Wizard101 Best Level 130 Life Gear
Last updated 6/13/2020 (updated Road Warrior wand to level 130)
What’s the best Life gear at max level (currently level 130)? We’ve seen this question many times, so we’ve provided our recommendations about the best Life gear below, in a format to help you compare options.
We’ll take a moment to review our criteria first, since the “best” life gear depends on your role and objectives.
Looking for the best gear for other schools?
Our Criteria
We consider the gear listed below the best max level life gear if your wizard is:
- Questing by yourself (solo)
- Questing in a group & playing the role of a hitter, or
- Playing PvP in an offensive or traditional role
If you are questing in a group and playing a support role (i.e., buffing the wizard that is going to hit and/or healing) or if you are playing a very defensive PvP strategy, we assume you are more interested in global resist and outgoing healing. We suggest that you check out Cody’s guide on gear with the best outgoing healing, as it includes several high-resist life gear options as well.
There are three types of recommendations, depending on your focus:
1. Damage Focus
Typically used against opponents with high block, such as bosses.
- Primary objective is to maximize damage
- Secondary objectives are power pips, accuracy and pierce
2. Critical Focus
Typically used against opponents with low block, such as mobs. Some PvP builds focus on high critical as well.
- Primary objective is critical
- Secondary objectives are damage, power pips and accuracy
3. Balanced
Typically used in PvP or against bosses that hit hard (e.g., Storm Titan anyone?):
- Primary objective is to provide decent damage and several helpful stats, including universal resist, power pips, accuracy, pierce and important jewel sockets
- Many balanced items contain some critical, although it’s typically not a “critical” objective (pun intended)
Gear Set Bonuses
Gear set bonuses provide stats in addition to whatever stats the gear provides, based on how many pieces of that set you’re wearing. We list relevant bonuses here so you can consider them when selecting gear for your Wizard.
Life Gear Set Bonuses of Interest
Dragoon’s Vibrant Set
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Best Life Hats
For balanced hats, we prioritize universal resist.
Recommended Life Hats
Reminder: Other Life hats of interest are listed in the next tab.
Other Life Hats of Interest
Alternative Damage & Critical
Soldier’s Vibrant Helm
Drop from King Detritus (and possibly others)
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Best Life Robes
For balanced robes, we prioritize universal resist.
Recommended Life Robes
Reminder: Other Life robes of interest are listed in the next tab.
Recommended Damage, Critical & Balanced (damage & critical focus)
Ornate Light Brigade Armor
Drop from Corporal Tenni’syn
Recommended Damage, Critical & Balanced (accuracy focus)
Undying Malistaire’s Tunic
Drop from Darkmoor Graveyard
Highest Damage
Royal Fusilier’s Dress Coat (Level 130+)
Yuletide Pack
Other Life Robes of Interest
Alternative Damage & Critical (with Outgoing Healing)
Zeus’ War Eagle Raiment
Drop from Hades the Unseen
Alternative Damage & Balanced
Darkwraith’s Shroud of Penance (Level 120+)
Nightmare Pack
Alternative Damage, Critical & Pierce
Glorious Avenger’s Armor (Level 100+)
Phoenix Hoard Pack
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Best Life Boots
For balanced boots, we prioritize universal resist.
Recommended Life Boots
Reminder: Other Life boots of interest are listed in the next tab.
Recommended Damage, Critical & Balanced
Dragoon’s Vibrant Boots
Drop from Fellspawn and Crafted (Recipe from Zasha Emberforge)
Alternative Balanced (with Accuracy)
Silent Knight’s Snowboots (Level 130+)
Winter Wonder Pack
Other Life Boots of Interest
Alternative Damage, Critical & Balanced
stats slightly less than Vanguard Boots
Soldier’s Vibrant Boots
Drop from Prince Viggor (and possibly others)
Alternative Balanced (with block & pierce)
Undying Malistaire’s Boots
Drop from Darkmoor Graveyard
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Best Life Wands
For balanced wands, we prioritize pierce and critical.
Recommended Life Wands
Reminder: Other Life wands of interest are listed in the next tab.
