MoP Classic item

Stronghold Gauntlets

Item 12639 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.69585

Item Level 62
Binds when equipped
HandsPlate
363 Armor
+12 Stamina
Durability 55 / 55
Requires Level 57
Equip: Increases your parry by 20.
Equip: Increases your critical strike by 14.
Equip: Disarm duration reduced by 50%.
Sell Price: 3 gold13 silver

About Stronghold Gauntlets

Stronghold Gauntlets is an epic piece of plate armor for the hands slot on MoP Classic at item level 62, usable from level 57. It binds when equipped. Its primary stats are +12 Stamina, with Parry (20) and Critical Strike (14) as secondary stats. It gives 363 armor and has 55 durability. Plans: Stronghold Gauntlets teaches how to make it. It shares its appearance with Gloves of the Dawn. Other plate hands pieces listed on the MoP Classic Auction House closest to it in item level include Hyperion Gauntlets (62), Exalted Gauntlets (61) and Darkrune Gauntlets (63). The latest scan finds it on 2 MoP Classic realms (EU 1, US 1); the cheapest buyout is 969 gold99 silver on Galakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US). A vendor pays 3 gold13 silver for it.

MoP Classic Auction House prices

Cheapest realm969 gold99 silverGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US)

Typical market (EU)6,425 gold59 silver

Median min buyout3,697 gold79 silver

Realms with listings2EU 1, US 1

Latest snapshot2026-09-19 11:13 UTCBlizzard Last-Modified

Prices across MoP Classic realms

Realm	Min buyout	Market (median)	Qty	Listings	Snapshot
Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeerEU · Active	6,425 gold59 silver	6,425 gold59 silver	1	1	2026-09-19 11:13 UTC
Galakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-denUS · Active	969 gold99 silver	969 gold99 silver	1	1	2026-09-19 10:12 UTC

Crafting

Taught by

Plans: Stronghold Gauntlets (15x Arcanite Bar, 20x Enchanted Thorium Bar, 10x Essence of Earth, 4x Blue Sapphire, 4x Large Opal) Requires Blacksmithing (300)

Plate hands items near item level 62

Our MoP Classic item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 51 other plate hands items between item level 43 and 81; 22 of them carry fixed stats.

+12 Stamina ranks 4th of 18 plate hands items with Stamina; Icebane Gauntlets (item level 80, requires level 60) has the most, +18.
+20 Parry ranks 1st of 2 plate hands items with Parry, the most in this group.
+14 Critical Strike ranks 1st of 3 plate hands items with Critical Strike, the most in this group (level with 1 other item).
Icebane Gauntlets has the most fixed stat points in this group, 67 against 46 here.
Next plate hands items up with fixed stats: Darkrune Gauntlets (item level 63, requires level 58), Gloves of the Dawn (item level 64, requires level 59), Dark Iron Gauntlets (item level 70, requires level 60), Ironvine Gloves (item level 70, requires level 60), Icebane Gauntlets (item level 80, requires level 60).
Its lowest listed price, 969 gold99 silver, ranks 26th of 47 listed plate hands items in this group.
Cheapest listed plate hands items at a similar or higher item level: Commander's Gauntlets at 5 gold (item level 60, requires level 55), Grimscale Gauntlets at 5 gold (item level 81, requires level 57), Deteriorating Plate Gloves at 19 gold99 silver (item level 72, requires level 67).
Other armor types for the hands slot within 4 item levels of 62: cloth (24): Devout Gloves, Dreadmist Wraps, Magister's Gloves; leather (21): Devilsaur Gauntlets, Indomitable Gauntlets, Wildheart Gloves; mail (20): Beaststalker's Gloves, Gauntlets of Elements, Storm Gauntlets.

Item	Item level	Requires	Armor	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Lightforge Gauntlets	59	54	346	+14 Strength, +9 Stamina, +14 Hit	4,461 gold99 silver
Abyssal Plate Gauntlets	60	55	352	none	34,277 gold34 silver
Commander's Gauntlets	60	55	352	none	5 gold
Replica Gauntlets of Heroism	60	60	467	none	4,213 gold99 silver
Replica Soulforge Gauntlets	60	60	467	none	1,999 gold99 silver
Stonegrip Gauntlets	60	55	352	+9 Strength, +14 Stamina, +15 Dodge	20 gold99 silver
Warleader's Gauntlets	60	55	341	+17 Strength, +6 Stamina	143 gold89 silver
Exalted Gauntlets	61	56	357	none	1,078 gold31 silver
Stronghold Gauntlets	62	57	363	+12 Stamina, +20 Parry, +14 Critical Strike	969 gold99 silver
Hyperion Gauntlets	62	57	363	none	44 gold
Darkrune Gauntlets	63	58	368	+8 Stamina, +10 Parry, +20 Shadow Resistance	5,249 gold95 silver
Gloves of the Dawn	64	59	383	+23 Strength, +10 Stamina	999 gold99 silver

Appearance

Same appearance record (49229)

Gloves of the Dawn

Across game versions

Classic Era drops Parry and Critical Strike.

Item 12639	Classic Era	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	62	62	29
Required level	57	57	24
Binding	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped
Armor	441	363	14
Stamina	12	12	8
Parry	-	20	9
Critical Strike	-	14	6
Effects	Equip: Immune to Disarm.; Equip: Increases your chance to parry an attack by 1%.; Equip: Improves your chance to get a critical strike by 1%.	Equip: Disarm duration reduced by 50%.	-
Sell price	1 gold52 silver	3 gold13 silver	82 silver21 copper

Retail recipe Stronghold Gauntlets: 15x Arcanite Bar, 20x Enchanted Thorium Bar, 10x Essence of Earth, 4x Blue Sapphire, 4x Large Opal.

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-08-27 21:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 4
Lowest buyout seen: 814 gold99 silverGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US), 2026-08-31 23:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 561,009 gold82 silverAtiesh (US)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 1,138

US median, latest 970gEU median, latest 6,426g
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	6,425 gold59 silver	6,425 gold59 silver	1	969 gold99 silver	969 gold99 silver	1
2026-09-18	3,317 gold35 silver	3,317 gold35 silver	1	965 gold	969 gold99 silver	1
2026-09-17	2,227 gold94 silver	2,227 gold94 silver	1	969 gold99 silver	969 gold99 silver	1
2026-09-16	3,414 gold29 silver	3,414 gold30 silver	1	970 gold	974 gold99 silver	1
2026-09-15	3,371 gold89 silver	3,371 gold89 silver	1	980 gold	984 gold99 silver	1
2026-09-14	3,220 gold29 silver	3,220 gold29 silver	1	989 gold99 silver	990 gold	1
2026-09-13	3,220 gold30 silver	3,220 gold31 silver	1	995 gold	999 gold99 silver	1

Stronghold Gauntlets

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	12639
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.69585)
Type	Armor
Subtype	Plate
Slot	Hands
Item level	62
Requires level	57
Binding	Binds when equipped
Vendor sell	2 gold50 silver
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)