MoP Classic item

Guardian Armor

Item 4256 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.70631

Item Level 35
Binds when equipped
ChestLeather
151 Armor
+15 Stamina
+9 Intellect
Durability 115 / 115
Requires Level 30
Sell Price: 60 silver86 copper

About Guardian Armor

Guardian Armor is an uncommon piece of leather armor for the chest slot on MoP Classic at item level 35, usable from level 30. It binds when equipped. Its primary stats are +15 Stamina and +9 Intellect. It gives 151 armor and has 115 durability. Pattern: Guardian Armor teaches how to make it. Other leather chest pieces listed on the MoP Classic Auction House closest to it in item level include Dusky Leather Armor (35), Green Whelp Armor (35) and Infiltrator Armor (35). The latest scan finds it on 3 MoP Classic realms (EU 3); the cheapest buyout is 1,050 gold36 silver on Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU). A vendor pays 60 silver86 copper for it.

MoP Classic Auction House prices

Cheapest realm1,050 gold36 silverGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU)

Typical market (EU)1,154 gold15 silver

Median min buyout1,154 gold15 silver

Realms with listings3EU 3

Latest snapshot2026-11-03 21:08 UTCBlizzard Last-Modified

Prices across MoP Classic realms

Realm	Min buyout	Market (median)	Qty	Listings	Snapshot
Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeerEU · Active	1,050 gold36 silver	1,050 gold36 silver	1	1	2026-11-03 21:08 UTC
FlamegorEU · Russian	1,154 gold15 silver	1,154 gold15 silver	1	1	2026-11-03 21:08 UTC
Everlook, Ook OokEU · Active	1,190 gold26 silver	1,190 gold26 silver	1	1	2026-11-03 21:08 UTC

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Where it comes from

Crafted	Guardian Armor	Recipe

Crafting

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Pattern: Guardian Armor (2x Cured Heavy Hide, 12x Heavy Leather, 1x Shadow Oil, 2x Fine Thread) Requires Leatherworking (175)

Leather chest items near item level 35

Our MoP Classic item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 45 other leather chest items between item level 25 and 45; 19 of them carry fixed stats.

+15 Stamina ranks 2nd of 17 leather chest items with Stamina; Big Voodoo Robe (item level 43, requires level 38) has the most, +21.
+9 Intellect ranks 2nd of 3 leather chest items with Intellect; Spirewind Fetter (item level 40, requires level 35) has the most, +15.
Spirewind Fetter has the most fixed stat points in this group, 35 against 24 here.
Same stat line (Stamina and Intellect): Big Voodoo Robe.
Next leather chest items up with Intellect: Spirewind Fetter (item level 40, requires level 35), Big Voodoo Robe (item level 43, requires level 38).
Its lowest listed price, 1,050 gold36 silver, ranks 25th of 28 listed leather chest items in this group.
Cheapest listed leather chest items at a similar or higher item level: Sentinel Breastplate at 85 silver (item level 40, requires level 35), Scaled Leather Tunic at 1 gold (item level 33, requires level 28), Nightscape Tunic at 1 gold40 silver (item level 41, requires level 36).
Other armor types for the chest slot within 2 item levels of 35: cloth (23): Crimson Silk Vest, Green Silk Armor, Earthen Vest; mail (12): Green Iron Hauberk, Avenger's Armor, Mail Combat Armor.

Item	Item level	Requires	Armor	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Dokebi Chestguard	33	28	143	+10 Stamina, +6 Spirit	-
Raptor Hide Harness	33	28	143	+10 Stamina, +7 Expertise	-
Scaled Leather Tunic	33	28	143	none	1 gold
Cutthroat's Vest	34	29	147	none	20 gold
Thick Murloc Armor	34	29	147	+9 Agility, +8 Stamina	279 gold99 silver
Guardian Armor	35	30	151	+15 Stamina, +9 Intellect	1,050 gold36 silver
Dusky Leather Armor	35	30	151	+14 Agility	1 gold99 silver
Green Whelp Armor	35	30	151	+11 Spirit	20 gold
Infiltrator Armor	35	30	151	none	2 gold
Headhunter's Armor	36	31	155	none	-
Insignia Chestguard	36	31	155	+13 Stamina, +3 Spirit	3 gold
Wolffear Harness	36	31	159	+17 Agility, +6 Stamina, +3 Hit	6,179 gold84 silver

