MoP Classic item

Darkrune Gauntlets

Item 20549 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.70631

Item Level 63
Binds when equipped
HandsPlate
368 Armor
+8 Stamina
+20 Shadow Resistance
Durability 45 / 45
Requires Level 58
Equip: Increases your parry by 10.
Sell Price: 2 gold27 silver

About Darkrune Gauntlets

Darkrune Gauntlets is a rare piece of plate armor for the hands slot on MoP Classic at item level 63, usable from level 58. It binds when equipped. Its primary stats are +8 Stamina, with Parry (10) and Shadow Resistance (20) as secondary stats. It gives 368 armor and has 45 durability. Plans: Darkrune Gauntlets teaches how to make it. Other plate hands pieces listed on the MoP Classic Auction House closest to it in item level include Stronghold Gauntlets (62), Gloves of the Dawn (64) and Hyperion Gauntlets (62). The latest scan finds it on 3 MoP Classic realms (EU 2, US 1); the cheapest buyout is 3,753 gold2 silver on Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU). A vendor pays 2 gold27 silver for it.

MoP Classic Auction House prices

Cheapest realm3,753 gold2 silverGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU)

Typical market (US)13,950 gold92 silver

Median min buyout4,214 gold58 silver

Realms with listings3EU 2, US 1

Latest snapshot2026-11-03 11:08 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	13,950 gold92 silver	13,950 gold92 silver	3	3	2026-11-03 10:29 UTC
Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeerEU · Active	3,753 gold2 silver	3,753 gold2 silver	2	2	2026-11-03 11:08 UTC
Everlook, Ook OokEU · Active	4,214 gold58 silver	4,214 gold58 silver	1	1	2026-11-03 11:08 UTC

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Where it comes from

Crafted	Darkrune Gauntlets	Recipe

Crafting

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Plans: Darkrune Gauntlets (12x Thorium Bar, 6x Dark Rune, 6x Truesilver Bar, 2x Enchanted Leather) Requires Blacksmithing (300)

Plate hands items near item level 63

Our MoP Classic item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 50 other plate hands items between item level 44 and 81; 22 of them carry fixed stats.

+8 Stamina ranks 12th of 18 plate hands items with Stamina; Icebane Gauntlets (item level 80, requires level 60) has the most, +18.
+10 Parry ranks 2nd of 2 plate hands items with Parry; Stronghold Gauntlets (item level 62, requires level 57) has the most, +20.
+20 Shadow Resistance: no other plate hands item in this group carries Shadow Resistance.
Icebane Gauntlets has the most fixed stat points in this group, 67 against 38 here.
Next plate hands items up with fixed stats: Gloves of the Dawn (item level 64, requires level 59), Dark Iron Gauntlets (item level 70, requires level 60), Ironvine Gloves (item level 70, requires level 60), Icebane Gauntlets (item level 80, requires level 60).
Its lowest listed price, 3,753 gold2 silver, ranks 36th of 47 listed plate hands items in this group.
Cheapest listed plate hands items at a similar or higher item level: Tarnished Plate Gloves at 5 gold (item level 66, requires level 61), Deteriorating Plate Gloves at 90 gold39 silver (item level 72, requires level 67), Hyperion Gauntlets at 250 gold (item level 62, requires level 57).
Other armor types for the hands slot within 4 item levels of 63: cloth (22): Elunarian Handgrips, Flarecore Gloves, Gloves of Spell Mastery; mail (19): Storm Gauntlets, Bloodsoul Gauntlets, Gauntlets of Elements; leather (18): Frostsaber Gloves, Shadow Panther Hide Gloves, Indomitable Gauntlets.

Item	Item level	Requires	Armor	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Abyssal Plate Gauntlets	60	55	352	none	17,740 gold82 silver
Commander's Gauntlets	60	55	352	none	15 gold
Replica Gauntlets of Heroism	60	60	467	none	5,300 gold69 silver
Replica Soulforge Gauntlets	60	60	467	none	5,000 gold99 silver
Stonegrip Gauntlets	60	55	352	+9 Strength, +14 Stamina, +15 Dodge	200 gold
Warleader's Gauntlets	60	55	341	+17 Strength, +6 Stamina	3,463 gold56 silver
Exalted Gauntlets	61	56	357	none	882 gold
Hyperion Gauntlets	62	57	363	none	250 gold
Stronghold Gauntlets	62	57	363	+12 Stamina, +20 Parry, +14 Critical Strike	1,489 gold99 silver
Darkrune Gauntlets	63	58	368	+8 Stamina, +10 Parry, +20 Shadow Resistance	3,753 gold2 silver
Gloves of the Dawn	64	59	383	+23 Strength, +10 Stamina	649 gold99 silver
Tarnished Plate Gloves	66	61	346	none	5 gold

