Naxxramas Frost Resistance GuideSapphiron Boss Encounter Guide
However, standing before him is the great undead frost dragon, Sapphiron. Sapphiron's encounter deals consistent Frost Damage, in which players will want to collect Frost Resistance gear to help mitigate it.
Gearing Up Before Entering Naxxramas
There is a limited amount of Frost Resistance gear that you can obtain before setting foot inside the floating necropolis. Every Tier 2 helmet, which can be obtained from defeating Onyxia, Broodmother of the Black Dragonflight in Azeroth:
Bloodfang Hood
Dragonstalker's Helm
Halo of Transcendence
Helm of Wrath
Helmet of Ten Storms
Judgement Crown
Nemesis Skullcap
Netherwind Crown
Stormrage Cover
Players who obtained Exalted with either the Stormpike Guard or Frostwolf Clan have an easy +10 Frost Resistance trinket with Frostwolf Insignia Rank 6/Stormpike Insignia Rank 6. Another trinket also exists, but is locked to Engineers only - the Gyrofreeze Ice Reflector. The schematic is sold by Xizzer Fizzbolt in Winterspring, and if it's not already, it probably is already being heavily camped by players to secure for themselves and their guilds.
Other slots like rings can be obtained simply by getting a world drop with "of Frost Resistance", or if players completed their Upper Blackrock Spire attunement, then they also have Seal of Ascension for an additional +10 Frost Resistance! And speaking of Upper Blackrock Spire, Gyth drops a helmet slot of each armor type that will have a random + 15 resistance type. It's not the most consistent farm, but it also offers very strong secondary stats such as + Healing or + Attack Power!
Although the raid itself, Naxxramas, will offer new crafted Frost Resistance gear that outshines any previous gear offered, there is still Uncommon crafted gear for all armor types players can craft before they even set foot inside:
Set Name
Armor Type
Profession
Brightcloth
Cloth
Tailoring
Frostsaber
Leather
Leatherworking
Radiant
Mail
Blacksmithing
Thorium
Plate
Blacksmithing
Frost Resistance Gear in Naxxramas
Once you start making your way deeper into the necropolis, you'll find yourself with some potentially pretty hefty Frost Resistance items. Heigan the Unclean, Grand Widow Faerlina, Gothik the Harvester, and Grobbulus are the four bosses of the raid that drop items such as Glacial Headdress, Icebane Pauldrons, and Icy Scale Coif.
But most of the newest Frost Resistance gear will come from a new series of quests offered to players if they are maxed out on crafting professions like Tailoring, Blacksmithing, and Leatherworking, all coming from Craftsman Wilhelm at Light's Hope Chapel in the Eastern Plaguelands, all requring a crafting material only obtainable inside the raid, being Frozen Runes.
For a full in-depth breakdown, please check out our Frost Resistance Gearing Guide. There, you can find class-specific Frost Resistance gearing guides as well!
