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 50 pieces are Bind on Pickup.
Pieces
50
Slots covered
Head x8, Shoulder x6, Chest x8, Wrist x6, Hands x7, Waist x5, Legs x4, Feet x6
Binding
Bind on Pickup (30), Bind on Equip (20)
Expansion
Mists of Pandaria
Set type
Original
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
1 of this set's 50 pieces drop from 1 encounter in Temple of the Jade Serpent. The rest come from vendors, quests, crafting or world drops, which the dungeon journal does not record.
1 boss in Temple of the Jade Serpent drop pieces of this set. Each instance below carries its Adventure Guide entry, where its entrance is, and what each boss drops.
Rising high above the east coast of Pandaria, the Temple of the Jade Serpent stands as a sacred monument to the legendary pandaren emperor Shaohao's victory over the Sha of Doubt thousands of years ago. Recently, a disastrous conflict in the Jade Forest unleashed the sha, and several of the entities have raided the temple's most treasured stores of wisdom and knowledge.
The entrance is in The Jade Forest at 56.2, 57.9 (/way #371 56.2 57.9).
Temple of the Jade Serpent entrance
Wise Mari drops 1 piece of this set (Chest) on Normal, Heroic, Mythic Keystone and Timewalking. Adventure Guide map pin: 44.5, 19.3 on the Temple of the Jade Serpent map. The revered jinyu waterspeaker Wise Mari has found knowledge and foresight countless times in the Fountain of the Everseeing. But when the Sha of Doubt corrupted the familiar currents, Mari was overwhelmed with limitless distrust and suspicion.
Set Bonus
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
Versions and Companion Sets
The game links 2 other versions to Swarmbreaker's Battleplate, each labelled the way the collection journal labels it. This page is the Original version.
20 pieces of Swarmbreaker's Battleplate can be listed on the Auction House (they do not bind on pickup); 12 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.
Swarmbreaker's Battleplate exists as 3 set records in the game data. The version we index for this name is set 3421; this page covers one of the other records.
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Temple of the Jade Serpent entrance