This item is acquired in-game. See its sources below.
Encounters that drop this item, from the game's own dungeon journal. Drop chances are not stored in the client data we mine, so none are shown here. The tags show which difficulties each encounter can award it on.
Rugged Spaulders 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.
In the Appearances collection, Rugged Spaulders is listed as Boss Drop. Appearance ID: 1830. 6 other items wear the same appearance:
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
Leather is the armor type Demon Hunter, Druid, Monk and Rogue wear. With Agility or Intellect, Rugged Spaulders suits Assassination, Outlaw and Subtlety Rogue; Brewmaster, Mistweaver and Windwalker Monk; Balance, Feral, Guardian and Restoration Druid; Havoc, Vengeance and Devourer Demon Hunter.
The 10 items nearest to Rugged Spaulders (item level 13) in item level among Armor > Leather, Shoulder slot, from item level 16 to 21.
| Item | Item Level | Requires Level | Stats | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rugged Spaulders (this item) | 13 | 8 | +3 Agility or Intellect, +4 Stamina, +3 Haste, +2 Versatility. Boss Drop | Not listed |
| Prospector's Pads | 16 | 10 | +5 Stamina, +7 Versatility. World Drop | 220 gold on 56 realms |
 Forest Tracker Epaulets | 19 | 12 | +7 Agility or Intellect, +7 Stamina. World Drop | 19 gold on 50 realms |
 Watchman Pauldrons | 19 | 12 | +7 Stamina, +3 Agility or Intellect | 681 gold on 55 realms |
| Infiltrator Shoulders | 19 | 12 | +4 Agility or Intellect, +7 Stamina. World Drop | 56 gold on 53 realms |
| Scaled Leather Shoulders | 19 | 12 | +4 Agility or Intellect, +7 Stamina. World Drop | 88 gold on 61 realms |
| Pathfinder Shoulder Pads | 19 | 12 | +4 Agility or Intellect, +7 Stamina. World Drop | 160 gold on 66 realms |
 Insignia Mantle | 20 | 13 | +6 Agility or Intellect, +9 Critical Strike. World Drop | 100 gold on 53 realms |
 Cutthroat's Mantle | 20 | 13 | +5 Agility or Intellect, +7 Stamina. World Drop | 100 gold on 64 realms |
| Headhunter's Spaulders | 20 | 13 | +5 Agility or Intellect, +7 Stamina. World Drop | 39 gold on 64 realms |
| Sentinel Shoulders | 21 | 14 | +5 Agility or Intellect, +7 Stamina. World Drop | 23 gold on 56 realms |
Sentinel Shoulders has the highest item level here (21). The lowest listed price among them is Forest Tracker Epaulets at 19 gold in the US Auction House.
Next item levels up from Rugged Spaulders among Armor > Leather, Shoulder slot: Imperial Leather Spaulders (item level 24), Tracker's Shoulderpads (item level 24), Imposing Shoulders (item level 24), Cabalist Spaulders (item level 25) and Scorpashi Shoulder Pads (item level 25).
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Rugged Spaulders 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 Rugged Spaulders next to the live retail market on this page.
Read next: World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4 · Forever's class revamps and new race and class combinations · Classic Era page for Rugged Spaulders
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