The Warrior tier set is the raid armor WoW Forever adds for the class, a new design rather than a returning Classic set. Which version is worth chasing depends on whether you deal damage or hold the boss.
The colors come first, then the bonuses for each spec. After that come the routes to the pieces — and there is more than one.
Gold and blue, the look the set items carry
Purple recolor
Silver and ochre recolor
Steel blue and green recolor
SD model
Warriors get two tier sets with the same six slots and the same look. Battlegear of Glory is the Arms and Fury set and Battleplate of Glory belongs to Protection; each hands out its bonuses at two, three, four and five equipped pieces. Five is the cap.
Every slot of both sets has a raid version, and four of them (shoulders, gloves, legs and boots) also have a version a blacksmith can make. Both count toward the same bonuses. The catch is a limit on how many crafted pieces a Warrior can wear at once.
Blizzard names Hyjal Summit, a 20-player raid, and the Barrow Deeps, a 10-player one, as the home of the new tier sets, and both open on December 9, 2026. The raid pieces are item level 65, Warrior-only and Bind on Pickup (BoP), and they need level 60.
| Slot | Arms and Fury piece | Protection piece | Armor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head | Helm of Glory | Greathelm of Glory | 599 |
| Shoulder | Shoulders of Glory | Pauldrons of Glory | 553 |
| Chest | Breastplate of Glory | Chestguard of Glory | 738 |
| Hands | Gauntlets of Glory | Handguards of Glory | 461 |
| Legs | Legplates of Glory | Legguards of Glory | 646 |
| Feet | Greaves of Glory | Sabatons of Glory | 507 |
These tooltips show item level and armor but no stats: Forever hides an item's stats until it drops for someone on your realm. Its raids also open without a dungeon journal, so the boss behind each slot is found inside the raid itself.
The crafted versions are item level 61 instead of 65 and Bind on Equip (BoE), so a Warrior without the profession can get one from a blacksmith.
| Slot | Arms and Fury piece | Protection piece | Armor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shoulder | Shoulders of Glory | Pauldrons of Glory | 521 |
| Hands | Gauntlets of Glory | Handguards of Glory | 434 |
| Legs | Legplates of Glory | Legguards of Glory | 608 |
| Feet | Greaves of Glory | Sabatons of Glory | 478 |
Every craft runs on Malleable Essence of Nature, which comes from disenchanting items from Hyjal Summit or the Barrow Deeps.
The crafts also need a Master Forge, a Blacksmithing 300 camp object placed next to a campfire. A blacksmith learns to place it from Blueprint: Master Forge, one of the Blueprints that drop from dungeon bosses, and our WoW Forever professions guide covers how camps work.
Every crafted piece is Unique-Equipped: Artisan's Tier (1), so only one of them can be worn at a time, whatever its slot. The limit rises to two with the Rousing Seed Pod, a 10-gold item that needs level 60 and Revered with the Guardians of Hyjal.
That limit shapes the whole set. Before the Seed Pod, a 5-piece bonus takes at least four raid pieces plus one crafted piece; after it, three raid pieces and two crafted ones are enough, and the two crafted pieces alone already give the 2-piece bonus. Either way, the helm and the chest come from the raid, because neither slot has a crafted version.
For what it's worth, the cheapest crafted piece to start with is any slot but the legs.
The first gloves, shoulders or boots cost 9 Essence in all (6 for the plan, 3 for the craft), while the first leg piece costs 13. After that the plan is learned, and each further craft costs only the 3 or 5 Essence the recipe asks for.
Both vendors stand side by side in Mount Hyjal, below the Summit of Eternity. Aisarra Nightmeadow (71, 51.2) sells all eight Warrior plans for Malleable Essence of Nature, and Rhylin Stonethorn (70.6, 51.2) sells the Rousing Seed Pod. The plans need Blacksmithing 300 and bind to the blacksmith who buys them. No reputation needed, unlike the Seed Pod.
| Plan | Set | Essence cost |
|---|---|---|
| Plans: Shoulders of Glory | Battlegear of Glory | 6 |
| Plans: Gauntlets of Glory | Battlegear of Glory | 6 |
| Plans: Legplates of Glory | Battlegear of Glory | 8 |
| Plans: Greaves of Glory | Battlegear of Glory | 6 |
| Plans: Pauldrons of Glory | Battleplate of Glory | 6 |
| Plans: Handguards of Glory | Battleplate of Glory | 6 |
| Plans: Legguards of Glory | Battleplate of Glory | 8 |
| Plans: Sabatons of Glory | Battleplate of Glory | 6 |
In the Protection tree, the Improved Shield Wall talent shortens the cooldown of Shield Wall, the spell the Protection 5-piece works on. Our talents guide walks through Improved Shield Wall and the rest of the Arms, Fury and Protection trees.
Playing an alt as well? The tier set overview shows the set of every class in all four colors, with its SD version.
