Restoration Druid Healing Gear and Best in Slot — 12.1

Upgrading gear in Midnight continues to use the Crest system which lets you increase the item level of gear along tracks that relate to where you obtained the item. Harder content drops gear that can be upgraded to higher item levels. For more information, read up on our dedicated page on how the gearing system works and what has changed in the Midnight expansion.

OverallMythic+Raid

This list contains your theoretical best-in-slot gear from all content in the game including raids, dungeons, and more. Best-in-slot lists are useful for finding pieces to aim for, but use QE Live in order to determine which of your current items to actually equip.

In addition to the below list, you will equip two crafted items with special "Embellishment" effects on them. Which Embellishments you wear and which crafted pieces you'll put them on depends on which state of gearing you're currently in, so we will cover this in-depth in the Crafted section below. The crafts on the list below aren't necessarily the ones you should create first.

FAQWhich Tier Set Pieces Do I Want?

In Midnight Season 2, you are able to convert any item to a tier piece and it'll keep its original stats and effects! This means that we will be hunting for some very specific pieces to catalyze - chiefly Haste / Mastery items.

• Helm: Gaze of the Coiled Watcher (Key Item)
• Shoulders: No good choices. Do not Catalyze. This is your offpiece and you will craft here.
• Chest: Vestment of the Awakening
• Gloves: Wear the regular tier piece. Grips of Electrified Defense is ok if you can't get the regular piece.
• Legs: Coiled Hex Legguards (Key Item)

Restoration Druid

1.1.

Overall Best in Slot

Enigmatic Dreamwatcher's Somnolent Stare Helm

Ula'tek Empowered Hex of Leeching

Enigmatic Dreamwatcher's Gauntlets Hands

Catalyst or Entombed Sentinels

Amulet of the Twin Fangs Neck

Twin Fangs

Sash of the Forlorn Vessel Waist

Coiled Altar

Silvermoon Agent's Mantle Shoulders

Crafted by Leatherworking Silvermoon's Mending

Enigmatic Dreamwatcher's Leggings Legs

Catalyst + Coiled Altar Arcanoweave Spellthread

Silken Voodoo Drape Cloak

Coiled Altar

Silvermoon Agent's Sneakers Feet

Crafted by Leatherworking Shaladrassil's Roots

Enigmatic Dreamwatcher's Lunar Raiment Chest

Catalyst + Nek'zali the Soulcoiler Mark of the Worldsoul

Alluring Bubbleband Ring

Nymrissa Wavecaller Silvermoon's Alacrity

Shirt

Sickening Signet of Atroxus Ring

Voidscar Arena Silvermoon's Alacrity

Tabard

Wavecaller's Seastone Trinket

Nymrissa Wavecaller

Silvermoon Agent's Deflectors Bracers

Crafted by Leatherworking

Soulcoiler Ritual Vessel Trinket

Nek'zali

Jan'thrazet, the Soul Fang Main Hand

Ula'tek Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Spine of the Hissing Abyss Off Hand

Entombed Sentinels

This list contains your theoretical best-in-slot gear from dungeon content only. Best-in-slot lists are useful for finding pieces to aim for, but use QE Live in order to determine which of your items to actually equip.

In addition to the below list, you will equip two crafted items with special "Embellishment" effects on them. Which Embellishments you wear and which crafted pieces you'll put them on depends on which state of gearing you're currently in, so we will cover this in-depth in the Crafted section below. The crafts on the list below aren't necessarily the ones you should create first.

FAQWhich Tier Set Pieces Do I Want?

In Midnight Season 2, you are able to convert any item to a tier piece and it'll keep its original stats and effects! This means that we will be hunting for some very specific pieces to catalyze - chiefly Haste / Mastery items. Unfortunately the best items drop in raid this season, though even heroic raid is enough to snag Mythic-quality cantrip items. The list below is for if you do not intend on raiding at all.

• Helm: Vilefiend's Guise.
• Shoulders: No good choices. Do not Catalyze. This is your offpiece and you will craft here.
• Chest: War Trial Vestments.
• Gloves: Grips of Electrified Defense.
• Legs: Breeches of the Sacred Hall.

TipsWhich Dungeons Should I Farm?

If you have limited time to play the game, we recommend to farm the following dungeons:

• Voidscar Arena: Your best-in-slot Ring drops here ( Sickening Signet of Atroxus).
• Den of Nalorakk: A well-itemized 2h Weapon drops here which is essential early in the season ( Fallen Speaker's Staff).
• The Blinding Vale: Strong early trinket ( Lightspire Core), decent Legs and Cape.

Restoration Druid

1.2.