Alternative Damage (with Pierce)
Zander’s Focused Staff
Crafted: Recipe from Ignus Ferric
Alternative Damage (with Critical)
Dragoon’s Vibrant Broadsword
Drop from Fellspawn and Crafted (Recipe from Zasha Emberforge)
Alternative Damage (with Critical)
Nimbari Praetor Scimitar (Level 130+)
Nimbari Hoard Pack
Other Life Wands of Interest
Alternative Damage (with Critical)
Wysteria Warrior’s Longsword (Level 130+)
Wysteria Lore Pack
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Best Life Athames
For balanced athames, we prioritize power pips and two circle slots (typically for pierce or critical jewels).
Recommended Life Athames
Reminder: Other Life athames of interest are listed in the next tab.
Recommended Damage and Balanced
The Dark Woman’s Dagger
Drop from Morganthe
Alternative Balanced (Health & Block)
Dragoon’s Vibrant Dagger
Drop from Fellspawn and Crafted (Recipe from Zasha Emberforge)
Recommended Critical (PvP Only)
Duelist’s Fatal Razor (Level 100+)
Sold by Brandon Mistborn
Other Life Athames of Interest
Alternative Balanced (with one less Circle Jewel slot)
Blade of the Felled Titan
Drop from Cronus
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Best Life Amulets
For balanced amulets, we prioritize pierce, universal resist, critical and helpful item cards.
Recommended Life Amulets
Reminder: Other Life amulets of interest are listed in the next tab.
Recommended Balanced
Jewel of the Shadow Web
Drop from Morganthe
Recommended Resist & Health (and 4-pip AoE)
Dragoon’s Vibrant Charm
Drop from Fellspawn and Crafted (Recipe from Zasha Emberforge)
Recommended Damage
None!
Maybe KI doesn’t realize Life Wizards can hit? 🙂
Other Life Amulets of Interest
Alternative Resist & Health
Rasputin’s Charm of Exertion
Drop by Rasputin
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Best Life Rings
For balanced rings, we prioritize power pips and a ciricle jewel slot (typically for pierce or critical jewels).
Recommended Life Rings
Reminder: Other Life rings of interest are listed in the next tab.
Recommended Damage and Balanced
Ring of the Usurper
Drop from Aphrodite II
Recommended Pierce (PvP only)
Duelist Daredevil Ring (Level 100+)
Sold by Brandon Mistborn
Highest Damage and Critical (PvP only)
Duelist Daredevil Ring (Level 130+)
Sold by Brandon Mistborn
Other Life Rings of Interest
Alternative Critical & Damage
Soldier’s Vibrant Ring
Drop from the Devourer
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Best Life Decks
For balanced decks, we prioritize a triangle socket, critical, and max copies.
Recommended Life Decks
Reminder: Other Life decks of interest are listed in the next tab.
Recommended Balanced (Size & Copies)
Luphilim’s Rapture Deck
Drop from Omen Stribog
Alternative Balanced (Copies)
Rasputin’s Set of Fortitude
Drop from Rasputin
Highest Copies
Tatyana’s Deck of Salvation
Crafted: Recipe Sold by Harker
Highest Damage (Treasure Cards only)
- Sideboard 64
- 500 Health
- 10% Life Damage
- 150 Flat Death Resist
- Power pip
Death Deckathalete’s Deck 10
Crafted: Recipe Sold by Kara Runewright during Death Deckathalon
Alternative Balanced (PvP only)
Duelist’s Devil-May-Care Deck (Level 130)
Sold by Brandon Mistborn
Other Life Decks of Interest
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Best Life Mounts
Recommended Life Mounts
Reminder: Other Life mounts of interest are listed in the next tab.
Other Life Mounts of Interest
Alternative Pierce
Festive Fox
Crowns Shop (Christmas only)
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Suggestions & Sample Builds
We provide gear suggestions for questing and PvP below. If you feel like we’ve missed an important gear piece, please let us know in the comments.
We also calculate the highest damage possible, as well as the highest damage possible with 100% critical. If you identify a way to get it higher, please share it and we’ll update the guide so it’s as accurate as possible for everyone else.
