Cleric BiS List for Kunark Expansion
This page is my BiS (Best in Slot) list for Cleric in Classic Everquest. I created this guide in 2024 after the Tower was released, this is a new zone which is available on Progression servers and it gives you an entire set of very powerful non-vis gear in early eras. For this reason I will have a (Pre-Tower) note for some items which let you know it was BiS before Tower. This makes the BiS list still useful for private servers.
Clerics will want to focus on Mana and Wisdom primarily during this era with survivability being a very close second. For survival you'll want AC, HP and Stamina the most; aside from these stats you will also want to grab Strength where possible so that you can carry more. Agility will help you too for more AC but I personally prefer Strength because being overweight is annoying.
A final note is that all Focus items are disabled until Luclin. You'll see many items with Focus Effects but I won't be including them in the BiS until Luclin when they actually work.
Weapon Slots
Primary: Water Sprinkler of Nem Ankh (Timorous Deep Cleric Epic: Water Sprinkler of Nem Ankh Quest)
Secondary: Aegis of the Wind (Plane of Sky Cleric Test of Skill Quest)
Secondary (Shield): Shield of Elders (Elder Ekron or Phara Dar in Veeshan's Peak)
Range: Sarnak Prayer Beads (Foreman Ku`lul in Chardok)
Ammo: N/A
Visible Slots
Arms: Donals Vambraces of Mourning (froglok ostiary in Old Sebilis)
Arms (Mana): Embroidered Black Sleeves (a ghoul ritualist in Lower Guk)
Chest: Robe of the Azure Sky (Elder Ekron or Phara Dar in Veeshan's Peak)
Feet: Sarnak Hide Boots (Watch Sergeant Riz`oul in Chardok)
Hands: Vibrating Gauntlets of Infuse (Overking Bathezid in Chardok)
Head: Crown of Rile (Elder Ekron or Phara Dar in Veeshan's Peak)
Legs: Donal’s Leggings of Mourning (Venril Sathir in Karnor's Castle)
Wrist (1): Spirit Wracked Cord (Spirit Wracked Cord Quest or Grand Lorekeeper Kino Shai`din in Chardok)
Wrist (2): Supple Scale Armband (a Drolvarg warlord in Karnor's Castle)
(Tower BiS) Non-Vis Slots
This section includes the best in slot items that come from Tower (aka Tides of Time), a dungeon added in 2024 which is available on the TLP servers. You can purchase a full set of non-vis armor from Tower which gets upgrades every 10 levels. During this era of EQ the best tower gear has the prefix "Outstanding"; in order to make this gear BiS though you'll need to purchase the augs that go with it too. Each piece of gear from Tower has a slot 25, you'll need to put an aug in this slot to make the Tower gear exceptional.
If you're a melee class you'll want to use the aug with Vigorous on it. Casters will want to choose the aug with Brilliant on it.
Back: Outstanding Cloak of Distant Echoes
Charm: Outstanding Charm of Distant Echoes
Earring (1): Outstanding Stud of Distant Echoes
Earring (2): Outstanding Stud of Distant Echoes
Face: Outstanding Mask of Distant Echoes
Fingers (1): Outstanding Ring of Distant Echoes
Fingers (2): Outstanding Band of Distant Echoes
Neck: Outstanding Neck of Distant Echoes
Shoulders: Outstanding Shawl of Distant Echoes
Waist(No Haste): Outstanding Belt of Distant Echoes
Note: Allakhazam doesn't have links to this level tower gear atm, they have spotty database links to all of the Tower gear from what I have seen.
(Pre-Tower) Non-Vis Slots
Back: Shroud of Veeshan (Elder Ekron or Phara Dar in Veeshan's Peak)
Charm: N/A
Earring (1): Yunnb’s Earring (Elder Ekron or Phara Dar in Veeshan's Peak)
Earring (2): Earring of Purity or Earring of Cleansing (An Iksar Trustee in Chardok)
Face: Enshrouded Veil (a bottomless devourer, a mortiferous golem or Embalming Fluid in Howling Stones)
Fingers (1): Regal Band of Bathezid (Chardok Regal Band of Bathezid Quest)
Fingers (2): Di’Zok Signet of Service (Chardok Regal Band of Bathezid Quest or Di'Zok Signet of Service Quest)
Neck: Black Sapphire Platinum Necklace (Jewelcrafting 284 Skill)
Shoulders: Pauldrons of Piety (Plane of Sky Cleric Test of Protection Quest)
Shoulders (Mana): Weight of the Gods (Various mobs in Plane of Sky)
Waist: Bone-Clasped Girdle (Various mobs in Plane of Fear)
Gear Alternatives
This section includes some other gear ideas which may or may not be BiS during this era. During this early phase of EQ you can't cap all of your stats and what's BiS varies a bit depending on your situation. That's why I wanted to give you a couple more options for gear instead of only using what's best in slot.
Primary: Cone of the Mystics, Rod of Oblations, Left Eye of Xygoz, Sprinkler of Suffering or Water Sprinkler of Nem Ankh
Secondary: Sarnak Battle Shield, Book of Obulus, Strathbone Shell Shield, Shield of Elders or Left Eye of Xygoz
Range: Medicine Totem or Totem of the Wizened Spirits
Ammo: N/A
Arms: Donal's Vambraces of Mourning, Nathsar Vambraces or Withered Leather Sleeves
Chest: Robe of the Azure Sky, Ethereal Mist Chestplate or Donal's Chestplate of Mourning
Feet: Donal's Boots of Mourning or Golden Efreeti Boots
Hands: Donal's Gauntlets of Mourning, Jarsath Scale Gauntlets, Kylong Gauntlets, Vibrating Gauntlets of Infuse or White Satin Gloves
Head: Jarsath Scale Helm, Sebilite Scale Cap, Donal's Helm of Mourning or Crown of Rile
Legs: Donal's Leggings of Mourning, Ethereal Mist Greaves, Jarsath Scale Leggings or Sebilite Scale Leggings
Wrists: Donal's Bracer of Mourning, Jarsath Scale Wrist Guards or Supple Scale Armband
Back: Hierophant's Cloak or Shroud of Veeshan
Charm: N/A
Earrings: Forest Loop, Ivandyr's Hoop, Golden Black Sapphire Earring or Truewind Earring
Face: Bone Mask of the Jarsath, Sebilite Scale Mask, Stained Cloth Mask or Enshrouded Veil
Fingers: Moonstone Ring, Band of Eternal Flame or Golem Tear Ring
Neck: Sebilite Scale Neckguard, Black Sapphire Platinum Necklace, Abalone Gorget or Necklace of Superiority
Shoulders: Obulus Death Shroud or Weight of the Gods
Waist: Belt of the Cenobite, Bone-Clasped Girdle, Mucilaginous Girdle or Withered Leather Belt