Feral Druid DPS Gear and Best in Slot — The War Within (11.1.0)

Last updated on Mar 04, 2025 at 10:00 by Wordup 29 comments
General Information

On this page, you will find the best gear and best in slot items for your Feral Druid in World of Warcraft The War Within (11.1.0).

If you were looking for WotLK Classic content, please refer to our WotLK Classic Feral DPS Druid gear and best in slot.

1.

Gearing an Feral Druid

Welcome to our Gear and BiS Page for Feral Druid for The War Within. Check this page to learn everything you need to know about gearing an Feral Druid, 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.

2.

BiS Gear for Feral Druid

Season 2 BiS List Liberation of Undermine BiS List Mythic+ BiS List
3.

Feral Druid Season 2 BiS List

This list contains the Best in Slot Gear for Season 2 of The War Within. Items from all sources including Raids, Mythic+, Delves, The Great Vault and Crafting are included here.

Note that this gearset aims to balance out stats evenly to avoid diminishing returns, so individual pieces may not suit your current gearset on their own.

Slot Item Source/Note
Weapon Best-in-Slots Icon Best-in-Slots (678) One-Armed Bandit / Matrix Catalyst / Great Vault
Alternative (Crafted) Charged Halberd Icon Charged Halberd (675) Crafted — Blacksmithing
Helm Branches of Reclaiming Blight Icon Branches of Reclaiming Blight (678) One-Armed Bandit / Matrix Catalyst / Great Vault
Neck Gobfather's Gifted Bling Icon Gobfather's Gifted Bling (678) Mug'ZeeLiberation of Undermine
Shoulder Jaws of Reclaiming Blight Icon Jaws of Reclaiming Blight (678) Rik Reverb / Matrix Catalyst / Great Vault
Cloak Consecrated Cloak Icon Consecrated Cloak (678) Great Vault / Cinderbrew Meadery
Cloak (Alt) Chef Chewie's Towel Icon Chef Chewie's Towel (678) Great Vault / Cinderbrew Meadery
Chest Robes of Reclaiming Blight Icon Robes of Reclaiming Blight (678) Sprocketmonger Lockenstock / Matrix Catalyst / Great Vault
Bracers Killer Queen's Wristflickers Icon Killer Queen's Wristflickers (678) Rik ReverbLiberation of Undermine
Gloves Rune-Branded Grasps Icon Rune-Branded Grasps (678) Crafted — Leatherworking
Gloves (Alt) Tempestwind Handlers Icon Tempestwind Handlers (678) The Rookery / Cinderbrew Meadery
Belt Mekgineer's Championship Belt Icon Mekgineer's Championship Belt (678) Great Vault / Operation: Mechagon - Workshop
Legs Moccasins of Reclaiming Blight Icon Moccasins of Reclaiming Blight (678) Stix Bunkjunker / Matrix Catalyst / Great Vault
Boots Rushed Beta Launchers Icon Rushed Beta Launchers (678) Sprocketmonger LockenstockLiberation of Undermine
Ring #1 The Jastor Diamond Icon The Jastor Diamond (678) Chrome King Gallywix — Liberation of Undermine
Ring #2 Cyrce's Circlet Icon Cyrce's Circlet (658) Siren Isle
Ring (Alt) Miniature Roulette Wheel Icon Miniature Roulette Wheel (678) One-Armed BanditLiberation of Undermine
Trinket #1 Eye of Kezan Icon Eye of Kezan (678) Chrome King Gallywix — Liberation of Undermine
Trinket #2 Improvised Seaforium Pacemaker Icon Improvised Seaforium Pacemaker (678) Great Vault / Operation: Floodgate
Alternative House of Cards Icon House of Cards (678) One-Armed BanditLiberation of Undermine
3.

Liberation of Undermine BiS List for Feral Druid

Below is a list of the ideal pieces that can be found in each slot from the first raid, Liberation of Undermine. Bear in mind, this is a recommendation of gear to look out for to fill in holes in your gearset, not a strict recommendation of what you should always wear in raids.

