Of its 37 pieces, 13 are sold by vendors, 12 drop from bosses, 4 are made by professions and 2 are world drops. Every piece is Plate armor. The set was added in patch 4.0.0.
Source is the collection journal’s own source for each appearance, read from the current retail build; bosses, quests, recipes, prices and requirements come from the game’s item, journal and quest records.
What This Set Covers
This is a complete head-to-toe outfit - it fills 8 armor slots, so it can be worn as a full look with nothing borrowed from another set. 30 of 37 pieces are Bind on Pickup.
Pieces
37
Slots covered
Head x5, Shoulder x7, Chest x6, Wrist x2, Hands x4, Waist x4, Legs x6, Feet x3
Binding
Bind on Pickup (30), Bind on Equip (7)
Expansion
Cataclysm
Set type
Normal
Slot and binding read from the current retail build’s item records for this set’s own pieces.
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Where These Pieces Drop
16 of this set's 37 pieces drop from 10 encounters in 4 instances. The rest come from vendors, quests, crafting or world drops, which the dungeon journal does not record.
Argaloth - Baradin Hold - 4 pieces from this setNormalHeroic10 Player25 Player10 Player (Heroic)25 Player (Heroic)
Drop chances are not stored in the client data we mine, so none are shown here.
Where to Farm This Set
8 bosses in Baradin Hold, Blackwing Descent and The Bastion of Twilight drop pieces of this set. Each instance below carries its Adventure Guide entry, where its entrance is, and what each boss drops.
Following the Second War, the ruined fortress of Baradin Hold on the remote island of Tol Barad was converted into a prison for some of the most dangerous forces on Azeroth. Yet with the devastation wrought by the Cataclysm, the prison's integrity has been compromised. Now as the Horde and Alliance vie for supremacy on the island, the liberation of its forgotten horrors may be at hand.
Argaloth drops 4 pieces of this set (Legs, Hands) on Normal, Heroic, 10 Player, 25 Player, 10 Player (Heroic) and 25 Player (Heroic). Adventure Guide map pin: 80.4, 63.5 on the Baradin Hold map. Unable to contain the massive pit lord Argaloth in the cells of Dalaran's mighty Violet Hold, the magi of the Kirin Tor were left with no choice but to confine the powerful demon beneath Tol Barad.
Nefarian and his warped attempts to create a new breed of dragon were thought to be defeated after his death in Blackwing Lair. Yet tales have emerged that his father, Deathwing, has reanimated Nefarian and set him to work in Blackwing Descent. The gruesome experiments being conducted there are feared to be on a level of wickedness far surpassing Nefarian's previous crimes against nature.
The entrance is in Eastern Kingdoms at 47.5, 68.9 (/way #13 47.5 68.9).
Blackwing Descent entrance
Omnotron Defense System drops 1 piece of this set (Waist) on Normal, Heroic, 10 Player and 25 Player. Adventure Guide map pin: 65.5, 57.5 on the Blackwing Descent map. The Omnotron Defense System was once touted as the Dark Iron dwarves' greatest technological marvel. When Nefarian arrived in Blackwing Descent, he repurposed the run-down system to annihilate anyone intruding on his laboratories.
Chimaeron drops 2 pieces of this set (Feet, Hands) on Normal, Heroic, 10 Player and 25 Player. Adventure Guide map pin: 24.6, 70.2 on the Blackwing Descent map. Terrifying. Ugly. Evil. Kill it.
Maloriak drops 1 piece of this set (Head) on Normal, Heroic, 10 Player and 25 Player. Adventure Guide map pin: 71.5, 70.2 on the Blackwing Descent map. The human Malory was a bright young alchemist until he was kidnapped by Nefarian and fused with the corpse of a dragonspawn. The result-Maloriak-is a bumbling minion who possesses only a dull glimmer of his former intelligence.
Nefarian's End drops 1 piece of this set (Shoulder) on Normal, Heroic, 10 Player and 25 Player. Adventure Guide map pin: 48.0, 70.2 on the Blackwing Descent map. Deathwing's son, Nefarian, gained infamy for his horrifying efforts to create chromatic dragons from the essences of Azeroth's various dragonflights. After his death in Blackwing Lair, he was reanimated and charged by Deathwing to continue his insidious endeavors.
The Bastion of Twilight stands as a dark symbol of the Old Gods' burgeoning power on Azeroth. Various branches of the Twilight's Hammer dwell deep beneath the towering form--considered the cult's foremost command center--along with their twisted leader, Cho'gall. There, he and his servants conspire to bring the Old Gods' apocalyptic visions to fruition by bleeding Azeroth of all sanity, hope, and life.
The entrance is in Loch Modan at 80.8, 22.4 (/way #48 80.8 22.4).
The Bastion of Twilight entrance
Halfus Wyrmbreaker drops 2 pieces of this set (Wrist, Shoulder) on Normal, Heroic, 10 Player and 25 Player. Adventure Guide map pin: 53.5, 19.3 on the The Bastion of Twilight map. Imbued with unnatural power and stamina by Cho'gall, the ettin Halfus Wyrmbreaker captures dragons for use as fodder in the Twilight's Hammer's rituals. To this end, he has enslaved a behemoth proto-dragon to aid him in hunting down his winged prey.
Ascendant Council drops 2 pieces of this set (Legs, Hands) on Normal, Heroic, 10 Player and 25 Player. Adventure Guide map pin: 42.5, 45.5 on the The Bastion of Twilight map. As the most powerful Twilight's Hammer cultists to be twisted into elemental beings, the Ascendant Council members have long forgotten their existence as mere mortals. From their wicked sanctum, they oversee the selection of new ascension candidates.
Cho'gall drops 1 piece of this set (Chest) on Normal, Heroic, 10 Player and 25 Player. Adventure Guide map pin: 73.5, 75.4 on the The Bastion of Twilight map. Under Cho'gall's control, the orcish Twilight's Hammer clan was transformed into a murderous cult obsessed with the Old Gods and their herald, Deathwing. Extended contact with his dark master has hideously warped both Cho'gall's mind and body.
Set Bonus
5 pieces of this appearance set also belong to the item set Earthen Warplate, which carries these bonuses in the game files:
2 pieces: Increases the damage done by your Bloodthirst and Mortal Strike abilities by 5%.
Versions and Companion Sets
The game links 1 other version to Earthen Battleplate, each labelled the way the collection journal labels it. This page is the Normal version.
7 pieces of Earthen Battleplate can be listed on the Auction House (they do not bind on pickup); 7 have a listing on US connected realms in our latest scan.
Lowest listed price on any US connected realm in our recorded Auction House scan, per piece; transmog gear is priced per realm, so the realm named is where that price was seen.
The game data carries 2 separate set records under the name Earthen Battleplate - one per class or armor weight, plus the per-slot recolours the appearance was built from. This page is the one we index for the name; the others are listed here so nothing is lost.
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