TheWoWDBScalemail Vest
Item 285 on WoW Forever (WoW Forever beta (September 17 to October 21) · launches November 4, 2026), client 1.60.1.70532
- Item Level 22
- ChestMail
- 165 Armor
- Requires Level 17
- Sell Price: 7 silver11 copper
Background
Our WoW Forever item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 31 other mail chest items between item level 15 and 29; 0 of them carry fixed stats.
- 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), Reinforced Chain Vest at 12 silver (item level 28, requires level 23). - Other armor types for the chest slot within 2 item levels of 22: cloth (19):
White Woolen Dress, 
Brocade Vest, 
Buccaneer's Robes; leather (15): 
Feral Harness, 
Patched Leather Jerkin, 
Toughened Leather Armor.
| Item | Item level | Requires | Armor | Fixed stats | Lowest listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Runed Copper Breastplate | 18 | 13 | - | none | 49 silver |
 Ironforge Breastplate | 20 | 15 | - | none | 2 gold11 silver |
 Raider's Chestpiece | 20 | 15 | - | none | 16 silver |
| Bloodspattered Surcoat | 21 | 16 | - | none | 15 silver |
 Burnished Tunic | 21 | 16 | - | none | 3 gold16 silver |
 Scalemail Vest | 22 | 17 | - | none | - |
| Linked Chain Vest | 22 | 17 | - | none | 5 silver |
 Defender Tunic | 23 | 18 | - | none | 20 silver |
| Rough Bronze Cuirass | 23 | 18 | - | none | 7 silver |
| War Paint Chestpiece | 23 | 18 | - | none | - |
| Outrunner's Chestguard | 24 | 19 | - | none | 1 gold20 silver |
| Fortified Chain | 25 | 20 | - | none | 18 silver |
Scalemail Belt item level 22
Scalemail Boots item level 22
Scalemail Bracers item level 22
Scalemail Gloves item level 22
Scalemail Pants item level 22
Items That Share Scalemail Vest's Icon
Scalemail Vest uses the same icon art, which 4 other items also use. The 4 closest by item ID:
- Polished Scale Vest ID 2153 · Armor - Mail · item level 27 · lowest 90s on 1 realm
- Silvered Bronze Breastplate ID 2869 · Armor - Mail · item level 26 · lowest 1g on 2 realms
- Green Whelp Armor ID 7375 · Armor - Leather · item level 35 · lowest 6g on 1 realm
- Jazeraint Chestguard ID 9897 · Armor - Mail · item level 42 · lowest 19g on 1 realm
Items Numbered Next to Scalemail Vest
Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 285 (286 to 287) were usually added in the same batch as Scalemail Vest: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
- Scalemail Pants ID 286 · Armor - Mail · item level 22
- Scalemail Boots ID 287 · Armor - Mail · item level 22
Built from Blizzard's Game Data API item documents for this game version and recorded Auction House snapshots.
| Item 285 | Classic Era | MoP Classic | Retail (Midnight) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Item level | 22 | 22 | 14 |
| Required level | 17 | 17 | 17 |
| Armor | 165 | 151 | 165 |
| Sell price | 7 silver11 copper | 10 silver37 copper | 7 silver11 copper |
- First seen in a scan
- 2026-10-05 01:00 UTC
- Realms that have listed it
- 1
- Lowest buyout seen
- 10 silverClassic Beta PvE 2 (US), 2026-10-05 01:00 UTC
- Highest realm minimum seen
- 72 silverClassic Beta PvE 2 (US)
- Realm-hours listed, last 30 days
- 10
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-19 | 60 silver | 60 silver | 1 |
| 2026-10-17 | 11 silver | 11 silver | 1 |
| 2026-10-16 | 68 silver | 68 silver | 1 |
| 2026-10-14 | 72 silver | 72 silver | 1 |
| 2026-10-12 | 72 silver | 72 silver | 1 |
| 2026-10-11 | 11 silver | 11 silver | 1 |
| 2026-10-07 | 20 silver | 20 silver | 1 |
Connected realms with a listing in the latest WoW Forever scan: US 0 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.
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