A Common Shield, item level 2, binds when equipped.
On Large Wooden Shield's most active realm, the lowest Auction House listing has typically been around 5,000 gold across its tracked history (Jan 2023 to Jun 2026), ranging from 200 gold1 silver to 9,999,999 gold99 silver. About 3 were available in the latest snapshot.
The current lowest price is 219% above typical, against a All-Time typical of 5,000 gold.
First seen in build 1.15.9.68940 (Classic).
In WoW Forever it is item level 5. In Classic Era it is item level 5. In The Burning Crusade it is item level 5. In Wrath of the Lich King it is item level 5. In MoP Classic it is item level 5.
| Version | Item level | Quality | Binding | Sells for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail (Midnight) | 2 | Common | Binds when equipped | 16c |
| WoW Forever | 5 | Common | - | 16c |
| Classic Era | 5 | Common | - | 16c |
| The Burning Crusade | 5 | Common | - | 16c |
| Wrath of the Lich King | 5 | Common | - | 16c |
| MoP Classic | 5 | Common | - | 16c |
In the Appearances collection, Large Wooden Shield is listed as Vendor. Appearance ID: 336. No other item uses this appearance, so it is unique to Large Wooden Shield.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
In their in-game specialization descriptions, these specs name shields among their preferred weapons:
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
The raw ItemSparse values for item 1200 in the current client build.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.
Large Wooden Shield 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 Large Wooden Shield next to the live retail market on this page.
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 Large Wooden Shield
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
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