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NOTE - XPOFF brackets have been separated. 110s with xp OFF will probably not get BG queue pops. 110s without BfA will queue with other 110s who don't have legion. If you want to PvP, you may want to look at gearing your 110, then transferring to a second account that does NOT have BfA.
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- [December 2018] RIP
- [November 2018] Moved armor into spoiler tags. Mail pieces are all updated - thanks to @Warglave for those.
- [November 2018] Added Bonesplinter band.
- [October 2018] - Azerite pieces mostly determined. Core guide created.
- TODO - There are several always-280ilvl pieces of gear (from HoA intro quest and rares) that are useful for offspecs and different sets. Add these, but slightly separate so its clear that they are not part of the path.
Its pretty easy to started at 110 with a basic set of gear, but theres also a lot of potential for finding those rare antorus upgrades later on to get even better. This guide is aimed at helping you figure out the general set of gear you’ll want to look for - but won’t tell you exactly how to play/gear a given class/spec since there are so many options and multiple ways to play them.
General Gear Slots
Here is the general possible gear options for most 110s, listed in no particular order of what is best.
Head: Azerite Gear (295 or 280)
Neck: Heart of Azeroth
Shoulders: Azerite Gear (295 or 280)
Cloak: Legion Legendary, Legion Tier Piece, Mythic Antorus, BfA Quest
Chest: Azerite Gear (295 or 280)
Wrist: Legion Legendary, Mythic Antorus, BfA Quest
Gloves: Legion Legendary, Legion Tier Piece, Mythic Antorus, BfA Quest
Belt: Legion Legendary, Mythic Antorus, BfA Quest
Legs: Legion Legendary, Legion Tier Piece, Mythic Antorus, BfA Quest
Boots: Legion Legendary, Mythic Antorus, BfA Quest
Rings: Legion Legendary, Mythic Antorus, BfA Quest, Bonesplinter Band
Trinkets: Argus Legendary, Argus Pantheon Trinket, Legion Legendary, Mythic Antorus, BfA Archaeology, BfA Quest, Alchemy Trinket
Weapons: Legion Artifact (with good relics), Scythe of the Unmaker, BfA Quest
So lets break that down a bit more…
- Heart of Azeroth - Your BfA artifact takes up the neck slot. Its got lots of stats. It enables your azerite armor. Use it.
- Azerite Armor - See below, as it makes up the majority of the guide. In short, you can get some 295 azerite pieces that will have azerite traits and upgrade to 300. There are also a number of 280s available through questing and rares. It’ll take a bit of planning to get the right 295s for your main spec, and then you can aim for 280 pieces for possible off-specs. Only in the Head/Shoulders/Chest Slots. Cannot proc an upgrade.
- Legion Artifact Weapon - Even with the traits/abilities disabled, this weapon can get pretty beefy with good relics. Since relic traits don’t matter - only the ilvl matters, which makes getting good ones a bit easier. Mythic antorus titanforged relics are BiS.
- Scythe of the Unmaker - Really rare drop from Argus. Really rare. Blue versions can drop from any difficulty, but obviously harder means high ilvl gear. Red version only drops from mythic. Not 100% sure what ilvl this can be, but mythic is at least 250.
- Legion Legendaries - You can equip 1 legion legendary by default, and can equip a 2nd if you have the second-to-last Order Advancement from the legion order hall. It’ll take a significant bit of resources and some time to unlock if you haven’t already - but dailies/emmisary quests give lots of order resources. Figure out the best legendaries for your class/spec that are NOT in the head/neck/shoulders/chest slots (if possible, there are a few legendaries that are worth not using the azerite gear, like the DH eye beam helm) and use those 2. You can farm 1000 wakening essence to purchase a specific legendary. You can also purchase BoA class tokens that will become a random legendary for that class if you have extra essence on another toon.
- Argus Legendary - Argus drops a legendary trinket. Its really good. It does NOT count as one of your 2 legion legendaries, so you can potentially have 3 legendaries. Rare AF.
- Argus Pantheon Trinket - A role-based trinket that drops from argus. Killing argus each week rewards Pantheon’s Blessing, which can eventually buff the trinket to a max of ilvl 280.
- Antorus - Any gear that drops from mythic (or even heroic) antorus can proc an upgrade to be very good. Getting various titanforges, sockets, and tertiary stats like leech/speed can make for some rather compelling gear. Note that you may need to do a couple of quests to unlock the zone on a new character, but not the entire questline that was required in legion.
