On Pattern: Black Dragonscale Shoulders's most active realm, the lowest Auction House listing has typically been around 4,892 gold29 silver across its tracked history (Sep 2022 to Jun 2026), ranging from 584 gold30 silver to 11,967 gold55 silver. Only 1 was available in the latest snapshot.
The current lowest price is 1310% above typical, against a All-Time typical of 4,892 gold29 silver.
First seen in build 1.15.9.68940 (Classic).
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
In WoW Forever it is item level 60. In Classic Era it is item level 60. In MoP Classic it is item level 60.
| Version | Item level | Quality | Sells for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail (Midnight) | 25 | Rare | 75s |
| WoW Forever | 60 | Rare | 75s |
| Classic Era | 60 | Rare | 75s |
| MoP Classic | 60 | Rare | 75s |
Creates 
Black Dragonscale Shoulders Rare Mail Shoulder, item level 29
Using Pattern: Black Dragonscale Shoulders teaches this recipe. The Classic Leatherworking recipe Black Dragonscale Shoulders takes 20 Rugged Leather, 15 Black Dragonscale, 1 Cured Rugged Hide and 1 Rune Thread.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
Pattern: Black Dragonscale Shoulders teaches the Classic Leatherworking recipe Black Dragonscale Shoulders, which makes Black Dragonscale Shoulders. At the lowest US listings, the reagents for one craft cost 171g 77s, and Rugged Leather is the largest share at 61%. Black Dragonscale Shoulders lists from 199g 99s each, so one craft sold at that price returns 18g 22s after the 5% auction cut, a 11% margin over its reagents. At that return, the lowest listing for Pattern: Black Dragonscale Shoulders itself (100g 13s, the lowest of 53 realms listing it) is paid back after 6 crafts. It turns yellow at Classic Leatherworking skill 320 and grey at 340.
| Reagent | Needed | Lowest listed | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
 Rugged Leather | 20 | 5 gold23 silver | 104 gold60 silver |
 Black Dragonscale | 15 | 4 gold15 silver | 62 gold25 silver |
 Cured Rugged Hide | 1 | 4 gold31 silver | 4 gold31 silver |
 Rune Thread | 1 | 61 silver | 61 silver |
| Reagents for one craft | 171 gold77 silver | ||
| Black Dragonscale Shoulders at its lowest listing | 199 gold99 silver | ||
| Return after the 5% auction cut | 18 gold22 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 Shoulders in required skill among Recipe > Leatherworking, all from Classic like Pattern: Black Dragonscale Shoulders.
| Item | Creates | Required Skill | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pattern: Black Dragonscale Shoulders (this item) | Black Dragonscale Shoulders | 300 | 100 gold on 53 realms |
 Pattern: Black Dragonscale Leggings |  Black Dragonscale Leggings | 300 | 4,800 gold on 39 realms |
| Pattern: Girdle of Insight |  Girdle of Insight | 300 | 500 gold on 64 realms |
| Pattern: Mongoose Boots |  Mongoose Boots | 300 | 800 gold on 63 realms |
| Pattern: Swift Flight Bracers |  Swift Flight Bracers | 300 | 598 gold on 64 realms |
 Ancient Pattern: Helm of Lingering Power |  Helm of Lingering Power | 300 | 3,099 gold on 48 realms |
| Ancient Pattern: Lucien's Lost Soles |  Lucien's Lost Soles | 300 | 4,994 gold on 51 realms |
| Ancient Pattern: Sanctified Leather Hat |  Sanctified Leather Hat | 300 | 5,000 gold on 50 realms |
| Pattern: Heavy Scorpid Shoulders |  Heavy Scorpid Shoulders | 300 | 1 gold on 54 realms |
 Pattern: Volcanic Shoulders |  Volcanic Shoulders | 300 | 60 gold on 54 realms |
 Pattern: Chromatic Cloak |  Chromatic Cloak | 300 | 23,658 gold on 48 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 Shoulders uses icon file 134939, which 1,738 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:
Pattern: Onyxia Scale Cloak ID 15769 · Recipe · item level 25 "Teaches you how to craft an Onyxia Scale Cloak."Pattern: Living Breastplate ID 15771 · Recipe · item level 25 "Teaches you how to craft a Living Breastplate."Pattern: Heavy Scorpid Shoulders ID 15774 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Heavy Scorpid Shoulders."Pattern: Stormshroud Shoulders ID 15764 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Stormshroud Shoulders."Pattern: Blue Dragonscale Shoulders ID 15763 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Blue Dragonscale Shoulders."Pattern: Heavy Scorpid Helm ID 15762 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft a Heavy Scorpid Helm."Pattern: Ironfeather Breastplate ID 15760 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft an Ironfeather Breastplate."Pattern: Onyxia Scale Breastplate ID 15780 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft an Onyxia Scale Breastplate."Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 15770 (15765 to 15775) were usually added in the same batch as Pattern: Black Dragonscale Shoulders: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
Pattern: Runic Leather Pants ID 15765 · Recipe · item level 25 "Teaches you how to craft Runic Leather Pants."
Gem of the Serpent ID 15766 · Quest
Hameya's Key ID 15767 · QuestPattern: Wicked Leather Belt ID 15768 · Recipe · item level 25 "Teaches you how to craft a Wicked Leather Belt."Pattern: Onyxia Scale Cloak ID 15769 · Recipe · item level 25 "Teaches you how to craft an Onyxia Scale Cloak."Pattern: Living Breastplate ID 15771 · Recipe · item level 25 "Teaches you how to craft a Living Breastplate."Pattern: Devilsaur Leggings ID 15772 · Recipe · item level 25 "Teaches you how to craft Devilsaur Leggings."Pattern: Wicked Leather Armor ID 15773 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Wicked Leather Armor."Pattern: Heavy Scorpid Shoulders ID 15774 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Heavy Scorpid Shoulders."Pattern: Volcanic Shoulders ID 15775 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Volcanic Shoulders."The raw ItemSparse values for item 15770 in the current client build.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.
Pattern: Black Dragonscale Shoulders 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 Shoulders next to the live retail market on this page.
Read next: World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4 · Forever's Professions, Legacy, Camping and Honor changes · Classic Era page for Pattern: Black Dragonscale Shoulders
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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