Slot Item Source/Note
Weapon Best-in-Slots Icon Best-in-Slots One-Armed Bandit
Alternative Giga Bank-Breaker Icon Giga Bank-Breaker One-Armed Bandit
Helm Darkfuse Racketeer's Tricorne Icon Darkfuse Racketeer's Tricorne Chrome King Gallywix
Neck Gobfather's Gifted Bling Icon Gobfather's Gifted Bling Mug'Zee
Shoulder Jaws of Reclaiming Blight Icon Jaws of Reclaiming Blight Rik Reverb
Cloak Test Pilot's Go-Pack Icon Test Pilot's Go-Pack Sprocketmonger Lockenstock
Chest Robes of Reclaiming Blight Icon Robes of Reclaiming Blight Sprocketmonger Lockenstock
Bracers Killer Queen's Wristflickers Icon Killer Queen's Wristflickers Rik Reverb
Gloves Grips of Reclaiming Blight Icon Grips of Reclaiming Blight Cauldron of Carnage
Belt Hitman's Holster Icon Hitman's Holster Mug'Zee
Legs Moccasins of Reclaiming Blight Icon Moccasins of Reclaiming Blight Stix Bunkjunker
Boots Rushed Beta Launchers Icon Rushed Beta Launchers Sprocketmonger Lockenstock
Ring #1 The Jastor Diamond Icon The Jastor Diamond Chrome King Gallywix
Ring #2 Miniature Roulette Wheel Icon Miniature Roulette Wheel One-Armed Bandit
Trinket #1 Eye of Kezan Icon Eye of Kezan Chrome King Gallywix
Trinket #2 House of Cards Icon House of Cards One-Armed Bandit
Trinket Alt Reverb Radio Icon Reverb Radio Rik Reverb
3.

Mythic+ BiS List for Feral Druid

Below is a list of the ideal pieces that can be found in each slot from Season 2 of Mythic+ in The War Within. These are recommendations for pieces in each slot to look out for when farming gear upgrades, not a strict recommendation on what you should always be wearing in Mythic+.

Slot Item Source/Note
Weapon Glorious Defender's Poleaxe Icon Glorious Defender's Poleaxe Priory of the Sacred Flame
Alternative Sticky Stirring Stick Icon Sticky Stirring Stick Cinderbrew Meadery
Helm Helm of the Righteous Crusade Icon Helm of the Righteous Crusade Priory of the Sacred Flame
Neck Strapped Rescue-Keg Icon Strapped Rescue-Keg Cinderbrew Meadery
Shoulder Extravagant Epaulets Icon Extravagant Epaulets Operation: Mechagon - Workshop
Cloak Chef Chewie's Towel Icon Chef Chewie's Towel Cinderbrew Meadery
Chest Venture Co. Plenipotentiary Vest Icon Venture Co. Plenipotentiary Vest The MOTHERLODE!!
Bracers Battle-Scarred Fisticuffs Icon Battle-Scarred Fisticuffs Cinderbrew Meadery
Gloves Tempestwind Handlers Icon Tempestwind Handlers The Rookery
Belt Mekgineer's Championship Belt Icon Mekgineer's Championship Belt Operation: Mechagon - Workshop
Legs Fearless Challenger's Leggings Icon Fearless Challenger's Leggings Theater of Pain
Boots Backbreaking Bootstrappers Icon Backbreaking Bootstrappers Cinderbrew Meadery
Ring #1 85-Year Tenure Ring Icon 85-Year Tenure Ring Cinderbrew Meadery
Ring #2 Fleshfused Circle Icon Fleshfused Circle Theater of Pain
Trinket #1 Improvised Seaforium Pacemaker Icon Improvised Seaforium Pacemaker Operation: Floodgate
Trinket #2 Signet of the Priory Icon Signet of the Priory Priory of the Sacred Flame
Trinket Alt Azerokk's Resonating Heart Icon Azerokk's Resonating Heart The MOTHERLODE!!
3.

Best Cyrce's Circlet Gems for Feral Druid

Cyrce's Circlet Icon Cyrce's Circlet is a customizable ring that can be obtained from the Siren Isle. There are three distinct sockets each with 4 choices each, allowing you to build your own item to suit your needs.

In Patch 11.1, the ring stays a very strong option, only being evened out by well itemized 678 equivalent rings. That means you can safely use this for most if not all of Season 2 currently.

Recommended Gems
  • Singing ThunderStormbringer's Runed Citrine Icon Stormbringer's Runed Citrine (All Stats)
  • Singing SeaFathomdweller's Runed Citrine Icon Fathomdweller's Runed Citrine (Mastery)
  • Singing WindWindsinger's Runed Citrine Icon Windsinger's Runed Citrine (Highest Secondary)

Note - with the nerf to Legendary Skipper's Citrine Icon Legendary Skipper's Citrine going into this patch removing Roaring War-Queen's Citrine Icon Roaring War-Queen's Citrine procs, this is now a much worse option and hurts the ring's staying power. Treat it more as a strong high stat option and keep an eye out for good Crit/Mastery drops in Season 2 at 665 item-level or above to replace it.

