Simple Cloth DPS Caster Gear Guide (Shadowlands)

Here we outline some simple instructions on how to progressive gear your character. This is not a best in slot list, this is a guide to help you progressively get gear outside of raids that can still be competitive.

Make sure you prioritize the stats as listed in your Class Guide stat priority list!

Covenant Cloth Armor

Covenant armor in Shadowlands is an excellent way to start gearing up your character. Fully upgraded these pieces are ilevel 197. There are pieces for 9 armor slots: Head, Shoulders, Back, Chest, Wrist, Hands, Waist, Legs, Feet.

To acquire covenant armor simply proceed with your Covenant Campaign and you will incrementally get pieces as you progress.

You can upgrade your covenant armor in your Covenant Sanctum, for a full guide on the process you can view the full How to Upgrade Covenant Armor guide on Warcraft Tavern. Note that upgrading all the covenant armor requires a significant amount of Anima.

• Kyrian
• Necrolord
• Night Fae
• Venthyr

Item	Slot	Campaign Chapter
Selfless Watcher’s Gauntlets	Hands	Chapter 1
Selfless Watcher’s Cloak	Back	Chapter 2
Selfless Watcher’s Legguards	Legs	Chapter 2
Selfless Watcher’s Wristwraps	Wrist	Chapter 3
Selfless Watcher’s Girdle	Waist	Chapter 4
Selfless Watcher’s Shoulders	Shoulder	Chapter 4
Selfless Watcher’s Helm	Head	Chapter 5
Selfless Watcher’s Warboots	Feet	Chapter 6
Selfless Watcher’s Chestplate	Chest	Chapter 7

Item	Slot	Campaign Chapter
Bladesworn Conjurer’s Cowl	Head	Chapter 3
Bladesworn Conjurer’s Wristwraps	Wrist	Chapter 3
Bladesworn Conjurer’s Gloves	Hands	Chapter 4
Bladesworn Conjurer’s Cinch	Waist	Chapter 5
Bladesworn Conjurer’s Leggings	Legs	Chapter 5
Bladesworn Conjurer’s Cape	Back	Chapter 5
Bladesworn Conjurer’s Mantle	Shoulder	Chapter 6
Bladesworn Conjurer’s Slippers	Feet	Chapter 7
Bladesworn Conjurer’s Tunic	Chest	Chapter 7

Item	Slot	Campaign Chapter
Faewoven Handwraps	Hands	Chapter 3
Faewoven Tunic	Chest	Chapter 3
Faewoven Sandals	Feet	Chapter 4
Faewoven Cuffs	Wrist	Chapter 5
Faewoven Sash	Waist	Chapter 5
Faewoven Amice	Shoulder	Chapter 5
Faewoven Leggings	Legs	Chapter 6
Faewoven Drape	Back	Chapter 7
Faewoven Cowl	Head	Chapter 7

Item	Slot	Campaign Chapter
Soulbreaker’s Ebony Handwraps	Hands	Chapter 1
Soulbreaker’s Ebony Wraps	Wrist	Chapter 3
Soulbreaker’s Ebony Leggings	Legs	Chapter 4
Soulbreaker’s Ebony Sash	Waist	Chapter 5
Soulbreaker’s Ebony Hood	Head	Chapter 5
Soulbreaker’s Ebony Drape	Back	Chapter 6
Soulbreaker’s Ebony Slippers	Feet	Chapter 6
Soulbreaker’s Ebony Vestments	Chest	Chapter 7
Soulbreaker’s Ebony Mantle	Shoulder	Chapter 8

Crafted Cloth Armor

For gear prior to your Covenant Armor we recommend using the Shadowlace tailoring gear to get started. If you are not a tailor you can also purchase it on the auction house. These items are ilevel 151 by default, although they can also be found at ilevel 168 thanks to Crafter’s Mark II, which is purchasable from Ve’nari in The Maw using 300 Stygia. Shadowlace items can also be found at ilevel 200 with Crafter’s Mark III, purchasable from Duchess Mynx in Korthia for 2000 Stygia. Additionally, using Crafter’s Mark of the Chained Isle, which is purchasable from Archivist Roh-Suir in Korthia for 2500 Cataloged Research, these items can be found at ilevel 230. Keep in mind however, that the ilevel 230 versions of these items are Unique-Equipped, meaning you can only wear one of those items at a time.

• Shadowlace Cowl – Head
• Shadowlace Mantle – Shoulders
• Shadowlace Cloak – Cloak
• Shadowlace Tunic – Chest
• Shadowlace Cuffs – Wrist
• Shadowlace Handwraps – Hands
• Shadowlace Cord – Waist
• Shadowlace Trousers – Legs
• Shadowlace Footwraps – Feet

World Quests, Mission Table, Tribute Rewards, Korthia

Various items can be acquired through World Quests in Ardenweald, Bastion, Maldraxxus, and Revendreth at varying ilevels (based upon your current ilevel and Covenant Renown). Additionally a lot of the same items, as well as different ones, can be acquired through the Mission Table or from Tribute Rewards from Covenant Callings such as Tribute of the Paragon. Defeating rares, opening chests, and completing daily quests in Korthia, also has a chance to award you with items at 200 ilevel.

It’s worth noting that item rewards from World Quests scale with your item level with a cap as to how high it can go based upon your Covenant Renown level, so as you continue to improve your gear and increase your renown it’s still beneficial to watch World Quests for rewards that may be better than what you currently have equipped even if it’s the same item.

