Dress for Luxurious Success: Gearing Your Bank Alt

Blood Elf Bandit Mask, an imperial mask, drops from Blood Elf Bandit, a spy hidden on Azuremyst Isle. (Horde, don’t be discouraged—he’s hostile to you as well.) He has roughly a 20% chance to drop the mask, but respawns almost instantly.

Noble's Monocle is obtained from Bag of Fishing Treasures, a reward for completing any of the Shattrath fishing dailies, which require lvl 70. While it’s roughly a 1% chance from the Bag of Fishing Treasures, these fishing dailies can also give you some other fun vanity gear, such as Battered Jungle Hat. However, if you’re impatient to look sophisticated, consider getting either Jeweler's Ruby Monocle, Jeweler's Sapphire Monocle, or Jeweler's Amber Monocle from your favorite Jewelcrafter.

Another sophisticated option is Lord Walden's Top Hat, but it can only be obtained by worgen in their starting zone. However, the hat remains if you race-change. Hopefully, High Society Top Hat will be implemented one day for the rest of us.

Demonstrate your knowledge of the arcane by scheduling a visit to the haberdasher with Chameli Banaphash. Decide between Purple Turban and Violet Hat.

Ruby Shades is the ultimate luxury helm for your bank alt. Formerly sold by Haris Pilton in Shattrath, this periodically resurfaces on the AH for a hefty amount. Grab one to show everyone how wealthy you are. If you want the cheap knockoff, have an engineer make either Authentic Jr. Engineer Goggles for bonus flavor text or Shadow Goggles, Flying Tiger Goggles, or Green Tinted Goggles for the perfect tint. Unfortunately, Rhinestone Sunglasses were never put into the game for extra blingee.

While Burgy Blackheart may be a level 81 dancing ghost and pirate, his spoils, Burgy Blackheart's Handsome Hat, can be looted by everyone in the party—no matter the level. Use your connections to get a first-class summon to Vash’jir when a good friend or associate spots the mob. This item turns you into a spectral pirate gnome. If you prefer fishing to swimming, try your luck at the in the hopes of getting Keefer's Angelfish to redeem into Lucky Fishing Hat.

New to 4.1 is the Tarnished Crown, a BoE reward for completing A Shiny Reward.

Amulets

Griftah solves all your needs. Want to be better, stronger, faster? Griftah has the perfect tikbalang just for you, from Soap on a Rope to Talisman of True Treasure Tracking.

String of Alligator Teeth is found in Bag of Shiny Things, a reward from the Cataclysm fishing dailies. Originally just a trash item, it’s been changed recently to be equippable.

A tip from commenter Yuoflim: make your voice heard with Voice Amplification Modulator, made by engineers. It’s both stylish and practical!

Tarnished Silver Necklace has a 20% chance to be looted from Shallow Grave near Witch Doctor Zum'rah, the 3rd boss in Zul'Farrak. Perfect if your bank alt is an ‘antique dealer’ specializing in legacy items.

Twilight Cultist Medallion of Station is an item used to summon Elemental Dukes in Silithus, which was part of an elaborate summoning system culminating in bosses that dropped raid-quality epics.

New to 4.1 is Golden Necklace, a reward from A Shiny Reward.

Shoulder

One exception is Mantle of the Fire Festival, a reward from the Midsummer Fire Festival. Turning in 100 Burning Blossom nets you this flamboyant pair of shoulders.

CloaksChestFrayed Robe

Black Embersilk Gown is the luxury robe of Cataclysm. Costing a BoP Chaos Orb to craft, befriend a tailor that enjoys heroics. It’s both scandalizing and classy at once. Mix and match with different shirts to change the look. Tailors can create several other BoE robes: Simple Black Dress, White Woolen Dress, White Wedding Dress, and Simple Dress.

Draenic Silk Robes are sold by Hakmud of Argus, a Traveling Trader that rides around on Reins of the Traveler's Tundra Mammoth. If you see someone mounted up, run over and buy it from him. Don’t tease Modoru like Sentinel Sweetspring does; his grandmother’s robes are quite lovely.

