MoP Classic item

Fiery Chain Shoulders

Item 16988 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.70631

Item Level 62
Binds when equipped
ShoulderMail
297 Armor
+10 Stamina
+14 Intellect
+25 Fire Resistance
Durability 100 / 100
Requires Level 57
Sell Price: 4 gold25 silver

About Fiery Chain Shoulders

Fiery Chain Shoulders is an epic piece of mail armor for the shoulder slot on MoP Classic at item level 62, usable from level 57. It binds when equipped. Its primary stats are +10 Stamina and +14 Intellect, with Fire Resistance (25) as a secondary stat. It gives 297 armor and has 100 durability. It shares its appearance with Hyperion Pauldrons. Other mail shoulder pieces listed on the MoP Classic Auction House closest to it in item level include Mercurial Pauldrons (62), Warstrike Shoulder Pads (62) and Drakesfire Epaulets (61). The latest scan finds it on 2 MoP Classic realms (EU 1, US 1); the cheapest buyout is 4,995 gold on Galakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US). A vendor pays 4 gold25 silver for it.

MoP Classic Auction House prices

Cheapest realm4,995 goldGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US)

Typical market (US)4,995 gold

Median min buyout7,469 gold31 silver

Realms with listings2EU 1, US 1

Latest snapshot2026-11-03 05:29 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	4,995 gold	4,995 gold	5	5	2026-11-03 05:29 UTC
Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeerEU · Active	9,943 gold63 silver	9,943 gold63 silver	1	1	2026-11-03 05:08 UTC

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Where it comes from

Crafted	Fiery Chain Shoulders	Recipe

Mail shoulder items near item level 62

Our MoP Classic item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 45 other mail shoulder items between item level 43 and 81; 18 of them carry fixed stats.

+10 Stamina ranks 4th of 14 mail shoulder items with Stamina; Blue Dragonscale Shoulders (item level 59, requires level 54) has the most, +27.
+14 Intellect ranks 2nd of 9 mail shoulder items with Intellect; Warstrike Shoulder Pads (item level 62, requires level 57) has the most, +16.
+25 Fire Resistance ranks 1st of 2 mail shoulder items with Fire Resistance, the most in this group.
Its lowest listed price, 4,995 gold, ranks 34th of 37 listed mail shoulder items in this group.
Cheapest listed mail shoulder items at a similar or higher item level: Eroded Mail Shoulderpads at 2 gold (item level 66, requires level 61), Unyielding Spaulders at 15 gold (item level 81, requires level 57), Drakesfire Epaulets at 15 gold56 silver (item level 61, requires level 56).
Other armor types for the shoulder slot within 4 item levels of 62: cloth (22): Runecloth Shoulders, Flarecore Mantle, Mooncloth Shoulders; leather (19): Runic Leather Shoulders, Spaulders of the Unseen, Volcanic Shoulders; plate (15): Runic Plate Shoulders, Warleader's Shoulders, Dawnbringer Shoulders.

Item	Item level	Requires	Armor	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Black Dragonscale Shoulders	60	55	288	+20 Agility, +9 Stamina, +8 Hit	500 gold
Hero's Pauldrons	60	55	288	+13 Intellect, +13 Spirit	-
Replica Beaststalker's Mantle	60	55	301	none	7,300 gold96 silver
Replica Pauldrons of Elements	60	55	301	none	-
Drakesfire Epaulets	61	56	292	+5 Stamina, +14 Intellect, +15 Spirit, +10 Fire Resistance	15 gold56 silver
Heavy Scorpid Shoulders	61	56	292	+15 Agility, +10 Stamina	933 gold67 silver
Magnificent Shoulders	61	56	292	none	333 gold
Fiery Chain Shoulders	62	57	297	+10 Stamina, +14 Intellect, +25 Fire Resistance	4,995 gold
Mercurial Pauldrons	62	57	297	none	25 gold
Warstrike Shoulder Pads	62	57	297	+8 Stamina, +16 Intellect	1,777 gold76 silver
Masterwork Pauldrons	63	58	301	none	215 gold14 silver
Triumphant Shoulder Pads	63	58	301	none	841 gold78 silver

