MoP Classic item

Battle Chain Bracers

Item 3280 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.70631

Item Level 9
WristMail
34 Armor
Durability 20 / 20
Requires Level 4
Sell Price: 48 copper

About Battle Chain Bracers

Battle Chain Bracers is a common piece of mail armor for the wrist slot on MoP Classic at item level 9, usable from level 4. It gives 34 armor and has 20 durability. Other mail wrist pieces listed on the MoP Classic Auction House closest to it in item level include Warrior's Bracers (9), Imbued Infantry Bracers (10) and Charger's Bindings (8). A vendor pays 48 copper for it.

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Mail wrist items near item level 9

Our MoP Classic item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 21 other mail wrist items between item level 4 and 15; 1 of them carries fixed stats.

Imbued Infantry Bracers has the most fixed stat points in this group, 1.
Next mail wrist items up with fixed stats: Imbued Infantry Bracers (item level 10, requires level 5).
Cheapest listed mail wrist items at a similar or higher item level: Copper Bracers at 5 silver (item level 7, requires level 2), Charger's Bindings at 14 silver99 copper (item level 8, requires level 3), Warrior's Bracers at 40 silver (item level 9, requires level 4).
Other armor types for the wrist slot within 2 item levels of 9: leather (13): Imbued Pioneer Bracers, Handstitched Leather Bracers, Rough Leather Bracers; cloth (12): Imbued Disciple's Bracers, Knitted Bracers, Ancestral Bracers.

Item	Item level	Requires	Armor	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Copper Bracers	7	2	29	none	5 silver
Charger's Bindings	8	3	31	none	14 silver99 copper
Battle Chain Bracers	9	4	34	none	-
Warrior's Bracers	9	4	34	none	40 silver
Imbued Infantry Bracers	10	5	37	+1 Stamina	2 gold
Infantry Bracers	10	5	36	none	-
Light Chain Bracers	10	5	36	none	-
Light Mail Bracers	10	5	36	none	-
Loose Chain Bracers	10	5	34	none	-
Salvaged Chain Bracers	10	5	36	none	-
War Torn Bands	11	6	39	none	-
Brackwater Bracers	12	7	41	none	-

Appearance

Same model in the game files

Also drawn with this model in the retail client: Maatparm's Fungus Lined Bracers.

Where Battle Chain Bracers Fits

Items That Share Battle Chain Bracers's Icon

Battle Chain Bracers uses the same icon art, which 66 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:

Brackwater Bracers ID 3303 · Armor - Mail · item level 12
Ghostly Bracers ID 3323 · Armor - Cloth · item level 8
Inscribed Leather Bracers ID 3205 · Armor - Leather · item level 17 · lowest 40s on 3 realms
Patchwork Bracers ID 3373 · Armor - Cloth · item level 9
Russet Bracers ID 3594 · Armor - Cloth · item level 37
Tattered Cloth Bracers ID 3596 · Armor - Cloth · item level 5
Seer's Cuffs ID 3645 · Armor - Cloth · item level 17
Patterned Bronze Bracers ID 2868 · Armor - Mail · item level 25 · lowest 23s on 5 realms

Items Numbered Next to Battle Chain Bracers

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 3280 (3260 to 3285) were usually added in the same batch as Battle Chain Bracers: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Scarlet Initiate Robes ID 3260 · Armor - Cloth · item level 4
Webbed Cloak ID 3261 · Armor - Cloth · item level 5
Putrid Wooden Hammer ID 3262 · Weapon - One-Handed Mace · item level 3
Webbed Pants ID 3263 · Armor - Cloth · item level 3
Battle Chain Boots ID 3279 · Armor - Mail · item level 12
Battle Chain Gloves ID 3281 · Armor - Mail · item level 11
Battle Chain Pants ID 3282 · Armor - Mail · item level 12 · lowest 50s on 2 realms
Battle Chain Tunic ID 3283 · Armor - Mail · item level 13 · lowest 1g on 1 realm
Tribal Boots ID 3284 · Armor - Leather · item level 12
Tribal Bracers ID 3285 · Armor - Leather · item level 10

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

Across game versions

Item 3280	Classic Era	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	9	9	4
Required level	4	4	4
Armor	42	34	33
Sell price	33 copper	48 copper	33 copper

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-10-05 21:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 7
Lowest buyout seen: 1 silverGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US), 2026-10-18 02:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 1 gold99 silverGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 186

US median, latest 15sEU median, latest 1.2g
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	US low	US median	US realms
2026-11-02	1 gold16 silver	1 gold16 silver	1	-	-	-
2026-11-01	99 silver99 copper	99 silver99 copper	1	-	-	-
2026-10-31	99 silver99 copper	99 silver99 copper	2	-	-	-
2026-10-30	99 silver99 copper	99 silver99 copper	1	-	-	-
2026-10-27	-	-	-	15 silver69 copper	15 silver69 copper	1
2026-10-25	-	-	-	4 silver	4 silver	1
2026-10-20	-	-	-	50 silver	50 silver	1

Comments

Connected realms with a listing in the latest MoP Classic scan: EU 0 of 25, KR 0 of 5, TW 0 of 8, US 0 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	3280
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.70631)
Type	Armor
Subtype	Mail
Slot	Wrist
Item level	9
Requires level	4
Max stack	1
Vendor sell	33 copper
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)