Pandaria Raids Loot Cheat Sheet

Pre-patch 5.2, [Elder Charm of Good Fortune] allows you to take an extra roll for loot after killing a boss in Pandaria raids. This extra roll gives a chance for you to receive a useful item of loot from that boss' loot table, or an amount of gold, a gem or a flask. The same charms are used in all raid types - Raid finder, Normal and Heroic.

After patch 5.2, Elder Charms will be replaced by [Mogu Rune of Fate].

The loot that drops will only be something that is from that boss' loot table, so I wanted to create a list of the pieces from each boss, so that I could choose when to use my lucky charms. So, here's a list of caster leather gear (with Resto Druids in mind) for each boss in Mogu'shan Vaults, Heart of Fear and Terrace of Endless Spring. I've also added the available loot from the upcoming Throne of Thunder raid. Not all the loot information is available yet, but I'll add it after the patch drops and as soon as its available.

This list can also be used by Balance druids and casting Monks. I've included the dps trinkets but not spellpower items with hit. 

I hope it helps! Please let me know if I've missed any items or if there's any way I can improve the layout.

All item information comes from Wowhead.

The Stone Guard

• Cape of Three Lanterns 
• Stonebound Cinch

Feng the Accursed

• Fan of Fiery Winds
• Feng's Ring of Dreams
• Hood of Cursed Dreams

Gara'jal the Spiritbinder

• Circuit of the Frail Soul
• Spaulders of the Divided Mind

The Spirit Kings

• Bracers of Dark Thoughts
• Mindshard Drape
• Zian's Choker of Coalesced Shadow

Elegon

• Light of the Cosmos (DPS trinket)
• Phasewalker Striders

Will of the Emperor

• Magnetized Leggings
• Tihan, Scepter of the Sleeping Emperor
• Worldwaker Cachabon

Imperial Vizier Zor'lok

• Gauntlets of Undesired Gifts

Blade Lord Ta'yak

• Drape of Gathering Clouds
• Hood of Stilled Winds

Garalon

• Robes of Eighty Lights

Wind Lord Mel'jarak

• Clutches of Dying Hope
• Gauntlets of the Shadowy Vanquisher (Tier 14 token)
• Korven's Amber-Sealed Beetle

Amber-Shaper Un'sok

• Leggings of the Shadowy Vanquisher (Tier 14 token)
• Seal of the Profane
• Un'sok's Amber Scalpel

Grand Empress Shek'zeer

• Chest of the Shadowy Vanquisher (Tier 14 token)
• Kri'tak, Imperial Scepter of the Swarm

Protectors of the Endless

• Asani's Uncleansed Sandals
• Cloak of Overwhelming Corruption
• Regail's Crackling Dagger
• Watersoul Signet

Tsulong

• Fear-Blackened Leggings
• Spirits of the Sun
• Weaver's Cord of Eternal Autumn

Lei Shi

• Jin'ya, Orb of the Waterspeaker
• Shoulders of the Shadowy Vanquisher (Tier 14 token)
• Weaver's Cord of Eternal Autumn

Sha of Fear

• Essence of Terror (DPS)
• Helm of the Shadowy Vanquisher (Tier 14 token)

Throne of Thunder (available in patch 5.2)

Jin'rokh the Breaker

• Drape of Booming Nights
• Infinitely Conducting Bracers

Horridon

• Horridon's Last Gasp (healing)
• Horridon's Tush Fragment
• Petrified Eye of the Basilisk
• Roots of Rampaging Earth
• Spaulders of Dinomancy

Council of Elders

• Robes of Teacherous Ground
• Gauntlets of the Crackling Vanquisher (Tier 15 token)

Tortos

• Robes of Concussive Shocks
• Shimmershell Cape
• Vampire Bat-Hide Bracers

Maegara

• Breath of the Hydra (DPS)
• Hood of Smouldering Flesh
• Inscribed Bag of Hydra-Spawn (healing)

