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Earthshatter Grips

Item Level 1
Binds when picked up
HandsArmor
3 Armor
+ Stamina
+ Critical Strike
+ Haste
+ Agility or Intellect
Requires Level 30
Sell price: 1 copper
Not sold on the Auction House

This item is acquired in-game. See its sources below.

Not sold on the Auction House Armor

A Poor Mail Hands, item level 1, requires level 30, binds when picked up.

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Build history

First seen in build 3.80.2.69874 (Wrath of the Lich King).

Set: Earthshatter Battlegear
  • (2) Set: Your Lightning Shield damage is increased by 10%.
  • (4) Set: Increases Haste by 5%.

Earthshatter Grips is one of 5 pieces of Earthshatter Battlegear, alongside Earthshatter Chestguard, Earthshatter Faceguard and Earthshatter Shoulderguards and others. Bonuses activate at 2 pieces and 4 pieces equipped.

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Other versions
Across game versions

In Wrath of the Lich King it is item level 226, requires level 80 and Epic quality. In MoP Classic it is item level 200, requires level 80 and Epic quality.

VersionItem levelRequired levelQualityBindingSells for
Retail (Midnight)130PoorBinds when picked up1c
Wrath of the Lich King22680EpicBinds when picked up-
MoP Classic20080EpicBinds when picked up1c
Earthshatter Grips Game Data

Appearance

Appearance ID: 8341. 2 other items wear the same appearance:

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.

How Earthshatter Grips Compares

Who It Suits

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

Similar Items

The 2 items nearest to Earthshatter Grips (item level 1) in item level among Armor > Mail, Hands slot, from item level 6 to 10.

ItemItem LevelRequires LevelStatsLowest Listed Price
Earthshatter Grips (this item)130Stamina, Critical Strike, Haste, Agility or IntellectNot listed
Light Scale Gloves64+2 Agility or Intellect. Crafted with Classic Leatherworking23 silver on 49 realms
Soldier's Gauntlets106+2 Agility or Intellect, +3 Stamina. World Drop27 silver on 49 realms

Soldier's Gauntlets has the highest item level here (10). The lowest listed price among them is Light Scale Gloves at 23 silver in the US Auction House.

Next item levels up from Earthshatter Grips among Armor > Mail, Hands slot: Slither-Scale Gauntlets (item level 13), Grunt's Handwraps (item level 13), Defender Gauntlets (item level 14), Hulking Gauntlets (item level 14) and Glimmering Mail Gauntlets (item level 18).

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

Where Earthshatter Grips Fits

Items That Share Earthshatter Grips's Icon

Earthshatter Grips uses icon file 132959, which 154 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:

Items Numbered Next to Earthshatter Grips

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 43765 (43760 to 43770) were usually added in the same batch as Earthshatter Grips: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Earthshatter Grips Client Record

The raw ItemSparse values for item 43765 in the current client build.

Vendor buy price
4 copper
Vendor sell price
1 copper
Material
Chain
Equip slot
Hands
Item set ID
795
Expansion ID
2
Flags
0 / 8192 / 0 / 0 / 0

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