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MoP Classic item

Contender's Dragonscale Shoulders

Item 85796 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.70631

  • Item Level 450
  • Binds when equipped
  • ShoulderMail
  • 2,577 Armor
  • +592 Agility
  • +888 Stamina
  • Durability 85 / 85
  • Requires Level 90
  • Equip: Increases your critical strike by 385.
  • +401 Mastery
  • +236 PvP Power
  • Contender's Defense (0/8)
  • Contender's Shoulders
  • Contender's Leggings
  • Contender's Helm
  • Contender's Gloves
  • Contender's Chestguard
  • Contender's Bracers
  • Contender's Boots
  • Contender's Belt
  • (2) Set: +400 PvP Power
  • (4) Set: +400 PvP Power
  • Sell Price: 10 gold45 silver

About Contender's Dragonscale Shoulders

Contender's Dragonscale Shoulders is a rare piece of mail armor for the shoulder slot on MoP Classic at item level 450, usable from level 90. It binds when equipped. Its primary stats are +592 Agility and +888 Stamina, with Critical Strike (385), Mastery (401) and PvP Power (236) as secondary stats. It gives 2,577 armor and has 85 durability. It belongs to the Contender's Defense set of 8 pieces: 2 pieces grant +400 PvP Power; 4 pieces grant +400 PvP Power. It shares its appearance with Fletcher's Sharpening Shoulders. Other mail shoulder pieces listed on the MoP Classic Auction House closest to it in item level include Contender's Scale Shoulders (450), Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Linked Spaulders (458) and Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Chain Spaulders (458). The latest scan finds it on 4 MoP Classic realms (EU 3, US 1); the cheapest buyout is 70 gold on Flamegor (EU). A vendor pays 10 gold45 silver for it.

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MoP Classic Auction House prices
Cheapest realm70 goldFlamegor (EU)
Typical market (EU)400 gold99 silver
Median min buyout450 gold81 silver
Realms with listings4EU 3, US 1
Latest snapshot2026-11-03 06:29 UTCBlizzard Last-Modified

Prices across MoP Classic realms

RealmMin buyoutMarket (median)QtyListingsSnapshot
FlamegorEU · Russian70 gold70 gold222026-11-03 06:08 UTC
Everlook, Ook OokEU · Active400 gold99 silver400 gold99 silver222026-11-03 06:08 UTC
Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeerEU · Active999 gold84 silver999 gold84 silver112026-11-03 06:08 UTC
Galakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-denUS · Active500 gold63 silver500 gold63 silver222026-11-03 06:29 UTC
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Where it comes from
Item set: Contender's Defense

Contender's Defense: 8 pieces in Blizzard's set record.

  • Contender's Shoulders
  • Contender's Leggings
  • Contender's Helm
  • Contender's Gloves
  • Contender's Chestguard
  • Contender's Bracers
  • Contender's Boots
  • Contender's Belt

Set bonuses

  • 2 pieces +400 PvP Power
  • 4 pieces +400 PvP Power
Mail shoulder items near item level 450

Our MoP Classic item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 8 other mail shoulder items between item level 429 and 458; 6 of them carry fixed stats.

ItemItem levelRequiresArmorFixed statsLowest listed
Brittle Flamereaver Pauldrons429902,371none5,000 gold
Yak Spaulders429882,371none18 gold99 silver
Contender's Dragonscale Shoulders450902,577+592 Agility, +888 Stamina, +385 Critical Strike, +401 Mastery, +236 PvP Power70 gold
Contender's Scale Shoulders450902,577+888 Stamina, +592 Intellect, +385 Critical Strike, +401 Mastery, +236 PvP Power70 gold
Fletcher's Sharpening Shoulders450852,577+592 Agility, +888 Stamina, +300 Hit, +450 Critical Strike498 gold99 silver
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Chain Spaulders458902,656+558 Agility, +957 Stamina, +425 Haste, +345 Expertise, +293 PvP Power850 gold
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Linked Spaulders458902,656+558 Agility, +957 Stamina, +425 Haste, +345 Expertise, +293 PvP Power250 gold98 silver
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Mail Spaulders458902,656+957 Stamina, +558 Intellect, +345 Haste, +425 Mastery, +293 PvP Power-
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Ringmail Spaulders458902,656+957 Stamina, +558 Intellect, +345 Spirit, +425 Mastery, +293 PvP Power1,750 gold
Appearance

Same appearance record (110563)

Same model in the game files

Also drawn with this model in the retail client: Shadowspine Shoulderguards, Harlan's Shoulders.

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Where Contender's Dragonscale Shoulders Fits

Items That Share Contender's Dragonscale Shoulders's Icon

Contender's Dragonscale Shoulders uses the same icon art, which 1 other item also uses. The 1 closest by item ID:

Items Numbered Next to Contender's Dragonscale Shoulders

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 85796 (85791 to 85801) were usually added in the same batch as Contender's Dragonscale Shoulders: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Built from Blizzard's Game Data API item documents for this game version and recorded Auction House snapshots.

Across game versions
Item 85796MoP ClassicRetail (Midnight)
Item level45039
Required level9090
BindingBinds when equippedBinds when equipped
Armor2,5772,577
Agility592-
Stamina888-
Critical Strike385-
Mastery401-
PvP Power236-
Item setContender's DefenseContender's Defense
Sell price10 gold45 silver10 gold45 silver

Retail recipe Contender's Dragonscale Shoulders: 15x Prismatic Scale.

MoP Classic price history
First seen in a scan
2026-10-04 08:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it
7
Lowest buyout seen
70 goldFlamegor (EU), 2026-11-03 06:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen
8,970 gold58 silverAuberdine (EU)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days
3,187
MoP Classic daily median realm-minimum buyout, Oct 04 to Nov 030817g1,634g2,450g3,267gOct 04Oct 19Nov 03
US median, latest 301gEU median, latest 401gTW median, latest 2,900g
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 lowEU medianEU realmsTW lowTW medianTW realmsUS lowUS medianUS realms
2026-11-0370 gold400 gold99 silver3---300 gold63 silver300 gold63 silver1
2026-11-0270 gold70 gold3---300 gold63 silver300 gold63 silver1
2026-11-0170 gold400 gold99 silver3---300 gold63 silver500 gold64 silver1
2026-10-3170 gold400 gold99 silver3---300 gold64 silver300 gold64 silver1
2026-10-3080 gold400 gold99 silver3---300 gold64 silver791 gold21 silver1
2026-10-2980 gold400 gold99 silver3---791 gold21 silver791 gold21 silver1
2026-10-2880 gold400 gold99 silver3---832 gold85 silver832 gold85 silver2
Related

Connected realms with a listing in the latest MoP Classic scan: EU 3 of 25, KR 0 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.