Item suffix

An Item suffix is a dedicated suffix given to equippable items that feature randomized secondary stat ratings upon generation. These suffixes indicate which secondary stats are present on an item.

Items of this type, like others, have a base item name. Unlike other items however, their name is followed by a suffix. These suffixes are similar to the item naming convention used in other Blizzard games such as Diablo and Diablo II. The suffix will always start with the word of followed by a few words that indicate quickly to the player what enhancements an item will give. The amount of secondary stat ratings an item gives is based on its item level, which dictates its item budget.

Items with suffixes are typically uncommon, and are often found as world drop BoEs. Although rare and epic items exist, these are most often limited to items created by professions.

On some crafting patterns, and item database websites (like Wowhead), these items are listed with their base name (for example,  [Slatesteel Girdle] or  [Pattern: Wild Leather Shoulders]) and the green text "<Random enchantment>" to indicate that the actual items have a randomly assigned enhancement matching the suffixes.

Item Suffixes

As of Battle for Azeroth, there are currently six item suffixes in use. Each suffix grants a randomized amount of its fixed two secondary stats. These suffixes are used throughout the game at all levels (suffixes that itemize mastery do not appear until Cataclysm). Tertiary stats have a chance of appearing on items starting from Warlords of Draenor and do not affect the amount of secondary stats granted.

Item Suffix	Crit	Haste	Mastery	Versatility
of the Aurora		√		√
Of the Feverflare		√	√
Of the Fireflash	√	√
Of the Harmonious			√	√
Of the Peerless	√		√
Of the Quickblade	√			√

Additional Suffixes

There are four additional item suffixes that only grant one secondary stat. These suffixes however are limited to a small set of specific gear in game, and do not appear elsewhere. Sources include gear from low level battleground crates (such as  [Crate of Battlefield Goods]), and crafted gear from the Legion expansion.

Item Suffix	Secondary Stat
of the Adaptable	Versatility
of the Decimator	Critical Strike
of the Impatient	Haste
of the Savant	Mastery

Removed Suffixes

The subject of this section has been removed from World of Warcraft.

• Patch 8.0.1 featured an itemization overhaul on suffixed items and converted all previous item suffixes to those from the current in-use suffix list. This change was retroactive; all previously existing items had their original suffixes overwritten. The following information below is no longer accurate as nearly all previous suffixes no longer exist in game.

For the most part, animal, job and attribute suffixes are seen most commonly. Resistance and wrath drop less commonly, and the miscellaneous ones drop the least often. Of course, in some cases item suffixes are simply part of a unique name or are used to signify an item is part of a set.

Cataclysm introduced four-stat random enchantment items with the names of elemental powers and forces of nature, to go with the theme of the expansion. These items always have a primary stat, a large amount of stamina, and then two related secondary stats (i.e., expertise rating does not appear with intellect, but does exist with strength and agility; similarly spirit only appeared with intellect).

Certain classes, especially when leveling, will have more of this kind of item than uniquely named items (especially if you are hitting the auction house early rather than waiting on quest rewards or dungeon loot). To help find random enchantment gear that is beneficial for your class and specialization see the section Class Preferences below.

Class preferences

Class	Specialization	Most Useful suffixes
Death Knight	Blood	Stamina, Bear, Eluding, Champion, Bedrock
	Frost, Unholy	Strength, Bear, Soldier, Squire, Earthshaker, Earthbreaker
Druid	Balance, Restoration	Intellect, Owl, Eagle, Whale, Prophet, Elder, Undertow
	Feral (bear)	Stamina, Bear, Tiger, Monkey, Beast, Eluding, Nimbleness, Rockslab, Windstorm
	Feral (cat)	Agility, Monkey, Tiger, Bandit, Beast, Windstorm, Zephyr
Hunter	All	Agility, Bandit, Marksman, Monkey, Windflurry, Zephyr
Mage	All	Intellect, Eagle, Invoker, Sorcerer, Seer, Foreseer, Necromancer, Flameblaze, Wildfire
Paladin	Holy	Intellect, Whale, Eagle, Owl, Undertow, Wavecrest
	Protection	Stamina, Bear, Eluding, Rockslab, Bedrock, Bouldercrag
	Retribution	Strength, Mercenary, Soldier, Earthfall, Faultline
Priest	Discipline, Holy	Intellect, Eagle, Owl, Whale, Prophet, Wavecrest
	Shadow	Intellect, Eagle, Owl, Whale, Prophet, Invoker, Elder, Fireflash
Rogue	All	Agility, Bandit, Marksman, Monkey, Falcon, Zephyr, Galeburst
Shaman	Elemental, Restoration	Intellect, Eagle, Owl, Whale, Prophet, Elder, Invoker
	Enhancement	Agility, Monkey, Marksman, Bandit, Galeburst, Stormblast, Windstorm
Warlock	All	Intellect, Eagle, Invoker, Sorcerer, Seer, Foreseer, Necromancer, Feverflare, Fireflash
Warrior	Arms, Fury	Strength, Bear, Squire, Soldier, Mercenary, Earthshaker, Landslide
	Protection	Stamina, Bear, Beast, Champion, Soldier, Mercenary, Nimbleness, Bedrock, Bouldercrag, Rockslab
Note: of the Boar and Wolf are largely undesirable for all specializations and can safely be sold or disenchanted. Similarly, Gorilla and Falcon have very limited usefulness and can generally be sold or disenchanted.

