Is Pattern: Guardian Armor in World of Warcraft: Forever?

Not confirmed. Blizzard has not published Forever's item list. Pattern: Guardian Armor is a Classic Era item and Forever is built on vanilla World of Warcraft with its story set in year one and a level 60 cap, so this page tracks it. Forever launches November 4, 2026.

What level is Pattern: Guardian Armor in WoW Classic?

In Classic Era, Pattern: Guardian Armor is Uncommon quality, item level 35 with no level requirement.

What does Pattern: Guardian Armor sell for to a vendor in Classic?

A vendor pays 5s for one Pattern: Guardian Armor in Classic Era.

How much is Pattern: Guardian Armor on the auction house right now?

75g on Tichondrius, on live retail servers, from the latest Blizzard auction house snapshot. Blizzard publishes no Classic Era auction house feed, and Forever has not launched, so those two have no price here yet.

Pattern: Guardian Armor Price - WoW Auction House, Classic and Forever

Auction House

Today's price is on the high side: only 37% of recorded snapshots were pricier.AH scan

3Units listed

3Sellers

75 goldCheapest now

Thin supply

Auction House snapshot 45 min ago.

Selected realm

Tichondrius US Source: Auction House snapshot

Prices Across Realms

Realm	Region	Current	vs typical	Qty	Snapshot
Area 52	US	1,250 gold	40% above	12	46 min ago
Emerald Dream	US	905 gold19 silver	~ typical	9	46 min ago
Alexstrasza +1	US	1,390 gold2 silver	56% above	9	46 min ago
Dentarg +1	US	1,195 gold95 silver	34% above	6	46 min ago
Darrowmere +3	US	1,393 gold18 silver	56% above	6	46 min ago
Azralon	US	1,389 gold83 silver	56% above	6	46 min ago
Agamaggan +8	US	411 gold16 silver	54% below	5	46 min ago
Thrall	US	500 gold	44% below	5	46 min ago

On Pattern: Guardian Armor's most active realm, the lowest Auction House listing has typically been around 891 gold94 silver across its tracked history (Sep 2022 to Jun 2026), ranging from 60 gold80 silver to 2,629 gold82 silver. About 3 were available in the latest snapshot.

The current lowest price is 92% below typical, against a All-Time typical of 891 gold94 silver.

Downloads

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Background

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Build history

First seen in build 1.15.9.68940 (Classic).

Use: Learning
Effect: Guardian Armor

Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.

Other versions

Across game versions

In WoW Forever it is item level 35. In Classic Era it is item level 35. In The Burning Crusade it is item level 35. In Wrath of the Lich King it is item level 35. In MoP Classic it is item level 35.

Version	Item level	Quality	Sells for
Retail (Midnight)	1	Uncommon	5s
WoW Forever	35	Uncommon	5s
Classic Era	35	Uncommon	5s
The Burning Crusade	35	Uncommon	5s
Wrath of the Lich King	35	Uncommon	5s
MoP Classic	35	Uncommon	5s

Pattern: Guardian Armor Game Data

Teaches

Guardian Armor Classic Leatherworking

Creates Guardian Armor Uncommon Leather Chest, item level 20

Using Pattern: Guardian Armor teaches this recipe. The Classic Leatherworking recipe Guardian Armor takes 2 Cured Heavy Hide, 12 Heavy Leather, 1 Shadow Oil and 2 Fine Thread.

Requirements & Properties

Requires: Classic Leatherworking (175)

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.

Pattern: Guardian Armor Crafting Costs

What One Craft Returns: Guardian Armor

Pattern: Guardian Armor teaches the Classic Leatherworking recipe Guardian Armor, which makes Guardian Armor. At the lowest US listings, the reagents for one craft cost 248g 64s, and Cured Heavy Hide is the largest share at 71%. Guardian Armor lists from 896g each, so one craft sold at that price returns 602g 56s after the 5% auction cut, a 242% margin over its reagents. At that return, the lowest listing for Pattern: Guardian Armor itself (50g, the lowest of 63 realms listing it) is paid back after 1 craft. It turns yellow at Classic Leatherworking skill 195 and grey at 215.

