MoP Classic item

Hands of Darkness

Item 7047 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.70631

Item Level 29
Binds when equipped
HandsCloth
56 Armor
+6 Intellect
+5 Spirit
Durability 40 / 40
Requires Level 24
Sell Price: 18 silver15 copper

About Hands of Darkness

Hands of Darkness is an uncommon piece of cloth armor for the hands slot on MoP Classic at item level 29, usable from level 24. It binds when equipped. Its primary stats are +6 Intellect and +5 Spirit. It gives 56 armor and has 40 durability. Pattern: Hands of Darkness teaches how to make it. It shares its appearance with Embersilk Mitts. Other cloth hands pieces listed on the MoP Classic Auction House closest to it in item level include Sage's Gloves (29), Azure Silk Gloves (29) and Silver-Thread Gloves (28). The latest scan finds it on 3 MoP Classic realms (EU 2, US 1); the cheapest buyout is 200 gold on Galakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US). A vendor pays 18 silver15 copper for it.

MoP Classic Auction House prices

Cheapest realm200 goldGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US)

Typical market (US)200 gold

Median min buyout1,366 gold47 silver

Realms with listings3EU 2, US 1

Latest snapshot2026-11-03 06:08 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	200 gold	200 gold	1	1	2026-11-03 05:29 UTC
FlamegorEU · Russian	1,366 gold47 silver	1,366 gold47 silver	1	1	2026-11-03 06:08 UTC
Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeerEU · Active	18,161 gold76 silver	18,161 gold76 silver	1	1	2026-11-03 06:08 UTC

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Where it comes from

Crafted	Hands of Darkness	Recipe

Crafting

Taught by

Pattern: Hands of Darkness (3x Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2x Heavy Leather, 2x Shadow Protection Potion, 2x Fine Thread) Requires Tailoring (145)

Cloth hands items near item level 29

Our MoP Classic item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 39 other cloth hands items between item level 20 and 38; 16 of them carry fixed stats.

+6 Intellect ranks 4th of 14 cloth hands items with Intellect; Hotshot Pilot's Gloves (item level 29, requires level 24) has the most, +8.
+5 Spirit ranks 4th of 9 cloth hands items with Spirit; Gloves of Old (item level 34, requires level 29) has the most, +12.
Hotshot Pilot's Gloves has the most fixed stat points in this group, 18 against 11 here.
Same stat line (Intellect and Spirit): Azure Silk Gloves, Silver-Thread Gloves, Bright Gloves, Gloves of Old.
Next cloth hands items up with Intellect: Truefaith Gloves (item level 30, requires level 25), Resilient Handgrips (item level 31, requires level 26), Gloves of Old (item level 34, requires level 29), Nightsky Gloves (item level 34, requires level 29).
Its lowest listed price, 200 gold, ranks 24th of 28 listed cloth hands items in this group.
Cheapest listed cloth hands items at a similar or higher item level: Silver-Thread Gloves at 20 silver (item level 28, requires level 23), Sage's Gloves at 40 silver (item level 29, requires level 24), Conjurer's Gloves at 50 silver (item level 36, requires level 31).
Other armor types for the hands slot within 2 item levels of 29: leather (15): Hillman's Leather Gloves, Pilferer's Gloves, Toughened Leather Gloves; mail (11): Silvered Bronze Gauntlets, Green Iron Gauntlets, Glimmering Mail Gauntlets.

Item	Item level	Requires	Armor	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Gloves of Meditation	26	21	51	+7 Spirit	40 silver
Padded Gloves	27	22	50	none	-
Silver-Thread Gloves	28	23	54	+5 Intellect, +5 Spirit	20 silver
Watcher's Handwraps	28	23	54	none	-
Hands of Darkness	29	24	56	+6 Intellect, +5 Spirit	200 gold
Azure Silk Gloves	29	24	56	+7 Intellect, +3 Spirit	952 gold17 silver
Hotshot Pilot's Gloves	29	24	56	+5 Stamina, +8 Intellect, +5 Critical Strike	-
Sage's Gloves	29	24	56	none	40 silver
Raincaller Mitts	30	25	57	none	-
Truefaith Gloves	30	25	57	+5 Stamina, +7 Intellect	54 gold98 silver
Durable Gloves	31	26	59	none	50 silver
Resilient Handgrips	31	26	59	+10 Stamina, +3 Intellect	-

Appearance

Same appearance record (47911)

Embersilk Mitts

Same model in the game files

Also drawn with this model in the retail client: Pardoc Grips.

