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Merciless Gauntlets
Item Level 27Binds when equipped
HandsArmor
9 Armor
+5 Agility or Intellect
+8 Stamina
Requires Level 21
Sell price: 19 gold37 silver
Current price
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- Cheapest realm right now is 90% under the 60-realm average.live market
- Listings are up 186% from their 7 day average (7 vs 2 units).live market
- Today's price is cheaper than 95% of recorded snapshots.live market
Merciless Gauntlets Price History
Realm Auction HouseSupply & Availability
Not currently listedWe track this item - no active Auction House listings in the latest scan. Prices appear here as soon as one is posted (scans run every 15 minutes).
On Merciless Gauntlets's most active realm, the lowest Auction House listing has typically been around 10,161 gold27 silver over the last 30 days, ranging from 1,200 gold to 19,294 gold89 silver, a wide spread for a 30-day window.
Appearance
In the Appearances collection, Merciless Gauntlets is listed as World Drop. Appearance ID: 4640. No other item uses this appearance, so it is unique to Merciless Gauntlets.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
Who It Suits
Mail is the armor type Evoker, Hunter and Shaman wear. With Agility or Intellect, Merciless Gauntlets suits Beast Mastery, Marksmanship and Survival Hunter; Elemental, Enhancement and Restoration Shaman; Devastation, Preservation and Augmentation Evoker.
Similar Items
The 10 items nearest to Merciless Gauntlets (item level 27) in item level among Armor > Mail, Hands slot, from item level 25 to 29.
| Item | Item Level | Requires Level | Stats | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merciless Gauntlets (this item) | 27 | 21 | +5 Agility or Intellect, +8 Stamina. World Drop | Not listed |
 Ironhide Gauntlets | 27 | 20 | +5 Agility or Intellect, +8 Stamina. World Drop | Not listed |
 Battlecaller Gauntlets | 27 | 21 | +8 Stamina, +6 Agility or Intellect. World Drop | Not listed |
 Green Dragonscale Gauntlets | 27 | 21 | +8 Agility or Intellect, +8 Stamina, +4 Nature Resistance. Crafted with Classic Leatherworking | Not listed |
| Ornate Gauntlets | 28 | 22 | +5 Agility or Intellect, +8 Stamina. World Drop | Not listed |
 Bloodlust Gauntlets | 28 | 21 | +8 Stamina, +4 Agility or Intellect, +6 Critical Strike. World Drop | Not listed |
 Impenetrable Gauntlets | 28 | 22 | +5 Agility or Intellect, +8 Stamina. World Drop | Not listed |
| Protector Gauntlets | 26 | 20 | +14 Critical Strike, +2 Agility or Intellect. World Drop | Not listed |
 Mercurial Gauntlets | 29 | 23 | +5 Agility or Intellect, +8 Stamina. World Drop | Not listed |
| Magnificent Gauntlets | 29 | 23 | +5 Agility or Intellect, +8 Stamina. World Drop | Not listed |
| Warmonger's Gauntlets | 25 | 18 | +5 Agility or Intellect, +8 Stamina. World Drop | Not listed |
Mercurial Gauntlets has the highest item level here (29).
Next item levels up from Merciless Gauntlets among Armor > Mail, Hands slot: Fletcher's Gloves of the Phoenix (item level 34), Sun-Drenched Scale Gloves (item level 34), Cormorant Gloves (item level 34), Benefactor's Gauntlets (item level 35) and Xariona's Spectral Gauntlets (item level 37).
Nearest lower item levels below Merciless Gauntlets among Armor > Mail, Hands slot: Ravager's Handwraps (item level 22), Steadfast Gloves (item level 22), Chief Brigadier Gauntlets (item level 21), Knight's Gauntlets (item level 21) and Marauder's Gauntlets (item level 21).
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Merciless Gauntlets in WoW Classic and World of Warcraft: Forever
Merciless Gauntlets 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 Merciless Gauntlets next to the live retail market on this page.
- Is Merciless Gauntlets in World of Warcraft: Forever?
- Not confirmed. Blizzard has not published Forever's item list. Merciless Gauntlets is a Classic Era item and Forever is built on vanilla World of Warcraft with its story set in year one and a level 60 cap, so this page tracks it. Forever launches November 4, 2026.
- What level is Merciless Gauntlets in WoW Classic?
- In Classic Era, Merciless Gauntlets is Uncommon quality, item level 53 and requires level 48.
- What does Merciless Gauntlets sell for to a vendor in Classic?
- A vendor pays 80s 53c for one Merciless Gauntlets in Classic Era.
- What slot is Merciless Gauntlets in WoW Classic?
- Merciless Gauntlets is a Hands Mail in Classic Era; it binds when equipped.
Read next: World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4 · Forever's class revamps and new race and class combinations · Classic Era page for Merciless Gauntlets
WoW Forever: what our data shows
- Sighted in the WoW Forever beta client
- Build 3.80.2.69874, read from the beta game data we hold
- Also in the Classic Era client
- Yes - this item is in the Classic Era client's data too
- Appearances in the beta client
- 1 recorded look
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