Dress for Luxurious Success: Gearing Your Bank Alt

Máscara de bandido elfo de sangre, an imperial mask, drops from Bandido elfo de sangre, a spy hidden on Isla Bruma Azur. (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.

Monóculo de noble is obtained from Bolsa de tesoros de pesca, 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 Sombrero de aventurero maltrecho. However, if you’re impatient to look sophisticated, consider getting either Monóculo rubí de joyero, Monóculo zafiro de joyero, or Monóculo de ámbar de joyero from your favorite Jewelcrafter.

Another sophisticated option is Chistera de Lord Walden, but it can only be obtained by worgen in their starting zone. However, the hat remains if you race-change. Hopefully, Chistera de la alta sociedad 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 Turbante morado and Sombrero violeta.

Gafas de sol de color rubí 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 Auténticas gafas de ingeniero Jr. for bonus flavor text or Gafas de las Sombras, Gafas de tigre volador, or Gafas tintadas de verde for the perfect tint. Unfortunately, Gafas de sol con bisutería were never put into the game for extra blingee.

While Burgy Corazón Negro may be a level 81 dancing ghost and pirate, his spoils, , 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 Pez ángel de Keefer to redeem into Sombrero de pesca de la suerte.

New to 4.1 is the Corona deslustrada, a BoE reward for completing Una recompensa brillante.

Amulets

Griftah solves all your needs. Want to be better, stronger, faster? Griftah has the perfect tikbalang just for you, from Jabón con cuerda to Dije de buscador de tesoros verdadero.

Cuerda de dientes de caimán is found in Bolsa de cosas brillantes, 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 Modulador de amplificación de voz, made by engineers. It’s both stylish and practical!

Collar de plata deslustrada has a 20% chance to be looted from Tumba poco profunda near Médico brujo Zum'rah, the 3rd boss in Zul'Farrak. Perfect if your bank alt is an ‘antique dealer’ specializing in legacy items.

Medallón de estatus de cultor Crepuscular 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 Collar de oro, a reward from A Shiny Reward.

Shoulder

One exception is Manto del Festival del Fuego, a reward from the Festival de Fuego del Solsticio de Verano. Turning in 100 Flores ardientes nets you this flamboyant pair of shoulders.

CloaksChestToga deshilachada

Vestido de seda de ascuas negro is the luxury robe of Cataclysm. Costing a BoP Orbe del caos 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: Vestido negro sencillo, Vestido de lana blanco, Vestido de boda blanco, and Vestido sencillo.

Togas de seda draénicas are sold by Hakmud de Argus, a Traveling Trader that rides around on Riendas del mamut de tundra de viajero. If you see someone mounted up, run over and buy it from him. Don’t tease Modoru like Centinela Fuente Dulce 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 Togas violeta, Toga de tela de araña, Toga nevada, Togas de iniciado Escarlata, and Toga ligera de mago. There's reports that some are unavailable after Cataclysm, so play the AH just to be safe. We’ll include Toga de zahorí Dalaran as an honorary robe, even though it requires level 13, because it looks so awesome. Traje de enfermera de Dalaran has a similar purple tint.

By far the rarest chestpiece to acquire is the Dangui formal sold by Geenia Sombrasol in Moonglade. It’s rumored that it respawns every two months. In the meantime, you might get luckier with her other limited-supply robes: Hanbok de boda verde and Hanbok tradicional rojo.

Don’t want a robe? Consider one of the harnesses sold by Kiro or Sura Ferocrín, or Jubón de lino marrón and Chaqueta de jaliscan 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 Mayordomo, sells Gasa empapada de antiséptico and Gasa para heridas in the First-Aid building.

Broxel Asa de Oro, the souvenir vendor at the Argent Tournament, sells shirts commemorating each participating race.

Lisbeth Schneider is the only vendor in the game who sells Camisa amarilla chillón and Camisa negra con estilo. Her last name means tailor in German.
Tailors are an excellent resource—they can make shirts in practically every color and style. Camisa de seda morada viva, 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—Camisa de Manoberta is one BoE that anyone cap equip.

Tabards

Tabardo de Soldado/Tabardo de explorador only cost 50 honor to purchase and Colores de Caballero/Heraldo de Guardia de piedra costs 100 honor. As a level 10, you can queue up for Battlegrounds to earn honor.

