MoP Classic item

Spiked Cobalt Shoulders

Item 40950 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.69585

Item Level 150
Binds when equipped
ShoulderPlate
775 Armor
+40 Strength
Durability 70 / 70
Requires Level 72
Equip: Increases your hit by 14.
Equip: Increases your critical strike by 34.
Sell Price: 2 gold93 silver

About Spiked Cobalt Shoulders

Spiked Cobalt Shoulders is an uncommon piece of plate armor for the shoulder slot on MoP Classic at item level 150, usable from level 72. It binds when equipped. Its primary stats are +40 Strength, with Hit (14) and Critical Strike (34) as secondary stats. It gives 775 armor and has 70 durability. It shares its appearance with Golem Pauldrons. Other plate shoulder pieces listed on the MoP Classic Auction House closest to it in item level include Bloodmar Pauldrons (154), Halgrind Epaulets (146) and Cobalt Shoulders (142). The latest scan finds it on 1 MoP Classic realm (EU 1); the cheapest buyout is 53 gold on Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU). A vendor pays 2 gold93 silver for it.

MoP Classic Auction House prices

Cheapest realm53 goldGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU)

Typical market (EU)53 gold

Median min buyout53 gold

Realms with listings1EU 1

Latest snapshot2026-09-19 05:13 UTCBlizzard Last-Modified

Prices across MoP Classic realms

Realm	Min buyout	Market (median)	Qty	Listings	Snapshot
Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeerEU · Active	53 gold	53 gold	8	8	2026-09-19 05:13 UTC

Plate shoulder items near item level 150

Our MoP Classic item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 19 other plate shoulder items between item level 130 and 174; 5 of them carry fixed stats.

+40 Strength ranks 2nd of 5 plate shoulder items with Strength; Tempered Saronite Shoulders (item level 171, requires level 76) has the most, +41.
+14 Hit: no other plate shoulder item in this group carries Hit.
+34 Critical Strike ranks 1st of 3 plate shoulder items with Critical Strike, the most in this group.
Tempered Saronite Shoulders has the most fixed stat points in this group, 157 against 88 here.
Next plate shoulder items up with Strength: Reinforced Cobalt Shoulders (item level 154, requires level 73), Tempered Saronite Shoulders (item level 171, requires level 76).
Its lowest listed price, 11 gold, ranks 5th of 17 listed plate shoulder items in this group.
Cheapest listed plate shoulder items at a similar or higher item level: Tempered Saronite Shoulders at 19 gold99 silver (item level 171, requires level 76), Kraken Epaulets at 24 gold (item level 170, requires level 77), Frostpaw Epaulets at 49 gold99 silver (item level 162, requires level 75).
Other armor types for the shoulder slot within 6 item levels of 150: cloth (7): Mystic Frostwoven Shoulders, Skein Woven Mantle, Charlotte's Chastizing Pauldrons; leather (5): Iceborne Shoulderpads, Caribou Shoulders, Taunka Spaulders; mail (5): Nerubian Shoulders, Orca Spaulders, Amberpine Spaulders.

Item	Item level	Requires	Armor	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Baleheim Epaulets	138	69	733	none	10 gold
Blood-Tempered Spaulders	138	71	1,081	+30 Strength, +23 Agility, +40 Stamina, +27 Critical Strike	50 gold
Cobalt Shoulders	142	70	920	+33 Strength, +36 Stamina, +30 Dodge	9 gold95 silver
Wyrmskull Epaulets	142	70	747	none	50 gold
Halgrind Epaulets	146	71	760	none	99 gold99 silver
Spiked Cobalt Shoulders	150	72	775	+40 Strength, +14 Hit, +34 Critical Strike	11 gold
Grizzlemaw Epaulets	150	72	775	none	-
Perforated Plate Shoulderpads	150	80	697	none	-
Bloodmar Pauldrons	154	73	790	none	88 gold
Reinforced Cobalt Shoulders	154	73	790	+28 Strength, +42 Stamina, +27 Critical Strike, +27 Resilience	-
Jormungar Pauldrons	158	74	805	none	400 gold
Frostpaw Epaulets	162	75	821	none	49 gold99 silver

Appearance

Same appearance record (71129)

Golem Pauldrons

Same model in the game files

Also drawn with this model in the retail client: Bark Covered Pauldrons, Mantle of Long Winter, Light-Touched Mantle, Stalwart Shoulderguards, Stalwart Shoulderpads, Ebonsoul Pauldrons, Ebonsoul Shoulderguards.

More Spiked items

Spiked Cobalt Chestpiece item level 150
Spiked Cobalt Boots item level 146
Spiked Cobalt Gauntlets item level 154
Spiked Cobalt Belt item level 158
Spiked Cobalt Helm item level 142
Spiked Cobalt Legplates item level 158
Spiked Cobalt Bracers item level 162
Spiked Titansteel Helm item level 200
Spiked Titansteel Treads item level 200
Spiked Deathdealers item level 232

Across game versions

Retail (Midnight) drops Strength and Hit and adds Strength or Intellect and Haste.

Item 40950	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	150	33
Required level	72	28
Binding	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped
Armor	775	18
Strength	40	-
Hit	14	-
Critical Strike	34	9
Strength or Intellect	-	7
Haste	-	4
Sell price	2 gold93 silver	15 silver

Retail recipe Spiked Cobalt Shoulders: 7x Cobalt Bar.

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-08-27 21:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 6
Lowest buyout seen: 3 goldGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US), 2026-09-11 04:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 650 goldGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 1,831

US median, latest 7gEU median, latest 53g
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	11 gold	53 gold	1	6 gold99 silver	6 gold99 silver	1
2026-09-18	11 gold	33 gold	3	6 gold99 silver	6 gold99 silver	1
2026-09-17	8 gold	44 gold	3	5 gold	8 gold	1
2026-09-16	7 gold99 silver	44 gold	3	5 gold	9 gold	1
2026-09-15	7 gold99 silver	44 gold	3	9 gold	9 gold49 silver	1
2026-09-14	8 gold99 silver	10 gold	3	9 gold49 silver	10 gold	1
2026-09-13	9 gold	20 gold	3	29 gold50 silver	29 gold50 silver	1

Spiked Cobalt Shoulders

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	40950
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.69585)
Type	Armor
Subtype	Plate
Slot	Shoulder
Item level	150
Requires level	72
Binding	Binds when equipped
Vendor sell	2 gold35 silver
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)