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Comment by 64407

The true stats of this item are those.
Those items, Bind on Account, will bring exciting features to all high level characters that wanna level an alt easily or wanna twink.

Blue Posts say that Bind on Account items will be the equivalent of a blue item of the characters level, but will scale with level.
For instance, if an axe gives at level 80 135 stamina and 59 strength, at level 1 it would give 1 strength and 2 stamina.
At level 1 those items will be slightly overpowered, a level 1 Bind on Account item = a level 10 green.

The stats of this item seem very nice, and I guess that the 10% more xp from killing monsters thingy will give you something like 1 free level every ~16, and that is not negligible, imho!

If you want to farm from level 69 to 70 monsters, with that item on you will have to farm 10% less time. If normally you would have to farm 5 hours, with that item you would have to farm 4 hours and 30 mins. Preety sweet!

Comment by 201402

oooh quite neat! I wanna see how the 'scaling with level' will work

Comment by ZombiePope

The original name for these items was "heirloom items". The concept is that they're hand-me-downs from higher-level friends. This is why they're all based off pre-TBC gear like Dreadmist, and why many of them are tattered, stained, etc.

Comment by 212003

at lvl 55 is prob equiv to this

Comment by 62991

Do the enchantments from Scryer or Aldor work on these shoulders? e.g. https://www.wowhead.com/cata/item=28909

Normally an BoE item becomes soulbound, when you enchant it with a shoulder enchant. But these items are BoA, so it might work...
But I guess blizzard will prevent this from happening.

Comment by Kaleb

They can be enchanted, but with enchants that a level 1 item could get only.

Comment by malystryx

If you're curious as to how this item scales down with your character's level (for purposes of twinking or general curiosity), you can use the LINK button at the top of this item page to link the item in-game: the WoW client will automatically scale the item stats down to your character's level for you. This works with all the other Heirloom items as well.

Steps in case you are unfamiliar with how to use Wowhead item links:

Click the link button above, there will be a popup window with some automatically highlighted text.
Copy the text (Windows: Ctrl-C, Mac: Cmd-C) and close the popup window.
Open (or switch to) WoW and press Enter to open up your chat dialog.
Paste the code into the box (Windows: Ctrl-V, Mac: Cmd-V) and press Enter.
A message in white text will appear in your chat log followed by an item link.
You can click this link to view the details and can Ctrl-click it to view it on your character.

Thanks goes to mynameiscoffey for creating the helpful "how to" steps, original comment found here.

Comment by Mylan

It should be noted that this (and the other cloth shoulders, the pvp ones) can be worn by any of your characters. If you plan on leveling up a clothie and some others, this might be all you need.

Comment by 92824

I have these on my 19 twink lock, anyone that's interested in seeing what they downgrade too can pull her up on the armory. They also give 6 spell power at lvl 19, which for some reason doesn't show on the armory, weird.

http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Medivh&n=Gitonmylvl

Comment by Fenrari

Presently this item is about on par with some of the dungeon blues avalible at the particular level, not likely to replace your T6 epics but its not bad for that lonely lock/mage/priest who didn't make it to BC in time.

Comment by 163361

what are the stats at 19?

Comment by 270412

This item as confused me very much indeed. I've got an Human paladin at 80 on a RP server. and I've got an undead warlock at level 37. on an rppvp server. Is there any chance I could get that item from my pala to my warlock. And will the item follow my level, or will it stand still at 37?

Comment by 273116

So.. If I wanted to get a ZG shoulder enchant or a Naxx(pre bc) shoulder enchant on these items for a 39 twink, would i have to only get exalted with the factions on my main, enchant them, and send them over? or would my twink have to be exalted with the faction as well in order for the enchant to show up?

Comment by 274813

For anyone thats confused, these DO work with zone-wide bonus exp, along with rested xp, so yes, it could potentially become +20% xp per kill with rested!

Comment by theory

Enchants on these shoulders like those from Zul'Gurub remain after mailing between characters. I tested it out and can promise you it works, making these very nice for alts and twinks and whatnot.

