MoP Classic item

Thorium Bracers

Item 12408 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.70631

Item Level 51
Binds when equipped
WristPlate
212 Armor
+6 Strength
Durability 40 / 40
Requires Level 46
Equip: Increases your critical strike by 6.
Equip: Increases your expertise by 6.
Sell Price: 1 gold9 silver

About Thorium Bracers

Thorium Bracers is an uncommon piece of plate armor for the wrist slot on MoP Classic at item level 51, usable from level 46. It binds when equipped. Its primary stats are +6 Strength, with Critical Strike (6) and Expertise (6) as secondary stats. It gives 212 armor and has 40 durability. Plans: Thorium Bracers teaches how to make it. It shares its appearance with Vanguard Vambraces. Other plate wrist pieces listed on the MoP Classic Auction House closest to it in item level include Heavy Lamellar Vambraces (51), Arena Vambraces (50) and Lofty Armguards (50). The latest scan finds it on 3 MoP Classic realms (EU 2, US 1); the cheapest buyout is 1 gold29 silver on Galakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US). A vendor pays 1 gold9 silver for it.

MoP Classic Auction House prices

Cheapest realm1 gold29 silverGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US)

Typical market (EU)1 gold87 silver

Median min buyout1 gold80 silver

Realms with listings3EU 2, US 1

Latest snapshot2026-11-03 07:08 UTCBlizzard Last-Modified

Prices across MoP Classic realms

Realm	Min buyout	Market (median)	Qty	Listings	Snapshot
Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeerEU · Active	1 gold80 silver	1 gold89 silver	20	20	2026-11-03 07:08 UTC
Everlook, Ook OokEU · Active	1 gold85 silver	1 gold85 silver	4	4	2026-11-03 07:08 UTC
Galakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-denUS · Active	1 gold29 silver	1 gold29 silver	51	51	2026-11-03 06:29 UTC

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Where it comes from

Crafted	Thorium Bracers	Recipe

Crafting

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Plans: Thorium Bracers (8x Thorium Bar) Requires Blacksmithing (255)

Plate wrist items near item level 51

Our MoP Classic item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 50 other plate wrist items between item level 40 and 66; 21 of them carry fixed stats.

+6 Strength ranks 8th of 12 plate wrist items with Strength; Bracers of Might (item level 66, requires level 60) has the most, +11.
+6 Critical Strike ranks 2nd of 3 plate wrist items with Critical Strike; Lawbringer Bracers (item level 66, requires level 60) has the most, +16.
+6 Expertise: no other plate wrist item in this group carries Expertise.
Dark Iron Bracers has the most fixed stat points in this group, 65 against 18 here.
Next plate wrist items up with Strength: Alabaster Plate Vambraces (item level 53, requires level 48), Imperial Plate Bracers (item level 54, requires level 49), Runed Golem Shackles (item level 56, requires level 51), Bracers of Valor (item level 57, requires level 52), Lightforge Bracers (item level 57, requires level 52).
Its lowest listed price, 1 gold29 silver, ranks 2nd of 37 listed plate wrist items in this group.
Cheapest listed plate wrist items at a similar or higher item level: Heavy Lamellar Vambraces at 1 gold24 silver (item level 51, requires level 46), Imperial Plate Bracers at 1 gold49 silver (item level 54, requires level 49), Templar Bracers at 1 gold75 silver (item level 54, requires level 49).
Other armor types for the wrist slot within 3 item levels of 51: mail (15): Heavy Scorpid Bracers, Arena Bands, Ebonhold Wristguards; cloth (12): Arena Wristguards, Imperial Red Bracers, Highborne Bracelets; leather (12): Wicked Leather Bracers, Serpentskin Bracers, Keeper's Bindings.

Item	Item level	Requires	Armor	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
High Chief's Bindings	49	44	204	none	-
Revenant Bracers	49	44	204	none	2 gold
Arena Vambraces	50	45	208	+6 Stamina, +56 Bonus Armor	38 gold99 silver
Bone-Plated Bracers	50	45	198	none	-
Grunt's Plate Bracers	50	45	198	none	-
Lofty Armguards	50	45	208	none	1,082 gold25 silver
Platemail Bracers	50	45	198	none	-
Thorium Bracers	51	46	212	+6 Strength, +6 Critical Strike, +6 Expertise	1 gold29 silver
Heavy Lamellar Vambraces	51	46	212	none	1 gold24 silver
Vanguard Vambraces	52	47	216	+11 Stamina, +4 Spirit	1,849 gold99 silver
Alabaster Plate Vambraces	53	48	220	+3 Strength, +2 Agility, +12 Stamina	3 gold
Morlune's Bracer	53	48	220	+9 Stamina, +9 Intellect, +9 Spirit	-

Appearance

Same appearance record (49153)

Vanguard Vambraces

Same model in the game files

Also drawn with this model in the retail client: Abyssal Plate Vambraces.

