MoP Classic item

Embossed Plate Helmet

Item 9969 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.70631

Item Level 43
Binds when equipped
HeadPlate
337 Armor
Durability 70 / 70
Requires Level 40
Sell Price: 86 silver56 copper

About Embossed Plate Helmet

Embossed Plate Helmet is an uncommon piece of plate armor for the head slot on MoP Classic at item level 43, usable from level 40. It binds when equipped. It gives 337 armor and has 70 durability. It shares its appearance with Bloodfist Helmet and Warlord's Iron-Helm. Other plate head pieces listed on the MoP Classic Auction House closest to it in item level include Steel Plate Helm (43), Symbolic Crown (43) and Field Plate Helmet (42). The latest scan finds it on 2 MoP Classic realms (US 2); the cheapest buyout is 2 gold90 silver on Galakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US). A vendor pays 86 silver56 copper for it.

MoP Classic Auction House prices

Cheapest realm2 gold90 silverGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US)

Typical market3 gold95 silver

Median min buyout3 gold95 silver

Realms with listings2US 2

Latest snapshot2026-11-04 07:15 UTCBlizzard Last-Modified

Prices across MoP Classic realms

Realm	Min buyout	Market (median)	Qty	Listings	Snapshot
Galakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-denUS · Active	2 gold90 silver	2 gold90 silver	1	1	2026-11-04 07:15 UTC
MankrikUS · Legacy	5 gold	5 gold	1	1	2026-11-04 07:15 UTC

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Plate head items near item level 43

Our MoP Classic item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 28 other plate head items between item level 40 and 56; 12 of them carry fixed stats.

Steel Plate Helm has the most fixed stat points in this group, 56.
Next plate head items up with fixed stats: Chromite Barbute (item level 44, requires level 40), Tyrant's Helm (item level 46, requires level 41), Heavy Mithril Helm (item level 47, requires level 42), Valorous Helm (item level 48, requires level 43), Ornate Mithril Helm (item level 49, requires level 44).
Its lowest listed price, 2 gold90 silver, ranks 5th of 20 listed plate head items in this group.
Cheapest listed plate head items at a similar or higher item level: Light Plate Helmet at 1 gold (item level 55, requires level 50), Heavy Lamellar Helm at 1 gold80 silver (item level 53, requires level 48), Overlord's Crown at 1 gold99 silver (item level 49, requires level 44).
Other armor types for the head slot within 3 item levels of 43: cloth (26): Black Mageweave Headband, Spellpower Goggles Xtreme, Deepdive Helmet; leather (17): Big Voodoo Mask, Nightscape Headband, Wolfshead Helm; mail (13): Mithril Coif, Turtle Scale Helm, Blackforge Cowl.

Item	Item level	Requires	Armor	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Jouster's Visor	40	40	316	+10 Agility, +11 Stamina	-
Saltstone Helm	41	40	323	none	5,500 gold
Field Plate Helmet	42	40	330	none	19 gold
Embossed Plate Helmet	43	40	337	none	2 gold90 silver
Steel Plate Helm	43	40	337	+24 Strength, +32 Bonus Armor	3 gold50 silver
Symbolic Crown	43	40	337	+16 Stamina, +5 Spirit	8 gold50 silver
Chromite Barbute	44	40	344	+12 Strength, +12 Agility	-
Warbringer's Crown	45	40	351	none	220 gold
Gothic Plate Helmet	46	41	358	none	2 gold
Tyrant's Helm	46	41	358	+5 Strength, +4 Agility, +16 Stamina	28 gold2 silver
Heavy Mithril Helm	47	42	465	+10 Strength, +11 Stamina	10 gold
Valorous Helm	48	43	372	+14 Agility, +13 Stamina	-

Appearance

Same appearance record (48620)

Same model in the game files

Also drawn with this model in the retail client: Scarab Plate Helm, Reinforced Heaume.

More Embossed items

Embossed Plate Gauntlets item level 43
Embossed Plate Pauldrons item level 43
Embossed Plate Boots item level 42
Embossed Plate Bracers item level 42
Embossed Plate Girdle item level 42
Embossed Plate Leggings item level 44
Embossed Plate Armor item level 45

Where Embossed Plate Helmet Fits

Items That Share Embossed Plate Helmet's Icon

Embossed Plate Helmet uses the same icon art, which 1 other item also uses. The 1 closest by item ID:

Heraldic Headpiece ID 8122 · Armor - Leather · item level 48 · lowest 16g on 1 realm

Items Numbered Next to Embossed Plate Helmet

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 9969 (9964 to 9974) were usually added in the same batch as Embossed Plate Helmet: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Warmonger's Leggings ID 9964 · Armor - Mail · item level 49 · lowest 1g on 4 realms
Warmonger's Pauldrons ID 9965 · Armor - Mail · item level 49 · lowest 1g on 5 realms
Embossed Plate Armor ID 9966 · Armor - Plate · item level 45 · lowest 5g on 2 realms
Embossed Plate Gauntlets ID 9967 · Armor - Plate · item level 43 · lowest 18g on 2 realms
Embossed Plate Girdle ID 9968 · Armor - Plate · item level 42
Embossed Plate Leggings ID 9970 · Armor - Plate · item level 44 · lowest 5g on 3 realms
Embossed Plate Pauldrons ID 9971 · Armor - Plate · item level 43 · lowest 38g on 2 realms
Embossed Plate Bracers ID 9972 · Armor - Plate · item level 42 · lowest 25g on 1 realm
Embossed Plate Boots ID 9973 · Armor - Plate · item level 42 · lowest 89g on 1 realm
Overlord's Shield ID 9974 · Armor - Shield · item level 52 · lowest 20g on 4 realms

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

Across game versions

Item 9969	Classic Era	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	43	43	23
Required level	40	40	40
Binding	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped
Armor	310	337	337
Sell price	39 silver64 copper	86 silver56 copper	69 silver25 copper

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-10-05 09:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 8
Lowest buyout seen: 1 goldAuberdine (EU), 2026-10-31 19:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 400 goldGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 1,413

US median, latest 2.9gEU median, latest 5gTW median, latest 1.5g
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	TW low	TW median	TW realms	US low	US median	US realms
2026-11-04	-	-	-	-	-	-	2 gold90 silver	2 gold90 silver	2
2026-11-03	5 gold	5 gold	1	-	-	-	2 gold90 silver	5 gold	3
2026-11-02	-	-	-	-	-	-	5 gold	40 gold	3
2026-11-01	10 gold	20 gold	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
2026-10-31	1 gold	1 gold	1	-	-	-	400 gold	400 gold	1
2026-10-30	1 gold	20 gold	3	-	-	-	15 gold	400 gold	1
2026-10-29	20 gold	20 gold	1	-	-	-	5 gold10 silver	5 gold10 silver	1

Comments

Connected realms with a listing in the latest MoP Classic scan: EU 0 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	9969
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.70631)
Type	Armor
Subtype	Plate
Slot	Head
Item level	43
Requires level	40
Binding	Binds when equipped
Max stack	1
Vendor sell	69 silver25 copper
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)