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Gear Progression

Warhammer Online's endgame is a seven-tier ward ladder. Each tier unlocks the next when you equip five pieces from any combination of sets at that tier — and at every tier you can choose your acquisition route: RvR (open-world Realm-vs-Realm), Scenario, Dungeon PvE, or Public-Quest PvE. After Ward 7 (Invader) there are no more ward gates — only Renown Rank — and that's where Warlord and Sovereign sit as best-in-slot endgame armor.

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With no career picked, each cell stacks every class's variant (~24 chips per cell). Pick your class to see just your chain.

Just hit Lv 40?Start at Officer Ward — Annihilator (RvR), Mercenary (Scenario), or Ruin (Tier-4 PQs).Working toward endgame?Invader and Triumphant at the Invader Ward both unlock the final endgame purchases — Warlord and Sovereign.At the top of the ladder?Post-ward endgame: Warlord (RR 70–73) and Sovereign (RR 75–78). Many builds mix Sovereign with Triumphant or Bloodlord.

Ward Ladder

Each row is a Ward tier. Each column is an acquisition route. Equip 5 pieces from any combination of sets in a row to unlock that ward.

Ward

RvR

Scenario

Dungeon

Public Quest

Ranked

T1 Recruit2f

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T2 Scout3f

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T3 Soldier5f

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T4 Officer5f

RvRAnnihilator Guardian's Kit—

ScenarioMercenary Guardian's Kit—

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T5 Conqueror5f

RvRConqueror's Guardian Kit—

ScenarioDominator's Guardian Kit—

DungeonRedeye Guardian Kit—

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T6 Vanquisher5f

RvRVanquisher Guardian KitRR55–58

ScenarioOppressor Guardian Kit—

DungeonSentinel's Guardian Kit—

Public QuestOnslaught Guardian Kit—

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T7 Invader5f

RvRInvader's Guardian KitRR60–63 Triumphant Guardian KitRR65–68

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DungeonBloodlord Guardian Kit—

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RankedVictorious Guardian Kit—

Post-Ward Endgame

No more ward gates — purely Renown-Rank gated. Players mix Sovereign with Warlord, Triumphant, Sentinel, and others for build-specific stat combos.

Endgame armor

Warlord's Guardian KitRR70–73 King's Bounty Guardian's KitRR75–78 King's Ransom Guardian's KitRR75–78

Genesis Accessories

A separate accessory ladder. Capes (5 Crests) and jewelry (10 Crests) paired together unlock a set bonus. Earnable from level 16+ via Zone Lock bags.

Genesis Garb of the Undying—

Weapon Lines

Weapons don't live in the armor-set matrix — they're individual items grouped by named lines. Subjugator is the Lv 40 baseline; Fortress and Bloodlord are the two endgame upgrades (RvR vs PvE). Showing only your career's weapons.

Subjugator Weapons

Baseline 40

Purchased with Genesis Crests at Rank 40. 15 Crests per 1-handed weapon or shield; 30 Crests per 2-handed weapon. No Renown gate.

4 total · 4 for your career

Claymore of the Subjugator
Heater of the Subjugator
Rapier of the Subjugator
Sword of the Subjugator

Fortress Weapons

Endgame

Trade a Subjugator weapon plus 800 War Crests + 50g (1H) or 1,600 War Crests + 100g (2H). Requires Invader Ward unlocked and Renown Rank 66+.

4 total · 4 for your career

Fortress ClaymoreRR 66
Fortress HeaterRR 66
Fortress LongswordRR 66
Fortress SpathaRR 66

Bloodlord Weapons

Endgame (PvE)

Influence reward from Bastion Stair (Chaos Wastes dungeon). Requires Vanquisher Ward unlocked. No Renown gate. Confers a unique +5% damage proc.

69 total · 3 for your career

Bloodlord Heater
Bloodlord Heater
Bloodlord Heater

17 classified sets across the ladder for this career. Every classification is sourced to a specific page on wiki.returnofreckoning.com — see the phase-1f-set-explorer.md Research Findings for the per-set citations.

NEEDS VALIDATION: the T1-T3 set names (Recruit / Scout / Soldier ward families) come from the WardTier seed but lack dedicated wiki pages; the Victorious set page on the wiki doesn't yet exist; the per-piece Renown gates on Annihilator / Conqueror are unconfirmed. Sovereign main-spec vs off-spec (King's Ransom vs King's Bounty) split also needs confirmation against in-game data.