Heirloom

Heirloom is an item type that is new with Wrath of the Lich King. The items have a golden hue in their text color, and their attributes scale with the character's level. 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 mailed to a different character yet.

Heirlooms automatically take on the attributes of a blue quality item of the level of its wearer. 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. Heirloom items do not have a durability stat, and do not need to be repaired. This saves money when leveling your character. Heirlooms were given a durability stat in Patch 3.3.5, but this was quickly hotfixed.^{[citation needed]} 

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 instance, when purchasing an heirloom for a level 12 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.

Heirloom shoulders and chestpieces allow greater experience gains while wearing them. The experience bonuses from the shoulder and chestpieces stack with each other and with the rested bonus, and affect experience gains from quests, but do not stack with [Essence of Wintergrasp].

Heirloom item restrictions are skill based and not class based. For instance, 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.

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.

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..

Name	Type	Bought In	Cost	Namesake	Recommended Classes
[Exquisite Sunderseer Mantle]	Cloth - PvP	Wintergrasp	200	[Sunderseer Mantle]	Mage, Warlock, Priest
[Tattered Dreadmist Mantle]	Cloth - PvE	Dalaran or Icecrown	40 / 60	[Dreadmist Mantle]	Mage, Warlock, Priest
[Lasting Feralheart Spaulders]	Spell Leather - PvP	Wintergrasp	200	[Feralheart Spaulders]	Druid
[Preened Ironfeather Shoulders]	Spell Leather - PvE	Dalaran or Icecrown	40 / 60	[Ironfeather Shoulders]	Druid
[Exceptional Stormshroud Shoulders]	Leather - PvP	Wintergrasp	200	[Stormshroud Shoulders]	Rogue, Druid, (Hunter)
[Stained Shadowcraft Spaulders]	Leather - PvE	Dalaran or Icecrown	40 / 60	[Shadowcraft Spaulders]	Rogue, Druid, (Hunter)
[Aged Pauldrons of The Five Thunders]	Spell Mail - PvP	Wintergrasp	200	[Pauldrons of The Five Thunders]	Shaman
[Mystical Pauldrons of Elements]	Spell Mail - PvE	Dalaran or Icecrown	40 / 60	[Pauldrons of Elements]	Shaman
[Prized Beastmaster's Mantle]	Mail - PvP	Wintergrasp	200	[Beastmaster's Mantle]	Shaman, Hunter
[Champion Herod's Shoulder]	Mail - PvE	Dalaran or Icecrown	40 / 60	[Herod's Shoulder]	Shaman, Hunter
[Pristine Lightforge Spaulders]	Spell Plate - PvP	Wintergrasp	200	[Lightforge Spaulders]	Paladin
[Strengthened Stockade Pauldrons]	Plate - PvP	Wintergrasp	200	[Stockade Pauldrons]	Paladin, Warrior, Death Knight
[Polished Spaulders of Valor]	Plate - PvE	Dalaran or Icecrown	40 / 60	[Spaulders of Valor]	Paladin, Warrior, Death Knight

Chestpieces

Heirloom chestpieces were released in Patch 3.2.0. They 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).

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 40 [Emblem of Heroism].

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Below, classes in parentheses 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
[Tattered Dreadmist Robe]	Cloth - PvE	Dalaran or Icecrown	40 / 60	[Dreadmist Robe]	Mage, Warlock, Priest, (Druid)
[Preened Ironfeather Breastplate]	Spell Leather - PvE	Dalaran or Icecrown	40 / 60	[Ironfeather Breastplate]	Druid
[Stained Shadowcraft Tunic]	Leather - PvE	Dalaran or Icecrown	40 / 60	[Shadowcraft Tunic]	Druid, Rogue, (Shaman), (Hunter), [Paladin], [Warrior]
[Mystical Vest of Elements]	Spell Mail - PvE	Dalaran or Icecrown	40 / 60	[Vest of Elements]	Shaman, (Paladin)
[Champion's Deathdealer Breastplate]	Mail - PvE	Dalaran or Icecrown	40 / 60	[Deathdealer Breastplate]	Shaman, Hunter
[Polished Breastplate of Valor]	Plate - PvE	Dalaran or Icecrown	40 / 60	[Breastplate of Valor]	Paladin, Warrior, Death Knight

Weapons, accessories, misc.