Comment by 239686

Hodir Exalted shoulder enchants do not work. I did not try the lower reputation ones.

Comment by 276509

Stacks to 15% increase while rested
After looking back over My test results

Without vs with
250+125=375 without 10%
276+138=414 with 10%

276-250=26 (thats the 10% on the base xp)
138-125=13 (thats the bonus on the rested)
26+13=39

You gain 26 rep without rested
You gain 13 additional rep with rested
A total increase of 39 rep when rested instead of 26.

So using the shoulders with rested state gives you 15% increase instead of 10% when rested.

Comment by 282867

Are those would be good for a Priest alt ?

Comment by 42107

You can enchant BoA items with enchants that require ilvl 1 item, or don't have requirements of ilvl and do not bind item after enchant (rep/profession-only "soulbounding enchants" cannot be used on BoA items).

Also 10% bonus stack with rested state:
<base xp>*<rested>*<shoulders>
or simply <base xp>*2,1

Comment by Lighter

Thinking of Leveling a Priest / Warlock / Mage in style?

Shoulder:

(PvE) Tattered Dreadmist Mantle - 40 Emblem of Heroism
(PvP) Exquisite Sunderseer Mantle - 200 Stone Keeper's Shard

Trinkets:

(PvE) Swift Hand of Justice - 50 Emblem of Heroism
(PvE) Discerning Eye of the Beast - 50 Emblem of Heroism
(PvP) Inherited Insignia of the Horde - 250 Stone Keeper's Shard

Weapons:

(PvE) Devout Aurastone Hammer - 50 Emblem of Heroism
(PvP) The Blessed Hammer of Grace - 250 Stone Keeper's Shard
(PvE) Dignified Headmaster's Charge - 65 Emblem of Heroism
(PvP) Grand Staff of Jordan - 325 Stone Keeper's Shard

The alt in question must be on the same realm realm as the character you will be buying the items with. They must also be on the same faction.

Comment by 52815

You can enchant them with a shoulder enchant only available at exalted with the zandalar tribe. But as you'll be lvl 80 with some heroic experience, you might be able to solo ZG or certainly two-man it.
It's a lot of work if you are neutral,but if you have your mind on twinking,you don't want to miss out on this baby.

Edit: Even if you don't want to do pvp with a twink,this is still the most powerful enchant you'll be able to get for your shoulders.

Comment by 163058

Since they are bind-to-account, they're already bound to you regardless of whether you apply an enchant to them or not. So if you got ahold of a pre-BC shoulder enchant such as the ZG one people are mentioning in these comments, you can enchant them then mail them to whatever character needs the item.

Comment by 101604

Anyone used paid character transfer to another account with one of these on?

Comment by 134105

Currently, to level from 1 to 80, you must obtain a total of 26,106,500 experience points. If you wear these shoulders for the duration, you save yourself 2,610,650 points.

That's like getting over half of your 78-79 experience and all of your 79-80 experience free.

. . . Or to look at it another way, that's enough to get you from level 1 to half way to level 47.

Points found on WoWwiki.com: http://www.wowwiki.com/Formulas:XP_To_Level

Comment by karlusdavius

BoA heirloom items do not have durability, therefor do not need repairing.

Comment by nucrus

As of 3.0.8 you can no longer apply Zandalar Signets to these shoulders, can anyone else confirm?

Comment by Mobbe

But theres added a new enchant
Greater inscription of the gladiator i think it was
Its 30 stamina and 15 resilence
Good for twinks you can use on all boa shoulders
but i think you need to hurry. Think they'll gonna remove it soon ;P

Not my picture but it proofs it ^^
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j43/Viralrush/greaterinscriptionofthegladiator.jpg

Comment by 61113

The only reason to eqip these shoulders are the 10% extra XP. One could believe that the buyer should be grateful that on top of this massive leveling buff there's nice stats and level scaling.

