Hand of the Rootkeeper — Transmog Set Guide

Hand of the Rootkeeper is a one-handed fist weapon added to World of Warcraft in the Midnight expansion. The model is built around a nature theme: woven roots, gnarled bark, and inlays form a knuckle-glove worn on the hand, with a muted green-and-brown palette of living wood.

The appearance is obtained from delves — the solo and group activity of Midnight that replaces the usual dungeon farm for a single player.

• The weapon has item level 276 and a Hero upgrade track at 6/6 — this is high-end gear from the first season of Midnight delves.
• The tooltip explicitly restricts the item: it can only be used in tier 11 difficulty delves.
• The Hand drops from the reward chest at the end of a "bountiful" delve, which is opened with a restored coffer key, and it can also come from the Great Vault for weekly delve tasks.
• The item becomes soulbound on acquisition, so you should unlock the appearance on the character who needs it; it cannot be traded.
• There are no hard weekly limits on the farm itself — bountiful delves can be run as long as you have keys, and the Great Vault refreshes its options once a week.

The most reliable path is to raise your delve tier to 11 and run bountiful delves for the chests, while also closing out the weekly Great Vault delve slots for extra rolls on the fist weapon.

• Harmonizes with druidic sets in a green-and-brown palette — looks for guardians of nature and keepers of the groves.
• Suits armor sets made of bark, foliage, and stone — for nature-themed shaman and monk concepts.
• Fits the looks of Haranir and "underground" Midnight characters, where the motif of roots and living wood is valued.
• Pairs with the leather "wild" sets of melee hunters and ranger-style rogues.
• Contrasts with metallic plate — a debatable but expressive combination of the organic and steel.