World-of-warcraft – get end-game gear for Warlords of Draenor

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After reaching level 100, I picked up gear with item-level >= 620 from around Draenor. I also got some from LFR and heroic dungeons. But now I don't know what to do. I've heard you can get even better gear:

  • Doing harder raids (How? I don't see a difficulty-option in raid-finder)
  • "World bosses" (who and where are they?)
  • Buying with various currencies (How do I get them? Who do I buy from?)

But I don't know how to do those. And is there anyplace else to get better gear?

(I've seen this question which appears to be the same question by the title; but it's actually asking what stats to prioritize)

Best Answer

Getting gear became a lot harder for casual and unexperienced players with the release of Warlords of Draenor. If you say you want better gear I assume you mean Items above level 630/636 which can be obtained in Heroic Dungeons.

Everything at item level 640 and above is considered Epic gear (with the exception of crafted weapons. Those are 630).

Here are the options you have to access this gear and the difficulty.

Item Level 640

  • Crafted Items. While these are easy to obtain, they might be quite expensive. Especially upgrading them. These Items are also technically the best of this Item level since you can reroll the stats on it (getting your BiS stats).
  • Looking for Raid. Without a doubt the easiest and most cost efficient way of obtaining items at this Item level.
  • Challenge Mode Dailys. This one is a bit tricky. It can also reward you with BiS gear but you can only do the daily once per day and the Challenge modes aren't as easy as the other methods listed here.

Item Level 645

  • Garrison Missions. Once your followers are upgraded to a item level of 630 you will start getting missions that reward you with Epic gear. The frequency of these missions is RNG.

Item Level 650

  • World Bosses. Drov and Tarlna can both drop 650 gear once per week.

Item Level 655

  • Highmaul Normal. The normal difficulty of Highmaul provides you with 655 gear. Normal mode is quite easy and you can usually finish the raid with random groups within 2 hours while the endboss is the biggest problem. Use the group finder tool to join a group or have an eye on the trade chat.
  • Highmaul Missions. With a follower item level of 645 you will unlock the highmaul missions. These have a cooldown of two weeks and they can contain anything from the loot table of highmaul.
  • Crafted Items. Upgrading a crafted Item will boost it's item Level to 655. This is usually really expensive (about 15-30k gold depending on your server) but will again be your BiS gear for this Item level since you can reroll the stats.

Item Level 660

  • Conquest Point Gear. You can buy gear with conquest points from PvP vendors. The gear is actually really nice for PvE and it's BiS for PvP. If you play your arena cap you'll have a free item every 1-2 weeks.

Item Level 665

  • BoE World Drops. Sometimes you are lucky and you'll find a BoE world drop. These are really rare but they can drop from pretty much every NPC (and from your lvl 3 salvage yard).

Item Level 670

  • Highmaul Heroic. Same as Highmaul Normal, this will be your best and fastest way of getting Items at this item level. The raid is a little bit harder but it's still easily managable although a lot of pugs will struggle after Butcher.
  • Highmaul Missions. Works exactly the same as normal Highmaul missions. You'll unlock these after defeating 15 Highmaul Bosses on Normal difficulty.
  • Crafted Items. The last upgrade of the items will boost the item level to 670. Again this is your BiS gear if rerolled correctly.

Item Level 685

  • Highmaul Mythic. Now this one is a bit harder. The first boss is puggable but after that you will face some trouble with random groups. If you want to gear up with item level 685 this Mythic Highmaul is your best way to go but you'll usually need an experienced raid group.
  • Highmaul Missions. Same as Normal and Heroic HM missions. You'll unlock these after defeating 15 Bosses on Heroic Difficulty. This is the easiest way to get this gear but it only works once every two weeks.

Item Level 695

  • Black market auction house. Until the release of Blackrock Foundry the BMAH is your only way of obtaining this Item level. Expect to pay a lot of money for one of these items. And by a lot I mean somewhere between 100,000 - 900,000 gold.