Ji-Kun

• Giorgio's Caduceus of Pure Moods
• Leggings of the Crackling Vanquisher (Tier 15 token)

Durumu the Forgotten

• Deadly Glare Cape
• Durumu's Captive Eyeball
• Forgotten Mantle of the Sun
• Jerthud, Graceful Hand of the Saviour
• Ritual Dagger of the Mind's Eye
• Sandals of the Starving Eye

Primordius

• Leggings of the Malformed Sapling
• Stolen Relic of Zuldazar (Healing)

Dark Animus

• Anima-Ringed Fingers
• Athame of the Sanguine Ritual
• Cha-Ye's Essence of Brilliance (DPS)
• Chest of the Crackling Vanquisher (Tier 15 token)
• Constantly Accelerating Cloak

Iron Qon

• Orb of Arcing Lightning
• Ro'shak's Rememberance
• Shoulders of the Crackling Vanquisher (Tier 15 token)

Twin Consorts

• Girdle of Night and Day
• Helm of the Crackling Vanquisher (Tier 15 token)
• Passionfire Choker
• Suen-Wo, Spire of the Falling Sun

Lei Shen

• Grips of Slicing Electricity
• Lei-Shen's Orb of Command
• Lightning-Imbued Chalice (Healing)
• Soul Prism of Lei-Shen
• Unerring Vision of Lei-Shen (DPS)
• Torall, Rod of the Shattered Throne

Siege of Orgrimmar

Immerseus

• Bolt-Burster Grips
• Bracers of Purified Spirit
• Salt Water Sandals
• Seal of Eternal Sorrow
• Purified Bindings of Immerseus (DPS?)

Fallen Protectors

• Shoulders on the Roiling Inferno
• Purehearted Cricket Cage

Norushen

• Boots of Broken Reliance
• Confident Grips

Sha of Pride

• Robes of the Shattered Vale (Tier 16)
• Necklace of Fading Light
• Self-Reflecting Mask
• Gaze of Arrogance
• Prismatic Prison of Pride

Galakras

• Dragonmaw Emergency Strap
• Drakebinder Greatstaff

Iron Juggernaut

• Castlebreaker Bracers
• Juggernaut's Power Core
• Laser-Slice Signet

Kor'kron Dark Shaman

• Darkfang Mask
• Kardris' Scepter

General Nazgrim

• Nazgrim's Burnished Insignia
• Robes of the Warrior's Fall
• Handwraps of the Shattered Vale (Tier 16)

Malkorok

• Black-Blooded Drape
• Boots of Perilous Infusion
• Bracers of Averted Fatality
• Seal of Sullen Fury

Spoils of Pandaria

• Klaxxi Grips of Rejuvenation
• Lost Necklace of the Mogu Empress
• Shado-Pan Reliquary Kilt

Thok the Bloodthirsty

• Helm of the Shattered Vale (Tier 16)
• Signet of the Dinomancers
• Thok's Acid-Grooved Tooth

The Daily Grind: Rep Priorities

Dailies - love them or hate them, they're an integral part of the Wow end-game these days. What I'm finding in Pandaria as opposed to previous expansions and content patches is that the sheer number of daily quests available is really quite overwhelming, especially for a casual player.

**Updated for patch 5.2, March 5**

I dinged 90 on Aoifen the other night, so it was time to ask the rather bewildering question - what next?

Goal setting

My goal is to heal heroics and eventually LFR raids on Aoifen. To do that I need a plan to upgrade my gear a little.

The first thing I did after dinging 90 was go to the AH and drop some gold on a set of Contender's Wyrmhide PvP gear to (hopefully) make me slightly less squishy while being ganked doing dailies. The joys of PvP realms, eh?

I'd like a few more pieces of healing kit before I go into heroics - the PvP gear is better than my quest greens but it has no spirit or haste and isn't really meant for PvE healing.

