MoP Classic item

Steel Breastplate

Item 7963 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.70631

Item Level 40
Binds when equipped
ChestMail
265 Armor
+10 Strength
Durability 115 / 115
Requires Level 35
+44 Bonus Armor
Sell Price: 94 silver61 copper

About Steel Breastplate

Steel Breastplate is an uncommon piece of mail armor for the chest slot on MoP Classic at item level 40, usable from level 35. It binds when equipped. Its primary stats are +10 Strength, with Bonus Armor (44) as a secondary stat. It gives 265 armor and has 115 durability. Other mail chest pieces listed on the MoP Classic Auction House closest to it in item level include Golden Scale Cuirass (40), Knight's Breastplate (39) and Chief Brigadier Armor (41). The latest scan finds it on 3 MoP Classic realms (EU 1, US 2); the cheapest buyout is 1 gold50 silver on Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU). A vendor pays 94 silver61 copper for it.

MoP Classic Auction House prices

Cheapest realm1 gold50 silverGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU)

Typical market (EU)1 gold50 silver

Median min buyout2 gold

Realms with listings3EU 1, US 2

Latest snapshot2026-11-04 04:13 UTCBlizzard Last-Modified

Prices across MoP Classic realms

Realm	Min buyout	Market (median)	Qty	Listings	Snapshot
Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeerEU · Active	1 gold50 silver	1 gold50 silver	2	2	2026-11-04 04:13 UTC
Galakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-denUS · Active	2 gold	2 gold	5	5	2026-11-04 03:15 UTC
MankrikUS · Legacy	31 gold65 silver	31 gold65 silver	1	1	2026-11-04 03:15 UTC

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Where it comes from

Crafted	Steel Breastplate	Recipe

Mail chest items near item level 40

Our MoP Classic item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 57 other mail chest items between item level 28 and 52; 29 of them carry fixed stats.

+10 Strength ranks 9th of 17 mail chest items with Strength; Avenger's Armor (item level 35, requires level 30) has the most, +15.
+44 Bonus Armor ranks 1st of 2 mail chest items with Bonus Armor, the most in this group.
Next mail chest items up with Strength: Ravager's Armor (item level 44, requires level 39), Drake-Scale Vest (item level 46, requires level 41).
Its lowest listed price, 1 gold50 silver, ranks 7th of 43 listed mail chest items in this group.
Cheapest listed mail chest items at a similar or higher item level: Knight's Breastplate at 1 gold (item level 39, requires level 34), Renegade Chestguard at 1 gold (item level 38, requires level 33), Warmonger's Chestpiece at 1 gold99 silver (item level 50, requires level 45).
Other armor types for the chest slot within 3 item levels of 40: cloth (29): Black Mageweave Vest, Black Mageweave Robe, Aurora Armor; leather (14): Spirewind Fetter, Barbaric Harness, Nightscape Tunic; plate (3): Jouster's Chestplate, Symbolic Breastplate, Saltstone Surcoat.

Item	Item level	Requires	Armor	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Archon Chestpiece	38	33	272	+12 Strength, +12 Stamina, +8 Critical Strike	-
Renegade Chestguard	38	33	253	none	1 gold
Enduring Breastplate	39	34	259	+12 Strength, +7 Stamina, +3 Hit	8 gold
Knight's Breastplate	39	34	259	none	1 gold
Scarlet Chestpiece	39	34	278	+8 Strength, +19 Stamina	45,000 gold
Steel Breastplate	40	35	265	+10 Strength, +44 Bonus Armor	1 gold50 silver
Golden Scale Cuirass	40	35	259	+14 Strength, +6 Stamina	363 gold53 silver
Marauder's Tunic	40	35	265	none	-
Chief Brigadier Armor	41	36	271	+15 Stamina, +4 Spirit	17 gold3 silver
Sparkleshell Breastplate	41	36	271	none	40 gold
Jazeraint Chestguard	42	37	277	none	4 gold
Turtle Scale Breastplate	42	37	277	+17 Stamina, +9 Intellect	8 gold

Where Steel Breastplate Fits

Items That Share Steel Breastplate's Icon

Steel Breastplate uses the same icon art, which 2 other items also use. The 2 closest by item ID:

Ironforge Breastplate ID 6731 · Armor - Mail · item level 20 · lowest 587g on 2 realms
Shattered Hand Breastplate ID 25016 · Armor - Plate · item level 117 · lowest 22g on 4 realms

Items Numbered Next to Steel Breastplate

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 7963 (7957 to 7969) were usually added in the same batch as Steel Breastplate: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Bronze Greatsword ID 7957 · Weapon - Two-Handed Sword · item level 26 · lowest 1g on 2 realms
Bronze Battle Axe ID 7958 · Weapon - Two-Handed Axe · item level 27 · lowest 90s on 2 realms
Blight ID 7959 · Weapon - Polearm · item level 50 · lowest 965g on 3 realms
Truesilver Champion ID 7960 · Weapon - Two-Handed Sword · item level 52 · lowest 1,164g on 1 realm
Phantom Blade ID 7961 · Weapon - One-Handed Sword · item level 49 · lowest 996g on 2 realms
Solid Sharpening Stone ID 7964 · Consumable · item level 35
Solid Weightstone ID 7965 · Consumable · item level 35
Solid Grinding Stone ID 7966 · Trade Goods · item level 35
Mithril Shield Spike ID 7967 · Consumable · item level 43
Mithril Spurs ID 7969 · Consumable · item level 43 · lowest 99s on 3 realms

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

Across game versions

Item 7963	Classic Era	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	40	40	22
Required level	35	35	35
Binding	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped
Armor	381	265	259
Strength	-	10	-
Bonus Armor	-	44	-
Sell price	64 silver88 copper	94 silver61 copper	64 silver88 copper

Retail recipe Steel Breastplate: 16x Steel Bar, 3x Heavy Grinding Stone.

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-10-05 05:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 10
Lowest buyout seen: 77 silverGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US), 2026-10-10 21:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 455 goldGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 1,981

US median, latest 2gEU median, latest 1.5g
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
2026-11-04	1 gold50 silver	1 gold50 silver	1	2 gold	2 gold	2
2026-11-03	1 gold	1 gold50 silver	3	2 gold	2 gold	2
2026-11-02	1 gold99 silver	3 gold75 silver	2	2 gold	3 gold	2
2026-11-01	1 gold99 silver	3 gold75 silver	2	2 gold	2 gold50 silver	3
2026-10-31	1 gold99 silver	5 gold	2	2 gold99 silver	3 gold49 silver	1
2026-10-30	1 gold99 silver	6 gold75 silver	2	3 gold49 silver	3 gold49 silver	1
2026-10-29	1 gold99 silver	1 gold99 silver	2	3 gold49 silver	3 gold49 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 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	7963
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.70631)
Type	Armor
Subtype	Mail
Slot	Chest
Item level	40
Requires level	35
Binding	Binds when equipped
Max stack	1
Vendor sell	64 silver88 copper
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)