Warrior BiS List for Kunark Expansion
This page is my BiS (Best in Slot) list for Warrior 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.
Warriors will want to first get a Haste item because that will increase your threat and damage. After that my advice would be to focus on AC, HP and Stamina. Other stats like Dexterity and Strength will help you a lot too as far as damage and threat go--but there isn't enough stats during this era to cap everything out.
Weapon Slots
Primary: Blade of Strategy (Warrior Epic: Jagged Blade of War Quest)
Secondary: Blade of Tactics (Warrior Epic: Jagged Blade of War Quest)
Shield: Shield of Elders (Elder Ekron or Phara Dar in Veeshan's Peak)
Range: Idol of the Thorned (Chief RokGus in Frontier Mountains)
Ammo: N/A
Visible Slots
Arms: Indicolite Vambraces (a kiraikuei in Plane of Hate)
Chest: Cobalt Breastplate (Trakanon in Old Sebilis)
Feet: Indicolite Boots (a kiraikuei in Plane of Hate)
Hands: Indicolite Gauntlets (a kiraikuei or Phoboplasm in Plane of Hate)
Head: Crown of Rile (Elder Ekron or Phara Dar in Veeshan's Peak)
Legs: Cobalt Greaves (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): Cobalt Bracer (Venril Sathir in Karnor's Castle)
You can wear two of these if you'd like
(Pre-Tower) Non-Vis Slots
Back: Shield of the Immaculate (Lord of Ire in Plane of Hate)
Charm: N/A
Earring (1): Twisted Bone Earring (Lake Rathetear Necromancer Epic: Scythe of the Shadowed Soul Quest)
Earring (2): Pearly Sarnak Bauble (Arch Inspector Nibi`zi in Chardok)
Face: Tribal War Mask (Various mobs in Chardok)
Fingers (1): Djarn’s Amethyst Ring (Efreeti Lord Djarn in Nagafen's Lair)
Fingers (2): Regal Band of Bathezid (Chardok Regal Band of Bathezid Quest)
Neck: Necklace of Superiority (Drusella Sathir in Howling Stone)
Shoulders: Chokidai Hide Spaulders (Deathfang, a Chokidai Fleshripper, a Chokidai Growler, a Chokidai Sniffer, a Chokidai Whelp in Chardok)
Waist: Belt of the Four Winds (Plane of Sky Warrior Test of Think Quest)
(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: Sarnak Warhammer, Ringed Mace of the Ykesha, Blade of the Black Dragon Eye or Blade of Strategy
Secondary: Silken Whip of Ensnaring, Blade of Tactics or Blade of the Black Dragon Eye
Range: Idol of the Thorned
Ammo: N/A
Arms: Indicolite Vambraces
Chest: Cobalt Breastplate
Feet: Incarnadine Boots or Cobalt Boots
Hands: Indicolite Gauntlets
Head: Skull-shaped Barbute
Legs: Cobalt Greaves
Wrists: Indicolite Bracer
Back: Siblisian Berserker Cloak or Hierophant's Cloak
Charm: N/A
Earrings: Black Sapphire Electrum Earring or Earring of Essence
Face: Gangrenous Beetle Mask
Fingers: Azure Ruby Ring or Djarns Amethyst Ring
Neck: Necklace of Superiority
Shoulders: Poisoned Mantle
Waist: Belt of the Four Winds