MoP Classic item

Daunting Handguards

Item 41357 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.69585

Item Level 187
Binds when equipped
HandsPlate
972 Armor
+30 Strength
+60 Stamina
Durability 45 / 45
Requires Level 78
Equip: Increases your dodge by 71.
Sell Price: 6 gold32 silver

About Daunting Handguards

Daunting Handguards is a rare piece of plate armor for the hands slot on MoP Classic at item level 187, usable from level 78. It binds when equipped. Its primary stats are +30 Strength and +60 Stamina, with Dodge (71) as a secondary stat. It gives 972 armor and has 45 durability. It shares its appearance with Refined Ore Gloves and Gauntlets of the Cheerful Hearth. Other plate hands pieces listed on the MoP Classic Auction House closest to it in item level include Ornate Saronite Gauntlets (187), Righteous Gauntlets (187) and Savage Saronite Gauntlets (187). The latest scan finds it on 3 MoP Classic realms (EU 1, US 2); the cheapest buyout is 20 gold on Arugal (AU) (US). A vendor pays 6 gold32 silver for it.

MoP Classic Auction House prices

Cheapest realm20 goldArugal (AU) (US)

Typical market (EU)88 gold99 silver

Median min buyout88 gold99 silver

Realms with listings3EU 1, US 2

Latest snapshot2026-09-19 09:13 UTCBlizzard Last-Modified

Prices across MoP Classic realms

Realm	Min buyout	Market (median)	Qty	Listings	Snapshot
Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeerEU · Active	88 gold99 silver	88 gold99 silver	2	2	2026-09-19 09:13 UTC
Arugal (AU)US · Active	20 gold	20 gold	1	1	2026-09-19 08:12 UTC
Galakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-denUS · Active	90 gold97 silver	90 gold97 silver	9	9	2026-09-19 08:12 UTC

Plate hands items near item level 187

Our MoP Classic item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 15 other plate hands items between item level 162 and 200; 7 of them carry fixed stats.

+30 Strength ranks 3rd of 4 plate hands items with Strength; Refined Ore Gloves (item level 200, requires level 80) has the most, +57.
+60 Stamina ranks 5th of 8 plate hands items with Stamina; Refined Ore Gloves (item level 200, requires level 80) has the most, +87.
+71 Dodge ranks 1st of 3 plate hands items with Dodge, the most in this group.
Refined Ore Gloves has the most fixed stat points in this group, 200 against 161 here.
Same stat line (Strength, Stamina and Dodge): Tempered Saronite Gauntlets, Refined Ore Gloves.
Next plate hands items up with Strength: Refined Ore Gloves (item level 200, requires level 80).
Its lowest listed price, 20 gold, ranks 4th of 14 listed plate hands items in this group.
Cheapest listed plate hands items at a similar or higher item level: Refined Ore Gloves at 50 gold (item level 200, requires level 80), Righteous Gauntlets at 159 gold99 silver (item level 187, requires level 78), Web Winder Gloves at 162 gold33 silver (item level 200, requires level 80).
Other armor types for the hands slot within 6 item levels of 187: leather (4): Overcast Handwraps, Seafoam Gauntlets, Eviscerator's Gauntlets; cloth (3): Frostsavage Gloves, Light Blessed Mittens, Coldwraith Handwraps; mail (3): Stormhide Grips, Swiftarrow Gauntlets, Spectral Gauntlets.

Item	Item level	Requires	Armor	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Golem Gauntlets	174	78	727	none	39 gold
Revenant Gauntlets	178	79	743	none	169 gold69 silver
Tempered Saronite Gauntlets	179	78	767	+28 Strength, +55 Stamina, +66 Dodge	2 gold99 silver
Slipshod Plate Gloves	180	85	980	none	-
Necropolis Gloves	182	80	842	none	35 gold
Daunting Handguards	187	78	972	+30 Strength, +60 Stamina, +71 Dodge	20 gold
Ornate Saronite Gauntlets	187	78	972	+77 Stamina, +51 Intellect, +36 Spirit, +34 Resilience	849 gold97 silver
Righteous Gauntlets	187	78	972	+45 Stamina, +71 Intellect, +30 Critical Strike	159 gold99 silver
Savage Saronite Gauntlets	187	78	972	+52 Strength, +66 Stamina, +27 Critical Strike, +43 Resilience	773 gold50 silver
Bleached Plate Gloves	199	82	1,128	none	-
Refined Ore Gloves	200	80	1,295	+57 Strength, +87 Stamina, +56 Dodge	50 gold
Web Winder Gloves	200	80	1,295	+84 Stamina, +58 Intellect, +57 Haste	162 gold33 silver

Appearance

Same appearance record (85789)

Same model in the game files

Also drawn with this model in the retail client: Handguards of the Sanguine Gladiator.

More Daunting items

Daunting Legplates item level 187

Across game versions

Retail (Midnight) drops Strength and adds Strength or Intellect.

Item 41357	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	187	35
Required level	78	29
Binding	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped
Armor	972	15
Strength	30	-
Stamina	60	7
Dodge	71	12
Strength or Intellect	-	3
Sell price	6 gold32 silver	15 silver

Retail recipe Daunting Handguards: 12x Saronite Bar, 1x Eternal Earth.

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-08-27 21:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 6
Lowest buyout seen: 20 goldArugal (AU) (US), 2026-09-19 08:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 1,679 gold92 silverGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 1,409

US median, latest 20gEU median, latest 89gKR median, latest 750g
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	US low	US median	US realms
2026-09-19	88 gold99 silver	88 gold99 silver	1	-	-	-	20 gold	20 gold	2
2026-09-18	88 gold99 silver	500 gold	1	750 gold	750 gold	1	20 gold	90 gold97 silver	2
2026-09-17	500 gold	500 gold	1	-	-	-	44 gold20 silver	190 gold97 silver	1
2026-09-16	99 gold	99 gold	2	-	-	-	75 gold	75 gold	1
2026-09-15	45 gold	99 gold	2	-	-	-	75 gold	190 gold98 silver	1
2026-09-14	45 gold	45 gold	2	-	-	-	37 gold	191 gold	1
2026-09-13	50 gold	150 gold	2	-	-	-	37 gold	37 gold	2

Daunting Handguards

Connected realms with a listing in the latest MoP Classic scan: EU 1 of 25, KR 0 of 5, TW 0 of 8, US 2 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	41357
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.69585)
Type	Armor
Subtype	Plate
Slot	Hands
Item level	187
Requires level	78
Binding	Binds when equipped
Vendor sell	5 gold5 silver
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)