MoP Classic item

Contender's Scale Gloves

Item 85809 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.70631

Item Level 450
Binds when equipped
HandsMail
2,148 Armor
+888 Stamina
+592 Intellect
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 Scale Gloves

Contender's Scale Gloves is a rare piece of mail armor for the hands slot on MoP Classic at item level 450, usable from level 90. It binds when equipped. Its primary stats are +888 Stamina and +592 Intellect, with Critical Strike (356), Mastery (418) and PvP Power (236) as secondary stats. It gives 2,148 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 Toremu's Crackling Grips. Other mail hands pieces listed on the MoP Classic Auction House closest to it in item level include Contender's Dragonscale Gloves (450), Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Linked Gauntlets (458) and Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Mail Gauntlets (458). The latest scan finds it on 5 MoP Classic realms (EU 2, US 3); the cheapest buyout is 70 gold on Flamegor (EU). A vendor pays 6 gold84 silver for it.

MoP Classic Auction House prices

Cheapest realm70 goldFlamegor (EU)

Typical market (US)868 gold

Median min buyout670 gold67 silver

Realms with listings5EU 2, US 3

Latest snapshot2026-11-03 12:08 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	670 gold67 silver	670 gold67 silver	1	1	2026-11-03 11:29 UTC
Arugal (AU)US · Active	868 gold	868 gold	1	1	2026-11-03 11:29 UTC
MankrikUS · Legacy	5,500 gold	5,500 gold	2	2	2026-11-03 11:29 UTC
FlamegorEU · Russian	70 gold	70 gold	2	2	2026-11-03 12:08 UTC
Everlook, Ook OokEU · Active	400 gold40 silver	400 gold40 silver	2	2	2026-11-03 12:08 UTC

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Where it comes from

Crafted	Contender's Scale Gloves	Recipe

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 hands items near item level 450

Our MoP Classic item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 8 other mail hands items between item level 429 and 458; 5 of them carry fixed stats.

+888 Stamina ranks 5th of 6 mail hands items with Stamina; Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Chain Gauntlets (item level 458, requires level 90) has the most, +957.
+592 Intellect ranks 1st of 3 mail hands items with Intellect, the most in this group.
+356 Critical Strike ranks 5th of 5 mail hands items with Critical Strike; Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Chain Gauntlets (item level 458, requires level 90) has the most, +425.
+418 Mastery ranks 1st of 2 mail hands items with Mastery, the most in this group.
+236 PvP Power ranks 5th of 6 mail hands items with PvP Power; Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Chain Gauntlets (item level 458, requires level 90) has the most, +293.
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Chain Gauntlets has the most fixed stat points in this group, 2,578 against 2,490 here.
Next mail hands items up with Intellect: Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Mail Gauntlets (item level 458, requires level 90), Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Ringmail Gauntlets (item level 458, requires level 90).
Its lowest listed price, 70 gold, ranks 2nd of 7 listed mail hands items in this group.
Cheapest listed mail hands items at a similar or higher item level: Contender's Dragonscale Gloves at 70 gold (item level 450, requires level 90), Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Mail Gauntlets at 250 gold (item level 458, requires level 90), Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Ringmail Gauntlets at 499 gold99 silver (item level 458, requires level 90).
Other armor types for the hands slot within 6 item levels of 450: cloth (3): Wind-Kissed Handwraps, Contender's Satin Handwraps, Contender's Silk Handwraps; plate (3): Contender's Revenant Gauntlets, Contender's Spirit Gauntlets, Masterwork Spiritguard Gauntlets; leather (2): Contender's Leather Gloves, Contender's Wyrmhide Gloves.

Item	Item level	Requires	Armor	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Battered Saurscale Gloves	429	90	1,976	none	-
Brittle Flamereaver Gloves	429	90	1,976	none	-
Yak Gauntlets	429	88	1,976	none	17 gold
Contender's Scale Gloves	450	90	2,148	+888 Stamina, +592 Intellect, +356 Critical Strike, +418 Mastery, +236 PvP Power	70 gold
Contender's Dragonscale Gloves	450	90	2,148	+592 Agility, +888 Stamina, +375 Critical Strike, +406 Mastery, +236 PvP Power	70 gold
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Chain Gauntlets	458	90	2,213	+558 Agility, +957 Stamina, +345 Hit, +425 Critical Strike, +293 PvP Power	5,503 gold12 silver
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Linked Gauntlets	458	90	2,213	+558 Agility, +957 Stamina, +345 Hit, +425 Critical Strike, +293 PvP Power	500 gold14 silver
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Mail Gauntlets	458	90	2,213	+957 Stamina, +558 Intellect, +345 Spirit, +425 Critical Strike, +293 PvP Power	250 gold
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Ringmail Gauntlets	458	90	2,213	+957 Stamina, +558 Intellect, +345 Spirit, +425 Haste, +293 PvP Power	499 gold99 silver

