Heirloom
Heirloom is an item type that was introduced with Wrath of the Lich King.[1] The items have a golden hue in their text color, and their attributes scale with the character's level.[2] Nearly all heirloom items are named after popular items from the early days of Classic WoW, and share the look of these items.
Once purchased, heirlooms bind to the account, as opposed to an individual character. This means they can be mailed to any character that shares the same account and server, including those of opposing faction (patch 3.3). Heirloom items can be returned for a refund within the normal two-hour grace period, but only if the item was not yet mailed to a different character.
Heirloom shoulders, chest pieces, cloaks, helms, legs and the ring grant greater experience gains while wearing them. The experience bonuses stack with each other and with the rested bonus, and affect experience gains from quests, but do not stack with Essence of Wintergrasp. The maximum possible experience bonus from heirlooms alone is 50%. The experience bonus on shoulders, chestpieces and the ring stops at level 80, and the bonus on the pants and helmets stop at level 85.
Heirloom items do not have a durability stat, and do not need to be repaired. This saves money when leveling your character.
Heirloom item restrictions are skill based and not class based. For example, any class could wear the cloth shoulders and chest for the 20% experience boost, but classes such as warriors and rogues would not benefit from the item's casting stats.
For classes that can wear mail and plate items, while the character is under level 40, heirlooms will appear as leather or mail armor types until that character is able to wear the mail or plate armor type. For example, when purchasing an heirloom for a shaman, you want to buy a mail heirloom item, which will scale down to leather when equipped on the shaman until the shaman reaches level 40, when it will become mail again.
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Stat values
An heirloom's stats correspond to the item level of a blue quality item requiring its wearer's level until the heirloom stops leveling, as specified by the tooltip. However, heirlooms give bonuses to four different stats from a far lower level than blue items start doing so. At level 80, heirlooms are approximately equivalent to an item level 187 rare item, and will ultimately be replaced by questing, instancing, and PvP at the maximum level.
On reaching levels 58 and 68, players will notice unusually large stat increases to heirlooms, because these are the lowest required levels for blues introduced in, respectively, Burning Crusade and Wrath of the Lich King. The same is true at level 81 for Cataclysm heirloom cloaks and pants. However, while blue items introduced in Cataclysm all require at least level 81, uncommon items of level 272 only require level 77.
For almost any given justice-point heirloom weapon or armor item, as well as for each of the heirloom cloaks at level 80, there exist four uncommon replacements that:
- Occur as world drops.
- Bind when equipped.
- Have the same stats as the heirloom with higher values.
- Have required levels of 77, 78, 79 and 80.
- Have item levels of 272, 278, 283 and 289.
- Have four consecutive item IDs (see ItemString).
- Have the item suffix "of the Earthfall" (for Strength items), "of the Windflurry" (for Agility items), or "of the Fireflash" (for Intellect items).
Tips for Early Purchasing
If you're thrifty and plan to level several alts, aim for gear many different classes can use even if the gear might be not be optimal for all of them. This is especially important since enchants for such gear tend to go for high prices on auction houses. For example, spell shoulders and spell staffs are popular heirlooms since nearly all classes that use mana can find some use for them compared to stuff like paladin-specific spellplate. Similarly, shoulders of any kind should take preference over weapons, the former for their experience boost (even if it creates suboptimal stats) while the latter are mostly a convenience to the player with the exception of gear-dependent tanks.
Enchanting your Heirlooms
Heirlooms can be enchanted only with enhancements that will not bind the item to the character. The items are treated as item level 1, and as such can not use most Burning Crusade or higher enhancements; however, Death Knight runes are allowed on heirloom weapons. Also worth considering is the fact that some of the enhancements that can be used will not actually take effect unless the character using them is of the appropriate level (primarily shoulder enchants).
Announced in 5.4
All enchantments can now be applied to heirloom items! High level enhancements applied to items equipped by low level players have their power scaled down to be similar to enhancements intended for that level range.
Head
Heirloom heads have a 10% experience boost from quests and kills and stack with all other Heirloom items.
These items are sold by Guild vendors for after completing the achievement
Guild Level 20. You will also need Honored Guild Reputation to purchase these items.
