapon upgrade.
Please note that double- Dawnthread Lining has a tendency to not work outside of combat in some scenarios. If you have two of them
equipped, but are only getting Crit from one of them, try to intentionally drop below 80% HP and then heal yourself back up. this WeakAura can help alert you when it is not working so you can fix it.
The sections below describe, in detail, the best endgame options for Raiding and Mythic+, but keep the above in mind.
As for the stats, you either want Haste-Mastery or Haste-Crit.
Best Embellishments and Crafting Order for Beast Mastery Hunter
P.0.W. x2 (Early Season, costs 2 Sparks) — This item is not our long-term BiS, but it is a very strong early Season option. It is not as good as the 2x
Dawnthread Lining setup in the long run. The second boss on Mythic difficulty will drop a better Weapon, and you can get better weapons from the Great Vault. Crafting a Weapon does have some risk factor to it for this reason.
- (BiS, 1 Spark) —
Glyph-Etched Gauntlets with
Dawnthread Lining — Note that if Crafting this right away will mess with your Tier Set acquisition, you may want to go for Bracers first. Note that as
Dark Ranger, you can use
Duskthread Lining instead, which grants Versatility and will often sim similarly to Dawn while offering damage reduction.
- (BiS, 1 Spark) —
Glyph-Etched Vambraces with
Dawnthread Lining. Note that as
Dark Ranger, you can use
Duskthread Lining instead, which grants Versatility and will often sim similarly to Dawn while offering damage reduction.
- Next, chase Item Level where needed, preferring Weapon > Helm/Chest/Legs (though these are likely occupied by tier) > Boots/Belt/Shoulders > Rings/Necks > Cloaks.
- At this point, you are mostly done crafting. You can spend future Sparks on off-spec items, alternatively statted crafts for different situations, and so on.
Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension vs
Darkmoon Sigil: Vivacity
These are two weapon-only Embellishments with different secondary stat effects. On sustained encounters, ones that keep you in combat for
several minutes, Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension is about 0.5% better. However, because Ascension takes a whole 80 seconds to reach full
power, if you are primarily doing non-Raiding content,
Darkmoon Sigil: Vivacity is better as it does not have this problem.
Best Gear Crest Upgrades for Beast Mastery Hunter
You will be able to upgrade your items via Crests such as
Gilded Undermine Crest. Once you have upgraded a slot to a certain item
level, upgrading other items of that slot to that item level is free.
When you upgrade with Crests, you should think of it as upgrading slots and not items.
Additionally, since Crests are a limited resource, you will want to obtain the highest item-level possible before upgrading a given slot, as this means you will spend fewer Crests on that slot in total. If you are at all capable of doing a +9 Dungeon, for example, it would be a VERY bad idea to upgrade an item from a +8 Dungeon, as those are wasted Crests you may not get back for a very long time.
We see a ton of players, even at a high level, mess up their upgrade priorities, and upgrading prematurely. Getting this right will put you far ahead of most players.
Below is the slot priority you should upgrade your items in. If you ever want to deviate from this, you should have a very good reason.
- Weapons
- Trinkets
- Helm/Chest/Legs
- Shoulders/Gloves/Belt/Boots
- Rings and Necks
- Cloaks and Bracers
Note that exceptions are possible, such as special items that have more Item Level scaling than their slot would imply.
Season 3 Tier Set for Beast Mastery Hunter
The Tier Set is comprised of 5 items, all carrying the Midnight Herald's moniker.
In Season 3, there are two Set Bonuses per spec, one for each Hero Talent.
Pack Leader Hero Talent Tier Set Bonus for Beast Mastery Hunter
Hunter Pack Leader 11.2 Class Set 2pc — Increases pet damage by 5% and Beast damage by 15%. Whenever you summon a Beast, you gain 6% Haste/Crit/ Mastery for 8 seconds, depending on the Beast summoned. Boar gives Haste, Bear gives Mastery, and Wyvern gives Crit.
Hunter Pack Leader 11.2 Class Set 4pc — Summoning a Beast during
Lead From the Front (aka
Bestial Wrath) causes a
Stampede, sending out a line from your character with beasts that do heavy damage over 7 seconds.
Dark Ranger Hero Talent Tier Set Bonus for Beast Mastery Hunter
Hunter Dark Ranger 11.2 Class Set 2pc —
Black Arrow damage increased by 10%,
Bleak Powder damage increased by 20%, and the cooldown of
Call of the Wild is reduced by 60 sec.
