Epics for casual players in Burning Crusade

The Burning Crusade has greatly increased the amount of high-quality items available to players who don't have a lot of time to spend (sometimes called casuals). This page consists of a overview of methods to obtain them.

World Drops
There are some level 70 epics available as world drops. These are typically considered as rather weak by players; they are often extremely small upgrades or sidegrades over rare quality loot from dungeons.

Quests
The Shartuul's Transporter and Terokk chains have a chance to drop epics, but these require a group to initially start with.

Reputation Rewards
Most Burning Crusade factions offer various epic rewards when your reputation reaches exalted. All factions have at least one weapon which are considered very good for the classes they are intended for.

Heroic Dungeons
The final bosses of heroic dungeons will always drop an epic item, as well as a Primal Nether which can be used for crafting. In addition, all heroic bosses will drop Justice Points, awarded to everyone in the group (if all are level 70), which can be turned in for additional rewards. Epic gems are also available as random drops from bosses.

Bind-on-Equip Craftables
Burning Crusade has added a lot of high-quality craftables. Most of these require the crafter to have a Primal Nether, as well as having the recipes themselves (which can be world drops, specific instance drops or in rare cases trainable). Additional higher level recipes dropping from raids requiring the crafter to have Nether Vortex are available as well.

Blacksmithing

 * Bind on equip Blacksmithing craftables - Armor


 * Bind on equip Blacksmithing craftables - Weapons
 * Dirge
 * Eternium Runed Blade
 * Fel Edged Battleaxe
 * Fel Hardened Maul
 * Felsteel Longblade
 * Felsteel Reaper
 * Hammer of Righteous Might
 * Hand of Eternity
 * Khorium Champion
 * Runic Hammer

Engineering

 * Bind on equip Engineering craftables
 * Gyro-Balanced Khorium Destroyer

Jewelcrafting

 * Bind on equip Jewelcrafting craftables
 * Hard Khorium Band
 * Loop of Forged Power
 * Ring of Flowing Life
 * Coronet of Verdant Flame
 * Circlet of Arcane Might
 * The Frozen Eye
 * The Natural Ward

Leatherworking

 * Bind on equip Leatherworking craftables

Tailoring

 * Bind on equip Tailoring craftables

Bind-on-Pickup Craftables
There are also some Bind on Pickup craftables; these require a high skill in a crafting profession in order to craft and must be crafted by yourself. Most of these are trainable, but additional high level patterns (which are themselves not BoP and can be bought) are available in raid instances. These are typically considered extremely good items, focusing mainly on stats deemed important by players.

Alchemy

 * Trinkets
 * Assassin's Alchemist Stone
 * Guardian's Alchemist Stone
 * Redeemer's Alchemist Stone
 * Sorcerer's Alchemist Stone

Blacksmithing

 * Non-set shoulders
 * Swiftsteel Shoulders
 * Dawnsteel Shoulders


 * Non-set chest
 * Breastplate of Kings
 * Bulwark of Kings
 * Bulwark of the Ancient Kings
 * Hard Khorium Battleplate
 * Sunblessed Breastplate


 * Non-set boots
 * Boots of the Protector
 * Red Havoc Boots

Bind on pickup Engineering craftables - Helmets

 * Foreman's Enchanted Helmet
 * Foreman's Reinforced Helmet

Jewelcrafting

 * Necklaces
 * Amulet of Flowing Life
 * Hard Khorium Choker
 * Pendant of Sunfire


 * Trinkets
 * Figurine - Empyrean Tortoise
 * Figurine - Khorium Boar
 * Figurine - Crimson Serpent
 * Figurine - Shadowsong Panther
 * Figurine - Seaspray Albatross

Leatherworking

 * Windhawk Set - Tribal Leatherworkers - Caster/Healer Leather
 * Windhawk Belt
 * Windhawk Bracers
 * Windhawk Hauberk


 * Netherscale Set - Dragonscale Leatherworkers - Physical DPS Mail
 * Ebon Netherscale Belt
 * Ebon Netherscale Bracers
 * Ebon Netherscale Breastplate


 * Netherstrike Set - Dragonscale Leatherworkers - Caster DPS Mail
 * Netherstrike Belt
 * Netherstrike Bracers
 * Netherstrike Breastplate


 * Primal Intent Set - Elemental Leatherworkers - Melee DPS Leather
 * Primalstrike Belt
 * Primalstrike Bracers
 * Primalstrike Vest


 * Non-set boots
 * Boots of Natural Grace
 * Boots of Utter Darkness
 * Boots of the Crimson Hawk
 * Hurricane Boots


 * Non-set shoulders
 * Living Earth Shoulders
 * Shoulderpads of Renewed Life
 * Shoulders of Lightning Reflexes
 * Swiftstrike Shoulders


 * Non-set chest
 * Carapace of Sun and Shadow
 * Embrace of the Phoenix
 * Embrace of the Twisting Nether
 * Ebon Netherscale Breastplate
 * Leather Chestguard of the Sun
 * Netherstrike Breastplate
 * Nether Plate Shirt
 * Primalstrike Vest
 * Sun-Drenched Scale Chestguard
 * Twisting Nether Plate Shirt
 * Windhawk Hauberk


 * Non-set belts
 * Ebon Netherscale Belt
 * Netherstrike Belt
 * Primalstrike Belt
 * Windhawk Belt


 * Non-set bracers
 * Ebon Netherscale Bracers
 * Netherstrike Bracers
 * Primalstrike Bracers
 * Windhawk Bracers

Tailoring

 * Non-set craftables
 * Robe of Eternal Light
 * Sunfire Robe
 * Mantle of Nimble Thought
 * Swiftheal Mantle
 * Boots of the Long Road
 * Boots of Blasting

Karazhan
Making progress in Karazhan does not require a large amount of time; it is very well possible for a casual guild to clear Karazhan. Once mastered, it should not take longer than 5 hours (which can be spread over multiple nights if desired) to clear it.

Player versus Player
The S1 Arena sets have recently (as of 12/4/07) become open to anyone willing to spend some time in battlegrounds. The only problem may be the very high honor costs. However, they are comparable to gear in dungeons such as Karazhan, Gruul's, etc while also being considerably easier to farm up.