Best Mythic+ Gear

Enigmatic Dreamwatcher's Somnolent Stare Helm

Murder Row Empowered Hex of Leeching

Enigmatic Dreamwatcher's Gauntlets Hands

Temple of Sethraliss

Pendant of Malefic Fury Neck

Murder Row

Whirling Dervish Sash Waist

Temple of Sethraliss

Enigmatic Dreamwatcher's Plumage Shoulders

Voidscar Arena Silvermoon's Mending

Enigmatic Dreamwatcher's Leggings Legs

King's Rest Arcanoweave Spellthread

Bloodthorn Burnous Cloak

Blinding Vale

Goldfeather Boots Feet

King's Rest Shaladrassil's Roots

Enigmatic Dreamwatcher's Lunar Raiment Chest

Den of Nalorakk Mark of the Worldsoul

Ritual Binder's Ring Ring

King's Rest Silvermoon's Alacrity

Shirt

Sickening Signet of Atroxus Ring

Voidscar Arena Silvermoon's Alacrity

Tabard

Ruby Whelp Shell Trinket

Ruby Life Pools

Rootwarden Wraps Bracers

Blinding Vale

Lightspire Core Trinket

Blinding Vale

Staff of the Lightning Serpent Main Hand

Temple of Sethraliss Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Off Hand

This list contains your theoretical best-in-slot gear from raid content only. Best-in-slot lists are useful for finding pieces to aim for, but use QE Live in order to determine which of your items to actually equip.

In addition to the below list, you will equip two crafted items with special "Embellishment" effects on them. Which Embellishments you wear and which crafted pieces you'll put them on depends on which state of gearing you're currently in, so we will cover this in-depth in the Crafted section below. The crafts on the list below aren't necessarily the ones you should create first.

FAQWhich Tier Set Pieces Do I Want?

In Midnight Season 2, you are able to convert any item to a tier piece and it'll keep its original stats and effects! This means that we will be hunting for some very specific pieces to catalyze - chiefly Haste / Mastery items.

• Helm: Gaze of the Coiled Watcher (Key Item)
• Shoulders: No good choices. Do not Catalyze. This is your offpiece and you will craft here.
• Chest: Vestment of the Awakening
• Gloves: Wear the regular tier piece. Grips of Electrified Defense is ok if you can't get the regular piece.
• Legs: Coiled Hex Legguards (Key Item)

Restoration Druid

1.3.

Best Raid Gear

Enigmatic Dreamwatcher's Somnolent Stare Helm

Catalyst + Ula'tek Empowered Hex of Leeching

Enigmatic Dreamwatcher's Gauntlets Hands

Catalyst or Entombed Sentinels

Amulet of the Twin Fangs Neck

Twin Fangs

Sash of the Forlorn Vessel Waist

Coiled Altar

Silvermoon Agent's Mantle Shoulders

Crafted by Leatherworking Silvermoon's Mending

Enigmatic Dreamwatcher's Leggings Legs

Catalyst + Coiled Altar Arcanoweave Spellthread

Silken Voodoo Drape Cloak

Coiled Altar

Silvermoon Agent's Sneakers Feet

Crafted by Leatherworking Shaladrassil's Roots

Enigmatic Dreamwatcher's Lunar Raiment Chest

Catalyst + Nek'zali the Soulcoiler Mark of the Worldsoul

Masterwork Sin'dorei Band Ring

Crafted by Jewelcrafting Silvermoon's Alacrity

Shirt

Alluring Bubbleband Ring

Nymrissa Wavecaller Silvermoon's Alacrity

Tabard

Gebbo's Bottomless Bag Trinket

Lost Explorers

Silvermoon Agent's Deflectors Bracers

Crafted by Leatherworking

Soulcoiler Ritual Vessel Trinket

Nek'zali

Jan'thrazet, the Soul Fang Main Hand

Ula'tek Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Spine of the Hissing Abyss Off Hand

Entombed Sentinels

Itemization

Enchants and Stat Priority

Looking to optimize your character? Check out our Enchant and Stat Priority guides for more information!

EnchantsStats

Restoration Druid BiS Trinkets

Best-in-Slot - Soulcoiler Ritual Vessel and Gebbo's Bottomless Bag.
Honorable Mention - Wavecaller's Seastone.

For direct trinket comparison, we recommend using QELive.

