Tier 1
The tier 1 eight-piece epic armor set is found from bosses and trash mobs in the Molten Core. Each set's bracers and belt are Bind on Equip, and thus they can be traded. See Molten Core loot and the individual set articles for more information as to where each piece may drop.
Before patch 1.4, tier 2 also dropped in Molten Core. At the time, the numeric "tier X" nomenclature was not widespread, so the armor sets were generally referred to as "lower tier" and "higher tier". Tier 2 was readded to the game with Blackwing Lair two months later in patch 1.6.
Due to frequent complaints of often looting "useless" druid or warlock gear, Blizzard implemented the "quest loot" concept for raids after Blackwing Lair (starting in patch 1.7 with Zul'Gurub). With quest loot, bosses drop a token limited to three or four classes that would be turned in alongside other reagents and often also requires a high reputation standing with various factions. Quest loot was further refined in Burning Crusade to the "loot token" concept, which did not require completing quests or turning in reagents.
Sets
Source
| Slot | Boss |
|---|---|
| Head | Garr |
| Shoulders | Sulfuron Harbinger (    )
|
Baron Geddon (     )
| |
| Chest | Golemagg the Incinerator |
| Wrist | Trash mobs[1] |
| Hands | Lucifron ()
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| Gehennas ()
| |
| Shazzrah (
| |
| Waist | Trash mobs[1] |
| Legs | Magmadar |
| Feet | Lucifron ()
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| Gehennas ()
| |
| Shazzrah ()
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- ^ a b Any trash mob in the instance can drop any wrist or waist piece of Tier 1. In addition, these pieces are Bind on Equip, rather than Bind on Pickup, and can be traded or sold on the Auction House.
See Molten Core loot for details.
Gallery
T1 Druid - Cenarion
T1 Hunter - Giantstalker
T1 Mage - Arcanist
T1 Paladin - Lawbringer
T1 Priest - Prophecy
T1 Rogue - Nightslayer
T1 Shaman - Earthfury
T1 Warlock - Felheart
T1 Warrior - Might
In Hearthstone
In Hearthstone, each of the nine original classes have a hero skin depicting the class's default hero wearing tier 1.
Patch changes
Patch 1.6.0 (2005-07-12):
- Art updated on the Felheart, Cenarion, Giantstalker, and Earthfury sets.
- Felheart Skullcap renamed to
[Felheart Horns] to match the new art.
- Patch 1.5.0 (2005-06-07):
- Stats, effects, and set bonuses updated on the Arcanist, Prophecy, Felheart, Cenarion, Nightslayer, Giantstalker, Earthfury, Might, and Lawbringer sets.
- Art updated on the
[Arcanist Crown] and the Nightslayer and Lawbringer sets.
- Patch 1.4.0 (2005-04-19):
- Art updated on the
[Circlet of Prophecy] and the Battlegear of Might set. Other class sets will receive updated art in future patches. - Prior to this patch, Molten Core boss creatures could drop items from one of two different tiered sets for every character class. The loot tables have been changed so Molten Core bosses will now only drop items from the lower tier class sets. However, some of the items from those sets were not previously dropping in Molten Core. These missing class set items will now drop in Molten Core, allowing players to complete their lower tier class sets. The higher tier class set pieces that once dropped in Molten Core will be found once again in Blackwing Lair, the next raiding zone scheduled for release in a future patch.
- Art updated on the
- Patch 1.3.0 (2005-03-07): Several dungeon and raid sets have been updated with their non-placeholder textures, including the Prophecy and Arcanist's sets. Future patches will update more dungeon and raid sets.
- Patch 1.1.0 (2004-11-07): Added.
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