- Author: Nevermore
- Date: April 28, 2025
- Updated: April 28, 2025
- Expansion: Mists of Pandaria
Here you can find the best items to obtain before engaging in end-game raid content. Retribution Paladins require considerable gear to perform in raid environments including items that can be obtained by crafting, venturing into dungeons, or obtaining currency and reputation with certain factions. They will primarily require Hit, Expertise, Strength, Haste, Mastery, and Critical Strike Chance items.
Pre-Raid Best-in-Slot
Head
- Reinforced Retinal Armor
- Engineering BoP – taught by Engineering Trainers
- Lightning Rod Helm of the Faultline
- Daily Random Scenario
- Sightfinder Helm
- Commander Vo’jak in Siege of Niuzao Temple (Heroic)
- Meteoric Greathelm
- Trial of the King in Mogu’shan Palace (Heroic)
Neck
- Bloodseeker’s Solitaire
- 1250 Valor Points – requires Honored with The Klaxxi
- Helios, Durand’s Soul of Purity
- High Inquisitor Whitemane in Scarlet Monastery (Heroic)
- Lightning Rod Neck of the Faultline
- Daily Random Scenario
Shoulder
- Stonetoe Spaulders
- 1750 Valor Points – requires Honored with the Golden Lotus
- Lightning Rod Pauldrons of the Faultline
- Daily Random Scenario
- Serpentstrike Shoulderpads
- Liu Flameheart in Temple of the Jade Serpent (Heroic)
Back
Chest
- Dawnblade’s Chestguard
- 2250 Valor Points – requires Honored with the Golden Lotus
- Lightning Rod Breastplate of the Landslide
- Daily Random Scenario
- Riverbed Chestguard
- Wise Mari in Temple of the Jade Serpent (Heroic)
- Hateshatter Chestplate
- Taran Zhu in Shado-Pan Monastery (Heroic)
Wrist
- Lightning Rod Vambraces of the Faultline
- Daily Random Scenario
- Commanding Bracers
- Houndmaster Braun in Scarlet Halls (Heroic)
- Bracers of the Fallen Crusader
- Thalnos the Soulrender in Scarlet Monastery (Heroic)
Hands
- Lightning Rod Gauntlets of the Faultline
- Daily Random Scenario
- Hive Protector’s Gauntlets
- Raigonn in Gate of the Setting Sun (Heroic)
Waist
- Lightning Rod Girdle of the Faultline
- Daily Random Scenario
- Grenadier’s Belt
- Saboteur Kip’tilak in Gate of the Setting Sun (Heroic)
Legs
- Legguards of the Unscathed
- 2250 Valor Points – requires Honored with The Klaxxi
- Lightning Rod Legplates of the Faultline
- Daily Random Scenario
- Pyretic Legguards
- Flameweaver Koegler in Scarlet Halls (Heroic)
Feet
- Lightning Rod Sabatons of the Faultline/Landslide
- Daily Random Scenario
- Spike-Soled Stompers
- Sha of Violence in Shado-Pan Monastery (Heroic)
- Anchoring Sabatons
- Wing Leader Ner’onok in Siege of Niuzao Temple (Heroic)
Finger
- Lightning Rod Seal of the Faultline/Landslide
- Daily Random Scenario
- Firefinger Ring
- Brother Korloff in Scarlet Monastery (Heroic)
- Blade Trap Signet
- Xin the Weaponmaster in Mogu’shan Palace (Heroic)
Trinket
- Relic of Xuen
- Darkmoon Card Set
- Iron Belly Wok
- 1750 Valor Points
- Lessons of the Darkmaster
- Darkmaster Gandling in Scholomance (Heroic)
- Quilen Statuette
- Archaeology
- Carbonic Carbuncle
- Yan-Zhu the Uncasked in Stormstout Brewery (Heroic)
Two-Handed Weapon
- The Gleaming Ravager
- Armsmaster Harlan in Scarlet Halls (Heroic)
- Warmace of Taran Zhu
- Taran Zhu in Shado-Pan Monastery (Heroic)
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About the Author
Nevermore
Hey there folks, I am Nevermore and have been deeply passionate about WoW for more than a decade. Whether we talk about the hidden mysteries of Azeroth or the otherworldly Outland, my journey brought me here to share the things that I have experienced with you all.