If that's not why you bought them - well, bad luck. There are methods to check the item stats in-game on your character before spending 40 emblems. Maybe you should have done that instead of coming here and griping like the spoiled (or ill-informed) player you obviously are.

Comment by 252035

At level 19:

+3 Stamina
+3 Intellect
+5 Spirit
+6 Spell power

Comment by Liri

The Chromatic Mantle of the Dawn is another option if you have the rep for it. Or one of the lesser enchants.

Comment by Liri

Instead of the 10k honor enchant if you have the rep you can toss a Chromatic Mantle of the Dawn on. Or perhaps one of the lesser AD +5 enchants.

Comment by Mortago

you cant get pre wrath naxx enchants on these because pre wrath naxx doesnt exist anymore

Comment by 321608

Need clarification

This item's 10% bonus xp does not stack with rested XP from the testing I have done, thats not to say they are useless as they scale great and its a slot you don't need to worry about changing till you start raiding.

can someone else test this to ensure I am not getting this wrong but it doesnt appear to stck the 10% on top of rested, if you are rested you get 200% not 210% or 220%, soon as rested is used it it goes back to 110%.

Would like someone else to check and make sure its not a glitch on my end. It could make the difference to deciding whether to buy this or not if someone has a char with 2 full bars of rested don't want them to think they have been ripped off :)

*edit* yes, i can confirm after further testing it does indeed stack with rested xp bonus, don't know why it wasn't displaying it correctly in my combat log. something else for me to work out

Comment by 297839

As a level 6 draenei priest, tested on two level 6 'moongraze stags'.

Without 'Tattered Dreadmist Mantle' - 75xp

With 'Tattered Dreadmist Mantle' - 82xp

Item stats at level 6 -
17 Armor
+1 Stamina
+1 Intellect
+2 Spirit
Increases spell power by 2

Comment by karlusdavius

3.1 patch notes state that all heirloom items that grant spellpower will be substantially increased for all levels below 58.

Heirloom Items: The bonus spell power granted by these items has been redesigned to provide substantially more benefit for players lower than level 58.

Source

Comment by gotler

The bonus on quest xp is an addition in the 3.1 patch, and as such isn't live yet.

Comment by Silverline

Just saw this on my own character. The shoulders that give you an XP buff have ALL been granted the additional ability of increasing the amount of XP you get from quests as well as from monsters. Leveling just got a HELL of a lot easier!

Comment by 306920

the 30 stamina 15 resilience enchant has a level 70 requirement now, you can still use the Shoulders without being 70, but the enchant won't apply until you are.

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Comment by zergiore

If I can, how do i go about mailing these and other items like them to my characters on different servers?

Comment by Vorbis

The Glad Inscription can still be put on heirloom shoulders but will now not be active before lv70... too bad but it was quite OP

Comment by 355556

the https://www.wowhead.com/cata/item=44957 only works if your 70+. you can have it on a 19 etc. but it wont work till 70.

Comment by Aisenfaire

As of patch 3.1, these shoulders now give a 10% exp bonus from both killing mobs AND quest reward exp.

Pre-patch 3.1, they only gave the bonus for killing mobs.

Comment by 250301

Out of all the heirloom shoulders, these are the only ones you'll ever need. Get these and ALL your future alts can enjoy good stats and 10% xp.

Yes, you lose out on slightly more appropriate shoulders (let's say, Agi and Sta ones for hunters, etc), but it doesn't matter much! These give some stamina, intellect and lots of spirit, and those 3 stats (hover for easy reference) help most classes in some way or another. Mostly caster classes of course since they need all three stats (as well as the spellpower bonus), with ranged classes being semi-helped thanks to bigger hp/mana pool and regen, and melee classes not much since they lack mana but at least they get the HP.

And that's just the point:

1) The stats are quite universal, helping Casters > Ranged > Melee in that order, with no class seeing these shoulders as TOTALLY useless.
2) They can be used by ALL your alts, forever, for a permanent 10% bonus to mob and quest xp regardless of class.
3) Stats don't matter THAT much at low levels, and you still have all the other slots to put good items in.