There are several robes with unique models that drop from specific mobs in the starting zones—try collecting them all! They are Violet Robes, Spider Web Robe, Snowy Robe, Scarlet Initiate Robes, and Light Magesmith Robe. There's reports that some are unavailable after Cataclysm, so play the AH just to be safe. We’ll include Dalaran Wizard's Robe as an honorary robe, even though it requires level 13, because it looks so awesome. Dalaran Nurse's Gown has a similar purple tint.

By far the rarest chestpiece to acquire is the Formal Dangui sold by Geenia Sunshadow in Moonglade. It’s rumored that it respawns every two months. In the meantime, you might get luckier with her other limited-supply robes: Green Wedding Hanbok and Red Traditional Hanbok.

Don’t want a robe? Consider one of the harnesses sold by Kiro or Sura Wildmane, or Brown Linen Vest and Haliscan Jacket from tailoring.

Shirts

Karandonna, a stylish tribute NPC to Donna Karan, sells filigreed doublets and martial shirts in a variety of colors. They’re a bit pricey, but that’s the cost of exclusivity.
Another vendor in Dalaran, Angelique Butler, sells Antiseptic-Soaked Dressing and Wound Dressing in the First-Aid building.

Broxel Goldgrasp, the souvenir vendor at the Argent Tournament, sells shirts commemorating each participating race.

Lisbeth Schneider is the only vendor in the game who sells Bold Yellow Shirt and Stylish Black Shirt. Her last name means tailor in German.
Tailors are an excellent resource—they can make shirts in practically every color and style. Rich Purple Silk Shirt, the color of epics, is from one of the rarest patterns in the game. There’s a series of Workman and Lumberjack shirts from uncommon Northrend patterns.

There’s also several shirts that are rare drops from mobs—Deckhand's Shirt is one BoE that anyone cap equip.

Tabards

Private's Tabard/Scout's Tabard only cost 50 honor to purchase and Knight's Colors/Stone Guard's Herald costs 100 honor. As a level 10, you can queue up for Battlegrounds to earn honor.

Silverwing Battle Tabard/Warsong Battle Tabard from Warsong Gulch and Stormpike Battle Tabard/Frostwolf Battle Tabard from Alterac Valley can be purchased with 2,000+ honor and have no rep requirement. In the past, honor on alts was easy to acquire with Wintergrasp Commendation. However, with those removed, these tabards will take longer to acquire as they cost a good deal more than they used to.

Tabard of the Explorer can easily be acquired by flying on a friend’s X-53 Touring Rocket around Northrend.

Tabards such as Orgrimmar Tabard are also available from Quartermasters in capital cities with no rep requirement.

If your bank alt is a mage, they can equip the Tabard of the Kirin Tor from Dalaran since all mages start off friendly with the Kirin Tor.

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Antique Silver Cufflinks are another rare reward from the Bag of Fishing Treasures. By far the best option for a sophisticated alt.

Aboriginal Bands are the rarest part of the Aboriginal set, for a vibrant theme.

Ghostly Bracers is a drop from a Tirisfal rare mob, Tormented Spirit.

New to 4.1 are Gem Studded Bracelets from A Shiny Reward. These bracers are gold with green gems, very distinctive!

HandsSatin Lined GlovesWaist

Tattered Cloth Belt and Woven Belt are only sold by Horde vendors, so Alliance players may find it whimsical.

The Goblin starting zone features several vendors that sell unique items (in name, although perhaps not in looks). Waterlogged Cloth Belt and Drenched Leather Belt are exclusively sold by Sally "Salvager" Sandscrew. Chawg sells Recovered Knit Belt.

Pants

Simple Linen Pants or Solliden's Trousers make good blue jeans for a casual Friday look. Haliscan Pantaloons or Tuxedo Pants from Tailoring give a more formal appearance.

A tip from commenter TKitch: Ripped Ogre Loincloth may look like a Tarzan-esque loincloth, but it’s incredibly rare currently. It was looted from Gordunni Dirt Mound as part of the Horde-only quest Gordunni Cobalt. Unfortunately, that quest is no longer around in Cataclysm, so watch the AH.

