The game's collection data lists Necrotic Boneplate Handguards as sold by 2 vendor NPCs in Townlong Steppes and Isle of Thunder. The first vendor stands at 38.0, 64.6 on the Townlong Steppes map.
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).
(2) Set: When an attack drops your health below 35%, one of your Blood Runes will immediately activate and convert into a Death Rune for the next. This effect cannot occur more than once every 45 sec.
(4) Set: Your Vampiric Blood ability also affects all party and raid members for 50% of the effect it has on you.
Necrotic Boneplate Handguards is one of 5 pieces of Necrotic Boneplate Armor, alongside Necrotic Boneplate Chestguard, Necrotic Boneplate Faceguard and Necrotic Boneplate Legguards and others. Bonuses activate at 2 pieces and 4 pieces equipped.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files (JournalEncounterItem, JournalEncounterCreature, Achievement) and the Blizzard Game Data quest API.
How Necrotic Boneplate Handguards Compares
Who It Suits
Plate is the armor type Death Knight, Paladin and Warrior wear. With Strength or Intellect, Necrotic Boneplate Handguards suits Arms, Fury and Protection Warrior; Holy, Protection and Retribution Paladin; Blood, Frost and Unholy Death Knight.
Transmog Sets
Necrotic Boneplate Handguards is part of the transmog set Necrotic Boneplate Armor (Death Knight only). The other 16 pieces:
2 other items in the current build are also called Necrotic Boneplate Handguards. Same-name entries are usually a different rank, faction, quest stage or reward track of the same object.
Items Numbered Next to Necrotic Boneplate Handguards
Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 77009 (77004 to 77014) were usually added in the same batch as Necrotic Boneplate Handguards: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.