Below, classes in square brackets are not in the proper armor class, but will still get the stat benefit from the listed heirloom. Classes in brackets will find the heirloom significantly weaker than another one, but will still benefit. Keep this in mind if buying an heirloom for several alts to use.
| Name | Type | Cost | Recommended Classes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloth | 1500 |
Mage, Warlock, Priest, [Druid], [Shaman], [Paladin] | ||
| Spell Leather | 1500 |
Druid, [Shaman], [Paladin] | ||
| Leather | 1500 |
Druid, Rogue, Monk, [Shaman], [Hunter], ([Paladin]), ([Warrior]), ([Death Knight]) | ||
| Spell Mail | 1500 |
Shaman, [Paladin] | ||
| 1500 |
Shaman, Hunter, ([Paladin]), ([Warrior]), ([Death Knight]) | |||
| Plate | 1500 |
Paladin, Warrior, Death Knight | ||
| Plate | 1500 |
Paladin, Warrior, Death Knight |
Shoulders
The heirloom shoulders were originally sold only in Wintergrasp or Dalaran. In Patch 3.2.0, the shoulders sold in Dalaran are also purchasable from Dame Evniki Kapsalis at the Argent Tournament Grounds in Icecrown for Champion's Seals once the title <Crusader> has been earned.[3]. Starting with Patch 4.3.0, heirloom PvE shoulders are now available as prizes at the Darkmoon Faire from Daenrand Dawncrest.
| Name | Type | Bought In | Cost | Namesake | Recommended Classes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
→ Prestigious Sunderseer Mantle |
Cloth - PvP | Wintergrasp, Orgrimmar / Stormwind | 2175 |
Mage, Warlock, Priest | |
→ Bloodstained Dreadmist Mantle |
Cloth - PvE | Dalaran, Orgrimmar / Stormwind, Icecrown, Darkmoon Faire | 2175 |
Mage, Warlock, Priest | |
→ Wild Feralheart Spaulders |
Spell Leather - PvP | Wintergrasp, Orgrimmar / Stormwind | 2175 |
Druid | |
→ Majestic Ironfeather Shoulders |
Spell Leather - PvE | Dalaran, Orgrimmar / Stormwind, Icecrown, Darkmoon Faire | 2175 |
Druid | |
→ Superior Stormshroud Shoulders |
Leather - PvP | Wintergrasp, Orgrimmar / Stormwind | 2175 |
Rogue, Druid, Monk, (Hunter) | |
→ Supple Shadowcraft Spaulders |
Leather - PvE | Dalaran, Orgrimmar / Stormwind, Icecrown, Darkmoon Faire | 2175 |
Rogue, Druid, Monk, (Hunter) | |
→ Venerated Pauldrons of The Five Thunders |
Spell Mail - PvP | Wintergrasp, Orgrimmar / Stormwind | 2175 |
Shaman | |
→ Awakened Pauldrons of Elements |
Spell Mail - PvE | Dalaran, Orgrimmar / Stormwind, Icecrown, Darkmoon Faire | 2175 |
Shaman | |
→ Adorned Beastmaster's Mantle |
Mail - PvP | Wintergrasp, Orgrimmar / Stormwind | 2175 |
Shaman, Hunter | |
→ Grand Champion Herod's Shoulder |
Mail - PvE | Dalaran, Orgrimmar / Stormwind, Icecrown, Darkmoon Faire | 2175 |
Shaman, Hunter | |
→ Immaculate Lightforge Spaulders |
Spell Plate - PvP | Wintergrasp, Orgrimmar / Stormwind | 2175 |
Paladin | |
→ Reinforced Stockade Pauldrons |
Plate - PvP | Wintergrasp, Orgrimmar / Stormwind | 2175 |
Paladin, Warrior, Death Knight | |
→ Gleaming Spaulders of Valor |
Plate - PvE | Dalaran, Orgrimmar / Stormwind, Icecrown, Darkmoon Faire | 2175 |
Paladin, Warrior, Death Knight | |
→ Brushed Pauldrons of Might |
Tanking Plate - PvE | Dalaran, Orgrimmar / Stormwind, Icecrown, Darkmoon Faire | 2175 |
Paladin, Warrior, Death Knight |
Shoulder Enchants
Heirloom shoulder enchants can be used at any level, but are only usable by level 80 characters. This is to allow for the use of these powerful enchants without having to grind through the reputations (particularly Sons of Hodir) with another character. If your character has the ability to craft or purchase shoulder enchants of their own, they can be applied to the heirloom shoulders.
