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Pattern: Guardian Armor
Item Level 1Recipe
Use: Learning
Effect: Guardian Armor
“Teaches you how to craft Guardian Armor.”
Sell price: 5 silver
Current price
1,656 gold36 silver
- Cheapest realm right now is 92% under the 64-realm average.live market
- Listings are down 36% from their 7 day average (2 vs 3 units).live market
Pattern: Guardian Armor Price History on Alexstrasza
Alexstrasza Auction HouseSupply & Availability
Alexstrasza Auction House3Units listed
3Sellers
1,656 gold36 silverCheapest now
Thin supply
On Pattern: Guardian Armor's most active realm, the lowest Auction House listing has typically been around 1,900 gold55 silver across its tracked history (Sep 2022 to Jun 2026), ranging from 266 gold55 silver to 8,460 gold37 silver. About 3 were available in the latest snapshot.
The current lowest price is 13% below typical, against a All-Time typical of 1,900 gold55 silver.
Pattern: Guardian Armor Effects
- Use: Learning
- Effect: Guardian Armor
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
Teaches
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.
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 297g 22s, and Cured Heavy Hide is the largest share at 65%. Guardian Armor lists from 999g 51s each, so one craft sold at that price returns 652g 31s after the 5% auction cut, a 220% margin over its reagents. At that return, the lowest listing for Pattern: Guardian Armor itself (165g 90s, the lowest of 62 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 | 96 gold93 silver | 193 gold86 silver |
 Heavy Leather | 12 | 5 gold40 silver | 64 gold80 silver |
 Shadow Oil | 1 | 38 gold50 silver | 38 gold50 silver |
 Fine Thread | 2 | 3 silver | 6 silver |
| Reagents for one craft | 297 gold22 silver | ||
| Guardian Armor at its lowest listing | 999 gold51 silver | ||
| Return after the 5% auction cut | 652 gold31 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.
Similar Items
The 10 recipes nearest to Pattern: Guardian Armor in required skill among Recipe > Leatherworking, all from Classic like Pattern: Guardian Armor.
| Item | Creates | Required Skill | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pattern: Guardian Armor (this item) | Guardian Armor | 175 | 165 gold on 62 realms |
| Pattern: Green Whelp Armor |  Green Whelp Armor | 175 | 128 gold on 57 realms |
| Pattern: Thick Murloc Armor |  Thick Murloc Armor | 170 | 37 gold on 54 realms |
| Pattern: Guardian Belt |  Guardian Belt | 170 | 4,999 gold on 52 realms |
| Pattern: Barbaric Leggings |  Barbaric Leggings | 170 | 65 gold on 54 realms |
 Pattern: Dusky Leather Leggings |  Dusky Leather Leggings | 165 | 79 gold on 56 realms |
| Pattern: Murloc Scale Bracers |  Murloc Scale Bracers | 190 | 9 gold on 57 realms |
| Pattern: Guardian Leather Bracers |  Guardian Leather Bracers | 195 | 62 gold on 57 realms |
| Pattern: Barbaric Gloves |  Barbaric Gloves | 150 | 254 gold on 56 realms |
| Pattern: Swift Boots |  Swift Boots | 200 | 7 gold on 76 realms |
| Pattern: Comfortable Leather Hat |  Comfortable Leather Hat | 200 | 20,000 gold on 51 realms |
The lowest listed price among them is Pattern: Swift Boots at 7 gold in the US Auction House.
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
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?
- 1,656g 36s on Alexstrasza, 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.
Read next: World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4 · Forever's Professions, Legacy, Camping and Honor changes · Classic Era page for Pattern: Guardian Armor