So I say get these shoulders and ignore the other ones. These are infinitely more useful than the highly class-specific ones (mail, plate, bad stats, etc). I see absolutely no reason to min-max at low levels. Instead, get these shoulders which work for all classes and gives everyone 10% xp, and spend your remaining Emblems of Heroism on other Heirlooms for the other slots!

PS: There's another cloth shoulder which would work okay as well, but it gives PVP stats (so no mana pool, and no big bonus to caster classes) and is ugly as hell. If I'm going to use a 10% xp shoulder on ALL my new alts, I'd rather take the one with frickin skulls on the sides. ;-)

Comment by Corgyll

You can use any shoulder-enchant on BoA-shoulders now since the change in the 3.1 patch.
But you need to fit the required lvl to gain the benefit, for example last night i enchanted my Polished Spaulders of Valor with the Scryer shoulder-enchant and it got on just fine,
but i needed to be lvl70 to gain the extra attackpower and crit.

Edit: It still works after 3.2.0, this screenshot is taken at 31/8 (check the calendar-button). Quite some time after 3.2.0 hit.

Comment by JamieK

Doesn't seem like 10% xp bonus is enough, not even noticing a difference on my level 27 alt.

Comment by 292040

This is worth the Emblem of Heroism, no doubt.
If you level a character from 1 to 80, and you get 10% more XP from quests and mobs, you get 160 bars bonus thanks to those shoulders.

Comment by Popolo

You now also gain 10% more xp from quests.

Comment by 82350

Currently, to level from 1 to 80, you must obtain a total of 26,106,500 experience points. If you wear these shoulders for the duration, you save yourself 2,610,650 points.

That's like getting over half of your 78-79 experience and all of your 79-80 experience free.

. . . Or to look at it another way, that's enough to get you from level 1 to half way to level 47.

Points found on WoWwiki.com: http://www.wowwiki.com/Formulas:XP_To_Level

Sorry to say that the math on the first part is a bit off. The shoulders do not allow you to do 10% less work, they give 10% more for what you actually do. So it should really be

(Adjusted Total Exp) = (Original Total Exp) * 100%/110%

23,733,182 = 26,106,500 * 10/11
for a savings of 2,373,319

still completely worth it.

Comment by Ninja812

How do these items work? I was in a group and was getting 2450exp a kill and someone the same level as me not wearing these or anything like them was getting the same exp. So now the question also is do the exp gain stack with rested bonus or do these only take effect when your rested is over as far as kills go, and do the kills exp count while in a group.

Comment by blouse

Not just for the stats or even the +10% XP (which is not to be sniffed at), it's worth mentioning that these are pretty good-looking shoulderpads!

Consider all truly dreadful-looking shoulders you'll come across while levelling to 80, not to mention the fact that if you have them from level 1, there's going to be about twenty levels to go until you can even get something else to equip in that slot.

I've been levelling a mage (currently at 37), clicking through the levels at a rate of one per two hours of play-time, even with my usual amble-along, stop-to-smell-the-roses-every-once-in-a-while pace. So far I haven't had a robe that these have clashed awfully with.

Totally Worth It. :D

Comment by 43806

Cloth is great option for all alts to use the item.

Polished Spaulders of Valor will down rank to mail until a pally or warrior can wear plate at level 40.

Comment by orunin

Use this macro to find the item stats at any level.

/script for i=1,80 do DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage("Level "..i..": \124cffe5cc80\124Hitem:42985:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:"..i.."\124h\124h\124r");end

Comment by Pomodorosan

Deffinitly hunter shoulders.

Comment by Leethaxor

Hey I was wondering if it is possible to somehow send these shoulders cross server without a character transfer.

Comment by skyler

Although the tooltip says it loud and clear, you need to be 55 to benefit from the ZG chant. You can still wear the shoulders if you are lowlvl.

Comment by 146819

Does anyone know if the XP bonus from this will stack with the new Heirloom Chestpieces being added in 3.2? If they do stack, is it multiplicative or additive?

