Is Volcanic Shoulders in World of Warcraft: Forever?

Not confirmed. Blizzard has not published Forever's item list. Volcanic Shoulders 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.

Where do you get Volcanic Shoulders in WoW Classic?

In Classic Era, Volcanic Shoulders is created by Volcanic Shoulders.

What level is Volcanic Shoulders in WoW Classic?

In Classic Era, Volcanic Shoulders is Uncommon quality, item level 61 and requires level 56.

What does Volcanic Shoulders sell for to a vendor in Classic?

A vendor pays 1g 60s for one Volcanic Shoulders in Classic Era.

What slot is Volcanic Shoulders in WoW Classic?

Volcanic Shoulders is a Shoulder Leather in Classic Era; it binds when equipped.

Volcanic Shoulders - WoW Classic and Forever Price History

An Uncommon Leather Shoulder, item level 29, requires level 23, binds when equipped. Sold by 2 vendor NPCs.

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On Volcanic Shoulders's most active realm, the lowest Auction House listing has typically been around 1,985 gold50 silver over the last 30 days, ranging from 1,985 gold50 silver to 2,090 gold, a tight band around its average.

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Where it comes from

Vendor	NPC #44246	Stormwind City 78.6, 69.3
Vendor	NPC #46555	Orgrimmar 48.4, 71.9
Crafted	Volcanic Shoulders	Recipe

Sold By

The game's collection data lists Volcanic Shoulders as sold by 2 vendor NPCs in Stormwind City and Orgrimmar. The first vendor stands at 78.6, 69.3 on the Stormwind City map.

Vendor	Zone	Map	Waypoint	Other items it sells
NPC #44246	Stormwind City	78.6, 69.3; 75.5, 66.1; 78.9, 69.6	`/way #84 78.6 69.3`	200
NPC #46555	Orgrimmar	48.4, 71.9	`/way #85 48.4 71.9`	200

Stormwind City 3 placements

Orgrimmar 1 placement

Vendor NPC, zone and position come from the client's collection source tables (CollectableSourceInfo and CollectableSourceVendorSparse); coordinates are the in-game map readout.

Build history

First seen in build 1.15.9.68940 (Classic).

Set: Volcanic Armor

Volcanic Armor (3 pieces)

Volcanic Breastplate item level 28
Volcanic Leggings item level 27
Volcanic Shoulders item level 29

(3) Set: 5% chance of dealing Fire damage on a successful melee attack.

Volcanic Shoulders is one of 3 pieces of Volcanic Armor, alongside Volcanic Breastplate and Volcanic Leggings. Bonuses activate at 3 pieces equipped.

Other versions

Across game versions

In WoW Forever it is item level 61, requires level 56 and sells to vendors for 1g 60s 19c. In Classic Era it is item level 61, requires level 56 and sells to vendors for 1g 60s 19c. In The Burning Crusade it is item level 61, requires level 56 and sells to vendors for 1g 54s 70c. In Wrath of the Lich King it is item level 61, requires level 56 and sells to vendors for 1g 54s 70c. In MoP Classic it is item level 61, requires level 56 and sells to vendors for 1g 54s 70c.

Version	Item level	Required level	Quality	Binding	Sells for
Retail (Midnight)	29	23	Uncommon	Binds when equipped	71s 89c
WoW Forever	61	56	Uncommon	Binds when equipped	1g 60s 19c
Classic Era	61	56	Uncommon	Binds when equipped	1g 60s 19c
The Burning Crusade	61	56	Uncommon	Binds when equipped	1g 54s 70c
Wrath of the Lich King	61	56	Uncommon	Binds when equipped	1g 54s 70c
MoP Classic	61	56	Uncommon	Binds when equipped	1g 54s 70c

Volcanic Shoulders Game Data

Crafted By

Volcanic Shoulders Classic Leatherworking

The Classic Leatherworking recipe Volcanic Shoulders takes 10 Rugged Leather, 1 Essence of Fire, 1 Essence of Earth and 2 Rune Thread.