Tabardo de batalla Ala de Plata/Tabardo de batalla Grito de Guerra from Warsong Gulch and Tabardo de batalla Pico Tormenta/Tabardo de batalla Lobo Gélido 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 Mención de Conquista del Invierno. However, with those removed, these tabards will take longer to acquire as they cost a good deal more than they used to.

Tabardo de expedicionario can easily be acquired by flying on a friend’s Cohete de paseo X-53 around Northrend.

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

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

WristPoder con hechizos

Gemelos de plata solariegos are another rare reward from the Bag of Fishing Treasures. By far the best option for a sophisticated alt.

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

Brazales fantasmales is a drop from a Tirisfal rare mob, Espíritu atormentado.

New to 4.1 are Pulseras con incrustaciones de gemas from A Shiny Reward. These bracers are gold with green gems, very distinctive!

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Cinturón de paño andrajoso and Cinturón tejido 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). Cinturón de tela encharcado and Cinturón de cuero empapado are exclusively sold by Sally Tuercarena "la Recuperadora". Chawg sells Cinturón tricotado recuperado.

Pants

Pantalones de lino sencillos or Calzas de Solliden make good blue jeans for a casual Friday look. Pantalones de jaliscan or Pantalones de esmoquin from Sastrería give a more formal appearance.

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

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

Feet

Several races have stylish boots as starter gear, such as Botas de recluta, the default boots for several warrior races. Other boots can be enchanted with Velocidad menor which will shave off seconds of running!

A perennial favorite is Sandalias tricotadas, available from select merchants. Zapatos para vestido are also an elegant alternative.

The truly dedicated will try to win the Competición de pesca Kalu'ak and obtain Botas de la bahía, 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 Lustre Brillo, the Dalaran cobbler. He’ll shine your shoes and buff you for the next hour with Zapatos lustrosos, making your feet sparkle.

RingsAnillo con cubo de circonioSello de elementium de noble

An easy bling fix comes from Gappy Dienteplata, self-titled <Bling Merchant>. He sells the classic Solitario de diamante impecable, the less romantic Anillo con diamante minúsculo, the unromantic Cubic Zirconia Ring, the apologetic Sortija de plata de Piffeny, the flashy La roca, and apt Anillo de ánimo 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 Anillo de plata deslustrada from Cajón de carne, a reward for completing any of the Shattrath cooking dailies.

Curse yourself by equipping El anillo 1, a very rare catch from fishing. Or take a traditional sentimental route with Alianza de oro, once again found in the Bag of Fishing Treasures from the Shattrath dailies.

Anillo de nobleza de cultor Crepuscular only works for DK bank alts, but it's a very rare item from Señor Crepuscular 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. Sortija de oro de eternio costs 3000g and shows your eternal love for luxury. Or buy her two Anillo de zafiro rosados 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 Cortefino 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: .

Trinkets

By studying Ingeniería on the side, you’ll learn how to thwart mages and charm mechanicals in style. Recombobulador menor is learned from a schematic sold by Dentolio in Ratchet. Mando universal gnómico is learned from a schematic dropped by Mekigeniero Termochufe and also sold by Cortallave Volopiñón and Jinky Arreglatodo.

A truly lucky fishing aficionado can use Anzuelo de Maestro pescador, 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 Sello de titanio de Dalaran and Rata de cloaca gigante.

Show off your ruthlessness by farming up Gran maestro de arena at the Gurubashi Arena. Collect 12 Maestro de arena from the Arqueta de la arena which spawns every three hours. Pair it with Insignia de la Alianza/Insignia de la Horda for the low price of 55 honor (via Windyote).

Weapon

Raelis Estrella del Alba sells an assortment of common-quality weapons more interesting than your usual starter-zone fare: Hacha arcanotemplada, Puntilla arcanotemplada, Maza arcanotemplada, Espada corta arcanotemplada, Bastón acumulador de maná, and Arco corto tieso. Maybe fish up Botella de vino rota from the Sludge Fen if things get ugly or get Horqueta oxidada 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: Pala de granjero, Escoba de granjero, or Pala de minería de kóbold.

