Of its 15 pieces, 14 drop from bosses and 1 is a world drop. It mixes Mail (13) and Cloth (2). Wearing them requires level 70. The set was added in patch 10.1.0.
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 9 armor slots, so it can be worn as a full look with nothing borrowed from another set. 14 of 15 pieces are Bind on Pickup.
Pieces
15
Slots covered
Head x2, Shoulder, Back x2, Chest, Wrist x2, Hands x2, Waist x2, Legs, Feet x2
Binding
Bind on Pickup (14), Bind on Equip (1)
Expansion
Dragonflight
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
5 of this set's 15 pieces drop from 3 encounters in Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible. 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
3 bosses in Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible drop pieces of this set. Each instance below carries its Adventure Guide entry, where its entrance is, and what each boss drops.
Millennia ago, Neltharion established Aberrus, a secret laboratory where he conducted world altering experiments. Recently rediscovered, Aberrus is now under attack from all sides as forces seeking to claim the Earth-Warder's legacy search for any power that remains. The champions of Azeroth must venture into the shadows and ensure Neltharion's dark power doesn't fall into the wrong hands.
The entrance is in Zaralek Cavern at 48.5, 10.0 (/way #2133 48.5 10.0).
Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible entrance
Kazzara, the Hellforged drops 2 pieces of this set (Back, Hands). Adventure Guide map pin: 51.3, 72.2 on the Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible map. Although Neltharion would not use them himself until much later, he experimented with elementium plating in the early days of Aberrus. The end result of elementium and shadowflame was Kazzara, who was deemed far too unstable for release. Driven mad by the excruciating pain of her elementium plates, she now serves as the guardian of the Shadowed Crucible.
The Forgotten Experiments drops 1 piece of this set (Feet). Adventure Guide map pin: 35.0, 23.1 on the Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible map. The development of the dracthyr produced many iterations, some more successful than others. Early versions of the experiment proved far too volatile to destroy. Kept dormant for thousands of years, these creations have now awakened, and seek to test their prowess against the champions of Azeroth.
Assault of the Zaqali drops 2 pieces of this set (Head, Wrist). Adventure Guide map pin: 42.6, 35.4 on the Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible map. Led by Warlord Kagni, the Zaqali warband has launched an all-out assault against the Shadowed Crucible in search of their missing Elder, Rashok. Brutal and ruthless, Kagni is willing to employ any tactic to succeed.
Set Bonus
5 pieces of this appearance set also belong to the item set Runes of the Cinderwolf, which carries these bonuses in the game files:
2 pieces (Elemental): Gain Stormkeeper every 50 sec.
2 pieces (Enhancement): Sundering increases your Mastery by% for 15 sec.
2 pieces (Restoration): When you cast Healing Rain, each ally with your Riptide on them is area healed by Tidewaters.
4 pieces (Elemental): For 8 sec after you consume Stormkeeper, your Lightning Bolt, Lava Burst, Icefury, and Frost Shock generate 50% more Maelstrom, and your Chain Lightning, Lava Beam, and Earthquake deal 20% increased critical damage.
4 pieces (Restoration): Each ally healed by Tidewaters increases your healing done by 1.1% for 8 sec and increases the healing of your next Healing Wave or Healing Surge by 10%, or your next Chain Heal by 2%.
Versions and Companion Sets
The game links 3 other versions to Runes of the Cinderwolf, each labelled the way the collection journal labels it. This page is the Normal version.
1 other set reuses the 3D models of Runes of the Cinderwolf’s head, shoulder, chest, waist, legs, feet and hands, most shared models first:
Obsidian Gladiator's Chain Armor (Dragonflight, 33 pieces): the same head, shoulder, chest, waist, legs, feet and hands models, recoloured.
Matched in the game files: each piece’s ItemDisplayInfo names its 3D model and texture. The same model with another texture is a recolour. Only pieces with a 3D model of their own (helms, shoulders, cloaks, weapons, shields, off-hands and some belts and robes) can be compared this way; pieces drawn from textures alone are left out.
Buying the Tradeable Pieces
1 piece of Runes of the Cinderwolf can be listed on the Auction House (it does not bind on pickup); 1 has 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.
Other Versions of This Set
The game data carries 4 separate set records under the name Runes of the Cinderwolf - 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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Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible entrance