For more information on how to get the ring, as well as acquiring all of the different gems that you can possibly socket into it, check out our Cyrce's Circlet guide below!

4.

Best Trinkets for Feral Druid in The War Within Season 2

5.

Feral Druid Trinket Tier Lists

Raiding Trinket Tier List Mythic+ Trinket Tier List
6.

Raiding Trinket Tier List for Feral Druid

This Trinket Tier List mostly focuses on single-target throughput, as raid encounters are mostly decided by your boss damage. Generally, Feral tends to prefer stat trinkets and a 2-minute on-use option to pair up with Berserk Icon Berserk's big damage window. I would broadly recommend simpler trinkets you do not have to think about too much unless it performs significantly better.

5.1.

S-Tier

  • Improvised Seaforium Pacemaker Icon Improvised Seaforium Pacemaker — an ICD trinket, this will proc every minute on the dot, being an on-use in disguise that lines up with Berserk Icon Berserk.
  • Eye of Kezan Icon Eye of Kezan — While it takes time to stack up, when it gets there it is unmatched in throughput, well suited for raid encounters.
  • House of Cards Icon House of Cards — Hold to align with Berserk Icon Berserk.
  • Signet of the Priory Icon Signet of the Priory — Lines up with Berserk Icon Berserk naturally.
  • Mechano-Core Amplifier Icon Mechano-Core Amplifier — Lower Ilvl, but still worth it even without the bonus effect.
5.1.

A-Tier

  • Suspicious Energy Drink Icon Suspicious Energy Drink — Lower Ilvl, but still worth it even without the bonus effect.
  • Shadow-Binding Ritual Knife Icon Shadow-Binding Ritual Knife — If Season 1 delve trinkets make a return, this is still very relevant.
  • Azerokk's Resonating Heart Icon Azerokk's Resonating Heart
  • Reverb Radio Icon Reverb Radio
  • Junkmaestro's Mega Magnet Icon Junkmaestro's Mega Magnet
5.1.

B-Tier

  • Quickwick Candlestick Icon Quickwick Candlestick — If Season 1 delve trinkets make a return, this is a relevant on-use alternative.
  • Funhouse Lens Icon Funhouse Lens — Hold to align with Berserk Icon Berserk
  • Zee's Thug Hotline Icon Zee's Thug Hotline
  • Sigil of Algari Concordance Icon Sigil of Algari Concordance
  • Conductor's Wax Whistle Icon Conductor's Wax Whistle
  • Mister Lock-N-Stalk Icon Mister Lock-N-Stalk
5.1.

C-Tier

  • Turbo-Drain 5000 Icon Turbo-Drain 5000
  • Garbagemancer's Last Resort Icon Garbagemancer's Last Resort
  • Geargrinder's Spare Keys Icon Geargrinder's Spare Keys
  • Grim Codex Icon Grim Codex
  • Ravenous Honey Buzzer Icon Ravenous Honey Buzzer
5.1.

D-Tier

  • K.U.-J.0.'s Flame Vents Icon K.U.-J.0.'s Flame Vents
  • Charged Stormrook Plume Icon Charged Stormrook Plume
  • Papa's Prized Putter Icon Papa's Prized Putter
  • Blastmaster3000 Icon Blastmaster3000
  • Noggenfogger Ultimate Deluxe Icon Noggenfogger Ultimate Deluxe
  • Amorphous Relic Icon Amorphous Relic
6.

Mythic+ Trinket Tier List for Feral Druid

This Trinket Tier List has a more broad scope, looking for trinkets that have flexibility without extra conditions to get value out of them. This is due to Mythic+ being more fluid, and needing general-use items rather than extremely specialized options. I would broadly recommend simpler stat trinkets you do not have to think about too much unless it performs significantly better.

5.1.

S-Tier

  • Improvised Seaforium Pacemaker Icon Improvised Seaforium Pacemaker — an ICD trinket, this will proc every minute on the dot, being an on-use in disguise that lines up with Berserk Icon Berserk.
  • House of Cards Icon House of Cards — Hold to align with Berserk Icon Berserk.
  • Signet of the Priory Icon Signet of the Priory — Lines up with Berserk Icon Berserk naturally.
  • Mechano-Core Amplifier Icon Mechano-Core Amplifier — Lower Ilvl, but still worth it even without the bonus effect.
5.1.

A-Tier

  • Suspicious Energy Drink Icon Suspicious Energy Drink — Lower Ilvl, but still worth it even without the bonus effect.
  • Shadow-Binding Ritual Knife Icon Shadow-Binding Ritual Knife — If Season 1 delve trinkets make a return, this is still very relevant.
  • Azerokk's Resonating Heart Icon Azerokk's Resonating Heart
  • Reverb Radio Icon Reverb Radio
5.1.

