[Cat] Cataclysm heroic drops by slot and by dungeon

This is a quick and dirty list of all the drops that come from the heroic dungeons. I did this mostly for me to be able to see where I should queue if I have a choice of doing only one or two dungeons a day. Note that there's almost no difference between pieces on this list and other pieces at the same ilvl, so don't worry too much about getting the best piece.

The list used.

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Cloak of Thredd - Deadmines

Twitching Shadows - BRC

Kaleki Cloak - Lost City

Cape of the Brotherhood - Deadmines

While there are a lot of options here, there are almost as many options outside of dungeons. There's the Revered Earthen Ring cloak and a cheap LW pattern cloak that are just as good, and one that's even better from Valor points. So don't run things just for this - it's a nice thing if it drops.

Chest:

Defias Brotherhood Vest - Deadmines

Vest of Misshapen Hides - Grim Batol

Hieroglyphic Vest - Halls of Origination

Another embarassment of riches here. The justice piece is also good, there's a great LW crafted piece and an even better T11 piece. There's even a reasonably competitive 333 piece from honored Hyjal. So don't bother running dungeons for just this slot.

Feet:

Crafty's Gaiters - Lost City

VanCleef's Boots - Deadmines

Boots of the Predator - SFK

These have much fewer rivals. There's only one vendor piece, and it's a valor cost. The next best thing is off of a long quest chain for Halls of Origination - and it's normal. This is a good one to go for if you want to go for something.

Finger:

Ring of Blinding Stars - HoO

Skullcracker Ring - BRC

Nautilus Ring - Throne of Tides

Ring of Dun Alguz - Grim Batol

Rings are always in short supply early on. While there's a good ring for exalted with Earthen Ring that's only one thing - and as you'll see you'll want to get exalted with Dragonmaw first. One of the best rings is a JC recipe, but those are going to be hard to get early on since they cost 4 chimera's eyes to make and 5 to acquire. A better choice is Therazane's revered ring, which you'll be going for rep-wise anyway (unless you're a scribe). So do try to get one of these and get the Therazane rep ring, with the aim to go for Earthen Ring later.

Hands:
Gloves of Haze - Vortex Pinnacle

Ouch. The best comes from Dragonmaw Exalted rep, but that might take a while. The next best is a justice point drop. Vortex Pinnacle doesn't have much, and I'd really aim for getting exalted with Dragonmaw - but if you're unlucky the JP purchase might be the best way to go. Hopefully you get lucky :)

Head

Helm of Numberless Shadows - Stonecore

Double ouch. The other option is a justice point drop. Well, or a trash drop from a raid, but chances are you won't be getting that any time soon. Stonecore is a good instance to run for this and for the weapon, so try to get this early. Otherwise it should be one of your earliest justice point purchases as it won't be wasted any time soon.

Legs:

Beauty's Chew Toy - BRC

Another low-drop slot with even less competition than the head - the only other piece is the justice point legs. Note that there are a lot of good 333-level quest rewards for legs and helm, so this might not be as huge an upgrade for you as other slots (notably the hands) - but this will not be wasted. Also BRC doesn't have that much to offer, making this even better.

Neck:

Pendant of the Lifeless Grotto - Stonecore

Mouth of the Earth - HoO

Not many dungeon drops, but all sorts of weird options abound. There are world drops that are super expensive but awesome, JC recipes (which are also expensive), a Guardians of Hyjal Revered purchase, a justice point purchase and another random BoE. While GoH doesn't have much going for it to get to revered, you might already be close to it if you did Hyjal - so consider doing that. Otherwise go to Stonecore.

Relic:

Sandshift Relic - BRC

Relic of Arathor - SFK

Forgot this category in the prior list...oops. So this makes BRC and SFK even tastier. The options you have are an inscription crafted item or the eventual valor purchase. This isn't a crucial slot, so I'd recommend just trying to get it as it comes in one of the two above dungeons.

Shoulders:

Caridean Epaulettes - ToT

Thieving Spaulders - SFK

Another set of short options. The justice point vendor is good for this if you don't get lucky, and there's almost nothing else. This might be a good thing to buy early since chances are you won't have a good set of shoulders from questing, though a decent entry level piece comes from a quest out of Lost City.