This guide mostly focuses on cloth, but Primitive Kilt and Primitive Kilt are striking leather kilts from Horde shaman starting-zone gear that look great with a harness. Simple Kilt is a versatile skirt from Tailoring that matches most any shirt.

Feet

Several races have stylish boots as starter gear, such as Recruit's Boots, the default boots for several warrior races. Other boots can be enchanted with Minor Speed which will shave off seconds of running!

A perennial favorite is Knitted Sandals, available from select merchants. Dress Shoes are also an elegant alternative.

The truly dedicated will try to win the Kalu'ak Fishing Derby and obtain Boots of the Bay, boots with a built-in hearth to Booty Bay. Make sure you skill up your fishing first!

As a bonus, go sit down next to Sheddle Glossgleam, the Dalaran cobbler. He’ll shine your shoes and buff you for the next hour with Shiny Shoes, making your feet sparkle.

RingsCubic Zirconia RingNoble's Elementium Signet

An easy bling fix comes from Gappy Silvertooth, self-titled <Bling Merchant>. He sells the classic Flawless Diamond Solitaire, the less romantic Miniscule Diamond Ring, the unromantic Cubic Zirconia Ring, the apologetic Silver Piffeny Band, the flashy The Rock, and apt Mood Ring poking fun at xp color bars. Several other vendors stock these rings if Gappy won’t sell you bling.

To match your Tarnished Silver Necklace, get a Tarnished Silver Ring from Crate of Meat, a reward for completing any of the Shattrath cooking dailies.

Curse yourself by equipping The 1 Ring, a very rare catch from fishing. Or take a traditional sentimental route with Gold Wedding Band, once again found in the Bag of Fishing Treasures from the Shattrath dailies.

Twilight Cultist Ring of Lordship only works for DK bank alts, but it's a very rare item from Twilight Lord Everun, a rare mob in Silithus. Equipping this item allows you to bypass many of the elaborate steps in summoning lvl 60 raid bosses. However, the gear is obsolete, so you might as well keep it instead.

But the true mark of a bank alt connoisseur is found in the insanely expensive and limited wares of Haris Pilton. Gold Eternium Band costs 3000g and shows your eternal love for luxury. Or buy her two Sapphire Pinky Rings for a more youthful look. The most dedicated bank alt won’t think twice before buying the Noble’s Elementium Signet—it’s the only ring in the game currently that sparkles, plus with the right reputation, you can buy it from Qixdi Goodstitch in Booty Bay for a discount, skipping Haris and her rude ghost friend Ricole Nichie. In 4.1, there is another visible ring option, but it's BoP and you need to be 85 to complete A Shiny Reward: Black Ice.

Trinkets

By studying Engineering on the side, you’ll learn how to thwart mages and charm mechanicals in style. Minor Recombobulator is learned from a schematic sold by Gagsprocket in Ratchet. Gnomish Universal Remote is learned from a schematic dropped by Mekgineer Thermaplugg and also sold by Gearcutter Cogspinner and Jinky Twizzlefixxit.

A truly lucky fishing aficionado can use Hook of the Master Angler, the ultimate reward from the Stranglethorn Fishing Extravaganza. Outpace the envious crowds on the street and swim to your destination. Commenter mostpop points out that since anyone can level fishing now, a bank alt should try to pick up the Titanium Seal of Dalaran and Giant Sewer Rat.

Show off your ruthlessness by farming up Arena Grand Master at the Gurubashi Arena. Collect 12 Arena Master from the Arena Treasure Chest which spawns every three hours. Pair it with Insignia of the Alliance/Insignia of the Horde for the low price of 55 honor (via Windyote).

Weapon

Raelis Dawnstar sells an assortment of common-quality weapons more interesting than your usual starter-zone fare: Arcane-Forged Axe, Arcane-Forged Dirk, Arcane-Forged Mace, Arcane-Forged Shortsword, Mana Gathering Staff, and Stiff Shortbow. Maybe fish up Broken Wine Bottle from the Sludge Fen if things get ugly or get Rusted Pitchfork in the DK starter zone if trade chat is unruly.

Or, you can look so absurd, your enemies will be confused and flee. Use the following zone drops: Farmer's Shovel, Farmer's Broom, or Kobold Mining Shovel.

