Wizard101 Best Level 130 Balance Gear
Last updated 6/13/2020 (added minor update of Undersea Enchantment Boots)
What’s the best gear for a max level Balance Wizard (currently level 130)? We’ve seen this question many times, so we’ve provided our recommendations below, in a format to help you compare options.
We’ll take a moment to review our criteria first, since the “best” 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 for a max level Balance Wizard if you are:
- 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 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.
Balance Gear Set Bonuses of Interest
Dragoon’s Balanced Set
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Best Balance Hats
For balanced hats, we prioritize universal resist.
Recommended Balance Hats
Reminder: Other Balance hats of interest are listed in the next tab.
Other Balance Hats of Interest
Alternative Damage and Critical
Soldier’s Balanced Helm
Drop from King Detritus (and possibly others)
Highest Critical
Paladin’s Helm of Virtue
Crown Shop
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Best Balance Robes
For balanced robes, we prioritize universal resist.
Recommended Balance Robes
Reminder: Other Balance robes of interest are listed in the next tab.
Recommended Damage, Critical & Balanced (damage & critical focus)
Virtuous Light Brigade Armor
Drop from Corporal Tenni’syn
Recommended Damage, Critical & Balanced (accuracy focus)
Drape of the Exalted One
Drop from Darkmoor Graveyard
Alternative Balanced (health & block)
Dragoon’s Balanced Armor
Drop from Fellspawn and Crafted (Recipe from Zasha Emberforge)
Highest Damage (and good Pierce)
Royal Fusilier’s Dress Coat (Level 130+)
Yuletide Pack
Other Balance Robes of Interest
Alternative Damage & Balanced
Darkwraith’s Shroud of Penance (Level 120+)
Nightmare Pack
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Best Balance Boots
For balanced boots, we prioritize universal resist.
Recommended Balance Boots
Reminder: Other Balance boots of interest are listed in the next tab.
Recommended Damage, Critical & Balanced
Dragoon’s Balanced Boots
Drop from Fellspawn and Crafted (Recipe from Zasha Emberforge)
Alternative Balanced (with accuracy)
Silent Knight’s Snowboots (Level 130+)
Winter Wonder Pack
Other Balance Boots of Interest
Alternative Damage, Critical & Balanced
stats slightly below Vanguard Boots
Soldier’s Balanced Boots
Drop from Prince Viggor (and possibly others)
Alternative Balanced (with Block & Pierce)
Sabatons of the Exalted One
Drop from Darkmoor Graveyard
Highest Pierce
Headbanger’s Spiked Boots (Level 100)
Drop from Patt Minotaur
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Best Balance Wands
For balanced wands, we prioritize pierce and critical.
Recommended Balance Wands
Reminder: Other Balance wands of interest are listed in the next tab.
Alternative Damage
- 75 Universal Critical
- 240 Universal Pip Conversion
- 22% Balance Damage
- 19% Life Damage
- Power Pip
Haunted Captain’s Steel (Level 130+)
Pirate Nightmare Pack
Alternative Damage (with Pierce)
Jaki’s Focused Bow
Crafted: Recipe from Ignus Ferric
Alternative Damage (with Critical)
Dragoon’s Balanced Broadsword
Drop from Fellspawn and Crafted (Recipe from Zasha Emberforge)
Other Balance Wands of Interest
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Best Balance Athames
For balanced athames, we prioritize power pips and two circle slots (typically for pierce or critical jewels).
Recommended Balance Athames
Reminder: Other Balance athames of interest are listed in the next tab.
Recommended Damage and Balanced
Athame of the Chosen One
Drop from Morganthe
Alternative Balanced (Health and Block)
Dragoon’s Balanced 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 Balance Athames of Interest
Alternative Balanced (with one less Circle Jewel slot)
Blade of the Felled Titan
Drop from Cronus
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Best Balance Amulets
For balanced amulets, we prioritize pierce, universal resist, critical and helpful item cards.
Recommended Balance Amulets
Reminder: Other Balance amulets of interest are listed in the next tab.
Recommended Balanced
Morganthe’s Shadow of Amber
Drop from Morganthe
Recommended Resist
Jarilo’s Talisman of Decorum
Drop by Rasputin
Recommended Damage
- 95 Health
- 2% Balance Damage
- 1 Balanceblade Item Card
Scales of Justice Charm
Drop from Moh’Lharz
Other Balance Amulets of Interest
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Best Balance Rings
For balanced rings, we prioritize power pips and a ciricle jewel slot (typically for pierce or critical jewels).
Recommended Balance Rings
Reminder: Other Balance rings of interest are listed in the next tab.
Recommended Damage and Balanced
Signet of Carpathes
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 Balance Rings of Interest
Alternative Critical & Damage
Soldier’s Balanced Ring
Drop from the Devourer
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Best Balance Decks
For balanced decks, we prioritize a triangle socket, critical, and max copies.
Recommended Balance Decks
Reminder: Other Balance decks of interest are listed in the next tab.
