MoP Classic item

Imperial Plate Shoulders

Item 12428 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.70631

Item Level 53
Binds when equipped
ShoulderPlate
376 Armor
+12 Strength
+11 Stamina
Durability 70 / 70
Requires Level 47
Imperial Plate (0/7)
Imperial Plate Belt
Imperial Plate Boots
Imperial Plate Bracers
Imperial Plate Chest
Imperial Plate Helm
Imperial Plate Leggings
Imperial Plate Shoulders
(2) Set: +100 Armor.
(4) Set: Increases Strength by 14.
(6) Set: +18 Stamina.
Sell Price: 1 gold88 silver

About Imperial Plate Shoulders

Imperial Plate Shoulders is an uncommon piece of plate armor for the shoulder slot on MoP Classic at item level 53, usable from level 47. It binds when equipped. Its primary stats are +12 Strength and +11 Stamina. It gives 376 armor and has 70 durability. It belongs to the Imperial Plate set of 7 pieces: 2 pieces grant +100 Armor.; 4 pieces grant Increases Strength by 14.; 6 pieces grant +18 Stamina.. Other plate shoulder pieces listed on the MoP Classic Auction House closest to it in item level include Heavy Lamellar Pauldrons (53), High Chief's Pauldrons (53) and Lofty Shoulder Pads (54). The latest scan finds it on 1 MoP Classic realm (EU 1); the cheapest buyout is 319 gold69 silver on Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU). A vendor pays 1 gold88 silver for it.

MoP Classic Auction House prices

Cheapest realm319 gold69 silverGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU)

Typical market (EU)319 gold69 silver

Median min buyout319 gold69 silver

Realms with listings1EU 1

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

Prices across MoP Classic realms

Realm	Min buyout	Market (median)	Qty	Listings	Snapshot
Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeerEU · Active	319 gold69 silver	319 gold69 silver	3	3	2026-11-03 07:08 UTC

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Where it comes from

Crafted	Imperial Plate Shoulders	Recipe

Item set: Imperial Plate

Imperial Plate: 7 pieces in Blizzard's set record.

Set bonuses

2 pieces +100 Armor.
4 pieces Increases Strength by 14.
6 pieces +18 Stamina.

Plate shoulder items near item level 53

Our MoP Classic item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 45 other plate shoulder items between item level 41 and 68; 19 of them carry fixed stats.

+12 Strength ranks 4th of 11 plate shoulder items with Strength; Polished Obsidian Pauldrons (item level 68, requires level 60) has the most, +16.
+11 Stamina ranks 10th of 13 plate shoulder items with Stamina; Darksoul Shoulders (item level 65, requires level 60) has the most, +24.
Stockade Pauldrons has the most fixed stat points in this group, 45 against 23 here.
Same stat line (Strength and Stamina): Chromite Pauldrons, Warleader's Shoulders.
Next plate shoulder items up with Strength: Alabaster Plate Pauldrons (item level 55, requires level 50), Dark Iron Shoulders (item level 56, requires level 51), Imbued Plate Pauldrons (item level 59, requires level 54), Warleader's Shoulders (item level 61, requires level 56), Polished Obsidian Pauldrons (item level 68, requires level 60).
Its lowest listed price, 49 gold99 silver, ranks 18th of 44 listed plate shoulder items in this group.
Cheapest listed plate shoulder items at a similar or higher item level: Revenant Shoulders at 1 gold99 silver (item level 51, requires level 46), Tarnished Plate Shoulderpads at 2 gold (item level 66, requires level 61), Heavy Lamellar Pauldrons at 3 gold50 silver (item level 53, requires level 48).
Other armor types for the shoulder slot within 4 item levels of 53: cloth (13): Imperial Red Mantle, Elder Wizard's Mantle, Highborne Pauldrons; leather (13): Serpentskin Spaulders, Ironfeather Shoulders, Living Shoulders; mail (13): Ebonhold Shoulderpads, Myrmidon's Pauldrons, Stratholme Militia Shoulderguard.