If all goes wrong, dazzle your enemies with Diamond-Tipped Cane, a common reward from fishing dailies. While it looks like a staff, it counts as a 1-hander so any class can equip it.

Off-hand Frills

Christi Stockton sells Wine Glass and Red Wine Glass to complement fine dining for any occasion. Ornate Drinking Stein from the Bag of Fishing Dailies is good for more casual meals.

Stratholme Lily is available from Sophie Aaren, a vendor in The Culling of Stratholme. Make sure to visit her before starting the event. She also sells a variety of other bouquets common to florists in capital cities such as Felicia Gump. Bouquet of Black Roses is the most luxurious bouquet, but there’s a certain charm to Simple Wildflowers as well. Darkmoon Flower is a carnival offhand available from 5 Tickets - Darkmoon Flower, for when your bank alt feels like supporting the wild side.

Send those rare offhand fish you’ve caught on your main for One That Didn't Get Away to your bank alt. Or try fishing up Old Crafty or Old Ironjaw near the AH.

Blue Sparkler, Red Sparkler, and White Sparkler are only available from special NPCs with the <Holiday Fireworks Vendor> tag on July 4th on US realms and September 30th on EU realms.

Like the Ruby Shades, there are several vanity off-hand frills no longer available from Shattrath vendors. Back when Griftah was briefly exiled from the Lower City for selling dubious wares, he sold Terokkar Lilac and Fine Poking Stick complete with snarky flavor text. Keep an eye out for these on the AH.

HolidaysLunar Festival

Valadar Starsong sells several festive robes and pantsuits, for the cost of five Coin of Ancestry. To an 85, it’s not very exciting, but your level 10 will need many summons or a good deal of time spent running to collect them all. Festival Dress and Festival Suit are the BoE option crafted by tailors.

Love is in the Air

Lovely Black Dress, once very rare, is now the ubiquitous dress from this holiday. It’s stunning, but along with the other rewards from Lovely Dress Box and Dinner Suit Box, perhaps too common for the discerning banker.

Noblegarden

is the perfect achievement for your bank alt. It can be completed by even a level 1, and what better title to denote generations of wealth than <the Noble>?

Spring Robes and Elegant Dress are striking robes, Spring Circlet is silly and overdone, Egg Basket has a unique graphic, and Spring Flowers is the only bouquet of flowers that can actually be equippable as a main-hand.

Midsummer Fire Festival

Midsummer offers a fun holiday set: the Mantle of the Fire Festival as highlighted earlier, Vestment of Summer, and Sandals of Summer with a fun use. This set takes many Burning Blossoms to complete, so be diligent!

For the truly diabolic, sneak (or get summoned) into enemy cities and steal their flames to obtain the angelic Crown of the Fire Festival from A Thief's Reward.

Brewfest

Brewfest Regalia series shows you’re not just any uptight banker. Redeem Brewfest Prize Token from dailies to collect both sets.

While you’re sampling some brews, remember to pick up your stein of the year.
Belbi's Eyesight Enhancing Romance Goggles/Blix's Eyesight Enhancing Romance Goggles give you the buff Beer Goggles. Everyone turns into male gnomes/tauren, some in quite revealing gear. Perhaps save these for when you aren’t calculating finances.

Hallow's End

Don’t forget to trick-or-treat every hour at your favorite inn to have a chance at getting Hallowed Helm. Most of the disguises are temporary, but surely as a clever bank alt, you can create your own original costume instead of relying on a premade one.

Day of the Dead

This is a short and minor holiday, but Bouquet of Orange Marigolds is a vibrant offhand, especially when paired with the similar Spring Flowers for dual-wielding bouquets.

Pilgrim's Bounty

Give thanks for your yearly profits in Azeroth. Provide the catering for the holiday NPCs and receive the following apparel in return: Pilgrim's Hat, Pilgrim's Attire, Pilgrim's Dress, Pilgrim's Robe, and Pilgrim's Boots.

Feast of Winter Veil

The Winter Garb is campy and festive, but may require many world kills to obtain the hats, which are only guaranteed drops from several high-level bosses. Still, what else are you going to do when the banks are closed on holiday? Consider obtaining the winter clothes that are taught by the opposite faction.

