Gauntlets of the Golden Thorn Drops From

Spine of Deathwing - Dragon Soul10 Player (Heroic)25 Player (Heroic)

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. The tags show which difficulties each encounter can award it on.

Gauntlets of the Golden Thorn 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.

Gauntlets of the Golden Thorn Game Data

Appearance

In the Appearances collection, Gauntlets of the Golden Thorn is listed as Boss Drop. Appearance ID: 16875. 4 other items wear the same appearance:

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.

How Gauntlets of the Golden Thorn Compares

Who It Suits

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

Similar Items

The 10 items nearest to Gauntlets of the Golden Thorn (item level 38) in item level among Armor > Plate, Hands slot, from item level 31 to 44.

Item	Item Level	Requires Level	Stats	Lowest Listed Price
Gauntlets of the Golden Thorn (this item)	38	32	+6 Strength or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +6 Versatility, +6 Haste. Boss Drop	Not listed
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Dreadplate Gauntlets	39	35	+6 Strength or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +6 Haste, +6 Critical Strike. Crafted with Pandaria Blacksmithing	459 gold on 56 realms
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Scaled Gauntlets	39	35	+6 Strength or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +6 Haste, +6 Critical Strike. Crafted with Pandaria Blacksmithing	270 gold on 53 realms
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Ornamented Gloves	39	35	+6 Strength or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +6 Mastery, +6 Haste. Crafted with Pandaria Blacksmithing	234 gold on 49 realms
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Plate Gauntlets	39	35	+6 Strength or Intellect, +9 Stamina, +6 Haste, +6 Critical Strike. Crafted with Pandaria Blacksmithing	459 gold on 52 realms
Zeliek's Gauntlets	35	30	+5 Strength or Intellect, +6 Stamina, +8 Haste, +5 Critical Strike. Boss Drop	250 gold on 52 realms
Sunblessed Gauntlets	34	27	+8 Stamina, +7 Critical Strike, +5 Strength or Intellect, +4 Versatility. Crafted with Outland Blacksmithing	99,999 gold on 64 realms
Gauntlets of the Heavy Hand	44	40	+7 Strength or Intellect, +10 Stamina, +7 Critical Strike, +6 Versatility. Boss Drop	100 gold on 50 realms
Bloodfist Gloves	32	26	+6 Strength or Intellect, +8 Stamina. World Drop	14 gold on 53 realms
Cobalt Gauntlets	32	27	+7 Stamina, +7 Strength or Intellect, +7 Dodge. Crafted with Northrend Blacksmithing	50 gold on 49 realms
Gauntlets of the Iron Tower	31	27	+6 Stamina, +8 Versatility, +6 Dodge. Crafted with Outland Blacksmithing	9,999 gold on 70 realms

Gauntlets of the Heavy Hand has the highest item level here (44). The lowest listed price among them is Bloodfist Gloves at 14 gold in the US Auction House.

Next item levels up from Gauntlets of the Golden Thorn among Armor > Plate, Hands slot: Twilight Dragon's Crushers (item level 60), Razorfin Gauntlets (item level 60), Uncanny Combatant's Plate Gauntlets (item level 72), Brittle Gauntlets (item level 78) and Gauntlets of Nightmare Manifest (item level 85).

Nearest lower item levels below Gauntlets of the Golden Thorn among Armor > Plate, Hands slot: Glorious Gauntlets (item level 28), Lofty Gauntlets (item level 27), High Chief's Gauntlets (item level 27), Sunscale Gauntlets (item level 26) and Valorous Gauntlets (item level 25).

Transmog Sets

Gauntlets of the Golden Thorn is part of the transmog set Battleplate of Radiant Glory (Paladin only). The other 16 pieces:

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

Gauntlets of the Golden Thorn