MoP Classic item

Codex of Defense

Item 18357 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.69585

Item Level 60
Unique
This Item Begins a Quest
Classes: Warrior
Requires Level 54
"The tome is magically sealed."

About Codex of Defense

Codex of Defense is a rare quest item on MoP Classic at item level 60, usable from level 54. Only Warriors can use it. Looting it starts the quest Codex of Defense. Other quest items listed on the MoP Classic Auction House include Harnessing Shadows, The Arcanist's Cookbook and The Light and How to Swing It. The latest scan finds it on 2 MoP Classic realms (KR 1, US 1); the cheapest buyout is 100 gold on Ragnaros (KR).

MoP Classic Auction House prices

Cheapest realm100 goldRagnaros (KR)

Typical market1,049 gold49 silver

Median min buyout1,049 gold49 silver

Realms with listings2KR 1, US 1

Latest snapshot2026-09-19 05:12 UTCBlizzard Last-Modified

Prices across MoP Classic realms

Realm	Min buyout	Market (median)	Qty	Listings	Snapshot
RagnarosKR · Korea	100 gold	100 gold	1	1	2026-09-19 05:11 UTC
MankrikUS · Legacy	1,998 gold99 silver	1,998 gold99 silver	1	1	2026-09-19 05:12 UTC

Quest items on MoP Classic

Its lowest listed price, 100 gold, ranks 28th of 77 listed quest items of its kind on MoP Classic; the cheapest listed is Security DELTA Data Access Card at 7 silver.
The most widely listed quest items of its kind: A Treatise on Strategy (12 realms), Sealed Tome of the Lost Legion (8 realms), Waterlogged Recipe (8 realms), Monstrous Egg (7 realms), Sealed Vial of Poison (7 realms).

Across game versions

Item 18357	Classic Era	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	60	60	25
Required level	54	54	23

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-08-28 10:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 7
Lowest buyout seen: 30 goldLakeshire (EU), 2026-09-05 18:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 315,926 gold59 silverEverlook, Ook Ook (EU)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 253

US median, latest 1,999gEU median, latest 315,927gKR median, latest 100gTW median, latest 888g
Each line is one region's daily median of the cheapest buyout on every realm that listed it, from our hourly scans.

Last 7 days

Day (UTC)	EU low	EU median	EU realms	KR low	KR median	KR realms	TW low	TW median	TW realms	US low	US median	US realms
2026-09-19	-	-	-	100 gold	100 gold	1	888 gold	888 gold	1	1,998 gold99 silver	1,998 gold99 silver	1
2026-09-18	-	-	-	100 gold	100 gold	1	888 gold	888 gold	1	1,998 gold99 silver	1,998 gold99 silver	1
2026-09-17	315,926 gold59 silver	315,926 gold59 silver	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	222 gold	222 gold	1
2026-09-16	315,926 gold59 silver	315,926 gold59 silver	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2026-09-15	315,926 gold59 silver	315,926 gold59 silver	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2026-09-09	18,000 gold	29,000 gold	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2026-09-08	18,000 gold	29,000 gold	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Comments

Connected realms with a listing in the latest MoP Classic scan: EU 0 of 25, KR 1 of 5, TW 0 of 8, US 1 of 23.

Item data: Blizzard's MoP Classic Game Data API (static data 5.5.4.67732). Prices: per-unit buyouts from one Blizzard Auction House snapshot per connected realm per hour; market is the quantity-weighted median of a realm's listings. Retail column: the retail client datamine.

Quick facts

Item ID	18357
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.69585)
Type	Quest
Item level	60
Requires level	54
Max stack	1
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)