- Legion Tier Pieces - Depending on your class, certain tier bonuses might be very good and worth going for. You can only get 3 pieces due to azerite armor slots, so we can only reach the 2-piece set bonuses. Note that this could mean antorus or even previous legion raids. Try to get at mythic level and hope for upgrade procs.
- Sanguinating Totem / Fetish - BfA Archaeology provides two possible ilvl 300 trinkets. While high in ilvl, they aren’t particularly great as they only provide stam and a rather meh active. Might be ok for certain tank classes or for a tanky set. One can be found on Kul Tiras, while the other on Zuldazar. BoA, so you can do the archaeology on another toon.
- Alchemy Trinket - At 110, we can't get the BfA alchemy gear, but we can use the legion Alchemy Trinket. It can be pretty useful if you use health pots, because 40% is 40%. There is a 111 BfA alchemy trinket for 111-119 twinks though.
- BfA Quests - There are a lot of random green quest rewards throughout BfA. For the most part, they aren’t too exciting, however they can upgrade a decent bit. Theres a lot of RNG here as to what upgrades, but you might have a pretty strong contender for a few slots this way. There also might be some trinkets that are pretty good even without an upgrade - at some point I’ll see about making a list of notable ones. This will make up a lot of your gear when starting out, and can be replaced with mythic antorus pieces later if you want.
- Bonespinter Band - Drops from a rare in Stormsong Valley. Unlike most rares which only drop their rare item once, this rare seems to reset daily. The item itself isn't too special, but since you can farm it daily, you can continually farm it until you get upgrades like leech and a socket. M Antorus or legendary rings are going to be better, but this is a fairly easy option to farm (at least, for alliance).
Azerite gear covers the Head/Shoulders/Chest slots. They have different traits for each class. For a 110 twink, we ideally want them at 295->300 ilvl. Since we can only get 4* pieces at that level, you’ll want to figure out good traits for your main spec and focus your efforts there. You can then go for 280 ilvl pieces for your offspecs or alternate sets.
The first piece you get is from Infusing the Heart (the heart of azeroth intro questline). This piece is always 280 and does NOT count towards the 7 main story quests. Look for a piece that might be useful for an offspec or while doing the main quests, but don’t stress about the choice too much.
The Great Sea Scrolls quest is a great option. It ALWAYS provides a 295 Battered Vyrkul helm slot. Theres only one choice for your armor type, so if the trait is good, then boom - you’ve got a head piece. If it isn’t good for your main spec, then maybe its a good off-spec piece. THIS QUEST CAN NO LONGER BE OBTAINED BY 110s - HOWEVER IT CAN BE SHARED. Find someone 111+ with the quest and get it shared.
With the main story quest rewards, things are more complicated. After a lot of people tested on the forums, and I think @izesells got the final details first (or at least summarized it best) here.
Basically there are several quests which reward azerite gear at ilvl 280, but those rewards could be 295. There are 3 zones for each faction, with 2 quests that reward azerite armor each, for a total of 6 pieces of azerite gear from your island. You can also do one war campaign to the opposite faction’s island for a piece of PvP gear (the other war campaign quests are level gated) - which makes for a 7th piece. The first 4 pieces you get out of these seven will be ilvl 280. The last 3 pieces will be ilvl 295 (you may need to relog if you’re already holding onto a quest).
The rest of this guide is about helping you figure out what azerite pieces are available, where they are from, and how to get the 295s you want.
Don’t forget about your offspecs - the first 4 story quests are only 280, but are great for having some pretty good offspec gear. There are also a number of rares that drop 280 pieces. I hope to add those in eventually for people looking for offspec gear.
And in general - hold onto ALL of your azerite gear. Blizzard may rebalance traits and completely change what is good.
Determine your Path
Step 1 is to know what you want. I can’t tell you what you want or help with that. You’ll want to look up class guides, dps charts, and do some theorycrafting yourself for what is strong for your 110. Here are some resources:
- Wowhead/icyveins/other class guides (just google em)
- Class discords - generally focused on 120, but a lot of knowledgeable people who might be able to help out for 110 specific stuff as well.
- Azerite.info - easy way to pick a class and filter gear to see what traits it offers
- Bloodmallet - dps sims for traits
- www.thelootdistrict.com/pvpstats/ - see what azerite traits most pvpers are using (and talents/stats/enchants/etc) at max level
- XPOff 110-119 Forums! Search for your class/spec. Look at armories. Ask questions.
- Got more good resources? Throw me a comment and I’ll add it.
