August 1, 2019 October 15, 2022

Wizard101 Best Level 130 Death Gear

Last updated 6/13/2020 (updated Road Warrior wand to level 130)

What’s the best Death gear at max level (currently level 130)? We’ve seen this question many times, so we’ve provided our recommendations about the best Death gear below, in a format to help you compare options.

We’ll take a moment to review our criteria first, since the “best” Death gear depends on your role and objectives.

Our Criteria
Gear Sets
Recommendations by Gear Type
1. Hats
2. Robes
3. Boots
4. Wands
5. Athames
6. Amulets
7. Rings
8. Decks
9. Mounts
Sample Builds

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Our Criteria

We consider the gear listed below the best max level death 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 death 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.

Death Gear Set Bonuses of Interest

Death Gear Set Bonuses of Interest

Dragoon’s Deadly Set

Best Death Hats

For balanced hats, we prioritize universal resist.

Recommended Death Hats

Reminder: Other Death hats of interest are listed in the next tab.

Recommended Damage & Critical

Dragoon’s Deadly Helm

Drop from Fellspawn and Crafted (Recipe from Zasha Emberforge)

Alternative Damage

Deathly Paradox Conical

Drop from Astral Forest and Storm Titan Chest

Recommended Balanced

Krokopatra Oblivion Fez

Drop from Krokopatra Exalted Duel

Alternative Balanced

Death Lord’s Veil of Woe

Drop from Darkmoor Graveyard

Highest Damage

Zamunda Tribal Helm (Level 130+)

Zafaria Safari Hoard Pack

Highest Critical

Mantis Cowl of Lamentation

Crafted: Recipe from Kazidan the KeenEye in Sardonyx

Highest Critical

Mask of Elegies

Crown Shop

Other Death Hats of Interest

Alternative Damage & Critical

Vanguard’s Deadly Helm

Drop from Fellspawn & King Detritus and Crafted (Zasha Emberforge)

Recommended Damage & Critical

Soldier’s Deadly Helm

Drop from King Detritus (and possibly others)

Alternative Damage (and good Critical)

Alphoi Warrior Helm

Crafted: Recipe from Romar in Nimbus Citadel