Rare

For rare monsters, see rare mob.

For the Superior achievement, see [Superior].

Rare is the level of item quality in between Uncommon and Epic.

The names of Rare quality items will appear in blue.
Equippable items of Rare quality almost always have one or more attribute bonuses and some have procs.
As an example, the blue weapons have at least 3 "major" stat boosts, and eventfully a proc. This also occurs with most armor (head, neck, shoulders, chest, back, waist, legs, boots). Backs, bracers and some trinkets/rings only have one or two stat boost, a proc, and/or an "On equip".
Most equippable items at Rare quality and above can be disenchanted by characters with the Enchanting profession.
Some ingredient items are of Rare quality, including all Shards used in the Enchanting profession, such as [Large Brilliant Shard].
The web color code for rare itemlinks is #0080ff.
Almost all boss drops from non-heroic and non-raid instances are of rare quality.
Outland and Northrend quests that require defeating an elite monster will often reward a rare. Quests at the end of long, lore-intensive chains will sometimes reward a rare.

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