WoW Forever Retribution Paladin BiS List
The highest-scoring gear per slot for a Retribution Paladin at any level (it opens at 30, the beta’s cap), computed from the beta client. The order follows this page’s stat weights, not anyone’s verdict: change them and the list recomputes.
Faction · Sources
12 picks at level 30. New in Forever: 5; read from Classic rows: 3; crafted: 5; set pieces: 0; most from Blacksmithing: 5.
Stat weightsScore = each stat × its weight, added up. Move a slider and the list reorders.
The talents in the table show that a stat matters to this path. The sizes of the weights are Classic-era convention, not derived from Forever data, and Hit and Critical Strike are ratings whose conversion by level in Forever isn’t known.
Head
45 scored
Next upgrade: level 37 +11.6 pts
Raging Berserker's HelmClassic row
+13 Strength +14 Critical Strike +8 Stamina
Dungeon Scarlet Monastery · Herod · 35% Classic
Neck
1 scoredStygian Bone AmuletClassic row
+4 Stamina +8 Spirit
Dungeon Razorfen Kraul · Blind Hunter · 33% Classic
Next upgrade: level 35 +0.6 pts
Explorers' League CommendationClassic row
+6 Stamina +6 Spirit
Quest Mythology of the Titans · Scarlet Monastery · lv 38 Classic
Shoulder
28 scored
Next upgrade: level 31 +3.7 pts
Back
41 scoredWildhunter CloakChanged
+10 Attack Power +2 Stamina
Quest The Hunt Completed · Ashenvale · lv 30 Classic
Cape of the BrotherhoodClassic row
+6 Agility +3 Stamina
Dungeon Deadmines · Edwin VanCleef · 30% Classic
Next upgrade: level 31 +1 pts
Yeti Fur CloakChanged
+6 Agility +3 Strength
Quest Bartolo's Yeti Fur Cloak · Hillsbrad Foothills · lv 34 Classic
Chest
91 scored
Next upgrade: level 39 +2.8 pts
Not scored (by item level)
Tortoise ArmorClassic row
Equip: Spell Damage received is reduced by 5. not scored
Dungeon Blackfathom Deeps · Ghamoo-ra · 40% Classic
Wrist
32 scoredGrimtoll Wristguards
+5 Strength +1 Agility +2 Stamina
Quest Grimtotem Spying · Thousand Needles · lv 28 Classic
Jimmied HandcuffsClassic row
+3 Strength +7 Stamina
Dungeon Stormwind Stockade · Bruegal Ironknuckle · 33% Classic
Bands of Serra'kisClassic row
+4 Strength +2 Stamina
Dungeon Blackfathom Deeps · Old Serra'kis · 30% Classic
Next upgrade: level 32 +0.9 pts
Hands
66 scored
Next upgrade: level 35 +6 pts
Waist
74 scored
Next upgrade: level 37 +1.3 pts
Boar Champion's BeltClassic row
+15 Strength +6 Stamina
Dungeon Razorfen Downs · Ragglesnout · 40% Classic
Legs
92 scored
Next upgrade: level 38 +5.8 pts
Scarlet LeggingsClassic row
+20 Strength +10 Stamina
Set: Chain of the Scarlet Crusade (6 pieces)
Dungeon Scarlet Monastery · Herod · 15% Classic
Feet
76 scored
Next upgrade: level 35 +3 pts
Finger ×2
25 scoredSilverlaine's Family SealClassic row
+7 Strength +3 Stamina
Equip: Increases movement speed by 2% in Tirisfal Glades, Silverpine Forest, and Shadowfang Keep. not scored
Dungeon Shadowfang Keep · Baron Silverlaine · 30% Classic
Seal of Wrynn
+3 Strength +3 Agility +4 Stamina +4 Intellect +3 Spirit
Quest An Audience with the King · Stormwind City · lv 31 Classic
Tiger BandClassic row
+6 Strength
Quest Willix the Importer · Razorfen Kraul · lv 30 Classic
Seal of SylvanasClassic row
+3 Strength +8 Stamina
Quest Arugal Must Die · Shadowfang Keep · lv 27 Classic
Trinket ×2
0 usableNot ranked. What these are worth is in their effects, which this page’s rule can’t value; they are listed by item level, highest first.
