MoP Classic item

Helm of Elemental Binding

Item 87451 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.70631

Item Level 450
Binds when equipped
HeadMail
2,792 Armor
+1,195 Stamina
+557 Intellect
+372 Spirit
Durability 85 / 85
Requires Level 85
+435 Mastery
Sell Price: 21 gold72 silver

About Helm of Elemental Binding

Helm of Elemental Binding is a rare piece of mail armor for the head slot on MoP Classic at item level 450, usable from level 85. It binds when equipped. Its primary stats are +1,195 Stamina, +557 Intellect and +372 Spirit, with Mastery (435) as a secondary stat. It gives 2,792 armor and has 85 durability. It shares its appearance with Contender's Scale Helm. Other mail head pieces listed on the MoP Classic Auction House closest to it in item level include Contender's Dragonscale Helm (450), Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Ringmail Helm (458) and Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Chain Helm (458). The latest scan finds it on 5 MoP Classic realms (EU 2, KR 1, US 2); the cheapest buyout is 89 gold on Bloodsail Buccaneers (US). A vendor pays 21 gold72 silver for it.

MoP Classic Auction House prices

Cheapest realm89 goldBloodsail Buccaneers (US)

Typical market (EU)1,561 gold6 silver

Median min buyout622 gold12 silver

Realms with listings5EU 2, KR 1, US 2

Latest snapshot2026-11-03 07:08 UTCBlizzard Last-Modified

Prices across MoP Classic realms

Realm	Min buyout	Market (median)	Qty	Listings	Snapshot
Everlook, Ook OokEU · Active	622 gold12 silver	622 gold12 silver	2	2	2026-11-03 07:08 UTC
Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeerEU · Active	1,499 gold59 silver	2,500 gold	8	8	2026-11-03 07:08 UTC
Bloodsail BuccaneersUS · Active	89 gold	89 gold	1	1	2026-11-03 06:29 UTC
Shimmering FlatsKR · Korea	190 gold	190 gold	2	2	2026-11-03 05:57 UTC
Galakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-denUS · Active	889 gold99 silver	889 gold99 silver	3	3	2026-11-03 06:29 UTC

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Mail head items near item level 450

Our MoP Classic item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 8 other mail head items between item level 429 and 458; 6 of them carry fixed stats.

+1,195 Stamina ranks 5th of 7 mail head items with Stamina; Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Chain Helm (item level 458, requires level 90) has the most, +1,287.
+557 Intellect ranks 4th of 4 mail head items with Intellect; Contender's Scale Helm (item level 450, requires level 90) has the most, +797.
+372 Spirit: no other mail head item in this group carries Spirit.
+435 Mastery ranks 4th of 7 mail head items with Mastery; Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Mail Helm (item level 458, requires level 90) has the most, +572.
Contender's Dragonscale Helm has the most fixed stat points in this group, 3,346 against 2,559 here.
Next mail head items up with Intellect: Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Mail Helm (item level 458, requires level 90), Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Ringmail Helm (item level 458, requires level 90).
Its lowest listed price, 89 gold, ranks 4th of 9 listed mail head items in this group.
Cheapest listed mail head items at a similar or higher item level: Contender's Dragonscale Helm at 70 gold (item level 450, requires level 90), Contender's Scale Helm at 70 gold (item level 450, requires level 90), Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Mail Helm at 199 gold (item level 458, requires level 90).
Other armor types for the head slot within 6 item levels of 450: leather (3): Contender's Leather Helm, Contender's Wyrmhide Helm, Zom's Misty Hood; plate (3): Contender's Revenant Helm, Contender's Spirit Helm, Masterwork Spiritguard Helm; cloth (2): Contender's Satin Cowl, Contender's Silk Cowl.

Item	Item level	Requires	Armor	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Brittle Flamereaver Mask	429	90	2,568	none	5,000 gold
Yak Helm	429	88	2,568	none	20 gold
Helm of Elemental Binding	450	85	2,792	+1,195 Stamina, +557 Intellect, +372 Spirit, +435 Mastery	89 gold
Contender's Dragonscale Helm	450	90	2,792	+797 Agility, +1,195 Stamina, +570 Critical Strike, +466 Mastery, +318 PvP Power	70 gold
Contender's Scale Helm	450	90	2,792	+1,195 Stamina, +797 Intellect, +570 Critical Strike, +466 Mastery, +318 PvP Power	70 gold
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Chain Helm	458	90	2,877	+618 Agility, +1,287 Stamina, +572 Expertise, +332 Mastery, +394 PvP Power	999 gold
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Linked Helm	458	90	2,877	+618 Agility, +1,287 Stamina, +572 Expertise, +332 Mastery, +394 PvP Power	1,998 gold
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Mail Helm	458	90	2,877	+1,287 Stamina, +618 Intellect, +332 Haste, +572 Mastery, +394 PvP Power	199 gold
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Ringmail Helm	458	90	2,877	+1,287 Stamina, +618 Intellect, +572 Critical Strike, +332 Mastery, +394 PvP Power	200 gold

Appearance

Same appearance record (110512)

Contender's Scale Helm

Same model in the game files

Also drawn with this model in the retail client: Waterburst Helm, Vexing Coif, Tidehunter Helm.

