There is an achievement in Mists of Pandaria that I accidentally stumbled across called “Lost and Found“.

 

Basically, you run through all of the MOP zones collecting rare spawns.  Some of the items you get are junk and grey but some of the items you collect are rare items.  Of the rare items you collect they are all between Item Level 404 and 450.  These items are usable at level 85 for the lower ones and level 86 for the higher level ones.

 

For example, Blade of the Prime, is an item level 450 1-handed tanking sword usable at level 86.  This is a great weapon to have not only to level up but it will probably be used for a little while at level 90.  The best feature of this weapon is that is is Bind on Account, meaning you can send this weapon to any of your other characters on the account to use.

Basically, it’s free awesome rare gear and all you have to do is wait for it to spawn and pick it up.  No gold is required, no group, no dungeon running, and no questing.  Finders Keepers basically.

 

While some of you may like to get the achievement, I will be honest, I only picked up the rare pieces of gear that I or my other characters would have a use for.

 

If you are interested in completing the achievement click the link to Lost and Found in the first paragraph because I’m only going to focus on the awesome free gear from this point on.

 

Tom Tom Add-on Can Make It Easy

 

You can install TomTom to your World of Warcraft and make easy arrows and points on maps to follow.  TomTom is just an addon for World of Warcraft that mainly puts a big arrow on your screen and tells you where to go next.  If you have this installed you can create macros that will load in all the points to your map and provide you a directional arrow to get there.  See each item below for the TomTom macro.

 

To create a macro you can  type /macro into your window and press enter

Click New at the bottom next to exit

Give it a name and an icon (I use Jade Forest 1 or I use the Item name)

You get a text field that says “Enter Macro Commands:” In that field enter the /way commands found in the section below, remember you only get 255 characters.

One that macro is created you can drag it onto your hotbar and press it.  Once it’s pressed it will load all of the waypoints into TomTom for you.

 

Lost Treasures Add-on

 

For those of you who want to complete the achievement and don’t just care about the gear only, there is another add-on that uses TomTom and comes preloaded with every single spawn point for the entire achievement.  It’s called LostTreasures.  I only wanted to grab the gear so this just created too many unnecessary points for me, but it has a lot of great information at each point as to what you are supposed to do to get the item, IE, “Kill x and x mob or go into the cave”

 

Lost and Found – The Dread Wastes

This zone is where you’ll find the majority of your item level 450 gear.

 

Blade of the Poisoned Mind

/way Dread Wastes 28.8 41.9 Blade of the Poisoned Mind

Blade of the Prime

Found inside the den.

/way Dread Wastes 66.8 63.8 Blade of the Prime

Bloodsoaked Chitin Fragment

Use underwater cave entrance (25.7 54.3)

/way Dread Wastes 25.9 50.3 Bloodsoaked Chitin Fragment

Dissector’s Staff of Mutation

Lying against the quarry.

/way Dread Wastes 30.2 90.8 Dissector's Staff of Mutation

Lucid Amulet of the Agile Mind

/way Dread Wastes 33.0 30.1 Amber Encased Necklace

Malik’s Stalwart Spear

/way Dread Wastes 48.7 30.0 Malik's Stalwart Spear

Swarming Cleaver of Ka’Roz

Underwater.

/way Dread Wastes 56.8 77.6 Swarming Cleaver of Ka'roz

Swarmkeeper’s Medallion

/way Dread Wastes 54.2 56.4 Swarmkeeper's Medallion

Wind-Reaver’s Dagger of Quick Strikes

Bottom of a pillar.

/way Dread Wastes 71.8 36.1 Wind-Reaver's Dagger of Quick Strikes

Maniuplator’s Talisman

Need to interact with Glinting Rapana Whelk (it’s a small snail)

/way Dread Wastes 42.0 62.2 Glinting Rapana Whelk
/way Dread Wastes 42.2 63.6 Glinting Rapana Whelk
/way Dread Wastes 41.6 64.6 Glinting Rapana Whelk

The Jade Forest

This zone is where you’ll find some of the lower level items that require 85 to use.

 

Ancient Jinyu Staff

Multiple spawn locations.

/way The Jade Forest 47.1 67.4 Ancient Jinyu Staff
/way The Jade Forest 46.2 71.2 Ancient Jinyu Staff
/way The Jade Forest 44.9 64.6 Ancient Jinyu Staff

Ancient Pandaren Mining Pick

Multiple spawn locations.

/way The Jade Forest 46.1 29.1 Ancient Pandaren Mining Pick
/way The Jade Forest 44.1 27.0 Ancient Pandaren Mining Pick
/way The Jade Forest 43.8 30.7 Ancient Pandaren Mining Pick

Hammer of Ten Thunders

Multiple spawn locations.

/way The Jade Forest 41.8 17.6 Hammer of Ten Thunders
/way The Jade Forest 43.0 11.6 Hammer of Ten Thunders

Wodin’s Mantid Shanker

In the wishing well.

/way The Jade Forest 39.4 7.3 Wodin's Mantid Shanker

Jade Infused Blade

Interact with Jade Warrior Statue (if spawned)

/way The Jade Forest 39.26 46.65 Jade Warrior Statue

Krasarang Wilds

 

Recipe: Banana Infused Rum

Found in Barrel of Banana Infused Rum on the ship.

/way Krasarang Wilds 52.3 88.7 Barrel of Banana Infused Rum

Pandaren Fishing Spear

/way Krasarang Wilds 50.8 49.3 Pandaren Fishing Spear

Equipment Locker

Found on lowest deck of ship.

Opening locker gives you item level 419 boots based on your class and spec (make sure you’re in the right spec)

/way Krasarang Wilds 42.3 92.0 Equipment Locker

Kun-Lai Summit

 

Hozen Warrior Spear

Found inside cave.

/way Kun-Lai Summit 51.5 74.0 Hozen Warrior Spear

Sturdy Yaungol Spear

/way Kun-Lai Summit 71.2 62.6 Stash of Yaungol Weapons
/way Kun-Lai Summit 70.0 63.8 Stash of Yaungol Weapons

Sprite’s Cloth Chest

Opening this object will give you an item level 434 cloak based on your class and spec (make sure you’re in the right spec before you open it).

This object is found inside the cave.

/way Kun-Lai Summit 74.7 74.9 Sprite's Cloth Chest

Valley of the Four Winds

 

Staff of the Hidden Master

Multiple spawn locations.

/way Valley of the Four Winds 15.4 29.1 Staff of the Hidden Master
/way Valley of the Four Winds 17.5 35.7 Staff of the Hidden Master
/way Valley of the Four Winds 19.1 37.9 Staff of the Hidden Master
/way Valley of the Four Winds 15.0 33.7 Staff of the Hidden Master
/way Valley of the Four Winds 19.0 42.5 Staff of the Hidden Master

Ancient Pandaren Fishing Charm

Interact with ghostly fisherman.

/way Valley of the Four Winds 46.8 24.6 Ghostly Pandaren Fisherman

Cache of Pilfered Goods

Opening cache gives user an item level 419 neck based on spec and class (make sure you’re in the right spec)

/way Valley of the Four Winds 43.5 37.4 Cache of Pilfered Goods

There are more items that aren't included in this list but this is a good core list for players seeking free gear and bind on account upgrades.