Restoration Druid Legendary Gear
Updated 3 weeks, 5 days ago for patch 9.2 by Preston. View the change log.
This page covers the legendary gear system and the best in slot legendary gear available to Restoration Druids in Shadowlands, as well as which scenarios each legendary will be beneficial for. Feedback is always welcome. You can leave a comment at the bottom of the page, contact me, or tweet @PrestonDvorak.
Obtaining Legendary Gear in Shadowlands
Unlocking the Runecarver
After reaching level 60 and joining a covenant, you'll receive the introductory questline for The Maw and Torghast. As part of the questline, you'll unlock the Runecarver through the Prison of the Forgotten quest. The Runecarver's chamber inside Torghast is where you'll go whenever you want to craft or upgrade a legendary item.
Unlocking Legendary Recipes
Once the Runecarver is unlocked, you'll be able to restore his memories (teach him recipes) of how to craft the different legendary items. The items to do so drop from various types of content. The Restoration Druid specific items are noted below.
Legendary Recipe Drop Locations - +
Raids
Memory of Circle of Life and Death - Castle Nathria, Stone Legion GeneralsMemory of Memory of the Mother Tree - Castle Nathria, Lady Invera DarkveinMemory of Verdant Infusion - World Boss, Oranomonos the Everbranching
DungeonsMemory of Lycara's Fleeting Glimpse - Theater of Pain, MordrethaMemory of The Dark Titan's Lesson - Halls of Atonement, Lord Chamerlain
TorghastMemory of Vision of Unending Growth - Torghast, Layer 3+Memory of a Stable Phantasma Lure - Torghast, Layer 6+
Covenant RenownMemory of Draught of the Deep Focus - Quest, The Great VaultMemory of Vitality Sacrifice - Level 14Memory of Kindred Affinity (Kyrian) - Level 48Memory of Celestial Spirits (Night Fae) - Level 48Memory of the Unbridled Swarm (Necrolord) - Level 48Memory of Sinful Hysteria (Venthyr) - Level 48
ReputationMemory of Echo of Eonar - Honored, The Wild HuntMemory of Judgment of the Arbiter - Honored, The AvowedMemory of Maw Rattle - Honored, The Undying ArmyMemory of Norgannon's Sagacity - Honored, Court of the HarvestersMemory of Third Eye of the Jailer - Ambivalent, Ve'nari
Memory of Unity - Revered, The Enlightened*
*You also receive a 
Cinch of Unity after completing Chapter 7 of the Zereth Mortis campaign.
PVPMemory of Oath of the Elder Druid - Honor Vendor, Surveyor Zo'kuulMemory of Sephuz's Proclamation - Honor Vendor, Surveyor Zo'kuul
Crafting Legendary Gear
Once you have the Runecarver unlocked and have taught him the recipe you need, you'll be able to craft your legendary item! Each legendary power is available for specific gear slots and requires a set of materials detailed below.
Whenever possible, I recommend crafting your legendary item for a slot that can have a socket added to it using 
Alloy-Warping Facetor. So either Head, Neck, Wrist, Waist, or Finger. Sockets won't be lost even when upgrading a legendary item, making for a great investment.
In patch 9.2, you should craft your legendary item outside of the Head, Shoulder, Chest, Hand, and Leg slots, as these slots can be occupied by tier set pieces, detailed on the Stats and Gearing page.
Previously, in patch 9.1, you should craft your legendary item outside of the Head, Shoulder, Chest, Hand, and Foot slots, as these slots are occupied by Sanctum of Domination gear with special Shard of Domination slots, detailed on the Stats and Gearing page.
Materials Required
- Base Gear Piece
- Two Secondary Stat Missives
- Soul Ash, Soul Cinders, Cosmic Flux (depending on rank)
Base Gear Piece
Base Gear Pieces are crafted by player professions and should match one of the gear slot options available for the legendary power you're crafting for. Restoration Druids will primarily employ Leatherworkers, with Jewelcrafters handling the ring and neck slots and Tailors handling the Back slot. Each piece has four ranks available to craft, with the higher ranks costing more resources but offering a higher item level. Below is a list of the relevant base gear pieces for Restoration Druids at their highest crafting rank.
Head - 
Umbrahide Helm
Neck - 
Shadowghast Necklace
Shoulder - 
Umbrahide Pauldrons
Back - 
Grim-Veiled Cape
Chest - 
Umbrahide Vest
Wrist - 
Umbrahide Armguards
Hands - 
Umbrahide Gauntlets
Waist - 
Umbrahide Waistguard
Legs - 
Umbrahide Leggings
Feet - 
Umbrahide Treads
Finger - 
Shadowghast Ring
Secondary Stat Missives
Secondary Stat Missives are crafted by the Inscription profession and dictate which two secondary stats your final legendary item will have.
