MoP Classic item

Embossed Plate Bracers

Item 9972 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.70631

Item Level 42
Binds when equipped
WristPlate
178 Armor
Durability 40 / 40
Requires Level 40
Sell Price: 54 silver46 copper

About Embossed Plate Bracers

Embossed Plate Bracers is an uncommon piece of plate armor for the wrist slot on MoP Classic at item level 42, usable from level 40. It binds when equipped. It gives 178 armor and has 40 durability. Other plate wrist pieces listed on the MoP Classic Auction House closest to it in item level include Field Plate Vambraces (41), Symbolic Vambraces (41) and Saltstone Armsplints (40). The latest scan finds it on 3 MoP Classic realms (EU 2, US 1); the cheapest buyout is 22 gold on Everlook, Ook Ook (EU). A vendor pays 54 silver46 copper for it.

MoP Classic Auction House prices

Cheapest realm22 goldEverlook, Ook Ook (EU)

Typical market (US)37 gold28 silver

Median min buyout25 gold

Realms with listings3EU 2, US 1

Latest snapshot2026-11-03 07:08 UTCBlizzard Last-Modified

Prices across MoP Classic realms

Realm	Min buyout	Market (median)	Qty	Listings	Snapshot
Remulos (AU)US · Legacy	37 gold28 silver	37 gold28 silver	1	1	2026-11-03 06:29 UTC
Everlook, Ook OokEU · Active	22 gold	22 gold	1	1	2026-11-03 07:08 UTC
Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeerEU · Active	25 gold	25 gold	2	2	2026-11-03 07:08 UTC

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Plate wrist items near item level 42

Our MoP Classic item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 31 other plate wrist items between item level 40 and 55; 13 of them carry fixed stats.

Arena Vambraces has the most fixed stat points in this group, 62.
Next plate wrist items up with fixed stats: Chromite Bracers (item level 43, requires level 40), Tyrant's Armguards (item level 43, requires level 40), Valorous Wristguards (item level 46, requires level 41), Giantslayer Bracers (item level 48, requires level 43), Sunscale Wristguards (item level 48, requires level 43).
Its lowest listed price, 22 gold, ranks 11th of 22 listed plate wrist items in this group.
Cheapest listed plate wrist items at a similar or higher item level: Heavy Lamellar Vambraces at 1 gold24 silver (item level 51, requires level 46), Thorium Bracers at 1 gold29 silver (item level 51, requires level 46), Imperial Plate Bracers at 1 gold49 silver (item level 54, requires level 49).
Other armor types for the wrist slot within 3 item levels of 42: leather (15): Enchanted Kodo Bracers, Scorpashi Wristbands, Guardian Leather Bracers; mail (15): Tough Scorpid Bracers, Turtle Scale Bracers, Crushridge Bindings; cloth (11): Mistscape Bracers, Orphic Bracers, Windchaser Cuffs.

Item	Item level	Requires	Armor	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Jouster's Wristguards	40	40	170	+2 Agility, +8 Stamina	10 gold
Saltstone Armsplints	40	40	170	none	755 gold69 silver
Field Plate Vambraces	41	40	174	none	37 gold26 silver
Symbolic Vambraces	41	40	174	+7 Stamina, +4 Spirit	2,498 gold99 silver
Embossed Plate Bracers	42	40	178	none	22 gold
Warbringer's Armsplints	42	40	178	none	-
Chromite Bracers	43	40	181	+4 Agility, +8 Stamina	-
Tyrant's Armguards	43	40	181	+4 Strength, +7 Stamina, +4 Hit	-
Brutish Armguards	44	40	185	none	-
Bloodforged Bindings	45	40	189	none	5,500 gold
Gothic Plate Vambraces	45	40	189	none	10 gold
Valorous Wristguards	46	41	193	+9 Strength, +4 Stamina	6,420 gold27 silver

More Embossed items

Embossed Plate Boots item level 42
Embossed Plate Girdle item level 42
Embossed Plate Gauntlets item level 43
Embossed Plate Helmet item level 43
Embossed Plate Pauldrons item level 43
Embossed Plate Leggings item level 44
Embossed Plate Armor item level 45

Where Embossed Plate Bracers Fits

Items That Share Embossed Plate Bracers's Icon

Embossed Plate Bracers uses the same icon art, which 64 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:

Banded Bracers ID 9837 · Armor - Mail · item level 30 · lowest 85s on 4 realms
Scaled Leather Bracers ID 9829 · Armor - Leather · item level 29 · lowest 1g on 1 realm
Swashbuckler's Bracers ID 10184 · Armor - Leather · item level 52 · lowest 1g on 8 realms
Overlord's Vambraces ID 10202 · Armor - Plate · item level 48 · lowest 5g on 3 realms
Engraved Bracers ID 10229 · Armor - Mail · item level 56 · lowest 8g on 4 realms
Heavy Lamellar Vambraces ID 10239 · Armor - Plate · item level 51 · lowest 1g on 5 realms
Masterwork Bracers ID 10265 · Armor - Mail · item level 62
Emerald Vambraces ID 10282 · Armor - Plate · item level 56 · lowest 44g on 1 realm

Items Numbered Next to Embossed Plate Bracers

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 9972 (9967 to 10001) were usually added in the same batch as Embossed Plate Bracers: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Embossed Plate Gauntlets ID 9967 · Armor - Plate · item level 43 · lowest 36g on 1 realm
Embossed Plate Girdle ID 9968 · Armor - Plate · item level 42 · lowest 15g on 2 realms
Embossed Plate Helmet ID 9969 · Armor - Plate · item level 43 · lowest 5g on 3 realms
Embossed Plate Leggings ID 9970 · Armor - Plate · item level 44 · lowest 5g on 3 realms
Embossed Plate Pauldrons ID 9971 · Armor - Plate · item level 43 · lowest 38g on 2 realms
Embossed Plate Boots ID 9973 · Armor - Plate · item level 42 · lowest 37g on 1 realm
Overlord's Shield ID 9974 · Armor - Shield · item level 52 · lowest 40g on 3 realms
Black Mageweave Vest ID 9998 · Armor - Cloth · item level 41 · lowest 3g on 6 realms
Black Mageweave Leggings ID 9999 · Armor - Cloth · item level 41 · lowest 1g on 6 realms
Black Mageweave Robe ID 10001 · Armor - Cloth · item level 42 · lowest 2g 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 9972	Classic Era	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	42	42	23
Required level	40	40	40
Binding	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped
Armor	148	178	178
Sell price	24 silver75 copper	54 silver46 copper	43 silver57 copper

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-10-04 08:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 8
Lowest buyout seen: 80 silverArugal (AU) (US), 2026-10-20 23:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 80 goldGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 390

US median, latest 37gEU median, latest 22g
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	22 gold	22 gold	2	37 gold28 silver	37 gold28 silver	1
2026-11-02	22 gold	25 gold	2	37 gold28 silver	37 gold28 silver	1
2026-10-31	-	-	-	10 gold	10 gold	1
2026-10-30	2 gold	2 gold	1	-	-	-
2026-10-26	19 gold	19 gold	1	-	-	-
2026-10-25	-	-	-	5 gold	5 gold	1
2026-10-24	19 gold	19 gold	1	5 gold	5 gold	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	9972
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.70631)
Type	Armor
Subtype	Plate
Slot	Wrist
Item level	42
Requires level	40
Binding	Binds when equipped
Max stack	1
Vendor sell	43 silver57 copper
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)