MoP Classic item

Thorium Bracers

Item 12408 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.69585

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 4 MoP Classic realms (EU 3, US 1); the cheapest buyout is 1 gold50 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 gold50 silverGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US)

Typical market (EU)2 gold

Median min buyout2 gold

Realms with listings4EU 3, US 1

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

Prices across MoP Classic realms

Realm	Min buyout	Market (median)	Qty	Listings	Snapshot
Everlook, Ook OokEU · Active	2 gold	2 gold	29	29	2026-09-19 05:13 UTC
AuberdineEU · Active	2 gold	2 gold	2	2	2026-09-19 05:13 UTC
Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeerEU · Active	5 gold	5 gold	4	4	2026-09-19 05:13 UTC
Galakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-denUS · Active	1 gold50 silver	1 gold86 silver	39	39	2026-09-19 04:12 UTC

Crafting

Taught by

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 gold50 silver, ranks 1st of 35 listed plate wrist items in this group and is the cheapest of them.
Cheapest listed plate wrist items at a similar or higher item level: Imperial Plate Bracers at 2 gold (item level 54, requires level 49), Commander's Vambraces at 3 gold (item level 59, requires level 54), Emerald Vambraces at 4 gold (item level 56, requires level 51).
Other armor types for the wrist slot within 3 item levels of 51: mail (15): Arena Bands, Ebonhold Wristguards, Protector Armguards; cloth (12): Arena Wristguards, Highborne Bracelets, Imperial Red Bracers; leather (12): Wicked Leather Bracers, Arena Bracers, Serpentskin Bracers.

Item	Item level	Requires	Armor	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
High Chief's Bindings	49	44	204	none	22 gold
Revenant Bracers	49	44	204	none	22 gold
Arena Vambraces	50	45	208	+6 Stamina, +56 Bonus Armor	10 gold
Bone-Plated Bracers	50	45	198	none	-
Grunt's Plate Bracers	50	45	198	none	-
Lofty Armguards	50	45	208	none	1,100 gold
Platemail Bracers	50	45	198	none	-
Thorium Bracers	51	46	212	+6 Strength, +6 Critical Strike, +6 Expertise	1 gold50 silver
Heavy Lamellar Vambraces	51	46	212	none	4 gold
Vanguard Vambraces	52	47	216	+11 Stamina, +4 Spirit	100 gold
Alabaster Plate Vambraces	53	48	220	+3 Strength, +2 Agility, +12 Stamina	-
Morlune's Bracer	53	48	220	+9 Stamina, +9 Intellect, +9 Spirit	36,808 gold24 silver

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.

Across game versions

Classic Era drops Strength, Critical Strike and Expertise and adds Fire Resistance, Frost Resistance, Shadow Resistance, Nature Resistance and Arcane Resistance. Retail (Midnight) drops Strength and Expertise and adds Strength or Intellect and Haste.

Item 12408	Classic Era	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	51	51	26
Required level	46	46	20
Binding	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped
Armor	214	212	12
Fire Resistance	5	-	-
Frost Resistance	5	-	-
Shadow Resistance	5	-	-
Nature Resistance	5	-	-
Arcane Resistance	5	-	-
Strength	-	6	-
Critical Strike	-	6	6
Expertise	-	6	-
Strength or Intellect	-	-	4
Haste	-	-	6
Sell price	49 silver98 copper	1 gold9 silver	15 silver

Retail recipe Thorium Bracers: 8x Thorium Bar.

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-08-27 21:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 12
Lowest buyout seen: 80 silverGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US), 2026-09-15 13:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 39 goldEverlook, Ook Ook (EU)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 2,419

US median, latest 1.9gEU median, latest 2g
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	2 gold	2 gold	3	1 gold50 silver	1 gold86 silver	1
2026-09-18	1 gold50 silver	2 gold	3	1 gold86 silver	4 gold95 silver	1
2026-09-17	1 gold59 silver	1 gold75 silver	3	2 gold65 silver	5 gold	3
2026-09-16	1 gold50 silver	1 gold75 silver	3	1 gold50 silver	5 gold	2
2026-09-15	1 gold69 silver	2 gold	4	80 silver	1 gold50 silver	3
2026-09-14	1 gold75 silver	3 gold	4	1 gold	1 gold99 silver	2
2026-09-13	2 gold	4 gold	4	1 gold99 silver	3 gold	2

Thorium Bracers

Connected realms with a listing in the latest MoP Classic scan: EU 3 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 5.5.4.69585)
Type	Armor
Subtype	Plate
Slot	Wrist
Item level	51
Requires level	46
Binding	Binds when equipped
Vendor sell	87 silver97 copper
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)