Once you’ve found your traits, go ahead and find the right Armor/Faction combination below to look at gear. For helms, the Great Sea Scroll quest is always first, always 295 and does NOT count towards your 7 main story quests. Eventually, I’ll also be including the initial HoA questline azerite reward as well as rare drops, which are always 280 and do NOT count toward your 7 main story quests. They will always be below the main story quest gear and will have NO ITALICS. They are NOT part of the path. They are useful for off-specs and keeping pieces in case traits get buffed/nerfed later on.
The more difficult part is the Main Story Quests - will be listed out with a designation like Tiragarde1, Voldun2, and WarCampaign so that you can clearly tell where it comes from and that it is part of the path. All designations are italicized. If it isn’t in italics, it isn’t part of the path.
You’ll want to figure out your good traits, look through the main story quest reward gear (check wowhead or azerite.info to see traits) and pick a head/shoulders/chest (and 4th piece including the sea scroll quest, maybe for an offspec?), and then see if you can make a plan that will work. For example, If you want both pieces from Zuldazar and the 2nd piece from Nazmir, you can go…
Nazmir1
Voldun1
Voldun2
WarCampaign
Nazmir2
Zuldazar1
Zuldazar2
The last 3 pieces will be 295. Here are some things to look out for while planning your path.
- The Great Sea Scroll head slot will always be 295 - see if its good for you before considering helms. It does NOT affect or count towards your path.
- Zone1 must always come before Zone2 for a given zone.
- So it follows that if you choose an item from Zone1 to be 295, then the same Zone2 will also be 295.
- You cannot choose more than one of the first zone items due to that.*
- You can only choose 1 WarCampaign item (aka PvP piece - honorbound/7th legion).*
- Each zone offers a slot twice. Zuldazar1 and Zuldazar2 both offer head pieces. However these are different pieces with different traits. Double check which you want.
Faction Switching
Note - I have not done this, so if anyone who has faction changed sees anything wrong, then please leave a comment! See here for more info.
Faction switching is a bit interesting with BfA. You will NOT keep the opposite faction pieces - they will convert to the equivalent piece for your faction. So if you want to end up back as alliance, you can ignore what the horde traits are. You’ll instead want to look at the equivalent pieces that you’ll get on the alliance side.
Zuldazar <> Tiragarde Sound
Voldun <> Stormsong
Nazmir <> Drustvar
You can then choose gear based on what it will turn into, and get your 295s that way. So you could get a 295 piece from Tiragarde1, then faction transfer to end up as horde and that item will be the equivalent slot from Zuldazar1. Then you can transfer back to your intended faction and do all the quests again and instead get totally new 295 pieces. This gives you a lot more opportunities to get upgraded gear. It will also give you 6 ilvl 295 pieces instead of the usual 3 from the main quests. The scrolls quest is only done once regardless of faction, and rewards the same thing for both sides.
GEAR
Please read the Azerite Gear section above and determine a path before charging forth to get the azerite gear. Trust me, you'll want to know how to get 295 pieces before you start.
Plate - Horde
Helm
- Bartered Vrykul Warhelm from Sea Scroll Quest - (always 295, don’t include in your path)
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- Rastari Helm from The Prophet’s Ploy - Zuldazar1
- Rastari Helmet from The King’s Gambit - Zuldazar2
- Exiled Veteran Helm from Defeat Jakra’zet - Voldun2
- Nazmani Warplate Faceguard from To Kill a Loa - Nazmir1
- Honorbound Centurion’s Helmet from Return to Zuldazar - WarCampaign
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- TODO - 280s here
- Rastari Pauldrons from The Prophet’s Ploy - Zuldazar1
- Exiled Veteran Pauldrons from Ending the Madness - Voldun1
- Exiled Veteran Spaulders from Defeat Jakra’zet - Voldun2
- Nazmani Warplate Spaulders from Ateena’s Fall - Nazmir2
- Honorbound Centurion’s Pauldrons from Return to Zuldazar - WarCampaign
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- TODO - 280s here
- Rastari Breastplate from The King’s Gambit - Zuldazar2
- Exiled Veteran Cuirass from Ending the Madness - Voldun1
- Nazmani Warplate Chestplate from To Kill a Loa - Nazmir1