Appearance

In the Appearances collection, Volcanic Shoulders is listed as Profession. Appearance ID: 4344. No other item uses this appearance, so it is unique to Volcanic Shoulders.

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.

Volcanic Shoulders Crafting Costs

Cost to Craft: Volcanic Shoulders

At the lowest EU listings, the reagents for one craft cost 31g 87s, and Rugged Leather is the largest share at 94%. The Classic Leatherworking recipe Volcanic Shoulders is taught by Pattern: Volcanic Shoulders. It turns yellow at Classic Leatherworking skill 320 and grey at 340.

Reagent	Needed	Lowest listed	Cost
Rugged Leather	10	2 gold99 silver	29 gold90 silver
Essence of Fire	1	10 silver	10 silver
Essence of Earth	1	1 gold5 silver	1 gold5 silver
Rune Thread	2	41 silver	82 silver
Reagents for one craft			31 gold87 silver

What Else the Reagents Make

Rugged Leather goes into 105 other recipes across Leatherworking, Blacksmithing, Engineering, Tailoring and Enchanting, including Onyxia Scale Breastplate, Red Dragonscale Breastplate, Sandstalker Breastplate and Spitfire Breastplate. It is itself made by the recipe Rugged Leather.
Essence of Fire goes into 34 other recipes across Tailoring, Engineering, Enchanting, Leatherworking, Blacksmithing, Jewelcrafting and Alchemy, including Fiery Vengeance, Sulfuron Hammer, Belt of the Archmage and Robe of the Void. It is itself made by the recipe Transmute: Air to Fire.
Essence of Earth goes into 28 other recipes across Blacksmithing, Engineering, Tailoring, Inscription, Jewelcrafting, Alchemy, Enchanting and Leatherworking, including Hammer of the Titans, Robe of the Archmage, Stronghold Gauntlets and Thick Obsidian Breastplate. It is itself made by the recipes Transmute: Fire to Earth and Transmute: Life to Earth.
Rune Thread goes into 216 other recipes across Leatherworking and Tailoring, including Displacement Boots, Helm of Lingering Power, Lucien's Lost Soles and Sanctified Leather Hat.

Prices are the lowest listed prices in the latest EU Auction House snapshot, not sales. Recipes, reagents, yields and skill levels come from the World of Warcraft client build files.

How Volcanic Shoulders Compares

Who It Suits

Leather is the armor type Demon Hunter, Druid, Monk and Rogue wear.

Similar Items

The 10 items nearest to Volcanic Shoulders (item level 29) in item level among Armor > Leather, Shoulder slot, from item level 28 to 31.

Item	Item Level	Requires Level	Stats	Lowest Listed Price
Volcanic Shoulders (this item)	29	23	+9 Fire Resistance, +4 Versatility. Crafted with Classic Leatherworking	Not listed
Adventurer's Shoulders	29	24	+5 Agility or Intellect, +8 Stamina. World Drop	Not listed
Runic Leather Shoulders	29	24	+8 Agility or Intellect, +8 Critical Strike. Crafted with Classic Leatherworking	Not listed
Bonechewer Shoulderguards	29	24	+5 Agility or Intellect, +8 Stamina. World Drop	Not listed
Spaulders of the Unseen	29	23	+9 Agility or Intellect, +8 Stamina, +2 Critical Strike. World Drop	Not listed
Polar Spaulders	29	25	+8 Stamina, +7 Frost Resistance. Crafted with Classic Leatherworking	Not listed
Sunroc Shoulderguards	30	25	+5 Agility or Intellect, +8 Stamina. World Drop	Not listed
Pridelord Pauldrons	28	22	+9 Agility or Intellect, +3 Critical Strike, +8 Stamina. World Drop	Not listed
Peerless Shoulders	28	22	+5 Agility or Intellect, +8 Stamina. World Drop	Not listed
Ranger Pauldrons	31	25	+6 Agility or Intellect, +8 Stamina. World Drop	Not listed
Daggerfen Pauldrons	31	26	+6 Agility or Intellect, +8 Stamina. World Drop	Not listed

Ranger Pauldrons has the highest item level here (31).

