MoP Classic item

Reinforced Cobalt Chestpiece

Item 40959 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.70631

Item Level 170
Binds when equipped
ChestPlate
1,140 Armor
+47 Strength
+64 Stamina
Durability 115 / 115
Requires Level 77
Equip: Increases your critical strike by 38.
Equip: Increases your PvP resilience by 43.
Sell Price: 4 gold68 silver

About Reinforced Cobalt Chestpiece

Reinforced Cobalt Chestpiece is an uncommon piece of plate armor for the chest slot on MoP Classic at item level 170, usable from level 77. It binds when equipped. Its primary stats are +47 Strength and +64 Stamina, with Critical Strike (38) and Resilience (43) as secondary stats. It gives 1,140 armor and has 115 durability. It shares its appearance with Kraken Breastplate. Other plate chest pieces listed on the MoP Classic Auction House closest to it in item level include Tempered Saronite Breastplate (167), Golem Breastplate (174) and Magnataur Breastplate (166). The latest scan finds it on 2 MoP Classic realms (EU 1, US 1); the cheapest buyout is 234 gold63 silver on Galakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US). A vendor pays 4 gold68 silver for it.

MoP Classic Auction House prices

Cheapest realm234 gold63 silverGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US)

Typical market (EU)250 gold

Median min buyout242 gold31 silver

Realms with listings2EU 1, US 1

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

Prices across MoP Classic realms

Realm	Min buyout	Market (median)	Qty	Listings	Snapshot
Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeerEU · Active	250 gold	250 gold	3	3	2026-11-03 11:08 UTC
Galakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-denUS · Active	234 gold63 silver	234 gold63 silver	1	1	2026-11-03 10:29 UTC

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Where it comes from

Crafted	Reinforced Cobalt Chestpiece	Recipe

Plate chest items near item level 170

Our MoP Classic item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 18 other plate chest items between item level 146 and 187; 6 of them carry fixed stats.

+47 Strength ranks 4th of 5 plate chest items with Strength; Savage Saronite Hauberk (item level 187, requires level 78) has the most, +72.
+64 Stamina ranks 5th of 5 plate chest items with Stamina; Savage Saronite Hauberk (item level 187, requires level 78) has the most, +105.
+38 Critical Strike ranks 2nd of 5 plate chest items with Critical Strike; Ornate Saronite Hauberk (item level 187, requires level 78) has the most, +46.
+43 Resilience ranks 2nd of 3 plate chest items with Resilience; Ornate Saronite Hauberk (item level 187, requires level 78) has the most, +46.
Ornate Saronite Hauberk has the most fixed stat points in this group, 265 against 192 here.
Same stat line (Strength, Stamina, Critical Strike and Resilience): Savage Saronite Hauberk.
Next plate chest items up with Strength: Savage Saronite Hauberk (item level 187, requires level 78).
Its lowest listed price, 234 gold63 silver, ranks 16th of 18 listed plate chest items in this group.
Cheapest listed plate chest items at a similar or higher item level: Revenant Armor at 15 gold (item level 178, requires level 79), Brilliant Saronite Breastplate at 18 gold90 silver (item level 179, requires level 78), Golem Breastplate at 35 gold (item level 174, requires level 78).
Other armor types for the chest slot within 6 item levels of 170: leather (7): Bulge-Concealing Breastplate, Dark Iceborne Chestguard, Dark Arctic Chestpiece; mail (6): Condor-Bone Chestguard, Dark Nerubian Chestpiece, Dark Frostscale Breastplate; cloth (3): Condor Robe, Crystalsong Robe, Oracle Robe.