Nothing usable at level 30 with these filters. The trinkets, relics or items of this slot at this level may all be world drops, unannounced or need a rank or reputation: switch those groups on under Sources.
Relic
1 usableNot ranked. What these are worth is in their effects, which this page’s rule can’t value; they are listed by item level, highest first.
Tenets of the Silver HandNew
Equip: Increases your damage against Undead by 1%. not scored
Crafted Enchanting
How this Retribution Paladin BiS list is made
The rule. Score = each stat on the item × its weight, plus the item’s armor × the Armor weight. The highest score a character of the chosen level can wear and get is first. Nothing else decides the order: no taste, no tier list.
The weights are this page’s. Retribution Paladin gets the “Strength melee” profile because of its role, with the changes its class needs. The table shows every weight and which talents of the Retribution tree name that stat; the sliders above change them, and the link in your address bar keeps your version.
The talents in the table show that a stat matters to this path. The sizes of the weights are Classic-era convention, not derived from Forever data, and Hit and Critical Strike are ratings whose conversion by level in Forever isn’t known.
| Stat | Weight | Retribution talents that name it |
|---|---|---|
| Strength | 1 | – |
| Agility | 0.6 | – |
| Stamina | 0.3 | – |
| Intellect | 0.15 | Champion of the Light |
| Attack Power | 0.5 | Vindication |
| Spell Damage | 0.15 | Champion of the Light |
| Critical Strike | 0.8 | Conviction Eye for an Eye Vengeance |
| Hit | 1.2 | – |
| Armor | 0.01 | – |
Champion of the Light
Vindication
Conviction
Eye for an Eye
Vengeance- What is listed: 3989 items a Paladin can wear (uncommon quality and better), 1005 of them new in Forever. Hit and Critical Strike are the beta client’s own stat rows: 10 Hit and 14 Critical Strike stand where a Classic item said 1%.
- Classic rows: 2005 Classic items have no stats in the beta client yet, so their Classic Era row is used and marked “Classic row”. Their “Equip:” bonuses are turned into stat rows the way the beta client did it for the items it does have; that rule reproduces the client on 905 of 1036 items both clients share.
- What is not scored: 104 items with only an effect the tables can’t value (procs, on-use effects, most trinkets, every relic). They are listed by item level with their text. Random-enchantment greens (“of the Monkey”) have no fixed stats and are left out. Trinkets and relics are therefore not ranked at all: their lists go by item level and they don’t count in the summary.
- Armor types: Cloth from level 1, Leather from level 1, Mail from level 1, Plate from level 40. A lower armor type is listed too when its stats score higher.
- Level: an item counts from its required level, or later when every source shown opens later (a quest’s level, a dungeon’s).
- Sources: the list opens on what you can go and earn: quests, dungeons, vendors and crafted gear, the same defaults as the weapon planner. Drops, quests and vendors are Classic’s (cmangos/classic-db) and are marked “Classic”; Forever may move them. A Forever source is given only where the beta client’s recipes, the datamine’s item groups or the site’s dungeon data have one. Opt-in groups, each with its count on the chip: 1201 items that are world drops only (luck, often a few thousandths of a percent) and 376 new items with no announced source (nothing to plan for).
- Rank and reputation gear is opt-in too: 337 items whose row requires an honor rank or a standing with a faction, read from the item rows and shown on the card. Forever’s own rank rewards are the ones Blizzard listed on October 7, on the PvP rank rewards page; a rank requirement on a Classic item may not carry over.
- Set bonuses are off by default. Turned on, a set piece is credited each bonus the stat rules can value, divided by the pieces that bonus needs.
- PvP doubles the Stamina weight and changes nothing else.
Retribution Paladin: where to go next
Before you gear up
- Items, levels and stats are read from the WoW Forever beta client (build 1.60.1.70170) on October 7, 2026; they can change before launch.
- A row in the client says an item exists, not that it drops: several new items have no source anyone has announced.
- The weights are a starting point. Hit caps, set bonuses with special effects and trinket effects are not in the score; judge those yourself.
- Weapons are ranked on the weapon planner, not here.