Where Helm of Elemental Binding Fits

Items That Share Helm of Elemental Binding's Icon

Helm of Elemental Binding uses the same icon art, which 1 other item also uses. The 1 closest by item ID:

Contender's Dragonscale Helm ID 85794 · Armor - Mail · item level 450 · lowest 70g on 3 realms

Items Numbered Next to Helm of Elemental Binding

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 87451 (87446 to 87456) were usually added in the same batch as Helm of Elemental Binding: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Gauntlets of the Solemn Charge ID 87446 · Armor - Plate · item level 442 · lowest 465g on 4 realms
Toad-Slime Gloves ID 87447 · Armor - Cloth · item level 409 · lowest 84,999g on 1 realm
Toremu's Crackling Grips ID 87448 · Armor - Mail · item level 417 · lowest 2,500g on 3 realms
Errick's Woundbinder Gauntlets ID 87449 · Armor - Plate · item level 417 · lowest 999g on 3 realms
Hood of Alchemical Vapors ID 87450 · Armor - Cloth · item level 442 · lowest 255g on 4 realms
Zom's Misty Hood ID 87452 · Armor - Leather · item level 450 · lowest 1,749g on 3 realms
Endwyn's Toothy Visage ID 87453 · Armor - Plate · item level 433 · lowest 8,999g on 2 realms
Light-Sealed Casque ID 87454 · Armor - Plate · item level 442 · lowest 89g on 6 realms
Davidian's All-Seeing Eyes ID 87455 · Armor - Plate · item level 425 · lowest 12,998g on 2 realms
Hexu's Amplifying Helm ID 87456 · Armor - Mail · item level 409 · lowest 9,249g on 2 realms

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

Across game versions

Retail (Midnight) drops Stamina and Mastery.

Item 87451	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	450	39
Required level	85	85
Binding	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped
Armor	2,792	2,792
Stamina	1,195	-
Intellect	557	36
Spirit	372	18
Mastery	435	-
Sell price	21 gold72 silver	17 gold37 silver

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-10-04 08:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 13
Lowest buyout seen: 22 goldFlamegor (EU), 2026-10-29 18:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 11,900 goldArugal (AU) (US)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 4,234

US median, latest 89gEU median, latest 667gKR median, latest 190gTW median, latest 10,000g
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	622 gold12 silver	666 gold97 silver	2	190 gold	190 gold	1	-	-	-	89 gold	89 gold	2
2026-11-02	666 gold97 silver	766 gold33 silver	3	190 gold	190 gold	1	-	-	-	89 gold	889 gold99 silver	4
2026-11-01	55 gold	666 gold99 silver	4	199 gold99 silver	199 gold99 silver	1	-	-	-	333 gold	900 gold99 silver	3
2026-10-31	54 gold	95 gold4 silver	3	199 gold99 silver	199 gold99 silver	1	9,999 gold99 silver	9,999 gold99 silver	1	250 gold	990 gold	4
2026-10-30	95 gold	97 gold	3	199 gold99 silver	199 gold99 silver	1	9,999 gold99 silver	9,999 gold99 silver	1	990 gold	999 gold99 silver	3
2026-10-29	22 gold	98 gold	4	199 gold99 silver	199 gold99 silver	1	9,999 gold99 silver	9,999 gold99 silver	1	498 gold94 silver	1,399 gold99 silver	2
2026-10-28	22 gold	150 gold	4	199 gold99 silver	199 gold99 silver	2	2,999 gold99 silver	2,999 gold99 silver	1	498 gold94 silver	1,519 gold99 silver	2

Comments

Connected realms with a listing in the latest MoP Classic scan: EU 2 of 25, KR 1 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	87451
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.70631)
Type	Armor
Subtype	Mail
Slot	Head
Item level	450
Requires level	85
Binding	Binds when equipped
Max stack	1
Vendor sell	17 gold37 silver
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)

Same item on

Retail (Midnight)