WoW Forever item

Chainmail Armor

Name: Chainmail Armor WoW Forever Auction House Prices
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Item 847 on WoW Forever (WoW Forever beta (September 17 to October 21) · launches November 4, 2026), client 1.60.1.70532

Item Level 17
ChestMail
151 Armor
Requires Level 12
Sell Price: 3 silver49 copper

About Chainmail Armor

Chainmail Armor is a common armor item on WoW Forever at item level 17, usable from level 12. Other mail chest pieces listed on the WoW Forever Auction House closest to it in item level include Runed Copper Breastplate (18), Soldier's Armor (18) and Veteran Armor (16). The latest scan finds it on 1 WoW Forever realm (US 1); the cheapest buyout is 6 silver on Classic Beta PvE 2 (US). A vendor pays 3 silver49 copper for it.

WoW Forever Auction House prices

Cheapest realm6 silverClassic Beta PvE 2 (US, Alliance)

Typical market (US) -

Median min buyout6 silver

Realms with listings1US 1

Latest snapshot2026-10-20 22:54 UTCplayer scan time

Prices across WoW Forever realms

Realm	Min buyout	Market (median)	Qty	Listings	Snapshot
Classic Beta PvE 2US · WoW Forever beta · Alliance	6 silver	-	1	1	2026-10-20 22:54 UTC

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Mail chest items near item level 17

Our WoW Forever item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 26 other mail chest items between item level 11 and 23; 0 of them carry fixed stats.

Its lowest listed price, 6 silver, ranks 3rd of 20 listed mail chest items in this group.
Cheapest listed mail chest items at a similar or higher item level: Linked Chain Vest at 5 silver (item level 22, requires level 17), Rough Bronze Cuirass at 7 silver (item level 23, requires level 18), Soldier's Armor at 7 silver (item level 18, requires level 13).
Other armor types for the chest slot within 2 item levels of 17: cloth (18): Canvas Vest, Green Woolen Vest, Spellbinder Vest; leather (11): Fine Leather Tunic, Hunting Tunic, Bard's Tunic.

Item	Item level	Requires	Armor	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Worn Mail Vest	14	9	-	none	3 silver
Cadet Vest	15	10	-	none	8 silver
Slarkskin	15	10	-	none	-
Wax-polished Armor	15	10	-	none	-
Laced Mail Vest	16	11	-	none	10 silver
Veteran Armor	16	11	-	none	34 silver
War Torn Tunic	16	11	-	none	10 silver
Chainmail Armor	17	12	-	none	6 silver
Brackwater Vest	18	13	-	none	-
Runed Copper Breastplate	18	13	-	none	49 silver
Soldier's Armor	18	13	-	none	7 silver
Raider's Chestpiece	20	15	-	none	16 silver

Appearance

Same model in the game files

Fortified Chain

Also drawn with this model in the retail client: Deputy Chain Coat.

More Chainmail items

Chainmail Belt item level 17
Chainmail Boots item level 17
Chainmail Bracers item level 17
Chainmail Gloves item level 17
Chainmail Pants item level 17

Where Chainmail Armor Fits

Items That Share Chainmail Armor's Icon

Chainmail Armor uses the same icon art, which 16 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:

Large Ogre Chain Armor ID 914 · Armor - Mail · item level 30
Avenger's Armor ID 1488 · Armor - Mail · item level 31
Double Link Tunic ID 1717 · Armor - Mail · item level 30 · lowest 5g on 2 realms
Laced Mail Vest ID 1745 · Armor - Mail · item level 16 · lowest 10s on 1 realm
Linked Chain Vest ID 1753 · Armor - Mail · item level 22 · lowest 5s on 1 realm
Reinforced Chain Vest ID 1761 · Armor - Mail · item level 28 · lowest 12s on 2 realms
Rusted Chain Vest ID 2386 · Armor - Mail · item level 5
Light Chain Armor ID 2398 · Armor - Mail · item level 10 · lowest 2s on 1 realm

Items Numbered Next to Chainmail Armor

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 847 (840 to 852) were usually added in the same batch as Chainmail Armor: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Heavy Weave Shoes ID 840 · Armor - Cloth · item level 17
Tanned Leather Boots ID 843 · Armor - Leather · item level 17
Tanned Leather Gloves ID 844 · Armor - Leather · item level 17 · lowest 3s on 2 realms
Tanned Leather Pants ID 845 · Armor - Leather · item level 17
Tanned Leather Jerkin ID 846 · Armor - Leather · item level 17
Chainmail Pants ID 848 · Armor - Mail · item level 17
Chainmail Boots ID 849 · Armor - Mail · item level 17
Chainmail Gloves ID 850 · Armor - Mail · item level 17
Cutlass ID 851 · Weapon - One-Handed Sword · item level 15
Mace ID 852 · Weapon - One-Handed Mace · item level 14

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

Across game versions

Item 847	Classic Era	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	17	17	10
Required level	12	12	12
Armor	151	122	151
Sell price	3 silver49 copper	5 silver10 copper	3 silver49 copper

WoW Forever price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-10-08 00:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 1
Lowest buyout seen: 6 silverClassic Beta PvE 2 (US), 2026-10-20 22:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 35 silverClassic Beta PvE 2 (US)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 9

Classic Beta PvE 2 Alliance: 2 scans, latest 6sClassic Beta PvE 2 Horde: 7 scans, latest 33s
Each dot is one player scan: the cheapest buyout listed at that moment on that faction house. Gaps between dots are time nobody scanned, not a steady price.

Last 7 days

Day (UTC)	US low	US median	US realms
2026-10-20	6 silver	6 silver	1
2026-10-17	33 silver	33 silver	1
2026-10-16	33 silver	33 silver	1
2026-10-14	35 silver	35 silver	1
2026-10-13	26 silver	26 silver	1
2026-10-11	25 silver	25 silver	1
2026-10-08	6 silver	6 silver	1

Comments

Connected realms with a listing in the latest WoW Forever scan: US 1 of 1.

Item data: WoW Forever client datamine, build 1.60.1.70532. Prices: per-unit buyouts from Auction House scans made in game by players with the TheWoWDB addon, one scan per realm per hour at most; Blizzard publishes no auction data for WoW Forever, so a price is only as fresh as the latest scan. Retail column: the retail client datamine.

Quick facts

Item ID	847
Game version	WoW Forever (client 1.60.1.70532)
Type	Armor
Subtype	Mail
Slot	Chest
Item level	17
Requires level	12
Max stack	1
Vendor sell	3 silver49 copper
Data source	WoW Forever client datamine