MoP Classic item

Embossed Plate Helmet

Item 9969 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.69585

Item Level 43
Binds when equipped
HeadPlate
337 Armor
Durability 70 / 70
Requires Level 40
Sell Price: 86 silver56 copper

About Embossed Plate Helmet

Embossed Plate Helmet is an uncommon piece of plate armor for the head slot on MoP Classic at item level 43, usable from level 40. It binds when equipped. It gives 337 armor and has 70 durability. It shares its appearance with Bloodfist Helmet and Warlord's Iron-Helm. Other plate head pieces listed on the MoP Classic Auction House closest to it in item level include Steel Plate Helm (43), Field Plate Helmet (42) and Saltstone Helm (41). The latest scan finds it on 2 MoP Classic realms (EU 2); the cheapest buyout is 3 gold on Everlook, Ook Ook (EU). A vendor pays 86 silver56 copper for it.

MoP Classic Auction House prices

Cheapest realm3 goldEverlook, Ook Ook (EU)

Typical market41 gold61 silver

Median min buyout41 gold61 silver

Realms with listings2EU 2

Latest snapshot2026-09-19 08:13 UTCBlizzard Last-Modified

Prices across MoP Classic realms

Realm	Min buyout	Market (median)	Qty	Listings	Snapshot
Everlook, Ook OokEU · Active	3 gold	3 gold	2	2	2026-09-19 08:13 UTC
AuberdineEU · Active	80 gold22 silver	80 gold22 silver	1	1	2026-09-19 08:13 UTC

Plate head items near item level 43

Our MoP Classic item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 28 other plate head items between item level 40 and 56; 12 of them carry fixed stats.

Steel Plate Helm has the most fixed stat points in this group, 56.
Next plate head items up with fixed stats: Chromite Barbute (item level 44, requires level 40), Tyrant's Helm (item level 46, requires level 41), Heavy Mithril Helm (item level 47, requires level 42), Valorous Helm (item level 48, requires level 43), Ornate Mithril Helm (item level 49, requires level 44).
Its lowest listed price, 3 gold, ranks 2nd of 20 listed plate head items in this group.
Cheapest listed plate head items at a similar or higher item level: Revenant Helmet at 2 gold55 silver (item level 51, requires level 46), Overlord's Crown at 3 gold (item level 49, requires level 44), Heavy Lamellar Helm at 3 gold55 silver (item level 53, requires level 48).
Other armor types for the head slot within 3 item levels of 43: cloth (26): First Mate Hat, White Bandit Mask, Deepdive Helmet; leather (17): Nightscape Headband, Expert Goldminer's Helmet, Big Voodoo Mask; mail (13): Mithril Coif, Ravager's Crown, Skullsplitter Helm.

Item	Item level	Requires	Armor	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Jouster's Visor	40	40	316	+10 Agility, +11 Stamina	1,000 gold
Saltstone Helm	41	40	323	none	555 gold
Field Plate Helmet	42	40	330	none	45 gold
Embossed Plate Helmet	43	40	337	none	3 gold
Steel Plate Helm	43	40	337	+24 Strength, +32 Bonus Armor	7 gold
Symbolic Crown	43	40	337	+16 Stamina, +5 Spirit	-
Chromite Barbute	44	40	344	+12 Strength, +12 Agility	-
Warbringer's Crown	45	40	351	none	-
Gothic Plate Helmet	46	41	358	none	6 gold
Tyrant's Helm	46	41	358	+5 Strength, +4 Agility, +16 Stamina	588 gold87 silver
Heavy Mithril Helm	47	42	465	+10 Strength, +11 Stamina	251 gold75 silver
Valorous Helm	48	43	372	+14 Agility, +13 Stamina	-

Appearance

Same appearance record (48620)

Same model in the game files

Also drawn with this model in the retail client: Scarab Plate Helm, Reinforced Heaume.

More Embossed items

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

Across game versions

Retail (Midnight) adds Strength or Intellect and Stamina.

Item 9969	Classic Era	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	43	43	23
Required level	40	40	17
Binding	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped
Armor	310	337	17
Strength or Intellect	-	-	7
Stamina	-	-	10
Sell price	39 silver64 copper	86 silver56 copper	11 gold11 silver

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-08-27 21:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 8
Lowest buyout seen: 1 goldArugal (AU) (US), 2026-09-06 04:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 8,500 goldGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 1,429

US median, latest 1.5gEU median, latest 4g
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
2026-09-19	3 gold	4 gold	3	-	-	-
2026-09-18	4 gold	18 gold	3	1 gold50 silver	1 gold50 silver	2
2026-09-17	6 gold	73 gold98 silver	3	1 gold50 silver	1 gold50 silver	2
2026-09-16	2 gold	9 gold	3	-	-	-
2026-09-15	2 gold	9 gold	3	-	-	-
2026-09-14	5 gold	9 gold48 silver	3	3 gold	3 gold	1
2026-09-13	9 gold48 silver	96 gold87 silver	3	10 gold	10 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 0 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	9969
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.69585)
Type	Armor
Subtype	Plate
Slot	Head
Item level	43
Requires level	40
Binding	Binds when equipped
Vendor sell	69 silver25 copper
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)