Suggested Gear for Questing (PvE)
- Hat
- Damage & Critical focus
- Dragoon’s Vibrant Helm or Lively Paradox Conical
- Balanced
- Krokopatra Vigor Fez or Cowl of Undying Malistaire
- Robe
- Ornate Light Brigade Armor, Undying Malistaire’s Tunic, or Bonesmasher Robe of Zeal
- Boots
- Wand
- Damage & Critical focus
- Admiral’s Boarding Hook and others
- Critical focus
- Tormentor’s Skullsplitter
- Damage focus
- Ebony Pandamonium Jian, Zander’s Focused Staff and others
- Athame
- Spirit of Darkmoor’s Thorn or The Dark Woman’s Dagger
- Amulet
- Jewel of the Shadow Web (for item blades), Dragoon’s Vibrant Charm (for 4-pip AoEs) or Spirit of Darkmoor’s Jewel
- Ring
- Damage & Critical focus
- Damage and Power Pip focus
- Deck
- Lively Paradox Deck and others
- Mount
Suggested Gear for PvP
- Hat
- Health & Set Bonus
- Balanced
- Krokopatra Vigor Fez or Cowl of Undying Malistaire
- Robe
- Health & Set Bonus
- Balanced
- Turquoise Eagle’s Raiment, Ornate Light Brigade Armor, Undying Malistaire’s Tunic or Bonesmasher Robe of Zeal
- Boots
- Wand
- Set Bonus
- Dragoon’s Vibrant Broadsword
- Damage & Critical focus
- Admiral’s Boarding Hook and others
- Athame
- Health and Set Bonus
- Balanced
- Spirit of Darkmoor’s Thorn or The Dark Woman’s Dagger
- Amulet
- Health and Set Bonus
- Balanced
- Spirit of Darkmoor’s Jewel
- Ring
- Critical and Set Bonus
- Pierce
- Duelist’s Daredevil Ring (Level 100+)
- Deck
- Lively Paradox Deck (for stats), Luphilum’s Rapture Deck (for max copies) and others
- Mount
- Damage
- Pierce
- Vulpine Avenger or Clockwork Courser
Highest Possible Damage
Note: Excludes Death Deckathlete’s Decks, which can add up to 10% Life Damage if you’re only using Treasure Cards.
168% Life Damage:
- Hat: Drum Jungle Tribal Helm (26% Universal Damage)
- Robe: Royal Fusilier’s Coat (26% Universal Damage)
- Boots: Sinister Harlequin Shoes (31% Universal Damage)
- Wand: Ebony Pandamonium Jian (20% Universal Damage)
- Athame: The Dark Woman’s Dagger (17% Life Damage)
- Amulet: Any (0% Damage)
- Ring: Ring of the Usurper (12% Universal Damage)
- Deck: Cell of Survival (1% Life Damage)
- Mount: Life Ghulture (3% Life Damage)
- Pet (max stats): With Life-Dealer, Life-Giver, Life-Boon, Pain-Giver, Pain Bringer, Mighty Jewel (21% Life Damage; 11% Universal Damage)
- Gear Set Bonus: None
100% Critical and Max Damage
Note: Excludes Death Deckathlete’s Decks (if you’re only using Treasure Cards, higher damage may be possible with it).
846 Life Critical (100%) and 141% Life Damage:
- Hat: Dragoon’s Vibrant Helm (152 Life Critical; 24% Life Damage)
- Robe: Charred Nirini Robe (120 Universal Critical; 15% Universal Damage)
- Boots: Dragoon’s Vibrant Boots (126 Life Critical; 30% Life Damage)
- Wand: Admiral’s Boarding Hook (120 Universal Critical; 17% Universal Damage)
- Athame: The Dark Woman’s Dagger with 2 Sparkling Life Critical Jewels (36 Life Critical; 17% Life Damage)
- Amulet: Spirit of Darkmoor’s Jewel (35 Universal Critical)
- Ring: Dragoon’s Vibrant Ring with 1 Sparkling Life Critical Jewel (119 Life Critical; 10% Life Damage)
- Deck: Lively Paradox Deck (49 Life Critical)
- Mount: Life Ghulture (3% Life Damage)
- Pet (max stats): With Life-Dealer, Life-Giver, Pain-Giver, Life Assailant, Life Striker, Critical Striker (58 Life Critical; 31 Universal Critical; 16% Life Damage; 6% Universal Damage)
- Gear Set Bonus: 3 pieces of Dragoon’s Vibrant Set (3% Life Damage)
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Any alternative perspectives on best life gear? Let us know in the comments!
Do you have screenshots for any of the life gear we are missing? Please email them to finalbastion@gmail.com. Thank you!