Players who want to get some Outland raiding in with their new death knights during the WotLK Classic pre-patch may want to consider having some gear waiting for them at level 70. Overall current raid content is expected to be easier during the pre-patch, as classes are now tuned for level 80 balance and not level 70. But a death knight with level 70 pre-raid gear will be more welcomed into any raid group.
The items listed below are a mix of crafted BoE, world drop BoE (find them on the auction house), and quest rewards. There are of course good and sometimes better gear found in heroic dungeons, but this list is all items without a random drop element.
The death knight level 70 pre-raid gear list goes from best to worst and I tried to include free quest reward options where possible. Prices are based on my realm (Pagle-Alliance), so check your own realm’s prices with NexusHub. The price trend has been going up as we near a WotLK pre-patch date announcement.
More Death Knight Prep Guides:
DK Prep Shopping List | DK Two-handed Leveling Weapons
Armor
Head
- BoP crafted with engineering
- Must have engineering and you want to skill it up to 350 as soon as you reach Outland
- Great piece for leveling from 62-70 and to continue raiding with
- ~166 gold in crafting cost
Overlord’s Helmet of Second Sight
Neck
- BoE world drop
- ~75 gold
- Reward from a quest chain in Blade’s Edge Mountains
- Starts with a Damaged Mask
Shoulders
- BoE crafted with blacksmithing
- ~200 gold in crafting cost
Back
- BoE crafted with leatherworking
- ~330 gold in crafting cost
- Reward from a short quest chain in Nagrand
- I Must Have Them
Chest
- BoE crafted with leatherworking
- ~500 gold in crafting cost
- Reward from a quest chain in Netherstorm
- Assisting the Consortium
- BoE crafted with blacksmithing
- ~300 gold crafting cost
- BoE crafted with blacksmithing
- ~88 gold crafting cost
- Added value as you can use it while leveling from 67-70
Wrist
- BoE crafted with blacksmithing
- ~300 gold crafting cost
- BoE crafted with blacksmithing
- ~270 gold crafting cost
- Quest reward in Netherstorm
- The Flesh Lies
Hands
- BoE crafted with leatherworking
- ~300 gold crafting cost
- Windstrike Gloves are a mail version with the same stats, more armor, but also high cost
- BoE crafted with blacksmithing
- ~100 gold crafting cost
Gauntlets of the Skullsplitter
- BoE world drop
- ~36 gold
- Added value as they can be used while leveling from 64-70
Waist
- BoE crafted with blacksmithing
- ~300 gold crafting cost
- Quest reward from Shattered Halls
- Fel Embers
- Reward from a quest chain in Netherstorm
- Kick Them While They’re Down
Legs
- BoE crafted with leatherworking
- ~170 gold crafting cost
- Reward from a short quest chain in Netherstorm
- Driya Needs Your Help
Feet
- BoE crafted with leatherworking
- ~140 gold crafting cost
- Reward from a short quest chain in Shadow Labyrinth
- The Codex of Blood
- Quest reward in Hellfire Peninsula
- Pick up Crimson Crystal Shard
Ring
- Reward from a short quest chain in Netherstorm
- Distraction at Manaforge B’naar
Trinket
- BoE crafted with Alchemy
- ~24 gold crafting cost
One-handed Weapons – Frost Death Knight Level 70 Pre-Raid Gear
- BoE crafted with blacksmithing
- ~980 gold crafting cost
- BoE crafted combining Depleted Mace with Apexis Shard x50
- ~90 gold for the completed mace, ~20 gold for the Depleted Mace and you gather the shards
- You’ll need to skill up one-handed maces from 1
You can dual wield two copies of these weapons.
Two-handed Weapons – Unholy/Blood Death Knight Level 70 Pre-Raid Gear
- BoE crafted with blacksmithing
- ~800 gold crafting cost
- Blacksmiths can also make an axe or mace, but the sword offers the best stats for a DK
- BoE world drop
- ~14 gold
- You’ll need to skill up two-handed maces from 1