- Nazmani Warplate Chestpiece from Ateena’s Fall - Nazmir2
- Honorbound Centurion’s Breastplate from Return to Zuldazar - WarCampaign
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- TODO - 280s here
Helm
- Bartered Vrykul Warhelm from Sea Scroll Quest - (always 295, don’t include in your path)
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- Sea Raider’s Helmet from Fairwind’s Friends - Tiragarde1
- Sea Raider’s Greathelm from Proudmoore’s Parley - Tiragarde2
- Dread Corsair Greathelm from Storm’s End - Stormsong2
- Waycrest Militia Battleplate from A New Order - Drustvar1
- 7th Legionnaire’s Helmet from Return to Boralus - WarCampaign
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- TODO - 280s here
- Sea Raider’s Spaulders from Fairwind’s Friends - Tiragarde1
- Dread Corsair Pauldrons from Storm’s Judgement - Stormsong1
- Dread Corsair Shoulderplates from Storm’s End - Stormsong2
- Waycrest Militia Spaulders from Storming the Manor - Drustvar2
- 7th Legionnaire’s Pauldrons from Return to Boralus - WarCampaign
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- TODO - 280s here
- Sea Raider’s Breastplate from Proudmoore’s Parley - Tiragarde2
- Dread Corsair Breastplate from Storm’s Judgement - Stormsong1
- Waycrest Militia Battleplate from A New Order - Drustvar1
- Waycrest Militia Breastplate from Storming the Manor - Drustvar2
- 7th Legionnaire’s Breastplate from Return to Boralus - WarCampaign
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- TODO - 280s here
Helm
- Bartered Vrykul Facemask from Sea Scroll Quest - (always 295, don’t include in your path)
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- Torcalin Coif from The Prophet’s Ploy - Zuldazar1
- Torcalin Headguard from The King’s Gambit - Zuldazar2
- Resilient Outcast’s Coif from Defeat Jakra’zet - Voldun2
- Death Pledged Helm from To Kill a Loa - Nazmir1
- Honorbound Vanguard’s Helm from Return to Zuldazar - WarCampaign
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- TODO - 280s here
- Torcalin Spaulders from The Prophet’s Ploy - Zuldazar1
- Resilient Outcast’s Shoulderguards from Ending the Madness - Voldun1
- Resilient Outcast’s Spaulders from Defeat Jakra’zet - Voldun2
- Death-Pledged Shoulderguards from Ateena’s Fall - Nazmir2
- Honorbound Vanguard’s Pauldrons from Return to Zuldazar - WarCampaign
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- TODO 280s here
- Torcalin Chainmail from The King’s Gambit - Zuldazar2
- Resilient Outcast’s Hauberk from Ending the Madness - Voldun1
- Death-Pledged Chestguard from To Kill a Loa - Nazmir1
- Death-Pledged Hauberk from Ateena’s Fall - Nazmir2
- Honorbound Vanguard’s Chainmail from Return to Zuldazar - WarCampaign
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- TODO - 280s here
Helm
- Bartered Vrykul Facemask from Sea Scroll Quest - (always 295, don’t include in your path)
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- Outrigger Coif from Fairwind’s Friends - Tiragarde1
- Outrigger Helm from Proudmoore’s Parley - Tiragarde2
- Stormchaser Coif from Storm’s End - Stormsong2
- Crone-Seeker’s Helm from A New Order - Drustvar1
- 7th Legionnaire’s Skullcap from Return to Boralus - WarCampaign
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- TODO - 280s here
- Outrigger Pauldrons from Fairwind’s Friends - Tiragarde1
- Stormchaser Shoulderguards from Storm’s Judgement - Stormsong1
- Stormchaser Pauldrons from Storm’s End - Stormsong2
- Crone-Seeker’s Shoulderguards from Storming the Manor - Drustvar2
- 7th Legionnaire’s Spaulders from Return to Boralus - WarCampaign
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- TODO - 280s here
- Outrigger Chainmail from Proudmoore’s Parley - Tiragarde2
- Stormchaser Chainmail from Storm’s Judgement - Stormsong1
- Crone-Seeker’s Chainmail from A New Order - Drustvar1
- Crone-Seeker’s Breastplate from Storming the Manor - Drustvar2
- 7th Legionnaire’s Chainmail from Return to Boralus - WarCampaign
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- TODO - 280s here
Helm
- Bartered Vrykul Cowl from Sea Scroll Quest - (always 295, don’t include in your path)
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- Jambani Hood from The Prophet’s Ploy - Zuldazar1
- Jambani Mask from The King’s Gambit - Zuldazar2
- Scorching Sands Mask from Defeat Jakra’zet - Voldun2
- Ritual Flayer Mask from To Kill a Loa - Nazmir1
- Honorbound Outrider’s Faceguard from Return to Zuldazar - WarCampaign
