When you enter a raid in World of Warcraft, loot is distributed using a system called Group Loot.

Еvery boss has a chance to drop a number of random items depending on certain conditions.

As soon as any player opens the boss or a chest, all eligible players in the raid will be able to roll on the dropped items.

Each player can then choose how they want to roll on every item. The available options are Need, Transmog, and Greed.

The type of loot that drops is completely random and is not affected by the classes in the raid.

The number of items that drop from a boss depends on how many players in the raid don’t have a loot lockout. If your character has already cleared a raid this week, they will have a lockout for this raid, meaning they won’t be eligible for loot until the weekly reset. Loot lockouts are different for each difficulty. If you cleared Normal, you still can do a Heroic run and receive more loot.

Each player without the loot lockout increases the chance of additional loot dropping.

When an item drops, you can choose how to roll on it.

You can select Need if the item is relevant for your character.

To be eligible:

Your main spec is determined by your selected loot specialization.

If you roll Need for your main spec, your roll has higher priority than players rolling for off-spec.

You can select Transmog if the item's appearance is not yet in your transmog collection.

Greed can be selected on almost any item, even if your character cannot use it.

This option has the lowest priority and is typically used for items you want for gold or disenchants.

When multiple players roll on the same item, the game uses the following priority:

Need (main spec) → Need (off-spec) → Transmog → Greed

This means that higher priority rolls will always win over lower ones, regardless of the roll number.

Most items obtained in raids can be traded freely between players who participated in the kill.

There are no restrictions based on item upgrades, but there is one important rule:

You cannot trade items to players who already have a loot lockout for that boss.

Trading is available for a limited time after receiving the item.

Some items can drop as Warbound Until Equipped.

These items work differently from normal loot.

Warbound items are considered additional personal loot and are separate from normal raid drops.

Another type of additional loot is Bind on Equip (BoE) items.

These items can be traded freely to anyone, even outside of the raid, as long as they are not equipped.

Once equipped, they become Soulbound and can no longer be traded.

BoE items can also be sold or bought on the auction house.

We have multiple types of tokens shared between classes. In Midnight, tier token distribution has changed, with these now being distributed between classes with shared armor types.

On every difficulty, Midnight Falls in March on Quel'Danas drops Chiming Void Curio, an omni-token that you can turn in near the entrance of the March on Quel'Danas raid for any class set piece of your choice. The item level of the gear piece is based on raid difficulty.

All classes can roll for the omni-token, but you can only have 1 token at a time in your inventory.

In older raids (before Dragonflight), a different system called Personal Loot is still used.

With this system, each player must loot the boss individually to receive rewards.

The chance to receive an item is not guaranteed and depends on RNG.

The items you can receive are based on your class and selected loot specialization.

You will only receive items appropriate for your spec, and you cannot obtain off-spec gear directly from the boss.

If a raid consists of only plate wearers, the chances of receiving plate armor will be greatly increased, and items that cannot be used by anyone won't drop.

However, items obtained through Personal Loot can still be traded to other players under normal trading rules.