The shoulder enchants from the Inscription profession will work on Heirlooms shoulders at any level, however you will require Inscription for the enchant to take effect. This means minimum level required is 65 (to have 400 skill). The PvP shoulder enchant will only work when your character reaches level 70.
Note that the Sons of Hodir heirloom items are only the highest level version of the item the faction vendor carries. For example,
[Lesser Inscription of the Axe] is not an Heirloom and the name will not appear in a brown color in the vendor's trade window.
| Name | Faction | Reputation | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | N/A | 165 |
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| Sons of Hodir | Exalted | 100 |
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| Sons of Hodir | Exalted | 100 |
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| Sons of Hodir | Exalted | 100 |
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| Sons of Hodir | Exalted | 100 |
Chestpieces
Heirloom chestpieces have a 10% experience boost from quests and kills, and this boost stacks with the 10% from the shoulders (thus making leveling for the lower-levels much easier)[4].
These can be purchased from Dame Evniki Kapsalis once the title <Crusader> has been earned, at the Argent Tournament Grounds in Icecrown costing 60
[Champion's Seal], or from Enchanter Erodin (Horde) / Enchanter Isian (Alliance) in Dalaran costing 2175
. They can also be purchased as prizes at the Darkmoon Faire from Daenrand Dawncrest.
Below, classes in square brackets are not in the proper armor class, but will still get the full benefit from the listed heirloom. Classes in brackets will find the heirloom significantly weaker than another one, but will still benefit. Keep this in mind if buying an heirloom for several alts to use.
| Name | Type | Bought In | Cost | Namesake | Recommended Classes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
→ Bloodstained Dreadmist Robe |
Cloth | Dalaran, Orgrimmar / Stormwind, Icecrown, Darkmoon Faire | 2175 |
Mage, Warlock, Priest, (Druid) | ||
→ Majestic Ironfeather Breastplate |
Spell Leather | Dalaran, Orgrimmar / Stormwind, Icecrown, Darkmoon Faire | 2175 |
Druid | ||
→ Supple Shadowcraft Tunic |
Leather | Dalaran, Orgrimmar / Stormwind, Icecrown, Darkmoon Faire | 2175 |
Druid, Rogue, Monk, (Shaman), (Hunter), [Paladin], [Warrior] | ||
→ Awakened Vest of Elements |
Spell Mail | Dalaran, Orgrimmar / Stormwind, Icecrown, Darkmoon Faire | 2175 |
Shaman, (Paladin) | ||
→ Furious Deathdealer Breastplate |
Dalaran, Orgrimmar / Stormwind, Icecrown, Darkmoon Faire | 2175 |
Shaman, Hunter | |||
→ Gleaming Breastplate of Valor |
Plate | Dalaran, Orgrimmar / Stormwind, Icecrown, Darkmoon Faire | 2175 |
Paladin, Warrior, Death Knight | ||
→ Brushed Breastplate of Might |
Tanking Plate | Dalaran, Orgrimmar / Stormwind, Icecrown, Darkmoon Faire | 2175 |
Paladin, Warrior, Death Knight |
Chest Enchants
| Enchant | Effect |
|---|---|
| +3 All stats | |
| +4 All stats | |
| +100 Mana | |
| +100 Health |
Weapons
Like the shoulders, many of these weapons and other heirlooms were originally sold either in Dalaran or in Wintergrasp. PvE weapons were later added with the Argent Tournament and the Darkmoon Faire. Note that unlike armor heirlooms, weapon and trinket heirlooms do not grant an experience bonus. The weapons do indirectly assist in leveling, however, by giving the character a rare-quality weapon that can be enhanced with almost any pre-expansion enchant (the most useful enchants, listed below for your convenience, are generally too expensive to apply to leveling gear).
