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MoP Classic item

Contender's Dragonscale Belt

Item 85789 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.70631

  • Item Level 450
  • Binds when equipped
  • WaistMail
  • 1,933 Armor
  • +592 Agility
  • +888 Stamina
  • Durability 50 / 50
  • Requires Level 90
  • Equip: Increases your critical strike by 356.
  • +418 Mastery
  • +236 PvP Power
  • Contender's Defense (0/8)
  • Contender's Shoulders
  • Contender's Leggings
  • Contender's Helm
  • Contender's Gloves
  • Contender's Chestguard
  • Contender's Bracers
  • Contender's Boots
  • Contender's Belt
  • (2) Set: +400 PvP Power
  • (4) Set: +400 PvP Power
  • Sell Price: 6 gold84 silver

About Contender's Dragonscale Belt

Contender's Dragonscale Belt is a rare piece of mail armor for the waist slot on MoP Classic at item level 450, usable from level 90. It binds when equipped. Its primary stats are +592 Agility and +888 Stamina, with Critical Strike (356), Mastery (418) and PvP Power (236) as secondary stats. It gives 1,933 armor and has 50 durability. It belongs to the Contender's Defense set of 8 pieces: 2 pieces grant +400 PvP Power; 4 pieces grant +400 PvP Power. It shares its appearance with Repin's Ammo-Laden Belt. Other mail waist pieces listed on the MoP Classic Auction House closest to it in item level include Contender's Scale Belt (450), Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Links of Cruelty (458) and Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Waistguard of Meditation (458). The latest scan finds it on 3 MoP Classic realms (EU 2, US 1); the cheapest buyout is 70 gold on Flamegor (EU). A vendor pays 6 gold84 silver for it.

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MoP Classic Auction House prices
Cheapest realm70 goldFlamegor (EU)
Typical market (US)948 gold53 silver
Median min buyout400 gold99 silver
Realms with listings3EU 2, US 1
Latest snapshot2026-11-03 08:08 UTCBlizzard Last-Modified

Prices across MoP Classic realms

RealmMin buyoutMarket (median)QtyListingsSnapshot
Galakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-denUS · Active948 gold53 silver948 gold53 silver442026-11-03 07:29 UTC
FlamegorEU · Russian70 gold70 gold222026-11-03 08:08 UTC
Everlook, Ook OokEU · Active400 gold99 silver400 gold99 silver222026-11-03 08:08 UTC
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CraftedContender's Dragonscale BeltRecipe
Item set: Contender's Defense

Contender's Defense: 8 pieces in Blizzard's set record.

  • Contender's Shoulders
  • Contender's Leggings
  • Contender's Helm
  • Contender's Gloves
  • Contender's Chestguard
  • Contender's Bracers
  • Contender's Boots
  • Contender's Belt

Set bonuses

  • 2 pieces +400 PvP Power
  • 4 pieces +400 PvP Power
Mail waist items near item level 450

Our MoP Classic item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 10 other mail waist items between item level 425 and 458; 7 of them carry fixed stats.

ItemItem levelRequiresArmorFixed statsLowest listed
Spirit-Speaking Belt425821,749+704 Stamina, +469 Intellect, +297 Spirit, +322 Haste8,998 gold98 silver
Battered Saurscale Belt429901,778none48 gold
Brittle Flamereaver Belt429901,778none-
Yak Belt429881,778none14 gold
Repin's Ammo-Laden Belt433831,808+505 Agility, +758 Stamina, +366 Hit, +288 Critical Strike18,500 gold
Contender's Dragonscale Belt450901,933+592 Agility, +888 Stamina, +356 Critical Strike, +418 Mastery, +236 PvP Power70 gold
Contender's Scale Belt450901,933+888 Stamina, +592 Intellect, +418 Critical Strike, +356 Mastery, +236 PvP Power70 gold
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Links of Accuracy458901,992+558 Agility, +957 Stamina, +376 Hit, +373 Haste, +293 PvP Power1,829 gold23 silver
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Links of Cruelty458901,992+558 Agility, +957 Stamina, +376 Critical Strike, +373 Mastery, +293 PvP Power250 gold
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Waistguard of Cruelty458901,992+957 Stamina, +558 Intellect, +376 Critical Strike, +373 Mastery, +293 PvP Power250 gold
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Waistguard of Meditation458901,992+957 Stamina, +558 Intellect, +376 Spirit, +373 Haste, +293 PvP Power250 gold
Appearance

Same appearance record (110569)

Same model in the game files

Also drawn with this model in the retail client: Impaler's Girdle, Bindburner Belt, Elemental Archer's Links, Scarlet Archer's Links.

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Where Contender's Dragonscale Belt Fits

Items That Share Contender's Dragonscale Belt's Icon

Contender's Dragonscale Belt uses the same icon art, which 1 other item also uses. The 1 closest by item ID:

Items Numbered Next to Contender's Dragonscale Belt

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 85789 (85787 to 85794) were usually added in the same batch as Contender's Dragonscale Belt: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

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

Across game versions
Item 85789MoP ClassicRetail (Midnight)
Item level45039
Required level9090
BindingBinds when equippedBinds when equipped
Armor1,9331,933
Agility592-
Stamina888-
Critical Strike356-
Mastery418-
PvP Power236-
Item setContender's DefenseContender's Defense
Sell price6 gold84 silver6 gold84 silver

Retail recipe Contender's Dragonscale Belt: 15x Prismatic Scale.

MoP Classic price history
First seen in a scan
2026-10-04 10:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it
7
Lowest buyout seen
70 goldFlamegor (EU), 2026-11-03 08:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen
5,500 goldMankrik (US)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days
3,018
MoP Classic daily median realm-minimum buyout, Oct 04 to Nov 030817g1,634g2,450g3,267gOct 04Oct 19Nov 03
US median, latest 949gEU median, latest 401gTW median, latest 2,900g
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 lowEU medianEU realmsTW lowTW medianTW realmsUS lowUS medianUS realms
2026-11-0370 gold400 gold99 silver3---948 gold53 silver948 gold53 silver1
2026-11-0270 gold400 gold99 silver3---348 gold53 silver948 gold53 silver2
2026-11-0170 gold400 gold99 silver3---248 gold53 silver948 gold53 silver2
2026-10-3170 gold400 gold99 silver3---948 gold53 silver948 gold53 silver2
2026-10-3080 gold400 gold99 silver3---697 gold92 silver948 gold53 silver2
2026-10-2980 gold400 gold99 silver3---948 gold53 silver948 gold53 silver2
2026-10-2880 gold400 gold99 silver3---885 gold85 silver948 gold53 silver3
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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.