Comment by 266285

confirmed, i just did this a few mins ago. best 10k honor spent yet, imo =)

...You don't buy this with honor...you buy it with heroism badges...

Am I missing something here?

Comment by 266285

Meh, I was half asleep when I said that, so sorry for the &*!@ math.

Comment by 78499

At level 80 you get gold instead of experience for completing quests. Since these now apply to quest experience as well, if a level 80 wears these, do they get 10% extra gold?

Comment by 457384

I just went to the vendor in Dalaran to buy this item. With 402 spellpower, it would have been a huge improvement for my gear. But I was disappointed to find that the item in fact only has 59 spellpower, and therefore would be a big downgrade for me. Someone at Wowhead needs to recheck the stats of the new heirloom gear. There were 6 Heirloom items on my gear wishlish that appear to good to be true. Two were shoulders (including these shoulders), four trinkets. Guess I'll check the other items out in WOW and verify if they also list the spellpower incorrectly.

Comment by 98254

The entire list of spellcaster heirloom's are as follows:

Dignified Headmaster's Charge - 65 Emblem of Heroism or 95 Champion's Seal
Tattered Dreadmist Mantle - 40 Emblem of Heroism or Champion's Seal
Tattered Dreadmist Robe - 40 Emblem of Heroism or 60 Champion's Seal
Discerning Eye of the Beast - 50 Emblem of Heroism or 75 Champion's Seal

As you'll probably want 2 Discerning Eye of the Beast it will make the total cost:
245 Emblem of Heroism or 365 Champion's Seal

Happy farming :).

Comment by geektacular

I've got a 62 Priest that could definitely use this and the heirloom chest! Also, if you think a little into the future, everyone will have 5 more levels to grind when Cataclysm comes out. So, if nothing else, it's at least worth it to get the two +10% exp. pieces for your main to use when the expansion hits!

Comment by 492449

I used the Mantle & the Staff to level my Mage, the bonus XP points were well worth it, if you where well rested I was seeing 2200+ XP on a mob kill in Icecrown

Comment by 457821

How come this item isnt able to be bought by Stone Keeper Shards?

Comment by donjohn80

Even though it's a level 1 item it counts toward the Superior achievement at level 80.

Comment by 532510

The best enchant for this item? Enchant Bracer - Healing Power

Comment by 321609

If you have multiple toons you want heirlooms for, but don't want to/can't drop lots of emblems for different types, just get these.

Even for a warrior, DK, hunter, ect. the 10% exp bonus greatly outweighs the lack of melee stats.

If you're really stubborn about not wearing caster armor while killing stuff, at the very least just wear them while turning in quests.

Comment by 142629

I can confirm that Master's Inscription of the Storm does work work on these if you are level 70 or above. Wish I knew this sooner since I only tried it at 78. It goes without saying then that any Inscription only shoulder 'chant can be applied to any shoulder heirloom if the player if level 70 or above. So it's worth it for Scribes to get to 425 as fast as possible in order to benefit from this the most.

Doing this almost triples the SP of the item at 70 (going from 41SP to 111SP). At level 80, you will go from 59SP to 129SP, more than doubling the SP. In either case, you also get some nice crit, as well.

Comment by cryptid

wat would b bettr 4 a 19 twink shadow priest, this or exquisite sunderseer mantle?

Comment by 320441

i know this is going to seem like a REALLY dumb question to some but which is better for leveling these or the Exquisite Sunderseer Mantle? i have a lvl 21 priest im leveling and the stats are for 21 are:
Exquisite Sunderseer Mantle:
33 armor
+5 stamina
improves crit by 34
improves resilience by 51
improves spell power by 59
increase exp gain by 10%

Tattered Dreadmist Mantle:
33 armor
+4 stamina
+4 intellect
+5 spirit
increase spell power by 6
increase exp gain by 10%

now the resilience part i dont care about but its the intellect and spirit from the dreadmist versus the crit and spell power of the sunderseer so which is TECHNICALLY better just for leveling a clothie?