Item	Item level	Requires	Armor	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Jormungar Breastplate	158	74	1,073	none	24 gold
Frostpaw Armor	162	75	1,095	none	159 gold
Agin's Crushing Carapace	166	77	1,117	+42 Strength, +82 Stamina, +65 Parry	199 gold98 silver
Magnataur Breastplate	166	76	1,117	none	15 gold
Tempered Saronite Breastplate	167	75	1,123	+49 Strength, +90 Stamina, +56 Dodge	10 gold
Reinforced Cobalt Chestpiece	170	77	1,140	+47 Strength, +64 Stamina, +38 Critical Strike, +43 Resilience	234 gold63 silver
Kraken Breastplate	170	77	1,140	none	49 gold99 silver
Golem Breastplate	174	78	1,164	none	35 gold
Revenant Armor	178	79	1,189	none	15 gold
Brilliant Saronite Breastplate	179	78	1,228	+88 Intellect, +50 Spirit, +38 Critical Strike	18 gold90 silver
Slipshod Plate Chestpiece	180	85	1,567	none	-
Necropolis Breastplate	182	80	1,348	none	199 gold

Appearance

Same appearance record (71120)

Kraken Breastplate

Same model in the game files

Also drawn with this model in the retail client: Blackened Breastplate of the Vault.

Where Reinforced Cobalt Chestpiece Fits

Items That Share Reinforced Cobalt Chestpiece's Icon

Reinforced Cobalt Chestpiece uses the same icon art, which 6 other items also use. The 6 closest by item ID:

Cobalt Chestpiece ID 39085 · Armor - Plate · item level 142 · lowest 6g on 2 realms
Icy Scale Chestguard ID 43593 · Armor - Mail · item level 213 · lowest 1,385g on 4 realms
Icy Scale Breastplate ID 22664 · Armor - Mail · item level 80
Warleader's Breastplate ID 14862 · Armor - Plate · item level 63 · lowest 444g on 4 realms
Vanguard Breastplate ID 14854 · Armor - Plate · item level 59 · lowest 78,863g on 2 realms
Imbued Plate Armor ID 10368 · Armor - Plate · item level 62 · lowest 3g on 5 realms

Items Numbered Next to Reinforced Cobalt Chestpiece

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 40959 (40954 to 40958) were usually added in the same batch as Reinforced Cobalt Chestpiece: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Spiked Cobalt Bracers ID 40954 · Armor - Plate · item level 162 · lowest 20g on 3 realms
Horned Cobalt Helm ID 40955 · Armor - Plate · item level 162 · lowest 11g on 4 realms
Reinforced Cobalt Shoulders ID 40956 · Armor - Plate · item level 154 · lowest 999g on 1 realm
Reinforced Cobalt Helm ID 40957 · Armor - Plate · item level 162 · lowest 999g on 1 realm
Reinforced Cobalt Legplates ID 40958 · Armor - Plate · item level 166 · lowest 999g on 1 realm

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

Across game versions

Item 40959	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	170	34
Required level	77	77
Binding	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped
Armor	1,140	1,606
Strength	47	-
Stamina	64	-
Critical Strike	38	-
Resilience	43	-
Sell price	4 gold68 silver	3 gold74 silver

Retail recipe Reinforced Cobalt Chestpiece: 8x Cobalt Bar, 2x Crystallized Water.

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-10-04 12:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 4
Lowest buyout seen: 8 goldBloodsail Buccaneers (US), 2026-11-02 17:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 4,950 goldGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 907

US median, latest 235gEU median, latest 250g
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	250 gold	250 gold	1	234 gold63 silver	234 gold63 silver	1
2026-11-02	-	-	-	8 gold	234 gold63 silver	2
2026-11-01	20 gold	20 gold	1	100 gold	130 gold54 silver	1
2026-10-31	20 gold	50 gold	1	74 gold99 silver	130 gold54 silver	1
2026-10-30	50 gold	50 gold	1	74 gold99 silver	75 gold	1
2026-10-29	-	-	-	125 gold	150 gold	1
2026-10-28	800 gold	800 gold	1	150 gold	223 gold54 silver	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 1 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	40959
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.70631)
Type	Armor
Subtype	Plate
Slot	Chest
Item level	170
Requires level	77
Binding	Binds when equipped
Max stack	1
Vendor sell	3 gold74 silver
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)