Suffixes that increase a single attribute or stat

Items with an "of Attribute" suffix typically have less total attribute enhancement than "of the Animal". For example, a "Shortsword of Strength" may have +10 strength, whereas a "Shortsword of the Bear" of comparable level may have +6 strength and +6 stamina.

of Spirit

Increases Versatility when equipped.

of Intellect

Increases Intellect when equipped.

of Strength

Increases Strength when equipped.

of Stamina

Increases Stamina when equipped.

of Agility

Increases Agility when equipped.

In addition there are a number of suffixes that increase more generic stats, like attack power, spell power, or defenses.

of Defense and of Nimbleness

Both of these increase a player's dodge rating.

of Power

Increases a player's melee and ranged attack power. Of Power items can be used by all of the physical damage classes with only a minor penalty when compared to their primary stat. For example, consider two rings of the same level, one with +8 strength and one with +16 attack power. The ring with strength will be very slightly better for a Warrior or Paladin (they get two attack power from strength, plus other benefits from talents), but only half as good for a Rogue or Hunter (they get two attack power only from agility). However, the ring with attack power is equally good for all four of them.

of Speed

Increases a player's haste rating.

Spell damage suffixes

Another set of single stat suffixes increase the damage of certain schools of magic (or all schools equally).

of Frozen Wrath

Increases damage done by Frost spells

of Arcane Wrath

Increases damage done by Arcane spells.

of Fiery Wrath

Increases damage done by Fire spells.

of Nature's Wrath

Increase damage done by Nature spells.

of Shadow Wrath

Increases damage done by Shadow spells

of Holy Wrath

Increases damage done by Holy spells.

of Healing

Increases spell power (for all schools of damage and healing).

of Magic

Increases spell power (for all schools of damage and healing).

Health/Mana Regeneration

of Concentration

Regenerates mana while equipped.

of Regeneration

Regenerates health while equipped.

Resistances

There are some items in the game that increase the chances that a school of magic will be resisted. There are currently no items that increase resistance to holy magic, though there are potions available that can absorb holy magic damage. Often suffix items "of X resistance" have some of the highest resistances available, and are useful for difficult resistances like Arcane or Frost, but are nearly impossible to farm.

of Fire Resistance

Increase resistance to Fire spells.

of Nature Resistance

Increase resistance to Nature spells.

of Arcane Resistance

Increase resistance to Arcane spells.

of Frost Resistance

Increase resistance to Frost spells.

of Shadow Resistance

Increase resistance to Shadow spells.

The following two-stat resistance suffixes were introduced with the Burning Crusade. They are only available for characters 57+ as drops in Outland onward, and are significantly superior to the older resistance greens, and in many cases better than the best resist gear blues or purples (in terms of pure resistance) since they have no other stats.

of Fire Protection

Increase stamina and resistance to Fire spells.

of Nature Protection

Increase stamina and resistance to Nature spells.

of Arcane Protection

Increase stamina and resistance to Arcane spells.

of Frost Protection

Increase stamina and resistance to Frost spells.

of Shadow Protection

Increase stamina and resistance to Shadow spells.

Animal suffixes and other Two-stat suffixes

These are commonly found suffixes that indicate an item increases two attribute stats as shown in the tables below:

Animal suffix	Strength	Agility	Stamina	Intellect	Versatility	Hit
Of the Tiger*	√	√
Of the Bear	√		√
Of the Gorilla	√			√
Of the Boar	√				√
Of the Monkey		√	√
Of the Falcon		√		√
Of the Wolf		√			√
Of the Tiger**		√				√
Of the Eagle			√	√
Of the Whale			√		√
Of the Owl				√	√

* On items for levels 1 to 60

** Generally on items from Outland onward (exceptions exist)

	Strength	Agility	Stamina	Intellect	Versatility
Strength	N/A	Tiger	Bear	Gorilla	Boar
Agility	Tiger	N/A	Monkey	Falcon	Wolf
Stamina	Bear	Monkey	N/A	Eagle	Whale
Intellect	Gorilla	Falcon	Eagle	N/A	Owl
Versatility	Boar	Wolf	Whale	Owl	N/A

In addition to the animal suffixes, there are few more two-stat suffixes for avoidance and spell casting.

of Blocking

Increases block rating and strength. Typically found on Shields.

of Eluding

Increases agility and dodge rating, but is only available on rings and amulets.

of the Invoker

Increases intellect and critical strike rating, found on all types of gear form level 20 onwards.

