MoP Classic item

High Chief's Pauldrons

Item 14963 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.70631

Item Level 53
Binds when equipped
ShoulderPlate
376 Armor
Durability 70 / 70
Requires Level 48
Sell Price: 1 gold81 silver

About High Chief's Pauldrons

High Chief's Pauldrons is an uncommon piece of plate armor for the shoulder slot on MoP Classic at item level 53, usable from level 48. It binds when equipped. It gives 376 armor and has 70 durability. Other plate shoulder pieces listed on the MoP Classic Auction House closest to it in item level include Heavy Lamellar Pauldrons (53), Imperial Plate Shoulders (53) and Lofty Shoulder Pads (54). The latest scan finds it on 1 MoP Classic realm (US 1); the cheapest buyout is 3,346 gold51 silver on Galakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US). A vendor pays 1 gold81 silver for it.

MoP Classic Auction House prices

Cheapest realm3,346 gold51 silverGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US)

Typical market (US)3,414 gold81 silver

Median min buyout3,346 gold51 silver

Realms with listings1US 1

Latest snapshot2026-11-03 06:29 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	3,346 gold51 silver	3,414 gold81 silver	3	3	2026-11-03 06:29 UTC

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Plate shoulder items near item level 53

Our MoP Classic item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 45 other plate shoulder items between item level 41 and 68; 20 of them carry fixed stats.

Stockade Pauldrons has the most fixed stat points in this group, 45.
Next plate shoulder items up with fixed stats: Alabaster Plate Pauldrons (item level 55, requires level 50), Stockade Pauldrons (item level 55, requires level 50), Dark Iron Shoulders (item level 56, requires level 51), Vanguard Pauldrons (item level 56, requires level 51), Dawnbringer Shoulders (item level 58, requires level 53).
Its lowest listed price, 3,346 gold51 silver, ranks 37th of 44 listed plate shoulder items in this group.
Cheapest listed plate shoulder items at a similar or higher item level: Revenant Shoulders at 1 gold99 silver (item level 51, requires level 46), Tarnished Plate Shoulderpads at 2 gold (item level 66, requires level 61), Heavy Lamellar Pauldrons at 3 gold50 silver (item level 53, requires level 48).
Other armor types for the shoulder slot within 4 item levels of 53: cloth (13): Imperial Red Mantle, Elder Wizard's Mantle, Highborne Pauldrons; leather (13): Serpentskin Spaulders, Ironfeather Shoulders, Living Shoulders; mail (13): Ebonhold Shoulderpads, Myrmidon's Pauldrons, Stratholme Militia Shoulderguard.

Item	Item level	Requires	Armor	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Revenant Shoulders	51	46	363	none	1 gold99 silver
Sunscale Spaulders	51	46	363	+5 Agility, +13 Stamina, +4 Hit	280 gold
Wyrmslayer Spaulders	51	46	363	+12 Strength, +8 Agility, +12 Stamina	10 gold
High Chief's Pauldrons	53	48	376	none	3,346 gold51 silver
Heavy Lamellar Pauldrons	53	48	376	none	3 gold50 silver
Imperial Plate Shoulders	53	47	376	+12 Strength, +11 Stamina	49 gold99 silver
Light Plate Shoulderpads	54	49	345	none	5 gold
Lofty Shoulder Pads	54	49	383	none	500 gold
Alabaster Plate Pauldrons	55	50	389	+12 Strength, +12 Hit	15 gold
Stockade Pauldrons	55	50	389	+20 Stamina, +10 Spirit, +15 Dodge	900 gold
Dark Iron Shoulders	56	51	396	+13 Strength, +13 Stamina, +13 Dodge	5,000 gold
Vanguard Pauldrons	56	51	396	+8 Agility, +8 Stamina, +12 Hit	1,776 gold98 silver

Where High Chief's Pauldrons Fits

Items That Share High Chief's Pauldrons's Icon

High Chief's Pauldrons uses the same icon art, which 11 other items also use. The 8 closest by item ID:

Saltstone Shoulder Pads ID 14901 · Armor - Plate · item level 41 · lowest 1,499g on 3 realms
Stormshroud Shoulders ID 15058 · Armor - Leather · item level 59 · lowest 1,948g on 1 realm
Scorpashi Shoulder Pads ID 14660 · Armor - Leather · item level 47 · lowest 34g on 1 realm
Thistlefur Mantle ID 14201 · Armor - Cloth · item level 34 · lowest 2g on 3 realms
Raincaller Mantle ID 14186 · Armor - Cloth · item level 29
Warmonger's Pauldrons ID 9965 · Armor - Mail · item level 49 · lowest 1g on 6 realms
Elite Shoulders ID 4835 · Armor - Mail · item level 30
Imperial Leather Spaulders ID 4737 · Armor - Leather · item level 44 · lowest 4g on 1 realm

Items Numbered Next to High Chief's Pauldrons

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 14963 (14958 to 14968) were usually added in the same batch as High Chief's Pauldrons: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

High Chief's Armor ID 14958 · Armor - Plate · item level 56 · lowest 999g on 2 realms
High Chief's Gauntlets ID 14959 · Armor - Plate · item level 52 · lowest 2,450g on 1 realm
High Chief's Belt ID 14960 · Armor - Plate · item level 51 · lowest 1,344g on 1 realm
High Chief's Crown ID 14961 · Armor - Plate · item level 55 · lowest 1,999g on 2 realms
High Chief's Legguards ID 14962 · Armor - Plate · item level 54 · lowest 20g on 2 realms
High Chief's Shield ID 14964 · Armor - Shield · item level 56 · lowest 2,100g on 1 realm
High Chief's Bindings ID 14965 · Armor - Plate · item level 49
Glorious Breastplate ID 14966 · Armor - Plate · item level 61 · lowest 3,000g on 4 realms
Glorious Gauntlets ID 14967 · Armor - Plate · item level 56 · lowest 17,230g on 3 realms
Glorious Belt ID 14968 · Armor - Plate · item level 55 · lowest 12,428g 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 14963	Classic Era	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	53	53	27
Required level	48	48	48
Binding	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped
Armor	380	376	376
Sell price	83 silver1 copper	1 gold81 silver	1 gold45 silver

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-10-04 08:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 4
Lowest buyout seen: 7 gold50 silverGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US), 2026-10-31 13:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 42,331 gold12 silverGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 837

US median, latest 3,347gEU median, latest 2,450g
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	-	-	-	3,346 gold51 silver	3,346 gold51 silver	1
2026-11-02	-	-	-	80 gold	3,484 gold50 silver	1
2026-11-01	2,450 gold	2,450 gold	1	80 gold	150 gold	1
2026-10-31	5,305 gold12 silver	5,305 gold12 silver	1	7 gold50 silver	150 gold	2
2026-10-30	4,409 gold26 silver	4,409 gold26 silver	1	7 gold50 silver	3,938 gold91 silver	2
2026-10-29	45 gold	45 gold	1	-	-	-
2026-10-28	45 gold	45 gold	2	19 gold	22,931 gold64 silver	2

Comments

Connected realms with a listing in the latest MoP Classic scan: EU 0 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	14963
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.70631)
Type	Armor
Subtype	Plate
Slot	Shoulder
Item level	53
Requires level	48
Binding	Binds when equipped
Max stack	1
Vendor sell	1 gold45 silver
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)