This item is acquired in-game. See its sources below.
A Rare Mail Shoulder, item level 44, binds when picked up.
First seen in build 12.0.7.68887 (Midnight (patch 12.0.7)).
In the Appearances collection, Thornbrace Spaulders is listed as Quest. Appearance ID: 26614. 17 other items wear the same appearance; 5 of them are listed here.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
Mail is the armor type Evoker, Hunter and Shaman wear. With Agility or Intellect, Thornbrace Spaulders suits Beast Mastery, Marksmanship and Survival Hunter; Elemental, Enhancement and Restoration Shaman; Devastation, Preservation and Augmentation Evoker.
Thornbrace Spaulders is part of the transmog set Dreadthorn Battlegear (Hunter, Shaman and Evoker only). The other 16 pieces:
Dreadroot Linked Belt
Dreadroot Linked Bracers
Dreadroot Linked Gauntlets
Dreadroot Linked Greaves
Dreadroot Linked Helm
Dreadroot Linked LegguardsDreadroot Linked Spaulders
Dreadroot Linked VestThornbrace ChainmailThornbrace SabatonsThornbrace GauntletsThornbrace HelmThornbrace LeggingsThornbrace WaistguardThornbrace WristguardsShaladrassil CuirassBuilt from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Thornbrace Spaulders uses icon file 1116928, which 43 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:
Thorignir Javelin Mantle ID 121518 · Armor - Mail · item level 44Whitewater Amice ID 121676 · Armor - Mail · item level 44Seaspray Mantle ID 121439 · Armor - Mail · item level 44Dreadroot Linked Spaulders ID 121211 · Armor - Mail · item level 44Valdisdall Spaulders ID 121156 · Armor - Mail · item level 44Hillstride Spaulders ID 121101 · Armor - Mail · item level 44Faronaar Chain Spaulders ID 121046 · Armor - Mail · item level 44Legion Lord's Spaulder ID 129068 · Armor - Mail · item level 44Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 121597 (121592 to 121602) were usually added in the same batch as Thornbrace Spaulders: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
Sablehide Breeches ID 121592 · Armor - Leather · item level 44
Nightvale Robe ID 121593 · Armor - Cloth · item level 44
Sablehide Shoulders ID 121594 · Armor - Leather · item level 44
Rooksguard Pauldrons ID 121595 · Armor - Plate · item level 44
Nightvale Mantle ID 121596 · Armor - Cloth · item level 44
Rooksguard Girdle ID 121598 · Armor - Plate · item level 44
Nightvale Cord ID 121599 · Armor - Cloth · item level 44Thornbrace Waistguard ID 121600 · Armor - Mail · item level 44
Sablehide Belt ID 121601 · Armor - Leather · item level 44
Nightvale Wristwraps ID 121602 · Armor - Cloth · item level 44The raw ItemSparse values for item 121597 in the current client build.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.
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