Hunter Dark Ranger 11.2 Class Set 4pc —
Withering Fire's damage increased by 50%, and whenever you consume
Deathblow, you have a 50% chance to cause all
Withering Fire
Black Arrow barrages in your next
Call of the Wild to fire 1 additional
Black Arrow.
The Tier Set Bonus is absolutely mandatory for competitive play, and you should prioritize obtaining it. You can use the Matrix Catalyst to convert regular items (from Mythic+, for example) into Tier Items.
You only need 4 pieces out of 5 to get both set bonuses. We recommend you get all items except for the Gloves or Shoulders, due to their lower item level budget than other tier items. Check out the BiS List for more information.
Best Durable Information Securing Container Titan Discs for Beast Mastery Hunter
Durable Information Securing Container is a Belt item added in
Patch 11.1.7, and is obtained by completing Delves
as part of a short questline starting in Dornogal.
The Belt comes pre-socketed, and also offers the ability to embellish it with
"Titan Discs", special effects that offer stat boosts or damage-dealing cantrip
effects. To get the most out of the Belt, it is essential you choose the right
Titan Disc!
In Season 3, this Belt is very potent and competes with 723+ iLvl, Socketed Belts with solid stats. It does eventually get replaced, but it will take a Mythic-track Belt with great stats to make the swap worth it, and the upgrade, even then, is rather small, so do not commit Crests to making this swap if you could spend them on just about anything else.
Best Titan Discs for Beast Mastery Hunter
Static Charge — Our best option here. Neatly, its stacks are not consumed by all Beast Mastery abilities that you would expect, and so it actually performs even stronger for Beast Mastery than other specs.
As of Patch 11.2, the Belt can be obtained by doing all Delves, not just Overcharged ones. For more information on how to acquire or upgrade the Belt, make sure to check out our dedicated Delves guide!
Changelog
- 05 Oct. 2025: Updated for Patch 11.2.5.
- 12 Sep. 2025: Updated Trinket Tier List and BiS List.
- 07 Sep. 2025: Updated BiS Ring.
- 06 Sep. 2025: Updated BiS Lists and Trinket Tier Lists to include Dark Ranger-specifics.
- 02 Sep. 2025: Trinket Tier List and BiS updates.
- 16 Aug. 2025: Update Trinket Tier list for tuning,
- 04 Aug. 2025: Updated for Patch 11.2.
- 24 Jun. 2025: Updated the Titan Disc recommendation again based on further analysis into Static Charge oversimulating its actual performance.
- 23 Jun. 2025: Updated the Titan Disc recommendation based on the latest hotfixes.
- 15 Jun. 2025: Updated for Patch 11.1.7.
- 13 May 2025: Updated the ordering of Dinar recommendations.
- 10 May 2025: Updated the wording/Dinar recommendation status for House of Cards and Signet slightly.
- 09 May 2025: Updated Corruption Enchants & Puzzling Cartel Chip Dinar section.
- 21 Apr. 2025: Add list of Dinar-purchasable items.
- 29 Mar. 2025: Updated the position of Eye of Kezan in the Mythic+ Trinket Tier List.
- 25 Mar. 2025: Updated for March 25 Updates.
- 17 Mar. 2025: Updated wording on Improvised Seaforium Pacemaker.
- 24 Feb. 2025: Updated for Patch 11.1.0.
- 17 Dec. 2024: Updated for the Cyrce's Circlet now going to Item Level 658.
- 15 Dec. 2024: Updated for Patch 11.0.7.
- 30 Oct. 2024: Updated for October 29 Hotfixes.
- 22 Oct. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 11.0.5.
- 24 Sep. 2024: Updated a BiS Ring.
- 13 Sep. 2024: Added note about double-Dawnthread Lining not working and how to fix it.
- 10 Sep. 2024: Streamlined Crafting recommendations, split them by Raiding and Mythic+, and reformatted. Removed Disclaimer. Fixed some BiS List discrepancies.
- 09 Sep. 2024: Updated for The War Within Season 1.
- 30 Aug. 2024: Preliminary update pass in preparation for Season 1.27 Aug. 2024: Added a note about Crafted gear to the Pre-Season BiS List.
- 22 Aug. 2024: Updated for The War Within.
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