Where Thorium Bracers Fits

Items That Share Thorium Bracers's Icon

Thorium Bracers uses the same icon art, which 11 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:

Brigade Bracers ID 9927 · Armor - Mail · item level 42 · lowest 5g on 3 realms
Conjurer's Bracers ID 9846 · Armor - Cloth · item level 35 · lowest 1g on 4 realms
Headhunter's Bands ID 15351 · Armor - Leather · item level 30 · lowest 2g on 1 realm
Outrunner's Cuffs ID 15499 · Armor - Mail · item level 18 · lowest 1g on 1 realm
Steadfast Bracelets ID 15590 · Armor - Mail · item level 37 · lowest 80s on 1 realm
Gryphon Mail Bracelets ID 15620 · Armor - Mail · item level 47
Imperial Red Bracers ID 8247 · Armor - Cloth · item level 51 · lowest 1g on 2 realms
Dreadmist Bracers ID 16703 · Armor - Cloth · item level 57 · lowest 11,400g on 2 realms

Items Numbered Next to Thorium Bracers

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 12408 (12404 to 12416) were usually added in the same batch as Thorium Bracers: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Dense Sharpening Stone ID 12404 · Consumable · item level 45
Thorium Armor ID 12405 · Armor - Plate · item level 50 · lowest 45g on 1 realm
Thorium Belt ID 12406 · Armor - Plate · item level 50 · lowest 1g on 4 realms
Thorium Boots ID 12409 · Armor - Plate · item level 56
Thorium Helm ID 12410 · Armor - Plate · item level 56 · lowest 6g on 3 realms
Thorium Leggings ID 12414 · Armor - Plate · item level 60 · lowest 27g on 2 realms
Radiant Breastplate ID 12415 · Armor - Mail · item level 54 · lowest 595g on 3 realms
Radiant Belt ID 12416 · Armor - Mail · item level 52 · lowest 982g on 2 realms

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

Across game versions

Classic Era drops Strength, Critical Strike and Expertise and adds Fire Resistance, Frost Resistance, Shadow Resistance, Nature Resistance and Arcane Resistance.

Item 12408	Classic Era	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	51	51	26
Required level	46	46	46
Binding	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped
Armor	214	212	212
Fire Resistance	5	-	-
Frost Resistance	5	-	-
Shadow Resistance	5	-	-
Nature Resistance	5	-	-
Arcane Resistance	5	-	-
Strength	-	6	-
Critical Strike	-	6	-
Expertise	-	6	-
Sell price	49 silver98 copper	1 gold9 silver	87 silver97 copper

Retail recipe Thorium Bracers: 8x Thorium Bar.

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-10-04 08:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 12
Lowest buyout seen: 60 silverGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU), 2026-10-05 17:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 41 gold25 silverGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 2,867

US median, latest 1.3gEU median, latest 1.8gKR median, latest 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	KR low	KR median	KR realms	US low	US median	US realms
2026-11-03	1 gold80 silver	1 gold80 silver	2	-	-	-	1 gold29 silver	1 gold29 silver	1
2026-11-02	1 gold80 silver	1 gold85 silver	3	-	-	-	1 gold	1 gold43 silver	4
2026-11-01	1 gold77 silver	1 gold95 silver	3	-	-	-	1 gold	1 gold43 silver	3
2026-10-31	1 gold95 silver	4 gold	3	-	-	-	1 gold	1 gold55 silver	3
2026-10-30	1 gold85 silver	5 gold	4	-	-	-	1 gold15 silver	1 gold15 silver	2
2026-10-29	2 gold	5 gold	4	-	-	-	1 gold15 silver	1 gold75 silver	2
2026-10-28	1 gold90 silver	3 gold3 silver	4	-	-	-	1 gold	1 gold75 silver	2

Comments

Connected realms with a listing in the latest MoP Classic scan: EU 2 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	12408
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.70631)
Type	Armor
Subtype	Plate
Slot	Wrist
Item level	51
Requires level	46
Binding	Binds when equipped
Max stack	1
Vendor sell	87 silver97 copper
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)