MoP Classic item

Highborne Cord

Item 14454 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.70631

Item Level 53
Binds when equipped
WaistCloth
86 Armor
+20 Stamina
+5 Intellect
Durability 40 / 40
Requires Level 48
Sell Price: 1 gold23 silver

About Highborne Cord

Highborne Cord is an uncommon piece of cloth armor for the waist slot on MoP Classic at item level 53, usable from level 48. It binds when equipped. Its primary stats are +20 Stamina and +5 Intellect. It gives 86 armor and has 40 durability. Other cloth waist pieces listed on the MoP Classic Auction House closest to it in item level include Serenity Belt (53), Ghostweave Belt (53) and Twill Belt (53). A vendor pays 1 gold23 silver for it.

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Cloth waist items near item level 53

Our MoP Classic item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 58 other cloth waist items between item level 37 and 66; 24 of them carry fixed stats.

+20 Stamina ranks 6th of 20 cloth waist items with Stamina; Girdle of Prophecy (item level 66, requires level 60) has the most, +32.
+5 Intellect ranks 20th of 21 cloth waist items with Intellect; Belt of the Archmage (item level 62, requires level 57) has the most, +25.
Arcanist Belt has the most fixed stat points in this group, 63 against 25 here.
Same stat line (Stamina and Intellect): Serenity Belt, Imperial Red Sash, Arcane Sash, Hibernal Sash, Mistscape Sash.
Next cloth waist items up with Intellect: Arcane Sash (item level 56, requires level 51), Devout Belt (item level 58, requires level 53), Dreadmist Belt (item level 58, requires level 53), Magister's Belt (item level 58, requires level 53), Wisdom of the Timbermaw (item level 58, requires level 53).
Cheapest listed cloth waist items at a similar or higher item level: Runecloth Belt at 1 gold (item level 51, requires level 46), Mystical Belt at 1 gold98 silver (item level 52, requires level 47), Councillor's Sash at 1 gold99 silver (item level 54, requires level 49).
Other armor types for the waist slot within 4 item levels of 53: plate (19): Thorium Belt, Vanguard Girdle, Imperial Plate Belt; mail (18): Belt of the Gladiator, Bloodlust Belt, Myrmidon's Girdle; leather (15): Runic Leather Belt, Serpentskin Girdle, Pridelord Girdle.

Item	Item level	Requires	Armor	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Arachnidian Girdle	51	46	83	none	2,999 gold98 silver
Imperial Red Sash	51	46	83	+23 Stamina, +4 Intellect	2 gold98 silver
Runecloth Belt	51	46	83	+12 Intellect, +8 Spirit	1 gold
Mystical Belt	52	47	84	none	1 gold98 silver
Highborne Cord	53	48	86	+20 Stamina, +5 Intellect	-
Ghostweave Belt	53	48	86	+8 Intellect, +16 Spirit	200 gold
Serenity Belt	53	48	86	+7 Stamina, +17 Intellect	9 gold75 silver
Twill Belt	53	48	77	none	10 gold
Councillor's Sash	54	49	87	none	1 gold99 silver
Bonecaster's Belt	55	50	89	none	8 gold
Arcane Sash	56	51	90	+4 Stamina, +16 Intellect	49 gold41 silver
Celestial Belt	56	51	90	none	399 gold99 silver

Appearance

Same model in the game files

Also drawn with this model in the retail client: Shadowy Belt.

More Highborne items

Highborne Footpads item level 53
Highborne Gloves item level 53
Highborne Bracelets item level 52
Highborne Pauldrons item level 54
Highborne Cloak item level 51
Highborne Pants item level 56
Highborne Crown item level 57
Highborne Padded Armor item level 59
Highborne Robes item level 59

Where Highborne Cord Fits

Items That Share Highborne Cord's Icon

Highborne Cord uses the same icon art, which 7 other items also use. The 7 closest by item ID:

Bonecaster's Belt ID 14304 · Armor - Cloth · item level 55 · lowest 8g on 1 realm
Thorium Belt ID 12406 · Armor - Plate · item level 50 · lowest 1g on 5 realms
Revenant Girdle ID 10130 · Armor - Plate · item level 50 · lowest 2g on 6 realms
Hero's Belt ID 8306 · Armor - Mail · item level 59 · lowest 2,392g on 1 realm
Abyssal Leather Belt ID 20667 · Armor - Leather · item level 65
Brainlash ID 6440 · Armor · item level 49 · lowest 1,500g on 3 realms
Shadesteel Girdle ID 32401 · Armor - Plate · item level 130 · lowest 4,729g on 1 realm

Items Numbered Next to Highborne Cord

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 14454 (14449 to 14459) were usually added in the same batch as Highborne Cord: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Highborne Crown ID 14449 · Armor - Cloth · item level 57
Highborne Cloak ID 14450 · Armor - Cloth · item level 51
Highborne Gloves ID 14451 · Armor - Cloth · item level 53 · lowest 30g on 2 realms
Highborne Pauldrons ID 14452 · Armor - Cloth · item level 54 · lowest 499g on 1 realm
Highborne Robes ID 14453 · Armor - Cloth · item level 59 · lowest 999g on 2 realms
Highborne Padded Armor ID 14455 · Armor - Cloth · item level 59
Elunarian Vest ID 14456 · Armor - Cloth · item level 64 · lowest 555g on 2 realms
Elunarian Cuffs ID 14457 · Armor - Cloth · item level 58
Elunarian Boots ID 14458 · Armor - Cloth · item level 60 · lowest 220g on 2 realms
Elunarian Cloak ID 14459 · Armor - Cloth · item level 57

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

Across game versions

Classic Era adds Agility.

Item 14454	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	39	86	75
Agility	5	-	-
Stamina	9	20	-
Intellect	12	5	-
Sell price	55 silver98 copper	1 gold23 silver	55 silver98 copper

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-10-04 11:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 3
Lowest buyout seen: 1 goldGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US), 2026-10-09 04:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 23 goldGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 151

US median, latest 23gEU median, latest 5g
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
2026-11-01	5 gold	5 gold	1	-	-	-
2026-10-30	-	-	-	23 gold	23 gold	1
2026-10-25	12 gold	12 gold	1	-	-	-
2026-10-21	-	-	-	7 gold	7 gold	1
2026-10-20	-	-	-	7 gold	7 gold	1
2026-10-13	-	-	-	3 gold75 silver	3 gold75 silver	1
2026-10-11	10 gold	10 gold	1	4 gold	4 gold	1

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 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	14454
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.70631)
Type	Armor
Subtype	Cloth
Slot	Waist
Item level	53
Requires level	48
Binding	Binds when equipped
Max stack	1
Vendor sell	55 silver98 copper
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)