Red Winter Hat
Item Level 1This item is acquired in-game. See its sources below.
An Uncommon Cosmetic Head, item level 1, binds when picked up.
This item is acquired in-game. See its sources below.
An Uncommon Cosmetic Head, item level 1, binds when picked up.
First seen in build 1.15.9.68940 (Classic).
Red Winter Hat is one of 5 pieces of Winter Garb, alongside Green Winter Clothes, Green Winter Hat and Red Winter Clothes and others. Bonuses activate at 3 pieces equipped.
In Classic Era it is sells to vendors for 1c. In The Burning Crusade it is sells to vendors for 1c. In Wrath of the Lich King it is sells to vendors for 1c. In MoP Classic it is sells to vendors for 3c.
| Version | Item level | Quality | Binding | Sells for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail (Midnight) | 1 | Uncommon | Binds when picked up | 7c |
| Classic Era | 1 | Uncommon | Binds when picked up | 1c |
| The Burning Crusade | 1 | Uncommon | Binds when picked up | 1c |
| Wrath of the Lich King | 1 | Uncommon | Binds when picked up | 1c |
| MoP Classic | 1 | Uncommon | Binds when picked up | 3c |
In the Appearances collection, Red Winter Hat is listed as World Drop. Appearance ID: 5770. No other item uses this appearance, so it is unique to Red Winter Hat.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
Red Winter Hat uses icon file 133169, which 1 other item also uses. The 1 closest by item ID:
Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 21524 (21519 to 21529) were usually added in the same batch as Red Winter Hat: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
The raw ItemSparse values for item 21524 in the current client build.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.
Red Winter Hat 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 Red Winter Hat next to the live retail market on this page.
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 Red Winter Hat
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