MoP Classic item

Banded Pauldrons

Item 9842 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.70631

Item Level 32
Binds when equipped
ShoulderMail
163 Armor
Durability 70 / 70
Requires Level 27
Sell Price: 34 silver65 copper

About Banded Pauldrons

Banded Pauldrons is an uncommon piece of mail armor for the shoulder slot on MoP Classic at item level 32, usable from level 27. It binds when equipped. It gives 163 armor and has 70 durability. Other mail shoulder pieces listed on the MoP Classic Auction House closest to it in item level include Green Iron Shoulders (32), Barbaric Iron Shoulders (32) and Wicked Chain Shoulder Pads (32). The latest scan finds it on 3 MoP Classic realms (EU 2, US 1); the cheapest buyout is 3 gold on Everlook, Ook Ook (EU). A vendor pays 34 silver65 copper for it.

MoP Classic Auction House prices

Cheapest realm3 goldEverlook, Ook Ook (EU)

Typical market (US)3 gold33 silver

Median min buyout3 gold33 silver

Realms with listings3EU 2, US 1

Latest snapshot2026-11-03 11:08 UTCBlizzard Last-Modified

Prices across MoP Classic realms

Realm	Min buyout	Market (median)	Qty	Listings	Snapshot
Galakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-denUS · Active	3 gold33 silver	3 gold33 silver	1	1	2026-11-03 10:29 UTC
Everlook, Ook OokEU · Active	3 gold	3 gold	1	1	2026-11-03 11:08 UTC
Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeerEU · Active	5 gold	5 gold	1	1	2026-11-03 10:08 UTC

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Mail shoulder items near item level 32

Our MoP Classic item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 40 other mail shoulder items between item level 22 and 42; 16 of them carry fixed stats.

Chief Brigadier Pauldrons has the most fixed stat points in this group, 16.
Next mail shoulder items up with fixed stats: Golden Scale Shoulders (item level 35, requires level 30), Mail Combat Spaulders (item level 35, requires level 30), Enduring Pauldrons (item level 38, requires level 33), Chief Brigadier Pauldrons (item level 40, requires level 35).
Its lowest listed price, 3 gold, ranks 15th of 31 listed mail shoulder items in this group.
Cheapest listed mail shoulder items at a similar or higher item level: Double Mail Shoulderpads at 1 gold (item level 39, requires level 34), Wicked Chain Shoulder Pads at 1 gold (item level 32, requires level 27), Knight's Pauldrons at 1 gold75 silver (item level 38, requires level 33).
Other armor types for the shoulder slot within 2 item levels of 32: leather (9): Forest Tracker Epaulets, Dokebi Mantle, Watchman Pauldrons; cloth (5): Resilient Mantle, Sage's Mantle, Durable Shoulders.

Item	Item level	Requires	Armor	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Sparkleshell Mantle	29	24	150	+4 Agility, +10 Stamina	25 gold
Elite Shoulders	30	25	151	+6 Strength, +5 Stamina	-
Glimmering Mail Pauldrons	30	25	154	+6 Strength, +5 Hit	5 gold
Sentry's Shoulderguards	30	25	154	none	-
Slayer's Shoulderguards	31	26	155	+3 Strength, +5 Stamina	100 gold
Banded Pauldrons	32	27	163	none	3 gold
Barbaric Iron Shoulders	32	27	163	+6 Strength, +6 Hit	906 gold1 silver
Green Iron Shoulders	32	27	159	+4 Strength, +7 Stamina	39 gold99 silver
Wicked Chain Shoulder Pads	32	27	163	none	1 gold
Phalanx Spaulders	33	28	168	none	2 gold
Thick Scale Shoulder Pads	34	29	172	none	5 gold
Golden Scale Shoulders	35	30	172	+7 Strength, +6 Stamina	341 gold12 silver

More Banded items

Banded Boots item level 32
Banded Helm item level 32
Banded Leggings item level 32
Banded Armor item level 33
Banded Gauntlets item level 31
Banded Girdle item level 31
Banded Bracers item level 30

