Of its 26 pieces, 15 are sold by vendors and 11 drop from bosses. Every piece is Plate armor. Wearing them requires level 32. The set was added in patch 4.2.0.
Drops from Omnotron Defense System in Blackwing Descent (10 Player (Heroic), 25 Player (Heroic)).
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. Every piece is Bind on Pickup, so the appearances have to be earned rather than bought.
Pieces
26
Slots covered
Head x4, Shoulder x4, Chest x4, Wrist x2, Hands x4, Waist x2, Legs x5, Feet
Binding
Bind on Pickup (26)
Expansion
Cataclysm
Set type
Heroic
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
11 of this set's 26 pieces drop from 11 encounters in 3 instances. The rest come from vendors, quests, crafting or world drops, which the dungeon journal does not record.
Drop chances are not stored in the client data we mine, so none are shown here.
Where to Farm This Set
11 bosses in Blackwing Descent, The Bastion of Twilight and Throne of the Four Winds drop pieces of this set. Each instance below carries its Adventure Guide entry, where its entrance is, and what each boss drops.
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 (Feet) on 10 Player (Heroic) and 25 Player (Heroic). 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.
Magmaw drops 1 piece of this set (Chest) on 10 Player (Heroic) and 25 Player (Heroic). Adventure Guide map pin: 27.5, 57.5 on the Blackwing Descent map. Magmaw is a colossal lava worm summoned from the Firelands centuries ago by Ragnaros' Dark Iron servitors. Nefarian largely considers Magmaw a worrisome pest, but has grown fond of feeding the beast his failed experiments... and servants.
Chimaeron drops 1 piece of this set (Shoulder) on 10 Player (Heroic) and 25 Player (Heroic). 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 (Hands) on 10 Player (Heroic) and 25 Player (Heroic). 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 (Waist) on 10 Player (Heroic) and 25 Player (Heroic). 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 1 piece of this set (Legs) on 10 Player (Heroic) and 25 Player (Heroic). 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 1 piece of this set (Head) on 10 Player (Heroic) and 25 Player (Heroic). 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 (Wrist) on 10 Player (Heroic) and 25 Player (Heroic). 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.
Sinestra drops 1 piece of this set (Wrist) on 10 Player (Heroic) and 25 Player (Heroic). Adventure Guide map pin: 49.0, 34.3 on the The Bastion of Twilight map. Originally Deathwing's prime consort, Sinestra created the first twilight dragons, but was later obliterated by one of her terrifying creations. Now a ravaged husk reanimated by insidious magic, Sinestra oversees the creation of new twilight clutches.
Al'Akir the Windlord's personal lair, the Throne of the Four Winds, glides high among Skywall's boundless vistas. Now that the barriers of the Elemental Plane have been ruptured, Al'Akir is free to travel Azeroth's winds at his leisure. He has mustered his fiercest tempests to scour Uldum of life and seize control of the mysterious titan-forged Halls of Origination.
The entrance is in Uldum at 38.2, 80.7 (/way #249 38.2 80.7).
Throne of the Four Winds entrance
The Conclave of Wind drops 1 piece of this set (Waist) on 10 Player (Heroic) and 25 Player (Heroic). Adventure Guide map pin: 47.5, 26.0 on the Throne of the Four Winds map. With Siamat, Lord of the South Wind, imprisoned by the Neferset tol'vir, Al'Akir's lieutenants are vying to fill the power vacuum that now exists in the Conclave of Wind. The remaining conclave members are Anshal, Lord of the West Wind, whose gales can heal allies or poison enemies; Rohash, Lord of the East Wind, whose tempests can grind the mightiest mountains to dust; and Nezir, Lord of the North Wind, whose frigid storms have claimed more lives than all other cardinal wind lords combined.
Al'Akir drops 1 piece of this set (Legs) on 10 Player (Heroic) and 25 Player (Heroic). Adventure Guide map pin: 47.5, 50.0 on the Throne of the Four Winds map. Gifted with great intelligence and cunning, Al'Akir the Windlord once served as the foremost tactician in the Old Gods' horrific armies. In the wake of the Cataclysm, he has aligned with Deathwing and turned his godlike powers against many of the air elementals' ancient tol'vir nemeses.
Set Bonus
5 pieces of this appearance set also belong to the item set Reinforced Sapphirium Battleplate, which carries these bonuses in the game files:
2 pieces: Increases the damage done by your Templar's Verdict ability by 10%.
4 pieces: Avenging Wrath lasts sec longer.
Versions and Companion Sets
The game links 1 other version to Reinforced Sapphirium Battleplate, each labelled the way the collection journal labels it. This page is the Heroic version.
Reinforced Sapphirium Battleplate exists as 2 set records in the game data. The version we index for this name is set 701; this page covers one of the other records.
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Blackwing Descent entrance