Armor Vendors

There are several common-quality sets unique to a faction. Jainthess Thelryn is the only vendor who sells the Light Cloth and Sun Cured sets for a traditional blood-elf look. Sally "Salvager" Sandscrew <Slightly Damp Salvage> sells Waterlogged Cloth and Drenched Leather sets and Chawg sells Recovered Knit, Salvaged Chain, and Water-Stained Leather sets in the Goblin areas.

Woven, Battered Leather, Dirty Leather, and Tattered Cloth sets are unique to Horde clothiers in a variety of both major and minor cities. For the alliance, the Cracked and Thin Cloth sets are unique. Vendors of both factions sell the Knitted, Rough Leather, and Light Mail Armor sets.

"Silvermoon" Harry found in Howling Fjord sells select blood-elf starting gear. Thomas Yance patrols around Old Hillsbrad Foothills and sells starting gear for several races. Lucille Castleton and other robe vendors sell distinctive robes such as Plain Robe and Double-Stitched Robes.

Sample Outfits

Comments

Comment by hatman555

One of the more useful guides, because there is no filter on Wowhead for "Item looks awesome=Yes".

In its current format the ability to browse this guide is hindered significantly because there is no "return to contents" link, or the information is not listed in tabs. The best way to make this guide easier to use for people would be to update the sections and make a Tab view for the "Items by Slot". Doing the same for view style for "Holidays" would also make it easier to browse. As an additional benefit to this is that the table of contents would drop from 29 items to 4, getting rid of a lot of wasted space at the top of the guide.

As for the content itself, amazing. I had fun running through the guide and opening new windows to see screen shots of items I had never heard of before. Blood Elf Bandit Mask is definitely a must for all you AH under-cutters!

Content: 10/10
Formatting: 5/10

Overal Rating: 7/10

Cheers,
Hat

Comment by 690497

Found a blog that listed a few "costumes" using various gear
http://tagalongfashion.blogspot.com/

I personally find alot of the classic tier and Dungeon sets to be rather fun to get, as well as making up some using different profession sets.

Granted this hinders the make alt, and go factor - u WILL have to level ur alt a bit (at least till about lvl 45-60) but hey, it wont take long since cata. And soon youll look spiffy, and well educated ^_^

Comment by 778066

Great one. Now can someone make a similar one for 85 guys that just want to relax in a city? :)

It's a shame there is no way to tell the equipment manager that a certain slot should be emptied.

Comment by aryon

This is a great guide. Thanks very much for this.

Comment by 331902

Not an equipable item but I would say for the ultimate bank alt companion, Haunted Memento should be on the list.

Comment by Tamardia

I think you should add the Victor's Robes as an alternative if your bank alt is a goblin. They look awesome, and my bank guy also have some glove that match the robe, aquired from the goblin starter zone.

Comment by Aquissya

Great guide; very nice for role players as well!

For rings, I like The Rock from various merchants

Comment by JBonezzz

Cool back piece is The Emperor's New Cape, but you have to be able to get into Blackrock Depths.

Comment by beckiesuedalton

I've dressed my Bank Alt with a lot of the items mentioned in your guide. Before I found your guide, I didn't know about the Martial shirts and just had her in a boring tux, so thank you for helping me give her back a little of her original Power Puff color. :)

I really wanted her to be able to equip the Red Wine Glass with the Diamond Cane. Unfortunately, the Cane counts as a two-handed weapon and would not allow me to equip an Off-hand with it when I tried (as commenters on other pages suggested the "2h" reference was merely a tooltip error), so I've gifted her a one-handed Diamond Hammer instead!

Comment by 1342189

I think you should add Flores' Lost Seal of Approval under the ring section! It's a ring that drops from certain bugs in Sholazar Basin! I particularly like the text "Dripping with the juice of a particularly nasty bug."
Rumored to have a very low drop chance. This item is also very expensive on the AH, if it's even there!

Sincerely,
A luxurious bank-alt!

Comment by relaxok

Of these, Bouquet of Orange Marigolds is definitely the best offhand but I don't believe you can get it anymore.

Dress for Luxurious Success: Gearing Your Bank Alt

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