Restoration Druid Legendary Gear
Posted 1 week, 4 days ago for patch 9.0 by Preston.
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 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 14
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
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 
Spatial Realignment Apparatus. So either Head, Neck, Wrist, Waist, or Finger. Sockets won't be lost even when upgrading a legendary item, making for a great investment.
Materials Required
- Base Gear Piece
- Two Secondary Stat Scrolls
- Soul Ash
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 State Scrolls
Secondary Stat Scrolls 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 in Torghast. You can earn a maximum of 1200 Soul Ash each week, which requires you beat all eight layers in each of the two wings available for the week.
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.
- Rank 1: 1250
- Rank 2: 2000
- Rank 3: 3200
- Rank 4: 5150
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."
High Tier
Mid Tier
Low Tier
Situational
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)
Draught of Deep Focus (possibly when healing small, split up groups)
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 from 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."
High Tier
The Dark Titan's Lesson
Memory of the Mother Tree
Verdant Infusion
Circle of Life and Death (best for a damage/healing balance)
Mid Tier
Low Tier
Situational
- 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)
- Draught of Deep Focus (possibly if you can get by with only using Rejuvenation on the tank)
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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