Blood Guard's Dragonhide Grips
Item Level 29This item is acquired in-game. See its sources below.
A Rare Leather Hands, item level 29, requires level 25, binds when picked up.
This item is acquired in-game. See its sources below.
A Rare Leather Hands, item level 29, requires level 25, binds when picked up.
First seen in build 1.15.9.68940 (Classic).
Blood Guard's Dragonhide Grips is one of 6 pieces of Champion's Refuge, alongside Blood Guard's Dragonhide Treads, Legionnaire's Dragonhide Chestpiece and Legionnaire's Dragonhide Leggings and others. Bonuses activate at 2 pieces, 4 pieces and 6 pieces equipped.
Slightly increases your stealth detection.
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
In WoW Forever it is item level 66, requires level 60 and sells to vendors for 79s 47c. In Classic Era it is item level 66, requires level 60 and sells to vendors for 79s 47c. In The Burning Crusade it is item level 66 and requires level 60. In Wrath of the Lich King it is item level 66 and requires level 60. In MoP Classic it is item level 66, requires level 60 and sells to vendors for 1c.
| Version | Item level | Required level | Quality | Binding | Sells for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail (Midnight) | 29 | 25 | Rare | Binds when picked up | 59s 11c |
| WoW Forever | 66 | 60 | Rare | Binds when picked up | 79s 47c |
| Classic Era | 66 | 60 | Rare | Binds when picked up | 79s 47c |
| The Burning Crusade | 66 | 60 | Rare | Binds when picked up | - |
| Wrath of the Lich King | 66 | 60 | Rare | Binds when picked up | - |
| MoP Classic | 66 | 60 | Rare | Binds when picked up | 1c |
Appearance ID: 4798. 3 other items wear the same appearance:
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
Leather is the armor type Demon Hunter, Druid, Monk and Rogue wear. With Agility or Intellect, Blood Guard's Dragonhide Grips suits Assassination, Outlaw and Subtlety Rogue; Brewmaster, Mistweaver and Windwalker Monk; Balance, Feral, Guardian and Restoration Druid; Havoc, Vengeance and Devourer Demon Hunter.
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Blood Guard's Dragonhide Grips uses icon file 132959, which 154 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:
Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 22863 (22858 to 22868) were usually added in the same batch as Blood Guard's Dragonhide Grips: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
The raw ItemSparse values for item 22863 in the current client build.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.
Blood Guard's Dragonhide Grips 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 Blood Guard's Dragonhide Grips next to the live retail market on this page.
Read next: World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4 · Forever's class revamps and new race and class combinations · Classic Era page for Blood Guard's Dragonhide Grips
A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4