Appearance

Same appearance record (48875)

Hyperion Pauldrons

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Where Fiery Chain Shoulders Fits

Items That Share Fiery Chain Shoulders's Icon

Fiery Chain Shoulders uses the same icon art, which 18 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:

Flarecore Mantle ID 16980 · Armor - Cloth · item level 61 · lowest 500g on 2 realms
Triumphant Shoulder Pads ID 15686 · Armor - Mail · item level 63 · lowest 841g on 1 realm
Merciless Epaulets ID 15656 · Armor - Mail · item level 54
Imposing Shoulders ID 15169 · Armor - Leather · item level 44 · lowest 20g on 1 realm
Runic Plate Shoulders ID 12610 · Armor - Plate · item level 60 · lowest 200g on 4 realms
Brigade Pauldrons ID 9934 · Armor - Mail · item level 44 · lowest 2g on 3 realms
Starfire Mantle ID 24603 · Armor - Cloth · item level 87 · lowest 5g on 3 realms
Wrathfin Mantle ID 24844 · Armor - Mail · item level 93 · lowest 21g on 3 realms

Items Numbered Next to Fiery Chain Shoulders

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 16988 (16979 to 17012) were usually added in the same batch as Fiery Chain Shoulders: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Flarecore Gloves ID 16979 · Armor - Cloth · item level 62 · lowest 500g on 2 realms
Flarecore Mantle ID 16980 · Armor - Cloth · item level 61 · lowest 500g on 2 realms
Corehound Boots ID 16982 · Armor - Leather · item level 59 · lowest 895g on 2 realms
Molten Helm ID 16983 · Armor - Leather · item level 60 · lowest 895g on 3 realms
Black Dragonscale Boots ID 16984 · Armor - Mail · item level 61 · lowest 935g on 3 realms
Fiery Chain Girdle ID 16989 · Armor - Mail · item level 59 · lowest 4,994g on 3 realms
Stonerender Gauntlets ID 17007 · Armor - Mail · item level 51 · lowest 199g on 3 realms
Fiery Core ID 17010 · Trade Goods · item level 60
Lava Core ID 17011 · Trade Goods · item level 60
Core Leather ID 17012 · Trade Goods · item level 60

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

Across game versions

Item 16988	Classic Era	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	62	62	29
Required level	57	57	57
Binding	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped
Armor	299	297	380
Stamina	10	10	-
Intellect	14	14	-
Fire Resistance	25	25	-
Sell price	3 gold14 silver	4 gold25 silver	2 gold93 silver

Retail recipe Fiery Chain Shoulders: 16x Dark Iron Bar, 4x Fiery Core, 5x Lava Core.

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-10-04 07:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 3
Lowest buyout seen: 999 goldEverlook, Ook Ook (EU), 2026-10-20 20:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 18,920 gold26 silverGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 1,311

US median, latest 4,995gEU median, latest 9,944g
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	9,943 gold63 silver	9,943 gold63 silver	1	4,995 gold	4,995 gold	1
2026-11-02	9,943 gold63 silver	9,943 gold63 silver	1	4,995 gold	4,995 gold	1
2026-11-01	4,999 gold	11,348 gold73 silver	1	4,995 gold	4,995 gold	1
2026-10-31	9,998 gold73 silver	11,348 gold27 silver	1	5,000 gold	5,000 gold	1
2026-10-30	9,998 gold73 silver	11,349 gold80 silver	1	5,000 gold	5,000 gold	1
2026-10-29	11,349 gold80 silver	11,352 gold25 silver	1	5,000 gold	5,000 gold	1
2026-10-28	9,998 gold75 silver	11,354 gold38 silver	1	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	16988
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.70631)
Type	Armor
Subtype	Mail
Slot	Shoulder
Item level	62
Requires level	57
Binding	Binds when equipped
Max stack	1
Vendor sell	2 gold93 silver
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)