B-Tier

  • Quickwick Candlestick Icon Quickwick Candlestick — If Season 1 delve trinkets make a return, this is a relevant on-use alternative
  • Funhouse Lens Icon Funhouse Lens — Should hold to align with Berserk Icon Berserk for large pulls.
  • Junkmaestro's Mega Magnet Icon Junkmaestro's Mega Magnet
  • Conductor's Wax Whistle Icon Conductor's Wax Whistle
  • Zee's Thug Hotline Icon Zee's Thug Hotline
  • Sigil of Algari Concordance Icon Sigil of Algari Concordance
  • Eye of Kezan Icon Eye of Kezan — the buff only lingers for 20 seconds out of combat, and loses a stack every 3 seconds, making it too hard to chain stacks between pulls.
5.1.

C-Tier

  • Mister Lock-N-Stalk Icon Mister Lock-N-Stalk
  • Grim Codex Icon Grim Codex
  • Geargrinder's Spare Keys Icon Geargrinder's Spare Keys
  • Garbagemancer's Last Resort Icon Garbagemancer's Last Resort
5.1.

D-Tier

  • Remnant of Darkness Icon Remnant of Darkness
  • Ravenous Honey Buzzer Icon Ravenous Honey Buzzer
  • K.U.-J.0.'s Flame Vents Icon K.U.-J.0.'s Flame Vents
  • Turbo-Drain 5000 Icon Turbo-Drain 5000
  • Papa's Prized Putter Icon Papa's Prized Putter
  • Charged Stormrook Plume Icon Charged Stormrook Plume
  • Blastmaster3000 Icon Blastmaster3000
  • Noggenfogger Ultimate Deluxe Icon Noggenfogger Ultimate Deluxe
  • Amorphous Relic Icon Amorphous Relic
6.

Best Crafted Items for Feral Druid

Crafted gear for Feral in The War Within has a few choices depending on what gear you have available due to the different Embellishment choices. You should ideally sim the optimal stats to craft for your particular character, but Critical Strike and Mastery is most likely your best option with an Algari Missive of the Peerless Icon Algari Missive of the Peerless.

6.1.

Best Crafting Order for Feral Druid

  1. For your first craft, you have two options depending on if you are in a rush to use your Spark of Fortunes Icon Spark of Fortunes:
    • Craft an off-piece and apply Dawnthread Lining Icon Dawnthread Lining. We recommend a low impact slot that does not conflict with Tier, such as Rune-Branded Armbands Icon Rune-Branded Armbands.
    • If you have two sparks, a Weapon — Charged Halberd Icon Charged Halberd with Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension Icon Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension. This should be paired with Writhing Armor Banding Icon Writhing Armor Banding with your next off-piece.
    • Craft an off-piece and apply Dawnthread Lining Icon Dawnthread Lining. We recommend a low impact slot that does not conflict with Tier, such as Rune-Branded Armbands Icon Rune-Branded Armbands.
  2. Craft another off-piece and apply Dawnthread Lining Icon Dawnthread Lining or Writhing Armor Banding Icon Writhing Armor Banding, depending on your choice. We recommend a low impact slot such as Rune-Branded Grasps Icon Rune-Branded Grasps due to the weaker gloves on offer this season, so long as it does not affect your tier set.
  3. After this, you are done with priority crafts and embellishments and can use sims to determine your best piece to upgrade with item level. Generally, it is a good idea to look for Rings and Necks as good options are very contested amongst other classes.

With the best weapon being Best-in-Slots Icon Best-in-Slots, it comes down to how likely you think it is you will be picking one up soon, as this does shift your best crafts. The advantage of having your weapon slot locked in at a high item level is big though, so weigh up your options. All equippable two-handed agility weapon are equal value, including Charged Halberd Icon Charged Halberd, Charged Crusher Icon Charged Crusher and Vagabond's Careful Crutch Icon Vagabond's Careful Crutch.

The alternative in Dawnthread Lining Icon Dawnthread Lining is the best general use case that has variable uptime depending on your health, but will usually be active during cooldown moments. Once you acquire a 678 myth track weapon or Best-in-Slots Icon Best-in-Slots, you should be pivoting your Embellishments to this.

7.

"Simming" Yourself as a Feral Druid

Throughout this page and elsewhere in our guide, we regularly refer to the importance of simming yourself on Raidbots. This is because every character is unique, and each individual gear piece you have access to can change what is best right now for you.

