Rogue BiS List for Kunark Expansion
This page is my BiS (Best in Slot) list for Rogue 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.
Rogues will want to get an item with Haste as soon as possible, this will give you the biggest dps boost. After that you will want to get Strength and Dexterity to boost your damage. Depending on if you plan to raid or not, you may want to get some Resist Gear too.
Weapon Slots
Primary: Ragebringer (Rogue Epic: Ragebringer Quest)
Secondary: Sword of the Shissar (Blood-Thirsty Racnor or Hoshkar in Veeshan's Peak)
Range: Shrieking Ahlspiess (Avatar of Abhorrence in Plane of Hate)
Ammo: N/A
Visible Slots
Arms: Dark Scale Sleeves (a Wizened Herb Collector in Chardok)
Chest: Mrylokar’s Breastplate (Trakanon in Old Sebilis)
Feet: Grey Suede Boots (Blood-Thirsty Racnor or Hoshkar in Veeshan's Peak
Hands: Gauntlets of Fiery Might (Severilous in Emerald Jungle or Talendor in Skyfire Mountains)
Head: Crown of Rile (Elder Ekron or Phara Dar in Veeshan's Peak)
Legs: Mrylokar’s Greaves (Venril Sathir in Karnor's Castle)
Wrist (1): Shimmering Bracer of Protection (Plane of Sky Rogue Test of Stealth Quest)
Wrist (2): Spirit Wracked Cord (Spirit Wracked Cord Quest or Grand Lorekeeper Kino Shai`din in Chardok)
(Pre-Tower) Non-Vis Slots
Back: Siblisian Berserker Cloak (Various mobs in Old Sebilis)
Charm: N/A
Earring (1): Fingerbone Hoop (Embalming Fluid in Howling Stone)
Earring (2): Sarnak Earring of Station (Various mobs in multiple locations)
Face: Crystal Mask (Plane of Sky Rogue Test of Cunning Quest)
Fingers (1): Fire Emerald Platinum Ring (274 Skill)
Fingers (2): Engineer's Ring (a forlorn revenant or Innoruk in Plane of Hate)
Neck: Pulsating Gem (Qunard Ashenclaw in Veeshan's Peak)
Shoulders: Poisoned Mantle (Trakanon in Old Sebilis)
Waist: Runed Bolster Belt (Gorenaire in Dreadlands, Severilous in Emerald Jungle, Talendor in Skyfire Mountains or Faydedar in Timorous Deep)
(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.
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: Serpent's Tooth, Blood Point, Trakasaur's Tooth, Rapier of Oriin, Sebilite Croaking Dirk or Ragebringer
Secondary: Blood Point, Rapier of Oriin, Crystalline Short Sword, Green Jade Axe, Jagged Blade of Mourning, Blade of the Green Dragon Eye, Sebilite Croaking Dirk, Edge of the Nightwalker or Razor Sharp Short Sword
Range: Idol of the Thorned
Ammo: N/A
Arms: Golden Efreeti Vambraces or Mrylokar's Vambraces
Chest: Red Dragonscale Armor or Mrylokar's Breastplate
Feet: Mrylokar's Boots or Iksar Hide Boots
Hands: Gauntlets of Fiery Might, Gauntlets of Potence or Mrylokar's Gauntlets
Head: Mrylokar's Helm or Cap of the Insubstantial
Legs: Mrylokar's Greaves or Dark Scale Greaves
Wrists: Mrylokar's Bracer, Hero Bracers, Hardened Clay Bracelet or Golden Bracer
Back: Hierophant's Cloak or Siblisian Berserker Cloak
Charm: N/A
Earrings: Fingerbone Hoop, Earring of Essence or Sarnak Earring of Station
Face: Gangrenous Beetle Mask, Enshrouded Veil or Crystal Mask
Fingers: Gem Encrusted Ring
Neck: Necklace of Superiority or Wispy Choker of Vigor
Shoulders: Poisoned Mantle, Obulus Mantle or Griffon Wing Spauldors
Waist: Runebranded Girdle, Runed Bolster Belt or White Wolf-hide Girdle