If all goes wrong, dazzle your enemies with Bastón con punta de diamante, 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 Copa de vino and Copa de vino tinto to complement fine dining for any occasion. Jarra ornamentada from the Bag of Fishing Dailies is good for more casual meals.

Lirio de Stratholme is available from Sophie Aaren, a vendor in La Matanza de 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. Ramo de rosas negras is the most luxurious bouquet, but there’s a certain charm to Flores silvestres simples as well. Flor de la Luna Negra is a carnival offhand available from 5 vales: flor de la Luna Negra, for when your bank alt feels like supporting the wild side.

Send those rare offhand fish you’ve caught on your main for Este no se escapó to your bank alt. Or try fishing up El viejo Astuto or El viejo Quijahierro near the AH.

Bengala azul, Bengala roja, and Bengala blanca 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 Lila de Terokkar and Palo para pinchar fino complete with snarky flavor text. Keep an eye out for these on the AH.

HolidaysFestival Lunar

Valadar Cantoestelar sells several festive robes and pantsuits, for the cost of five Moneda de linaje. 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. Vestido de fiesta and Traje de fiesta are the BoE option crafted by tailors.

Amor en el aire

Vestido negro precioso, once very rare, is now the ubiquitous dress from this holiday. It’s stunning, but along with the other rewards from Caja de vestido precioso and Caja de traje de noche, perhaps too common for the discerning banker.

Jardín Noble

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>?

Togas primaverales and Vestido elegante are striking robes, Diadema primaveral is silly and overdone, Cesta de huevos has a unique graphic, and Flores primaverales is the only bouquet of flowers that can actually be equippable as a main-hand.

Festival de Fuego del Solsticio de Verano

Midsummer offers a fun holiday set: the Mantle of the Fire Festival as highlighted earlier, Vestimentas estivales, and Sandalias estivales 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 Corona del Festival del Fuego from Una recompensa de ladrón.

Fiesta de la Cerveza

Atavío de la Fiesta de la Cerveza series shows you’re not just any uptight banker. Redeem Ficha para la Fiesta de la Cerveza from dailies to collect both sets.

While you’re sampling some brews, remember to pick up your stein of the year.
Gafas romance de mejora de aspecto de Belbi/Gafas romance de mejora de aspecto de Blix give you the buff Gafas de cerveza. Everyone turns into male gnomes/tauren, some in quite revealing gear. Perhaps save these for when you aren’t calculating finances.

Halloween

Don’t forget to trick-or-treat every hour at your favorite inn to have a chance at getting Yelmo sacralizado. 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.

Festividad de los Muertos

This is a short and minor holiday, but Ramo de flores de muerto naranjas is a vibrant offhand, especially when paired with the similar Spring Flowers for dual-wielding bouquets.

Generosidad del Peregrino

Give thanks for your yearly profits in Azeroth. Provide the catering for the holiday NPCs and receive the following apparel in return: Sombrero de peregrino, Atuendo de peregrino, Vestido de peregrino, Toga de peregrino, and Botas de peregrino.

El festín del Festival de Invierno

The Atuendo de invierno 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.

Harry "Lunargenta" found in Howling Fjord sells select blood-elf starting gear. Thomas Yance patrols around Antiguas Laderas de Trabalomas and sells starting gear for several races. Lucille Castleton and other robe vendors sell distinctive robes such as Toga lisa and Togas con doble pespunte.

Sample Outfits

Comentarios

Comentario de 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. Máscara de bandido elfo de sangre is definitely a must for all you AH under-cutters!

Content: 10/10
Formatting: 5/10

Overal Rating: 7/10

Cheers,
Hat

Comentario de 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 ^_^

Comentario de 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.

Comentario de aryon

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

Comentario de 331902

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

Comentario de Tamardia

I think you should add the Toga de Victor 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.

Comentario de Aquissya

Great guide; very nice for role players as well!

For rings, I like La roca from various merchants

Comentario de JBonezzz

Cool back piece is El nuevo manteo del Emperador, but you have to be able to get into Blackrock Depths.

Comentario de 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!

Comentario de 1342189

I think you should add Sello perdido de aprobación de Flores 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!

Comentario de relaxok

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

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