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War Paint Shoulder Pads
Item Level 22Binds when equipped
ShoulderArmor
7 Armor
Requires Level 17
Retail: Item Level 14 · Requires Level 8
Sell price: 8 silver12 copper
Current price
16,424 gold
War Paint Shoulder Pads Price History on Aggramar
Aggramar Auction HouseSupply & Availability
Aggramar Auction House2Units listed
2Sellers
16,424 goldCheapest now
Thin supply
On War Paint Shoulder Pads's most active realm, the lowest Auction House listing has typically been around 26,431 gold93 silver across its tracked history (Sep 2022 to Jun 2026), ranging from 5,856 gold67 silver to 180,023 gold56 silver. About 2 were available in the latest snapshot.
The current lowest price is 38% below typical, against a All-Time typical of 26,431 gold93 silver.
Background
First seen in build 1.15.9.68940 (Classic).
In WoW Forever it is item level 22, requires level 17 and sells to vendors for 4s 85c. In Classic Era it is item level 22, requires level 17 and sells to vendors for 4s 85c. In MoP Classic it is item level 22, requires level 17 and sells to vendors for 4s 85c.
| Version | Item level | Required level | Quality | Binding | Sells for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail (Midnight) | 14 | 8 | Common | Binds when equipped | 8s 12c |
| WoW Forever | 22 | 17 | Common | - | 4s 85c |
| Classic Era | 22 | 17 | Common | - | 4s 85c |
| MoP Classic | 22 | 17 | Common | - | 4s 85c |
Appearance
In the Appearances collection, War Paint Shoulder Pads is listed as World Drop. Appearance ID: 4151. No other item uses this appearance, so it is unique to War Paint Shoulder Pads.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
Who It Suits
Mail is the armor type Evoker, Hunter and Shaman wear.
Similar Items
The 10 items nearest to War Paint Shoulder Pads (item level 14) in item level among Armor > Mail, Shoulder slot, from item level 14 to 20.
| Item | Item Level | Requires Level | Stats | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| War Paint Shoulder Pads (this item) | 14 | 8 | World Drop | 391 gold on 53 realms |
 Outrunner's Pauldrons | 14 | 9 | World Drop | 300 gold on 47 realms |
| Hulking Spaulders | 16 | 10 | +4 Agility or Intellect, +3 Haste. World Drop | 583 gold on 50 realms |
 Grunt's Pauldrons | 16 | 10 | +3 Agility or Intellect, +5 Stamina. World Drop | 175 gold on 57 realms |
 Spiked Chain Shoulder Pads | 17 | 10 | +4 Agility or Intellect, +6 Stamina. World Drop | 2,464 gold on 45 realms |
 Sentry's Shoulderguards | 18 | 11 | +4 Agility or Intellect, +6 Stamina. World Drop | 409 gold on 50 realms |
 Phalanx Spaulders | 19 | 12 | +4 Agility or Intellect, +7 Stamina. World Drop | 99 gold on 57 realms |
 Banded Pauldrons | 19 | 12 | +4 Agility or Intellect, +7 Stamina. World Drop | 96 gold on 61 realms |
 Slayer's Shoulderguards | 19 | 12 | +7 Stamina, +3 Agility or Intellect. World Drop | 69 gold on 63 realms |
| Wicked Chain Shoulder Pads | 19 | 12 | +4 Agility or Intellect, +7 Stamina. World Drop | 242 gold on 63 realms |
| Mail Combat Spaulders | 20 | 13 | +6 Agility or Intellect, +9 Haste. World Drop | 147 gold on 55 realms |
Mail Combat Spaulders has the highest item level here (20). The lowest listed price among them is Slayer's Shoulderguards at 69 gold in the US Auction House.
Next item levels up from War Paint Shoulder Pads among Armor > Mail, Shoulder slot: Khan's Mantle (item level 25), Gryphon Mail Pauldrons (item level 25), Formidable Shoulder Pads (item level 25), Protector Pads (item level 26) and Crusader's Pauldrons (item level 27).
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Items That Share War Paint Shoulder Pads's Icon
War Paint Shoulder Pads uses icon file 135038, which 94 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:
- Hulking Spaulders ID 14749 · Armor - Mail · item level 16
- Hawkeye's Epaulets ID 14596 · Armor - Leather · item level 21
- Heavy Scorpid Shoulders ID 15081 · Armor - Mail · item level 29
- Demonic Runed Spaulders ID 13257 · Armor - Leather · item level 29
- Champion's Dragonhide Spaulders ID 16501 · Armor - Leather · item level 29
- Warlord's Dragonhide Epaulets ID 16551 · Armor - Leather · item level 29
- Warlord's Leather Spaulders ID 16562 · Armor - Leather · item level 29
- Shadowcraft Spaulders ID 16708 · Armor - Leather · item level 29
Items Numbered Next to War Paint Shoulder Pads
Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 14728 (14723 to 14744) were usually added in the same batch as War Paint Shoulder Pads: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.
War Paint Bindings ID 14723 · Armor - Mail · item level 10
War Paint Cloak ID 14724 · Armor - Cloth · item level 9
War Paint Waistband ID 14725 · Armor - Mail · item level 10
War Paint Gloves ID 14726 · Armor - Mail · item level 11
War Paint Legguards ID 14727 · Armor - Mail · item level 11
War Paint Shield ID 14729 · Armor - Shield · item level 12
War Paint Chestpiece ID 14730 · Armor - Mail · item level 14
Hulking Boots ID 14742 · Armor - Mail · item level 15
Hulking Bands ID 14743 · Armor - Mail · item level 14
Hulking Chestguard ID 14744 · Armor - Mail · item level 18
War Paint Shoulder Pads Client Record
The raw ItemSparse values for item 14728 in the current client build.
- Vendor buy price
- 40 silver63 copper
- Vendor sell price
- 8 silver12 copper
- Material
- Chain
- Equip slot
- Shoulder
- Flags
- 0 / 8192 / 0 / 0 / 0
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.
War Paint Shoulder Pads in WoW Classic and World of Warcraft: Forever
War Paint Shoulder Pads 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 War Paint Shoulder Pads next to the live retail market on this page.
- Is War Paint Shoulder Pads in World of Warcraft: Forever?
- Not confirmed. Blizzard has not published Forever's item list. War Paint Shoulder Pads is a Classic Era item and Forever is built on vanilla World of Warcraft with its story set in year one and a level 60 cap, so this page tracks it. Forever launches November 4, 2026.
- What level is War Paint Shoulder Pads in WoW Classic?
- In Classic Era, War Paint Shoulder Pads is Common quality, item level 22 and requires level 17.
- What does War Paint Shoulder Pads sell for to a vendor in Classic?
- A vendor pays 4s 85c for one War Paint Shoulder Pads in Classic Era.
- What slot is War Paint Shoulder Pads in WoW Classic?
- War Paint Shoulder Pads is a Shoulder Mail in Classic Era.
- How much is War Paint Shoulder Pads on the auction house right now?
- 16,424g on Aggramar, on live retail servers, from the latest Blizzard auction house snapshot. Blizzard publishes no Classic Era auction house feed, and Forever has not launched, so those two have no price here yet.
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 War Paint Shoulder Pads
WoW Forever: what our data shows
- Sighted in the WoW Forever beta client
- Build 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
- Also in the Classic Era client
- Yes - this item is in the Classic Era client's data too
- Appearances in the beta client
- 1 recorded look
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