Trinket:

Grace of the Herald - BRC

Skardyn's Grace - Grim Batol

Tia's Grace - Lost City

Key to the Endless Chamber - Stonecore

Left eye of Rajh - HoO

The first two are certainly awesome. I'll go more into trinkets when we move into raids, but there's good reason to first go for the quest in Uldum and then go for BRC or Grim Batol.

Weapon

Darkling Staff - Stonecore

Seliza's Staff - Lost City

Berto's Staff - BRC

Ah, the real reason to do Stonecore - just like you did Violet Hold last expansion. There is a BoE that drops from a world boss, but it's likely that you won't be killing him any time soon. There's also a revered weapon from the Tol Barad dailies, but that will take a while to get just because of the daily limits. Finally, there's an absurdly expensive weapon from blacksmithing, but don't bother unless you really are loaded and want something now now now.

Waist:
Red Beam Cord - HoO

Yeah, not a lot of drops. HoO is good because of the sheer amount of bosses in it (and thus JP). But there are a lot of options for belts. There's the epic LW belt which will compete until you get to heroic raids. There's a JP belt as well. I'd personally go for the revered Ramkahen belt, since you want revered with Ramkahen to get your head enchant for cats anyway. Finally, there is a BoE belt from random guys in Uldum, but chances of this being around are rare.

Wrist:

Double Dealing Bracers - SFK

Poison Fang Bracers - HoO

This slot has almost no options. One of the 'best' is the PvP bracers from LW. Another is the normal version of Halls of Origination, but that's painful to do just for this (even if it drops from the first boss). So running SFK and HoO should be something of a priority until these drop.

In terms of dungeons, here's how I'd rank the priority of doing them.

Blackrock Caverns:

Twitching Shadows - BRC

Skullcracker Ring - BRC

Beauty's Chew Toy - BRC

Berto's Staff - BRC

Grace of the Herald - BRC

Sandshift Relic - BRC

Legs with no other drop competition, a weapon, a trinket and a ring? Awesome. Number one for me. Heck, it even drops the best relic!

Stonecore:

Helm of Numberless Shadows - Stonecore

Pendant of the Lifeless Grotto - Stonecore

Darkling Staff - Stonecore

Key to the Endless Chamber - Stonecore

A weapon, a neck, a helm without a drop replacement and a trinket make this a really high choice for me.

Lost City:

Kaleki Cloak - Lost City

Crafty's Gaiters - Lost City

Seliza's Staff - Lost City

Tia's Grace - Lost City

Boots, a decent trinket and a weapon are good reasons to do this one. This gets the nod over HoO simply because of the importance of getting a weapon.

Halls of Origination:

Hieroglyphic Vest - Halls of Origination

Ring of Blinding Stars - HoO

Mouth of the Earth - HoO

Red Beam Cord - HoO

Poison Fang Bracers - HoO

Left eye of Rajh - HoO

So much stuff! There's nothing insane here, but there's a ring, bracers, an okay trinket, and a belt if you don't get the rep one.

SFK:

Boots of the Predator - SFK

Thieving Spaulders - SFK

Double Dealing Bracers - SFK

Relic of Arathor - SFK

Boots and bracers are both hard to come by replacements. The shoulders aren't bad either. Not amazingly great, but definitely good. The relic doesn't hurt matters either.

Deadmines:

Cloak of Thredd - Deadmines

Cape of the Brotherhood - Deadmines

Defias Brotherhood Vest - Deadmines

VanCleef's Boots - Deadmines

While cloaks and chests are easy to come by, boots are not. Plus this is a fun, fun dungeon. Still, it does take a while and is a beast to pug.

Grim Batol:

Vest of Misshapen Hides - Grim Batol

Ring of Dun Alguz - Grim Batol

Skardyn's Grace - Grim Batol

The trinket is the only super awesome piece here.

Throne of the Tides:

Nautilus Ring - Throne of Tides

Caridean Epaulettes - ToT

I wanted to be excited about this because it's a great instance, but honestly? Skip it. It takes a while and there just isn't that much stuff there.

Vortex Pinnacle:

Gloves of Haze - Vortex Pinnacle

While gloves are hard to get a replacement for, that there's only one drop at all is bothersome. It's a somewhat fast dungeon but not very pug-friendly.