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Northern Barrier

Item Level 35
Binds when picked up
ShieldArmor
77 Armor
+4 Strength
+7 Stamina
+5 Critical Strike
+4 Versatility
+13 Intellect
Requires Level 30
Sell price: 3 gold36 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 Shield, item level 35, requires level 30, binds when picked up. Drops from Hodir in Ulduar.

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Where it comes from
DropHodir in UlduarTimewalking
Build history

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

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Northern Barrier Game Data

Appearance

Appearance ID: 11461. 2 other items wear the same appearance:

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.

Where Northern Barrier Comes From

Northern Barrier Drops From

The in-game Adventure Guide lists Northern Barrier in the loot of 1 encounter.

Hodir in Ulduar

Also drops from this encounter (72 other items):

See all 73 items in the Hodir loot table

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

How Northern Barrier Compares

Who It Suits

In their in-game specialization descriptions, these specs name shields among their preferred weapons:

  • Protection Warrior: Axe, Mace, Sword, and Shield
  • Holy Paladin: Sword, Mace, and Shield
  • Protection Paladin: Sword, Mace, Axe, and Shield
  • Elemental Shaman: Mace, Dagger, and Shield
  • Restoration Shaman: Mace, Dagger, and Shield

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

Where Northern Barrier Fits

Other Items Named Northern Barrier

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

Items That Share Northern Barrier's Icon

Northern Barrier uses icon file 237457, which 4 other items also use. The 4 closest by item ID:

Items Numbered Next to Northern Barrier

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 156172 (156166 to 156179) were usually added in the same batch as Northern Barrier: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Northern Barrier Client Record

The raw ItemSparse values for item 156172 in the current client build.

Vendor buy price
16 gold84 silver
Vendor sell price
3 gold36 silver
Material
Plate
Equip slot
Shield
Expansion ID
2
Flags
0 / 8192 / 8388608 / 0 / 0

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

3D Model

First-party render from the game files. Model © Blizzard Entertainment.