MoP Classic item

Jouster's Pauldrons

Item 8163 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.70631

Item Level 41
Binds when equipped
ShoulderPlate
298 Armor
+9 Strength
Durability 70 / 70
Requires Level 40
Equip: Increases your hit by 8.
Sell Price: 80 silver53 copper

About Jouster's Pauldrons

Jouster's Pauldrons is an uncommon piece of plate armor for the shoulder slot on MoP Classic at item level 41, usable from level 40. It binds when equipped. Its primary stats are +9 Strength, with Hit (8) as a secondary stat. It gives 298 armor and has 70 durability. It shares its appearance with Heavy Mithril Shoulder. Other plate shoulder pieces listed on the MoP Classic Auction House closest to it in item level include Saltstone Shoulder Pads (41), Field Plate Pauldrons (42) and Symbolic Pauldrons (42). The latest scan finds it on 2 MoP Classic realms (EU 2); the cheapest buyout is 4 gold on Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU). A vendor pays 80 silver53 copper for it.

MoP Classic Auction House prices

Cheapest realm4 goldGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU)

Typical market (EU)112 gold

Median min buyout112 gold

Realms with listings2EU 2

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

Prices across MoP Classic realms

Realm	Min buyout	Market (median)	Qty	Listings	Snapshot
Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeerEU · Active	4 gold	4 gold	1	1	2026-11-03 08:08 UTC
FlamegorEU · Russian	220 gold	220 gold	1	1	2026-11-03 08:08 UTC

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Plate shoulder items near item level 41

Our MoP Classic item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 21 other plate shoulder items between item level 41 and 53; 9 of them carry fixed stats.

+9 Strength ranks 5th of 6 plate shoulder items with Strength; Wyrmslayer Spaulders (item level 51, requires level 46) has the most, +12.
+8 Hit ranks 2nd of 4 plate shoulder items with Hit; Valorous Pauldrons (item level 48, requires level 43) has the most, +10.
Wyrmslayer Spaulders has the most fixed stat points in this group, 32 against 17 here.
Same stat line (Strength and Hit): Valorous Pauldrons.
Next plate shoulder items up with Strength: Chromite Pauldrons (item level 45, requires level 40), Ornate Mithril Shoulder (item level 45, requires level 40), Valorous Pauldrons (item level 48, requires level 43), Wyrmslayer Spaulders (item level 51, requires level 46), Imperial Plate Shoulders (item level 53, requires level 47).
Its lowest listed price, 4 gold, ranks 6th of 21 listed plate shoulder items in this group.
Cheapest listed plate shoulder items at a similar or higher item level: Overlord's Spaulders at 1 gold75 silver (item level 50, requires level 45), Revenant Shoulders at 1 gold99 silver (item level 51, requires level 46), Gothic Plate Spaulders at 2 gold99 silver (item level 47, requires level 42).
Other armor types for the shoulder slot within 3 item levels of 41: leather (15): Nightscape Shoulders, Glyphed Epaulets, Hawkeye's Epaulets; mail (14): Ravager's Mantle, Chief Brigadier Pauldrons, Skeletal Shoulders; cloth (13): Silksand Shoulder Pads, Aurora Mantle, Azure Shoulders.

Item	Item level	Requires	Armor	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Jouster's Pauldrons	41	40	298	+9 Strength, +8 Hit	4 gold
Saltstone Shoulder Pads	41	40	298	none	1,499 gold99 silver
Field Plate Pauldrons	42	40	305	none	47 gold
Symbolic Pauldrons	42	40	305	+11 Stamina, +5 Spirit	3,298 gold7 silver
Embossed Plate Pauldrons	43	40	311	none	38 gold42 silver
Warbringer's Spaulders	43	40	311	none	-
Tyrant's Epaulets	44	40	318	+4 Agility, +12 Stamina	100 gold96 silver
Brutish Shoulders	45	40	324	none	35 gold
Chromite Pauldrons	45	40	324	+10 Strength, +9 Stamina	4 gold
Heavy Mithril Shoulder	45	40	324	+12 Stamina, +5 Hit	40 gold99 silver
Ornate Mithril Shoulder	45	40	324	+5 Strength, +12 Dodge	1,415 gold96 silver
Gothic Plate Spaulders	47	42	337	none	2 gold99 silver

Appearance

Same appearance record (48138)

Heavy Mithril Shoulder

More Jouster's items

Jouster's Legplates item level 41
Jouster's Chestplate item level 42
Jouster's Gauntlets item level 40
Jouster's Girdle item level 40
Jouster's Greaves item level 40
Jouster's Visor item level 40
Jouster's Wristguards item level 40

Where Jouster's Pauldrons Fits

Items That Share Jouster's Pauldrons's Icon

Jouster's Pauldrons uses the same icon art, which 2 other items also use. The 2 closest by item ID:

Dark Leather Shoulders ID 4252 · Armor - Leather · item level 28 · lowest 36g on 3 realms
Lunar Mantle ID 14247 · Armor - Cloth · item level 44 · lowest 1g on 3 realms

Items Numbered Next to Jouster's Pauldrons

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 8163 (8158 to 8170) were usually added in the same batch as Jouster's Pauldrons: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Jouster's Gauntlets ID 8158 · Armor - Plate · item level 40 · lowest 222g on 1 realm
Jouster's Girdle ID 8159 · Armor - Plate · item level 40 · lowest 550g on 1 realm
Jouster's Greaves ID 8160 · Armor - Plate · item level 40 · lowest 38g on 1 realm
Jouster's Visor ID 8161 · Armor - Plate · item level 40 · lowest 4g on 3 realms
Jouster's Legplates ID 8162 · Armor - Plate · item level 41 · lowest 220g on 2 realms
Worn Dragonscale ID 8165 · Trade Goods · item level 45
Turtle Scale ID 8167 · Trade Goods · item level 35
Jet Black Feather ID 8168 · Trade Goods · item level 45
Thick Hide ID 8169 · Trade Goods · item level 40
Rugged Leather ID 8170 · Trade Goods · item level 50

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

Across game versions

Classic Era drops Hit and adds Spirit.

Item 8163	Classic Era	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	41	41	22
Required level	40	40	40
Binding	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped
Armor	225	298	298
Strength	9	9	-
Spirit	8	-	-
Hit	-	8	-
Sell price	36 silver88 copper	80 silver53 copper	64 silver42 copper

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-10-04 10:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 5
Lowest buyout seen: 1 gold79 silverGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US), 2026-10-18 03:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 1,200 gold77 silverGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 719

US median, latest 5.1gEU median, latest 4g
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	4 gold	4 gold	2	-	-	-
2026-11-02	4 gold	5 gold	2	5 gold10 silver	5 gold10 silver	1
2026-11-01	3 gold	3 gold	1	-	-	-
2026-10-31	3 gold	3 gold	1	70 gold75 silver	70 gold75 silver	1
2026-10-30	3 gold	3 gold	1	15 gold	70 gold75 silver	1
2026-10-29	3 gold	5 gold	1	15 gold	70 gold75 silver	1
2026-10-28	15 gold	15 gold	1	74 gold44 silver	75 gold	1

Comments

Connected realms with a listing in the latest MoP Classic scan: EU 2 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	8163
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.70631)
Type	Armor
Subtype	Plate
Slot	Shoulder
Item level	41
Requires level	40
Binding	Binds when equipped
Max stack	1
Vendor sell	64 silver42 copper
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)