A Rare Recipe, item level 1.
On Pattern: Guardian Belt's most active realm, the lowest Auction House listing has typically been around 99,979 gold96 silver across its tracked history (Sep 2022 to Jun 2026), ranging from 32,323 gold53 silver to 580,654 gold67 silver. About 2 were available in the latest snapshot.
The current lowest price is 75% below typical, against a All-Time typical of 99,979 gold96 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 34. In Classic Era it is item level 34. In The Burning Crusade it is item level 34. In Wrath of the Lich King it is item level 34. In MoP Classic it is item level 34.
| Version | Item level | Quality | Sells for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail (Midnight) | 1 | Rare | 1s 62c |
| WoW Forever | 34 | Rare | 1s 62c |
| Classic Era | 34 | Rare | 1s 62c |
| The Burning Crusade | 34 | Rare | 1s 62c |
| Wrath of the Lich King | 34 | Rare | 1s 62c |
| MoP Classic | 34 | Rare | 1s 62c |
Creates 
Guardian Belt Uncommon Leather Waist, item level 20
Using Pattern: Guardian Belt teaches this recipe. The Classic Leatherworking recipe Guardian Belt takes 2 Cured Heavy Hide, 4 Heavy Leather, 1 Fine Thread and 1 Iron Buckle.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
Pattern: Guardian Belt teaches the Classic Leatherworking recipe Guardian Belt, which makes Guardian Belt. At the lowest US listings, the reagents for one craft cost 196g 78s, and Cured Heavy Hide is the largest share at 89%. Guardian Belt lists from 808g 99s each, so one craft sold at that price returns 571g 76s after the 5% auction cut, a 291% margin over its reagents. At that return, the lowest listing for Pattern: Guardian Belt itself (5,000g, the lowest of 53 realms listing it) is paid back after 9 crafts. It turns yellow at Classic Leatherworking skill 190 and grey at 210.
| Reagent | Needed | Lowest listed | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
 Cured Heavy Hide | 2 | 88 gold2 silver | 176 gold4 silver |
 Heavy Leather | 4 | 4 gold57 silver | 18 gold28 silver |
 Fine Thread | 1 | 1 silver | 1 silver |
 Iron Buckle | 1 | 2 gold45 silver | 2 gold45 silver |
| Reagents for one craft | 196 gold78 silver | ||
| Guardian Belt at its lowest listing | 808 gold99 silver | ||
| Return after the 5% auction cut | 571 gold76 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.
Pattern: Guardian Belt uses icon file 134939, which 1,738 other items also use. The 7 closest by item ID:
Pattern: Guardian Armor ID 4299 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Guardian Armor."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."Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 4298 (4292 to 4303) were usually added in the same batch as Pattern: Guardian Belt: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
Pattern: Green Woolen Bag ID 4292 · Recipe "Teaches you how to sew a Green Woolen Bag."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 Armor ID 4299 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Guardian Armor."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 6The raw ItemSparse values for item 4298 in the current client build.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.
Pattern: Guardian Belt 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 Belt 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: Guardian Belt
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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