MoP Classic item

Dark Iron Shoulders

Item 11605 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.70631

Item Level 56
Binds when equipped
ShoulderPlate
396 Armor
+13 Strength
+13 Stamina
Durability 80 / 80
Requires Level 51
Equip: Increases your dodge by 13.
Sell Price: 2 gold51 silver

About Dark Iron Shoulders

Dark Iron Shoulders is a rare piece of plate armor for the shoulder slot on MoP Classic at item level 56, usable from level 51. It binds when equipped. Its primary stats are +13 Strength and +13 Stamina, with Dodge (13) as a secondary stat. It gives 396 armor and has 80 durability. It shares its appearance with Darkcrest Pauldrons and Boulderfist Epaulets. Other plate shoulder pieces listed on the MoP Classic Auction House closest to it in item level include Templar Pauldrons (56), Vanguard Pauldrons (56) and Stockade Pauldrons (55). The latest scan finds it on 2 MoP Classic realms (EU 1, US 1); the cheapest buyout is 5,000 gold on Galakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US). A vendor pays 2 gold51 silver for it.

MoP Classic Auction House prices

Cheapest realm5,000 goldGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US)

Typical market (US)5,000 gold

Median min buyout5,632 gold80 silver

Realms with listings2EU 1, US 1

Latest snapshot2026-11-03 07:08 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	5,000 gold	5,000 gold	1	1	2026-11-03 06:29 UTC
Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeerEU · Active	6,265 gold61 silver	6,265 gold61 silver	1	1	2026-11-03 07:08 UTC

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Where it comes from

Crafted	Dark Iron Shoulders	Recipe

Plate shoulder items near item level 56

Our MoP Classic item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 46 other plate shoulder items between item level 41 and 72; 19 of them carry fixed stats.

+13 Strength ranks 2nd of 11 plate shoulder items with Strength; Polished Obsidian Pauldrons (item level 68, requires level 60) has the most, +16.
+13 Stamina ranks 5th of 13 plate shoulder items with Stamina; Darksoul Shoulders (item level 65, requires level 60) has the most, +24.
+13 Dodge ranks 2nd of 4 plate shoulder items with Dodge; Stockade Pauldrons (item level 55, requires level 50) has the most, +15.
Stockade Pauldrons has the most fixed stat points in this group, 45 against 39 here.
Same stat line (Strength, Stamina and Dodge): Polished Obsidian Pauldrons.
Next plate shoulder items up with Strength: Imbued Plate Pauldrons (item level 59, requires level 54), Warleader's Shoulders (item level 61, requires level 56), Polished Obsidian Pauldrons (item level 68, requires level 60).
Its lowest listed price, 5,000 gold, ranks 40th of 45 listed plate shoulder items in this group.
Cheapest listed plate shoulder items at a similar or higher item level: Tarnished Plate Shoulderpads at 2 gold (item level 66, requires level 61), Templar Pauldrons at 4 gold (item level 56, requires level 51), Deteriorating Plate Shoulderpads at 5 gold (item level 72, requires level 67).
Other armor types for the shoulder slot within 4 item levels of 56: leather (16): Serpentskin Spaulders, Ironfeather Shoulders, Living Shoulders; mail (16): Ebonhold Shoulderpads, Blue Dragonscale Shoulders, Black Dragonscale Shoulders; cloth (15): Elder Wizard's Mantle, Imperial Red Mantle, Highborne Pauldrons.

Item	Item level	Requires	Armor	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Imperial Plate Shoulders	53	47	376	+12 Strength, +11 Stamina	49 gold99 silver
Light Plate Shoulderpads	54	49	345	none	5 gold
Lofty Shoulder Pads	54	49	383	none	500 gold
Alabaster Plate Pauldrons	55	50	389	+12 Strength, +12 Hit	15 gold
Stockade Pauldrons	55	50	389	+20 Stamina, +10 Spirit, +15 Dodge	900 gold
Dark Iron Shoulders	56	51	396	+13 Strength, +13 Stamina, +13 Dodge	5,000 gold
Templar Pauldrons	56	51	396	none	4 gold
Vanguard Pauldrons	56	51	396	+8 Agility, +8 Stamina, +12 Hit	1,776 gold98 silver
Glorious Shoulder Pads	57	52	402	none	5,499 gold98 silver
Dawnbringer Shoulders	58	53	409	+20 Intellect, +10 Spirit	1,499 gold96 silver
Emerald Pauldrons	58	53	409	none	52 gold36 silver
Imbued Plate Pauldrons	59	54	415	+13 Strength, +13 Hit	100 gold

Appearance

Same appearance record (49034)

Same model in the game files

Also drawn with this model in the retail client: Expedition Mantle.

