Cleric Guide

Alpha Attack: Virtue (also apply Salvation)

Clerics can go towards a few flavors:

Mana: For spellbots
Tank: Storm Clerics useful on certain mobs
Evil: For necro usage, useful on certain mobs

Starting Point

Start with basic leveling gear:

<used as light>      the sigil of A'enari
<worn on finger>     a ring of the king's navy
<worn on finger>     a ring of the king's navy
<worn around neck>   a sharktooth necklace
<worn around neck>   a sharktooth necklace
<worn on body>       a suit of Ravenell crested ringmail
<worn on head>       (Magical) a soft leather hood
<worn on legs>       eltor-hide leggings
<worn on feet>       a pair of dancing slippers
<worn on hands>      (Magical) (Humming) gauntlets of ogre power
<worn on arms>       (Glowing) the Golden Armguards of Valiance
<worn as shield>     the shield of valor and honor
<worn about body>    (Magical) the Duke's robes
<worn about waist>   (Glowing) the Ice Girth
<worn around wrist>  a lion-crested bracer
<worn around wrist>  a lion-crested bracer
<wielded>            (Glowing) an amazon spear
<held>               The New Player's Guide
<worn on ears>       (Magical) a pair of diamond earrings
<worn on eyes>       a bloody eyepatch

Beginner AV Eq

If you're just a spell bot, use the Mana option, and you should have basically 'max' mana.

If you're a tanky/hitty cleric, go with the Tank options.

<used as light>      the sigil of A'enari
<worn on finger>     Tank: the shade ring 
<worn on finger>     Mana: an aquamarine ring or a Ring of Magic
<worn around neck>   Tank: a golden torque
<worn around neck>   Mana:  a necklace of raven feathers
<worn on body>       Tank: Adamantium   Mana: Aegis   
<worn on head>       the shade helm
<worn on legs>       eltor-hide leggings
<worn on feet>       a pair of duck boots
<worn on hands>      templar/bammy gaunts
<worn on arms>       silver dragonhide armguards (steel sleeves/bammy arms)
<worn as shield>     Tank: shade/mandor/brunhilde  Mana: Raga/Father Time
<worn about body>    the cloak of Death
<worn about waist>   Tank: ice girth.   Mana: sash of the magi/a gilded chastity belt
<worn around wrist>  Mana: a silver and turquoise bracelet   TANK: crystal dpass (horus/guenevere)
<worn around wrist>  the cloth wristband of the Chosen
<wielded>            (Magical) (Glowing) The Dragon Claw of Legend
<held>               the Storm
<worn on ears>       sliver of glass or: Tank: a crystalline teardrop.  Mana: the Ice Earrings
<worn on eyes>       the shades

Mobs

step 1: Easy Soloable things:

sliver of glass (try for it, might not get one, see rodpedia)
the cloth wristband of the Chosen (see rodpedia, initiate quest, go buy)
fate  (tree of life) for wrist
raven (tree of life) for neck
death (tree of life) for cloak
a svirfneblin wizard (moria) for duck boots (he's in the sw caverns part)
kraken (octopus garden) for crystalline teardrop

step 2: Also easy but have the above stuff first.

shade for helm, rings(2), eyes, shield
dpass for arms (silver), legs (gold), wrist (crystal), DCoL
brunhilde or raga for shield
justice for dev scales (barb choke/flee)
adamantium: Kontaur castle. Bring tank for ease.
the Storm: Zeus. Go with immob'r 
father time for shield, belt(barb choke flee,  but also need to take thief+mage+cleric)

Mid AV EQ

<used as light>      the sigil of A'enari
<worn on finger>     Ring of Magic
<worn on finger>     Ring of Magic 
<worn around neck>   dev scales
<worn around neck>   dev scales
<worn on body>       adamantium armor
<worn on head>       the cloth hood of the Chosen 
<worn on legs>       the cloth leggings of the Chosen
<worn on feet>       moccasins
<worn on hands>      a touch of Salvation
<worn on arms>       silver dragonhide armguards (steel sleeves/bammy arms)
<worn as shield>     Dark, Fated Mists
<worn about body>    the cloth robe of the Chosen
<worn about waist>   the Ice Girth
<worn around wrist>  a crystal dragon bracer
<worn around wrist>  the cloth wristband of the Chosen
<wielded>            (Magical) (Glowing) The Dragon Claw of Legend
<held>               the Storm
<worn on ears>       a cystalline teardrop or, a sliver of glass
<worn on eyes>       the shades

Mobs

Soloable:

Chosen Hood: Carnifax Priest. Kontaur. No IP limit. Not hard, bring tank for ease. 
Chosen Rob: Malvos. No IP limit. Easy, bring a tank for ease.
Chosen Leg: Babau Demon. No IP limit. Bring tank to clear area for ease.

Multi/Other-able

For Mana: Mocasins: Artemis. No IP limit. Any few AV's (and/or: poison and wait)
Rings: Thoth. No IP limit. Any few AV's (and/or: poison and wait.)
Dev scales: Barb choke/flee
FT Shield: Barb choke/flee (plus thief/mage/cleric)