Equipment

Template:Breadcrumb2 Equipment refers to any item that can be Equipped, as distinguished from items that can only be carried in inventory.

 

See also: Equipment slot, Per Class Proficiencies

Item quality

<div style="margin-left:3%;"> Items are ranked by their quality in World of Warcraft, identifiable by the color of the item's name. For non-equippable items the colors are the same. Gray named items that you can't equip generally have no use in the game, and should just be sold to vendors for cash.

Quality	Obtained from...
Poor	Common, low level enemies most of the time. <br>Best to sell to vendors or just discard.
Common	Common, low level enemies or sold by vendors most of the time. <br>Best to sell to vendors, the Auction House, or just discard.
Uncommon	Crafting, quests, and random drops from enemies.
Rare	Crafting, quests, harder instance bosses, and rare random drops from enemies (generally above level 20).
Epic	High-end crafting, quests, Heroic drops, raid bosses (10-40 man), and rare random drops from enemies (generally above level 40 - BoE only).
Legendary	Combining certain reagents obtainable from specific high-level raids. <br>There are only a few legendary items in the game that can be equipped: see Legendary items.
Artifact	<i>Artifacts have not yet been added to the game.</i>

Item suffixes

<div style="margin-left:3%;"> A number of items can have a random enchantment associated with them. The type of enchantment the armor or weapon bestows can be determined by looking at the item's name suffix.

See the Item suffix article for futher information.

See also: Per Class Proficiencies

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Item level

<div style="margin-left:3%;"> In order to equip an item, characters have to be of appropriate level. The minimum character level is actually not an inherent property of the item, but instead is derived from an internal, hidden value, the item level. Item level can be found by UI mods, using the scripting interface. The minimum character level required to equip an item is as follows:

• No minimum level for items of level 6 and below.
• (Item level - 5) for items of level 7 to 65.
• 60 for items above level 65 that drop in Azeroth, or are crafted from materials found in Azeroth.
• ((Item level + 90) / 3) for green items of level 81 to 120 that drop in Outland.
• 60 for blue items below level 85 that drop in Outland.
• ((Item level + 95) / 3) for blue items of level 85 to 115 that drop in Outland.
• Approximately the same as above for most new crafted items and reputation rewards, although they don't seem to follow the formula as faithfully.
• 70 for most new PvP rewards in The Burning Crusade, regardless of item level.
• Most items that are quest rewards have no minimum level, but you must obviously be a high enough level to obtain the quest.

The item level is derived from the stats, slot and quality of an item, an attempt to reverse-engineer is made in the Formulas:Item Values article.

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