MoP Classic item

Defender Gauntlets

Item 6577 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.70631

Item Level 23
Binds when equipped
HandsMail
103 Armor
Durability 35 / 35
Requires Level 18
Sell Price: 9 silver52 copper

About Defender Gauntlets

Defender Gauntlets is an uncommon piece of mail armor for the hands slot on MoP Classic at item level 23, usable from level 18. It binds when equipped. It gives 103 armor and has 35 durability. Other mail hands pieces listed on the MoP Classic Auction House closest to it in item level include Hulking Gauntlets (23), Thorbia's Gauntlets (23) and Fortified Gauntlets (25). The latest scan finds it on 5 MoP Classic realms (EU 3, US 2); the cheapest buyout is 77 silver on Galakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US). A vendor pays 9 silver52 copper for it.

MoP Classic Auction House prices

Cheapest realm77 silverGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US)

Typical market (EU)1 gold

Median min buyout1 gold

Realms with listings5EU 3, US 2

Latest snapshot2026-11-04 01:15 UTCBlizzard Last-Modified

Prices across MoP Classic realms

Realm	Min buyout	Market (median)	Qty	Listings	Snapshot
Everlook, Ook OokEU · Active	1 gold	1 gold	3	3	2026-11-04 01:08 UTC
Pyrewood VillageEU · Legacy	1 gold	1 gold	2	2	2026-11-04 01:08 UTC
Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeerEU · Active	1 gold	1 gold	2	2	2026-11-04 01:08 UTC
Galakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-denUS · Active	77 silver	2 gold	5	5	2026-11-04 01:15 UTC
Remulos (AU)US · Legacy	23 gold18 silver	23 gold18 silver	1	1	2026-11-04 01:15 UTC

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Mail hands items near item level 23

Our MoP Classic item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 26 other mail hands items between item level 17 and 30; 11 of them carry fixed stats.

Thorbia's Gauntlets has the most fixed stat points in this group, 11.
Next mail hands items up with fixed stats: Lambent Scale Gloves (item level 27, requires level 22), Silvered Bronze Gauntlets (item level 27, requires level 22), Slayer's Gloves (item level 29, requires level 24), Glimmering Mail Gauntlets (item level 30, requires level 25), Green Iron Gauntlets (item level 30, requires level 25).
Its lowest listed price, 77 silver, ranks 5th of 14 listed mail hands items in this group.
Cheapest listed mail hands items at a similar or higher item level: Fortified Gauntlets at 20 silver (item level 25, requires level 20), Silvered Bronze Gauntlets at 29 silver99 copper (item level 27, requires level 22), Hulking Gauntlets at 1 gold (item level 23, requires level 18).
Other armor types for the hands slot within 2 item levels of 23: leather (11): Fletcher's Gloves, Nimble Leather Gloves, Deviate Scale Gloves; cloth (10): Bright Gloves, Gnoll Casting Gloves, Raven's Claws.

Item	Item level	Requires	Armor	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Blackrock Gauntlets	20	15	92	+3 Strength, +3 Agility	9,999 gold99 silver
Burnished Gloves	20	15	92	+4 Strength, +2 Agility	-
Outrunner's Gloves	20	15	92	none	1 gold
Grunt's Handwraps	21	16	95	none	-
Scalemail Gloves	22	17	94	none	-
Defender Gauntlets	23	18	103	none	77 silver
Hulking Gauntlets	23	18	103	+5 Strength, +2 Agility, +1 Stamina	1 gold
Thorbia's Gauntlets	23	18	110	+8 Strength, +3 Stamina	900 gold
Linked Chain Gloves	24	19	96	none	-
Fortified Gauntlets	25	20	110	none	20 silver
Spiked Chain Gauntlets	26	21	114	none	1,531 gold74 silver
Silvered Bronze Gauntlets	27	22	118	+4 Strength, +4 Stamina, +3 Critical Strike	29 silver99 copper

More Defender items

Defender Boots item level 23
Defender Leggings item level 23
Defender Tunic item level 23
Defender Bracers item level 22
Defender Girdle item level 22
Defender Spaulders item level 24

Where Defender Gauntlets Fits

Items That Share Defender Gauntlets's Icon

Defender Gauntlets uses the same icon art, which 11 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:

Infantry Gauntlets ID 6510 · Armor - Mail · item level 11
Lambent Scale Gloves ID 3047 · Armor - Mail · item level 27 · lowest 9g on 1 realm
Stormgale Fists ID 10584 · Armor - Plate · item level 45 · lowest 7,129g on 1 realm
Murkwater Gauntlets ID 10631 · Armor - Mail · item level 55 · lowest 15,000g on 2 realms
Thorbia's Gauntlets ID 12994 · Armor - Mail · item level 23 · lowest 900g on 1 realm
Jadefire Gloves ID 15393 · Armor - Leather · item level 52 · lowest 1,075g on 1 realm
Flamebane Gloves ID 23514 · Armor - Plate · item level 114 · lowest 8,499g on 2 realms
Dalaran Knuckles ID 44641 · Weapon - Fist Weapon · item level 80

Items Numbered Next to Defender Gauntlets

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 6577 (6572 to 6582) were usually added in the same batch as Defender Gauntlets: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Defender Shield ID 6572 · Armor - Shield · item level 23 · lowest 1g on 2 realms
Defender Boots ID 6573 · Armor - Mail · item level 23 · lowest 44s on 5 realms
Defender Bracers ID 6574 · Armor - Mail · item level 22 · lowest 35s on 4 realms
Defender Cloak ID 6575 · Armor - Cloth · item level 20 · lowest 35s on 5 realms
Defender Girdle ID 6576 · Armor - Mail · item level 22 · lowest 50s on 5 realms
Defender Leggings ID 6578 · Armor - Mail · item level 23 · lowest 48s on 5 realms
Defender Spaulders ID 6579 · Armor - Mail · item level 24 · lowest 40s on 2 realms
Defender Tunic ID 6580 · Armor - Mail · item level 23 · lowest 99s on 6 realms
Scouting Belt ID 6581 · Armor - Leather · item level 21 · lowest 15s on 3 realms
Scouting Boots ID 6582 · Armor - Leather · item level 22 · lowest 60s on 2 realms

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

Across game versions

Item 6577	Classic Era	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	23	23	14
Required level	18	18	18
Binding	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped
Armor	110	103	100
Sell price	6 silver49 copper	9 silver52 copper	6 silver49 copper

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-10-05 03:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 13
Lowest buyout seen: 10 silver52 copperEverlook, Ook Ook (EU), 2026-10-11 16:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 100 goldGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 2,679

US median, latest 77sEU median, latest 1g
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	US low	US median	US realms
2026-11-04	1 gold	1 gold	3	77 silver	77 silver	2
2026-11-03	45 silver	1 gold	3	77 silver	1 gold	3
2026-11-02	45 silver	90 silver	3	21 silver	1 gold	2
2026-11-01	50 silver	1 gold	4	21 silver	21 silver	2
2026-10-31	20 silver	1 gold	4	21 silver	1 gold99 silver	4
2026-10-30	20 silver	1 gold	5	98 silver	1 gold	4
2026-10-29	20 silver	10 gold	5	24 silver	1 gold	4

Comments

Connected realms with a listing in the latest MoP Classic scan: EU 3 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	6577
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.70631)
Type	Armor
Subtype	Mail
Slot	Hands
Item level	23
Requires level	18
Binding	Binds when equipped
Max stack	1
Vendor sell	6 silver49 copper
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)