Recommended Balanced (Size & Copies)
Luphilim’s Valiant Set
Drop from Omen Stribog
Alternative Balanced (Copies)
Rasputin’s Bevy of Answers
Drop from Rasputin
Highest Copies
Lovelorn Spirit’s Set of Woe with Triangle Socket
Crafted: Recipe Sold by Harker
Highest Critical (PvP only)
Duelist’s Devil-May-Care Deck (Level 130)
Sold by Brandon Mistborn
Other Balance Decks of Interest
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Best Balance Mounts
Recommended Balance Mounts
Reminder: Other Balance mounts of interest are listed in the next tab.
Alternative Pierce
Festive Fox
Crowns Shop (Christmas only)
Other Balance Mounts of Interest
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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 Balanced Helm or Balanced Paradox Conical
- Balanced
- Masque of the Exalted One or Krokopatra Justice Fez
- Robe
- Virtuous Light Brigade Armor, Drape of the Exalted One or Bonesmasher Robe of Poise
- Boots
- Wand
- Damage & Critical focus
- Admiral’s Boarding Hook and others
- Critical focus
- Damage focus
- White Pandamonium Jian, Savannah Spear and Shield, Haunted Captain’s Steel, Zamunda Spear and Shield, Jaki’s Focused Bow and others
- Athame
- Athame of the Dark Usurper or Athame of the Chosen One
- Amulet
- Morganthe’s Shadow of Amber (for item blades) or Travelling Dead’s Charm
- Ring
- Damage & Critical focus
- Damage and Power Pip focus
- Deck
- Balanced Paradox Deck and others
- Mount
- Balance Ghulture, Battle Havox or Battle Narwhal
Suggested Gear for PvP
- Hat
- Health & Set Bonus
- Balanced
- Masque of the Exalted One or Krokopatra Justice Fez
- Robe
- Health & Set Bonus
- Balanced
- Turquoise Eagle’s Raiment, Virtuous Light Brigade Armor, Drape of the Exalted One or Bonesmasher Robe of Poise
- Boots
- Wand
- Set Bonus
- Dragoon’s Balanced Broadsword
- Damage & Critical focus
- Admiral’s Boarding Hook and others
- Athame
- Health and Set Bonus
- Dragoon’s Balanced Dagger
- Balanced
- Athame of the Dark Usurper or Athame of the Chosen One
- Amulet
- Health and Set Bonus
- Balanced
- Ring
- Critical and Set Bonus
- Pierce
- Duelist’s Daredevil Ring (Level 100+)
- Deck
- Balanced Paradox Deck (for stats), Luphilum’s Valiant Set (for max copies) and others
- Mount
- Vulpine Avenger or Clockwork Courser
Highest Possible Damage
173% Balance Damage:
- Hat: Savannah Tribal Helm (27% Balance Damage)
- Robe: Royal Fusilier’s Dress Coat (26% Universal Damage)
- Boots: Savannah Tribal Boots (32% Balance Damage)
- Wand: White Pandamonium Jian (22% Balance Damage)
- Athame: Athame of the Chosen One (17% Balance Damage)
- Amulet: House of Scales Talisman (2% Balance Damage)
- Ring: Signet of Carpathes (12% Universal Damage)
- Deck: Limeblight’s Gallery (1% Balance Damage)
- Mount: Balance Ghulture (2% Universal Damage)
- Pet (max stats): With Balance-Dealer, Balance-Giver, Balance-Boon, Pain-Giver, Pain Bringer, Mighty Jewel (21% Balance Damage; 11% Universal Damage)
- Gear Set Bonus: None
100% Critical and Max Damage
838 Balance Critical (100%) and 144% Balance Damage:
- Hat: Dragoon’s Balanced Helm (155 Balance Critical; 25% Balance Damage)
- Robe: Glorious Avenger’s Armor (80 Universal Critical; 23% Universal Damage)
- Boots: Dragoon’s Balanced Boots (129 Balance Critical; 30% Balance Damage)
- Wand: Admiral’s Boarding Hook (120 Universal Critical; 17% Universal Damage)
- Athame: Athame of the Chosen One with 2 Sparkling Balance Critical Jewels (36 Balance Critical; 17% Balance Damage)
- Amulet: Travelling Dead’s Charm (35 Universal Critical)
- Ring: Dragoon’s Balanced Ring with 1 Sparkling Balance Critical Jewel (121 Balance Critical; 10% Balance Damage)
- Deck: Balanced Paradox Deck (50 Balance Critical)
- Mount: Balance Ghulture (2% Universal Damage)
- Pet (max stats): With Balance-Dealer, Pain-Giver, Balance Assailant, Balance Striker, Critical Striker, Critical Hitter (58 Balance Critical; 54 Universal Critical; 10% Balance Damage; 6% Universal Damage)
- Gear Set Bonus: 3 pieces of Dragoon’s Balanced Set (4% Balance Damage)
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