Where Banded Pauldrons Fits

Items That Share Banded Pauldrons's Icon

Banded Pauldrons uses the same icon art, which 3 other items also use. The 3 closest by item ID:

Adventurer's Shoulders ID 10263 · Armor - Leather · item level 63 · lowest 165g on 1 realm
Overlinked Chain Shoulderpads ID 4006 · Armor - Mail · item level 42 · lowest 2g on 2 realms
Bloodsoul Shoulders ID 19691 · Armor - Mail · item level 65 · lowest 4,899g on 2 realms

Items Numbered Next to Banded Pauldrons

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 9842 (9837 to 9847) were usually added in the same batch as Banded Pauldrons: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Banded Bracers ID 9837 · Armor - Mail · item level 30 · lowest 85s on 4 realms
Banded Cloak ID 9838 · Armor - Cloth · item level 29 · lowest 25s on 3 realms
Banded Gauntlets ID 9839 · Armor - Mail · item level 31 · lowest 4g on 4 realms
Banded Girdle ID 9840 · Armor - Mail · item level 31 · lowest 1g on 1 realm
Banded Leggings ID 9841 · Armor - Mail · item level 32 · lowest 90s on 3 realms
Banded Shield ID 9843 · Armor - Shield · item level 33 · lowest 3g on 2 realms
Conjurer's Vest ID 9844 · Armor - Cloth · item level 38 · lowest 1g on 2 realms
Conjurer's Shoes ID 9845 · Armor - Cloth · item level 35 · lowest 1g on 4 realms
Conjurer's Bracers ID 9846 · Armor - Cloth · item level 35 · lowest 1g on 4 realms
Conjurer's Cloak ID 9847 · Armor - Cloth · item level 33 · lowest 1g on 3 realms

Built from Blizzard's Game Data API item documents for this game version and recorded Auction House snapshots.

Across game versions

Item 9842	Classic Era	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	32	32	19
Required level	27	27	27
Binding	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped
Armor	153	163	159
Sell price	23 silver91 copper	34 silver65 copper	23 silver91 copper

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-10-04 12:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 8
Lowest buyout seen: 25 silverArugal (AU) (US), 2026-10-10 14:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 100 goldGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 1,445

US median, latest 3.3gEU median, latest 3gKR median, latest 5g
Each line is one region's daily median of the cheapest buyout on every realm that listed it, from our hourly scans.

Last 7 days

Day (UTC)	EU low	EU median	EU realms	KR low	KR median	KR realms	US low	US median	US realms
2026-11-03	2 gold	3 gold	2	-	-	-	3 gold33 silver	3 gold33 silver	1
2026-11-02	2 gold	2 gold	2	-	-	-	3 gold33 silver	3 gold33 silver	1
2026-11-01	5 gold	5 gold	1	-	-	-	3 gold33 silver	3 gold33 silver	1
2026-10-31	5 gold	5 gold	1	-	-	-	3 gold33 silver	3 gold33 silver	1
2026-10-30	2 gold	2 gold	1	-	-	-	50 silver	3 gold33 silver	1
2026-10-29	2 gold	2 gold	2	-	-	-	3 gold33 silver	3 gold33 silver	1
2026-10-28	4 gold	22 gold	2	-	-	-	75 silver	75 silver	1

Comments

Connected realms with a listing in the latest MoP Classic scan: EU 2 of 25, KR 0 of 5, TW 0 of 8, US 1 of 23.

Item data: Blizzard's MoP Classic Game Data API (static data 5.5.4.67732). Prices: per-unit buyouts from one Blizzard Auction House snapshot per connected realm per hour; market is the quantity-weighted median of a realm's listings. Retail column: the retail client datamine.

Quick facts

Item ID	9842
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.70631)
Type	Armor
Subtype	Mail
Slot	Shoulder
Item level	32
Requires level	27
Binding	Binds when equipped
Max stack	1
Vendor sell	23 silver91 copper
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)