More Darkrune items

Darkrune Breastplate item level 63
Darkrune Helm item level 63

Where Darkrune Gauntlets Fits

Items That Share Darkrune Gauntlets's Icon

Darkrune Gauntlets uses the same icon art, which 3 other items also use. The 3 closest by item ID:

Netherweave Gloves ID 21851 · Armor - Cloth · item level 99 · lowest 17g on 1 realm
Master's Gloves ID 10251 · Armor - Cloth · item level 63 · lowest 19g on 3 realms
Scouting Gloves ID 6586 · Armor - Leather · item level 23 · lowest 44s on 4 realms

Items Numbered Next to Darkrune Gauntlets

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 20549 (20538 to 20555) were usually added in the same batch as Darkrune Gauntlets: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Runed Stygian Leggings ID 20538 · Armor - Cloth · item level 63 · lowest 1,352g on 2 realms
Runed Stygian Belt ID 20539 · Armor - Cloth · item level 63 · lowest 199g on 2 realms
Pattern: Runed Stygian Leggings ID 20546 · Recipe · item level 62 · lowest 4,250g on 1 realm
Pattern: Runed Stygian Boots ID 20547 · Recipe · item level 62
Pattern: Runed Stygian Belt ID 20548 · Recipe · item level 62 · lowest 1,111g on 1 realm
Darkrune Breastplate ID 20550 · Armor - Plate · item level 63 · lowest 1,250g on 3 realms
Darkrune Helm ID 20551 · Armor - Plate · item level 63 · lowest 499g on 3 realms
Plans: Darkrune Gauntlets ID 20553 · Recipe · item level 63
Plans: Darkrune Breastplate ID 20554 · Recipe · item level 63 · lowest 250g on 1 realm
Plans: Darkrune Helm ID 20555 · Recipe · item level 63

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

Across game versions

Classic Era drops Parry.

Item 20549	Classic Era	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	63	63	29
Required level	58	58	58
Binding	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped
Armor	410	368	381
Stamina	8	8	-
Shadow Resistance	20	20	-
Parry	-	10	-
Effects	Equip: Increases your chance to block attacks with a shield by 2%.	-	-
Sell price	1 gold14 silver	2 gold27 silver	1 gold81 silver

Retail recipe Darkrune Gauntlets: 12x Thorium Bar, 6x Dark Rune, 6x Truesilver Bar, 2x Enchanted Leather.

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-10-04 12:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 3
Lowest buyout seen: 498 gold97 silverGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU), 2026-10-10 00:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 15,000 gold99 silverGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 1,700

US median, latest 13,951gEU median, latest 3,753g
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	3,753 gold2 silver	3,753 gold2 silver	2	13,950 gold92 silver	13,950 gold92 silver	1
2026-11-02	3,753 gold2 silver	4,214 gold58 silver	2	13,950 gold92 silver	13,950 gold92 silver	1
2026-11-01	998 gold99 silver	4,192 gold73 silver	2	13,950 gold92 silver	15,000 gold99 silver	1
2026-10-31	999 gold	4,184 gold83 silver	2	15,000 gold99 silver	15,000 gold99 silver	1
2026-10-30	1,129 gold49 silver	4,154 gold66 silver	2	12,209 gold23 silver	15,000 gold99 silver	1
2026-10-29	4,096 gold4 silver	4,444 gold1 silver	2	15,000 gold99 silver	15,000 gold99 silver	1
2026-10-28	998 gold96 silver	4,096 gold4 silver	2	15,000 gold99 silver	15,000 gold99 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	20549
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.70631)
Type	Armor
Subtype	Plate
Slot	Hands
Item level	63
Requires level	58
Binding	Binds when equipped
Max stack	1
Vendor sell	1 gold81 silver
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)