Blackened Defias Belt
Item Level 12A Rare Leather Waist, item level 12, requires level 7, binds when equipped. Drops from Captain Greenskin in Deadmines.
A Rare Leather Waist, item level 12, requires level 7, binds when equipped. Drops from Captain Greenskin in Deadmines.
On Blackened Defias Belt's most active realm, the lowest Auction House listing has typically been around 13,000 gold over the last 30 days, ranging from 500 gold to 19,457 gold63 silver, a wide spread for a 30-day window.
| Drop | Captain Greenskin in Deadmines | Timewalking |
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First seen in build 1.15.9.68940 (Classic).
Blackened Defias Belt is one of 5 pieces of Defias Leather, alongside Blackened Defias Armor, Blackened Defias Boots and Blackened Defias Gloves and others. Bonuses activate at 2 pieces, 3 pieces, 4 pieces and 5 pieces equipped.
In Classic Era it is item level 22, requires level 17, Uncommon quality and sells to vendors for 4s 51c. In The Burning Crusade it is item level 22, requires level 17 and sells to vendors for 5s 41c. In Wrath of the Lich King it is item level 22, requires level 17 and sells to vendors for 5s 41c. In MoP Classic it is item level 20, requires level 15 and sells to vendors for 4s 9c.
| Version | Item level | Required level | Quality | Binding | Sells for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail (Midnight) | 12 | 7 | Rare | Binds when equipped | 6s 62c |
| Classic Era | 22 | 17 | Uncommon | Binds when equipped | 4s 51c |
| The Burning Crusade | 22 | 17 | Rare | Binds when equipped | 5s 41c |
| Wrath of the Lich King | 22 | 17 | Rare | Binds when equipped | 5s 41c |
| MoP Classic | 20 | 15 | Rare | Binds when equipped | 4s 9c |
Appearance ID: 1956. 5 other items wear the same appearance:
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
The in-game Adventure Guide lists Blackened Defias Belt in the loot of 1 encounter.
Captain Greenskin in Deadmines
Also drops from this encounter (5 other items):
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files (JournalEncounterItem, JournalEncounterCreature, Achievement) and the Blizzard Game Data quest API.
Leather is the armor type Demon Hunter, Druid, Monk and Rogue wear. With Agility or Intellect, Blackened Defias Belt suits Assassination, Outlaw and Subtlety Rogue; Brewmaster, Mistweaver and Windwalker Monk; Balance, Feral, Guardian and Restoration Druid; Havoc, Vengeance and Devourer Demon Hunter.
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Blackened Defias Belt uses icon file 132515, which 115 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:
Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 10403 (10398 to 10408) were usually added in the same batch as Blackened Defias Belt: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
The raw ItemSparse values for item 10403 in the current client build.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.
Blackened Defias Belt is in the Classic Era game data, the era World of Warcraft: Forever is built on. Blizzard describes Forever as vanilla World of Warcraft plussed up: its story sits in year one, characters level to 60 and stay there, and it launches November 4, 2026. Blizzard has not said which vanilla items appear in Forever, so nothing here is a Forever claim; it is the Classic Era record for Blackened Defias Belt next to the live retail market on this page.
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A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4