MoP Classic item

High Chief's Pauldrons

Item 14963 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.69585

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 2,568 gold80 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 realm2,568 gold80 silverGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US)

Typical market (US)10,000 gold

Median min buyout2,568 gold80 silver

Realms with listings1US 1

Latest snapshot2026-09-19 04:12 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	2,568 gold80 silver	10,000 gold	4	4	2026-09-19 04:12 UTC

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, 2,568 gold80 silver, ranks 33rd of 42 listed plate shoulder items in this group.
Cheapest listed plate shoulder items at a similar or higher item level: Revenant Shoulders at 5 gold (item level 51, requires level 46), Heavy Lamellar Pauldrons at 7 gold50 silver (item level 53, requires level 48), Wyrmslayer Spaulders at 9 gold99 silver (item level 51, requires level 46).
Other armor types for the shoulder slot within 4 item levels of 53: cloth (13): Elder Wizard's Mantle, Highborne Pauldrons, Imperial Red Mantle; leather (13): Serpentskin Spaulders, Living Shoulders, Keeper's Mantle; mail (13): Ebonhold Shoulderpads, Protector Pads, Bloodlust Epaulets.

Item	Item level	Requires	Armor	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Revenant Shoulders	51	46	363	none	5 gold
Sunscale Spaulders	51	46	363	+5 Agility, +13 Stamina, +4 Hit	2,184 gold9 silver
Wyrmslayer Spaulders	51	46	363	+12 Strength, +8 Agility, +12 Stamina	9 gold99 silver
High Chief's Pauldrons	53	48	376	none	2,568 gold80 silver
Heavy Lamellar Pauldrons	53	48	376	none	7 gold50 silver
Imperial Plate Shoulders	53	47	376	+12 Strength, +11 Stamina	19 gold
Light Plate Shoulderpads	54	49	345	none	-
Lofty Shoulder Pads	54	49	383	none	640 gold30 silver
Alabaster Plate Pauldrons	55	50	389	+12 Strength, +12 Hit	200 gold
Stockade Pauldrons	55	50	389	+20 Stamina, +10 Spirit, +15 Dodge	1,000 gold
Dark Iron Shoulders	56	51	396	+13 Strength, +13 Stamina, +13 Dodge	-
Vanguard Pauldrons	56	51	396	+8 Agility, +8 Stamina, +12 Hit	1,999 gold

Across game versions

Retail (Midnight) adds Strength or Intellect and Stamina.

Item 14963	Classic Era	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	53	53	27
Required level	48	48	21
Binding	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped
Armor	380	376	16
Strength or Intellect	-	-	5
Stamina	-	-	8
Sell price	83 silver1 copper	1 gold81 silver	29 gold72 silver

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-08-27 21:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 3
Lowest buyout seen: 2 gold83 silverGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US), 2026-09-01 08:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 9,251 gold78 silverGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 649

US median, latest 2,569gEU median, latest 20g
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	-	-	-	2,568 gold80 silver	2,568 gold80 silver	1
2026-09-18	-	-	-	1,609 gold26 silver	2,568 gold80 silver	2
2026-09-17	-	-	-	1,846 gold70 silver	1,846 gold70 silver	1
2026-09-16	-	-	-	1,884 gold38 silver	1,884 gold38 silver	1
2026-09-15	-	-	-	1,800 gold65 silver	1,800 gold65 silver	1
2026-09-14	20 gold	20 gold	1	1,800 gold65 silver	1,800 gold65 silver	2
2026-09-13	20 gold	20 gold	1	1,305 gold60 silver	4,411 gold49 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 5.5.4.69585)
Type	Armor
Subtype	Plate
Slot	Shoulder
Item level	53
Requires level	48
Binding	Binds when equipped
Vendor sell	1 gold45 silver
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)