Soul Ash
Soul Ash is a currency obtained by completing layers 1-8 in Torghast. You can earn as much as you want to per week by repeating Torghast layers.
The amount of Soul Ash you need depends on the rank of the Base Gear Piece you're using, with higher ranks requiring more Soul Ash. If you're upgrading a legendary item, subtract the amount of Soul Ash it takes to craft the rank you're at from the amount it takes to craft the rank you're upgrading to. For example, upgrading from rank 1 to rank 4 will take 3900 Soul Ash (5150-1250=3900).
- Rank 1 (190): 1250
- Rank 2 (210): 2000
- Rank 3 (225): 3200
- Rank 4 (235): 5150
- Rank 5+: 5150
Soul Cinders
Soul Cinders is a currency obtained by completing layers 9-12 in Torghast. You can earn as much as you want to per week by repeating Torghast layers.
The amount of Soul Cinders you need depends on the rank of the Base Gear Piece you're using, with higher ranks requiring more Soul Cinders. If you're upgrading a legendary item, subtract the amount of Soul Cinders it takes to craft the rank you're at from the amount it takes to craft the rank you're upgrading to.
- Rank 5 (249): 1100
- Rank 6 (262): 1650
- Rank 7+: 1650
Cosmic Flux
Cosmic Flux is a currency obtained primarily from treasures, rares, and quests in Zereth Mortis, but also from Torghast, Mythic+ dungeons, rated PvP, and Sepulcher of the First Ones.
You need 2000 Cosmic Flux to upgrade a legendary item to Rank 7.
Best in Slot Legendary Gear Lists
Just as in Legion, legendary items can be flexible. The lists below are meant more as strong suggestions rather than hard requirements.
Raiding - +
The legendary gear below is relevant for any Raiding build on the Talents and Builds page unless otherwise noted. Items are grouped into tiers assuming all item levels are at their highest possible. Legendary items are generally interchangeable within each tier but are ordered from "best" to "worst."
Unity
Memory of Unity will always be used, meaning the covenant specific legendary items noted below won't be necessary.
High Tier
- When not using Memory of Unity:
Celestial Spirits (Night Fae)
Kindred Affinity (Kyrian)
Sinful Hysteria (Venthyr)
Unbridled Swarm (Necrolord)
Vision of Unending Growth
Verdant Infusion
Memory of the Mother Tree
Mid Tier
The Dark Titan's Lesson (with 
Photosynthesis)
Circle of Life and Death- The Dark Titan's Lesson (without Photosynthesis)
Low Tier
Situational
Draught of Deep Focus (can be nice for the moonfire/rake/rip damage on a single target)
Sephuz's Proclamation (enough dispels or CC use to proc the effect every 30-seconds)
Vitality Sacrifice (if taking frequent damage large enough to proc the effect)
Norgannon's Sagacity (in the unlikely situation you need to cast more while moving)
Minimal or No Healing Benefit
Third Eye of the Jailer (unlikely to get enemy killing blows, even on add-heavy fights)
Judgement of the Arbiter (only procs a damage effect)
Maw Rattle (only procs a damage effect)
Stable Phantasma Lure (only affects currency acquisition inside Torghast)
Mythic+ - +
The legendary gear below is relevant for the Mythic+ build on the Talents and Builds page. Items are grouped into tiers assuming all item levels are at their highest possible. Legendary items are generally interchangeable within each tier but are ordered from "best" to "worst."
Unity
- Memory of Unity will always be used, meaning the covenant specific legendary items noted below won't be necessary.
High Tier
- When not using Memory of Unity:
- Celestial Spirits (Night Fae)
- Kindred Affinity (Kyrian)
- Sinful Hysteria (Venthyr)
- Unbridled Swarm (Necrolord)
- Verdant Infusion
- Circle of Life and Death (for a damage/healing balance)
- The Dark Titan's Lesson (with Photosynthesis)
Mid Tier
- Memory of the Mother Tree
- The Dark Titan's Lesson (without Photosynthesis)
Lycara's Fleeting Glimpse- Vision of Unending Growth
Low Tier
Situational
- Draught of Deep Focus (can be nice for the moonfire/rake/rip damage on a single target)
- Vitality Sacrifice (if taking frequent damage large enough to proc the effect)
- Norgannon's Sagacity (in the unlikely situation you need to cast more while moving)
Damage Benefit and/or No Healing Benefit
- Third Eye of the Jailer (marginally likely to get enemy killing blows)
- Maw Rattle (damage proc effect)
- Judgement of the Arbiter (damage proc effect)
- Stable Phantasma Lure (only affects currency acquisition from inside Torghast)
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