By level 20 your monk should feel like a striker who survives mistakes, not a glass cannon. This tier introduces real mana pools, save-bearing robes, and the first pieces worth traveling across the world for.

Recommended gear

Light

• Glowing platinum holy symbol (Lv 20, +33 mana, +3 wisdom): from Castle Azeloth
• Gem of Tranquility (Lv 16, +32 mana, +2 wisdom): from Twin Trees are excellent
• clear crystal orb (Lv 19, +28 mana, -2 save spell): from Cinderwood

Neck

• Necklace of purity (Lv 19, +2 damroll, +31 mana): from The Lost Land of Amada is a top mana neck
• Green gemstone medallion (Lv 17, +28 mana, armor -15): from Empire Trading Complex merchants

Body

• Severe black dress (Lv 14, +28 mana): from Talorien's Burying Ground

Head

• A velvet hat, trailing peacock feathers (Lv 19, +23 HP, +58 move): from mobs in Residences of Korpel-City
• A cryohydra's skull (Lv 20, +28 HP, armor -18): skinning in Frostholt Mountain

Legs

• Wooden leg plates of Baden (Lv 15, +33 mana, -2 hitroll): in Mordant

Feet

• Monk's leather sandals (Lv 14, +16 mana, +16 HP, +3 stamina): from Kuisinara monks (deep area)
• dragonscale boots (Lv 15, +108 move, +3 hitroll): from Village of Vangalis

Hands

• Black satin gloves (Lv 12, armor -20, +21 mana): from mobs in Talorien's Burying Ground
• A pair of elven battle mitts (Lv 10, +4 hitroll): from mobs in Twin Trees

Arms

• Magical armplates of resistance (Lv 18, +16 HP, +16 mana): from Amada

Shield

• Enchanted obsidian buckler (Lv 19, +23 mana, +2 strength): from Empire storage

About

• Robe of Sorcery (Lv 19, +3 intelligence, +28 mana): from The Ruins of Darksbay on mages
• Plain brown robe (Lv 20, -2 save breath, armor -18): from Frostholt Mountain giants
• Bloodstained apron (Lv 15, +3 dexterity, +18 HP): from the giant kitchen

Waist

• Monk's rope belt (Lv 14, +23 mana, +23 HP)
• Belt of roc feathers (Lv 15, +10 HP, +10 mana): from Empire training cabinets

Wrist

• Pink rat's tail (Lv 15, +33 mana): burying ground plague rats

Finger

• A green garnet tube (Lv 18, +21 HP, armor -16): from mobs in The Tk'il Hive
• A small ruby ring (Lv 8, +23 mana, armor -8): from mobs in City of Korpel

Wield

• Platinum mace (Lv 18, 4d6, +4 damroll, +33 mana): (composite component from The Gremlin Hovel, also on Nurrsberg Timas)
• Sacred sword of Melisande (Lv 11, 5d4, +4 hitroll, +2 damroll, holy): if you hunt holy warriors
• Willow switch (Lv 15, 2d2, +5 hitroll, +5 damroll, armor -5, wood): from Kuisinara

Hold

• Dusty book of spells (Lv 19, -3 hitroll, +45 mana): from The Village of Nurrsberg
• bible (Lv 16, +28 mana, armor -13): from Mordant library works well too

Hip

• An engraved ivory flask (+5 move regen): shop stock in City of Korpel
• A reddish skin of blood-wine (armor -4): from mobs in Caves of the Kuisinara Monks

Composite and shops

• Cryohydra skull (Lv 20, +28 HP, armor -18): (skin, Frostholt)
• Dragonscale boots (Vangalis composite, 20,000 crowns)
• Adamant mace needs Gremlin elder components