The War Within Death Knight Tier Set: Exhumed Centurion's Relics

Key Takeaways

The War Within Season 1 Death Knight tier set was Exhumed Centurion's Relics, a plate set earned from the Nerub-ar Palace raid.
The look is pure nerubian "exhumed centurion": dark carapace plating across pieces named the Galea, Spikes, and Breastplate of the Exhumed Centurion, a fitting match for an undead class.
All three Death Knight specs, Blood, Frost, and Unholy, shared the one appearance.
Death Knights wear plate, so the set sits in the plate transmog pool; the Mythic version finished in gold and black with animated red detailing.
Nerub-ar Palace held eight bosses in Azj-Kahet and ended with Queen Ansurek, opening on September 10, 2024.
Pieces came from boss-drop slot tokens, the Great Vault, and the Web-Wrapped Curio omnitoken guaranteed from Queen Ansurek.
The Revival Catalyst converted spare Hero or Myth-track plate into the set, gaining roughly one charge every two weeks.

With Midnight now the live expansion, the set is legacy content and a clean transmog target for any Death Knight. Here is what it looked like and how players pulled it together at launch.

Exhumed Centurion's Relics: The Season 1 Death Knight Set

Exhumed Centurion's Relics was the Death Knight set for The War Within's opening season, and it leaned hard into the raid's nerubian setting. The pieces carry names like the Exhumed Centurion's Galea, Spikes, and Breastplate, and the silhouette is exactly what that implies: dark, chitinous plate built to look dug up from a nerubian tomb. For a class of reanimated soldiers, armour exhumed from Azj-Kahet's catacombs is about as on-theme as tier sets get.

Like every Death Knight set, the appearance was shared across all three specs, so Blood tanks, Frost dual-wielders, and Unholy minion-masters all chased the same look. Death Knights wear plate, which places the set in the plate transmog pool. Each raid difficulty had its own colour pass, and the Mythic version was the showpiece, finishing in gold and black with animated red detailing for players who cleared the hardest tier.

📌 Exhumed Centurion's Relics is plate, and the appearance is identical for Blood, Frost, and Unholy. There is no spec-specific Death Knight set, so collecting it once covers all three specs in your transmog list.

How Death Knights Earned the Set

The set dropped in Nerub-ar Palace, the first War Within raid, set deep in the nerubian kingdom of Azj-Kahet. It ran eight bosses, from Ulgrax the Devourer through The Silken Court, and ended on Queen Ansurek, who opened on September 10, 2024.

Tier pieces worked on a slot-token system: specific bosses dropped tokens tied to particular armour slots, and any class in the same token group turned them into their own set piece. The weekly Great Vault could roll a tier piece as well. The reliable backstop was the Web-Wrapped Curio, an omnitoken guaranteed from Queen Ansurek that anyone could roll and trade for the slot they still needed.

⚠️ The Web-Wrapped Curio dropped for everyone in the raid from Queen Ansurek, regardless of loot spec, so a Death Knight short one slot could always fall back on it rather than wait on a specific boss token.

The Revival Catalyst and Collecting It in Midnight

The last safety net was the Revival Catalyst, which converted non-set Hero or Myth-track plate into the matching tier piece. Charges built up across the season at roughly one every two weeks, so Death Knights timed their conversions around the slots that refused to drop.

Now that Midnight is live as Patch 12.0.5 with the level cap at 90, Nerub-ar Palace is legacy content and scales down hard. A current Death Knight can walk back into Azj-Kahet and clear most of it solo for the appearance, and if you would rather skip the lockouts you can book a Nerub-ar Palace clear to chase the difficulty colours you still want.

✏️ Chasing the Mythic gold-and-black recolour means clearing Nerub-ar Palace on Mythic, since each difficulty carries its own colour. The lower tiers are quick solo runs now, but the Mythic appearance still asks for a Mythic kill.

Frequently Asked Questions

What was the Death Knight tier set in The War Within Season 1?

It was Exhumed Centurion's Relics, the Death Knight plate set from the Nerub-ar Palace raid. It released with Season 1 when the raid opened in September 2024.

What does Exhumed Centurion's Relics look like?

A dark, nerubian "exhumed centurion" plate set with chitinous carapace plating. Piece names like the Exhumed Centurion's Galea and Breastplate match the dug-from-the-tomb theme, and the Mythic version adds gold, black, and animated red detailing.

Do all Death Knight specs share the same set appearance?

Yes. Blood, Frost, and Unholy all use the same Exhumed Centurion's Relics appearance. There is no separate set per spec, so one collection run covers every Death Knight build.

Which raid dropped the Season 1 Death Knight set?

Nerub-ar Palace, the first raid of The War Within, set in the nerubian capital of Azj-Kahet. Each class earned its Season 1 tier set there.

How many bosses were in Nerub-ar Palace, and who was the final boss?

Eight bosses, running from Ulgrax the Devourer to The Silken Court, with Queen Ansurek as the final encounter. Ansurek's defeat closed out the raid and the launch season.

How did Death Knights get the tier set pieces?

Through boss-drop slot tokens, the weekly Great Vault, the Web-Wrapped Curio omnitoken guaranteed from Queen Ansurek, and the Revival Catalyst, which converted spare Hero or Myth-track plate into the set.

What was the Revival Catalyst?

A system that turned non-set Hero or Myth-track gear into the matching class tier piece. It granted roughly one charge every two weeks, so players saved conversions for the slots they could not get to drop.

Can you still collect the set in Midnight?

Yes. As previous-expansion content, Nerub-ar Palace can be cleared for the appearance at the current level cap, and the colour variants are still tied to the raid's four difficulties.

Last reviewed 2026-06-23 against Patch 11.0.2 The War Within — Maintained by WowCarry's WoW team.