These weapons are generally useful until level 80, when they stop progressing with players, however they can be upgraded by trading in the weapon and with more currency to make them last until level 85.
| Name | Type | Bought In | Cost | Namesake | Recommended Classes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
→ Vengeful Heartseeker |
Dagger - PvE | Dalaran, Orgrimmar / Stormwind, Icecrown, Darkmoon Faire | 2175 |
Rogue | |
→ Deadly Scarlet Kris |
Dagger - PvP | Wintergrasp, Orgrimmar / Stormwind | 2175 |
Rogue | |
→ Pious Aurastone Hammer |
1H Mace - PvE | Dalaran, Orgrimmar / Stormwind, Icecrown, Darkmoon Faire | 2725 |
Shaman, Paladin, Priest, Druid, (Monk) | |
→ Crushing Mass of McGowan |
1H Mace - PvE | Dalaran, Orgrimmar / Stormwind, Icecrown, Darkmoon Faire | 2175 |
Rogue, Shaman, Death Knight, Monk, Warrior (levels 20-59) | |
→ The Sanctified Hammer of Grace |
1H Mace - PvP | Wintergrasp, Orgrimmar / Stormwind | 2725 |
Shaman, Paladin, Priest, Druid, (Monk) | |
→ Noble Dal'Rend's Sacred Charge |
1H Sword - PvE | Dalaran, Orgrimmar / Stormwind, Icecrown, Darkmoon Faire | 2175 |
Rogue, Death Knight, Monk, Warrior (level 20-59) | |
→ Gore-Steeped Skullforge Reaver |
1H Sword - PvE | Dalaran, Orgrimmar / Stormwind, Icecrown, Darkmoon Faire | 2175 |
Paladin, Warrior, Death Knight | |
→ Battle-Hardened Thrash Blade |
1H Sword - PvP | Wintergrasp, Orgrimmar / Stormwind | 2175 |
Rogue, Death Knight, Monk, Warrior (level 20-59) | |
→ |
2H Axe - PvE | Dalaran, Orgrimmar / Stormwind, Icecrown, Darkmoon Faire | 3500 |
Paladin, Warrior, Death Knight | |
→ Re-Engineered Lava Dredger |
2H Mace - PvE | Dalaran, Orgrimmar / Stormwind, Icecrown, Darkmoon Faire | 3500 |
Druid, Monk | |
→ Battle-Forged Truesilver Champion |
2H Sword - PvP | Wintergrasp, Orgrimmar / Stormwind | 3500 |
Paladin, Warrior, Death Knight | |
→ |
Staff - PvE | Dalaran, Orgrimmar / Stormwind, Icecrown, Darkmoon Faire | 3500 |
Mage, Priest, Warlock, Druid, (Monk) | |
→ Refinished Warden Staff |
Staff - PvE | Dalaran, Orgrimmar / Stormwind, Icecrown, Darkmoon Faire (added in patch 5.0.4) | 3500 |
Druid, Monk | |
→ |
Staff - PvP | Stormwind, Orgrimmar | 3500 |
Mage, Priest, Warlock, Druid, (Monk) | |
→ War-Torn Ancient Bone Bow |
Bow - PvE | Dalaran, Orgrimmar / Stormwind, Icecrown, Darkmoon Faire | 3500 |
Hunter | |
→ Smoothbore Dwarven Hand Cannon |
Gun - PvP | Wintergrasp, Orgrimmar / Stormwind | 3500 |
Hunter |
Weapon Enchants
| Weapon Enchant | Slot |
|---|---|
| Caster Weapon | |
| Caster Weapon | |
| Caster Weapon | |
| Caster Weapon | |
| Melee Weapon | |
| Melee Weapon | |
| Melee Weapon | |
| Melee Weapon | |
| Melee Weapon | |
| Melee Weapon | |
| Melee Weapon | |
| 2H Weapon | |
| 2H Weapon |
| Ranged Enchant | Level Req. |
|---|---|
| 5 | |
| 10 | |
| 50 | |
| 70 |
Cloaks
Heirloom Cloaks have a 5% experience boost from quests and kills and stack with all other Heirloom items.
These items are sold by Guild vendors for 1200
after completing the achievement
Guild Level 10. You will also need Honored Guild Reputation to purchase these items.
Classes in brackets will find the heirloom significantly weaker than another one, but will still benefit. Keep this in mind if buying an heirloom for several alts to use. Since all the cloaks have Stamina, Crit and Haste along with the experience bonus, they can benefit any class despite not being ideal.
| Name | Type | Cost | Namesake | Recommended Classes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spell Cloak | 1200 |
Mage, Warlock, Priest, Druid, Shaman, Paladin | ||
| Agility Cloak | 1200 |
Shaman, Hunter, Rogue, Druid, Monk | ||
| Strength Cloak | 1200 |
Paladin, Warrior, Death Knight | ||
| Tanking Cloak | 1200 |
Paladin, Warrior, Death Knight |
Cloak Enchants
| Back Enchant |
|---|
Shields and Frills
These items are sold by Justice Point Vendors for 2175
.