Where Dark Iron Shoulders Fits

Items That Share Dark Iron Shoulders's Icon

Dark Iron Shoulders uses the same icon art, which 30 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:

Master's Mantle ID 10253 · Armor - Cloth · item level 63 · lowest 18g on 3 realms
Renegade Pauldrons ID 9872 · Armor - Mail · item level 37 · lowest 1g on 5 realms
Field Plate Pauldrons ID 9292 · Armor - Plate · item level 42 · lowest 47g on 1 realm
Ritual Amice ID 14126 · Armor - Cloth · item level 23 · lowest 1g on 1 realm
Watcher's Mantle ID 14182 · Armor - Cloth · item level 28
Mystic's Shoulder Pads ID 14368 · Armor - Cloth · item level 22
Sanguine Mantle ID 14378 · Armor - Cloth · item level 27 · lowest 1,476g on 1 realm
Ornate Mithril Shoulder ID 7928 · Armor - Plate · item level 45 · lowest 1,415g on 3 realms

Items Numbered Next to Dark Iron Shoulders

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 11605 (11584 to 11611) were usually added in the same batch as Dark Iron Shoulders: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Cactus Apple Surprise ID 11584 · Consumable · item level 5
Vilerend Slicer ID 11603 · Weapon - Fist Weapon · item level 56 · lowest 15g on 5 realms
Dark Iron Mail ID 11606 · Armor - Mail · item level 56 · lowest 9,500g on 2 realms
Dark Iron Sunderer ID 11607 · Weapon - Two-Handed Axe · item level 57 · lowest 12,133g on 1 realm
Dark Iron Pulverizer ID 11608 · Weapon - Two-Handed Mace · item level 55 · lowest 6,748g on 3 realms
Plans: Dark Iron Pulverizer ID 11610 · Recipe · item level 53 · lowest 14g on 3 realms
Plans: Dark Iron Sunderer ID 11611 · Recipe · item level 55 · lowest 5g on 4 realms

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

Across game versions

Classic Era drops Strength and Dodge and adds Fire Resistance.

Item 11605	Classic Era	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	58	56	28
Required level	53	51	51
Binding	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped
Armor	514	396	435
Stamina	10	13	-
Fire Resistance	10	-	-
Strength	-	13	-
Dodge	-	13	-
Sell price	1 gold7 silver	2 gold51 silver	2 gold1 silver

Retail recipe Dark Iron Shoulders: 6x Dark Iron Bar, 1x Heart of Fire.

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-10-04 08:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 3
Lowest buyout seen: 732 gold60 silverEverlook, Ook Ook (EU), 2026-10-16 01:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 13,000 gold99 silverGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 1,659

US median, latest 5,000gEU median, latest 6,266g
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
2026-11-03	4,790 gold84 silver	6,265 gold61 silver	2	5,000 gold	5,000 gold	1
2026-11-02	4,790 gold84 silver	4,826 gold76 silver	2	5,000 gold	5,000 gold	1
2026-11-01	791 gold84 silver	6,112 gold51 silver	2	5,000 gold	5,000 gold	1
2026-10-31	791 gold84 silver	6,092 gold32 silver	2	5,000 gold	5,000 gold	1
2026-10-30	4,064 gold7 silver	6,057 gold3 silver	2	5,000 gold	5,000 gold	1
2026-10-29	4,064 gold7 silver	6,124 gold72 silver	2	5,000 gold	5,000 gold	1
2026-10-28	4,108 gold83 silver	6,112 gold9 silver	2	5,000 gold	5,000 gold	1

Comments

Connected realms with a listing in the latest MoP Classic scan: EU 1 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	11605
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.70631)
Type	Armor
Subtype	Plate
Slot	Shoulder
Item level	56
Requires level	51
Binding	Binds when equipped
Max stack	1
Vendor sell	2 gold1 silver
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)