On average, I'm getting roughly 8 hours play time a week. Last night it took me two hours to complete my farming (on all toons), Tillers dailies and Golden Lotus dailies, and I only did the ones at the Golden Gate. So, what to do? The only thing I can do, as always for those with limited playtime, is to prioritise.

Let's take a look at the Pandarian factions to evaluate their reputation-based gear and other rewards.

If you'd like to know more about Resto gear or Balance gear, my full lists may help.

Justice Point Gear

Justice point gear no longer requires an honored reputation. Almost everything except the new Operation: Shieldwall and Dominance Offensive trinkets can be purchased from Quartermasters in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms and from Commander Lo Ping at Niuzao Temple:

• Pendant of Endless Inquisition - 1250 - Jaluu outside the front of Mogu'shan Palace
• Pressed Flower Cloak - 1250 - August Celestials Quartermasters in Shrine of Two Moons or Shrine of Seven Stars
• Vestment of the Ascendant Tribe - 2250 - August Celestials Quartermasters in Shrine of Two Moons or Shrine of Seven Stars
• Sudden Insight Bracers - 1250 - Klaxxi Quartermaster Ambersmith Zikk, Dread Wastes
• Wandering Friar's Gloves - 1750 - Jaluu outside the front of Mogu'shan Palace
• Brambleguard Leggings - 2250 - Rushi the Fox at Shado-Pan Garrison, Townlong Steppes
• Sorceror-King's Seal - 1250 - Rushi the Fox at Shado-Pan Garrison, Townlong Steppes
• Arcane Badge of the Shieldwall (A)/Dominator's Arcane Badge (H) - 1750 - from Operation: Shieldwall (Alliance) / Dominance Offensive (Horde)

Faction gear and other rewards

Golden Lotus
Need to get to Revered to unlock August Celestials and Shado-Pan dailies.
Honored: Leven's Circle of Hope
Revered: Whitepetal Shouldergarb, Mistfall Robes
Exalted: Riding Crane mounts

Klaxxi
Honored: Links of the Lucid
Revered: Klaxxi Lash of the Harbinger, Wind-Reaver Greaves
Exalted: Amber Spine of Klaxxi'vess, Reins of the Amber Scorpion (mount)

Shado-Pan
Honored: Sagewhisper's Wrap
Revered: Snowdrift Helm, Scroll of Revered Ancestors
Exalted: Shado-pan Riding Tiger mounts

August Celestials
Honored: Clever Ashyo's Wristbands
Revered: Boots of the High Adept, Ogo's Elder Gloves
Exalted: Reins of the Thundering August Cloud Serpent (mount)

Operation: Shieldwall (Alliance) / Dominance Offensive (Horde)
(new factions added in patch 5.1)
Honored: Band of the Shieldwall (Alliance)/Dominator's Band (Horde) or
Loop of the Shieldwall (Alliance)/Dominator's Loop (Horde)
Revered: Statue Summoner's Treads (Alliance)/Treads of Rejuvenating Mists (Horde)
Soothing Straps (Alliance)/Bambrick's Striking Strap (Horde)
Shock-Charger Medallion (Alliance)/Static-Caster's Medallion (Horde)
Heartwarmer Medallion (Alliance)/Cutstitcher Medallion (Horde)
Exalted: Grand Armored Gryphon/Grand Armored Wyvern mounts

Shado-Pan Assault **New in 5.2**
Neutral: Mender's Battletags
Friendly: Hearthfire Armwraps, Soothing Talisman of the Shado-Pan Assault, Ring of the Shado-Pan Assault  or Signet of the Shado-Pan Assault
Honored: Dreamweaver Drape, Gloves of Enduring Renewal, Trousers of Waning Shadow
Revered: Raiment of Silent Stars , Martiean's Splitleaf Girdle
Exalted: Heartroot Shoulderguards

Tillers
Revered: The ability to grow consumables of all sorts on the farm, eg. Motes of Harmony, herbs, ore etc.
Exalted: Black Riding Goat mounts

Order of the Cloud Serpent
Exalted: Cloud Serpent mounts

Lorewalkers
Exalted: Flying Cloud mount

 

Priorities

So, what to work on first? Aoifen is already Honored with the Klaxxi and almost Honored with the Shado Pan through quest lines in Townlong and Dread Wastes. I don't think it's worth finishing the quest lines just for the rep, since I wouldn't be getting Valor Points at the same time. I may finish them for story purposes in any case!