Classes in parenthesis will find the heirloom significantly weaker than another one, but will still benefit. Keep this in mind if buying an heirloom for several alts to use.
| Name | Type | Cost | Namesake | Recommended Classes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melee Shield | 2175 |
Warrior, Paladin (Shaman) | ||
| Caster Shield | 2175 |
Shaman, Paladin (Warrior) | ||
| Caster Frill | 2175 |
Priest, Warlock, Mage, Druid, Monk? (Shaman) |
Shield Enchants
| Shield Enchant |
|---|
Trinkets
As with other heirlooms, many were originally sold either in Dalaran or in Wintergrasp. The PvE trinkets were later made available from the Argent Tournament and Darkmoon Faire.
| Name | Bought In | Cost | Namesake | Bonuses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wintergrasp, Orgrimmar / Stormwind | 2725 |
+Resilience (PvP) | ||
| Wintergrasp, Orgrimmar / Stormwind | 2725 |
+Resilience (PvP) | ||
| Dalaran, Orgrimmar / Stormwind, Icecrown, Darkmoon Faire | 2725 |
Restores 2% Mana after Kill | ||
| Dalaran, Orgrimmar / Stormwind, Icecrown, Darkmoon Faire | 2725 |
Restores 2% Health after Kill |
Rings
A quest reward ring grants players an additional 5% XP bonus. Three other rings are apparently slated for release sometime in Cataclysm, but are not yet available in game.
| Name | Won In | Cost | Namesake | Bonuses | Recommended Classes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stranglethorn Vale | Stranglethorn Fishing Contest | None | Hit and Crit | All | |
| NYI | +Int & XP | All caster | |||
| NYI | +Agi & XP | Rogue, Hunter, Druid, Shaman, Monk | |||
| NYI | +Str & XP | Death Knight, Paladin, Warrior |
Pants
Heirloom legs can be unlocked for purchase from a guild vendor by completing the achievement
[Working Better as a Team].
They can be purchased for 1750
from Guild vendors.
| Name | Type | Cost | Namesake | Recommended Classes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloth - Spell | 1750 |
Mage, Priest, Warlock | |||
| Leather - Melee | 1750 |
Druid, Rogue, Monk | |||
| Leather - Spell | 1750 |
Druid, Monk | |||
| Mail - Melee | 1750 |
Hunter, Shaman | |||
| Mail - Spell | 1750 |
Shaman | |||
| Plate - DPS | 1750 |
Paladin, Warrior, Death Knight | |||
| Plate - Tank | 1750 |
Paladin, Warrior, Death Knight |
Pants Enchants
| Enchant | Effect |
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Patch changes
Patch 5.2.0 (2013-03-05): Many heirlooms can now be upgraded, which will allow it to continue leveling to 85, rather than 80.
Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Legs heirlooms added.Patch 4.2.0a (2011-08-08): The tooltip color for heirloom items has been returned to gold.
Patch 4.2.0 (2011-06-28): The names of Heirloom items now incorrectly appear in white.
Patch 4.0.6 (2011-02-08): Heirloom vendors added in Stormwind and Orgrimmar.
Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Death Knight
[Runeforging] can now be used on heirloom weapons.Patch 3.3.0 (2009-12-08): Level 80 helm and shoulder faction-related enchants are now considered Heirlooms.
Patch 3.0.3 (2008-11-04): A new class of items known as Heirlooms has been added.
References
- ^ http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=9679633896&sid=2000#18
- ^ http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=9679633896&sid=2000&pageNo=4#75
- ^ Zarhym 2009-07-24. Re: 3.2 new heirlooms. Retrieved on 2009-10-07.
- ^ Zarhym 2009-06-16. Re: 3.2 new heirlooms. Retrieved on 2009-08-03. “One thing I can tell you is that chest piece heirlooms will be available in the next content patch. They will provide a 10% experience bonus that stacks with the shoulder bonus.”
External links
- Armory Light: Heirloom Scaling Calculator
- Heirloom Items Scale Calculator
- RRVS: Beta Bind to account items
- MMOC: Some BtA items
- WoW Insider on Heirlooms
- MMOC: Chests
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