This item is acquired in-game. See its sources below.
Encounters that drop this item, from the game's own dungeon journal. Drop chances are not stored in the client data we mine, so none are shown here.
Acid-Etched Pauldrons is not traded on the Auction House, so it has no live market price. Its first-party game data (identity, effects and sources) is read from the official World of Warcraft client build.
In the Appearances collection, Acid-Etched Pauldrons is listed as Boss Drop. Appearance ID: 3876. No other item uses this appearance, so it is unique to Acid-Etched Pauldrons.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
Plate is the armor type Death Knight, Paladin and Warrior wear. With Strength or Intellect, Acid-Etched Pauldrons suits Arms, Fury and Protection Warrior; Holy, Protection and Retribution Paladin; Blood, Frost and Unholy Death Knight.
The 10 items nearest to Acid-Etched Pauldrons (item level 27) in item level among Armor > Plate, Shoulder slot, from item level 26 to 28.
| Item | Item Level | Requires Level | Stats | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acid-Etched Pauldrons (this item) | 27 | 21 | +5 Strength or Intellect, +8 Stamina, +6 Critical Strike, +4 Versatility. Boss Drop | Not listed |
 Imperial Plate Shoulders | 27 | 20 | +7 Strength or Intellect, +8 Stamina. Crafted with Classic Blacksmithing | 125 gold on 62 realms |
 Lofty Shoulder Pads | 27 | 21 | +5 Strength or Intellect, +8 Stamina. World Drop | 699 gold on 59 realms |
 High Chief's Pauldrons | 27 | 21 | +5 Strength or Intellect, +8 Stamina. World Drop | 100 gold on 48 realms |
 Wyrmslayer Spaulders | 26 | 20 | +5 Strength or Intellect, +8 Stamina, +5 Critical Strike. World Drop | 35 gold on 56 realms |
 Alabaster Plate Pauldrons | 28 | 21 | +7 Strength or Intellect, +10 Haste. World Drop | 27 gold on 50 realms |
 Templar Pauldrons | 28 | 22 | +5 Strength or Intellect, +8 Stamina. World Drop | 3 gold on 51 realms |
 Vanguard Pauldrons | 28 | 22 | +4 Strength or Intellect, +8 Stamina, +10 Critical Strike. World Drop | 3,000 gold on 54 realms |
 Glorious Shoulder Pads | 28 | 22 | +5 Strength or Intellect, +8 Stamina. World Drop | 2,500 gold on 56 realms |
 Overlord's Spaulders | 26 | 20 | +5 Strength or Intellect, +8 Stamina. World Drop | 23 gold on 54 realms |
| Sunscale Spaulders | 26 | 20 | +3 Strength or Intellect, +8 Stamina, +4 Critical Strike. World Drop | 323 gold on 59 realms |
Alabaster Plate Pauldrons has the highest item level here (28). The lowest listed price among them is Templar Pauldrons at 3 gold in the US Auction House.
Next item levels up from Acid-Etched Pauldrons among Armor > Plate, Shoulder slot: Ripfiend Shoulderplates (item level 32), Bloodfist Epaulets (item level 32), Spiked Cobalt Shoulders (item level 33), Kraken Epaulets (item level 34) and Heaving Plates of Protection (item level 37).
Nearest lower item levels below Acid-Etched Pauldrons among Armor > Plate, Shoulder slot: Field Plate Pauldrons (item level 23), Embossed Plate Pauldrons (item level 23), Symbolic Pauldrons (item level 23), Warbringer's Spaulders (item level 23) and Jouster's Pauldrons (item level 22).
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Acid-Etched Pauldrons is in the Classic Era game data, the era World of Warcraft: Forever is built on. Blizzard describes Forever as vanilla World of Warcraft plussed up: its story sits in year one, characters level to 60 and stay there, and it launches November 4, 2026. Blizzard has not said which vanilla items appear in Forever, so nothing here is a Forever claim; it is the Classic Era record for Acid-Etched Pauldrons next to the live retail market on this page.
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