While we do offer generic sim charts and recommendations for Trinkets, these are not complete replacements for simming yourself. The only way to truly optimize your character to that degree is by making use of the tools available!

If you are new to simming and Raidbots, check out our detailed guide below.

8.

Best Gear Upgrades for Feral Druid

As you complete endgame content in The War Within, you will gather upgrade crests such as Gilded Undermine Crest Icon Gilded Undermine Crest that can be used to upgrade your items. Once you have upgraded a slot to a particular item level, any other item in that slot can be upgraded without a Crest cost.

As Crests are a limited resource and capped early on in the season, ideally, you will want to obtain the highest item-level possible before committing any crests to upgrade it, as this will save you upgrades in the long run. If you are capable of completing higher Mythic+ dungeons, it is generally a good idea to wait until you have the slot maxed out with free upgrades first.

Below is a general slot priority you should upgrade your items in.

  1. Weapons
  2. Trinkets
  3. Helm/Chest/Legs
  4. Shoulders/Gloves/Belt/Boots
  5. Rings and Necks
  6. Cloaks and Bracers

Note that exceptions are possible, such as special items that have additional procs attached to them like The Jastor Diamond Icon The Jastor Diamond.

9.

The War Within Season 2 Tier Set for Feral Druid

The second Tier Set of The War Within, the Roots of Reclaiming Blight, consists of 5 items that provide unique bonuses upon equipping 2, and 4 pieces from the set:

  • Druid Feral 11.1 Class Set 2pc Icon Druid Feral 11.1 Class Set 2pc — Your spells and abilities have a chance to activate a Winning Streak! increasing the damage of Ferocious Bite Icon Ferocious Bite, Rip Icon Rip and Primal Wrath Icon Primal Wrath by 3%, stacking up to 10 times. Finishing moves have a 15% chance to remove all stacks, but any free Ferocious Bite Icon Ferocious Bite procs are exempt from this chance.
  • Druid Feral 11.1 Class Set 4pc Icon Druid Feral 11.1 Class Set 4pc — When you consume Apex Predator's Craving Icon Apex Predator's Craving, become a Big Winner, dealing heavy Physical damage to your target and increasing the damage of your periodic effects by 16% for 6 seconds.

The Feral set bonus is of average strength when moving away from the Season 1 bonus, with a leaning toward Wildstalker. A lot of the power comes in the 2-piece, and it is worth making the switch to a 2-pc/2-pc combo once you have some new pieces. You should aim to complete the full set as early as possible, and you can use the Matrix Catalyst to convert regular items (from Mythic+ or Raid) into Tier Items.

You only need 4 pieces to maximize the set bonus, so we recommend dropping the Gloves or Helm for alternatives with more Critical Strike or Mastery if possible. Check the BiS List for more information.

11.

Changelog

  • 03 Mar. 2025: Updated Circe's Circlet and some trinket recommendations.
  • 24 Feb. 2025: Updated for Patch 11.1.0.
  • 17 Dec. 2024: Updated to highlight strength of new ring following hotfixes.
  • 15 Dec. 2024: Updated for Patch 11.0.7 for Cyrce's Circlet.
  • 21 Oct. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 11.0.5, moved Mad Queen's Mandate to recommended.
  • 09 Sep. 2024: Updated with Season 1 BiS lists.
  • 21 Aug. 2024: Updated for The War Within.
  • 23 Jul. 2024: Updated for The War Within Pre-Patch.
  • 07 May 2024: Reviewed for 10.2.7.
  • 22 Apr. 2024: Updated for Season 4 and Awakened gear release.
  • 19 Mar. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
  • 15 Jan. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5, highlighted Ashes of the Embersoul as equal to Witherbark's.
  • 07 Nov. 2023: Updated to remove Sporecloak recommendation, switched Toxic Thorn/Toxic Patch.
  • 06 Nov. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.2.
  • 04 Sep. 2023: Restructured for Patch 10.1.7, information remains the same.
  • 10 Jul. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.1.5 with megadungeon gear, and clarified crafting section.
  • 25 May 2023: Added section on Cataclysm Timewalking.
  • 09 May 2023: Updated to account for Trinket changes.
  • 01 May 2023: Updated for Patch 10.1 and Season 2 release with new gear recommendations.
  • 24 Mar. 2023: Updated for Primordial Gemstones hotfixes.
  • 22 Mar. 2023: Updated to account for Primordial Stone buffs.
  • 20 Mar. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.0.7 with Onyx Annulet recommendations.
  • 24 Jan. 2023: Reviewed and updated for Patch 10.0.5.
  • 11 Dec. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight season 1.
  • 28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
  • 25 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
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