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WoW Heirlooms

Death Knight heirlooms

Death Knights wear plate, and 13 plate heirlooms cover the head, shoulders, chest, and legs. Death Knights can equip 10 of the heirloom weapons and shields. Every Death Knight spec uses Strength.

Death Knight

  • Armor: Plate
  • Specs: Blood, Frost, Unholy
  • Dual wield: With a specialization
  • Shields: No
  • 27 heirlooms match its specs

Specializations

Death Knight specializations
SpecRolePrimary stat
BloodTankStrength
FrostDamageStrength
UnholyDamageStrength

Plate armor

Shoulders and chests come from the heirloom curators; helms and legs from guild vendors. The Fits column compares each item’s listed stats with your specs’ primary stat.

plate heirloom armor
ItemListed statsFitsGet it
Strength DPSFrost, Unholy500g, guild vendor
Strength DPSFrost, Unholy500g, guild vendor
Strength DPSFrost, Unholy500g, guild vendor
StrengthAll specs500g, curators
Strength/CritAll specs500g, curators
IntellectNone500g, curators
Strength/HasteAll specs500g, curators
Strength/HasteAll specs500g, curators
Strength/CritAll specs500g, curators
Strength/HasteAll specs500g, curators
StrengthAll specs500g, guild vendor
Strength DPSFrost, Unholy500g, guild vendor
Strength DPSFrost, Unholy500g, guild vendor

Weapons and shields

Heirloom weapons Death Knights can equip whose listed stats match at least one spec. Death Knights learn dual wield through a specialization.

Heirloom weapons for Death Knights
ItemListed statsFitsGet it
Strength/CritAll specs750g, curators
Strength/HasteAll specs750g, curators
Stamina/ThrashAll specs650g, curators
Strength/HasteAll specs650g, curators

Not listed: Musty Tome of the Lost, because the proficiency table has no row for held-in-off-hand items.

Cloaks, necklaces, rings, and trinkets

Any class can wear these. Listed here are the ones whose listed stats match a Death Knight spec, or that name no primary stat at all.

Heirloom cloaks, necklaces, rings, and trinkets for Death Knights
ItemListed statsFitsGet itAvailability
Strength tankBlood500g, guild vendorObtainable
Strength DPSFrost, Unholy500g, guild vendorObtainable
Strength DPSFrost, Unholy700g, curatorsObtainable
Strength tankBlood700g, curatorsObtainable
Haste/MasteryAll specsNo longer obtainableNo longer obtainable
Strength/CritAll specsGarrison missionObtainable
Crit/HasteAll specsFishing contestObtainable
Breaks crowd controlAll specs700g, curatorsObtainable
Breaks crowd controlAll specs700g, curatorsObtainable
Bonus healthAll specs700g, curatorsObtainable
Haste, heal on killAll specs700g, curatorsObtainable

Set bonus

The Regalia of Fabled Adventurers counts head, shoulders, chest, legs, cloak, necklace, and ring. A Death Knight can fill all seven from the tables above; five pieces trigger Burst of Knowledge on every level-up. How the set bonus works

Classes that share plate

Heirlooms are shared across your account, so plate pieces bought for a Death Knight also serve your Paladin and Warrior.

From Warcraft Wiki, retrieved October 20, 2026. Not yet confirmed in game. Sources and method

Spec fit compares listed stats only. It does not rank items, and the in-game tooltip for your spec is the final word.