I think it will be important to get Golden Lotus to Revered first, then see what needs upgrading from that point on. I'll probably only work on one set of dailies a session to keep my sanity a little. It's going to take me a while, but I'll get there.

Did you have a plan in mind for attacking dailies? Do you have any advice for a new 90?

IntPiPoMo 2012: Beginnings

Welcome to IntPiPoMo for 2012!

What is IntPiPoMo, you may ask? Well, November is the month of NaNoWriMo. If a picture is worth a thousand words, and the NaNoWriMo target is fifty thousand words, then surely we can post fifty pictures and be winners as well!

I'm also very pleased to be able to include geotags for my images from the awesome WyriMaps.net! I first saw these over at Postcards From Azeroth, and being a big map geek, I wanted to join in. If you'd also like to use the geotags, you can use the tool on the WyriMaps site to create the image links.

Here are my first two pictures. Click them for a full-sized image.

View of Shang Xi Training Grounds from the Temple of Five Dawns, Wandering Isle.

Geotag from WyriMaps

Temple of Five Dawns, Wandering Isle.

Geotag from WyriMaps

So far the IntPiPoMo participants from other blogs include:

• Classy Plays WoW
• Navimie @ The Daily Frostwolf
• Erinys @ The Harpy's Nest
• Spellbound Saga
• Kamalia et Alia
• The Godmother @ Alternative
• Akabeko @ Red Cow Rise
• Casadella, Champion of Concur
• Elfindale @ Elfi's World and All for the Wookiee (SWTOR pics too!)
• Velidra @ Emberstorm
• Effy @ Awaiting the Muse
• Shoryl @ Tiny WoW Guild
• Cymre @ Bubbles of Mischief
• Pando's Lighter Side of WoW
• Eva @ Image Heavy
• Neri Approves
• Amateur Azerothian
• Chatmay, The WoW Debutante
• Holy Nova
• Jstmel's MoMaR
• Syrco Owl
• Amerence Love WoW
• Jojo @ Admiring Azeroth
• Nica @ Adventures of the Hex Machine

Make sure you stop by to see their contributions and let me know if you're posting pics too so I can add you!

Mists of Pandaria Resto Pre-raid Gear List Is Available!

Can you believe that Mists of Pandaria is releasing tomorrow? Tomorrow!

I'm celebrating early by releasing my:

Mists of Pandaria Pre-Raid Restoration Gear List!

The list contains leather caster gear that will be available from quests, factions, BoE items, crafted items, Justice and Valor points, both normal and heroic dungeons, world bosses and "Raid Finder" raids.

It's meant more as a list of what's available, rather than a best-in-slot list. I hope it helps you gather some gear to get ready to raid!

It's still a work in progress as I update links to more info, add missing items, etc. Please let me know if you spot anything incorrect or missing.

Mists of Pandaria is quite an exciting expansion for me, mostly because apart from the gear list, I have barely looked at any information about what is coming. I've been too busy to read blogs lately, much to my disappointment, and I wasn't part of the Beta and purposely stayed away from reading about Beta stuff.

I'm going into this one in a strange position since I have two Druids to choose from. Which to level first? Leesah is back on her home server but unless the guild there picks up again, it's looking like Aoifen will become my proper main. I suppose we'll see tomorrow night.

Whatever happens, I'm super-excited to see all the new content. I hope I'll get a chance to share my thoughts with you all a bit more often!

Have a fantastic time in the first few days with the Pandaren! You might find Derevka's tips for staying healthy helpful if you're planning to power through to level 90 ;)