MoP Classic item

Horned Cobalt Helm

Item 40955 on MoP Classic (Mists of Pandaria progression realms), client 5.5.4.70631

Item Level 162
Binds when equipped
HeadPlate
889 Armor
+66 Strength
Durability 70 / 70
Requires Level 75
Equip: Increases your hit by 28.
Equip: Increases your critical strike by 37.
Sell Price: 3 gold30 silver

About Horned Cobalt Helm

Horned Cobalt Helm is an uncommon piece of plate armor for the head slot on MoP Classic at item level 162, usable from level 75. It binds when equipped. Its primary stats are +66 Strength, with Hit (28) and Critical Strike (37) as secondary stats. It gives 889 armor and has 70 durability. It shares its appearance with Golem Helmet, Spiked Cobalt Helm and Corroded Faceguard. Other plate head pieces listed on the MoP Classic Auction House closest to it in item level include Frostpaw Helmet (162), Reinforced Cobalt Helm (162) and Magnataur Helm (166). The latest scan finds it on 3 MoP Classic realms (EU 1, KR 1, US 1); the cheapest buyout is 11 gold on Galakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US). A vendor pays 3 gold30 silver for it.

MoP Classic Auction House prices

Cheapest realm11 goldGalakras, Immerseus, Lei Shen, Nazgrim, Pagle, Ra-den (US)

Typical market (US)19 gold

Median min buyout124 gold99 silver

Realms with listings3EU 1, KR 1, US 1

Latest snapshot2026-11-03 07:08 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	11 gold	19 gold	13	13	2026-11-03 06:29 UTC
Garalon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeerEU · Active	124 gold99 silver	125 gold	9	9	2026-11-03 07:08 UTC
RagnarosKR · Korea	150 gold	150 gold	1	1	2026-11-03 05:57 UTC

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Where it comes from

Crafted	Horned Cobalt Helm	Recipe

Plate head items near item level 162

Our MoP Classic item table (the Blizzard item records our Auction House scanner has collected) has 30 other plate head items between item level 138 and 187; 14 of them carry fixed stats.

+66 Strength ranks 2nd of 11 plate head items with Strength; Helm of Command (item level 187, requires level 78) has the most, +95.
+28 Hit ranks 3rd of 5 plate head items with Hit; Skullcage of Eternal Terror (item level 170, requires level 77) has the most, +43.
+37 Critical Strike ranks 8th of 10 plate head items with Critical Strike; Savage Saronite Skullshield (item level 187, requires level 78) has the most, +70.
Ornate Saronite Skullshield has the most fixed stat points in this group, 265 against 131 here.
Same stat line (Strength, Hit and Critical Strike): Spiked Cobalt Helm.
Next plate head items up with Strength: Skullcage of Eternal Terror (item level 170, requires level 77), Tempered Saronite Helm (item level 171, requires level 76), Helm of Command (item level 187, requires level 78), Savage Saronite Skullshield (item level 187, requires level 78).
Its lowest listed price, 11 gold, ranks 6th of 24 listed plate head items in this group.
Cheapest listed plate head items at a similar or higher item level: Brilliant Saronite Helm at 8 gold99 silver (item level 179, requires level 78), Tempered Saronite Helm at 10 gold (item level 171, requires level 76), Mechanized Snow Goggles at 11 gold (item level 183).
Other armor types for the head slot within 6 item levels of 162: leather (7): Ryft's Deathgaze, Hyper-Magnified Moon Specs, Quad Deathblow X44 Goggles; cloth (6): Annihilator Holo-Gogs, Powerheal 9000 Lens, Mammoth-Hair Crown; mail (6): Lightning Etched Specs, Primal-Attuned Goggles, Surestrike Goggles v3.0.

Item	Item level	Requires	Armor	Fixed stats	Lowest listed
Bloodmar Helm	154	73	1,128	none	20 gold
Greathelm of the Unyielding Bull	154	75	855	+32 Strength, +75 Stamina, +62 Parry	369 gold
Jormungar Helmet	158	74	1,173	none	48 gold
Hard Khorium Goggles	159	70	1,621	+34 Strength, +86 Stamina, +52 Dodge, +27 Hit	-
Justicebringer 3000 Specs	159	70	1,621	+65 Stamina, +58 Intellect, +52 Critical Strike	-
Mayhem Projection Goggles	159	70	1,621	+62 Strength, +47 Stamina, +26 Hit, +51 Critical Strike	-
Horned Cobalt Helm	162	75	889	+66 Strength, +28 Hit, +37 Critical Strike	11 gold
Frostpaw Helmet	162	75	889	none	262 gold12 silver
Reinforced Cobalt Helm	162	75	889	+40 Strength, +60 Stamina, +40 Critical Strike, +40 Resilience	999 gold99 silver
Magnataur Helm	166	76	908	none	18 gold75 silver
Kraken Helm	170	77	926	none	-
Skullcage of Eternal Terror	170	77	926	+57 Strength, +82 Stamina, +43 Hit, +37 Critical Strike	24 gold1 silver

Appearance

Same appearance record (71128)

Same model in the game files

Also drawn with this model in the retail client: Amberplate Headguard, Bronzed Dome Protector, Vrykul Training Helm, Crown of Hyldnir, Helmet of the Dedicated, Ebonsoul Helm, Ebonsoul Faceguard.

