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Dusty Chain Armor

Item Level 16
Binds when equipped
ChestArmor
12 Armor
+8 Agility or Intellect
+7 Stamina
Requires Level 10
Sell price: 40 silver23 copper
Current price 150,000 gold
Verified
All-Time typical 150,000 gold
Around typicalFlat over 7 days
Bladefist Auction House Mail

An Uncommon Mail Chest, item level 16, requires level 10, binds when equipped.

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  • Today's price is on the high side: only 0% of recorded snapshots were pricier.AH scan

Dusty Chain Armor Price History on Bladefist

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Recorded Auction House snapshots.
Market price Min buyout Quantity (hover for values)

On Dusty Chain Armor's most active realm, the lowest Auction House listing has typically been around 150,000 gold across its tracked history (Aug 2025 to Jun 2026), ranging from 150,000 gold to 150,000 gold. Only 1 was available in the latest snapshot.

The current lowest price is around its All-Time typical of 150,000 gold.

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Build history

First seen in build 1.15.9.68940 (Classic).

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Across game versions

In Classic Era it is item level 26, requires level 21 and sells to vendors for 17s 69c. In The Burning Crusade it is item level 26, requires level 21 and sells to vendors for 17s 69c. In Wrath of the Lich King it is item level 26, requires level 21 and sells to vendors for 17s 69c. In MoP Classic it is item level 26, requires level 21 and sells to vendors for 20s 64c.

VersionItem levelRequired levelQualityBindingSells for
Retail (Midnight)1610UncommonBinds when equipped40s 23c
Classic Era2621UncommonBinds when equipped17s 69c
The Burning Crusade2621UncommonBinds when equipped17s 69c
Wrath of the Lich King2621UncommonBinds when equipped17s 69c
MoP Classic2621UncommonBinds when equipped20s 64c
Dusty Chain Armor Game Data

Appearance

In the Appearances collection, Dusty Chain Armor is listed as World Drop. Appearance ID: 292. 13 other items wear the same appearance; 12 of them are listed here.

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.

How Dusty Chain Armor Compares

Who It Suits

Mail is the armor type Evoker, Hunter and Shaman wear. With Agility or Intellect, Dusty Chain Armor suits Beast Mastery, Marksmanship and Survival Hunter; Elemental, Enhancement and Restoration Shaman; Devastation, Preservation and Augmentation Evoker.

Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.

Where Dusty Chain Armor Fits

Items That Share Dusty Chain Armor's Icon

Dusty Chain Armor uses icon file 132624, which 54 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:

Items Numbered Next to Dusty Chain Armor

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 2016 (2008 to 2024) were usually added in the same batch as Dusty Chain Armor: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Dusty Chain Armor Client Record

The raw ItemSparse values for item 2016 in the current client build.

Vendor buy price
2 gold1 silver
Vendor sell price
40 silver23 copper
Material
Chain
Equip slot
Chest
Flags
0 / 8192 / 0 / 0 / 0

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.

Dusty Chain Armor in WoW Classic and World of Warcraft: Forever

Dusty Chain Armor 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 Dusty Chain Armor next to the live retail market on this page.

Is Dusty Chain Armor in World of Warcraft: Forever?
Not confirmed. Blizzard has not published Forever's item list. Dusty Chain Armor is a Classic Era item and Forever is built on vanilla World of Warcraft with its story set in year one and a level 60 cap, so this page tracks it. Forever launches November 4, 2026.
What level is Dusty Chain Armor in WoW Classic?
In Classic Era, Dusty Chain Armor is Uncommon quality, item level 26 and requires level 21.
What does Dusty Chain Armor sell for to a vendor in Classic?
A vendor pays 17s 69c for one Dusty Chain Armor in Classic Era.
What slot is Dusty Chain Armor in WoW Classic?
Dusty Chain Armor is a Chest Mail in Classic Era; it binds when equipped.
How much is Dusty Chain Armor on the auction house right now?
150,000g on Bladefist, on live retail servers, from the latest Blizzard auction house snapshot. Blizzard publishes no Classic Era auction house feed, and Forever has not launched, so those two have no price here yet.

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 Dusty Chain Armor

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta client
Build 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era client
Yes - this item is in the Classic Era client's data too
Appearances in the beta client
1 recorded look

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