MoP Classic item

Contender's Silk Cowl

Item 82421 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.70631

Item Level 450
Binds when equipped
HeadCloth
1,577 Armor
+1,195 Stamina
+797 Intellect
Durability 85 / 85
Requires Level 90
Equip: Increases your critical strike by 466.
+570 Mastery
+318 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: 10 gold26 silver

About Contender's Silk Cowl

Contender's Silk Cowl is a rare piece of cloth armor for the head slot on MoP Classic at item level 450, usable from level 90. It binds when equipped. Its primary stats are +1,195 Stamina and +797 Intellect, with Critical Strike (466), Mastery (570) and PvP Power (318) as secondary stats. It gives 1,577 armor and has 85 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 Hood of Alchemical Vapors. Other cloth head pieces listed on the MoP Classic Auction House closest to it in item level include Contender's Satin Cowl (450), Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Satin Hood (458) and Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Silk Cowl (458). The latest scan finds it on 3 MoP Classic realms (EU 2, US 1); the cheapest buyout is 200 gold on Everlook, Ook Ook (EU). A vendor pays 10 gold26 silver for it.

MoP Classic Auction House prices

Cheapest realm200 goldEverlook, Ook Ook (EU)

Typical market (US)1,500 gold

Median min buyout298 gold99 silver

Realms with listings3EU 2, US 1

Latest snapshot2026-11-03 06:29 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	1,500 gold	1,500 gold	1	1	2026-11-03 06:29 UTC
Everlook, Ook OokEU · Active	200 gold	200 gold	1	1	2026-11-03 06:08 UTC
Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeerEU · Active	298 gold99 silver	298 gold99 silver	1	1	2026-11-03 06:08 UTC

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Where it comes from

Crafted	Contender's Silk Cowl	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

Cloth head items near item level 450

Our MoP Classic item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 9 other cloth head items between item level 429 and 458; 6 of them carry fixed stats.

+1,195 Stamina ranks 5th of 7 cloth head items with Stamina; Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Silk Cowl (item level 458, requires level 90) has the most, +1,287.
+797 Intellect ranks 1st of 7 cloth head items with Intellect, the most in this group (level with 1 other item).
+466 Critical Strike ranks 4th of 4 cloth head items with Critical Strike; Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Silk Cowl (item level 458, requires level 90) has the most, +572.
+570 Mastery ranks 2nd of 7 cloth head items with Mastery; Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Satin Hood (item level 458, requires level 90) has the most, +572.
+318 PvP Power ranks 5th of 6 cloth head items with PvP Power; Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Silk Cowl (item level 458, requires level 90) has the most, +394.
Same stat line (Stamina, Intellect, Critical Strike, Mastery and PvP Power): Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Felweave Cowl, Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Mooncloth Helm, Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Silk Cowl.
Next cloth head items up with Intellect: Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Felweave Cowl (item level 458, requires level 90), Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Mooncloth Helm (item level 458, requires level 90), Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Satin Hood (item level 458, requires level 90), Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Silk Cowl (item level 458, requires level 90).
Its lowest listed price, 200 gold, ranks 7th of 10 listed cloth head items in this group.
Cheapest listed cloth head items at a similar or higher item level: Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Silk Cowl at 49 gold99 silver (item level 458, requires level 90), Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Satin Hood at 80 gold (item level 458, requires level 90), Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Felweave Cowl at 150 gold (item level 458, requires level 90).
Other armor types for the head slot within 6 item levels of 450: leather (3): Contender's Leather Helm, Contender's Wyrmhide Helm, Zom's Misty Hood; mail (3): Helm of Elemental Binding, Contender's Scale Helm, Contender's Dragonscale Helm; plate (3): Contender's Revenant Helm, Contender's Spirit Helm, Masterwork Spiritguard Helm.

Item	Item level	Requires	Armor	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Faded Spirit-Wrencher Cage	429	90	1,450	none	100 gold
Forlorn Loa-Binder Cage	429	90	1,450	none	500 gold
Waterfall Cowl	429	88	1,450	none	17 gold90 silver
Hood of Alchemical Vapors	442	84	1,528	+1,109 Stamina, +499 Intellect, +336 Haste, +395 Mastery	255 gold
Contender's Silk Cowl	450	90	1,577	+1,195 Stamina, +797 Intellect, +466 Critical Strike, +570 Mastery, +318 PvP Power	200 gold
Contender's Satin Cowl	450	90	1,577	+1,195 Stamina, +797 Intellect, +466 Spirit, +570 Mastery, +318 PvP Power	200 gold
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Felweave Cowl	458	90	1,625	+1,287 Stamina, +618 Intellect, +572 Critical Strike, +332 Mastery, +394 PvP Power	150 gold
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Mooncloth Helm	458	90	1,625	+1,287 Stamina, +618 Intellect, +572 Critical Strike, +332 Mastery, +394 PvP Power	150 gold
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Satin Hood	458	90	1,625	+1,287 Stamina, +618 Intellect, +332 Haste, +572 Mastery, +394 PvP Power	80 gold
Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Silk Cowl	458	90	1,625	+1,287 Stamina, +618 Intellect, +572 Critical Strike, +332 Mastery, +394 PvP Power	49 gold99 silver