Item	Item level	Requires	Armor	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Revenant Shoulders	51	46	363	none	1 gold99 silver
Sunscale Spaulders	51	46	363	+5 Agility, +13 Stamina, +4 Hit	280 gold
Wyrmslayer Spaulders	51	46	363	+12 Strength, +8 Agility, +12 Stamina	10 gold
Imperial Plate Shoulders	53	47	376	+12 Strength, +11 Stamina	49 gold99 silver
Heavy Lamellar Pauldrons	53	48	376	none	3 gold50 silver
High Chief's Pauldrons	53	48	376	none	3,346 gold51 silver
Light Plate Shoulderpads	54	49	345	none	5 gold
Lofty Shoulder Pads	54	49	383	none	500 gold
Alabaster Plate Pauldrons	55	50	389	+12 Strength, +12 Hit	15 gold
Stockade Pauldrons	55	50	389	+20 Stamina, +10 Spirit, +15 Dodge	900 gold
Dark Iron Shoulders	56	51	396	+13 Strength, +13 Stamina, +13 Dodge	5,000 gold
Vanguard Pauldrons	56	51	396	+8 Agility, +8 Stamina, +12 Hit	1,776 gold98 silver

Appearance

Same model in the game files

Also drawn with this model in the retail client: Sylvanaar Champion's Shoulders.

More Imperial items

Imperial Plate Belt item level 53
Imperial Plate Bracers item level 54
Imperial Plate Boots item level 59
Imperial Plate Helm item level 59
Imperial Plate Chest item level 60
Imperial Plate Leggings item level 61

Where Imperial Plate Shoulders Fits

Items That Share Imperial Plate Shoulders's Icon

Imperial Plate Shoulders uses the same icon art, which 23 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:

Mooncloth Shoulders ID 14139 · Armor - Cloth · item level 61 · lowest 1,442g on 2 realms
Geomancer's Spaulders ID 14223 · Armor - Cloth · item level 38 · lowest 1g on 2 realms
Embersilk Mantle ID 14232 · Armor - Cloth · item level 39 · lowest 2g on 1 realm
Darkmist Mantle ID 14243 · Armor - Cloth · item level 43 · lowest 1g on 1 realm
Bloodwoven Pads ID 14266 · Armor - Cloth · item level 47 · lowest 12g on 2 realms
Silksand Shoulder Pads ID 14423 · Armor - Cloth · item level 40 · lowest 9g on 3 realms
Windchaser Amice ID 14432 · Armor - Cloth · item level 45 · lowest 9g on 2 realms
Elunarian Spaulders ID 14463 · Armor - Cloth · item level 62

Items Numbered Next to Imperial Plate Shoulders

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 12428 (12422 to 12445) were usually added in the same batch as Imperial Plate Shoulders: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Imperial Plate Chest ID 12422 · Armor - Plate · item level 60 · lowest 14g on 3 realms
Imperial Plate Belt ID 12424 · Armor - Plate · item level 53 · lowest 15g on 3 realms
Imperial Plate Bracers ID 12425 · Armor - Plate · item level 54 · lowest 1g on 3 realms
Imperial Plate Boots ID 12426 · Armor - Plate · item level 59 · lowest 9g on 5 realms
Imperial Plate Helm ID 12427 · Armor - Plate · item level 59 · lowest 25g on 4 realms
Imperial Plate Leggings ID 12429 · Armor - Plate · item level 61 · lowest 245g on 1 realm
Felnok's Package ID 12445 · Quest

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

Across game versions

Item 12428	Classic Era	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	53	53	27
Required level	47	47	47
Binding	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped
Armor	380	376	376
Strength	12	12	-
Stamina	11	11	-
Item set	Imperial Plate	Imperial Plate	Imperial Plate
Sell price	86 silver46 copper	1 gold88 silver	1 gold51 silver

Retail recipe Imperial Plate Shoulders: 12x Thorium Bar, 6x Rugged Leather.

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-10-04 09:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 4
Lowest buyout seen: 3 gold79 silverAuberdine (EU), 2026-10-24 16:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 1,969 gold69 silverGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 1,143

US median, latest 50gEU median, latest 320g
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	319 gold69 silver	319 gold69 silver	1	49 gold99 silver	49 gold99 silver	1
2026-11-02	6 gold66 silver	319 gold69 silver	2	49 gold99 silver	49 gold99 silver	1
2026-11-01	6 gold66 silver	525 gold	2	68 gold14 silver	68 gold14 silver	1
2026-10-31	257 gold81 silver	525 gold	1	10 gold	10 gold	1
2026-10-30	259 gold63 silver	525 gold	1	10 gold	49 gold	1
2026-10-29	22 gold22 silver	525 gold	2	40 gold	40 gold	1
2026-10-28	22 gold22 silver	525 gold	2	40 gold	40 gold	1

Comments

Connected realms with a listing in the latest MoP Classic scan: EU 1 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	12428
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.70631)
Type	Armor
Subtype	Plate
Slot	Shoulder
Item level	53
Requires level	47
Binding	Binds when equipped
Max stack	1
Item set	Imperial Plate
Vendor sell	1 gold51 silver
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)