Arcane Mage BiS

The best gear for the Arcane Mage at level 30, the beta’s cap: for each slot, the item the public lists agree on, where it comes from, and what to wear until you have it.

Level 30 — dungeons (PvE)

Head	Filigreed Pearly Circlet Tailoring 3 lists Alternatives (3) Pearly Circlet Tailoring 3 lists Holy Shroud (Classic data) World drop 3 lists Enchanter's Cowl Tailoring 2 lists
Neck	Scorn's Icy Choker Scorn — Scarlet Monastery 4 lists Alternatives (3) Kaleidoscope Chain (Classic data) World drop 2 lists Crystal Starfire Medallion (Classic data) World drop 2 lists Mark of the Pack Leader (not in the client yet) 2 lists
Shoulder	Death Speaker Mantle (Classic data) Death Speaker Jargba — Razorfen Kraul 4 lists Alternatives (3) Bloodmage Mantle (Classic data) Bloodmage Thalnos — Scarlet Monastery 3 lists Fairywing Mantle (Classic data) Quest: A Fine Mess 4 lists Magician's Mantle (Classic data) World drop 3 lists
Back	Hillman's Cloak Leatherworking 3 lists Alternatives (3) Thornweaver Drape (not in the client yet) 2 lists Windsong Drape Quest: Free at Last 2 lists Heavy Woolen Cloak Tailoring 2 lists
Chest	Green Silk Armor Tailoring 4 lists Alternatives (3) Pearly Gown Tailoring 3 lists Zealot's Robe (Classic data) Quest: An Unholy Alliance 2 lists Arcane Charged Robes (not in the client yet) 2 lists
Wrist	Knife-Polishing Rag Quest: Open the Maw 4 lists Alternatives (3) Glowing Magical Bracelets (Classic data) World drop 2 lists Nightsky Wristbands (Classic data) World drop 2 lists Aetherwisp Bracers (not in the client yet) Faldrim Anvilmar 2 lists
Hands	Shilly Mitts (Classic data) Quest: Gyrodrillmatic Excavationators 4 lists Alternatives (3) Pearly Gloves Tailoring 3 lists Jutebraid Gloves Quest: Horde Presence 3 lists Town Clerk's Mittens (not in the client yet) Quest: Crime and Punishment 2 lists
Waist	Belt of Arugal (Classic data) Archmage Arugal — Shadowfang Keep 3 lists Alternatives (3) Highlander's Cloth Girdle Samuel Hawke — Arathi Highlands · Vendor 3 lists Defiler's Cloth Girdle Rutherford Twing — Arathi Highlands · Vendor 3 lists Pearly Sash Tailoring 2 lists
Legs	Pearly Leggings Tailoring 3 lists Alternatives (3) Filigreed Pearly Leggings Tailoring 3 lists Gaze Dreamer Pants (Classic data) Twilight Lord Kelris — Blackfathom Deeps 2 lists Stromgarde Librarian Leggings 2 lists
Feet	Golden Slippers Tailoring 3 lists Alternatives (3) Acidic Walkers (Classic data) Viscous Fallout — Gnomeregan 3 lists Gilded Slippers Tailoring 3 lists Spidersilk Boots Tailoring 2 lists
Finger	Philanthropist's Ring Quest: Greater Friend of the Library 4 lists Ladimore Heirloom Ring Quest: A Daughter's Love 3 lists Alternatives (3) Dark Horde Band (not in the client yet) Targorr the Dread — The Stockade 2 lists Minor Channeling Ring Quest: WANTED: Chok'sul 2 lists Curl of Life Quest: Horrors in the Highland 2 lists
Trinket	Roogug's Severed Head (not in the client yet) 3 lists Defiler's Talisman Rutherford Twing — Arathi Highlands · Vendor 3 lists Alternatives (3) Minor Recombobulator Engineering 2 lists Satchel of Potions Excavation Site: Wetlands 2 lists Worgenbane Talisman (not in the client yet) 2 lists
Two-Hand	Fallen Dragon's Scepter Quest: Stopping the Cycle 3 lists Alternatives (3) Glimmering Staff Enchanting 2 lists Hydrocane (Classic data) Viscous Fallout — Gnomeregan 2 lists Rod of the Sleepwalker (Classic data) Twilight Lord Kelris — Blackfathom Deeps 2 lists
Main Hand	Swinetusk Shank (Classic data) Agathelos the Raging — Razorfen Kraul 3 lists Alternatives (3) Coldflame Saber (not in the client yet) 2 lists Clever Expeditionary's Spellblade (not in the client yet) 2 lists Darkspear Insurgent's Spellblade (not in the client yet) Creeg Bothunk — The Barrens · Vendor 2 lists
Off Hand	Orb of Mystic Insight Enchanting 4 lists Alternatives (3) Raptor's Gaze (not in the client yet) 2 lists Witch's Finger (Classic data) Ashenvale 2 lists Orb of Souls Enchanting 2 lists
Ranged	Starfaller (Classic data) World drop 3 lists Alternatives (3) Dancing Flame (Classic data) 2 lists Thunderwood (Classic data) World drop 2 lists Necrotic Wand (Classic data) Azshir the Sleepless — Scarlet Monastery 2 lists

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Level 60, raids and twink brackets

Lists for level 60 and its raids, and for the battleground brackets (19, 29, 39, 49, 59), will be added here as that content becomes playable.

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How these lists are made: for each slot, an item is kept when at least two of the public lists below pick it, lists curated by hand counting double. Item names and icons from the game’s client (build 1.60.1.70205); lists read on October 4, 2026. Lists: foreverchanges.pro, wowtbc.gg, theforeverera.com, wow-forever.gg.

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