Magister Set Pieces by Dungeon
Each item of the Tier 0 mage set has its own source in Plaguelands or Blackrock Mountain dungeons. Their chances also vary. Blizzard does not publish these figures for Forever. That's why our team plans to farm based on the drop rates for each piece from Classic:
- Crown - drops from Darkmaster Gandling in Scholomance with a 13.84% chance. This boss drops the helms for all nine T0 sets.
- Robes - General Drakkisath in Upper Blackrock Spire drops them with a 9.74% chance.
- Leggings - each kill of Baron Rivendare in Stratholme gives a 13.30% chance to drop these leggings.
- Mantle - this item has the highest chance in the set (18.81%). It drops from Ras Frostwhisper in Scholomance.
- Boots - players go to Hearthsinger Forresten in Stratholme to farm them. Their drop chance is 12.95%.
- Gloves - the BoE binding allows players to trade these gloves. Trash mobs in Scholomance have a 3.86% chance to drop them.
- Bindings - these bracers also have a BoE binding. Their drop chance from trash mobs in Blackrock Spire is 2.99%.
- Belt - the rarest item of the set, with a chance of 1.52%. This BoE belt drops from trash mobs in the same three dungeons.
Players spend the most time farming BoE pieces from trash mobs. The drop rates for these items in Classic never exceeded 3.86%. Trash mobs in Dire Maul and Blackrock Depths also dropped Belt, Bindings, and Gloves. Our team clears the trash in Scholomance, Stratholme, and Blackrock Spire alongside your character on every run to the bosses that drop the main set pieces. This saves you from having to find a group just to farm one Belt.
Magister's Regalia Changes in Forever
Blizzard has adjusted the mage set bonuses in World of Warcraft Forever to the 2/3/4/5/6-piece thresholds. The mage now unlocks all effects at six pieces. This allows you to fill two free slots with other items, such as Robe of the Archmage. The three-piece bonus gives +18 to spell power and healing. We consider this system more beneficial for mages than the 2/4/6/8-piece thresholds in Classic.
Mage Pre-Raid BiS Before Raids Open
There is no definitive list of mage pre-raid BiS gear in Forever. We attribute this to the nine new dungeons and more than 600 new recipes. But Blizzard has left the craftable Robe of the Archmage for mages with Tailoring 300 unchanged. This BoP robe provides +40 spell power and +12 Int. Mages also gain 1% critical strike chance and 375-625 mana from its Use effect during boss encounters in Barrow Deeps or Hyjal Summit.
Black Market Auction House (BMAH) offers an alternative to loot drops. This auction listed Crown, Robes, and Leggings from the mage Tier 0 set, with bids from 400 g. Another player may outbid you before the auction ends. Our team will farm Crown, Robes, and Leggings during a run alongside your character. You won't have to save up gold for each bid.




