Frost Mage gear
The best and second-best item for each slot at level 20, and where gear comes from at 60.
Level 20: best and second best per slot
| Slot | Best | Second best |
|---|---|---|
| Head | Crafted: Tailoring (Arcane spell power set, Merchant's Favor) | Crafted: Engineering |
| Neck | Hall of Thanes — Faldrim Anvilmar | Shadowfang Keep — Rethilgore |
| Shoulders | Shadowfang Keep — Wolf Master Nandos | quest The Glowing Shard — Wailing Caverns |
| Back | Wailing Caverns — Deviate Faerie Dragon | Ragefire Chasm — Bazzalan |
| Chest | Shadowfang Keep — Archmage Arugal | Crafted: Tailoring |
| Wrist | Hall of Thanes — Faldrim Anvilmar | Shadowfang Keep — Arugal's Voidwalkers |
| Hands | quest Important Heirlooms — Hall of Thanes | Crafted: Tailoring |
| Waist | Shadowfang Keep — Archmage Arugal | Crafted: Tailoring (Merchant's Favor) |
| Legs | Ruins of Lordaeron — The Abandoned | Crafted: Tailoring |
| Feet | Wailing Caverns — Mutanus the Devourer | Crafted: Tailoring (Merchant's Favor) |
| Ring | Wailing Caverns — Mutanus the Devourer | quest Arugal Must Die — Shadowfang Keep |
| Trinket | Shadowfang Keep — Odo the Blindwatcher | Wailing Caverns — Lady Anacondra |
| Main Hand | Shadowfang Keep — Baron Silverlaine | Ragefire Chasm — Bazzalan |
| Off Hand / Shield | quest Important Heirlooms — Hall of Thanes | none listed |
| Two-Hand | Shadowfang Keep — Odo the Blindwatcher | The Deadmines — Captain Greenskin |
| Ranged / Relic | The Deadmines — Cookie | Crafted: Enchanting |
Sourced: Guide · 26 Sep
Level 60: where gear will come from
- Pre-raid: Alcaz Prison, Shaper's Terrace, the Drowned City, Krol'dok Stronghold and Hyjal quests; hit and crit are merged, so 'spell hit' and 'spell crit' items are the same stat budget as melee ones.
- Crafted: Tailoring school-specific sets ('Flame', 'Shadow', 'Pearly' at L20 — expect the same lines at 60), Enchanting ring Spell Power, Alchemy trinket.
- Wands lost spell-damage scaling on 24 Sep — treat the ranged slot as stats only.
- Raids open 9 December; no level-60 BiS exists yet.
Theory