Level 40 neutral monks can wear gear from almost every alignment-restricted pool short of pure good or pure evil flags. Optimize mana, saves, and regeneration; you are one step from remort and should not be guessing which slots still need work.

Recommended gear

Light

• Captive will-o-wisp (Lv 37, +60 mana, +30 HP, -3 save spell): (The Ruins of the Lorekeeper)
• blazing wyrm heart lantern (Lv 38, +48 HP, armor -17): (The Gremlin Hovel, 150,000 crowns)

Neck

• Adamantite amulet of the heavens (Lv 26, +50 mana, -2 save spell): (Castle Azeloth)
• Amulet of Syraskis (Lv 27, +50 mana, -2 save spell): (Frostholt Mountain)

Body

• Silver gown (Lv 33, +42 mana, +22 HP): (Village of Vangalis)
• Large steel battleplate (Lv 28, +32 HP, +22 mana): (City of Korpel)

Head

• Metal skullcap (Lv 35, +45 HP, +45 mana): (Frostholt High Priest of the Wyrm)

Legs

• Stone shinguards (Lv 32, +4 hitroll, +37 mana): (Frostholt Vorlishar priest)

Feet

• Shoes embroidered in black pearls (Lv 32, +42 mana, +2 damroll): (Crystal Spire)
• dragonscale boots (Lv 15, +108 move, +3 hitroll): (composite)

Hands

• Black leather gauntlets (Lv 33, +3 hitroll, +32 mana): (Frostholt assassin)
• Warped claws (Lv 27, +37 HP): (Sharra'La skin)

Arms

• A pair of bracers, carved with twin, coiled dragons (Lv 32, +40 HP, -2 save spell): from mobs in Frostholt Mountain
• Magical armplates of resistance (Lv 18, +16 HP, +16 mana): from mobs in The Lost Land of Amada

Shield

• Blood red leather shield (Lv 17, +21 mana, +11 HP): (The Lost Land of Amada)
• crimson chitinous escutcheon (Lv 17, +19 HP, +0 dexterity): (The Tk'il Hive skin)

About

• Sleeveless silk overrobe (Lv 25, armor -20, +25 HP, -2 save rod)
• dead-black cloak (Lv 25, +32 mana, -2 save spell)

Waist

• Nagahide belt (Lv 27, +35 HP, armor -25): (naga skin)
• Crystal link belt (Lv 27, +35 mana, armor -20): (Nabonidus)

Wrist

• Bracers carved with twin dragons (Lv 32, +40 HP, -2 save spell): (lizardman berserker)
• Dragon-link bracelet (Lv 35, +50 mana, -3 save breath): (High Priest of the Wyrm)

Finger

• Signet ring (Lv 22, +35 mana, armor -20): (Gremlin Red Brood)

Wield

• Mithril hammer (Lv 38, 7d9, +7 hitroll, +73 HP, +6 mana regen): (Frostholt Krald)
• Rod of death (Lv 33, 7d7, +5 damroll, +77 mana): (Vangalis Hlauren)
• Chain of red crystal links (Lv 37, 5d7, +37 HP, +40 mana): (Crystal Spire shop)

Hold

• Holy Chalice (Lv 30, +52 HP, +52 mana): (Gremlin composite)
• Platinum chalice (Lv 30, +50 move regen)

Aura

• A paper coupon, written in scrawling red handwriting. (Lv 39, +4 hit regen, +4 mana regen): ground load in The Temple of the Zaratan

Hip

• Book of mantras (Lv 38, +45 HP, +45 mana, +3 wisdom): on hip (Kuisinara)

Composite and shops

• Regen coupon (Zaratan temple)
• hunt evil-only aura pieces
• dragonscale boots (Lv 15, +108 move, +3 hitroll): Wyrm heart lantern, chalice
• Crystal Spire shop for crystal chain