Like the shoulders, many of these weapons and other heirlooms were originally sold either in Dalaran or in Wintergrasp. Some were added as available only at the Argent Tournament, but currently both the Dalaran and Argent Tournament vendors offer the same selection of items. A quest reward ring was added in Patch 3.3.0 that grants players an additional 5% XP bonus (stackable with the shoulder and chest bonuses).

Name	Type	Bought In	Cost	Namesake	Recommended Classes
[Grand Staff of Jordan]	Staff - PvP	Wintergrasp	325	[Staff of Jordan]	Mage, Priest, Warlock, Druid
[Dignified Headmaster's Charge]	Staff - PvE	Dalaran or Icecrown	65 / 95	[Headmaster's Charge]	Mage, Priest, Warlock, Druid, Hunter (twink up to level 19)
[The Blessed Hammer of Grace]	1H Mace - PvP	Wintergrasp	250	[The Hammer of Grace]	Shaman, Paladin, Priest, Druid
[Devout Aurastone Hammer]	1H Mace - PvE	Dalaran or Icecrown	50 / 75	[Aurastone Hammer]	Shaman, Paladin, Priest, Druid
[Venerable Mass of McGowan]	1H Mace - PvE	Dalaran or Icecrown	40 / 75	[Mass of McGowan]	Rogue, Shaman, Death Knight, Warrior (levels 20-59)
[Sharpened Scarlet Kris]	Dagger - PvP	Wintergrasp	200	[Scarlet Kris]	Rogue, Hunter
[Balanced Heartseeker]	Dagger - PvE	Dalaran or Icecrown	40 / 60	[Heartseeker]	Rogue, Hunter
[Battleworn Thrash Blade]	1H Sword - PvP	Wintergrasp	200	[Thrash Blade]	Rogue, Death Knight, Warrior (level 20-59)
[Venerable Dal'Rend's Sacred Charge]	1H Sword -PvE	Dalaran or Icecrown	40 / 60	[Dal'Rend's Sacred Charge]	Rogue, Death Knight, Warrior (level 20-59), Hunter (20+)
[Reforged Truesilver Champion]	2H Sword -PvP	Wintergrasp	325	[Truesilver Champion]	Paladin, Warrior, Death Knight
[Bloodied Arcanite Reaper]	2H Axe - PvE	Dalaran or Icecrown	65 / 95	[Arcanite Reaper]	Paladin, Warrior, Death Knight, Shaman (levels 1-40)
[Repurposed Lava Dredger]	2H Mace - PvE	Dalaran or Icecrown	65 / 95	[Finkle's Lava Dredger]	Druid, Shaman (levels 1-40)
[Charmed Ancient Bone Bow]	Bow - PvE	Dalaran or Icecrown	65 / 95	[Ancient Bone Bow]	Hunter, Warrior, Rogue
[Upgraded Dwarven Hand Cannon]	Gun - PvP	Wintergrasp	325	[Dwarven Hand Cannon]	Hunter, Warrior, Rogue
[Inherited Insignia of the Alliance]	Trinket - PvP	Wintergrasp	250	[Insignia of the Alliance]	All
[Inherited Insignia of the Horde]	Trinket - PvP	Wintergrasp	250	[Insignia of the Horde]	All
[Discerning Eye of the Beast]	Trinket	Dalaran or Icecrown	50 / 75	[Eye of the Beast]	All caster
[Swift Hand of Justice]	Trinket	Dalaran or Icecrown	50 / 75	[Hand of Justice]	All
[Wintergrasp Commendation]	Honor	Wintergrasp	9 / 30		All
[Dread Pirate Ring]	Ring	Northrend	Quest Reward - Kalu'ak Fishing Derby		All
[Tome of Cold Weather Flight]	Skill Book	Dalaran	1000 - Hira Snowdawn		All

Cloaks

This section concerns content related to Cataclysm.

Heirloom Cloaks now appearing in Patch 4.0.3 as part of the new Guild Leveling/Rewards system. They have a 10% experience boost from quests and kills and stack with all other Heirloom items.

These can be purchased from  Becca Radler <Guild Vendor> OR  Goram <Guild Vendor> once your guild has Reached Level 10.