Next item levels up from Volcanic Shoulders among Armor > Leather, Shoulder slot: Hide of Chromaggus (item level 37), Flickering Shoulderpads (item level 37), Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Dragonhide Spaulders (item level 39), Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Wyrmhide Spaulders (item level 39) and Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Ironskin Spaulders (item level 39).

Nearest lower item levels below Volcanic Shoulders among Armor > Leather, Shoulder slot: Glyphed Epaulets (item level 22), Huntsman's Shoulders (item level 22), Warden's Mantle (item level 22), Nocturnal Shoulder Pads (item level 22) and Trickster's Pauldrons (item level 22).

Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.

Where Volcanic Shoulders Fits

Where to Buy Volcanic Shoulders

Volcanic Shoulders is listed at 2 vendor placements. NPC 44246 stands in Stormwind City at map coordinates 78.6, 69.3.

NPC 44246 in Stormwind City at 78.6, 69.3
NPC 46555 in Orgrimmar at 48.4, 71.9

Items That Share Volcanic Shoulders's Icon

Volcanic Shoulders uses icon file 135044, which 56 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:

Exalted Epaulets ID 14981 · Armor - Plate · item level 29
Potent Shoulders ID 15177 · Armor - Leather · item level 25
Impenetrable Pauldrons ID 15666 · Armor - Mail · item level 29
Buccaneer's Mantle ID 14170 · Armor - Cloth · item level 14
Windshrieker Pauldrons ID 13538 · Armor - Mail · item level 27
Magician's Mantle ID 12998 · Armor - Cloth · item level 16
Splinthide Shoulders ID 11685 · Armor - Leather · item level 27
Argent Shoulders ID 19059 · Armor - Cloth · item level 29

Items Numbered Next to Volcanic Shoulders

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 15055 (15050 to 15060) were usually added in the same batch as Volcanic Shoulders: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Black Dragonscale Breastplate ID 15050 · Armor - Mail · item level 28
Black Dragonscale Shoulders ID 15051 · Armor - Mail · item level 29
Black Dragonscale Leggings ID 15052 · Armor - Mail · item level 29
Volcanic Breastplate ID 15053 · Armor - Leather · item level 28
Volcanic Leggings ID 15054 · Armor - Leather · item level 27
Stormshroud Armor ID 15056 · Armor - Leather · item level 28
Stormshroud Pants ID 15057 · Armor - Leather · item level 28
Stormshroud Shoulders ID 15058 · Armor - Leather · item level 29
Living Breastplate ID 15059 · Armor - Leather · item level 29
Living Leggings ID 15060 · Armor - Leather · item level 28

Volcanic Shoulders Client Record

The raw ItemSparse values for item 15055 in the current client build.

Vendor buy price: 3 gold59 silver
Vendor sell price: 71 silver89 copper
Material: Leather
Equip slot: Shoulder
Item set ID: 141
Flags: 0 / 8192 / 0 / 0 / 0

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.

Volcanic Shoulders in WoW Classic and World of Warcraft: Forever

Volcanic Shoulders 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 Volcanic Shoulders next to the live retail market on this page.

Is Volcanic Shoulders in World of Warcraft: Forever?: Not confirmed. Blizzard has not published Forever's item list. Volcanic Shoulders 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.
Where do you get Volcanic Shoulders in WoW Classic?: In Classic Era, Volcanic Shoulders is created by Volcanic Shoulders.
What level is Volcanic Shoulders in WoW Classic?: In Classic Era, Volcanic Shoulders is Uncommon quality, item level 61 and requires level 56.
What does Volcanic Shoulders sell for to a vendor in Classic?: A vendor pays 1g 60s for one Volcanic Shoulders in Classic Era.
What slot is Volcanic Shoulders in WoW Classic?: Volcanic Shoulders is a Shoulder Leather in Classic Era; it binds when equipped.

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta client: Build 1.60.1.70532, 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
Item set in the beta client: Volcanic Armor
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

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