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Gear Set Bonuses


Test Realm came online and with it, a feature for players who love optimizing their stats: gear set bonuses. This isn’t a foreign concept, in fact it’s a common motif in other MMOs. Even when players farmed for their (original) Malistaire robe, some daydreamed about the possibility of these bonuses. They asked, “What if wearing a full gearset gave me more than the sum of the individual parts?” This is exactly what a set bonus will do for you today!

How Do These Bonuses Work?


It’s simple! First, equip 2 or more pieces of the same set. Then you gain a stat bonus based on how many pieces of that set you’re wearing. These stats are given in addition to whatever benefits your equipment usually provides. Also, wearing more pieces of a certain set, activates more bonuses for your character!

How Do I See These Set Bonuses?


With the new item interface, you can see if an item is part of a set when you encounter the not-flashy-at-all purple letters plainly telling you the set’s name.

By clicking on the new Adjustment button on the left side, you can then see what bonuses that set currently grants you. Also included are the other bonuses you may unlock by equipping further pieces.

Which Gear Sets Have Bonuses So Far?


Being a new feature, only a few gear sets have bonus at this time. However, that number is sure to grow very soon. These are some of the more notable sets that will the use the set bonus feature when the test realm hits live.

Dragoon’s (Catacombs Gear)
Full set composed of Hat, Robe, Boots, Wand, Athame, Amulet and Ring

Road Warrior’s Hoard Pack
Set composed of Hat, Robe, Boots, Wand and Pet

Since the release of these bonuses, many more gear sets have received them. Including world gear (Krokotopia gear, Celestia gear), Pack gear (Primeval Hoard, Cerberus Master), and Bundle gear (Candied Isles, Arcane Express), with many more sure to come.

Are they worth it?


Although the sample size we’ve received is small, the feature appears that it will be a crucial factor in gear choice. Currently the most readily available set bonuses will, of course, be from the Dragoon’s gear. The 7 school specific Dragoon’s sets are already among the most popular pieces of gear in the current game due to their very pushed base stats. Furthermore, this gear is already a major contributor in PvP, so when the set bonuses come Live, expect to see this effect exacerbated.

Players only using 2-3 pieces will get to enjoy some sweet additional accuracy, damage, and pip chance. Those who take a step further might be tempted to strive for the 5-piece bonus where the +12% Power Pip Chance will help them compensate for the lack of pips on the ring and athame.

The Road Warrior sets, while not impressive at first sight, can also prove to be a simpler and equally formidable combo made of just 2 pieces: the popular pack wand with its matching pet, which enables a 3% Resist bonus. This may prove very useful for jade wizards looking to have universal immunity! 😉

Perhaps it would be in KI’s best interest to have a Throwback Thursday to the Road Warrior’s Hoard Pack around the time this update comes Live…

Gear Sets Moving Forward


According to Kingsisle, further set bonuses are going to be added over time as new equipment come out. It’s unclear whether they intend to review old gear and add set bonuses to them. However, developers have confirmed Darkmoor sets will not receive a set bonus.

Regarding what future set bonuses might look like, the possibilities for them are as vast as for the equipment that enables them. Set bonuses can manifest in a variety of ways, giving both cumulative stats (like our current set bonuses do) or alternating stats where each new tier gives a different benefit than the previous one.

Set bonuses can also provide anything equipment does, including cards and maycasts, making for a vast ocean of possibilities.

What’s YOUR take on this new feature?
How do you like the set bonuses already available to us?
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Ravino

Ravino's been playing both Wizard101 as Jonathan DeathShield since 2008 and also has been around Pirate101 since its Beta days. Though mostly an introvert he is one of the most knowledgeable players around the community and is especially interested in pvp, housing and the games' lore and design.

22 COMMENTS

  • Does anyone know if I can craft and equip my Ice Wizard with the Dragoon’s (Universal) Broadsword, and still count toward my Ice Equipment Bonus? Thanks

    • I don’t think so. The universal gear counts towards the “Dragonspyre Dragoon’s Set” and the ice gear counts towards the “Dragoon’s Icy Set”.

  • can you update this with the new set bonuses for celestia/krok and the new pack “primeval hoard pack”

  • The road warrior set bonus allows ice and balance to be immune to damage. You just need the pet and wand. Ice gets 101 resistance and balance gets 100. Nice.

  • What pet goes with the thunder set!

    • I believe it is the Tailstorm Pantera

  • In Krokotopia, the Hall servant dropped a Krokotipian Modus and Krokotipian Kaftan, parts of a lvl 15 set.

    • There seems to be one set for each school in Krokotopia which include the Ra wands and one set for each school in Celestia which include the Briskbreeze rings (that are no longer “No Trade”).

      • The Sokkwi Ripper drops the boots, Krotopian Striders

  • Kinda unhappy that I spent the time to craft Dragoon and then use it to get to Vanguard… which does not have a bonus. Maybe it will someday?

  • I put the road fury set on my life wizard: death metal skull wand, road warrior chopper mount and the road hog pet just to test this. Set bonus shows nothing. Just says “set bonus available”

  • there’s so a krokotopian (school) set dropped by keeper of the fang

  • I got the celestian totality set. it has 6 items, but i only have the robe and the spell deck so far. its level 50+

  • I got a robe from Krokotopia that says it’s part of the “Krokotopian Set”
    It’s called “Krokotopian Kaftan” and it’s not listed on the Wiki, so I think it must be a new piece?

    • Hi Melissa! Can you send a picture of the item stats and the stat bonuses please? We’d love to check it out!

  • If i dont see a darkmoor set bonus i will be so peeved

    • Devs confirmed that there won’t be one.

  • there is a ring dropped in briskbreeze tower that is part of a school specific set but that’s the only piece I could find

  • I think some good gear sets that could use this feature include: Olympus sets, kembaalubg sets, barkingham sets and all the hear sets that drop from final bosses of every world :nightshade, krokopatra etc). I have not reached lvl 60 yet so I’m speaking from a low lvl wizard perspective.

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