More Guardian items

Guardian Belt item level 34
Guardian Gloves item level 38
Guardian Pants item level 32
Guardian Leather Bracers item level 39

Where Guardian Armor Fits

Items That Share Guardian Armor's Icon

Guardian Armor uses the same icon art, which 6 other items also use. The 6 closest by item ID:

Spirewind Fetter ID 9406 · Armor - Leather · item level 40 · lowest 500g on 3 realms
Tracker's Tunic ID 9924 · Armor - Leather · item level 48 · lowest 2g on 3 realms
Headhunter's Armor ID 15356 · Armor - Leather · item level 36
Slavehandler Jerkin ID 24623 · Armor - Cloth · item level 96 · lowest 9g on 4 realms
Vengeance Chestpiece ID 24711 · Armor - Leather · item level 87 · lowest 7g on 3 realms
Ango'rosh Breastplate ID 24928 · Armor - Plate · item level 84 · lowest 15g on 1 realm

Items Numbered Next to Guardian Armor

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 4256 (4251 to 4261) were usually added in the same batch as Guardian Armor: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Hillman's Shoulders ID 4251 · Armor - Leather · item level 26 · lowest 39s on 8 realms
Dark Leather Shoulders ID 4252 · Armor - Leather · item level 28 · lowest 629g on 2 realms
Toughened Leather Gloves ID 4253 · Armor - Leather · item level 27 · lowest 69g on 3 realms
Barbaric Gloves ID 4254 · Armor - Leather · item level 30 · lowest 108g on 2 realms
Green Leather Armor ID 4255 · Armor - Leather · item level 31 · lowest 90g on 1 realm
Green Leather Belt ID 4257 · Armor - Leather · item level 32 · lowest 1g on 3 realms
Guardian Belt ID 4258 · Armor - Leather · item level 34 · lowest 150g on 4 realms
Green Leather Bracers ID 4259 · Armor - Leather · item level 36 · lowest 99s on 3 realms
Guardian Leather Bracers ID 4260 · Armor - Leather · item level 39 · lowest 205g on 2 realms
Solliden's Trousers ID 4261 · Armor - Cloth · item level 8

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

Across game versions

Classic Era drops Stamina and adds Spirit.

Item 4256	Classic Era	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	35	35	20
Required level	30	30	30
Binding	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped
Armor	102	151	141
Intellect	10	9	-
Spirit	9	-	-
Stamina	-	15	-
Sell price	34 silver77 copper	60 silver86 copper	34 silver77 copper

Retail recipe Guardian Armor: 2x Cured Heavy Hide, 12x Heavy Leather, 1x Shadow Oil, 2x Fine Thread.

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-10-04 23:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 4
Lowest buyout seen: 4 goldGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU), 2026-10-20 11:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 12,219 gold4 silverGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 1,806

US median, latest 230gEU median, latest 1,150g
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
2026-11-03	766 gold79 silver	1,149 gold77 silver	3	-	-	-
2026-11-02	1,040 gold5 silver	1,149 gold77 silver	3	-	-	-
2026-11-01	725 gold56 silver	1,142 gold13 silver	3	230 gold	230 gold	1
2026-10-31	725 gold57 silver	1,141 gold95 silver	3	229 gold99 silver	230 gold	1
2026-10-30	725 gold57 silver	1,142 gold42 silver	3	229 gold99 silver	229 gold99 silver	1
2026-10-29	1,016 gold16 silver	1,131 gold80 silver	3	-	-	-
2026-10-28	725 gold60 silver	1,131 gold76 silver	3	-	-	-

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 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	4256
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.70631)
Type	Armor
Subtype	Leather
Slot	Chest
Item level	35
Requires level	30
Binding	Binds when equipped
Max stack	1
Vendor sell	34 silver77 copper
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)