Restoration Druid Trinket Rankings

Ranking	Trinket
S Tier	Soulcoiler Ritual Vessel
A Tier	Gebbo's Bottomless Bag Wavecaller's Seastone Lightspire Core Drum of Renewed Bonds Ruby Whelp Shell
B Tier	Stormbound Emblem of Dazar Gaze of the Alnseer Light of the Cosmic Crescendo Hex Lord's Dooming Idol Glorious Crusader's Keepsake
C Tier	Seed of Radiant Hope Mycolic Medicine Unstable Felheart Crystal Vile Vial of Volatile Venom
D Tier	Preternatural Antivenom Crucible of Erratic Energies Cosmic Bell
F- Tier	Kyrakka's Searing Embers

In general, there are quite a few trinkets that have a similar power level. Any of the trinkets in a tier will be roughly equal to each other. This means that item level on trinkets is quite important. F-tier trinkets are there because they are only better than an empty trinket slot.

Nebulous Voidcore can be used to acquire specific items from specific bosses or dungeons, by letting you gain a guaranteed piece of loot from a specific drop-location. The received item is random, but once an item has been acquired in this way, your next use of a Voidcore will grant one of the remaining items you haven't yet acquired.

Note that obtaining an item via drop or great vault does not remove it from your Bonus Roll pool.

Seasonal Mechanics

Nebulous Voidcores (bonus rolls)

Check out our guide on the Voidforge to learn how to acquire these powerful upgrades!

Go to Guide

There are a few different paths you can take for your Nebulous Voidcores and crafts. These are mostly early-season problems, and if you pick up the spec later in the season then you will have a lot more freedom in what you choose for both. It is a big power loss to bonus roll Mythic+ early in the season.

Raid Voidcore Priority

• Ideal: Heroic Ula'tek until you obtain Gaze of the Coiled Watcher and Jan'thrazet, the Soul Fang.
• Next Best: Mythic Nek'zali the Soulcoiler until you obtain Vestment of the Awakening and Soulcoiler Ritual Vessel.
• Then: Fill in slots you don't have Myth-track items for yet. You can use QE Live in order to get the average bonus roll value from each boss and dungeon.

M+ Voidcore Priority

• The Blinding Vale - Lightspire Core (good), Bloodthorn Burnous (good).
• Voidscar Arena - Sickening Signet of Atroxus (BiS)

Restoration Druid is in a tough spot in regards to bonus rolls because two of the items Ula'tek drops are absurdly good, while the 3rd option ( Aqirbane Reliquary) is almost unplayable. However, after three bonus rolls on the boss we are guaranteed all three items - so we are going to take a chance knowing that even if we are unlucky we will have the items we need after the first month of the season.

If you bonus roll both items early then you can skip the third. 1/3rd of the population will be fortunate in that way.

Crafting is an essential way of getting high-item-level gear. You can craft one item every two weeks. You generally want to be very particular about what you craft. You're also able to attach "embellishments" to two of your crafted items. They contribute about 1% healing each.

Restoration Crafted Gear Priority

• Aln'hara Lantern with Darkmoon Sigil: Hunt.
• Silvermoon Agent's Mantle or Silvermoon Agent's Sneakers with Arcanoweave Lining.
• Any item you do not have on Myth track yet.

• If you get a Myth-track offhand from the first few raid bosses, then you can skip that step.
• The Leather 2-pc Embellishment set is not very good. Avoid it. The new 12.1 embellishment, Adorned Fang is likely very good, but wasn't able to be tested on the PTR so check back soon for updated information on it.

For more information about crafting gear you can visit our Professions page.

Up to two of your crafted items can be Embellished. Embellishments add special effects to your items and you will want to have two once you are up and running.

Since you can only pick two, it's important you craft the correct ones since some are quite poor. The two best choices for this are:

• Arcanoweave Lining on two armor slots. Check back after launch to see if the new 12.1 embellishments are worth wearing.

It is recommended to use QE Live to find out what might be best for your particular gearset, and if you also play any other Druid specs, you might want to pick Embellishments that work well for all of them.

You can add sockets to Helmets, Belts, and Bracers with the Miasmic Jewelbinder consumable item that you can choose instead of a Great Vault item. You will generally not have any of these until later in the season since it is better to take an item or a Nebulous Voidcore.

Early into the season, or if you have just started playing an alt, you will have limited access to crests that upgrade the level of your gear (such as Myth Mistcrest). Since crests are limited each week and upgrading different items costs the same amount of crests regardless, you will want to prioritize your usage of them on items that have the most stats on them, and those that you won't replace soon.

Restoration Druid Crest Upgrade Priority

Weapon Slots ➜ Special Effect Slots ➜ Helmet/Chest/Legs ➜ Trinkets ➜ Shoulders/Gloves/Belt/Boots ➜ The Rest

Eventually, you will be able to upgrade all of your items, this priority order is only for early on when you are limited in crests.

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

While we do offer recommendations for gear and 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!

Voulk

Guide Author

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