Swarmbreaker's Battleplate

Pieces

50

Quality

Rare

Item level

38 to 39

Slots

Head x5, Shoulder x4, Chest x8, Wrist x5, Hands x7, Waist x8, Legs x7, Feet x6

Armor coverage

8 of 9 armor slots

Binds

Bind on Equip, Bind on Pickup

Expansion

Mists of Pandaria

Difficulty tier

Light

Classes

Warrior, Paladin, Death Knight

Preview in Dressing Room See this set on a 3D character.

Of its 50 pieces, 16 are made by professions, 9 are world drops and 8 are quest rewards. Every piece is Plate armor. The set was added in patch 5.0.0.

Slot	Piece	Source	Level	How to get it
Head	Contender's Spirit Helm	Profession	35	Crafted with Contender's Spirit Helm (Blacksmithing).
Head	Crown of Holy Flame		35
Head	Davidian's All-Seeing Eyes	World drop	31
Head	Ghost-Forged Helm	Profession	32
Head	Hood of Endless Agitation	Quest
Shoulder	Contender's Spirit Shoulders	Profession	35	Crafted with Contender's Spirit Shoulders (Blacksmithing).
Shoulder	Ghost-Forged Shoulders	Profession	32
Shoulder	Shoulderguards of Honest Labor	World drop	30
Shoulder	Shoulderguards of Painful Lessons		35
Chest	Coldforge Carapace	Quest
Chest	Contender's Spirit Breastplate	Profession	35	Crafted with Contender's Spirit Breastplate (Blacksmithing).
Chest	Cryptwarden's Breastplate	World drop	32
Chest	Ghost-Forged Breastplate	Profession	32
Chest	Mind's Eye Breastplate		35
Chest	Mind's Eye Breastplate		34
Chest	Swarmbringer Chestguard		33
Chest	Swarmbringer Chestguard		35
Wrist	Bracers of Inner Knowledge	Quest
Wrist	Contender's Spirit Bracers	Profession	35	Crafted with Contender's Spirit Bracers (Blacksmithing).
Wrist	Ghost-Forged Bracers	Profession	32
Wrist	Siegeworn Bracers		35
Wrist	Zoid's Scorched Bracers	World drop	30
Hands	Contender's Spirit Gauntlets	Profession	35	Crafted with Contender's Spirit Gauntlets (Blacksmithing).
Hands	Gauntlets of Blurring Fingers	World drop	32
Hands	Ghost-Forged Gauntlets	Profession	32
Hands	Mindbinder Plate Gloves		33
Hands	Mindbinder Plate Gloves		35
Hands	Vegetable Chopping Handguards	Quest
Hands	Zealous Fervor Handguards	Quest
Waist	Contender's Spirit Belt	Profession	35	Crafted with Contender's Spirit Belt (Blacksmithing).
Waist	Ghost-Forged Belt	Profession	32
Waist	Girdle of Soothing Detonation		35
Waist	Quivering Heart Girdle		33
Waist	Quivering Heart Girdle		35
Waist	Sha-Trapper Waistguard	Quest
Waist	Verdone's Chewed Waistplate	Quest
Waist	Waistguard of Flaming Words	World drop	30
Legs	Contender's Spirit Legplates	Profession	35	Crafted with Contender's Spirit Legplates (Blacksmithing).
Legs	Ghost-Forged Legplates	Profession	32
Legs	Leggings of Forgotten War	World drop	30
Legs	Legplates of the Scattered Tribes	Quest
Legs	Legplates of the Wandering Warrior	World drop	30
Legs	Sudsy Legplates		32
Legs	Sudsy Legplates		35
Feet	Barreldodger Boots		35
Feet	Blackfooted Greatboots	World drop	31
Feet	Contender's Spirit Boots	Profession	35	Crafted with Contender's Spirit Boots (Blacksmithing).
Feet	Ghost-Forged Boots	Profession	32
Feet	Glintrok Sollerets		35
Feet	Glintrok Sollerets		34

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.

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. 26 of 50 pieces are Bind on Pickup.

Pieces

50

Slots covered

Head x5, Shoulder x4, Chest x8, Wrist x5, Hands x7, Waist x8, Legs x7, Feet x6

Binding

Bind on Pickup (26), Bind on Equip (24)

Expansion

Mists of Pandaria

Set type

Light

Slot and binding read from the current retail build’s item records for this set’s own pieces.

Ensemble: Swarmbreaker's Battleplate is a single item whose use effect learns all of Swarmbreaker's Battleplate at once. It is Bind on Pickup.

8 pieces of this appearance set also belong to the item set Contender's Defense, which carries these bonuses in the game files:

• 2 pieces: +40.9847 PvP Resilience
• 4 pieces: +40.9847 PvP Power

The game links 2 other versions to Swarmbreaker's Battleplate, each labelled the way the collection journal labels it. This page is the Light version.

• Dark Swarmbreaker's Battleplate - 109 pieces - Warrior, Paladin, Death Knight
• Original Swarmbreaker's Battleplate - 72 pieces - Warrior, Paladin, Death Knight

10 companion sets shipped in the Mists of Pandaria: Dungeon group alongside it:

• Original Breezebinder's Vestments - 61 pieces - Priest, Mage, Warlock
• Purple Breezebinder's Vestments - 84 pieces - Priest, Mage, Warlock
• Red Breezebinder's Vestments - 72 pieces - Priest, Mage, Warlock
• Black Mogubreaker Battlegear - 63 pieces - Rogue, Monk, Druid, Demon Hunter
• Original Mogubreaker Battlegear - 54 pieces - Rogue, Monk, Druid, Demon Hunter
• Red Mogubreaker Battlegear - 60 pieces - Rogue, Monk, Druid, Demon Hunter
• Yellow Mogubreaker Battlegear - 60 pieces - Rogue, Monk, Druid, Demon Hunter
• Black Mogu Lord's Regalia - 78 pieces - Hunter, Shaman, Evoker
• Gold Mogu Lord's Regalia - 79 pieces - Hunter, Shaman, Evoker
• Jade Mogu Lord's Regalia - 75 pieces - Hunter, Shaman, Evoker

The flavour text the item tooltip prints on 1 piece of this set:

• Davidian's All-Seeing Eyes: Sharp enough to see for two men.

24 pieces of Swarmbreaker's Battleplate can be listed on the Auction House (they do not bind on pickup); 24 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.

First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.

Sets from the same content batch with the same class restriction.

• Spiritguard's WarplateBlue - Warrior, Paladin, Death Knight
• Shan'ze WarplateYellow - Warrior, Paladin, Death Knight
• Gatecrasher's BattleplateBlue - Warrior, Paladin, Death Knight

The game data carries 3 separate set records under the name Swarmbreaker's 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.

• Swarmbreaker's Battleplate (set 3420) - 109 pieces - Warrior, Paladin, Death Knight
• Swarmbreaker's Battleplate (set 3422) - 72 pieces - Warrior, Paladin, Death Knight