This item is acquired in-game. See its sources below.
Spell effects bound to this item, from first-party game data.
Plans: Imperial Plate Shoulders is not traded on the Auction House, so it has no live market price. Its first-party game data (identity, effects and sources) is read from the official World of Warcraft client build.
Creates 
Imperial Plate Shoulders Uncommon Plate Shoulder, item level 27
Using Plans: Imperial Plate Shoulders teaches this recipe. The Classic Blacksmithing recipe Imperial Plate Shoulders takes 12 Thorium Bar and 6 Rugged Leather.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
Plans: Imperial Plate Shoulders teaches the Classic Blacksmithing recipe Imperial Plate Shoulders, which makes Imperial Plate Shoulders. At the lowest US listings, the reagents for one craft cost 87g, and Thorium Bar is the largest share at 68%. Imperial Plate Shoulders lists from 50g each, so one craft sold at that price returns 39g 50s less than its reagents cost, after the 5% auction cut. It turns yellow at Classic Blacksmithing skill 285 and grey at 300.
| Reagent | Needed | Lowest listed | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
 Thorium Bar | 12 | 4 gold90 silver | 58 gold80 silver |
 Rugged Leather | 6 | 4 gold70 silver | 28 gold20 silver |
| Reagents for one craft | 87 gold | ||
| Imperial Plate Shoulders at its lowest listing | 50 gold | ||
| Return after the 5% auction cut | −39 gold50 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 Plans: Imperial Plate Shoulders in required skill among Recipe > Blacksmithing, all from Classic like Plans: Imperial Plate Shoulders.
| Item | Creates | Required Skill | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plans: Imperial Plate Shoulders (this item) | 265 | Not listed | |
| Plans: Dark Iron Pulverizer |  Dark Iron Pulverizer | 265 | 25 gold on 55 realms |
 Plans: Radiant Breastplate |  Radiant Breastplate | 270 | 50 gold on 61 realms |
| Plans: Wildthorn Mail |  Wildthorn Mail | 270 | 15 gold on 59 realms |
| Plans: Thorium Bracers |  Thorium Bracers | 255 | 46 silver on 62 realms |
| Plans: Dark Iron Sunderer |  Dark Iron Sunderer | 275 | 10 gold on 63 realms |
| Plans: Thorium Armor |  Thorium Armor | 250 | 2 gold on 66 realms |
| Plans: Thorium Belt |  Thorium Belt | 250 | 9 gold on 63 realms |
| Plans: Thorium Boots |  Thorium Boots | 280 | 76 silver on 63 realms |
| Plans: Thorium Helm |  Thorium Helm | 280 | 4 gold on 66 realms |
| Plans: Heavy Mithril Helm |  Heavy Mithril Helm | 245 | 20 gold on 65 realms |
The lowest listed price among them is Plans: Thorium Bracers at 46 silver in the US Auction House.
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Plans: Imperial Plate 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 Plans: Imperial Plate 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 Plans: Imperial Plate Shoulders
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