MoP Classic item

Darkcrest Pauldrons

Item 24940 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.70631

Item Level 87
Binds when equipped
ShoulderPlate
590 Armor
Durability 70 / 70
Requires Level 59
Sell Price: 3 gold88 silver

About Darkcrest Pauldrons

Darkcrest Pauldrons is an uncommon piece of plate armor for the shoulder slot on MoP Classic at item level 87, usable from level 59. It binds when equipped. It gives 590 armor and has 70 durability. It shares its appearance with Dark Iron Shoulders and Boulderfist Epaulets. Other plate shoulder pieces listed on the MoP Classic Auction House closest to it in item level include Bog Pauldrons (88), Bloodscale Pauldrons (90) and Ango'rosh Pauldrons (84). The latest scan finds it on 2 MoP Classic realms (EU 1, TW 1); the cheapest buyout is 15 gold on Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU). A vendor pays 3 gold88 silver for it.

MoP Classic Auction House prices

Cheapest realm15 goldGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU)

Typical market (EU)15 gold99 silver

Median min buyout3,407 gold50 silver

Realms with listings2EU 1, TW 1

Latest snapshot2026-11-03 14:10 UTCBlizzard Last-Modified

Prices across MoP Classic realms

Realm	Min buyout	Market (median)	Qty	Listings	Snapshot
Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeerEU · Active	15 gold	15 gold99 silver	3	3	2026-11-03 14:08 UTC
IvusTW · Taiwan	6,800 gold	6,800 gold	2	2	2026-11-03 14:10 UTC

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Plate shoulder items near item level 87

Our MoP Classic item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 20 other plate shoulder items between item level 62 and 111; 2 of them carry fixed stats.

Polished Obsidian Pauldrons has the most fixed stat points in this group, 43.
Its lowest listed price, 15 gold, ranks 10th of 20 listed plate shoulder items in this group.
Cheapest listed plate shoulder items at a similar or higher item level: Talonguard Epaulets at 5 gold (item level 99, requires level 63), Boulderfist Epaulets at 6 gold (item level 105, requires level 65), Bogslayer Pauldrons at 9 gold (item level 93, requires level 61).
Other armor types for the shoulder slot within 6 item levels of 87: leather (7): Demon Hide Spaulders, Dreghood Pauldrons, Vengeance Pauldrons; cloth (6): Fireheart Shoulderpads, Starfire Mantle, Bog Mantle; mail (6): Bog Epaulets, Nexus-Strider Mantle, Netherstalker Mantle.

Item	Item level	Requires	Armor	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Polished Obsidian Pauldrons	68	60	469	+16 Strength, +17 Stamina, +10 Dodge	499 gold99 silver
Deteriorating Plate Shoulderpads	72	67	450	none	5 gold
Grimscale Pauldrons	81	57	559	none	10 gold
Ango'rosh Pauldrons	84	58	578	none	7 gold
Darkcrest Pauldrons	87	59	590	none	15 gold
Bog Pauldrons	88	61	533	none	50 gold
Bloodscale Pauldrons	90	60	598	none	12 gold
Bogslayer Pauldrons	93	61	606	none	9 gold
Khan'aish Epaulets	96	62	614	none	12 gold
Talonguard Epaulets	99	63	622	none	5 gold
Reaver Epaulets	102	64	630	none	-
Boulderfist Epaulets	105	65	637	none	6 gold

Appearance

Same appearance record (49034)

Same model in the game files

Also drawn with this model in the retail client: Expedition Mantle.

More Darkcrest items

Darkcrest Belt item level 87
Darkcrest Bracers item level 87
Darkcrest Breastplate item level 87
Darkcrest Gauntlets item level 87
Darkcrest Helm item level 87
Darkcrest Legguards item level 87
Darkcrest Sabatons item level 87

Where Darkcrest Pauldrons Fits

Items That Share Darkcrest Pauldrons's Icon

Darkcrest Pauldrons uses the same icon art, which 5 other items also use. The 5 closest by item ID:

Boulderfist Epaulets ID 24988 · Armor - Plate · item level 105 · lowest 6g on 2 realms
Warmaul Epaulets ID 24996 · Armor - Plate · item level 108 · lowest 835g on 2 realms
Highborne Pauldrons ID 14452 · Armor - Cloth · item level 54 · lowest 499g on 1 realm
Wyrmslayer Spaulders ID 13066 · Armor - Plate · item level 51 · lowest 58g on 4 realms
Mighty Spaulders ID 10153 · Armor - Leather · item level 62 · lowest 19g on 1 realm

Items Numbered Next to Darkcrest Pauldrons

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 24940 (24935 to 24945) were usually added in the same batch as Darkcrest Pauldrons: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Darkcrest Sabatons ID 24935 · Armor - Plate · item level 87 · lowest 9g on 2 realms
Darkcrest Breastplate ID 24936 · Armor - Plate · item level 87 · lowest 12g on 3 realms
Darkcrest Gauntlets ID 24937 · Armor - Plate · item level 87 · lowest 33g on 3 realms
Darkcrest Helm ID 24938 · Armor - Plate · item level 87 · lowest 14g on 4 realms
Darkcrest Legguards ID 24939 · Armor - Plate · item level 87 · lowest 18g on 4 realms
Darkcrest Bracers ID 24941 · Armor - Plate · item level 87 · lowest 5g on 3 realms
Bloodscale Belt ID 24942 · Armor - Plate · item level 90 · lowest 50g on 4 realms
Bloodscale Sabatons ID 24943 · Armor - Plate · item level 90 · lowest 9g on 4 realms
Bloodscale Breastplate ID 24944 · Armor - Plate · item level 90 · lowest 54g on 3 realms
Bloodscale Gauntlets ID 24945 · Armor - Plate · item level 90 · lowest 9g on 5 realms

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

Across game versions

Item 24940	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	87	30
Required level	59	59
Binding	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped
Armor	590	472
Sell price	3 gold88 silver	3 gold10 silver

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-10-04 16:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 6
Lowest buyout seen: 5 goldEverlook, Ook Ook (EU), 2026-10-06 21:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 6,800 goldIvus (TW)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 1,494

US median, latest 119gEU median, latest 15gKR median, latest 500gTW median, latest 6,800g
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
2026-11-03	15 gold	15 gold	1	-	-	-	6,800 gold	6,800 gold	1	118 gold99 silver	118 gold99 silver	1
2026-11-02	12 gold	19 gold99 silver	2	-	-	-	6,800 gold	6,800 gold	1	5 gold	119 gold	1
2026-11-01	10 gold	12 gold	3	-	-	-	6,800 gold	6,800 gold	1	5 gold	5 gold	1
2026-10-31	5 gold	10 gold	2	-	-	-	6,800 gold	6,800 gold	1	15 gold	50 gold	1
2026-10-30	7 gold	200 gold99 silver	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	15 gold	15 gold	1
2026-10-29	7 gold	499 gold99 silver	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	5 gold	5 gold	1
2026-10-28	10 gold	10 gold	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	5 gold	10 gold	1

Comments

Connected realms with a listing in the latest MoP Classic scan: EU 1 of 25, KR 0 of 5, TW 1 of 8, US 0 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	24940
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.70631)
Type	Armor
Subtype	Plate
Slot	Shoulder
Item level	87
Requires level	59
Binding	Binds when equipped
Max stack	1
Vendor sell	3 gold10 silver
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)