Three-stat suffixes

For the most part, all of the three-stat suffixes were added in The Burning Crusade with a few additions for Wrath of the Lich King. Items with these random enchantments can be found in a Satchel of Helpful Goods, as drops from Outland onward, and as repeatable quest rewards. They can even be created with some luck by a few of the crafting professions. The more standard variations such as Beast and Prophet will drop quite frequently, while more obscure suffixes like Knight are very rare, and will only drop as Rare quality (Blue) gear.

You will notice that some suffixes add the same stats. The rarer suffixes with the same stats only appear on certain armor types or specific qualities (green, blue, etc.)

Agility

Name	Strength	Agility	Stamina	Crit Strike	Haste	Hit
of the Bandit		√	√	√
of the Beast			√	√		√
of the Grove*		√	√		√
of the Hunt*		√		√	√
of the Marksman		√	√			√
of the Shadow*		√	√	√
of Striking	√	√	√
of the Thief		√	√		√
of the Wild		√	√		√

* Appears only on leather

Intellect

Name	Stamina	Intellect	Versatility	Crit	Haste	Hit
of the Elder	√	√	√
of the Foreseer		√		√	√
of the Mind		√		√	√
of the Moon	√	√	√
of the Necromancer	√	√				√
of the Nightmare	√	√		√
of the Prophet		√	√		√
of Restoration	√	√	√
of the Seer	√	√		√
of the Sorcerer	√	√			√
of the Sun	√	√		√
of the Vision	√	√			√

Strength

Name	Strength	Agility	Stamina	Crit Strike	Dodge	Haste	Hit
of the Ancestor*	√		√	√
of Battle	√		√	√
of the Beast			√	√			√
of the Champion	√		√		√
of the Crusade	√		√		√
of the Mercenary	√		√			√
of the Soldier	√		√	√
of the Squire**	√		√				√
of Striking	√	√	√

* Appears only on mail

** Appears only on plate

Non-primary

Name	Stamina	Crit Strike	Dodge	Expertise	Hit
of the Beast	√	√			√
of the Knight	√		√	√

Four-stat suffixes

This section lists the new four-stat random enchantment suffixes introduced in the Cataclysm expansion. These new suffixes all have four stat modifiers, two primary and two secondary.

Four-stat random enchantment gear has the same value of Stam and a second primary stat (agi, int, or str) as the three-stat suffixes (like of the Seer), and instead of one amount of secondary stat rating has two ratings, each at 2/3 the value of the single rating on a three-stat item (for example, trading 120 parry for 80 parry and 80 mastery)

Four-stat random enchantment items have the following properties:

• Stamina is the highest stat value.
• One of three primary stats (Agility, Intelligence or Strength), equal to the Stamina x 2/3, rounded up or down.
• Two rating values (or one amount of rating and Spirit), both equal to the 'core stat' x 2/3, rounded up or down.

For example:

Talondeep Vest of the Zephyr 's four random enchant stats are:

330 Stamina

220 Agility

146 Haste Rating

146 Mastery Rating

330 stam x (2/3) = 220 agi

220 agi x (2/3) = 146 haste AND 146 mastery, rounded down.

This ratio remains constant for all of the Cataclysm four-stat random enchantment items.

Below are charts listing the rating combos for each of the variable primary stats.

Agility

Cata +AGI suffix	Haste	Hit	Crit	Expertise	Mastery
Of the Galeburst		√		√
Of the Stormblast		√	√
Of the Windflurry	√		√
Of the Windstorm			√		√
Of the Zephyr	√				√

Intellect

Cata +INT suffix	Versatility	Haste	Hit	Crit	Mastery
Of the Feverflare		√			√
Of the Fireflash		√		√
Of the Flameblaze			√		√
Of the Undertow	√	√
Of the Wavecrest				√	√
Of the Wildfire			√	√

Strength

Cata +STR suffix	Dodge	Parry	Haste	Hit	Crit	Expertise	Mastery
Of the Bedrock		√					√
Of the Bouldercrag	√	√
Of the Earthbreaker					√		√
Of the Earthfall			√		√
Of the Earthshaker				√	√
Of the Faultline			√				√
Of the Landslide				√		√
Of the Mountainbed						√	√
Of the Rockslab	√						√