By level 20 you should be running dedicated hunt routes instead of wearing whatever dropped first. Backstab still drives your damage, so keep upgrading your dagger and stack hitroll wherever the slot allows it. Composite and shop pieces start to appear; budget crowns for the best buys.
Recommended gear
Backstab dagger
- A dragontooth spear (Lv 19, 5d6, +4 hitroll, +3 damroll, dagger): composite purchase from Rhoandar in Valley of the Anvil. Expensive but one of the best level 20 daggers
- A blood-red fang (Lv 20, 4d5, +3 damroll, +5 hitroll, dagger): Dolph in the Village of Nurrsberg storeroom
- A long, jagged stone (Lv 15, 5d5, +3 damroll, +3 hitroll, dagger): Special Forces gremlins in the Gremlin Hovel
Melee weapon
- A steel longsword (Lv 15, 3d12, +5 hitroll, +5 damroll): Kiarlin's shop in Castle Azeloth
- A notched and rusty battleaxe (Lv 16, 4d10, +4 hitroll, +5 damroll): maddened adventurer in the Caves of Chaos
- A sacred sword of Melisande (Lv 11, 5d4, +4 hitroll, +2 damroll, holy): crusaders in the Celestial Fortress
Light
- A blazing torch (Lv 12, +3 hitroll, armor -15): from mobs in The Village of Nurrsberg
- A mystical lantern covered in strange glowing runes (Lv 20, +2 damroll, armor -16): from mobs in Frostholt Mountain
Neck
- Becky's collar (Lv 14, armor -18, +5 hitroll): Becky in Mordant
Body
- A black caftan (Lv 16, +4 hitroll, +23 move, +0 intelligence): desert nomads in the Casshiir Desert
Head
- A velvet hat, trailing peacock feathers (Lv 19, +23 HP, +58 move): from mobs in Residences of Korpel-City
- A red-fringed prayer shawl (Lv 9, +36 move, +3 hitroll): from mobs in The Cathedral of All Saints
Legs
- A pair of leather shinguards, attached with metal plates (Lv 20, +3 damroll, armor -18): from mobs in Frostholt Mountain
- A pair of greaves adorned with the Furryfoot crest (Lv 8, +2 damroll, armor -15): from mobs in The Northern Village
Feet
- Red and white dragonscale boots (Lv 15, +108 move, +3 hitroll): composite buy from the Handmaiden of Morianna in Village of Vangalis
Hands
- A pair of leather workgloves (Lv 20, +5 hitroll): elite giant guards in Frostholt Mountain
Arms
- A set of black shoulder plates (Lv 20, +4 damroll, +18 HP, -2 save spell): Corak Stonebreaker in Frostholt (rare load)
Shield
- Gold shield of Fragstone (Lv 16, +3 damroll, +3 hitroll): Fragstone in Mordant
About
- Galdon's cloak of fortune (Lv 15, +3 hitroll, +2 dexterity) from the Empire Trading Complex is a strong about-body for any alignment-neutral stat stick
Waist
- A bloodied strand of entrails (Lv 16, +3 damroll, +20 HP): maddened adventurer in the Caves of Chaos
Wrist
- A metal wristguard (Lv 20, +3 hitroll, +2 damroll): Corak Stonebreaker in Frostholt
Finger
- The ring of swiftness (Lv 14, +5 hitroll): pickpocket in the Empire Trading Complex
- The ring of salvation (Lv 12, +8 hit regen, +3 damroll): tree spirit of Tranquility in Twin Trees
Hold
- A deck of worn and dirty cards (+2 dexterity, +13 move): from mobs in The City of Talorien
- A bag of magic rocks (Lv 15, +3 damroll): from mobs in The Empire Trading Complex
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