More Hands items

Hands of Eternal Light item level 159

Where Hands of Darkness Fits

Items That Share Hands of Darkness's Icon

Hands of Darkness uses the same icon art, which 11 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:

Conjurer's Gloves ID 9848 · Armor - Cloth · item level 36 · lowest 50s on 4 realms
Archer's Gloves ID 9861 · Armor - Leather · item level 35 · lowest 7g on 2 realms
Cutthroat's Mitts ID 15137 · Armor - Leather · item level 33 · lowest 4g on 2 realms
Headhunter's Mitts ID 15355 · Armor - Leather · item level 34 · lowest 4g on 1 realm
Spiked Chain Gauntlets ID 15520 · Armor - Mail · item level 26 · lowest 1,531g on 1 realm
Sentry's Gloves ID 15527 · Armor - Mail · item level 27 · lowest 3,294g on 1 realm
Ironhide Gauntlets ID 15644 · Armor - Mail · item level 52 · lowest 1,979g on 1 realm
Chromatic Gauntlets ID 19157 · Armor - Mail · item level 70 · lowest 895g on 3 realms

Items Numbered Next to Hands of Darkness

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 7047 (7026 to 7052) were usually added in the same batch as Hands of Darkness: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Linen Belt ID 7026 · Armor - Cloth · item level 9 · lowest 2s on 3 realms
Azure Silk Pants ID 7046 · Armor - Cloth · item level 28 · lowest 50s on 4 realms
Azure Silk Hood ID 7048 · Armor - Cloth · item level 29 · lowest 40s on 4 realms
Truefaith Gloves ID 7049 · Armor - Cloth · item level 30 · lowest 54g on 2 realms
Silk Headband ID 7050 · Armor - Cloth · item level 32 · lowest 49s on 3 realms
Earthen Vest ID 7051 · Armor - Cloth · item level 34 · lowest 99s on 3 realms
Azure Silk Belt ID 7052 · Armor - Cloth · item level 35 · lowest 2g on 2 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 Intellect.

Item 7047	Classic Era	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	29	29	18
Required level	24	24	24
Binding	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped
Armor	26	56	49
Spirit	5	5	-
Intellect	-	6	-
Effects	Equip: Increases damage done by Shadow spells and effects by up to 9.	-	-
Sell price	8 silver24 copper	18 silver15 copper	8 silver25 copper

Retail recipe Hands of Darkness: 3x Bolt of Silk Cloth, 2x Heavy Leather, 2x Shadow Protection Potion, 2x Fine Thread.

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-10-04 07:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 3
Lowest buyout seen: 24 goldGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US), 2026-10-13 04:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 410,992 gold1 silverGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 1,614

US median, latest 200gEU median, latest 1,366g
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	1,366 gold47 silver	1,366 gold47 silver	2	200 gold	200 gold	1
2026-11-02	1,366 gold47 silver	2,387 gold14 silver	2	200 gold	200 gold	1
2026-11-01	1,444 gold72 silver	2,251 gold76 silver	2	129 gold	129 gold	1
2026-10-31	1,477 gold83 silver	2,387 gold14 silver	2	29 gold	29 gold	1
2026-10-30	1,531 gold88 silver	2,832 gold31 silver	2	29 gold	29 gold	1
2026-10-29	1,863 gold91 silver	2,132 gold39 silver	2	29 gold	200 gold	1
2026-10-28	550 gold	2,132 gold39 silver	2	35 gold	35 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	7047
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.70631)
Type	Armor
Subtype	Cloth
Slot	Hands
Item level	29
Requires level	24
Binding	Binds when equipped
Max stack	1
Vendor sell	8 silver25 copper
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)