WoW Forever Pre-Raid BiS Sources
Pre-raid BiS refers to the best gear for a level 60 character before the first raid. This set prepares you for the first bosses in Barrow Deeps, Hyjal Summit, and Onyxia's Lair without a single raid item. Players gather it from dungeons, professions, and world epics. The list of sources includes six categories:
- New Level 60 Dungeons - Blizzard added dungeons for levels 55–60 in Kalimdor. Their loot is absent from Classic BiS lists.
- Blackrock Depths - BRD features 25 bosses and two rare mobs. The mail chest piece Savage Gladiator Chain drops here.
- Blackrock Spire and Dire Maul - LBRS, UBRS, and the three wings of Dire Maul fill many BoP slots on Classic pre-raid lists.
- Scholomance - The final boss Darkmaster Gandling drops the helms for all Tier 0 sets. This allows any class to obtain its helm here.
- Professions - Blacksmithing and Leatherworking give Lionheart Helm and Hide of the Wild. Tailoring provides class robes for Mages and Priests.
- World Epics - Some BoE epics from world mobs have received new effects in Forever. The BoE binding allows you to transfer such an epic to another character.
Crafted items from the pre-raid list can be either BoE or BoP. Tailoring class robes are BoP. That's why our booster will craft such a robe on your character with Tailoring. BoE items like Lionheart Helm and Hide of the Wild reach you by delivery. You won’t have to look for a crafter with the right recipe.
Blackmaw Hold and Shaper's Terrace Loot
Blackmaw Hold and Shaper's Terrace give pre-raid loot for levels 55–60. The first of these dungeons occupies a furbolg stronghold in northern Azshara. This stronghold is larger than BRD in terms of area. One of the entrances to the 10-player Barrow Deeps raid begins inside it.
Our team will take your character through the fortress's non-linear route in a single long session. You won’t have to look for a group for this run.
Shaper's Terrace is a titan complex in the northern hills of Un'Goro Crater. Players insert power crystals into its consoles. They collect these crystals throughout the Un'Goro Crater zone.
WoW Classic Pre-Raid BiS Versus Forever
The Classic pre-raid list does not account for the Forever changes to loot and stats. Blizzard has revised every drop in the Classic dungeons. Unique items from their bosses are now blue.
Hit and crit now function as shared stats for spell, melee, and ranged attacks. There are no longer separate versions for spells and weapons. Tooltips for five familiar pre-raid items in Forever look like this:
- Savage Gladiator Chain - new stats
- Lionheart Helm - no changes
- Robe of the Archmage - no changes
- Hide of the Wild - spell damage
- Truefaith Vestments - spell damage
Savage Gladiator Chain in Forever gives +16 Str and +14 Agi. The same chest piece adds +18 Sta and 1.5% crit. Another line in the tooltip reduces Fear's chance to hit you by 4%.
Gorosh the Dervish drops this chest piece in BRD. The chest piece itself is part of the six-piece set The Gladiator. This set's Classic version consisted of five pieces.
Blizzard has added spell damage to the healing bonus on Forever items. That's why the healing cloak Hide of the Wild now provides +14 to spell damage. The cloak has also retained its healing bonus from Classic. Truefaith Vestments received +25 under the same pattern. We recommend checking every healing item against its Forever tooltip before placing an order.




