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Flickering Handguards

Item Level 60
Binds when picked up
HandsArmor
24 Armor
+9 Strength or Intellect
+14 Stamina
Requires Level 32
Sell price: 8 gold67 silver
Not sold on the Auction House

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

Not sold on the Auction House Armor

An Epic Plate Hands, item level 60, requires level 32, binds when picked up. Drops from Baleroc, the Gatekeeper in Firelands.

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Where it comes from
DropBaleroc, the Gatekeeper in FirelandsTimewalking
Build history

First seen in build 12.0.7.68887 (Midnight (patch 12.0.7)).

  1. 12.1.5.70340 Vendor buy price: 195g 7s → 43g 37s
  2. 12.1.5.70340 Vendor sell price: 39g 1s → 8g 67s
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Flickering Handguards Game Data

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.

Where Flickering Handguards Comes From

Flickering Handguards Drops From

The in-game Adventure Guide lists Flickering Handguards in the loot of 1 encounter.

Baleroc in Firelands

Also drops from this encounter (84 other items):

See 80 of the 85 items in the Baleroc loot table

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files (JournalEncounterItem, JournalEncounterCreature, Achievement) and the Blizzard Game Data quest API.

How Flickering Handguards Compares

Who It Suits

Plate is the armor type Death Knight, Paladin and Warrior wear. With Strength or Intellect, Flickering Handguards suits Arms, Fury and Protection Warrior; Holy, Protection and Retribution Paladin; Blood, Frost and Unholy Death Knight.

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

Where Flickering Handguards Fits

Other Items Named Flickering Handguards

2 other items in the current build are also called Flickering Handguards. Same-name entries are usually a different rank, faction, quest stage or reward track of the same object.

Items That Share Flickering Handguards's Icon

Flickering Handguards uses icon file 520755, which 12 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:

Items Numbered Next to Flickering Handguards

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 171661 (171656 to 171666) were usually added in the same batch as Flickering Handguards: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Flickering Handguards Client Record

The raw ItemSparse values for item 171661 in the current client build.

Vendor buy price
43 gold37 silver
Vendor sell price
8 gold67 silver
Material
Plate
Equip slot
Hands
Expansion ID
3
Flags
4096 / 8192 / 8388608 / 4 / 0

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