Comment by 269085

I made a Horde alt on the same server as my Alli main and I was wondering if it was possible to send the items across factions. Since it's bound to account I figure you can but I just wanted to make sure.....

Comment by 662414

Can you transfer them to your characters on other realms

Comment by Hanz0

whats best enchant for these? and I dont want an enchant that starts workin after lv 70.. I want something that works from lv 1 to lv 80 like Greater Stats works on chest

Comment by 687131

Just to set the record straight, you can put enchants on these that require a higher level. They don't become active until you reach that level though. I assume blizz did that with this and the head slot BtAs since there's not much of shoulder/head enchants for ilvl 1s. Everything else (chest, back, weapon, ring ) can only accept enchants that don't have a level requirement. Also Wrath shoulder enchants don't work, only Vanilla and TBC ones do. I personally have Greater Inscription of the Orb on mine, so I know it works.

Comment by 486455

well the only shoulder enchant that worked with this heirloom was Zandalar Signet of Mojo or Zandalar Signet of Serenity ZANDALAR tribe exalted rewards from vainilla Zul Gurub, but this faction was removed from game in patch 4.0.
By the way if u enchanted ur shoulders with any of this enchants it remains in your item, im using it in priest alt right now, the only problem is that the enchant remains innactive (in red) until u get 55, (that is the enchant requiriment), NICE to still have it!

Comment by Barhah

For the record (this was driving me crazy and nobody had a comment about it) you CAN transmog these, and you'll still be able to send it to other characters. It loses its transmogrification, though.

Comment by 816388

So there is no leather version? What a shame! I'd love to have a leather version for my druid! ;.;

Comment by blamlock

I was able to purchase all of the Level 50 Argent Dawn shoulder enchants except for this one, from both Argent Dawn quartermasters, at Patch 4.3.3. Furthermore I was able to apply it to BOA shoulders and mail them to an alt. The alt has neutral rep with Argent Dawn and the enchant was active at level 50.

I do however acknowledge reports on Wowhead that this is not true for all players, I believe it depends when you acquired Argent Dawn rep and which quests you had completed.

Flame Mantle of the Dawn
Frost Mantle of the Dawn
Arcane Mantle of the Dawn
Nature Mantle of the Dawn
Shadow Mantle of the Dawn

Comment by Wolfgenerator

Full BoA Cloth Caster Set:
Tattered Dreadmist Mask
Tattered Dreadmist Mantle
Tattered Dreadmist Robe
Ancient Bloodmoon Cloak
Tattered Dreadmist Leggings
Dread Pirate Ring
Gleaming Seal of the Archmagus
Dignified Headmaster's Charge
Discerning Eye of the Beast
Discerning Eye of the Beast

If you are going PvP, here are replacements.
Tattered Dreadmist Mantle replace with Exquisite Sunderseer Mantle.
Dignified Headmaster's Charge replace with Grand Staff of Jordan.
One of the Discerning Eye of the Beasts replace with Inherited Insignia of the Horde or Inherited Insignia of the Alliance (depending on your faction).

Unobtainable until MoP:
Tattered Dreadmist Leggings
Gleaming Seal of the Archmagus

Hope this helped!

Comment by Allakhazam

Interesting. It binds to your account, so you can give it to your lowbie alt to help them level. Notice the bonus to grinding XP. Pretty nice.

Comment by Allakhazam

What... the hell is this? i saw a 49 twink wearing one but it had crazy stats....

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Tattered Dreadmist Mantle

Item Level 1
Binds to account

Shoulder	Cloth

546 Armor
+76 Stamina
+51 Intellect

Requires level 1 to 80 (80)
Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 51.
Equip: Experience gained is increased by 10%.

This item is part of the following transmog set: Dreadmist Raiment

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This item can be purchased in Dalaran (2), Darkmoon Island (2), Orgrimmar (2), Stormwind City (2), and Icecrown .

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