MoP Classic item

Runescale Girdle

Item 5425 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.69585

Item Level 21
Binds when equipped
WaistMail
86 Armor
+8 Strength
Durability 40 / 40
Requires Level 16
Sell Price: 8 silver50 copper

About Runescale Girdle

Runescale Girdle is a rare piece of mail armor for the waist slot on MoP Classic at item level 21, usable from level 16. It binds when equipped. Its primary stats are +8 Strength. It gives 86 armor and has 40 durability. It shares its appearance with Warstrike Belt and Abyssal Mail Clutch. Other mail waist pieces listed on the MoP Classic Auction House closest to it in item level include Defender Girdle (22), Stormbringer Belt (20) and Burnished Girdle (20). The latest scan finds it on 2 MoP Classic realms (US 2); the cheapest buyout is 999 gold on Bloodsail Buccaneers (US). A vendor pays 8 silver50 copper for it.

MoP Classic Auction House prices

Cheapest realm999 goldBloodsail Buccaneers (US)

Typical market1,221 gold

Median min buyout1,221 gold

Realms with listings2US 2

Latest snapshot2026-09-19 05:12 UTCBlizzard Last-Modified

Prices across MoP Classic realms

Realm	Min buyout	Market (median)	Qty	Listings	Snapshot
Bloodsail BuccaneersUS · Active	999 gold	999 gold	1	1	2026-09-19 05:12 UTC
Galakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-denUS · Active	1,443 gold	1,443 gold	6	6	2026-09-19 05:12 UTC

Mail waist items near item level 21

Our MoP Classic item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 23 other mail waist items between item level 15 and 27; 8 of them carry fixed stats.

+8 Strength ranks 1st of 9 mail waist items with Strength, the most in this group.
Lambent Scale Girdle has the most fixed stat points in this group, 9 against 8 here.
Same stat line (Strength): Hulking Belt, War Paint Waistband.
Next mail waist items up with Strength: Hulking Belt (item level 22, requires level 17), Warchief's Girdle (item level 23, requires level 18), Lambent Scale Girdle (item level 26, requires level 21).
Its lowest listed price, 999 gold, ranks 13th of 16 listed mail waist items in this group.
Cheapest listed mail waist items at a similar or higher item level: Defender Girdle at 8 silver99 copper (item level 22, requires level 17), Linked Chain Belt at 30 silver (item level 25, requires level 20), Burnished Girdle at 49 silver99 copper (item level 20, requires level 15).
Other armor types for the waist slot within 2 item levels of 21: cloth (12): Keller's Girdle, Jewel-Encrusted Sash, Tarantula Silk Sash; leather (10): Deviate Scale Belt, Forest Leather Belt, Ruffian Belt.

Item	Item level	Requires	Armor	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Raider's Belt	18	13	76	none	49 silver
Runed Copper Belt	18	13	74	+3 Strength, +2 Stamina	27 silver
Laced Mail Belt	19	14	71	none	-
Outrunner's Cord	19	14	79	none	-
Burnished Girdle	20	15	80	+4 Strength, +2 Stamina	49 silver99 copper
Grunt's Belt	20	15	82	none	55 silver
Stormbringer Belt	20	15	88	+5 Strength, +2 Stamina	1,333 gold
Runescale Girdle	21	16	86	+8 Strength	999 gold
Defender Girdle	22	17	89	none	8 silver99 copper
Hulking Belt	22	17	89	+5 Strength	-
Scalemail Belt	22	17	85	none	-
Warchief's Girdle	23	18	90	+5 Strength, +2 Stamina	5,999 gold99 silver

Appearance

Same appearance record (47467)

Same model in the game files

Also drawn with this model in the retail client: Seared Mail Girdle.

Across game versions

Retail (Midnight) drops Strength and adds Agility or Intellect.

Item 5425	Classic Era	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	20	21	13
Required level	15	16	8
Binding	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped
Armor	94	86	6
Strength	5	8	-
Agility or Intellect	-	-	5
Sell price	4 silver19 copper	8 silver50 copper	8 silver83 copper

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-08-27 21:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 7
Lowest buyout seen: 2 goldGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU), 2026-09-04 18:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 10,310 gold20 silverGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 1,342

US median, latest 999gEU median, latest 4,196g
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
2026-09-19	4,196 gold35 silver	4,196 gold35 silver	1	999 gold	999 gold	2
2026-09-18	8 gold3 silver	4,196 gold33 silver	2	125 gold	999 gold	2
2026-09-17	4,196 gold33 silver	4,196 gold35 silver	1	999 gold	1,444 gold	2
2026-09-16	2,087 gold27 silver	2,087 gold27 silver	2	125 gold	888 gold	2
2026-09-15	2,000 gold	2,000 gold	1	888 gold	888 gold	2
2026-09-14	2,000 gold	2,200 gold95 silver	1	888 gold	1,555 gold	2
2026-09-13	777 gold	2,400 gold96 silver	2	500 gold	888 gold	2

Comments

Connected realms with a listing in the latest MoP Classic scan: EU 0 of 25, KR 0 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	5425
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.69585)
Type	Armor
Subtype	Mail
Slot	Waist
Item level	21
Requires level	16
Binding	Binds when equipped
Vendor sell	5 silver79 copper
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)