Where Horned Cobalt Helm Fits

Items That Share Horned Cobalt Helm's Icon

Horned Cobalt Helm uses the same icon art, which 7 other items also use. The 7 closest by item ID:

Cobalt Helm ID 39084 · Armor - Plate · item level 142 · lowest 9g on 2 realms
Iceguard Helm ID 31371 · Armor - Plate · item level 100 · lowest 2,235g on 1 realm
Lightning Crown ID 31330 · Armor - Mail · item level 100 · lowest 499g on 4 realms
Netherdrake Helm ID 29510 · Armor - Mail · item level 105 · lowest 4,000g on 2 realms
Netherstorm Helm ID 24914 · Armor - Mail · item level 120 · lowest 14g on 3 realms
Eternal Crown ID 14332 · Armor - Cloth · item level 64 · lowest 250g on 1 realm
Imbued Plate Helmet ID 10372 · Armor - Plate · item level 59

Items Numbered Next to Horned Cobalt Helm

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 40955 (40950 to 40959) were usually added in the same batch as Horned Cobalt Helm: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Spiked Cobalt Shoulders ID 40950 · Armor - Plate · item level 150 · lowest 4g on 2 realms
Spiked Cobalt Chestpiece ID 40951 · Armor - Plate · item level 150 · lowest 28g on 2 realms
Spiked Cobalt Gauntlets ID 40952 · Armor - Plate · item level 154 · lowest 45g on 2 realms
Spiked Cobalt Belt ID 40953 · Armor - Plate · item level 158 · lowest 80g on 1 realm
Spiked Cobalt Bracers ID 40954 · Armor - Plate · item level 162 · lowest 20g on 3 realms
Reinforced Cobalt Shoulders ID 40956 · Armor - Plate · item level 154 · lowest 999g on 1 realm
Reinforced Cobalt Helm ID 40957 · Armor - Plate · item level 162 · lowest 999g on 1 realm
Reinforced Cobalt Legplates ID 40958 · Armor - Plate · item level 166 · lowest 999g on 1 realm
Reinforced Cobalt Chestpiece ID 40959 · Armor - Plate · item level 170 · lowest 234g on 1 realm

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

Across game versions

Item 40955	MoP Classic	Retail (Midnight)
Item level	162	34
Required level	75	75
Binding	Binds when equipped	Binds when equipped
Armor	889	1,217
Strength	66	-
Hit	28	-
Critical Strike	37	-
Sell price	3 gold30 silver	2 gold64 silver

Retail recipe Horned Cobalt Helm: 8x Cobalt Bar.

MoP Classic price history

First seen in a scan: 2026-10-04 09:00 UTC
Realms that have listed it: 8
Lowest buyout seen: 2 goldArugal (AU) (US), 2026-10-05 14:00 UTC
Highest realm minimum seen: 650 goldGaralon, Hoptallus, Mirage Raceway, Norushen, Shek'zeer (EU)
Realm-hours listed, last 30 days: 2,684

US median, latest 11gEU median, latest 125gKR median, latest 150g
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	KR low	KR median	KR realms	US low	US median	US realms
2026-11-03	124 gold99 silver	124 gold99 silver	1	150 gold	150 gold	1	11 gold	11 gold	1
2026-11-02	50 gold60 silver	50 gold60 silver	2	150 gold	150 gold	1	11 gold	19 gold	2
2026-11-01	7 gold	50 gold	3	150 gold	150 gold	1	19 gold	20 gold	1
2026-10-31	9 gold95 silver	50 gold	2	-	-	-	15 gold	50 gold	1
2026-10-30	15 gold	67 gold78 silver	2	150 gold	150 gold	1	10 gold	15 gold	1
2026-10-29	67 gold78 silver	67 gold78 silver	2	150 gold	150 gold	1	79 gold75 silver	79 gold75 silver	1
2026-10-28	10 gold	200 gold	4	150 gold	150 gold	1	79 gold75 silver	79 gold75 silver	1

Comments

Connected realms with a listing in the latest MoP Classic scan: EU 1 of 25, KR 1 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	40955
Game version	MoP Classic (client 5.5.4.70631)
Type	Armor
Subtype	Plate
Slot	Head
Item level	162
Requires level	75
Binding	Binds when equipped
Max stack	1
Vendor sell	2 gold64 silver
Data source	Blizzard static API (wow_classic)