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Gloves of Strange Words

Item Level 19
Binds when picked up
HandsArmor
5 Armor
+4 Agility or Intellect
+7 Stamina
Sell price: 93 silver16 copper
Not sold on the Auction House

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

Not sold on the Auction House Armor

An Uncommon Leather Hands, item level 19, binds when picked up. Sold by 3 vendor NPCs.

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Where it comes from
VendorNPC #34037Orgrimmar 37.9, 70.8
VendorNPC #34058Orgrimmar 38.5, 69.8
VendorNPC #34074Stormwind City 75.0, 67.8

Sold By

The game's collection data lists Gloves of Strange Words as sold by 5 vendor NPCs in Orgrimmar and Stormwind City. The first vendor stands at 37.9, 70.8 on the Orgrimmar map. The 3 with the most spawn points are shown.

VendorZoneMapWaypointOther items it sells
NPC #34037Orgrimmar37.9, 70.8/way #85 37.9 70.836
NPC #34058Orgrimmar38.5, 69.8/way #85 38.5 69.836
NPC #34074Stormwind City75.0, 67.8/way #84 75.0 67.836

Orgrimmar 1 placement

Orgrimmar map showing VendorVendor

Orgrimmar 1 placement

Orgrimmar map showing VendorVendor

Vendor NPC, zone and position come from the client's collection source tables (CollectableSourceInfo and CollectableSourceVendorSparse); coordinates are the in-game map readout.

Build history

First seen in build 5.5.4.69585 (Mists of Pandaria).

Related
Other versions
Across game versions

In MoP Classic it is item level 33 and sells to vendors for 14s 92c.

VersionItem levelQualityBindingSells for
Retail (Midnight)19UncommonBinds when picked up93s 16c
MoP Classic33UncommonBinds when picked up14s 92c
Gloves of Strange Words Game Data

Appearance

In the Appearances collection, Gloves of Strange Words is listed as Quest. Appearance ID: 12924. 13 other items wear the same appearance; 11 of them are listed here.

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.

Where Gloves of Strange Words Comes From

Quests That Reward Gloves of Strange Words

1 quest lists Gloves of Strange Words among its rewards in Blizzard's quest data.

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

How Gloves of Strange Words Compares

Who It Suits

Leather is the armor type Demon Hunter, Druid, Monk and Rogue wear. With Agility or Intellect, Gloves of Strange Words 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.

Where Gloves of Strange Words Fits

Where to Buy Gloves of Strange Words

Gloves of Strange Words is listed at 5 vendor placements; the first 4 are below. NPC 34074 stands in Stormwind City at map coordinates 75.0, 67.8.

Other Items Named Gloves of Strange Words

1 other item in the current build is also called Gloves of Strange Words. Same-name entries are usually a different rank, faction, quest stage or reward track of the same object.

Items That Share Gloves of Strange Words's Icon

Gloves of Strange Words uses icon file 457875, which 13 other items also use. The 7 closest by item ID:

Items Numbered Next to Gloves of Strange Words

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 59258 (59253 to 59263) were usually added in the same batch as Gloves of Strange Words: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Gloves of Strange Words Client Record

The raw ItemSparse values for item 59258 in the current client build.

Vendor buy price
4 gold65 silver
Vendor sell price
93 silver16 copper
Material
Leather
Equip slot
Hands
Flags
0 / 8192 / 0 / 0 / 0

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