Below, classes in parentheses 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	Cost	Recommended Classes
[Inherited Cape of the Black Baron]	Agility Cloak	???	Shaman, Hunter, Rogue, (Druid)
[Ancient Bloodmoon Cloak]	Spell Cloak	???	Mage, Warlock, Priest, (Druid), (Shaman)
[Worn Stoneskin Gargoyle Cape]	Strength Cloak	???	Paladin, Warrior, Death Knight, (Druid), (Shaman), (Hunter)

Head

This section concerns content related to Cataclysm.

Heirloom heads now appearing in Patch 4.0.3 as part of the new Guild Leveling/Rewards system. They have a 10% experience boost from quests and kills and stack with all other Heirloom items.

These can be purchased from  Becca Radler <Guild Vendor> OR  Goram <Guild Vendor> once your guild has Reached Level 20.

Below, classes in parentheses 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	Cost	Recommended Classes
[Tattered Dreadmist Mask]	Cloth	???	Mage, Warlock, Priest, (Druid)
[Preened Tribal War Feathers]	Spell Leather	???	Druid
[Stained Shadowcraft Cap]	Leather	???	Druid, Rogue, (Shaman), (Hunter), [Paladin], [Warrior]
[Mystical Coif of Elements]	Spell Mail	???	Shaman, (Paladin)
[Tarnished Raging Berserker's Helm]	Mail	???	Shaman, Hunter
[Polished Helm of Valor]	Plate	???	Paladin, Warrior, Death Knight

Head and Shoulder Enchants

The head enchants available at revered with certain factions, and the shoulder enchants available at exalted with the Sons of Hodir, are also heirloom-quality items, but are only useable 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.

The enchants became Bind to Account in Patch 3.3.0. Note that these Heirloom items are the 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	Slot	Faction	Reputation	Cost
[Arcanum of Blissful Mending]	Head	Wyrmrest Accord	Revered	150
[Arcanum of Burning Mysteries]	Head	Kirin Tor	Revered	150
[Arcanum of Torment]	Head	Knights of the Ebon Blade	Revered	150
[Arcanum of the Stalwart Protector]	Head	Argent Crusade	Revered	150
[Greater Inscription of the Axe]	Shoulder	Sons of Hodir	Exalted	100
[Greater Inscription of the Crag]	Shoulder	Sons of Hodir	Exalted	100
[Greater Inscription of the Pinnacle]	Shoulder	Sons of Hodir	Exalted	100
[Greater Inscription of the Storm]	Shoulder	Sons of Hodir	Exalted	100

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, including Death Knight runes. 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.

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.

For the sake of space, only the most useful enchantments are included. (Note: You are able to place Zandalar Signets on Heirloom Items if you have the rep though they require lvl 55 to become active.)

Enchant	Slot
[Enchant Weapon - Crusader]	Melee Weapon
[Enchant Weapon - Lifestealing]	Melee Weapon
[Enchant Weapon - Fiery Weapon]	Melee Weapon
[Enchant Weapon - Icy Chill]	Melee Weapon
[Enchant Weapon - Agility]	Melee Weapon
[Enchant Weapon - Strength]	Melee Weapon
[Enchant Weapon - Superior Striking]	Melee Weapon
[Enchant 2H Weapon - Agility]	2H Weapon
[Iron Counterweight]	2H Weapon
[Enchant Weapon - Spellpower]	Caster Weapon
[Enchant Weapon - Healing Power]	Caster Weapon
[Enchant Weapon - Mighty Intellect]	Caster Weapon
[Enchant Weapon - Mighty Spirit]	Caster Weapon

Chest Enchant
[Enchant Chest - Stats]
[Enchant Chest - Greater Stats]
[Enchant Chest - Major Mana]
[Enchant Chest - Major Health]

Ranged Enchant	Level Req.
[Crude Scope]	5
[Standard Scope]	10
[Biznicks 247x128 Accurascope]	50
[Heartseeker Scope]	70

Shoulder Enchant	Level Req.
[Chromatic Mantle of the Dawn]	50
Zandalar Signet of [Might]/[Mojo]/[Serenity]	55
Master's Inscription of the [Axe]/[Crag]/[Pinnacle]/[Storm]	65 (400 Inscription)
[Greater Inscription of the Gladiator]	70
Greater Inscription of the [Axe]/[Crag]/[Pinnacle]/[Storm]	80

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