A Rare Recipe, item level 25.
On Pattern: Living Breastplate's most active realm, the lowest Auction House listing has typically been around 161,853 gold10 silver across its tracked history (Sep 2023 to Jun 2026), ranging from 111,946 gold79 silver to 1,633,080 gold19 silver. About 3 were available in the latest snapshot.
The current lowest price is 94% below typical, against a All-Time typical of 161,853 gold10 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 The Burning Crusade it is item level 60. In Wrath of the Lich King 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 |
| The Burning Crusade | 60 | Rare | 75s |
| Wrath of the Lich King | 60 | Rare | 75s |
| MoP Classic | 60 | Rare | 75s |
Creates 
Living Breastplate Rare Leather Chest, item level 29
Using Pattern: Living Breastplate teaches this recipe. The Classic Leatherworking recipe Living Breastplate takes 16 Rugged Leather, 8 Living Essence, 2 Mooncloth, 1 Cured Rugged Hide and 2 Rune Thread.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
Pattern: Living Breastplate teaches the Classic Leatherworking recipe Living Breastplate, which makes Living Breastplate. At the lowest US listings, the reagents for one craft cost 311g 15s, and Mooncloth is the largest share at 78%. Living Breastplate lists from 4,920g each, so one craft sold at that price returns 4,362g 85s after the 5% auction cut, a 1,402% margin over its reagents. At that return, the lowest listing for Pattern: Living Breastplate itself (10,000g, the lowest of 28 realms listing it) is paid back after 3 crafts. It turns yellow at Classic Leatherworking skill 320 and grey at 340.
| Reagent | Needed | Lowest listed | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
 Rugged Leather | 16 | 1 gold95 silver | 31 gold20 silver |
 Living Essence | 8 | 3 gold98 silver | 31 gold84 silver |
 Mooncloth | 2 | 121 gold46 silver | 242 gold92 silver |
 Cured Rugged Hide | 1 | 4 gold31 silver | 4 gold31 silver |
 Rune Thread | 2 | 44 silver | 88 silver |
| Reagents for one craft | 311 gold15 silver | ||
| Living Breastplate at its lowest listing | 4,920 gold | ||
| Return after the 5% auction cut | 4,362 gold85 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: Living Breastplate in required skill among Recipe > Leatherworking, all from Classic like Pattern: Living Breastplate.
| Item | Creates | Required Skill | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pattern: Living Breastplate (this item) | 300 | 10,000 gold on 28 realms | |
| Pattern: Black Dragonscale Shoulders |  Black Dragonscale Shoulders | 300 | 200 gold on 62 realms |
 Pattern: Girdle of Insight |  Girdle of Insight | 300 | 541 gold on 72 realms |
| Pattern: Mongoose Boots |  Mongoose Boots | 300 | 785 gold on 66 realms |
| Pattern: Swift Flight Bracers |  Swift Flight Bracers | 300 | 600 gold on 69 realms |
| Pattern: Heavy Scorpid Shoulders |  Heavy Scorpid Shoulders | 300 | 20 gold on 59 realms |
 Pattern: Volcanic Shoulders |  Volcanic Shoulders | 300 | 99 gold on 58 realms |
| Pattern: Frostsaber Tunic |  Frostsaber Tunic | 300 | 600 gold on 56 realms |
 Pattern: Shifting Cloak |  Shifting Cloak | 300 | 40,000 gold on 51 realms |
| Pattern: Frostsaber Gloves |  Frostsaber Gloves | 295 | 200 gold on 57 realms |
| Pattern: Ironfeather Breastplate |  Ironfeather Breastplate | 290 | 2,656 gold on 51 realms |
The lowest listed price among them is Pattern: Heavy Scorpid Shoulders at 20 gold in the US Auction House.
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Pattern: Living Breastplate uses icon file 134939, which 1,738 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:
Pattern: Black Dragonscale Shoulders ID 15770 · Recipe · item level 25 "Teaches you how to craft Black Dragonscale Shoulders."Pattern: Onyxia Scale Cloak ID 15769 · Recipe · item level 25 "Teaches you how to craft an Onyxia Scale Cloak."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: Onyxia Scale Breastplate ID 15780 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft an Onyxia Scale Breastplate."Pattern: Ironfeather Breastplate ID 15760 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft an Ironfeather Breastplate."Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 15771 (15766 to 15776) were usually added in the same batch as Pattern: Living Breastplate: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
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: Black Dragonscale Shoulders ID 15770 · Recipe · item level 25 "Teaches you how to craft Black Dragonscale Shoulders."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."Pattern: Runic Leather Armor ID 15776 · Recipe "Teaches you how to craft Runic Leather Armor."The raw ItemSparse values for item 15771 in the current client build.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.
Pattern: Living 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: Living Breastplate 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: Living Breastplate
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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