On Pattern: Black Dragonscale Breastplate's most active realm, the lowest Auction House listing has typically been around 390 gold3 silver across its tracked history (Sep 2022 to Jun 2026), ranging from 94 gold86 silver to 3,071 gold42 silver. About 8 were available in the latest snapshot.
The current lowest price is 15% above typical, against a All-Time typical of 390 gold3 silver.
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
Creates 
Black Dragonscale Breastplate Rare Mail Chest, item level 28
Using Pattern: Black Dragonscale Breastplate teaches this recipe. The Classic Leatherworking recipe Black Dragonscale Breastplate takes 25 Rugged Leather, 25 Black Dragonscale, 1 Cured Rugged Hide and 2 Rune Thread.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
Pattern: Black Dragonscale Breastplate teaches the Classic Leatherworking recipe Black Dragonscale Breastplate, which makes Black Dragonscale Breastplate. At the lowest US listings, the reagents for one craft cost 265g 47s, and Black Dragonscale is the largest share at 62%. Black Dragonscale Breastplate lists from 50g 1s each, so one craft sold at that price returns 217g 96s less than its reagents cost, after the 5% auction cut. It turns yellow at Classic Leatherworking skill 310 and grey at 330.
| Reagent | Needed | Lowest listed | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
 Rugged Leather | 25 | 3 gold90 silver | 97 gold50 silver |
 Black Dragonscale | 25 | 6 gold54 silver | 163 gold50 silver |
 Cured Rugged Hide | 1 | 3 gold55 silver | 3 gold55 silver |
 Rune Thread | 2 | 46 silver | 92 silver |
| Reagents for one craft | 265 gold47 silver | ||
| Black Dragonscale Breastplate at its lowest listing | 50 gold1 silver | ||
| Return after the 5% auction cut | −217 gold96 silver | ||
Prices are the lowest listed prices in the latest US Auction House snapshot, not sales. Recipes, reagents, yields and skill levels come from the World of Warcraft client build files.
The 10 recipes nearest to Pattern: Black Dragonscale Breastplate in required skill among Recipe > Leatherworking, all from Classic like Pattern: Black Dragonscale Breastplate.
| Item | Creates | Required Skill | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pattern: Black Dragonscale Breastplate (this item) | Black Dragonscale Breastplate | 290 | 83 silver on 71 realms |
 Pattern: Chimeric Vest |  Chimeric Vest | 290 | 45 gold on 63 realms |
| Pattern: Frostsaber Leggings |  Frostsaber Leggings | 285 | 150 gold on 62 realms |
| Pattern: Heavy Scorpid Leggings |  Heavy Scorpid Leggings | 285 | 25 gold on 60 realms |
| Pattern: Volcanic Breastplate | Volcanic Breastplate | 285 | 45 gold on 55 realms |
| Pattern: Frostsaber Gloves |  Frostsaber Gloves | 295 | 500 gold on 60 realms |
 Pattern: Living Leggings |  Living Leggings | 285 | 2,000 gold on 56 realms |
| Pattern: Heavy Scorpid Belt |  Heavy Scorpid Belt | 280 | 23 gold on 56 realms |
| Pattern: Chimeric Leggings |  Chimeric Leggings | 280 | 4 gold on 57 realms |
| Pattern: Heavy Scorpid Shoulders |  Heavy Scorpid Shoulders | 300 | 1 gold on 56 realms |
| Pattern: Volcanic Shoulders |  Volcanic Shoulders | 300 | 16 gold on 58 realms |
The lowest listed price among them is Pattern: Heavy Scorpid Shoulders at 1 gold in the US Auction House.
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Pattern: Black Dragonscale Breastplate 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 Pattern: Black Dragonscale Breastplate next to the live retail market on this page.
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