Appearance

Same appearance record (110666)

Hood of Alchemical Vapors

Same model in the game files

Also drawn with this model in the retail client: Breezeswept Hood, Whitemane's Embroidered Chapeau, Barovian Ritual Hood, Antagonist's Headwrap, Korjan Mystic's Hood.

More Contender's items

Contender's Satin Amice item level 450
Contender's Satin Belt item level 450
Contender's Satin Cuffs item level 450
Contender's Satin Footwraps item level 450
Contender's Satin Handwraps item level 450
Contender's Satin Pants item level 450
Contender's Satin Raiment item level 450
Contender's Silk Amice item level 450
Contender's Silk Belt item level 450
Contender's Silk Cuffs item level 450
Contender's Silk Footwraps item level 450
Contender's Silk Handwraps item level 450

Where Contender's Silk Cowl Fits

Items That Share Contender's Silk Cowl's Icon

Contender's Silk Cowl uses the same icon art, which 2 other items also use. The 2 closest by item ID:

Contender's Satin Cowl ID 82429 · Armor - Cloth · item level 450 · lowest 200g on 3 realms
Hood of Alchemical Vapors ID 87450 · Armor - Cloth · item level 442 · lowest 255g on 4 realms

Items Numbered Next to Contender's Silk Cowl

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 82421 (82400 to 82426) were usually added in the same batch as Contender's Silk Cowl: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Windwool Gloves ID 82400 · Armor - Cloth · item level 384 · lowest 89g on 4 realms
Windwool Pants ID 82401 · Armor - Cloth · item level 384 · lowest 37g on 2 realms
Windwool Bracers ID 82402 · Armor - Cloth · item level 384 · lowest 50g on 3 realms
Windwool Boots ID 82403 · Armor - Cloth · item level 384 · lowest 98g on 4 realms
Windwool Belt ID 82404 · Armor - Cloth · item level 384 · lowest 22g on 2 realms
Contender's Silk Amice ID 82422 · Armor - Cloth · item level 450 · lowest 1,475g on 1 realm
Contender's Silk Raiment ID 82423 · Armor - Cloth · item level 450 · lowest 1,000g on 2 realms
Contender's Silk Handwraps ID 82424 · Armor - Cloth · item level 450 · lowest 1,500g on 1 realm
Contender's Silk Pants ID 82425 · Armor - Cloth · item level 450 · lowest 1,000g on 1 realm
Contender's Silk Cuffs ID 82426 · Armor - Cloth · item level 450 · lowest 10g 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 82421	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	450	39
Required level	90	90
Binding	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped
Armor	1,577	1,577
Stamina	1,195	-
Intellect	797	-
Critical Strike	466	-
Mastery	570	-
PvP Power	318	-
Item set	Contender's Defense	Contender's Defense
Sell price	10 gold26 silver	10 gold26 silver

Retail recipe Contender's Silk Cowl: 5x Bolt of Windwool Cloth.

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-10-04 08:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 6
Lowest buyout seen: 65 gold99 silverGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU), 2026-10-18 00:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 3,500 goldGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 1,952

US median, latest 1,500gEU median, latest 200gTW 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	200 gold	200 gold	2	-	-	-	1,500 gold	1,500 gold	1
2026-11-02	90 gold	200 gold	2	-	-	-	1,500 gold	1,500 gold	1
2026-11-01	90 gold	90 gold	2	-	-	-	1,500 gold	1,585 gold48 silver	1
2026-10-31	125 gold	125 gold	2	-	-	-	1,500 gold	1,500 gold	1
2026-10-30	125 gold	125 gold	2	-	-	-	380 gold77 silver	1,500 gold	1
2026-10-29	125 gold	200 gold	1	-	-	-	3,000 gold	3,000 gold	1
2026-10-28	200 gold	200 gold	2	-	-	-	1,421 gold86 silver	1,421 gold86 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	82421
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.70631)
Type	Armor
Subtype	Cloth
Slot	Head
Item level	450
Requires level	90
Binding	Binds when equipped
Max stack	1
Item set	Contender's Defense
Vendor sell	10 gold26 silver
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)

Same item on

Retail (Midnight)