Appearance

Same appearance record (110649)

Toremu's Crackling Grips

Same model in the game files

Also drawn with this model in the retail client: Hexxer's Lethargic Gloves, Gloves of Explosive Pain, Virmen Exterminator Gloves, Gloves of Sanctity, Marshsong Gloves.

More Contender's items

Contender's Dragonscale Belt item level 450
Contender's Dragonscale Boots item level 450
Contender's Dragonscale Bracers item level 450
Contender's Dragonscale Chestguard item level 450
Contender's Dragonscale Helm item level 450
Contender's Dragonscale Leggings item level 450
Contender's Dragonscale Shoulders item level 450
Contender's Scale Belt item level 450
Contender's Scale Boots item level 450
Contender's Scale Bracers item level 450
Contender's Scale Chestguard item level 450
Contender's Scale Helm item level 450

Where Contender's Scale Gloves Fits

Items Numbered Next to Contender's Scale Gloves

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 85809 (85804 to 85814) were usually added in the same batch as Contender's Scale Gloves: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Contender's Leather Shoulders ID 85804 · Armor - Leather · item level 450 · lowest 70g on 6 realms
Contender's Scale Belt ID 85805 · Armor - Mail · item level 450 · lowest 70g on 6 realms
Contender's Scale Boots ID 85806 · Armor - Mail · item level 450 · lowest 70g on 6 realms
Contender's Scale Bracers ID 85807 · Armor - Mail · item level 450 · lowest 60g on 6 realms
Contender's Scale Chestguard ID 85808 · Armor - Mail · item level 450 · lowest 70g on 6 realms
Contender's Scale Helm ID 85810 · Armor - Mail · item level 450 · lowest 70g on 6 realms
Contender's Scale Leggings ID 85811 · Armor - Mail · item level 450 · lowest 70g on 6 realms
Contender's Scale Shoulders ID 85812 · Armor - Mail · item level 450 · lowest 70g on 4 realms
Contender's Wyrmhide Belt ID 85813 · Armor - Leather · item level 450 · lowest 70g on 4 realms
Contender's Wyrmhide Boots ID 85814 · Armor - Leather · item level 450 · lowest 70g on 5 realms

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

Across game versions

Item 85809	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	450	39
Required level	90	90
Binding	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped
Armor	2,148	2,148
Stamina	888	-
Intellect	592	-
Critical Strike	356	-
Mastery	418	-
PvP Power	236	-
Item set	Contender's Defense	Contender's Defense
Sell price	6 gold84 silver	6 gold84 silver

Retail recipe Contender's Scale Gloves: 15x Prismatic Scale.

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-10-04 13:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 8
Lowest buyout seen: 70 goldFlamegor (EU), 2026-11-03 12:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 8,680 goldArugal (AU) (US)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 3,312

US median, latest 671gEU median, latest 399gTW 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 low	EU median	EU realms	TW low	TW median	TW realms	US low	US median	US realms
2026-11-03	70 gold	399 gold43 silver	4	-	-	-	668 gold12 silver	670 gold67 silver	3
2026-11-02	70 gold	400 gold40 silver	4	-	-	-	668 gold12 silver	668 gold59 silver	3
2026-11-01	70 gold	400 gold40 silver	3	-	-	-	632 gold67 silver	660 gold34 silver	2
2026-10-31	70 gold	400 gold40 silver	4	-	-	-	632 gold67 silver	632 gold67 silver	2
2026-10-30	80 gold	400 gold40 silver	3	-	-	-	615 gold95 silver	632 gold67 silver	2
2026-10-29	80 gold	400 gold40 silver	4	-	-	-	615 gold95 silver	615 gold95 silver	2
2026-10-28	80 gold	400 gold40 silver	4	-	-	-	577 gold94 silver	577 gold94 silver	3

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 3 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	85809
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.70631)
Type	Armor
Subtype	Mail
Slot	Hands
Item level	450
Requires level	90
Binding	Binds when equipped
Max stack	1
Item set	Contender's Defense
Vendor sell	6 gold84 silver
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)

Same item on

Retail (Midnight)