BoE Cloth Armor

• Kit Jin’s Sultry Cinch – Waist
• Elohin’s Burden of Patience – Shoulder
• Joyia’s Raiment of Conviction – Chest
• Gast’s Cloak of Compression – Back
• Fate-Sewn Shawl – Back
• Supple Supplicant’s Gloves – Hands
• Acolyte’s Velvet Bindings – Wrist
• Forlorn Prisoner’s Strap – Waist
• Soulcaster’s Woven Grips – Hands
• Researcher’s Slippers – Feet
• Darkreach Mask – Head

Dungeon Cloth Armor

Item	Slot	Source	Zone
Sash of Exquisite Acquisitions	Waist	Dealer Xy’exa	De Other Side
Dealer Xy’exa’s Cape	Back	Dealer Xy’exa	De Other Side
Windscale Moccasins	Feet	Hakkar the Soulflayer	De Other Side
Manastorm’s Magnificent Threads	Chest	Millificent Manastorm	De Other Side
Mueh’zala’s Hexthread Sarong	Legs	Mueh’zala	De Other Side
Cord of the Dark Word	Waist	High Adjudicator Aleez	Halls of Atonement
Stonefiend Shaper’s Mitts	Hands	Echelon	Halls of Atonement
Slippers of Leavened Station	Feet	Lord Chamberlain	Halls of Atonement
Sinlight Shroud	Chest	Halkias	Halls of Atonement
Tricksprite Gloves	Hands	Mistcaller	Mists of Tirna Scithe
Cocoonsilk Cowl	Head	Tred’ova	Mists of Tirna Scithe
Deathshackle Wristwraps	Wrists	Ingra Maloch	Mists of Tirna Scithe
Ingra Maloch’s Mantle	Shoulders	Ingra Maloch	Mists of Tirna Scithe
Mitts of Flawless Duplication	Hands	Domina Venomblade	Plaguefall
Depraved Physician’s Mask	Head	Doctor Ickus	Plaguefall
Stradama’s Misplaced Slippers	Feet	Globgrog	Plaguefall
Leggings of the Erudite Scholar	Legs	Margrave Stradama	Plaguefall
Blighted Margrave’s Cloak	Back	Margrave Stradama	Plaguefall
Cowl of the Devoted General	Head	General Kaal	Sanguine Depths
Beryllia’s Leggings of Endless Torment	Legs	Grand Proctor Beryllia	Sanguine Depths
Essence Surge Binders	Wrists	Kryxis the Voracious	Sanguine Depths
Castigator’s Mantle	Shoulders	Executor Tarvold	Sanguine Depths
Cloak of Enveloping Manifestations	Back	Executor Tarvold	Sanguine Depths
Kin-Tara’s Baleful Cord	Waist	Kin-Tara	Spires of Ascension
Dark Stride Footwraps	Feet	Ventunax	Spires of Ascension
Sinister Requiem Vestments	Chest	Devos	Spires of Ascension
Purge Protocol Legwraps	Legs	Oryphrion	Spires of Ascension
Drape of Twisted Loyalties	Back	Devos	Spires of Ascension
Gory Surgeon’s Gloves	Hands	Surgeon Stitchflesh	The Necrotic Wake
Abominable Visage	Head	Blightbone	The Necrotic Wake
Necropolis Lord’s Shackles	Wrists	Nalthor the Rimebinder	The Necrotic Wake
Reanimator’s Mantle	Shoulders	Amarth	The Necrotic Wake
Fallen Empress’s Cord	Waist	Mordretha, the Endless Empress	Theater of Pain
Soulsewn Vestments	Chest	Kul’tharok	Theater of Pain
Contaminated Gauze Wristwraps	Wrists	Gorechop	Theater of Pain
Plague-Licked Amice	Shoulders	Dessia the Decapitator	Theater of Pain
Cowl of Branching Fate	Head	Timecap’n Hooktail	Tazavesh, the Veiled Market
Harmonious Spaulders	Shoulders	Zo’gron	Tazavesh, the Veiled Market
Drape of Titanic Dreams	Back	Hylbrande	Tazavesh, the Veiled Market
Duplicating Drape	Back	So’azmi	Tazavesh, the Veiled Market
Robes of Midnight Bargains	Chest	So’azmi	Tazavesh, the Veiled Market
Auctioneer’s Counting Bracers	Wrists	Achillite	Tazavesh, the Veiled Market
Cyphered Gloves	Hands	Zo’phex	Tazavesh, the Veiled Market
Pan-Dimensional Packing Cord	Waist	P.O.S.T. Master	Tazavesh, the Veiled Market
Hyperlight Leggings	Legs	So’leah	Tazavesh, the Veiled Market
Codebreaker’s Cunning Sandals	Feet	Hylbrande	Tazavesh, the Veiled Market

PvP Cloth Rewards

These PvP cloth rewards are rather easy to obtain. They can be purchased with Honor, which can be relatively easily acquired through unrated battlegrounds. These items start out at item level 158 and can be upgraded inexpensively to higher item levels with additional Honor points.

To redeem your Honor points and purchase one of these items you can find the Vendors in Oribos. For detailed information you can view the Shadowlands PvP Vendors, Rewards, & Gear guide on Warcraft Tavern.

Item	Slot	Cost
Unchained Aspirant’s Cape	Back	525 Honor
Unchained Aspirant’s Drape	Back	525 Honor
Unchained Aspirant’s Cloak	Back	525 Honor
Unchained Aspirant’s Silk Wristwraps	Wrist	525 Honor
Unchained Aspirant’s Silk Cord	Waist	700 Honor
Unchained Aspirant’s Silk Mantle	Waist	700 Honor
Unchained Aspirant’s Silk Gloves	Hands	700 Honor
Unchained Aspirant’s Silk Treads	Feet	700 Honor
Unchained Aspirant’s Silk Leggings	Legs	875 Honor
Unchained Aspirant’s Silk Hood	Head	875 Honor
Unchained Aspirant’s Silk Robe	Chest	875 Honor