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- TODO - 280s here
- Jambani Shoulderpads from The Prophet’s Ploy - Zuldazar1
- Scorching Sands Shoulderguards from Ending the Madness - Voldun1
- Scorching Sands Shoulderpads from Defeat Jakra’zet - Voldun2
- Ritual Flayer Spaulders from Ateena’s Fall - Nazmir2
- Honorbound Outrider’s Mantle from Return to Zuldazar - WarCampaign
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- TODO - 280s here
- Jambani Jerkin from The King’s Gambit - Zuldazar2
- Scorching Sands Wrap from Ending the Madness - Voldun1
- Ritual Flayer Vest from To Kill a Loa - Nazmir1
- Ritual Flayer Jerkin from Ateena’s Fall - Nazmir2
- Honorbound Outrider’s Vestments from Return to Zandalar - WarCampaign
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- TODO - 280s here
Helm
- Bartered Vrykul Cowl from Sea Scroll Quest - (always 295, don’t include in your path)
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- Freebooter Hood from Fairwind’s Friends - Tiragarde1
- Freebooter Cowl from Proudmoore’s Parley - Tiragarde2
- Darkwater Hood from Storm’s End - Stormsong2
- Banisher Cowl from A New Order - Drustvar1
- 7th Legionnaire’s Mask from Return to Boralus - WarCampaign
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- TODO - 280s here
- Freebooter Shoulderpads from Fairwind’s Friends - Tiragarde1
- Darkwater Shoulderguards from Storm’s Judgement - Stormsong1
- Darkwater Shoulderpads from Storm’s End - Stormsong2
- Banisher Shoulderguards from Storming the Manor - Drustvar2
- 7th Legionnaire’s Shoulderpads from Return to Boralus - WarCampaign
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- TODO - 280s here
- Freebooter Tunic from Proudmoore’s Parley - Tiragarde2
- Darkwater Tunic from Storm’s Judgement - Stormsong1
- Banisher Jerkin from A New Order - Drustvar1
- Banisher Tunic from Storming the Manor - Drustvar2
- 7th Legionnaire’s Tunic from Return to Boralus - WarCampaign
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- TODO - 280s here
Helm
- Bartered Vrykul Hood from Sea Scroll Quest - (always 295, don’t include in your path)
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- Zanchuli Cowl from The Prophet’s Ploy - Zuldazar1
- Zanchuli Crest from The King’s Gambit - Zuldazar2
- Lastwind Hood from Defeat Jakra’zet - Voldun2
- Loa Speaker Hood from To Kill a Loa - Nazmir1
- Honorbound Artificer’s Skullcap from Return to Zuldazar - WarCampaign
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- TODO - 280s here
- Zanchuli Mantle from The Prophet’s Ploy - Zuldazar1
- Lastwind Mantle from Ending the Madness - Voldun1
- Lastwind Shoulderpads from Defeat Jakra’zet - Voldun2
- Loa Speaker Epaulets from Ateena’s Fall - Nazmir2
- Honorbound Artificer’s Mantle from Return to Zuldazar - WarCampaign
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- TODO - 280s here
- Zanchuli Raiment from The King’s Gambit - Zuldazar2
- Lastwind Robes from Ending the Madness - Voldun1
- Loa Speaker Robes from To Kill a Loa - Nazmir1
- Loa Speaker Vestments from Ateena’s Fall - Nazmir2
- Honorbound Artificer’s Robes from Return to Zuldazar - WarCampaign
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- TODO - 280s here
Helm
- Bartered Vrykul Hood from Sea Scroll Quest - (always 295, don’t include in your path)
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- Navigator’s Crown from Fairwind’s Friends - Tiragarde1
- Navigator’s Circlet from Proudmoore’s Parley - Tiragarde2
- Tidespeaker’s Circlet from Storm’s End - Stormsong2
- Wickerwoven Crown from A New Order - Drustvar1
- 7th Legionnaire’s Circlet from Return to Boralus - WarCampaign
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- TODO - 280s here
- Navigator’s Mantle from Fairwind’s Friends - Tiragarde1
- Tidespeaker’s Amice from Storm’s Judgement - Stormsong1
- Tidespeaker’s Mantle from Storm’s End - Stormsong2
- Wickerwoven Amice from Storming the Manor - Drustvar2
- 7th Legionnaire’s Mantle from Return to Boralus - WarCampaign
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- TODO - 280s here
- Navigator’s Robes from Proudmoore’s Parley - Tiragarde2
- Tidespeaker’s Vestments from Storm’s Judgement - Stormsong1
- Wickerwoven Vestments from A New Order - Drustvar1
- Wickerwoven Robe from Storming the Manor - Drustvar2
- 7th Legionnaire’s Raiment from Return to Boralus - WarCampaign
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- TODO - 280s here
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