Reagent	Needed	Lowest listed	Cost
Cured Heavy Hide	2	88 gold2 silver	176 gold4 silver
Heavy Leather	12	4 gold	48 gold
Shadow Oil	1	24 gold58 silver	24 gold58 silver
Fine Thread	2	1 silver	2 silver
Reagents for one craft			248 gold64 silver
Guardian Armor at its lowest listing			896 gold
Return after the 5% auction cut			602 gold56 silver

What Else the Reagents Make

Cured Heavy Hide goes into 19 other recipes in Leatherworking, including Gem-Studded Leather Belt, Shadowskin Gloves, Barbaric Belt and Barbaric Bracers. It is itself made by the recipe Cured Heavy Hide.
Heavy Leather goes into 84 other recipes across Leatherworking, Engineering, Blacksmithing and Tailoring, including Dusky Bracers, Barbaric Harness, Guardian Cloak and Murloc Scale Bracers. It is itself made by the recipe Heavy Leather.
Shadow Oil goes into 6 other recipes across Leatherworking, Blacksmithing, Alchemy, Tailoring and Jewelcrafting, including Dusky Leather Armor, Heavy Scale Shirt, Shadow Crescent Axe and Greater Shadow Protection Potion. It is itself made by the recipe Shadow Oil.
Fine Thread goes into 123 other recipes across Leatherworking, Tailoring and Blacksmithing, including Green Leather Armor, Hillman's Leather Gloves, High Society Top Hat and Black Silk Pack.

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.

Where Pattern: Guardian Armor Fits

Items That Share Pattern: Guardian Armor's Icon

Pattern: Guardian Armor uses icon file 134939, which 1,738 other items also use. The 7 closest by item ID:

Pattern: Guardian Belt ID 4298 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft a Guardian Belt."
Pattern: Guardian Leather Bracers ID 4300 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Guardian Leather Bracers."
Pattern: Barbaric Belt ID 4301 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft a Barbaric Belt."
Pattern: Hillman's Belt ID 4294 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft a Hillman's Belt."
Pattern: Hillman's Leather Vest ID 4293 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft a Hillman's Leather Vest."
Pattern: Green Woolen Bag ID 4292 · Recipe "Teaches you how to sew a Green Woolen Bag."
Pattern: Icy Cloak ID 4355 · Recipe "Teaches you how to sew an Icy Cloak."

Items Numbered Next to Pattern: Guardian Armor

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 4299 (4293 to 4304) were usually added in the same batch as Pattern: Guardian Armor: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Pattern: Hillman's Leather Vest ID 4293 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft a Hillman's Leather Vest."
Pattern: Hillman's Belt ID 4294 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft a Hillman's Belt."
Pattern: Dark Leather Shoulders ID 4296 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Dark Leather Shoulders."
Pattern: Barbaric Gloves ID 4297 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Barbaric Gloves."
Pattern: Guardian Belt ID 4298 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft a Guardian Belt."
Pattern: Guardian Leather Bracers ID 4300 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Guardian Leather Bracers."
Pattern: Barbaric Belt ID 4301 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft a Barbaric Belt."
Small Green Dagger ID 4302 · Weapon - Dagger · item level 5
Cranial Thumper ID 4303 · Weapon - One-Handed Mace · item level 6
Thick Leather ID 4304 · Trade Goods · item level 10

Pattern: Guardian Armor Client Record

The raw ItemSparse values for item 4299 in the current client build.

Vendor buy price: 20 silver
Vendor sell price: 5 silver
Flags: 64 / 8192 / 0 / 0 / 0

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

Pattern: Guardian Armor in WoW Classic and World of Warcraft: Forever

Pattern: Guardian Armor 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: Guardian Armor next to the live retail market on this page.

Is Pattern: Guardian Armor in World of Warcraft: Forever?: Not confirmed. Blizzard has not published Forever's item list. Pattern: Guardian Armor is a Classic Era item and Forever is built on vanilla World of Warcraft with its story set in year one and a level 60 cap, so this page tracks it. Forever launches November 4, 2026.
What level is Pattern: Guardian Armor in WoW Classic?: In Classic Era, Pattern: Guardian Armor is Uncommon quality, item level 35 with no level requirement.
What does Pattern: Guardian Armor sell for to a vendor in Classic?: A vendor pays 5s for one Pattern: Guardian Armor in Classic Era.
How much is Pattern: Guardian Armor on the auction house right now?: 75g on Tichondrius, on live retail servers, from the latest Blizzard auction house snapshot. Blizzard publishes no Classic Era auction house feed, and Forever has not launched, so those two have no price here yet.

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta client: Build 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era client: Yes - this item is in the Classic Era client's data too

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

Pattern: Guardian Armor

Pattern: Guardian Armor Price History on Tichondrius

Supply & Availability